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ADVISORY BOARD.
H. C. Roptnson, 758. J. R. SHEFFIELD, ’87.
W. W. Sxrppy, 658. J. A. HarTwELtL, ‘895.
C. P. LINDsLEY, 75S. L.S. WELCH, ’89.
W. Camp, ’89. E. VAN INGEN, ’91 S.
W.G. DaacetTtT, ’80. P. Jay, °92.
EDITOR.
Lewis 8S. WELOH, ’89,
ASSOCIATE EDITOR.
WALTER Camp, ’80,
ASSISTANT EDITOR.
E. J. THOMPSON, Sp.
NEWS EDITOR.
‘FRED. M. Davis, ’99.
ASSISTANT.
PRESTON KUMLER, 1900.
Advertising Manager, O. M. CLuaRK, ‘98.
Assistant, BURNETT GOODWIN, '995S.
Entered as second class matter at New Haven P. O.
NEw HAVEN, ConNn., MarcH 22, 1899.
SSUREP RRS EY
OTHNIEL CHARLES MARSH.
Others who can do it will tell of the
service to science lof the late Othniel
Charles Marsh. His work was so con-
spicuous and many of his achievements
so brilliant, that the lay mind easily
recognized a man of large dimensions,
but it will take time and scientific study,
both of the mass of literature that
bore his name and the mass of speci-
mens he gathered, of which untold
quantities are yet to be taken from
their boxes, to place his name among
the scientists. |
' But let that judgment come as it may
and when it is ripe. Other conclusions
are easy now. The biographer of Pro-
fessor Marsh must, with any use of his
facts, proclaim him a.man of great
loyalty to his work and of unmeasured
generosity in the use of his own means
to forward it. His explorations and re-
searches were on a grand scale. There
was something fine in the extent of his |
costly conquests, adding to the sum of
knowledge.
Then there is his service to Yale.
That needs no demonstration. The dry
records of formal Corporation action
eloquently proclaim it. Only a few
months ago, he turned over to the Uni-
versity the results of a life’s great toil
and lavish expense of a fortune. These
treasures are priceless. It was a great
thing to him to be able to serve the
cause of Science. But it must have
made his labors the easier and their re-
wards sweeter, when he felt that he
was adding not only to the sum of
knowledge, but to the strength and the
fame of the University of Yale.
This place, Yale, he loved. For not
a little while it has been the good
fortune of the editors of this paper to
confer frequently with him on various
matters of University interest. He al-
ways knew well what was going on,
not only in the council chamber, but
on the Campus, and he watched partic-
ularly the student life with a constant
interest. He was so anxiously devoted
to the welfare of Yale that he was often
not a little impatient with men and
things that seemed to be in the way.
But it is easy to see it all now as a
measure of his loyalty. He thad great
affection for Yale and he served her
wonderfully well.
THE PRESIDENTIAL DISCUSSION.
The most satisfactory feature of the
Presidential situation, so far as the
WEEKLY is able to have any relations to
it, is the frank acceptance by those in
authority, in the spirit in which it is
offered, of such service as the WEEKLY
can offer. In inviting a discussion of
the general question, the WEEKLY dis-
tinctly said that it had no desire to in-
terfere, but merely to let those who
were tremendously interested say what
was in their mind. Those whom it
addressed were thoughtful men, whose
loyalty was unquestioned, whose aims
were high, who were so interested that,
as we believed, they would not willingly
hold their peace if they had an oppor-
tunity to speak.
The invitation was accepted by these
alumni in the same spirit in which it
was offered. They wanted to say what
they felt. If anything that they say
is of any help, they are glad. If the
sentiment of a considerable body of the
alumni which they express is a factor
to be considered in the situation, as
most men would admit, then they like
to help to declare it.
And just in this same spirit have
many of those who have the responsi-
bility of choice, taken what the alumni
have been able to give through this
paper, both what might be printed and
what might not be printed. They have
expressed no feeling of resentment;
but, on the contrary, have said that they
were glad of what could be offered in
this way. It is in line with their
already acknowledged desire to learn
everything that they can about good
men for candidates and as to how good
men feel about the position.
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CITY, STATE AND NATION.
At last week’s Corporation meeting,
Yale officially recognized the relations
between herself and the City of New
Haven, the State of Connecticut, and
the United States of America. It
is not reading too much significance
into the action of the Corporation con-
cerning the erection of the Nathan Hale
statue to say that, in this respect, it is
one of the most important steps that
Yale has taken.
We refer entirely to the members of
the Committee selected from outside
the list of Yale graduates or Yale offi-
cers. By the choice of the Hon. Joseph
R. Hawley, Senator from this state in
the Congress of the United States, for-
merly Governor, and a prominent
factor in national and state affairs
for thirty years; of the Hon. S. E.
Merwin, one of the most public-spirited
of the citizens of New Haven and for-
merly Lieutenant-Governor of the
Commonwealth; of Mr. Jonathan
Trumbull of Norwich, conspicuous for
many years in the work of preserving
the memorials of the heroic age of the
nation and of connecting the good
things of the past with the present; of
Mr. George D. Seymour of New Haven,
who holds his degree from another in-
stitution, but who is always ready to
pull a laboring oar in every work that
furthers the resources and interest of
the University and city in things of art
and general culture—by these choices
Yale said plainly: We wish to do honor
tio the patriot-scholar, Nathan Hale, one
of the sons of Yale. Like every good
son of Yale, he did his best work for
his alma mater by his work for the
public good; and New Haven, where
he spent his college days, and Con-
necticut, his native state, and the Re-
public for which he died, must be as
much interested as we are, and we ask
you to help us in honoring him. It was
the right spirit and it was well ex-
pressed,
‘* NATIONAL REPUTATION.??
“National reputation” is a phrase
which some people have been very will-
ing to misconstrue. It has been named
by a great many of the alumni as one
“of the requisites for the next ‘President
of Yale. The meaning of the phrase
was explained in the article of last
week, but many critics for some reason
did not take the reasonable construc-
tion put upon it. It, of course, did not
mean that the man must be in the pub-
lic eye; that his name must be on the
lips of all newspaper readers, and must
figure prominently in steeple heads.
What the alumni meant, when they
asked for a man of national reputation,
and what was clearly stated in the ar-
ticle expressing their views, was this:
That the man should be recognized in
all parts of the land among his fellow
workers, in whatever line he had been
especially active, as a man of ability
and force. There are several men right
here at Yale who fulfill that require-
ment well. They include one or more
who have been conspicuously men-
tioned for the Presidency, and one or
two others who have been less conspic-
uously mentioned for the Presidency,
and with whose names the general pub-
lic is not familiar. Their reputation is
nevertheless national.
It is a reasonable contention that the
man who should be called to such a
chair as this, should have already
demonstrated to those with whom he
has come in contact, his abilities and
his character, and it is a reasonable con-
tention that he should be a man who
has come in contact with men in vari-
ous parts of the country following the
same walk of life. There may be some
great leader of education and a great
example to youth, who has lived al-
most entirely in his own locality, and
who simply needs an introduction to
the world that the world may acclaim
him. Nobody expects the Corporation
to linger very long if they find such a
man. But in modern conditions of life,
the possibility of that sort of discovery
is less than it used to be, and it does
not seem to be requiring too much, as
a general rule, that a man should have
demonstrated to a. wide constituency
his strength of character and of mind,
before he may be considered fitted for
the great work of leading Yale.
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Prof. Hoppin’s Resignation.
The following resolutions were
passed by the Corporation on March
16, 1899:
“The President and Fellows, in ac-
cepting the -Tesignation of Professor
Hoppin, desire to express their high
PROFESSOR JAMES M. HOPPIN, ’40.
appreciation of the long-continued and
valuable services which he has very
generously rendered the University in
two of its Departments—the School of
Theology, and the School of Art—in
the former during a period of eighteen
years, from 1861 to 1879, and in the
latter for twenty years, from 1879 until
the present time. They desire also to
give expression to their very great re-
gard for him as a cultured scholar and
as an honored member of the Faculty—
one who, by his character, his influence,
his instructions and his writings, has
done much for the University and for
the cause of higher education.
“On his retirement from his official
duties they offer him their best wishes
for a happy life in the future years.
They hope that in those years he may
find rich enjoyment in the studies to
which he has for so long a time, and
with so much ability and enthusiasm,
devoted himself, and they pray that
abundant blessings of every sort may
come to him as the reward of his honor-
able and faithful work.
“As a mark of their respect, and with
the desire that his connection with the
University may not be severed, they
ask him to accept the position of Pro-
fessor Emeritus when his resignation,
in accordance with his own -request,
shall take effect at the close of the
present academic year.”
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Harvard-Yale Debate.
The date of the ninth Yale-Harvard
debate will be May 12. Harvard has
the choice of subjects. She will also
submit a list of twenty names for judges
from which Yale will select six, and
from these the debate judges will be
chosen.
The annual meeting of the University
Club of New York was held on March
18. Among the elections to the Coun-
cil was that of Hugh D. Auchincloss,
Yale *79. George Woolsey, Yale ’81,
and George S. Brewster, Yale ’91, were
elected to the Committee on Admis-
sions. :
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