New-York tribune., 1871-06-28
YA1pS NEXT PRESIDENT.
~, nnun q. n. csn.ee oowant.

T1anfa y
w. ,o,,ture to follow an example that mas
" - ms and state what Kind OF PIesld2nt III Ini To
spinon Vale College, or rather we n Sis dmties The
49, PRESIDENT should be man Of large eul'tT, & ~ ~ al All
IN nature wen as in God ana hfg ,hSn me past and
nnseorenty believer in progreSs he S snIHid or E'o
who understands the nh Shapee that he nav
otc anu rs prfect working and complete development;
who PS WI, p aIsys ready t. use lis influence and ex-
Srf his Efforts for the equal tuithelahee ol an I'D for
one department gladly as for another an1 tEo We
whole tell upon the general good "i nc cs,rjl,I
should be an earnest Christian; 6H not "eo'SS""|
tgg xnd lie expected from the jealous efforts ana
cob"c sprii OF such President toward the Toiuc@oU @
oi he NV VIZ t r'criTcd I'm order 10 make Univer-
!ity cn o. or about Nac College, nor even TO Saio @ w
crs of higher study: Tor he VIII nnQ this ~ NVrA IA ~
% Sc@on,ulisred: but rather. 10 carry forward ine
n, i5, ,Trai,eed systcuis Of instruction. aud promote
tbeir wider expansion. and their grown III n1nuoa "
,1sters and aii needed appliances The several HSpaE
,t viii SIN have 10 rely, In accordance Wltn lho
rrdinary opcrtiOns Of nature very ie,N ~ 'n' -
Ife and encrgy high aim ana etscaOhh 49ilts VI tb
r men Bnt Their plans will be carried forward Win
uUickened pace il he views all progress WI WIZ ~ @ go,
terest aud is ready, unless there are o3N @ o ,
sons 70 the contrary, TO add his faVorng influence an"
FNSI FSs This general care of the University his duties
should include instruction in one or both o Tue unoef
graduate COLLEGES Inc 1To "a vSe the who can he most
benefited by his labOrs ana Influence he sh0ulu tnele
fore be known among them as scnolar uescrN Id dd
from scholars that he may De Ielt as power ioi b
Otherwise he Will be regarded as only genera sueln
endent manager Of the eoneeln o niue eo use S s
rieuce elsewhere has shown tine object or dsiespV %
epithets II he of the few learned men W tlo
age, and YET nade no loi U " r"f of a. and
fore the students, they would have no PROOF o It, an"
would care little for him or his learning. -, os.,
The Academic College containing more than fouI,iiths
of all the undergraduate students, strongly -. :,
will give in its government. Yale college necessarily vi
difficult government IL has not Only over VOJsuue 10
Keep or the moral good Of other departments as Wen US
IT, own a. lar as may be n unconscious subOrdnation
but II has the larger part OF the students hNmg
IN has "A chapel service each morning, as
well as on sunday; which circumstances aug
Tho President been a vast power in the institution
in the direction Of order. His presence daily IN the
ecure-rOOm have made his influence felt everywhere
among us. aud all associated with him KNOW the hlsnt
of that influence and have had occasion to rejoice In
n IL will be an evil day for Yale when the silent per
vasive power which proceeds only from such sources
light is lost the institution; when the President Il
known only the head agent OF the CONVERSELY ana mas
his agents Office out Of reach OF the students ana out
MococT II President thus separated from the work
Of the undergraduate colleges does not become an auto
erat in the university, and try 70 manage ana shape
faculties well as FUNDS 10 ms hlhg II VIII DC Deoa
lie rs wiser than tyninc hundredhs OF men IN hgh
positions has been put under bonds by the corpora
ION mar carefully define and limit his duties and powers.
Iu than one direction we may hd TINS autOcIat
spirit ustraled greatly to the dclineht oi tue lhs'
Fnthr il is desirable that the President should attend
the faculty meetings OF the Academic college that he
NAV know the inner working of the institution and have
that familiarity with its its instruction, its dis
rplinc and deficiencies, that shsn make him wise as
to this largest of all the university departments and
,ate adviser i'm the Corporation such intercourse will
oBfers IL is not necessary however, that he should
have ANYTHING to do with marks minor cases Of dis
~ moro importgut meetings Of the Governing Board
a . tine Icn) OF the Scientific COege-Or at least 50
lar as his presence desired ~ the Board or Will be
useful 10 the institution.
T urdergraduatc schools with their $50 students and
40 INSTRUCTORS are those the university requiring con
slant notifications adaptations, and expansions While
The others will almost Of themselves. The Law
Medical Theological ana Art schools need over
them 70 devise plans help in discipline; they have no
discipline 20 look cut for. aud the faculties think them
- ves able manage their affairs The Post
graduate schools are hauds-thOse OF their in
look merely for generous encouragement
and that ftrheTanCe OF their interests which wOuld
come from a university President Of comprehensive
views and large and generous mind and this without
much expenditure of time. Only the undergraduate
colleges demand presidential aid and influence To secure
the moral educational and governmental results TO
The university.