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YALE ALUMNI WHEKLY Messrs. Tiffany & Co. have just placed on sale a new pat- tern of forks and spoons and table service generally, upon which their artists and die sinkers have been employed for many months. Intending purchasers will. find it to their advantage to see this new pattern before making a decision. UNION SQUARE NEW YORK [Continued from 64th page.] but at the British Museum, the Sor- bonne, and the University of Berlin, his work is highly valued and _ his scholars always cordially received. Within the past year he has published a book on “Biblical Quotations in Old English Prose Writers,’ assumed the editorship of the Department of Eng- lish of the newly established Journal of Germanic Philology, and is at present bringing out a series of Yale English Studies which will contain the most important researches made by Gradu- ate students. Assistant Professor Phelps became Instructor at Yale in the Fall of 1892, and has already had unusual success as a teacher. Thoroughly in touch with the undergraduates, he has the faculty of arousing in his pupils a deep inter- ° est in reading and has already done much for the literary awakening which is a conspicuous part of current Yale history. As a lecturer, apart from his ALBERT S. COOK PROFESSOR OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE, college work, he has had marked suc- cess. With the growth of the Depart- ment, he has been enabled to withdraw from the required work, and offers for the following year, electives in Chaucer, Seventeenth Century Literature, Ameri- can Literature, and Tennyson and Browning. Assistant Professor Cross of the Scientific School began work at Yale in 1895. He has had charge of the Freshman English there, and during Prof. Lounsbury’s absence, has taken his work. He has made a particular: study of English fiction, especially in its origins, and its connection with foreign literature, and offers, on this subject, one of the most valuable courses in the Graduate Department. Mr. George H. Nettleton of the Class of Ninety-Six has recently been ap- pointed Instructor in English in the Scientific School. Mr. Nettleton will have charge of a part of the Freshman work, and will conduct a Junior class in Composition. To Assistant Professor Baldwin has fallen the task of organizing theRhetori- cal Department, and though in need of more assistants, he has done very effec- by the Graduate School. tive work. Yale has never believed in the system of daily themes; the Yale system favors fewer themes more care- fully prepared, with thorough, personal criticism. Prof. Baldwin has. accom- plished a great deal within the short time he has been connected with Yale, and, in addition to his Sophomore WILBUR L. CROSS ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH. work, offers an elective to Juniors. He has been fortunate in his assistant, Mr. C. W. Wells, who received his appointment in 1896. Mr. Wells was Chairman of the Yale Literary Maga- gime. He has received his training from Prof. Baldwin and is doing admirable work in his position. Mr, Emerson G. Taylor, of the Class of Ninety-Five was appointed Assis- tant in Rhetoric at the opening of the present term. Mr. Taylor has been studying at Yale since his graduation. Assistant Professor Lewis has taught at Yale for three years and received his Doctor’s degree and an_ Assistant Professorship in June. His rapid pro- motion is an indication of the work he has accomplished. His course in Eng- lish Poets of the Nineteenth Century is the largest English elective for the present year. He also offers a special course in the English Renascence. His recently published thesis on the For- eign Sources of English Versification is a piece of scholarly investigation of a very high standard. Dr. Reed, who had charge of the Freshman work the past year, grad- uated in 1894, took his Doctor’s degree in 1896, and spent the following year in study in Paris and Miinich. He shares with Prof. Lewis the required Sophomore work, and offers a special course in Lyrical Poetry. The latest addition to the force is Dr. Frank H. Chase, valedictorian of the Class of Ninety-Four. Dr. Chase has made a special study of Old Eng- lish Syntax, and though but a recent graduate, is already an authority on this subject. During the past year, he has been studying at the British Museum and Berlin, and, for the present year, conducts the Freshman work. He also CHARLTON M. LEWIS ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LITERATURE. offers an elective on the History of the English Language. The advance made in the undergrad- uate work has been briefly mentioned and a glance at the catalogue will show what instruction the four classes are re- ceiving. The catalogue, however, ,can not indicate what is being accomplished Graduate From one end of the land to the other, wherever men who demand the best are found, Fownes’ Gloves are the recognized standard of merit and fashion. They are best for dress, for the street, for riding, driving, or golfing — for all occasions and all purposes. To wear them is to be cor- rectly gloved. sell them. All leading haberdashers work is becoming more and more im-. portant as the University idea grows. Formerly, a teacher was fully equipped with his Bachelor’s degree; now, a Doctor’s degree is almost a necessity. The number of students seeking ad- vanced courses in English is yearly in- creasing and will continue to increase, and Yale can not maintain her prestige unless she offers them unusual advan- tages. The English Department has realized this and is meeting the require- ment, as the number of graduate stu- dents attracted to Yale well indicates. For the present year, six professors and assistant professors offer eighteen graduate courses in English. Prof. Cook offers but one undergraduate elective, and therefore practically de- votes his time and energy to advanced students. Only those who have studied under him can appreciate the interest he takes in the individual and the care with which he follows his work. The aim of these Graduate courses is to give the student a thorough training in the two branches of language and literature. For a number of years there has been an exodus of students of Eng- lish to Germany, and the idea has been prevalent that a German professor can best teach our language and interpret our writings. A Doctor’s degree from Germany has implied the highest possi- ble training. With the growth of grad- uate work in American universities, this state of affairs is changing, and in this particular field the German universities must soon share with others their pres- tige. With the present attitude of Ox- ford and Cambridge towards English studies continued, it is safe to predict that the tide will turn, and in the course of a decade one may see foreign stu- dents beginning to come to America for their English instruction. What Germany has to offer in gradu- ate work is preéminently Old and Middle English. In Prof. Cook, a pupil and friend of Prof. Siever, Yale has an authority in this field, and it is not exaggerating the facts to assert that neither at Berlin nor at Leipsic can the student of our early language receive a training more thorough than that given him at New Haven. The trib- utes paid by Germany to Prof. Cook’s scholarship are the best proof of this. In the field of early English Syntax Dr. Chase is one~of the foremost workers, and in the period of Chaucer it is only necessary to mention Prof. Lounsbury’s course. 3 In treating of the subject of Lan- guage, strong emphasis must be laid upon the hearty codperation the Eng- lish Department receives from the Classical and Modern Language Fac- ulties. Owing to the interaction of graduate work, the student of English Philology, using the word in its re- stricted sense, finds in these Depart- ments a variety of courses bearing an intimate relation to his own special field. Though they can not properly be included in the list of English courses, they term: avery vital part -of his work. [Continued on 66th page.| CHAas. ADAMS. ALEX. MCNEILL. Wm. S. BRIGHAM. Yale ’87%. Yale 87. ADAMS, MCNEILL & BRIGHAM, BANKERS & BROKERS, 71 Broadway, - New York. Members New York Stock Exchange. and Bonds Bought and Sold, ties a Specialty. ‘Long Distance Telephone, 2976 Cortlandt.’’ Stocks Investment Securi- LEOPOLD H. FRANOKE. ALBERT FRANCKE. Yale ’89. Yale ’91 S. EH. YR TRANCE: BANKERS AND BROKERS. 50 Exchange Place, - - New York. Members New York Stock Exchange. Buy and Sell on Commission Stocks and Bonds dealt in at the New York Stock Ex- change. Also Miscellaneous Securities not listed on the Stock Exchange. Long Distance Telephone, 1348 Broad. 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When the news reached Hartford, Mr. Brace called together the directors and told them that the calamity would probably exhaust the entire resources of the company. Going to the fire-proof vault, he took out and laid on the table the stocks and bonds representing its investments. Little was said, each member waiting for some one else to take the initiative. At length the silence was broken by the question: “ Mr. Brace, what will you do?”’ “Do?” replied he. ‘Go to New York and pay the losses if it takes every dollar there,”’ pointing to the packages, “and my fortune besides.” ee “ Good, good,’’ responded the others. “ We will stand by you with our fortunes also. So it had always been with the 4tna in every crisis which it had before faced. The same spirit had carried this famous Company through where Others had gone to the wall. This was the last close call for the Etna. To-day with its cash capital of $4,000,000, a net surplus of nearly $4,500,000, and a system built on the priceless experience of seventy-nine years, it is hardly possible to conceive ¢f its having a close call.
