YALE ALUMNI WEEKLY
CATALOGUES COMPARED,
Vale and Harvard Represented by
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[Springfield Republican. |
The catalogues of Harvard and Yale
which have just come to hand, show
almost as impressively as an actual
sight of the buildings and work, what
tremendous institutions these are get-
ting tc be. It is true that with the
diffusion of educational opportunities
and the increase in the endowment of
other institutions, these two are no
longer so conspicuously in the ad-
vance of other American colleges, and
even in athletics their pre-eminence
is by no means unquestioned after
the foot ball season of 1896. But in
age, in fame, in the distinction of
their instructors and alumni, and in
their popular reputation both at home
and abroad, Yale and Harvard are
still undoubtedly the two _ typical
American universities, and illustrate
at their best the two principal types
on which American universities have
been moulded.
The catalogues show the funda-
ment diff2rences between the two
schools very clearly. Harvard is
rapidly becoming a huge and compli-
cated university, and its catalogue is
a bewildering labyrinth. There is not
so much difference in size as one
would suppose from a hasty compara-
son of the two books. These are the
actual figures: Teachers, Harvard
394, Yale 239; students in Harvard Col-
lege, 1,754; in Yale: College, 1,237;
graduate students, Harvard 295, Yale
227; scientific school, Yale (Sheffield)
5538, Harvard (Lawrence) 368; whole
number of students in arts, Harvard
2,417, Yale 2,146; Divinity school, Yale
104, Harvard 87; Law school, Harvard
475, Yale 213; total number of students,
Harvard 3,674, Yale 2,495. It will be
seen that taking the university as a
whole, Harvard is about half as large
again as Yale, while between the de-
partments of arts there is only a
slight difference of 271 students. Thus
the two institutions are more fairly
matched for the athletic contests
which are nowadays the chief field
for comparisons between colleges,
than might be supposed from the total
number of students, for the profes
- gional schools are excluded.
The greater complexity which the
Harvard system entails is shown by
comparing the number of courses
offered in the two colleges in almost
any line of study. Take English,. for
example, as a subject of popular as
well as academic interest. At Har-
vard 42 optional courses in English
are offered, and 25 teachers are men-
tioned in connection with them. At
Yale there are but 13 courses in Eng-
lish, and seven teachers seem to do
the work, so far as the catalogue in-
dicates. This shows in concrete form
the marked tendency of Harvard
toward specialization and increasing
richness in the quality and variety of
electives. To carry out this ideal
successfully requires a very large
force of instructors, and the claim has
been made that Harvard has more
teachers in proportion to the number
of students than any other college in
the country.
Yale has clung much more faithfully
to the old traditions of the American
college, but she, too, is becoming a
university in the full significance of
the word, and is broadening her work
in many lines. The announcement of
the courses in music is a case in point,
Under the recently elected professor,
H. W. Parker, this department has
been developed to encouraging pro-
portions, and there is no lack of op-
portunity for instruction in either
the practical or the theoretical phases
of the art. Only it is a pity that Yale
did not follow her traditions of unity
in instruction as opposed to .the ex-
treme development of electives, to ar-
range for some more general instruc-
tion of the students in the arts in the
19th century. By the present arrange-
ment the musical department seems to
be in danger of becoming a sort of
outside professional school—in short,
@ musical conservatory. This is not
quite the place which it should hold
in a great university.
Information about °52 Men
Wanted.
Rev. A. N. Lewis, secretary of the
Class of 1852, sends the following:
“A circular Jetter announcing the
ninth reunion was sent to the mem-
bers a few weeks ago. Of the surviv-
ors, thus far only Sill, Cutter, Bliss,
Ross and Wilcox have responded.
“Tt is proposed to issue a. second
Class Book, containing the photo-
gravure portraits of the ‘boys’ as
they appear today, after forty years’
rough and tumble with the world. The
reunion will be held on Thursday, June
29, of Commencement week.
“The secretary desires to learn the
postoffice addresses of the following
former members of ’52. If any Yale
man of whatever class can furnish
any information as to any of them, it
will be thankfully received by the
undersigned.
‘“A. N. LEWIs,
“The Riverside.
Monteplier, Vt.’’
The names follow, with the places
from which they entered College or
where they were last heard from:—
Henry S. Bennet, 518 Madison ave-
nue, New York City.
Elijah G. Boardman, entered from
Boardman, O.
Wm B. Clarke, entered from Bos-
ton, Mass.
Francis G. Dominick, entered from
New York Citv.
Geo. R. Downing,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Charles F. Dowd, entered from Ber-
lin, Conn.
Francis Duncan, entered from New
Orleans, La.
Thomas Dunlap, entered from Phila-
delphia, Pa.
Matthew W. Edmunds, entered from
Cold Spring, N. J.
Wm. M. Biste, entered from Cincin-
nati, °O:
Benj. C. Flake,
ville, Ala.
Alex. J. Fraser,
troit, Mich.
Jas. R. Frisbie, entered from Guil-
entered from
entered from Glen-
entered from De-
ford, Conn.
Sherwood D. Gould, P. O. address
Brooklyn, N. Y. (?).
Austin Hart, P. O. address New
Britain, Conn.
David Hewes, BO. address San
Francisco, Cal. |
Alvin P. Hildreth, entered from
Cold Spring; N. £.
James H. Johnston,
Savannah, Ga.
Charles W. Kendal (Wesley), en-
tered from China Village, Me.
Hiram Ketcham, Jr., entered from
New York City.
Rev. Henry De L. Kimball, entered
from Newfield, N.Y.
Jesse McCurdy, entered from New
Boston, N. H.
Fleming J. McCartney, entered from
Huntsville, Ala.
H. W. McNeal, entered from Seneca,
NX.
D. Hastings. Mason, entered freee
Dahlonega, Ga.
Alonzo Megarge, entered from Phila-
delphia, Pa.
Washington H. Merrit, entered from
Warren, Mass.
entered from
Seaburry B. Platt, P. O. address
Apopka, Ila.
Cyrusa Royston, entered from
Washington County, Tenn.
Daniel T. Russell, entered from Wy-
oming County, N. Y.
Wm. H. Sharp, P. O. address San
Francisco, Cal.
Jno. G. Thorias,
Milledgeville, Ga.
Theron W. Towner,
New Haven, Conn.
entered from
George C. Tucker, entered from
Philadelphia, Pa.
Gurdon H. Wilcox, entered from
Norwich, N. Y.
Geo. S. Williams, entered from New
Milford, Conn.
Giles B. Williams.
Is not Descended From Elihu
Yale.
Charles LL. C. Beecher, the telegraph
operator who sent the first message
to the North that the Confederates
had attacked Fort Sumter, and who
died recently, was not the direct de-
Scendart of Eli Yale, as has been
Stated in the outside press. The last
descendant in the direct line from Eli
Yale died about seventy years ago.
Mr. Beecher may have been descend-
ed from a brother, or more probably a
cousin of Elihu Yale, but he is no more
nearly related to the founder of Yale
University. ;
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Reunion of Ninety-two.
There will be a-reunion of the Class
of 1892 at “The Circle,’’ corner of
Highth avenue and Fifty-eighth
street, New York City, on Saturday,
February 27, at 7 p. m. An informal
supper will be served, at a total cost
(including drinks, cigars, etc.) of $1.50.
Notices have been sent to every
Ninety-two man in or near New York,
whose address could be obtained; but
you are earnestly requested to urge
upon any others you may know of
the necessity of putting in an appear-
ance.
‘It is hoped that these little meetings
may become regular occurrences, and
tend to keep alive in us all that good
fellowship which so characterized the
Class during our College life. Please
reply as soon as possible to Alfred H.
eens 120 Broadway, Nw York City.
PIERRE JAY,
GEORGE B, HOLLISTER,
ALFRED H. SWAYNE,
Committee.
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| Contents of Yale Courant.
The Yale Courant will appear next
Saturday. The design of the cover is
mG. S.: Haydcek, "9/7; >and: Hy. Bb.
Yergason, 99. In addition to the reg-
ular departments the contents are:
“The Misadventures of One Jaffrey,”
by G. Morris, ’98; “Sergeant Mioman-
97; a drawing
by H. B. Yergason, ’99, and two songs
by R. L. Munger, ’97.
The last issue which the Ninety-
seven Board of the Courant will bring
out will appear Saturday, March 13.
On that date the Ninety-eight Board
will formally organize. The annual
banquet will be held March 19 at the
New Haven MHouse. Covers will be
laid for forty-one.
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Beta Kappa Alumni Association in
New York City, on
Saturday evening, February 27, to
which all members are invited. The
treasurer of the Association is W. B.
Putney, No. 115 Broadway,
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(The Brunonian.)
There seems to be need of a seminar
course in English Literature for the
benefit of some of our professors. One
ef their number recently spoke of De
Foe’s “Enoch Arden.” It was this
Same gentleman who _ referred to
Cooper’s “Yellow cowslip on _ the
Yriver’s brim.”
long ago was heard to
Chaucer’s “Faerie Queene.”
things ought not so to be.
Anothe:: professor not
mention
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