Cornell History: Cornell opens October 07, 1868 Cornell University opens. Initially divided into two parts – the Division of the Special Sciences and Arts, and the Division of Science, Literature and the Arts – Cornell welcomed 412 students and 26 professors. In his opening address, President Andrew D. White noted that Cornell would aim “to develop the individual man … as a being intellectual, moral and religious and to bring the force of the individual to bear on society.”
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