The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-01-31
EDUcATIoNAL ITEMS.

| professor Beers, OF ale, VINO mas been ab-
sent in Europe since last June. returned
home at the close of the last term, and will
4 teach this term as usual.
William A. Houghton, who was the class
orator of the class of 1873 in Yale college,
has accepted the position of professor of lit
erature in the university of Yeddo, Japan,
at an annual salary of $500
The Rev. William Bodine, graduate of
Princeton college, has been elected president
of Kenyon (Ohio) college and dean of the
the theological seminary (EpiscopalL He
has accepted, and entered upon his duties
January /.
Ex-President Woolsey, OF Yale, notwith-
standing that he is graduate of over 56
years standing. is still engaged in literary
work. He is now at work on new book
which will be published sometime next
! spring. 1t will be called ''Woolsey's rPoliti-
cal Philosophy"
A few days ago. as President Chadbourne
of Williams college, during lecture, was
| telling the freshman class that the notion of
allowing girls to enter the College for the
sake of their good influence on the boys was
not as sound as it might be, freshman
raised his hand and eagerly inquireds Don't
/ you think it would have good influence on
| the young ladies2T .f
A professor of agriculture has been Sc
i cured by the Illinois industrial university
/ to succeed Professor Miles. in the person of
Professor George L. Morrow, lately prOfes-
! sor of agriculture in the Iowa agricultural
/ college, formerly secretary of the north
western dairymen's association, editor OF
the Northwestern Journal of Agriculture,
the Western Rural, etc.
The Yale freshmen last week received a
challenge from the freshmen of Harvard to
ROW an eight-oar race with coxswain; dis
tance, three miles straightaway." Though
a strong sentiment in New Haven against
freshmen races, because Of the extra expense
and for other reasons. is developing in col
lege, the challenge will probably be ac-
cepted.
b The subjects for the commencement ora
tions at Yale have been announced They
are as follows: % Arthur H. Hallam. (2(
! The Spirit of Carlyle's Writing (3) ,Macau-
ley and Hallam Compared az The Eseetoral
System for Choosing a President. (5) What
Science Does for Agriculture (6) Theodore
Parker (7) The Poet Keats (8) What Art
Has Done for Italy. 90 Mountaineers in
Fancy and in Fact (l0) The Stability of the
Present Government of France.
There are in New York in present active
operation twenty incorporated colleges and
| universities Some of these institutions
| have other departments or colleges more or
less intimately connected with them. The
/ Columbia college has large school OF mines
| and an associated medical and law school; !;
Union university has connected with it the
Albany law school and Albany medical col
lege; the University of the City of New
York has law department and a medical
| department, and the Syracuse university
has connected with it medical college and
a college of fine arts.
President Eliot of Harvard, In his report
of that institution, mentioned, among other
/ pracSinO wants Savaral naw r1rofoeSOrShiDs
He believes, that all things considered, there
is no form of endowment for the benefit of
mankind more permanent, more secure from
abuse, or surer to do good, than the endow-
ment of public teaching in well organized
institution of learning. This truth is begin
ming to be discovered by intelligent men OF
wealth. A well endowed chair in an estab-
lished institution of learning will not only
| be the imperishable monument Of the do
nors name and generosity, but continue,
generation. after generation, to shape the
thoughts and usefulness of immortal minds.
The annual meeting of the Yale alumni
association took place last week ia New
York 1t twas expected that Mr.. William NJ.
Evarts would be present and deliver an ad-
dress, but he was unable to attendi In his
absence Mr.. Albert Matthews presided and
| introduced Professor Sumner of Yale, who
delivered an interesting address on the
present condition of the college. He con-
demned the clamor for innovation in the
| curriculum by the introduction of new
studies which had the effect of producing
| only superficial learning. The following
officers were elected for the ensuing year:
President, William M. Evarts; vice presi-
dents, Charles Tracy and William w Phelps;
secretary. Robert w. De Forest; treasurer,
| Joseph G. Jackson: executive committee, A.
Dewitt Baldwin, w. B. Rose, +. c. Stedman,
Mason Young, w. r. Sperry. A banquet
| followed the business meeting.
The following statistics concerning Har-
ward college are given in the presidents last
report: In the four years from 1873 to 1876
inclusive, 955 persons were admitted to the
college, while at the present moment there
are only 821 undergraduates. The loss suf-
| fered in three years is, therefore, Il per
cent. The number of persons admitted In
1870, 1871 and 1872 was 637, while the num-
ber graduated in'1S74, 1878 and 1876 was 422.
| The loss of numbers between entrance and
gradation was, therefore, 33A per cent, in
these three cases. The proportion of candi-
dates admitted without conditions has in
/ creased during these seven years, while the
proportion of reflections has not increased.
The number of undergraduates at the be-
ginning of the year was 776. being an i'm
| crease OF go over the number at the begin
ming of the preceding year; 14s were seniors1
194 were juniors, 182 sophcmores and 252
freshmen. Five seniors, juniors, sopho-
mores and 10 freshmen withdrew from the
sophomore and junior died. OF the with
drawals 13 were in consequence of i'll health,
! 8 were the result of an Improbable use of
time and opportunities and 10 we're caused
by changes Of plan on the part of the stu
| dent or by other circumstances OF the whole
number withdrawnS have returned to col
sle2e aad Joined lower classes ~ .4l