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LEFT COBNELIAN 154 CORNET-A-PISTON literary talents must have been consider- able, as Cicero very highly commends some of her epistles. She lived in the second century B. C, and after her death the Romans erected a statue to her mem- ory, bearing the inscription, "To Cor- nelia, the mother of the Gracchi." CORNELIAN, a cornel cherry (Comus mas or mascula). It has little clusters of yellow, starry flowers studding its naked branches in early spring. It was formerly cultivated for the sake of its fruit, which is like a small plum. The Turks use it as an ingredient in sherbet. The fruit and leaves were formerly era- ployed as astringents. It is sometimes called also the male cornel. CORNELIUS, PETER VON, a Ger- man painter; born in Dvisseldorf, Sept. 23, 1783. He early exhibited a taste for art, and studied the great masters, espe- cially Raphael. In 1811 he went to Rome, where, in conjunction with Overbeck, Veit, and other associates, he may be said to have founded a new school of German art, and revived fresco-painting in imi- tation of Michael Angelo and Raphael. He left Rome in 1819 for Diisseldorf, where he had been appointed director oi the academy, but he soon settled in Mu- nich to give his whole attention to the painting of the Glyptothek and the Lud- wigskirche there. In these two great works he was assisted by his Munich pupils. In 1833 he made another visit to Rome, and in 1839 he visited Paris. In 1841 he was invited to Berlin by Fred- erick William IV., who intrusted him with the painting of the royal mausoleum or Campo Santo. The most celebrated cartoon in this series is the Four Riders of the Apocalypse. The series consists of twelve paintings, which have been en- graved. He died in Berlin, March 6, 1867. CORNELIUS NEPOS, a Roman author of the first century B. C, the contempo- rary of Cicero and Catullus. The only extant work attributed to him is a collec- tion of thort biographies, probably an abridgment of a work written by Nepos. CORNELL, EZRA, an American phi- lanthropist; born in Westchester Land- ing, N. Y., Jan. 11, 1807. He accumulat- ed a large fortune and is best known as the founder of Cornell University. He began life as a mechanic and miller at Ithaca, N. Y., and subsequently became a contractor for the erection of telegraph lines. He was a member of the State Assembly in 1862-1863 and of the State Senate in 1864-1867. He died in Ithaca, N. Y., Dec. 9, 1874. CORNELL COLLEGE, a coeducational institution in Mt. Vernon, la.; organized in 1857, under the auspices of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church; reported at the end of 1919: Piofessors and instructors, 42; students, 600; number of graduates, 1.990; president, Charles W. Flmt, LL. D. CORNELL UNIVERSITY, a non- sectarian, coeducational institution, at Ithaca, N. Y., owing its origin to the Land Grant Act of Congress of 1862. It is named in honor of the late Ezra Cornell, who promised the State $500,000 with which to erect buildings for the new university, the terms of the land grant forbidding the use of its proceeds for that particular purpose, on condition that it should be located at Ithaca. His fifts amounted in all, however, to about 750,000. The University received be- sides Mr. Cornell's endowment, 990,000 acres of public domain, and large gifts from Henry W. Sage for a women's dor- mitory, a chapel, a library, a school of philosophy, a museum of archasology, etc., all generously endowed, John Mc- Graw for a building devoted to museums and scientific laboratories, Hiram Sibley for a college of mechanical engineering and mechanic arts, Andrew D. White a priceless historical library, etc., Hiram W. Sibley for extending and enlarging the Sibley College of Mechanical Engi- neering, Dean Sage a fund for supplying the college pulpit, etc., A. S. Barnes a Christian Association building, William H. Sage for the chapel organ, the pur- chase of the great Zamcke library, a stone bridge, and in conjunction with Dean Sage, an endowed infirmary for sick students, Oliver H. Pajme for the Cornell Medical College, and others. The total invested funds in 1920 were $17,- 875,436 and the total income for the fiscal vear ending June 30, 1920, was $4,031,923. On the occasion of the Uni- versity's semi-centennial celebration in June, 1919, the trustees began a cam- paign for new endovnnent and up to Jan. 1, 1921, had obtained cash and pledges amounting to about $6,000,000. The library comprised 610,000 volumes. The instructing stas' numbered about 700. The total attendance at the end of 1920 was 5,176. There were about 25,- 000 graduates. The University annually grants free tuition to 600 students of New York State, also to students in Agriculture, and to Nev York State stu- dents in Forestry and Veterinary Medi- cine. There are numerous university undergraduate and graduate scholar- ships. The president in 1920 was Jacob Gould Schurman, who, after having served since 1892, resigned in June, 1920. C0RNET-1.-PIST0N, a metallic wind- instrument of the trumpet class, fur- nished with valves and stoppers. It was formerly called a cornopean. Its quality