The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-15
YALE CORPORATION MEETS,
TWO NEW PROFESSORS ARE AP-
 POINTED.

eral--The Crew.
 A special meeting of the Yale cor- poration was held yesterday morning at 11:15. Among the items of business transacted were the following; The university chair of Sanscrit and Com parative Philology, vacated by the death of Professor Whitney in June last, was filled by the appointment of Professor Edward Washburn Hop kins, graduate of Columbia in 1878, and Ph. D. at Leipsic in 1881, now pro- lessor of Greek, Sanscrit and Compara- tive Philology in Bryn Mawr college. He is expected to begin his work here in September.
 Professor Edward G. Bourne, a Yale graduate of 1863, now professor of his tory in Western Reserve college, was elected to new professorship of his tory in the academical department, with view to the enlargement and exten- sion of the work heretofore done by Professor Wheeler. Dr. Bourne will assume his new duties i1 September, Mr Frederick Wells Williams, who is now assistant in Professor sWheeler's department, was appointed instructor in Oriental history for the next col lege year.
 MT. Charlton M. Lewis of New York, graduate of 1SS6 was appointed in structor in English in the college. pr. Charles Sears Baldwin a Columbia graduate of 1888, now instructor in rhetoric in that college, was appointed instructor in rhetoric in the academical department Dr. Irving Fisher, now assistant professor of mathematics in the college, was transferred to the de- partment of political science, in which he has already won distinction
 It was voted to transfer the anniver- sary exercises of the law school, which have usually been held on Tuesday afternoon of commencement week toI the previous day.
 The University Bulletin which isl published weekly, was by formal vote recognized as an official publication, and the several faculties were request ed to use it as far as may be possible us medium of announcement for offi- cial notices.
 Special votes of thanks were ordered to the family of Professor Whitney for a valuable gift of books to the library;I also to Dr. William T. Lusk of New York and Dr. Henry c. Enc of Sauga- tuck for donations to the library fund the bequest was also acknowledged of a unique manuscript volume written by the Rev. John Davenport of New Ha- ven from the late A. B. Davenport of Brooklyn.
 The plans of the new Phelps Memo rial hall, as yet incomplete, were laid before the corporation. and met their appreciation. The further decision on the completed plans and on the be- ginning of the actual work was re- ferred with power to subcommittee consisting of the president, MT Win- throp and the treasurer.
 NOTES.
 Since last Saturday over two hundred men have been vaccinated by Dr. Eos ter and about two hundred and sixty by | Drs. Seaver and Anderson. The vario- Ibid scare has entirely disappeared, as there have been no new cases for sev- eral days.
 The Lit. banquet will be held March 20.
 The usual summer practice of the Harvard football squad will be omitted this lear.
 Bishop William Lawrence will deliver the baccalaureate sermon at Harvard this year,
 The price of "The Yale-Man- -Up-to- Date" has been reduced at the Coop. from $1.5O to $1.
 N. A. Williams '96 sailed from Liver pool last Saturday and will probably return to college next term.
 As the swimming pool at the gym- nasiunn is used but little in the evening it has been decided to close hereafter at 6:30.
 Cornell is having some difficulty in raising sufficient money to send crew abroad. The sum of $5,00O must be by the students and towns men, or the plan will fall through.
 Pach Bros. have abandoned the plan of getting out an academic senior heMotype album this year, and will de- vote all their attention to perfecting the class book.
 The arrangements have been made by the freshman crew management to have the training table at Warner hall, About twelve men will probably be taken, and the training table will begin 1n the 25th of the month.
 Hobart 95 and Peck '95 won from Martyr 96 l.. s. and Steele 96 l.. s. in he whist tournament.
 The Worlds Student conference will De held at Northfeld this year from June 29 to July 9, inclusive. A large cipture, containing photo raphs of the Yale, Harvard and Prince on baseball teams of last year, togeth- IT with individual pictures of the Yale players, has recently been placed in the rophy room. The following appointment list of eniors in the Yale divinity school has ,een made by the faculty: Raymond 7 Cummings Brooks, Tabor college of Ia ,or, la; William Thurston Brown, Yale . 90, of Madison Conn; Samuel MacIn- osh Cathcart of Northheld Mass; Silas , |. Osborne, Beloit college, '91, of Beloit, Wis; John Wesley Rice, Harvard '91, of Mass; Wallace Eugene Rol- /, ns, of university of North Carolina, of .sterville, N. G.; Charles Snow Thayer, .mherst, 'S6, of Westfield, Mass. Hiram |; -an Kirk of Hiram college Washington ourt House, Ohio. IL,