The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-07

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FuTness. Of Phs4selrAEa. 3 member q
she class Of 1se9.
Yale College.
yale collage New Haven. was founded
r. Iszs ~ Rev. John Davenport and The
cphIs9s Eaton Davenport was al en-
thusiaxtic friend of education. and as
pred 70 founding a college among the
VERY FIRST institutions q the new colony
Public schools and compulsory education
we're established II this cosouy On Christ
uas day. isf. - a vote Of the general
court
Through more TRAN half 4 century.
through Troubles With Indians and
troarlez with their charter. few en-
thuslastic cnes kept alive the hope O a
college. IN 1857 enc n every thirty OF the
graduates at Harvard rad gone from NeT
Haven and Connecticut had furnished one
eighth Of all the students In i1sl tns gen
eraI court agreed 70 bold its next session
az New Haven. This brought Joy 20 me
champions of the college idea, fer i meant
the opportunity they had hoped for. Trey.
entered into q correspondence with ne
leading men OF the other colonies, notabiF
the Mathers OF Massachusetts,. 20 obtain
the best advice as 70 procedure. Ihey
were afraid 10 ask fer a charter Tor rear
OF mourning the aispleasure or the crown.
AZ this sirne tnare was population o.
l. co scattered in thirty-four towns, anu
none were wealthy. a meeting was e4ilt1
~ Fsrsdford Ia September. I7ol. st the
bo-ae az a Mr. Russell The plan was
thorouchiy discussed. and as each one
entered the house re deposited upon Mr.
RusseITs table z contribution OF DOCKS
exclalming. I give these books ior tAS
founding Of & college -.
In October l4al. the General Seatt
MT james Fitch. one 81 the assistants,
gave ar acres Of wild land and promised
ali the glass and nails needed Tor the COZ
Iese building. On the same DAY the zen
eral Court issued q charter, co0cned IN
careful language. They aid net pretend
70 found a college, they simply proNloed
10 erect a collegiate school. len c4eIsy-
men were appointed as trustees faIt-
fers or Undertak ers' for the school. On
November II. seven OF these met at say
brook and fixed the school temporarily
at that place, choosing Rev. Abraham
Piersan u kiiHagworth as rector
Tuition was fixed at 81 snillings Tor I'M
dergraduates and 10 shiiiings for grad
yates The Bachelor OF Arts degree was
offered for three years work, afterwards
changed TO four years and the Master OF
Arts degree required three additional
wears OF work. In March. Ice. jacob
Hemingway presented himself as a
freshman and for that year he was all
OF the college. He resided at Rector
Persons house. Saybrook was the OF
fetal home Of the school and each COM
meneement the students marched from
the rector's home at klilingworth 10
Saybrook Pierson died in 1907, and dur
ing his 1--WE years as rector fourteen had
graduated. lie had prepared manu-
script text on physics. probably from his
Harvard note books. which was used for
some years afterward in the school
REV Samuel Andrew. OF Milford, was
chosen Rector. The seniors came TO his
home. the others studied at saybrook.
Dissatisfaction resulted from a continu
alton OF this state Of affairs. and in ZIG
the school was rent in twain one part
being located in New Haven. the other at
Wethersheld New Haven rushed the
work on the new building. for the Gen
erai Court was 10 meet on October 10,
l1l7. but II was no easy matter for the
colonists 10 complete such a large under
taking. About this time aid was received
which decided the future and the name
OF Yale Callege. When Thsophilus Eaton
went 10 New Haven in less he took with
him two step-children-David Yale and
his sister. David married, moved to Bos-
ton and while his son Ellhu was still a
small boy, moved to England. Elihu de-
sired riches, became attached TO the East
India Company. pTospered at Madras and
rose 10 the position Of governor OF the
company. lie IS described as lax in NOR
his AAA a EH4A14&tAAttfsHk- lNEfG were
many ways In those days Of gaining
riches in India by legitimate means and
otherwise and Elihu Yale employed them
all. He was summoned home bur not
until he had become very wealthy Cot
ton Mather suggested TO him that Yale
College would be a glorious monument.
and pointed TO the struggling school at
New Haven. He sent over an endoy-
ment that amounted TO about 500 pounds
The roffqcp "a then REfihH VaHs
was not until the new charter OF I744 that
the official title was changed 10 Yale
College.
Bishop Berkeley gave up a fine position
IA England. hazarded his own means and
money collected from friends. and en-
barked for America. arriving at Newport
Z. l. in l729 His ambition was 10 found
on the Bermuda islands a college for the
benefit Of American colOnlsts and indians
becoming discouraged he returned to Eng
/ land leaving 20 Yale college a farm he had
I acquired in Rhode Island. Il was then
! valued at e30oo. The trustees finding
! they could not rent IL advantaeeously for
short periods. fool!shly issued lease in
| 1863 for 900 years and now. though the
| property IS worth more than 500 600 n
| brings n about $40 a year This same
| Berkeley aid. however, is one for which the
| freshmen strive each year.
| In i7e1 an attempt was made 70 have the
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| tire college. but this was successfully re-
| sisted by the rigorous President Clap and
| the independent existence OF the college
| was thus firmly established.
| AZ present Yale has COS instructors. . 2-5
| Students 2z5 90 volumes in the library and
| fetal annual income of sSA SIS There
/ have been - graduates. the oldest one
| living in 1895 being Rev Henry Herrick Or
| North Woodstock. Conn. Of the class OF
! 1Sss"
Prof Meauy next gave a history OF tho
/ college Of william and Mary. At present
| serving Virginia as a state normal school
! The college has eleven Instructors. 200 stu
! dents and library ~ 500 volumes. There
/ have heen 1900 graduates. Continues he
/ spoke ~ the mart borne by students IN the
/ war against FnElau8.
I'm the Resolution.
! "At the first news from Lexington the
/ patriotism % the Young Americans IN the
/ colleges was quickly aroused. Ehe1ezer
/ Huntington. afterwards a general left
/ Yale at tho first alarm. and this same coli
/ leee furnished four officers AZ Bankers
I Hiii TIE students left AZ Yale formed
I company 20 cadets 20 20 ready for an
/ en2erCencv- George Washington. on his
l wy - Cambridge 90 take command ~
the continental troops stopped az New
! HaN,n aud reviewed this 01wn8Uv ~
{ cadets Il was The frst company passed
/ g. review by this great captain 81 tho
{ Revolution A he left New Haven the
/ company formed iD line ard escorted him
! out ~ the town They kept tine 20 music
/ fure+-H.t nN are ~ t0tfr cumhrr Who
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