Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-08-29
YALE COLLEGE.
New HAVEN, Ct, July 80, 1860

New HAVEN. CT, July 80, 1860.
EDS. HERALD:-The last week in July
crowned the one hundred and sixtieth an
niversary of Yale. The 26th ult was the
Commencement day. In attendance were
many distinguished persons besides the
members of the corporation of Yale and
other colleges Gov. Buckingham whose in
terest in Yale always brings him here, and
not this only, but transfers to its treasury
his annual salary. too; Prof S. F. B. Morse;
Joshua Dewey, the oldest living Yale grad
uate, aged "a years, who is yet hale and
hearty. AMI walks with step indicating
considerable vigOr. Prof Morse spoke re-
ferring to his classmates, Prof Goodrich,
Judge Ellsworth, Judge Grimke, Pref An
drews and others. He was listened to with
breathless attention and interest He met
nine of his class at Yale this Commence
ment. Members fOther classes also spoke.
The graduating class consisted of lis men,
bers, among whom were four from Ohio
The degree of A. NJ. was conferred upon
46. Among those who received the degree
Of Master of Arts, were Henry Strong Hun
tingdOn of Cleveland, Ohio, Whittlesey
Adams of Warren, Ohio, Robert Brown and
Jacob S. Burnett of Cincinnati.
Prof Elias LoOmis, Ii. D., author of
LOomis' Mathematics, late of Ohio, has re-
Gently been elected Professor of Natural
Philosophy, in placc of Prof Olmsted, de-
ceased. Yale Scientific School has recent
ly found q muni6cent patron in Joseph E.
Sheffield of New Haven. The new build
ing in which this school will be moved from
its present quarters, has been provided for
It at cost of over $4,000 by this gen.
tleman- The scientific department, under
the instruction of ProfS Dana, Silliman,
Porter and Norton will have energy and
character.
The examination for the Freshman Class
indicates class larger even than last year,
which numbered I76-the largest class on
record. The Freshman Class this year
will be about 200. The number of stu
dents pursuing regular collegiate course
at Yale, last year, was larger than that Of
any other college in the United States
29 were from Ohio.
During the last year Gymnasium was
erected for the students at an expense of
$4,000. This building is designed to
provide all the undergraduate students
with opportunities for gymnastic exercises.
A sum exceeding twenty-five hundred
dollars, derived from permanent fund, is
annually applied by the Corporation for
the relief of students who need peeuniary
aid. Scholarships yielding about $3.50 1
year are awarded to those students who
pass the best examinations The De For
est Prize Medal, of the value of 500; FIVE
prizes each of sl2, and three of $40 each,
are for the best written and pronounced
English Orations. The expenditures for
prizes and scholarships last year was s3,-
6Oi.
The Neurological and Geological Cabi-
net now embrace about thirty thousand
specimens, and is accessible to all the stu
dents. The Library of the College has
been increased to about 10000 volumes.
Among the Ohio students now at Yale,
are Robert Linton Chamberlain, Samuel
H. Lyman and Oliver Hazard Payne, of
and Edward R. Sill, of Cuya-
aoga Falls. J.
Yale College seems never to have enjoy
d greater degree of prosperity than now.
Herald