Morning journal and courier., 1885-11-02
A Fatal Fall.

assessors of each town be required to ascer- tain the number of acres of tobacco raised annually and report to the Secretary of State.
 A Fatal Fall.
 About ten minutes to 12 o'clock Saturday noon as Mr. A. Dwight Street of East Haven, joiner, was at work saving off drum wheel in the fourth story of the building 2O9 and 211 Water street, occupied by s. H. Street & Co.,, the drum broke and Mir. Street missing his footing fell through the hatch way with the heavy drum to the cellar bot tom, a distance of sixty-fvs feet, crashing through the first floor of the building Otto Rakers and MT. F. B. Street hurried to the cellar and conveyed the dying man to the office and Dr. Linquist was summoned, but before he arrived MT. Street had expired. He was about sixty years of age and promi- nent and respected member of the East Ha- ven Congregational church. After the usual formalities required by the present coroners law had been gone through with Undertaken Crawford of Fair Haven, took charge of the remains and removed them to his establish ment and from there they were taken to the former residence of the deceased.
 
 The Resignation Of President Porter. Yesterdays New York Tribune says of President Porters resignation:
 By the resignation of Dr. Noah Porter Yale college loses a president whose scholar ship, character and habits of thought have preserved and strengthened the traditions of that venerable institution, and upon whose conservative judgment those friends of edu- cation who view with uneasiness the advance ment of new educational systems have rested their confidence in it's welfare. President Porter has been in the service of Yale more than forty years and it is natural that now, at the age of seventy-fve, he should be glad to lay down the heavy bur den which he has borne since he succeeded Dr. Woolsey in the presidential office. There are comparatively few graduates of the col 1ege who can recall a time when his name and influence were not associated with its progress, and there is no graduate of Yale nor friend of sound learning in the country, however opinions may diverge as to meth ods of instruction, discipline and develop ment, who will not gratefully recognize the unselfsh devotion with which he has admin istered the great trust which he now resigns.
 In choosing his successor the corporation, and the alumni so far as their influence ex- tends, must consider how widely it is wise to vary from the type and standard which have hitherto been preserved at Yale. Many of the graduates believe that the future of the college depends upon the selection of a president who is essentially nan Of affairs; one who will be primarily the executive of the university rather than the head of the faculty and who, perchance, will make him self as much at home in the pock- cts as in the hearts of the alumni. With new systems and new theories of edu- cation knocking at the doors of every college in the land, with vast industrial energy seeking an outlet in new pursuits and de- manding instruction in new fields of knowl- edge, the choice of college president is not an easy one. Yale will be fortunate if she is able to command the services of man whose comprehension of new claims and opportuni- ties is qualified by the dispassionate judg ment and the unwavering devotion to her permanent welfare which have inspired Pres ident Porter and his predecessors.