YALE ALUMNI WHEKLY
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NEWS EDITOR.
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NEW HAveEN, Conn., Dec. 8, 1898.
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has been found possible to effect this
change and to make it permanent. It
has long been desired, but the system
of the paper has not until now been
developed enough to allow it.
The advantage of printing early in the
week rests on the fact that many of
the important things in the college
world come at the end of the week, and
it is desirable to get the record of them
into the hands of the alumni as early
as possible. The paper will be dated as
hitherto, at least for the present. We
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THE MISSION FUNDS.
The responses to the appeal for funds
to complete the building of the Yale
Mission have begun to come in. They
show hearty endorsement of the under-
taking. A generous donation from a.
These complaints .
very generous friend of Yale is recorded
in this paper. A quick following of the
good examples already set will be very
much appreciated. The thing ought
not to drag at all, but begin with no en-
cumbrance and with every preparation
complete. A few gifts like that re-
ceived from Mr. Hendrie would help
to solve the matter very quickly. In-
asmuch as those gifts are rare, it is
all the more incumbent upon those who.
are well disposed to send in soon what-
ever they can.
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THE CHASE COMET,
The astronomical world is quite well
aware of the quality of the work done
at the Yale Observatory. But the rest
of us don’t know much about it. The
buildings are far out on Prespect hill,
and away from the center of things.
It does its careful nocturnal work most
quietly and the workers says little about
it.
For that reason Dr. Chase’s import-
ant comet discovery was all the more
gratifying. It illustrated in a partic-
ularly happy way the accuracy and thor-
oughness of the Observatory’s work in
its peculiar field. No one was sweeping
the heavens for a comet, and the dis-
covery was a surprise; but it was far
from luck. These photographic plates
were so perfectly made and so carefully
inspected that it was not possible that
such a wanderer, coming within the
field of observation, should escape. Dr.
Chase deserves the warm congratula-
tions he has received. He has done
well for Astronomy and for Yale.
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THE FACULTY CHANGES,
Brief Sketches of the Men Recently
Appointed and Advanced.
At its meeting on Thursday, Nov. 17,
the Corporation, as before announced
in the WEEKLY, raised to full professor-
ships in Mathematics the two assistant
professors in that subject, William
Beebe and James Pierpont. At the
same time George F. Eaton was ap-
pointed Assistant in Osteology in the
Peabody Museum. Two weeks before
that date George Henry Nettleton was
appointed instructor in English in
the Sheffheld Scientific School. Brief
sketches of the above men follow:
William Beebe was born on Septem-
ber 4th, 1851, at Litchfield, Conn. He
prepared for College at the Litchfield
Select Academy, and graduated from
WILLIAM BEEBE, B.A.
PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS.
Yale with the Class of Seventy-Three.
In the Fall of 1874 he took up the study
of Mathematics and Astronomy at New
Haven, devoting part of his time to the
instruction of private pupils. In 1875
he was appointed College tutor, and
from the Autumn of 1876 until 1882 he
held this position, when he was elected
Assistant Professor of Mathematics,
which position he held until his elec-
tion as full professor at the present time.
James Pierpont was first connected
with the University when, in 1897, he
was elected Assistant Professor in
‘Mathematics, which position he has
held until his election to the full pro-
fessorship. Most of Professor Pier-
pont’s work has been done in connec-
tion with graduate students.
George F. Eaton, ’94, who was re-
cently appointed Assistant in Osteol]-
ogy at the Peabody Museum under Pro-
fessor O. C. Marsh, ’60, is the son of
is.
GEORGE F. EATON, PH.B.
ASSISTANT IN OSTEOLOGY,
Daniel C. Eaton, -’°57, Professor of
Botany in the Sheffield Scientific
School. He prepared for College at
the Hopkins Grammar School and then
entered Yale. After graduating in 1894,
he spent two years in the Graduate De-
partment of the University under Pro-
fessor Marsh and received the degree
of Ph.D. in 1808.
George Henry Nettleton prepared for
College at Phillips Andover Academy.
He then entered Yale and graduated
with the Class of Ninety-Six with a
GEORGE E. NETTLETON, B.A.
INSTRUCTOR IN ENGLISH, S. S. S.
Philosophical Oration. He was promi-
nent in literary work, being an Edi-
tor of the Literary Magazine and the
Courant. Since graduation Mr. Nettle-
ton has studied English in the Graduate.
Department of Yale University, except
a few months of 1897 spent in study in
Europe.
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Money for the Mission.7?
The Yale Mission, whose achieve-
ments and needs were set forth in the
last issue of the WEEKLY, has found a
good friend in Mr. John W. Hendrie
After read-
ing the statement of the case, Mr. Hen-
drie sent his check for one hundred dol-
lars to Dr. T. T. Munger, his classmate,
who turned it over to Mr. Fisher, the
graduate treasurer.
Mr Hendrie is the man who has
given so generously for the Law School
Building, his gifts for that purpose
amounting to date to $35,000.
Wigwam Meeting.
The first regular meeting of the
Sophomore Wigwam was held~= at
Stewart's on December 1. J. M. Hop-
kitis, 1900, explained the object of the
Wigwam and the society was then or-
ganized and divided into camps with the
following officers: Chairman of Alpha
Camp, A. H. Richardson; Chairman of
Omega Camp, R. H. Edwards; Leader
of Alpha, P. L. Mitchell; Leader of
Omega, Ray Morris; Secretary and
Treasurer, J. B. Chamberlain. The first
debate will be held on December 15 on
the following subject: “Resolved, That
the elective system should be extended
to Sophomore year.”
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Chicago Joint Smoker.
A joint smoker was given the Friday
night before the Yale-Harvard foot-
ball game, by the Yale, Harvard and
Princeton Chicago Alumni Associa-
tions, at 116 Dearborn street. The
meeting was informal, but the house
was. crowded to its fullest capacity.
The Yale alumni, before the smoker,
elected the following officers: Presi-
dent, Alfred Cowles, ’83; First Vice-
President, Charles R. Corwith, ’83;
Second Vice-President, George B.
Phelps, ’80 S., and Secretary and Treas-
nret,: Ro 2. dorane-ir:3 0s S.
Among those present from Yale
were: W. S. Hull, 770; H. B. Mason,
Joe tC. Seth, 75. LL. Bartlett,
"76; C. M. Dawes, ’76; E. R. Dilling-
haw, 77>: W.. 1). Aten 3 5.- T. 3B.
Marston, ’79; O. H. Waldo, ’79; G. W.
Meeker, ’79 S.; R. D. Martin, 80; G.
B. Phelps, 80.S.; 5S. L.Wanams, 82 S.;
BOR. Battlctt; 25. vw. iG. Sage,
Gas CR. Bie es Oo 1. B.
Keogh, ’85; Alfred Cowles, 86; C. T.
MoOfse, “67s 1 te ey. G7; TE
Perkins: “87355. 42 Waser, O05 3. D-
Gold, ’88 S.; C. F. Baldwin, 88; G. D.
Holmes, ’90; A. B. Newell, ’90; C. H.
Hamill, ’°91; H. W. Holcomb, ’91; A.
J. F. McBean, ’91; H. R. Rathbone,
’92; E. H. Mason, ‘92; C. H. Ewing,
"93; OO. E: Babcock, 645.5; C.-P. Bel-
den; :'93: Sit: lasG:-DgPes 03 >.5; D.. P.
Wilkinson, ’945S.; J. R. Trowbridge,
'o4;. DD. .B.. Lyman, “os; 4% GC. Clarke,
795 S.; R. B. Mason, ’95; J. R. Wil-
Hanes. 05% ise. 2 Osgood, 05; A] S.
Peabody, “05; HL .G; Maller, Jr.,. °O5;
H. D. Baker, ’96; W. S. Miller, 96; C.
'B. Coleman, ’96; R. B. Treadway, ’96;
J. H. Winterbotham, ’97; J. C. Belden,
gg 9.5. Els INO yes, 07 5.5; H. i.
Rogers,;- 07 5.2: MJ. Clark, 97 S.; L.
B. Hamlin, ’97 S.; W. B. Wood, ’97 S.;
J. S. Mason, ’98; P. W. Hamill, ’98.
“Outing” for December.
The contents of Outing for December
are: “A New Brunswick Moose,” by
Frank H. Risteen; “Line Shooting on
Long Island Sound,” by C. H. Chap-
man; “The Green Spring Valley Hunt
Club,” by Hanson Hiss; “The Collie
and the Sheep Dog,” by H. W. Hunt-
ington; “From the Schuylkill to the
Potomac Awheel,’ by George H.
Streaker; “With Quail Among _ the
Cotton,’ by Wirt Howe; “The Crew
of the Restless,’ by George Leovy;
“The New York Athletic Club,”
by Malcolm W. Ford; “Sporting Ram-
bles in Ceylon,’ by F. _ FitzRoy
Dixon; “To Spread Her Conquests
Further,” by Helen M. Stafford; “The
Yarn of the Tampa,” by E. L. H. Mc-
Ginnis; “Golf and the American Girl,”
by H. L. FitzPatrick, and the usual
editorials, poems and records.
Yale Law School.
For circulars and other information apply to
Prof. FRANCIS WAYLAND,
Dean.
