New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-21
TIE NEW YEAR ar YALE.

STUDIES OF THE TERM-A BEQUBsr TO THE COL
LFGK OF $3.50, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF DIR. BAR
BOCR-A NEW PROFESSOR IN THE MEDICAL
sCHooL-PROF. wRIGHI's DISCOVERY IN ELEC-
TROPLATING.
NEw-HAvEN, Sept. 17.-By this time the
sound of the college bell begins familiar, the
seniors learning to bow to the President with little
less awkwardness and the whole college machinery is in
good working order. Each year Yale IS Offering her
students a larger and more comprehensive course OF
study This the seniors have regular studies
The Human Intellect" under the President Faweetts
Political Economy, under Prof. Sumner, and Dana's
Geology, under Prof Dana. The list OF Optionas IN
cluies: Greek PROT Packard Latin, Prof Thacher;
slnscrit Prof Whitney German Prot Carter; French.
Prof Coe English Literature, Prof. Beers; Mathe-
matlcs Prof. Newton Astronomy Prof LOOMS; Euro
pean History Prof Wheeler; Mneralogy aud Crystal
lography Prof Dana. As regular studes the juniors
are taking Physics Chemistry, English Literature and
German; optionals-Greek, Latin, French, Calculus.
With the seniors, English Literature German and His
tory the favore studes OF the juniors the larger
number have chosen French.
Yale College will shortly into the possession OF
III. largest gift which it has received in long time.
MRS Caroline 81 Street. OF this city, who died the
23d OF August, left the college requests to the value
OF about S25OOOO. The Eew-Haven House, just oppo-
site the college the street Building, the corner OF
Chapel and state-sts; the building occupied by The
NerHGreH Union among the property gwen by Mrs
and husband. proceeds lnc sale or
the NewHaveu House are 10 complete the Ar Building;
the money realized from The Union building TO be
Tor the OF art Ia the college v1le that
iron the Building viii be devoted 10 the founding
OF new professorship to be called the Titus Street Pro-
fessorship, I'm the Theological Seminary.
Dr VIM n Barbour was installed pastor OF the Col
leRe Church last Friday The exercises which short
aud simple were follows: Reading OF the minutes OF
the council OF neighborns churches, which had
ined Dr. Barbour and approved Of his installation read
ING and prayer by Rev Mr.. Halves. North Church ser
mon by DR. Jarrs, Of the Seminary; Offering the
right hand Of feohlp BY DR. Noble, OF Centre Church;
remarks to the PASTOR by ex-President woolsey On
sunday Dr. Barbour preached his first his
CHARGE ffr his text Act- y, p. 81 ask, there
fore for intent We have sent for mcP At the
clos. OF the sermon. which snort able and interest
ing Dr. Barbour -aid he would be paidOnc1 Tor making
ono or remarks Of personal character. lie wOud
mako ~ promises and then he could break uOue ne had
no changes TO makc-he would Just wait and ser. He
would preach the simple gospel or the Lord Jesus
mid s on may God bless as-may God bless nsP Dr.
Harbour h OF thorough scholarship, OF Intense
hoped by all freude OF tle ,cOesc tIdt nc
will succeed In interesting and benentting DIS
difficult, distant and critical audience
ON last Friday the Nominating Committee met to I'LL the
vacancy IN tue chair OF surgery IN the Medical college
,nde last May by the resgnaton OF Dr. Francis Bacon
The committee transferred DR.. D. T. smith from the
rroie.sorshp OF Theory aud Practice OF Medicine" to
that made vacant By Dr. Bacon. DR. Lucen = Wilcox,
NJ D.. of Hartford, then chosen 10 MI Dr. smiths
OF state Directors III equal numbers
The Rev. r. W. Dale, Of Birmingham, England. who IL
20 deliver the Lyman Beecher lectures preaching this
wear will deliver lectures this term instead OF during
The Winter as has heretofore been the custom.
W. Wright, professor Of Molecular yslcs and Chem