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vit 66 YALE ALUMNI WwWHrEKLY [Continued from 65th page.) As regards Literature and Aesthetics it may be sufficient to assert that Yale has resisted a somewhat growing ten- dency, due perhaps to the influence of Germany, to narrow the field of English studies. Prof. Cook’s Presidential ad- dress, delivered before the Modern Language Association, clearly indicates a broad view of this matter. The grad- WILLIAM LYON PHELPS ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LITERATURE. uate courses plainly show that the ar- tistic side of the subject is not over- looked, and that no one period of our literature is unduly emphasized. Prof. Lounsbury offers a course in Tennyson and his Contemporaries as well as in Chaucer;Prof. Beers in Victorian litera- ture as well as in Mediaeval Allegory. About one-half of the three. years’ graduate course is occupied in the preparation of a thesis. The original work thus produced is of a high order, and the University is making literary and linguistic investigations of genuine value. The well known thesis of Prof. Davidson on the English Mystery Plays, of Prof. Phelps on English Romanticism, and Prof. Lewis’ recent work already mentioned, indicate the range of subjects and their standard. . This research work, directed personally by such authorities, in their respective fields, as Prof. Lounsbury, Prof. Cook and Prof. Beers, forms the most im- portant part of the English curriculum. Although there is a wide difference between the graduate and undergrad- uate spirit, the advanced student will find his life at Yale attractive, apart from his work. He is allowed to enter undergraduate courses, and thus has an opportunity to study the practical side of teaching. Membership is open to him in the Modern Language Club, meeting monthly, and the English Club, which meets bi-weekly in the English CHARLES S. BALDWIN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF RHETORIC. Seminary tooms. At this latter club, practical questions of English work are discussed and the results are presented of any special investigation the student may be pursuing. This gives an op- portunity for criticism and suggestions, and the interest shown in the organiza- tion indicates that it is an important part of graduate life. As a further indication of the spirit of graduate work, mention should be made of the performance of Beaumont and Fletcher’s Knight of the Burning Pestle. This was given by a class of graduates, who were making- a close study of the Jacobean Drama. Work- ing themselves into the spirit of the period, they produced, for the first time in this country so far as is known, that dramatic classic. The play has been so fully reviewed and its success so com- mented upon, that it is unnecessary to refer to it further than as a striking proof of the deep interest shown in English work; apart from the enjoy- ment of the play and its educational value, it is more important as a sign of vitality and progress in the Depart- ment. It may be seen from this account of English at Yale that the Department is fulfilling two objects. It. is providing adequate general instruction for the undergraduate and special and techni- cal work for the graduate. With a faculty differing in temperament, in fields of work, in methods of instruc- EDWARD B. REED TUTOR IN ENGLISH. tion, the student may approach: his sub- ject not by one path, but by many. The Department is fully awake to its opportunities and the next six years will show an advance even greater than that which the past six have witnessed. Sheffield Class Officers. A meeting of ’99 S. was held in North Sheffield Hall on November 3 to elect the class committees. The elections resulted as follows: Class Day Historians—H. S. Canby; B. .V:..Norton; M..T. Townsend: J. McLean Walton; W. M. Sanders. Class Book Committee—H. A. North; A. F. Corwin; L. S. Treadwell; William Walker. Dance Committee—A. B. Babcock; Ce i. Palmer: WN, Dann WE: stanley; C. M. Hall. Class Cup Committee—F. H. Lin- denberg; S. E. Thomas: F. G. Hall. Class Day Committee—H. C. Gause; _E. J. Grant; S. B. Sutphin; R. P. Flint; C. A. Warden. Statisticans—Leeds Mitchell; G. K. Dustin. Class Book Historians—A. M. Bell; S. F. Shattuck; Hunter Morrison; J. T. Walker; H. L. Davis; W. W. Knight; Lich. 1 HOMpsSON: * | Picture Committee—J. F. Archbald; Dudley Guilford; P. T. Dashiell. CHAUNCEY W. WELLS INSTRUCTOR IN RHETORIC. Supper Committee—E. A. McCullagh; F. H. Hunn; Thomas LeBoutillier. Graduation Committee—J. C. Dallam; | -H. F. Benjamin; E. E. Marshall. Triennial Committee—J. C. 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