New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-18
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Upon tho presentation of tho resignation tho
corporation passed the following minute:
The announcement 10y The president OF his
| resignation OF his Office. 10 take effect at inc
, end Of this University year. has com" 20 tPe
| corporation a great surprise, and they "Ouid
most profoundly regret il If they believed II was
necessary 10 accept this action as final and
! conclusive.
Will, tcstifying their afectionate admilato"
for him personally. and their erathcation WIN
his administration: the corporation most car,
| nestly requests and urges him to fix tho date ot
his retirement al tho time Of the bcentcnnal
celebration in 1901 Therefore.
Resolved That the corporation earnestly re-
quests of the president to deay the date Of his
! retirement until October. l!hll
THE LETTER OF RESIGNATION.
President Dwight subsequently, expressed his
feeling that he must abide by the decision sh-
nounced in his ietter Of resignation. and the
| letter was then referred to special committee
| to report at a meeting OF the corporation to bo
held on December H. Following IS the letter
Of resignation:
| To the Corporation OF tho University
Gentlemen. II has been my. conviction for
| many years that it is dcsrablc-a alike with ref
erencc TO his own haI pinoss i'm the later. less
active and more rcstful period Of life and as
/ related 10 the highest inte'ests of tho iustitU-
tion-that q person who is placed i'm the chief
administrative office in a larg" university like
ours should not continue IN that y sitiOn be-
| ycnd the lce OF seventy. IN accordance with
| this conviction. + have had the purp"s" eyer
since ! entered upon tho presidency TO- offer my
res lgnatiou 1T the timo when ! should myself
reacn that age As that time has just now az
riveo 7 make known to yor my desire To with
draw from the duties Of my Ollie al The close
I Of the present academic N'tr. and nay wish that
/ the regular meeting ~ your body which Il 10 he
held i'm Nav or at the meeting that will take
place in June YOU should elect president ~ the
! University who shall ont"l upon the dutle; ~
his position Immediately after the ncNt annual
commencement
Az make this announcement of my wishes
and present 20 YOU this request, trust that L
may not seem inspprorriat" for m" +" cNpr"ss
! the pleasure which have iu the thought that
in my official relations to the institution nave
! from The outset enjoyed the blessing Nhicn
/ comes from the cXistont" or a neroui ScutI-
ment on the part ~ tho membership ot tne I'M
versitv both in it's older ana its younger sec
! tions and also in the thought that there is no
! one so far : I know. among the company of
! Yale graduates whose residenc" ana work are
outside of tho University hlnits oi among u,'
! friends OF Yale who has other than kindly feel
| ings toward ne persona = az me resent nDul. ,'
| TIE friendship Of the Yale brotherhood. abiding
| with me as il has done in the past. and enduring
az IL does even to the closing days is the best
| reward of nv Iong-cortirued and happy life IN
! the service and fellowship OF tho University.
! With sentiments of the highest esteem ana
with grateful acknovledgmen' of Your uniform
! Kindness and friendly considerations ! am, ger
! tlemen. very sincerely anh truly NOpls
TIMOTHY DWIGHT
PROFESSOR BRUSH RESIGNS
/ Another surprise wa Developed at the meet
! ing ~ the corporation. when the resignation
| of Professor George J Brush. who has held
! professorshp In the sheffield Scientific School
| since 1870 was presented BY 4 vote of the
corporation no was appointed professor omeri-
tus Professor Brush having previously de
! clincd recollection to the post ~ director Of
the sheffield school vhith he had held since
the creation Of that Office in 1872. the selection
Of Professor r. II. Chittenden a. director was
/ confirmed
Among the other business transacted was tho
! extending ~ a vote ~ thanks TO Miss Helen l..
! Carpenter. of West Woodstock for the gift of
portrait u the Rev. Jededah Morse. Yale.
! is:
DR.. George =. Eaton Vale 1874. was appointed
assistant in osteology in the Peabody Museum.
Assistant Professor Benjamin Moore. of Uni
versity College London. graduate Of Queens
College Belfast. appointed assistant pro-
fessor of physiology in the Medical School. vice
Professor I.usk. resigned and Assistant Pro-
fessors Beeb~ and Perpont We're made full pro-
fessors Of mathematics in the college
The report of William w. Fanam. treas surer
Of Yal~ University. showed that the increase os
the permanent fund for the last year had been
Sj15i4 The general funds of the university
amount 10 12:;JS and other special funds
make total of Sl.6:;j.j.O. The academical
funds aggregate Sl6O7 $50. the funds Of the
theological department amount to S6i9 l22 and
the Sheffield Scientific School Fund Is S406 3l2
the law department has funds amounting 10
S111.3+1. and the Art School has funds amount
ing 10 Sl15.621.
TALK WITH \ CORPORATION MEMBER
After the meeting of tho corporation Edward
g. Mason, of Chicago. member ~ the corpora
ton. said To an Associated Press reporter that
50 far as was known. President Dwight rc-
signed Office merely becau,e he had made up
his mind 10 take tho step when h. reachei tho
ase of seventy. He secuted the idea OF any
opposition IN the president. ana added.
To he sure. some ~ ne have not always
agreed win President Dwight iu his paus tui
the was natural In th~ main ho has had his
usv. and wisely. too. So far As the Vale Uni
'erslty Corporation - concerned. President