Morning journal and courier., 1884-05-17
Ya'e Corporation.

l An Important Meeting Held Yesterday- l The Medical School and the Winchssa eE l Observatory Question.
 Considerable awe and emotion was visible
 on the faces of undergraduates yesterday as
 they trod the campus pavement, as if in rec
 ognition of the fact that that dignifed and
 august body, the Yale corporation, was busiIy 1 engaged in secret conclsve discussing matters 1 of importance to Yale. Among those present at the meeting were: President Noah Porter, Hon. George G. Sumner of Hartford, ex-
 President Theodore D. Woolsey, Rev. George
 J. Tillotson of Westerfeld, Key. Amos S l Chese brough of Durham, Rev. Lavalette l Perrin of Torrington, Rev. Samuel C. Willard
 of Colchester, Hon. Henry B. Harrison, Rev
 Joseph w. Backus of Plainviue, Hon. Frede-
 rick J. Kingsbury of Waterbury, Rev. Ma thaniel J. Burton of Hartford, Rev. Charles R. Palmer of Bridgeport, Rev. Joseph A. Twichell of Hartford, Mason Young of New
 York city and Professor Dexter, the college
 secretary. Of the twenty members of the
 corporation fifteen were in attendance
 In waiting in the lobby outside President Porter's office were Professors M. c. White
 and 0. A. Lindsey, of the Yale Medical
 school They had business with the corpo-
 ration in reference to the interests of the
 Medical school At the forenoon session the
 prudential committee made the report of the selection of the usual half dozen or so of names upon whom honorary degrees are to be conferred at the coming commencement. It vas accepted and approved subject of course to revieion. The principal mat ter up for discussion, however, was in relation to the Medical college This institution, it seems, either through no fault of its own mismanagement, has for some time been running behind financial ly. For some years the corporation have been called upon to make advances from the general fund of the college to make both ends meet. The usual request has been made again this year, and it is question which has for some time been seriously debated in secret, whether under the present arrange ment more funds should be advanced It was on this account that Drs Lindsley and White asked to be heard What to do, whether to reduce the working force or raise more money, were questions before the meeting Drs. Lindsley and White made an elaborate and exhaustive statement of the Leeds and condition of the school. The school may be made self-sup- porting in the opinion of some and should have high rank.
 In the afternoon the meeting discussed the resignations of Professors Newton and Loomis directors of the Winchester ob- servatory and the proposed change on the curriculum of the acsdemical department The subject of a revision of the cur riculum came befors the corporation in the form of a memorial prepared by Pro- fessors Sumner, Ladd Peck and Dana ! Under the change advised, student with ] proclivities for any special branch Of instruc- tion will be afforded an opportunity to follow ! his lnclnati0ns in this respect throughout his college course, an opportunity that here tofore has never been provided during the four years of college life, thus allowing him to understand thoroughly one or two branch 1 es, instead of having an indifferent knowl- | aloe nf EeveraJ