The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-10-11
AN AN5ANCIENT5C0L
MIR. cAMruELL's sEcoND LETTER
Iu Regard to Inio-ITarvard, Dartmouth
and New lInvcn's School Compared. Y
Character OF Yale's Pntronago-sIu.
scum md Flno Arts departments.
Special Correspondence Of The Int,llisaee.

Special Correspondence Of tie Int,liienen. t
NEw HAVEN, CoSS., October G.-Mr.
Frank Jones, Of Portsmouth, New Hamp.
shirc,-possibly the wcalthlust man in tho
State, and also very live man,-said to
mo, in speaking Of the New England col.
leges, that Dartmouth beats them all in tho
way OF turning out big men. Said hc:
"Thcy seem 10 have u, way Of developing
flrst-cass intellcctsthere that is peculiar 10
thatcollcge, Harvard Inns not graduated n
statesman in tho last forty years, notwi,h-
Standing the great number that have at-
tended school there. ~ will tell you
what's the matter with that institution" T"
he continued, "it's too near Boston, ard
the boys are too much addicted to frolick.
ting, drinking, md other follies and vices.
They have entirely too much license aud
arc not held down to the work us they arc
up in that country village OF Hanover.
They look after the boys ut yarmouth
and they have mighty little chance to fool
away their time in such vices rs are with
in easy reach at Harvard" s.,-, III.
He was not so hard OH Yale rs OH IIar-
ward, md yet he seemed to think that no
large city is the proper place for college.
If boys arc not absolutely ruined they are
led into expenses and follies that arc
averse to moral discipline or 10 great in.
tellectual development.
1t struck me that there was much keen
worldly wisdom in tlieso remarks OF Mr..
Jones. j think most men who know much
about the average boy will agree with him.
large city is not tho preferable place to
send boy to college. For this reason
Dartmouth has advantages in its situation
and isolation over any College Of its grade
IN New England, and ii may be that for
this reason, in part at least, it has turned
out larger number of famous men in pre-
portion to the number graduated.
CHARACTER OF YALE's PATRONAGE.
l alluded in my last letter to the fine ap-
pearance OF the Yale boys, as saw them
collected together In chapel. This is Ger
,ainly true vi them. They are more CITY,
fled lOokingset OF boys than the Dartmouth
students. Yale draws heavily from the
large towns and cities, while Dartmouth
gets great many country boys-sons OF
the farming class. Isuppose that over one
half OF the Dartmoutl, students are what
would be called poor boys. On the other
hand, judging from appearances, should
suppose that two-thirls Of the Yale
students comic from rich or well Off fami-
lies. -. "a g',i-t !E.=rT
vi course when Yale College was found
cd At was Il country college. The New
Haven colony was IN odshoot from that
Of Massachusetts Bay, started away back
in about 1850. Even in the year ni the
founding of the College, l7Ol, it was still u
mere village. Its founders did not foresec
that they were in tho track nf travel be-
tween two coming metropolitan centres
such us Boston and New York. They
could not ioresee the railroad era. They
could not foresee the rise Of cotton and
WOODEN manufacturing centres to the i'm
mediate right and left Of them. They
could not foresce that the greatest West
India shipping house in the United States
would be located in New Haven, nor that
it would become an important manufac-
turing community. Their object then was
not to get ont OF the way OF increasing
population, but to draw around the col.
Ilege rs much OF it rs possible, for it never
entered into their minds to conceive of n
coming republic OF thirty-eight States and
ten Territories, embracing Ill areu OF 3, ,500,-
600 square miles, inhabited by $4,000, 600
OF people in the year 1881, and all tribu.
tary to their college.
Es.s DESIGN OF TIE FOUNDER.
The design of founding Il college was
formed soon after the settling Of this place
in 1880, but in 1862 it was voted to be "too
great charge for us OF this jurisdiction 10
undergo alone" 1t was agreed, however,
that il the Connecticut colony. which at
that time was distinct from the colony
OF New Haven, would assist, New Haven
would bear its Just proportion OF the ex-
ncnse OF erecting and maintaining college
in the town. But in consequence Of re-
moustrance from the people Of Massachu-
sets, who argued that inasmuch Us the
whole population OF the colonies was
scarcely sufficient to support Harvard,
already established, tho establishment OF
IL second college would result in the sacri-
flee OF both, the project was abandon
ed for tho time being, anil the col
ony OF New Haven continued to make
IN annual appropriation for the
support OF Harvard. Just before the
close Of the century, however, the project
was renewed and proposition made to
found "a school Of tho Church" to be
supported by appropriations OF the several
Congregational churches. Ten OF the
principal clergymen OF that church in the
colony were named Ms trustees to found a
college. They met in 100 and each
gave several books to start the library,
each one saying, rs he handed over his
books, ~ give these books for founding r
college in Connecticut" So says one Of
the books that have consulted. I-
The college was formally chartered in
lT0i, md in l702 it Ind eight students and
four graduates. 1t was first located at
Saybook, down at the moutlIof the Con-
necticut river, but was removed to this
place in ZIG. 1t began its career with n
library OF forty volumes. To-day it has,
all told. about 10000 volumes. The fl.
nous Bishop Berkeley, author Of the
poem in which occurs the oft quoted line,
"Westwani the Star OF Empire takes Its way,'G-
donated j 900 volumes in 1880. From n
faculty consisting OF rector and two
tutors ut its outset it has increased TO
considerably over q hundred professors
and tutors, in the several departments.
From n single building in ZIG it has in
creased to some twenty buildings, and
takes in nine acres OF the Public Green,
FINANCIAL FACTS. =
The receipts Of the accademical depart
ment alone were Sl5S, ,7S70 o. for. 1883, Of
which Sl09, ,503 IS came from tuition fees.
Tho salaries TO instructors in that depart.
ment were SS4,637. Tho tuition fees from
students amount to Si40 per year. The
corresponding fees at Dartmouth amount
to about 800 per year. Over. SIG, 900
were paid out for gratuitous mid, scholar.
ships, prizes, &c. While Yale College
does not rank as a University it has all
the departments Of a University. 1t has
tho Accademical, Medical, Theological
and Law. In addition, it has n post.grad.
uatc school Of Philosophy. 1t has also