New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-12-23
YALE COLLEGE.
THE posT-GRADUATE STUDIES.

TEM-TIE COURSES Or hto'
NEwHAvEN, Dec. 2l.-The plans adopted AZ
New-IIaven for the promotion Of Post-Graduate
study differ in several important respects from those
which have been proposed in other American col
leees and universities and are interesting not be-
cause they are schemes on paper, but because they
are methods in actual operation. They are not the
device of any individual the project of any par
ticular crisis but are rather the natural develop
mept of the resources 81 complex and lOng-estab-
lished institution.
There are now IS postgraduate students in the
university at New-Hsven, not including the caSlai
hearers of lectures. the students connected WIN
the departments Of law. medicine, and theology
There are also ten special students" who are pur-
suing courses akin to those of tho post-gradna'ts
hut are not so enrolled although. perhaps, qn'e
worthy to bel. because they have not received ah
academic diploma. Seven of the 45 are smui,ane-
Ousy pursuing advanced scientific and phiiologicai
studies Three are Doctors of Medicine, two are
cereymen seven have taken the degree of Master OF
Arts one that Of Doctor of Philosophy. one that OF
Bachelor of LAWS one that Of Bachelor OF DIVINITY
and one that of Civil Engineer The remainder nave
taken either the degree Of Bachelor OF Arts OF
Bachelor of Philosophy. They come from seven
or eight different colleges, and from ten different
States Their present studies differ as much as their
preliminary training. Eight are enrolled III the
pathological classes; nearly as many are devoted
to history and political economy eight are at work
in the analytical laboratory of chemistry; eleven
are preparing to become civil or dynamic engineers;
three are advanced students in natural history ana
some are devoted to the higher mathematics and
physics.
There are scvcrald departments of learning in which
systematic courses OF instruction, covering period
Of two years are marked out For example, Prof.
W.D Whitney. whose profesSorship has been lately
fully endowed by Mr. Salisbury, has arranged q
course of study in Sanskrt the general principles OF
lnguistcs, and the comparative philology OF the
indo-European languages. The other linguistic pro-
fessors, Messrs. Hadley Packard. Van Name, Day,
Coe, and Lounsbury, in their different speclaltles
cooperate with him. in the pure and applied mathe-
mates. including mathematical physics and as
tronomy another group of six professors have also
announced a connected plan of instruction which
has attracted era scholars. SO. again Dr. Wool
sew and the Professor of History conducting a
class in History, International Law, and Political
Economy.
Besides this, the Sheffield Scientific School, since
it's origin has offered graduate courses OF study
To all who would seek them, and nearly quite all
Of the instructors in that department of the college
are more or less occupied by this class of students
The studies specially represented here chemistry,
ineralOgy. botany, zoology physics, practical as
tIonOny. and engineering.
The corporation of Yale College confcrs the degree
Of Doctor of Philosophy on those who remain here
two or three years pursuing definite of study,
and who pass the required examinations This de-
gree is never conferred as honorary distinction.
Since it was established in 1861, 10 persons have
taken it, almost all Of whom have been men of
marked ability, who have rapidly found prcferment.
Ten already hold prOfessorshps in colleges, two are
in the diplomatic and consular service two are in
editorial life is clergyman one is the head of
al academy is the chemist of all iron works and
one :. sill enrolled a special student i'll natural
history
The most noteworthy features in these arrange
,ncnts arc the following: /. Indiriduol F,eedom.-
Each instructor offers from year to year such
scheme Of work as seems TO him good and so each
student is free to choose what he will pursue
or what instructor he will attend. The students
choice may depend his probable calling in life, his
mental aptitude the time he can spend or
the peculiar means at his disposal 2. Combination OF
Cause.-The work of different professors is so dis
tributcd that there is little or no overlapping or
,iupcafic and also that it is easy for the scholar
20 combine the instructions of several teachers in one
rethodcal course. Several such courses have been
definitely marked ont guide TO the student.
g. Personal JnarLctiOns.-1hc classes being small,
the frees inquiry the part of the student is en-
conIagrd. Familiar rotations often in the private
study Of the Professors practical work with appara
tvs or Instruments. and the constant recurrence TO
original arlor les are the usual modes of instruc-
ton re- her than formal lectures addressed to classes
of considerable size. In Natural History qualified
students are encouraged to go with their Professors
on sciciiic excursions in the neghborhOod and at
a distance. 4. Ictinite requirements for Degree
While a student may remain here only for portion
of year. and may have the freedom referred to- yet
4 -. al of hp
he secured by confined residence definite studies,
a credit able graduation thesis, md satisfactory
examinations s. Easy access TO Libraries and Coec-
fions-All the literary and scientific collections of
the College are freely open to University students;
these collections include those of the Professors.
some of which are of superior value
The inquiry having frequently been made as to
whether there is school for journalism, 1t may he
said that there is such organizations but much OF
the graduate instruction. particularly that IN Ills
tory political economy, and English literature has
an important bearing upon the editorial profession,
and is well adapted for the advanced training OF
those Young men who expect to be engaged in pub
lie life whether as writer's lawyers, or governmental
officers.
As the following scheme has never been diawnOut |
i'm connected form, may be of interest as all APP
pendix to this statement.
COURSES FOR POST GRADUATE STUDENTS,
,,r,cd by Professors in Yale college, including those ~
he Shefltid Scientific School 1912
/ President ~ Potter, in Psychology Logic and the
History of Philosophy. ,. ,u,,
q E[Prcsident T. d. Woolscy, In Pohty, foHucal
ECONOMY and International Law. -, ,
PROT Elias Looms, MeeOr0ogy. with special
reference IL the making and reducing me'ooroos'ca
observations. -, l., -, - -,....,,. H., |
a., thc mechanics of rigid bodies and fluids and t III
snCrca Astronomy, including the computation o plan
Pr r. A. nacher in selected plays Of Plauus aud |,
,rsrenre with special reference 10 carly Latin FORMS