Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-03-09
DEATH OF NOAH PORTER.
The Well Known Educ etor Passes Away
at New Haven.

at New Haven.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, March 4.-Noah
Porter, D. D., Ii. D., formerly presi-
dent of Yale College and Clark pro-
fessor of moral philosophy and meta
physics, died at his home in this
city at $40 o'clock this morning.
In December last he suffered from an
attack Of influenza, from which he new
er rallied. At many times during the
last few months he was in a critical con-
dition. Last evening he showed dis
tinct signs Of failure, and from o'clock
until the end came he sank very rapid
ly. He was unconscious during most
of this time. Two daughters survive
him.
DR.. Porter was the eleventh president
of Yale College. He was born in Farm
ington, Conn, December IA, 1911. He
was the son Of Rev. Noah Porter, d. d.,
who conducted the affairs of the lead
ton for fiftv-seven years. His early
training was marked by the Puritan
firmness of his environment.
In 1881, at the age Of %, young Porter
was graduated from Yale. He then
taught school in the old academic town
for two years. From 1883 to 1880 he
was a tutor in the college. During
these years and also in 1886 he
studied theology. In April, 1886, he
became pastor Of the Congregational
church in Milford, Conn. This posi-
ton he held until 1913, when be
took charge of the leading Congrega-
tional Church in Springfield, Mass. In
1916 he returned to New Haven to take
the chair of Clark professor OF meta
physics and moral philosophy in the
college. Seven years later he was sent
to Germany by his alma mater to study
ceived the degree of ID. d. from the
University Of New York in 1885
Dr. Porter was elected president of
Yale College in 1871, in succession to
DR.. Theodore Dwight Woolsey. In the
same year he received the degree of
LII. ID. from Trinity College, having in q
previous year received the same dis
tinction from the Western Reserve Col
lege. He resigned the presidency of
Yale College in 1856, the year that the
ollege was made university.
Those who have studied under the
venerable ex-President and have recit-
ed to him in the little amphltheater on
the ground floor Of Old Chapel" will
remember with affection and respect
his singular charm of manner, sweet
ness OF disposition and brilliant old
school talents. The class of 1856, the
last graduating under his regime, voted
him their most popular instructor in re-
Spouse to a ballot pre- pared by the class
statistician.
DR.. Porter'S literary works are among
the most enduring monuments erected
by American thought. His first produc.
ton was published in 1851, and was en-
titled The Educational Systems of the
Puritans and Jesuits Compared" AS
managing editor he supervised the
revision of Webster's Dictionary,
which appeared in 1864, and OF
the edition of 1880. His most
remarkable individual work is
his celebrated The Human Intellect"
published in 1868, which is an accepted
text book in most American colleges
and has run through many editions.
In 1870 he published "Books and Read
ing" in 1871 American Colleges and
the American Public" in the same
year The Science of Nature
Versus the Science of Man." a
review of the philosophical opinions
of Herbert Spencer; in 1882 Evan
geline-the Place, the Story and the
Poem;" in 1850 Elements of Moral
Science" and Life of Bishop Berke-
ley" in 1886 GIANTS Ethics, a Critical
Exposition. F." and in 1888 "Fifteen Years
in the Chapel of Yale College,"