Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-10-05
ALEX ANDRJA:
.llO.NDfY MORNING, OCTOBER 5
YALE COLLEGE.

you an account of the college in Connec-
ticut. Perhaps little minuteness in my
remarks may be excused, as the gentlemen
in this section the country more frequent
" send their children and wards there, to
complete their educations, than to any
other eastern institution.
Yale college was founded in the year
100 or 1901, by governor Yale, from whom
il takes its name, or rather, he was one oil
its earliest and most liberal benetaetors.-
It was originally located at Saybrook, a
small town at the mouth of the Connecticut
river, but in l7l7 was removed 10 New
Haven, lis present seat.
The city of New-Haven was at flrs' la'o
out in nine squares, of 80 rods on side, ana
the centre square was reserved as pub
lie common. On the western and most ele-
waited division, stand the colleges, tacIlg
TO the public square. They are OF brick,
and five in number. Three Of these, each
hundred feet long, and four stories hlsh'
arc finished in studies: to each study are
attached two lodging rooms, and two small
or apartments. OF the remaining ediilses,
one contains the chapel and PhliosoPhlcai
chamber, and the other laboratory, reel
tation rooms, and ball for the library
/ These buildings stand on line, before
which there is delightful promenade,
planted with elms and poplars, and make
very pretty appearance. The tenants OF
| The upper rooms overlook the town, and
have fine view Of the harbor, the Sound
and Long island in the distance. Back OF
these buildings stands the commons-hail'
which is also of brick.
While on this branch of the subject, 1t
may not be improper to remark that more
buildings are necessary 10 render the ac-
commodatons complete. The government
of the college have, for many years, been
making efforts to procure funds for this Pur-
pose; but the penny-saving policy which
prevails in the state, has hitherto rendered
all their exertions Intellectual.
1t is believed that the library OF the COL
lege contains about s, 200 volumes OF select
books,-many OF them very ancient and
rare copies. There are also two societies
connected with the institution, whose IL
braries, containing more than 5000 select
volumes IN the various departments oil lite
rature,, are open TO all the students.
The philosophical apparatus is sufficiently
extensive for all the purposes construction;
and the college possesses cabinet OF spe-
cimens in mineralogy, probably more beau
tlul and perfect than any other in America.
For the use OF part Of this, consisting OF
$1,000 admirable specimens, the instltu-
ton IS indebted to the generosity OF colonel
Gibbs, who procured the cabinet in Paris.
About FIVE years since medical lnstitu-
ton was connected with the college, which
promises to be of extensive usefulness. A
noble stone edifce has been procured ior It's
accommodation, and botanical garden,
of some acres in extent, is in state OF "a
pid Improvement.
The faculty Of the college consists OF a
president, who is the instructor OF the Sc
nior class, nine professors, and six tutors.
Perhaps it may be deemed indecorous to
remark upon the characters OF any OF TIE |
gentlemen who now fill these Offices.
would, therefore, merely observe, II the |
loss which the institution sustained IN tile !
death of the illustrious Dsoight, could be |
made up by the possession of any scholar IN
New-EngIand, for lis president, that scho-
lar was DIR. Day. Aud in the departments
of chemistry, geology and mineralosy, few
institutions can boast OF Il more active, yea
lous, or skiiiul professor, than Yale pos
sesses in Mr. Siiiiman. Among the number
of its professorships, there is one of mathe-
mates and natural philosophy,-one OF the
learned languages and history, one OF rhe-
teric and bellies leltres, &c. sc.
The number Of students in the academl-
cal institution of Yale, is, generally, be-
tween two hundred and seventy and three
hundred, excluding residen, graduates
There arc one or two other circumstan-
stances which il may not be amiss to notice,
though they are not referred TO in your
questions. The laws of the college re-
oure all candidates for admission into the
freshman class TO be fourteen years old, and
10 be well acquainted with arithmetic, Viz
Gil. Ciccros select orations, Sallust, the