Morning journal and courier., 1892-03-05
Ex.PREs1DENr PORTER.

ing finally to the prostration following a l severe attack of the grip and subsequent attack of pneumonia. His tenacity of lie was strong, despite his advanced age, as shown by his long resistence to the inroads of disease. He was taken i'll about three months ago and in few days his life was despaired of, but later he rallied and hope was entertained as to his recovery. The weight of years and the previously enfee- bled state of his health before being pros trated told against him. For several years past his health had been considerably inn paired and those who saw him last fall could but note his altered condition of health and his enfeebled step.
 With him at the last were his daughter and his physician, Dr. Robert s. Ives, who has been in attendance upon him through out his last illness.
 His death is great loss to the city and the college. Long had he been an honor to both His advancement to the presi- dency of Yale in 1871 was hailed with sat isfaction and pleasure by Yale graduates throughout the land. Affable, courteous and approachable, he readily won all hearts, and even when burdened heavily by the cares of the university and the duties of his professorship as well, he was the same kind, lovable man. ,~
 He came to the presidency of, Yale crowned with high honors as scholar and thinker, and the fitness of his selection was everywhere recognized in Yale circles. Upon him the mantle of the beloved and renowned Woolsey wor thily fell.
 Under him Yale grew, developed and prospered in all ways. Under his admin istration several of Yale's finest buildings were erected, including North Shelf Id hall, Peabody museum, West Divinity hall, Marquand chapel, Sloane Physical labora- tory, Battell chapel, the observatory, and Lawrence and Dwight halls. the total cost of these buildings aggregating over $5OO,- 900.
 The curriculum was also considerably enlarged during President Porter's term, especially by the introduction of new elective studies, although Dr. Porter was an earnest champion of required course, as opposed to the elective system as it has been recently elaborated at Harvard. He was probably the last to hold the presi-
 
 time.
 President Porter was always 8 popular ] instructor at Yale and he continued such even when age and bodily infrmities had made inroads upon his physical powers. He has in the last few years been truly @ man venerated by the college. An affecting ! occasion was in last June when he tot l tered to lis verandah to answer the greet l ings of the. graduating class, which had marched in body to his home to do him honor, the venerable ex-p1esident bestow- l ing his blessing upon the assembled class with upraised hands-the last class, as it has proved, which he was to see graduate from the institution he had done go much | to foster.
 ] As president of Yale he did as much tc
 advance the educational standards of the 1 country as any one man has done during
 the past fifty years and belonged to the sterner and more conservative type oi
 scholars which is fast disappearing. Since
 his resignation of the presidency of Yale
 President Porter has led somewhat se
 cluded but yet active life, for he was one
 of the few men whose ''mind outlived his
 body" and, until his recent illness, had 1 been an active, intellectual man. He re-
 fused to give up his work in the university
 and retire on salary and it was not until
 last June that he would hear to any such
 proposal from the corporation, and then il
 was only on the condition that he would continue to hear such students recite as he
 was able to.
 Ex-President Porter leaves two daugh
 ters, the Misses Martha and Rebecca. Hif
 wife, lady well remembered in New
 Haven for her usefulness and benevolent
 work, died a few years ago, greatly loved .! and mourned. She was for years presi 1 Alo so;1
 for Misses. Her death was a serious blov
 to the bereaved husband. Ex-Presiden
 Porter leaves sister, Miss Sarah Porter
 for so many years the head of the noted
 boarding school for young ladies in Farm
 ington. One of his brothers, Samuel Por ter was q well known educator of thu
 blind, now professor emeritus of the Ma
 tional Deaf Mute college at Washington
 D. O., and Dr. Noah Porter, ex-presiden
 of Yale
 Closely blended with the quiet annals O
 the old town of Pennington, Conn.,, eve1
 since it was settled in 1640, has been tn.
 family name of Porter. In that ricl
 Puritan stock was born late in the las century Noah Porter, for sixty years pas tor of the Pennington Congregations ! church, 8 writer of several theological works, member of the Yale college corpor
 ation, and, according to a Connection
 biography, chief founder of the American
 board of foreign missions, which held it
 irst meeting in his study September 1910 Three of his children have reache, public fame: Sarah Porter and Samue
 Porter, above mentioned; and ex-Presiden , Porter.
 . Said Professor George P. Fisher yeste1 | day of deceased:
 "His intellect was at once robust an, : vivacious He was 8 keen logician, 5 metaphysician widely recognized for hi
 proficiency in philosophical studies; bu
 so far from being dry and prosaic in tn cast of his thoughts, his imagination wa ; active, and he was fully appreciative Q the best things in poetry and art. Hi l talents were versatile. He was a preacher : author, teacher, with an intelligent sym I pathy, also, with the various practics
 pursuits of men.
 , ''He had an appetite for all knowledge 5 His mental activity was not confined t any single channel. Whoever took wal with him in the country in the summe : had occasion to perceive his intimat . Knowledge of the flowers and the trees.
 good acquaintance with botany was onl one of his varied accomplishments. Hi , principal literary works were his copiou
 treatise on the Human Intellect and hi
 editorial task in connection with Web l 5GO4 DlCV1OAdAy ouU AO "4oIC, O06ASAOe in books and periodicals on large variet of themes; literary, philosophical and re } ligious. His faculties moved quickly an 3 never with more skill and rapidity tha :, when he was reused by controversy" Said last evenings New York Telegram D Those who have studied under the venerab] ex-president and have recited to him in the lttl amphitheatre on the ground floor of Old Chapel | will remember with affection and respect hi , ! singular charm of manner, sweetness of dispos l tion and brilliant, old-school talents The clas | of 18S6 the last graduating under his regime z l voted him their most popular instructor in IT sponse to a ballot prepared by the class statist !, 1 can.
 Says the New York Evening Post of las t night.
 Dr. Porters range of general knowledge we | very great. He was an excellent botanist, a kee
 observer of nature and an ardent lover of he l works. It is told of him that the guides of th ! Adirondacks which were his familiar trampin, ! ground, welcomed no woodland guest as they di r l him. In verbal discussion he was often listles = ! until challenged, when his whole mental chara ! ter seemed to change and he entered the conf1i, 2 2 ! like an awakened warrior. His temper was si 7 l gularly gentle and winsome, his sympathies wit l those about him ever ready, his charities prom 2 ! and his popularity universal among the student ? ! of whom thousands who have sat under his gr, D cious smile in the class room will mourn as gra1 uates genial personality rarely found in ac | kemic halls
 Many vears 400 eY-Prasidant Portor