Show Y1LDER OF COHiNKLi1 I Be IS AN UDUCATOn Or NUN DLtlLUSS HODDIC3 0 IIIIIIK Them re llralm < ton n1 STar t-on Allitllf liatl tnrnrll Men In I tllel In llnnlte llirlr llnln In the Inllliltlnn 1 C 1101 I1UIIT O I 11Ilder of Cornell unler who recently l a re-cently exhibited n P brnlnlem frog In I New York city and linn become known 1 n ono of the mont I J skilful exprrta In I brain nnntumy In the United Hlate carried hi enthun laim In the matter of brain mudy no tr nn lo send to the banquet of the Cornell alumni recently a curious re I qurat It was n printed form which the rndunte were inked to lgn and to rnnrtl In lr Wilder In Ithaca and It W81 In the effect that they wlihcd that after tenth heir train should be I In ruiletl to the Cornell llraln Anocla lion The brains were to tee used for scientific buryoes or to IPO preserve O5 n whole or In I part at may W thought lest The Cornell fuels association has nlll let l > een formal It is I regarded by some students and nliimnl aa one of tho gout doctor hubble The doctor attends all his ppare time on the coin arntho anatomy of brnlnn end hAl made many Important discoveries and < irnrllunler llyliiin born n grentguln er liy his presence In I the faculty lie nn one of the orUlnal faculty and hla e dleetlon of ralnn I In 1 one ot the dghla 01 the Inntllutlon It embrace the rain of Hlrnoit every kind of nliimnl IIml ran be nerure < l without Irrmen 010110 lost It has nlmi a great many umnii brains and Dr Wilder od nnrrd Xudent dnnte much lime to this sleolally Th inthuManm ot this vrnltik however wan wi great that very few of IherlrculnnwereriLmlned b > the New York alumni at thrlr dinner ant proluibly none of them was signed Th chnlrmnn of the dinner cummltlro brought the circular to the scene ot joking but the oieeche were so In erenllng that Dr Mlder sod Ids brain MHiclnlliiii Here neglected Thl was this circular xiitu ur m 01 MTU of mun 1 now lIow 01 ludent of Cornell Unltcnlty from K tu 11 and grad ualeil In II neonnlilnc the need ot studying the brnln of lucnteil ron r-on rather than those ot the Ignorant rlmlnnl or Insane In order to deter mine their weight form ant llmurAl pattern Iho correlation with bodily and mental power of vnrlou kind nlll i degree and the Influence t MI ge and Inheritance hereby declare my with that at my deuth my brnln hould I e Intrunlrd to the Cornell Drain ato elation when that la I organlied or tending 115 organisation In the cursor curs-or of the collection ot human brain In he muaeum of Cornell university for clenllflo uses and for prriervatlon 111 a whole or In putt 111 moat ba thought best It I my hope that my family and friend may not oppose the fulfil menror Ills my mel wiin1 Uliinaluro Date Wltnen Note Coplr of provisional diagram of the nsnure will > o malleil Uxji ampli ation to tho undtralgnrd hear a brief statement of reason for thin study of tho brain of educated persons pea tucks Itiference Handbook ot the Medical Hclenre Wm Wood I ft Co New York VIII 101 and IX ltd nuiiTO wnunii M n Professor of Ihysloliigy Vertebrate KiMilogy and Neurology Cornell Unl < Venally Ithaca N Y Of course Dr Wilder Is I known to only a few comparatively speaking of Cornell graduate Those who are In general coursr so called and those who Intend to become physician take ill lecture us well u all student In Die various branches of natural hls lory Threefourths of the students however do not know him pcnonally says Iho New York Hun Those who do know him find him n genial warmhearted warm-hearted almost overconsclrntlou man eager lo help painstaking students They also know him as an ardent e w rltahle self wllled and absolutely fur less I man To those students who nre not In his cluse he 1a I known us this ono man In the faculty who has nude uncenslng war for twenty year on cola col-a 1 a tl i rnnr vtiinrn I lege sports Every year there la I n scars among this athlete at Cornell lent Dr Wilder shall nuccied In hla ne famous purpose of killing athletic and every year there Is I a rally In the faculty fac-ulty lo head him utf The doctor recently re-cently IBid In a printed article I can probably claim a bad prom > bend among the American professors on Iho following ground I have novcr witnessed nn Intercolkglato contest contrlbute1 u cent for Ihelr malnttn nee or voted to Innlt obsenetn of any team or crew since 1170 I have objected ob-jected lo the whole system In writ logs The doctor might have lidded that since 170 ho has also objected to the atom In speech day 1 < X day 110 U I without doubt foremost among college professors In oppoalne the present ath letlo craw Early lost December Dr Wilder wrote a seveu column article I I for the Itiinci tmirnnl on football and 81nonll Ihe enclosure he sent to the Cornell alumni dinner were numerous page proof of It In which he spoke thus of the game Not very long ago elety flocked to admire a drooping Illy or a nodding sunflower with n slim mmelhlnK pet tleoati or trousers behind IL dribbling forth unintelligible therefore Inestimable In-estimable Innnlllen Todny Iho ob sinus college repre enlatlve is the captain cap-tain of A successful football team The name Is I wltnnwed by thousand at n high price Great newspaper devote column lo conical which In the total 01 fury bodily hurt ant bloodshed t surpass mine puglllsllo encounter and all > rohnnto war before the Inlro ducllon of > wder limbs have given place to brawn A whole head Is I worth more than n half hack The esthetic cram haa been succeeded by an athletic erase Ur Wilder Is I also a blUr opponent nt the soculled college spirit Itecent ly I It was proposed lo give the football team a big dinner and everyone wan lo have an opportunity to attend The doctor opposed It of course He even advised those who had purchased tick ete or Intended lo buy them to stay sway from the banquet The dinner was i not given but the doctorcommenl ed on In the following vigorous fashion fash-ion IIt It you retain your ticket Inscribe thereon A deliberate mermen tu A conviction fast It In your room When nil are weighed In the balance such tickets may offset the signs the photographs the dlpHr from the spring and other trophic that maybe may-be found In the room ot some who hats manifested A colleen spirit In A different fashion Tho doctors reference lo this dipper from Ihe sprlrg comes from Ihe fact thai just SImon Ida house nt tho deepest deep-est part of Iluffala ativel hill on this way lo the university li I A splendid spring The doctor fixed A barrel there and brought the water to the sldewnlk and hundreds clapped them almost every day after a long pull up Hint steep hill to get A refreshing drink The spring Is I known nn Dr Wilder Par twentyfive > rare Iho doctor hiss liein uppllng tin dipper far that place and for twentylive years Ihe students have been stealing them a5 college trophic It must have teen a considerable expense to Iho doctor to supply dipper all these year The doctor had the satisfaction ot seeing tho banquet finally nlmndoned However How-ever It I probable that not until many years after he die Hill the long about this doctor prowling niter cats cease to be heard on the Cornell campus |