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Votume VI. No. 1.
A UNIVERSITY LOSS,
“Memorial Tribute to Professor Hu-
bert A. Newton.
The death of Professor Newton,
which occurred on the 12th of August,
removes from the Faculty the last one
of the older generation of its Pro-
fessors. Professor Newton entered
Yale the same Academic year in
which Dr. Woolsey was installed as
President, and had therefore ‘been
connecied with the University. fifty
years, covering the entire administra-
tions of Doctors Woolsey and Porter,
and ten years of that of Dr. Dwight.
Graduating in 1850, he was elected
jutor in Mathematics in 18538, and in
1855 ‘his great ability was recognized
in his appointment to a full Protes-
sorship at the early age of twenty-five.
Atver a year of study in Hurope he en-
tered upon bis work at Yale ‘waich
he carried on with little interruption
till his death. In‘all these years be-
sides doing an unusually large amount
of class-room work, he has found time
to direct the studies of many grad-
uate students in Mathematics and ‘to
make, each year, solid contributions to
the store of human knowledge. ;
Professor Newton ~ was for many
years a member of the Publishing
Committee of the Connecticut Acad-
emy of Arts and Sciences, and. also
served as its President. He was one
of the early members of the Amer-
ican Association tor the Advancement
of Sciences and presided over the
Mathematical Section in 1875 and laver
became iis President. He was one ol
the original members of the National
Academy of Sciences and made many
contributions to its meetings. . He wais
aiso a fellow of tae Royal Philosoph-
ical Society of Edinburgh and an as-
sociate of the Royal Astronomical So-
ciety of London. He received the
honorary degree of LL. D. irom
Michigan University in 1868, and a
few years ago received from the Na-
tional Academy the Smith gold medai
in recognition of his original work in
science.
Professor Newton ‘was
Editor of “The American Journal of
Science” for thirty years. He con-
cribuced the dennitions in Machema tics
and Astronomy to Webster’s Inter-
national Dicuonary in lsvv, anid ar-
ticles on “Meteors” and “Meteorites’’
to Johnn’s Cyclopedia, and to the Hn-
eyclopedia Britannica. He had great
influence in framing legislation for
bringing the metric system of weights
and measures into use in this coun-
try and in their introduction into the
Arithmetics.
AS A MATHEMATICIAN.
Professor Newiton’s studies in Math-
ematiecs were largely on the side of
Geometry, and in the geometrical rep-
resentation of the principles and pro-
cesses of analysis. His contributions
to the Mathematical Monthly in
1858-9 and 1861 on the construction, of
eurves, his work in the revision of
Loomis’ Analytical Geometry, and the
paper on “Transcendental Curves”
(Newton and Phillips), together with
many unpublished papers presented
to the Mathematical Club, show his
work in this field.
His researches in Meteorology, nota-
bly his paper on the “Temperature at
New Haven,” (Loomis and Newton),
together with his lectures on this sub-
ject, are of great interest and value.
He was one of the highest author-
ities in this country on the subject of
Insurance and in this line is a publi-
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Associate:
NEW HAVEN, CONN., THU
Pierson Hall Completed.
Pierson Hall, the new University
Dormitory, situated on York street,
near Elm, was completed on Wednes-
day, September 16th, and was handed
over to the authorities on the same
night. This Dormitory, which is a
handsome and valuable addition to
the University buildings, was occupied —
iby students as soon as College open-
ed. It is open to students of all De-
partments and is occupied this year
by post-graduates, Aicademic Soph-
omores and a few Freshmen. :
The building is 120 feet long by 46
feet wide and is five stories in height,
not including a high studded base-
ment. The material used above the
gtome courses, which are too-faced
red sandstone laid in quoined courses,
is fine brick and terra cotta. The
main entrance is in the center of the
front, facing on York street. It is a
wide doorway leading through a ves-
tibule to the corridor. The corridors
on each floor extend parallel to the
front of the building and are very at-
tractive with their floors of mosaic
and walls finished with white pressed
brick. At either end of the corridors
are the stairs which are constructed
according to the prevailing fashion of
iron. s‘work ‘having stone gteps.
On each floor there are four suites of
double rooms, each suite consisting of
a large study and two small bed
rooms; and twelve single rooms. The
building is open ito the light on all
sides so that nearly all the rooms re-
ceive the sunlight at some time in the
day. .The rooms are wainscotted and
finished in polished oak. On the sec-
ond and third floors there are bath-
rooms, containing shower baths, but
no tubs. ‘The building will be ‘heated
by steam and contains throughiout
the most improved systems of venti-
lation and plumbing, and is entirely
fire-proof,
‘The double roomis range in price
from $5.00 to $7.00 and the single
from $2.50 ito $3.50 per week, beinig
slightly cheaper than the rooms in the
newer buildings on the Campus.
ee
Fire in University Dining Hall,
Shortly after midnight on Septem-
ber 5, Chin Lee, a Chinaman. who
conducts a laundry in York street, dis-
covered a blaze in the University din-
ing hall. He summoned the fire com-
pany in Park street in time to pre-
vent the blaze speading further than
the lower floor.
The fire had its start in the store
room, ‘but its cause is unknown. The
entire lower hall, laundry and store-
room were gutted and some damage
done in the dining hall proper by
smoke. A large quantity of supplies
which had just been put in prepara-
tory to the mear opening of college
were also destroyed. The total loss is
$2,000, covered by insurance. The
damage is now almost wholly re-
paired. :
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Freshman Football Officers.
The annual meeting of the Freshman
ciass for the election of officers for
their Football Association took plaice
in Alumni Hall last Monday evening.
EK. EH. Garrison, ’97, presided, and after
he had urged wpon those present thie
responsibility of the positions to be
filled and the mecessity of selecting
good men, thie elections were held and
resulted as follows: President, Ogleby,
1900; Vice President, Edidy, 799 S.; Sec-
retary and Treasurer, Cheney, 1900;
Assistant Secretary anid Treasurer,
Lowndes, 799 S.
RSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1896.
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Price Tren Cents.
‘THE LATE PROFESSOR NEWTON.
From a photograph taken in his study.
YALE'S HENLEY TRIP,
A General Review with English Press
Comments.
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It would be impossible for anyone,
who closely followed the career of the
University crew in England last J uly,
to say that the expedition had provea
a failure. The members of the crew
themselves, disappointed as they were
at their decisive defeat after months
of hard work and hopeful anticipation,
will always look back upon their visit
to Henley as a most pleasant and sat-
isfactory trip.
And om the other side English
sportsmen unite in expressing their
great admiration for the American
oarsmen, both as athletes and as gen-
tlemen, although their style of rowing
met with criticism and disapproval.
It was the earnest desire of the Hen-
ley enthusiasts that Yale might win
one or two heats in the regatta and so
Zain more encouragement to make an- -
other visit at some future time, and
they showed genuine disappointment
when Yale drew Leander for their
first race.
At the very commencement of their
visit the Yale oarsmen were treated
‘with marked courtesy by the Mayor
of Henley, who met them at the sta-
tion accompanied by several of the
aldermen and councillors, and wel-
comed them heartily. He wished “to
extend a cordial greeting to the rep-
resentatives of the premier university
of the United States.” He thought it
soing a trifle too far to express the
hope that they might be entirely suc-
cessful in the regaita, but he could
promise them that if they won, the
cheer would be just as hearty and
sincere aS if an English crew had
won; “because,” he said, “our only de-
Sire is that the best crew should win.”
The Mayor and members of the town
corporation were then introduced to
the crew and the former in person
helped the men to unload their shell
and accompanied them to their quar-
ters.
A GOOD IMPRESSION,
The Henley Standard made the fol-
lowing comment in regard to the
crew:—
“A finer set of men than the Yale
crew one could not wish to see. We
heartily welcome them to Henley and
trust they will have a very pleasant
visit. -We hope the coveted trophy
will be won ‘by an English crew, but
Should it not be so, our desire would
be that the victors will be found in
the splendid representatives sent by
the premier university of America.”
The London Truth speaks in their
issue of June 25 as follows:
“A friend who has seen the Yale
men is delighted with them, * * #*
They are a nice set of fellows, * * *
Their. rowing, however, is sadly dis-
appointing. At present they have ab-
solutely no length. They bucket bad-
ly and do a lot of arm work with a
short snatchy stroke. It is very like
the Cornell style and is not likely to
be successful,”
A writer in the Leicester Post says
a little later:—
Many interested spectators follow the
daily practice of the Yale crew, as it is
now beginning to be recognized that they
will certainly make a stiff fight of the
Henley contest. At first the shortness of
their stroke seemed to expert critics to
put them out of the running altogether.
But this has now given way to a longer
stroke and a much better swing, a modi-
fication of tactics which has led to the
immediate result of improving. the esti-
mate of their chances) The rig of the
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