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Cornell was founded as a non-sectarian school, but had to compete with church-sponsored institutions for gaining New York's land-grant status. A.D. White noted in his inaugural address, "We will labor to make this a Christian institution, a sectarian institution may it never be."
The claims of religion were not minimized by refusing to make the public schools agencies for their assertion. The non-sectarian or secular public school was the means of reconciling freedom in general with religious freedom.
From its founding, Cornell University was explicitly non-sectarian and committed to equal educational opportunities for all “persons,” men and women. The Cornell University Charter specifically stated that “persons of every religious denomination or of no religious denomination, shall be equally eligible to all offices and appointments.”
4 days ago · Cornell University, coeducational institution of higher education in Ithaca, New York, U.S. It is one of the eight Ivy League schools, widely regarded for their high academic standards, selectivity in admissions, and social prestige. Cornell University's Uris Library. Cornell is situated on a 745-acre (301-hectare) campus occupying hills that ...
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The full video of Cornell’s nonsectarian gathering on the Arts Quad for the national day of prayer and remembrance on Sept. 14, 2001, three days after the Sept. 11 attacks.. Rev. Kenneth I. Clarke Sr., director of CURW, reminded the gathering not to vent their anger toward blameless cultures, races and faiths.
Jan 11, 1992 · However, those historic universities have largely shed their Protestant origins and become non-sectarian, which is what Cornell set out to be. Now that it is stepping up attention to religion,...
The youngest member of the Ivy League, Cornell was founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White as a coeducational, non-sectarian institution where admission was offered irrespective of religion or race.
