Morning journal and courier., 1881-06-29
tSounaI artO Gouier.
Local News.
Yale Alumni Meeting.

Yale's Growth fin the Past Fifteen Years
 Statement by President Porter.
 At the alumni meeting yesterday morning Bishop Clark, of Rhode Island, presided President Porter made an interesting report regarding the condition of the college for the past fifteen years. The list of officers of the meeting were as follows:
 President-Bishop Clark R. l.
 Vice Presidents-Rev. pr. J. M. Sturtevant, ex- president of Illinois College; Professor Lyman H. At F Barnard and W. L. Learned of the Supreme Court of New York ex-Judge Birdseye. of New York city bins Little librarian of the Astor library; Dr. H. P treat at Hartford; Hon. John Mason Brown, of Ken lucky; General Brayton Ives, president of the New York Stock Exchange Professor E. R. si of the Uni versityof California.
 The modernization and elegant improve ment of Alumni Hall could not but have af- ttAlma Mater'' was sung by a choir. The songs for the occasion were printed this year. Professor George E. Day called the alumni to order. Rev. Prof. Atwater, of Princeton, Yale '31, member of President Porter's class, offered prayer.
 Professor S. E. Baldwin was elected as- sistant secretary of the meeting.
 Bishop Clark, of Rhode Island, Yale '31, made beautiful opening address listened to i with deep interest, in which he paid affec- | tionate tribute to Yale, and spoke of Yale's children's pride for their alma mater. This | love the children would love to demonstrate to the tune of million year in gifts, if feasible. | A charming tribute was paid by the scholar | Iy bishop to&he professors of his class from | whom the class drank deeply of the Pierian spring. He spoke of Professors Silliman, l Kingsley, Olmstead, Goodrich, Fitch, and of | the great honor conferred on his class in that it had given Yale it's president. (Great ap- 1 plause.)
 l As the president had not arrived pr. Sur gis and Judge Learned, Al, were called for, | but were not present. Dr. Stearns, '53, was | called, but declined. The chairman then called on the venerable Truman Smith, who | had had long experience in public speaking. | This announcement was received with ap- | plause. Secretary Day went to escort him to | the platform; he declined with stNo! no !'' l He then rose and said sI must be excused | I graduated sixty-six years ago. That is an end of oratory." (Applause.)
 John Mason Brown '56, of Louisville, Ky, | F. s. Hoppin '56, responded for their class l President Porter arrived and was received with deafening applause.
 President Porter said two years ago 1t request ed that the president present report of the ment of the college for the last fifteen years This resolution repassed last year. After labor he had compiled statistics, the dryness of which
 begged the alumni to The statistics included the fifteen years from 186566 to 1880-81 inclusive. In 1865-66 the officers in the government and in
 struction 49 and the total number of students
 682 In 1880-91 there total of 1O8 instruc-
 tors and of 1,o37 students. In the Academical de-
 pertinent in 18656 there were 12 professors nclud- | ing the president and instructors. There now
 22 professors and instructors In 18656 were
 490 acadeInical students 612. In Sheffield Sci-
 entio S. hool there Il professors and nstruo-
 tors there are 15 professors and instructors. \ The number of students in 1S65-6 go; it is
 1922 In theology there professors and 24 stu | dents; now professors and 5 lecturers and 93
 students. In law there 1 profess and 35 stu
 dents; professors, lecturers and GA students
 In medicine there professors, lecturers and
 49 students; now there are professors, lecturers
 and 9 students The School of the Fine hadano | organized existence then now it has professors
 from the Scientific sSchool-147n all. In the gradu-
 ate department there II professor and or stu.
 dents; now university professors and 29 students ! The Peabody Museum had existence, for the deed
 900 volumes in the college library and 5000 the ' students Gbrar1es now there 102OOO for
 mer and 24, GOO in the latter. There expended
 annually $2480 to replenish the library 1881 there ! replenishing have been received from President | Woolsey Professor Salisbury and the late George | Brinley. There have been a multitude of other do | natl ions years ago the Winchester Obseryator
 given land valued at S1OO was added tc
 land given by Cornelia Hillhouse and daughters
 During the past two the observatory has beer
 1865-6 It is for professorship, library and genera \ services and is as fellows: