Morning journal and courier., 1889-02-22
YALR UNIVERSITY.


 GrOwth-DOubled i'm she Academ1cal
 Departments in Forty Years-Its Great
 Increase of Late-A Projected New
 Building for She6.-The Further De-
 velopment of Yale-Its Most Pressing Requirements-TheY Yale of the Flu. Iure.
 President Dwight's report to Yale for the period extending from July 1, 1887, to De- cember 31, 1888, was issued yesterday. The report makes appropriate reference to the deaths and services of Rev. N. J. Burton, DID,, Hon. M. R. Waite, LID, chief jus tice, and Rev. George Tillotson; to the elec- tion of Hon. Chauncey M. Depew, Rev. Dr. Walker and Rev. Dr. George Bushnell to fill vacancies in the corporation; to the election of MT. Wm.W. Farnam as treasurer of Yale. The funds of the university during the past two years and half have very eonsid- erably increased The institution has re- ceived or has had secured to it in various I ways for the future since the date referred to a sum amounting to seven hundred and twen- ty-fve thousand dollars.
 The number of students connected with ! the university in the year 1S85-6 the last year of Dr. Porter's official term, was ,076. In the year 1886-S7, it increased to 134 and l in 16S7-S8 to ,245. The present year QS88- S9) it is l 1865. Since the close of the last administration there has, accordingly, been an increase in the membership of the insti tuition of 289-a number sufficient in itself to constitute college of very considerable size.
 From the last year of Dr. Days adminis- tration (1845-46) to the last year of Dr. Wool sey's 1S70-71), the increase was 167-the numbers being 5ss ss compared with 755. From the last year of Dr. Woolsey's admin istration (1870-71) to the last year of Dr. Por- ter's Q8S5-6l, the increase was 321-the num- bers being 755 as compared with 1,076. In the year 1s68-69 there were but 65 students in the three professional schools; there is now 273. There were at that time only 134 in the Scientic school; there are now sos. There were at that time only 205 students outside of the aeademical depart ment: there are now 677. Within the last forty years the academical department has nearly doubled it's numbers.
 The report suggests the desirability of com. \ pleting the quadrangle of buildings at an early date, and the possession of means for the erection of two or three more buildings of. the size of Lawrence or Durfee will enable the corporation to accomplish this result. Also the college needs more land in the vicinity of the college buildings The president earnestly presents this need to the corporation and to the friends of the col lege. No friend of the university can help it more truly or more permanently than by
 
 additional ground. The college has within the last few months had most regretfully to decline the purchase of desirable lots offered them.
 A new and thoroughly equipped gymnasi- um is also needed. This want the president calls attention to and emphasizes for the at tention of friends who may supply the funds for this object. Plans for such building \ have been provided through the liberality of < MT. E. R. Johnes of New York, ss many of the graduates are aware. The expense of the building, it is estimated, will be from $125,- 600 to $150,000
 The needs of the Sheffield Scientific school are also spoken of Important changes in Sheffield hall have taken place to sccommo- date classes in analytical and organic chem istry. Further accommodations are needed \ for students choosing the optional course in biology. Changes have also been made in North Sheffield hall in order to afford facili- ties for the students of civil and mechanical \ engineering in electro technics, but the school ' is even now unable to take all the students Y who offer in this specially Otherwise Shelf. is crowded. The school was overcrowded in \ 1971-2, but MT. Sheffield remedied that by his iberality. Now another enlargement is imperative. The number of students has doubled since 1871-2.
 To relieve this the board are projecting the erection, if possible, of new building which shall be devoted to civil and menchanical en- gineering-to contain, in addition to lecture and recitation rooms and rooms for drawing, appropriate laboratories for experimental inA vestigation and original research in different departments of engineering science, electro technics, etc. This would be only the natural development of the plans of the pro- fessors in the engineering department, who have long felt the importance of greater facilities in this section of the school. Such building would also relieve the pressure in North Sheffield hall and would facilitate tue r1- of f,r SoAi SEa l uoation in the departments of civil and me chanical engineering.
 The need of such building was so pres sing that it's erection would be commenced at once if the college had the funds. The report then speaks of the Divinity school. In ISS7-S the students in this branch num- bered IF. Now the number is 133. The report recommends for the divinity department establishment of one or more graduate fellowships, yielding an income of six hundred dollars at least, and of several graduate scholarships with @ foundation of &, ,000 or $3, ,0eo each, and furnishing an in- come of one hundred or one hundred and fifty dollars. Such fellowship would be most helpful to the most scholarly young men who desire to continue their theological studies beyond the limits of the three years course, and to the school itself through the presence in it of such body of young grad uates in theology.
 The number of students in the medical school is larger this year Q8S8-89) than it has been for some years past. There are now 35 ' in attendance The entering class, 23 in \ number. is nearly twice large as that of 1887 SS.
 This school has a great advantage in it's means of making prominent the scientific \ side of medical education. The medical \ school greatly needs funds in order that its greater success may be assured.
 The purpose of g medical school in con- \ nection with university like ours should be \ to make prominent the scientific side of \ medical education. To this end there are \ great advantages in the location of this \ school. It is admitted by eminent physicians E that such advantages exist, and these is no \ reason why an able medical faculty should \ not avail itself of them, if only the funds of \ the school can be made equal to it's wants. \ The number of students in the law school
 has been steadily increasing for several years. | In 1S86-87 it was 79. In 1S87-S8 it was 94. ' In 1SS8-89 it is 106.
 The academic year 1667-S8 was prosper ous one for the art school.
 It's gratifying progress is noted in the re- port. Funds are needed to improve and \ perfect the means and appliances of inStruc- tion, to increase the Art library, and to add to the various collections.
 \ One of the things to be done to further add to the power and usefulness of Yale, be- \ side those above spoken of, is the endowment \ of chair in etching and engraving and pro- N | Art school building, large at it is, is already \ fully occupied and an addition is required \ for department of architecture. The accession to the Peabody Museum, \ through the further iberality of Professor \ Marsh and other accessories donated by c. \ E. Bcecher, J. E. Hatcher and others, are | noted. A further necessity of Yale is suita- \ ble provision for the Peabody Museum of \ natural history, and the observations and most especially it's library.
 The presidents report further and strik- | ingly emphasizes and illustrates the fact that \ a great educational institution like Yale can ! no more be conducted with the highest de- { gree of success on limited and inadequate | capital than can great railroad corporation. | The president adds the remark, made upon a | full and exhaustive survey of the question in ' all it's rami6cations, that if Yale's existing | endowments were doubled in amount the ! sum at command would be no more than ! sufficient for the work which Is now open before it and which, if fully and effectively \ done, would bear the richest fruits in all the future.