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at the time of the unveiling of the
memorial tablet to John Robinson, the
pastor of the Pilgrim Fathers, at
Leyden, Holland. On this occasion he
was the orator of the day. In 1897 he
supplied for some months the pulpit
of the Kensington Congregational
Church in London. Yale conferred
upon him the degree of D.D. and in
Oct., 1880 he was elected to. member-
ship in-the Corporation. }
HON... CHAUNCEY. M. DEPEW, LL. Ds, -
The career of Hon. Chauncey M.
Depew, LL.D. Yale ’56, is so well
known that an introduction to American
readers would be unnecessary. As a
lawyer, public officer, railroad president
and now Senator from the State of New
York, he has been in the eye of the
public for over thirty years. He was
elected to the Yale Corporation in June,
1888 :
REV. EDWIN P. PARKER, D.D.
Rev. Dr. Edwin P. Parker, though of
a long line of Connecticut ancestors,
was born in Castine, Maine, and is a
graduate of Bowdoin College and of the
Bangor Theological Seminary. Im-
mediately after graduation he accepted
a call to the Second Congregational
Church of Hartford, Conn., and has
retained that place for nearly two score
of years, the longest pastorate of any
Congregational preacher in the State,
with one exception. He is a man of
broad culture and by independence and
ereat industry has brought his congre-
gation, among which are a number of
prominent Yale men, to be one of the
largest in the State. Dr. Parker was
elected to the Yale Corporation in
November, 1895.
REV. AUGUSTUS BEARD, D.D.
Rev. Augustus Beard, D.D. of Nor-
walk, Conn. elected to the Corporation
in June, 1808, is a graduate of the
Class of Fifty-Seven at Yale and of the
Auburn Theological Seminary. After
a twelve years’ pastorate in the Syra-
cuse (N. Y.) Plymouth Congregational
Church he went to France and took
charge of the American Church there.
For the five years he remained at the
head of that church he was associated
with MM: Busier and Reveilland in the
French Protestant evengelization among
the Huguenot churches. He was also
closely identified with the McCall
Mission. Since his return to America
in 1886, he has, as Secretary of the
American Missionary’ Society been
especially concerned in the adminis-
tration of educational work among
the ignorant races of the country, where
his wide experience and executive
ability have had excellent results:
REV. JOSEPH H TWICHELL,. D.D.
Rev. Joseph Twichell is one of the
members of the Yale Corvoration con-
cerning whom it is not necessary to
make a description to a Yale audience.
His College spirit as it appears in face
_ REV. AUGUSTUS F. BEARD, D.D.
Member of Yale Corporation.
and voice and speech are familiar to
thousands of graduates. His loyalty is
clear; his mind, broad; his feeling deep.
He was born in Southington, Conn.
sixty years ago last May. He was
graduated from Yale in 1859, and there-
after entered the Theological Seminary,
which he left before his course was
finished in order to enter the Union
army, where he served as Chaplain of
the 71st New York Volunteers, from
April 25, 1861 to July 30, 1864. Since
December 13, 1865, he was installed as
pastor of the Asylum Hill Congrega-
tional Church which.had been organized
in March of that same year. He has
remained as pastor of that church ever
since and has the same strong popu-
larity in his church and city as among
the sons of Yale everywhere. He is a
man of oratorical talent, and both what
he speaks and writes has a peculiar
literary strength and style.
BUCHANAN WINTHROP, M.A.
Buchanan Winthrop, M.A., was born
in New York City fifty-eight years ago,
and is the youngest member on the
Corporation with one exception. After
graduating from Yale in 1862, he
studied Law at the Columbia Law
REV. JOSEPH H. TWICHELL, M.A.
Member of Yale Corporation.
School and then took up his practice in
New York, devoting himself principally
to the management. of estates. Mr.
Winthrop founded the prizes in Greek
and Latin, which bear his name, in 1871.
He was elected to the Corporation in
June, 1891, after a very lively campaign,
and he is a very active member of that
body.
REV. JAMES W. COOPER, D.D.
Rev, James Wesley Cooper, D.D., of.
New Britain, Conn., was elected a mem-
ber of the Yale Corporation in October,
1885. He had entered College with the
Class of Sixty-Five, but went to war on
President. Lincoln’s call for men in
1863. After an honorable service in the
Army, Yale gave him the degree of
B.A. on petition of the Class. Graduat-
ing from the Andover Theological
Seminary, he began active work as a
minister, and in 1878 became pastor of
the: South Congregational Church of
New Britain, which, under his zeal and
wise management, has grown to be the
largest of the Congregational denomina-
tion in the State. He has had many
flattering offers to take up educational
work in various parts of the country,
but has not been moved from _ his
resolution to stay by his first choice.
He is very active in Corporation mat-
ters.
THOMAS G. BENNETT, PH.B.
Thomas G. Bennett, who is perhaps
most widely known as the President of
the Winchester Repeating Arms Co.
of New Haven, was made a member
of the Corporation in June, 1884. I[n
his youth, Mr. Bennett attended the
Russell Military Academy and at the
beginning of the Civil War entered the
army and was soon promoted to be
Lieutenant in the 28th Conn. Vols., a
~nine-months regiment which served at
Pensacola and did memorable work on
the Banks’ expedition in front of Port
Hudson. When his term of service had
expired he re-enlisted and was made
First Lieutenant in the 29th Conn.
Vols. and served till November, 1895.
He was wounded severely in the head
before Richmond, but.did not quit his
post and was one of the first to enter
the city. Returning to New Haven at
the close of the war, he. entered the
Class of Sixty-Nine in the Scientific
School, but after a year and a half of
_study was induced to take a position in
engineering on an Illinois railroad.
Later he came back and again entering
the Scientific School graduated in the
Class of Seventy, and since then has
been connected with the Winchester
Arms Co., advancing to the head. of
the company.
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Sigma Xi Elections.
At a meeting of the Yale Chapter of
the Society of the Sigma Xi held Wed-
nesday, March 1, the following men
were elected to membership: ~
Academic Seniors—William Dick Cut-
ten, of Brooklyn, N. Y., in Chemistry
and Biology; Arthur Sullivan Gale, of
Jacksonville, Fla., in Mathematics;
Francis Jenks Hall, of Brookville, Pa.,
in Chemistry and Biology; George Pel-
ton Hutchins, of Brooklyn, N. Y., in
Chemistry and Biology; Frederick
Hitchcock Morley, Colorado. Springs,
Col., in Chemistry and Mineralogy;
Ralph Gibbs VanName, of New Ha-
ven, Conn., Chemistry. |
Sheffield Scientific Seniors, Chemical
—Henry Archibald North, of Chicago,
Ill.; Walter Murray Sanders, of Mont-
clair, N. J., and William Ebenezer Ford,
Jr., of New Haven. Mechanical Engi-
neering—Frederick Sears Coe, of New-
ark, Henry Arthur Stevens
Howarth, of New Haven; Herbert
Thacher Herr, Denver, Col., arid Darius
Thompson  Wadhams, Torrington,
Conn. Civil Engineering—Clarence
Eugene Weaver, South Woodstock, |
Conn. Biology—Frederick Brown
Humphreys, New York City, ‘and
Thomas Augustine O’Brien, of New
‘Haven,
Select—Harry Cortlandt Gause, Wil-
mington, Del.; Richard Frank Grant,
Fargo, N. Dakota; Frederick Brown
Harrison, of New Haven, Conn., and
William Walker, of Montclair, N. J.
Graduate—Benjamin Moore, Assist-
ant Professor of Physiology, Yale
Medical School; Willard Gibbs Van
Name, Assistant in Biology; Charles
Montague Cook, Jr.; Assistant in
Botany.
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- University Club Elections.
A meeting of the University Club was
held on March 6 to elect members
from the Sophomore class.. This date
is two months earlier than usual. The
following men were taken in: Special—
F. G. Hall; ’99 S.—J. M. Fiske, Jr., and
F. H. Warren; t1900S.—A. R. Cluett;
1900—Clarence Holst; t90r—R. L.
Atkinson; Hugh Auchincloss; N. A.
‘Baldwin, 2d; A. B. Berger; J. L. Boyce;
E, H. Brown: C.°B:* Buckingham; C.
W. Cady; Alex:-Cameron, Jr.; J. N.
Garlisle: 1. .B. “Garter; J: f. agin:
Harold. Chappell; F. M. Chisholm;
Henry Chisholm; G. P. Chittenden; W.
PP. Cigae* {ir-3 7A, GC) Cee ee a e..
Crosthwaite, Jr.; H. S. Curtis; Julian
Day; 3B.;T:. Deudge; G. A. . Droste;
Charles Dupee;-J. S: Eels;.A, M.
Hirsh:.W. F. Hitt; Robert Hixon; W.
aN. Troppin, Jr. )f. ae ota Wy J.
Hoystadt; E::L. Jones; L. L. Kellogg,
Jr.; J. A. Keppleman; P. C. Kiefer; J.
Ci? Kimball: G..cB.' Kips: DD» Be cLaw-
rence; Louis Manierre; A. H.»Marck-
wald: E. V. Meeks; H:.'S: McAuley;
W. H. Merriman; J. L. Mills; W. G. D.
Morgan; H. C. Neal: R. M. Newport;
DeW. C. Noyes; A. R. Palmer; R. W.
Parsons; J. M. Patterson; Clarkson
Potter; E. C. Rice; T. M. Robertson;
W. C. Scott: Herbert Scoville; E. W.
Smith: L. M. Spier; | W,. A. Stickney;
Prentice Strong; F. W. Struby; A. A.
Thomas; J. C: Tomlinson; R. P. Tyler;
H.4S; Wallace: sR. W. Walch; W. -P.
Wattles: J. H..Wear;. Harvey Weeks,
ir.: G. L. White: ©. W. White; C. 8.
Woolsey, Jr., and A. F. Yaggy.
Yale’s Swimmers.
In the intercollegiate relay swimming
race held at Madison Square Garden on
Wednesday, March 8, under the aus-
pices of the National Sportsmen’s
Association, Yale took second place.
The University of Pennsylvania and
Columbia; the only other contestants,
finished first and third respectively.
Pennsylvania’s team made the four laps
of 75 yards and return each, in two
minutes, twenty-three seconds. The
Yale men were: T. H. Hall, Jr., 1900-S.;
C. Oglebay, 1900; L. S, Quackenbush,
99 S.; and G. M. Smith, 1901. --
by Professor Parker.
Prospectus of the Graduate
School.
The pamphlet of the Yale Graduate
School electives is now in press. It
will show some changes and increases
of courses. The number of students in
the Graduate School has increased to
290 against 270 last year.
PHILOSOPHY.
In the Department of Philosophy, the whole
number of courses this year will be twenty-eight.
Professor Ladd’s courses are withdrawn on account
of his contemplated absence abroad this year as
announced above. The new courses are as fol-
lows: The Principles of Evolution, by Professor
Williams ; Philosophical Skepticism, by Professor
Sneath; Psychology (Methods of Research), by -
Dr. Scripture; Psychology of Expression (Gesture,
Speech, Music), by Dr. Scripture; Plato’s Philo-
sophical System, by Dr. Stearns; Ancient Philoso-
phy, by Dr. Stearns; Locke’s Essay concerning
Human Understanding, by Dr. Green ; Outlines of
General Philosophy, by Dr. Green; Aesthetics, by
Dr. Davies; Philosophy of the Early Christian
Fathers, by Dr. Davies.
ECONOMICS, SOCIAL SCIENCE, HISTORY, AND LAW.
In Economics, the following new courses are
offered: Politics and Finance in the History of the
United States, by Professor Sumner; History of
Economic Thought, by Professor Hadley ; The
Regulation of Trade and Industries, by Professor
Hadley ; Mathematical Economics, by Mr. Gaines.
The number of courses offered is 27.
Professor C. H. Smith remodels his courses in
American History, offering a series of two courses,
covering the Political and Constitutional History
of the U. S. from 1788 to 1877; constitutional
courses covering the working of the Federal Gov-
ernment Departments and the relations of the
States to the Federal Government; a course on
State Constitutions; Dr. White offers a course on
Interpretation of Medieval Economic Documents ;
Dr. F. Strong, on the Social and Economic History
of the United States to 1830; Professor Richardson,
on France before the Revolutlon; a course on
Administration of the European Colonies is offered
by F. W. Williams, The number of courses offered
iS 34.
SEMITIC LANGUAGES AND BIBLICAL LITERATURE.
The new coursés offered in Semitic Languages
and Biblical Literature are the following: Biblical
Doctrines of the Spirit, by Professor Porter ; Sight
Reading of the New Testament, by Professor
‘Bacon ; and the following by Dr. Moulton: Mac-
cabean History and Literature, The History of the
LXX and its Use in Criticism, Reading of Theo-
logical German. The number of courses in this
department is 47.
CLASSICAL AND INDO-IRANIAN PHILOLOGY.
In Greek the new courses are: Aristophanes,
Thucydides and Plutarch as Sources for Greek
History, and Outline Survey of Ancient History,
by Professer Perrin; Rhythmic and Metric, by
Professor Goodell; Greek Archaeology, Dr. Heer-
mance, The number of courses offered is 2r.
In Latin Professor Peck will resume his work
next year, offering five courses. The new courses
are as follows: Roman Law (for graduate students
and prospective teachers) by Dr. Robinson ; Ter-
ence and Ovid, by Mr. Bancroft; Latin Tragedy,
Professor Ingersoll. The number of courses offered
iS 29. meh oe
: res Indo-Iranian Philology and Linguistics a new
course is offered in Latin Grammar by Professor
Oertel. The number of courses is 8.
MODERN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES.
In the Romance Languages the new courses are:
Practice in Writing and Speaking French, by Pro-
fessor Luquiens; Spanish Fiction of the X VI and
XVII Centuries, by Professor Lang. The number
of courses offered is 18.
In the Germanic Languages, the new courses are
as follows: Introduction to Germanic Philology,
and Swedish, by Professor Palmer. The course in
- Prose of Modern German Historians and Critics
formerly. under Professor Gruener will be con-
ducted bv Dr. W. A. Adams. The number of
courses offered is 14.
In Russian two courses, one elementary and the
other advanced, are offered by Mr. Wolodarsky.
In English the new courses are as follows: Gen-
eral Course in Literature, Professor Cook; Profes-
sor Phelps will revive his course in Elizabethan
’ Drama and add a course in Tennyson and Brown-
ing; English Lyrical Poetry, by Dr. Reed ; His-
tory of the English Language, by Dr. Chase, The
number of courses is 17.
NATURAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE,
In Mineralogy the new courses are: Descriptive
Mineralogy (advanced), and Experimental work in
Crystallography and Mineralogy, by Professor
Penfield ; Physical Geography, in Respect to Land
Formation and the Effect of Habitat on the Human
Race, by Mr. Gregory. The number of courses
offered is 12.
In Paleontology, the new courses areas follows:
General Invertebrate Palzeontology, Invertebrate
Paleontology (Faunal), Invertebrate Palzeonto-
logy (Special), Original investigations in Inverte-
brate Palzeontology, Organic Evolution, Taxo-
geny, all. by Professor Beecher, ,The number of
courses Offered is 7. .
In Chemistry a new course is offered in the Sys-
tematization of Inorganic Compounds, by Dr.
Locke. Dr. Phelps will take charge of the course
in Organic Synthesis, The number of courses of-
fered is 30. ;
In Biology a new course is offered in the Phys-
iology of Nutrition by Professor Chittenden. The
course in Experimental Toxicology formerly con-
ducted jointly by Professors Chittenden and Men-
del will be taken by Professor Chittenden alone.
The number of courses offered is 14.
MATHEMATICS. -
In Pure Mathematics the new courses aré: Dif.
_ ferential Equations (Revived); Elliptic Functions
(Revived) ; Algebraic Numbers and Functions, all
by Professor Pierpont. Dr. Strong and Mr.
Hawkes will jointly conduct a Course in Higher
Algebra and Analytic Geometry. -The Reading
Club in French and German Mathematics will be
open to graduates and undergraduates. The num-
ber of courses Offered is 15.- : ct 2
MUSIC.
A course in the History of Music will be added
The courses in. Practical
Music will be conducted by Professor Sanford
(Piano), Mr. Jepson (Organ), and Mr. Troostwyk
(Violin). The number of courses offered is 7,