Reply to questions about religion at Cornell University

Description:

According to Cornell’s first president, A.D. White, Cornell was regularly accused of being a Godless university that breeds atheist students. While White did not usually dignify such attacks with personal responses, he did on occasion write to newspapers and journals in defense of the university, as he did in this letter to the editor of The Northern Christian Advocate. He writes that while no one was required to practice a certain religion, the majority of faculty members were Christian and ceremonies were opened and closed with prayer, though participation was not mandatory.

Attribution:

White, Andrew Dickson

Date:

ca. late 1860s – early 1870s

Physical Location:

1-2-2, Box 168 folder 12

Cite As:

Andrew Dickson White. Reply to questions about religion at Cornell University. Circa late 1860s – early 1870s.