Bo) Se ee ee a THE CHOICE OF ELECTIVES. President Hadley’s Advice to Fresh- men—Callings in Life Classified. President Hadley gave a half-hour’s talk to the Freshman Class, Monday, March 19, on the choice of Sophomore electives, and pointed out, with the aid of a blackboard diagram, what he con- sidered the best courses to take to reach certain definite ends. He emphasized very strongly the point that the principle in the choice of electives should be one of order, and said that because a man did not elect chemistry, for instance, in Sophomore year, it should not be taken tc mean that he was not going into that subject at all, but rather, that he would take it up later on in his course. The President began by dividing the pursuits of life which the students were likely to follow into these three general divisions: Scientific, the study of ob- jects; aesthetic, the study of books; ethi- cal, the study of affairs. _ the modern scientific man,” said he, “to make the most of himself, must have a reading knowledge of both French and German, because it is only by such means that he can be informed promptly of what is being done all over the world. For the man who means to take up the study of medicine after his academic course, chemistry in Sophomore year is a neces- sity, and the chief reason for putting it there was to enable him and those who are going into general science, to have two years of chemistry instead of one.” For those who desired to go into the productive industry, the President ad- vised the study of physics, saying that in his opinion it should come before the study of chemistry rather than after it. For those who wished to go into en- gineering and architecture, where the higher forms of mathematics were neces- sary, the course in mathematics in Soph- more year had been doubled, which means to stich men a gain of a whole year. To the men who looked forward to teaching, he recommended a general con- tinuation of the classical studies of the earlier years, with specializing at the end rather than at the beginning of the col- lege course. In preparation for the ministry his advice was for the study of German, because so much of the critical writings of the present time were in that tongue that it was almost indis- pensable. Besides German, he urged the continued study of Greek along with history, constitutional: law and the gen- eral principles of law, as far as the rela- tions of man to man were concerned. lifes men who are aiming for a literary ife means study the French language closely, for it is the one modern language which has a style. Style counts nowa- days for a great deal, more than it should perhaps, and a man who hopes to suc- ceed must be able to build a style for himself. For the converse reason, I should advise against making a special study of German, which will not help you in style-building, as its sentences are cumbersome and demoralizing.” He was very particular to point out to men going into letters the importance of keep- ing a tight hold on the ancient languages. For the journalists or newspaper men, whose business was with the gathering and presentation of facts, the President: thought that German took more than equal rank with French, and advised its study, along with history, which would be found of great assistance. For those who were going on to general business, he advised a diversified course. To the men who were shaping themselves for a career in the law, the President said: “Whatever else you do, continue your course in Latin, and it would be still ‘Cc - See Don’t Imagine THAT Keep’s Shirts will never wear out. They will, but they last longer and fit better ‘than other makes. Ready made, $1.00, $1. 50. Made to measure, six for $9.00 ; if laundered, $x. oo more. KEEP MFG. CO., B’way, bet. 11th & 12th Sts. We have no other store in New York geseSeSeSeS5e eee se52525 aS Beg Biae ees eg e5e5age5ega5a5asa5 said the President, “should by all - YALE ALUMNI better if you could add to that, mathe- matics or Greek or both. In law you must have that fundamental thing, train- ing in principles. I would advise that in Sophomore year you take at least three courses, not entertainment courses, which would make it an absolute neces- sity for you to acquire a habit of work for their accomplishment. Such a habit of work is of incalculable value to the lawyer, who must on short notice martial a great array of facts.for a particular case, which, when used, must be as soon forgotten. I consider that the best preparation you can have for the profes- sion of law is training, and for that training the best things are Latin, Greek and mathematics. In regard to English, which the President left to the last, he said the choices had good and bad possibilities, which would depend on the judgment of the men themselves and whether they had the proper stimulus in their hearts. He advised those men, and only those men, whose real interest in the subject is so great that they can make it more than a classroom subject, to take Eng- lish. In conclusion, the President expressed his confidence in the continuation of the serious purpose in choosing electives that had always marked Yale men, and his belief in the success of the new Saph. omore electives. ——_~+___—_— Forestry and the Colleges. The following is from a recent bulle- tin of the Division of Forestry: “Some interesting facts regarding the attitude of the various colleges toward the com- paratively new profession of forestry in the United States are shown by the appli- cations for the position of Student- Assistant in the Division of Forestry. This grade, which was created last Sum- mer, is an innovation in departmental methods. A number of young men, who have decided to make forestry their vocation, are employed during the Sum- mer at $25 a month and their expenses. They work under experts and receive practical instruction, while the Govern- ment secures intelligent assistance at little cost. Last Summer there were but 35 applications for this position. This year, although three months remain before field work will begin, over 160 have al- ready applied. Forty of these are Yale men, mostly undergraduates; Cornell and the University of Minnesota have each 11, Harvard, 23, and the Biltmore Forest School, 3. The remainder of the applicants represent several different schools and some are not college men. Timbered parts of the United States, singularly, do not furnish as many forest students as the more thickly settled dis- tricts. There are but three applicants from west of the Mississippi. On the other hand, the interest at Yale is so great that a school of forestry probably will be established there this Fall.” PASSPORTS—Procured through New ee Custom House in three days.— dv Chas. A. Otis, Jr. didison aa Hough, Yale,.’90°S. ale, ’go. OTIS & EOUGH, _ Bankers and Brokers, CUYAHOGA BLDG. CLEVELAND. New York Stock Exchange. Members of + Chicago Stock Exchange. Cleveland Stock Exchange. POST & FLAGG. cKERBOG \G TRUST CO. &p 234 Fifth Avenue. 66 Broadway. Safe Deposit Vaults at Both Offices, OFFICERS: CHARLES T. BARNEY, President. FRED’K LE: ELDRIDGE, 1st Vice-President. JOSEPH T, BROWN, and Vice- President. ALFRED B. MACLAY, Secretary and ‘Treasurer. FRED’K GORE KING, Asst. Sec’y and Asst. 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