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f. member of the class Of '6l. and has served in
his present capacity since 1869. Mr. Farnam
was graduated in 1866 and has served as treas
urer since 1855. His tenure Of office has been
remarkably successful. and his resignation Is
rnuch regretted There was no discussion by
the CORPORATION Of successors for either of them
Professor Dexters office expires with the END
OF the present college year and that OF MI
Farnam in December
A committee consisting OF DR.. T. T. Munger,
Thomas G. Bennett and Dr. c. Ray Palmer was
chosen 10 inform Professor Hadley Of his cleo
ton. Professor Hadley's election will be a
popular one as 1t is estimated that he was the
choice Of over three -fourths OF the graduates.
The opinion of the undergraduates was unani-
mously in his favor.
The resignation of DR.. Louis S. De Forest
clinical professor OF medicine, accepted TO
take effect at commencement. Professor Charles
f. Beecher was appointed curator OF the geo.
logical collections in succession to the late Pro-
fessor Othniel c. Marsh. DR.. George l.. Amer
man. Yale. 80. was appointed registrar OF the
Scientific School and George F. Eaton was ap-
pointed Instructor in comparative osteology IN
the same school NJ. Matsumoto, assistant IN
the psychological laboratory. w reappointed'
and K F Geiser now a student In the graduate
school. was appointed an assistant IN history.
A gift was reported of S5OoO from Mrs:
Thomas G.. Bennett. OF New Haven. TO be ADDED
10 the foundation of the W. w. WlhcheSter
prize in the School Of Fine Arts; also an addi-
ton Of 81. 900 from Henry F. English. OF New
Haven TO the fund of the Alice K. Engllsh prize
in the Art School 1t was voted to proceed win
the Immediate erection Of the final building for
the Law School in front OF the present building.
Arthur Twining Hadley born in New-Haven.
on April o. 1856. being the only child of James b.
Hadley. professor of Greek at Yale. He was pre-
pared for college al the Hopkins Grammar School
IN New Haven entered Yale in the fall Of 1872. and
was graduated I'm 1876. For year afterward he
studied political scence in New-Haven The next
two years. ending with the summer Of 1879. he
passed at the University Of Berlin. where he stud
led history and political science Returning from
Europe in 1879. he was made tutor in Yale and
held that place for four years giving instruction
in various branches His tutorshp ended In 1SS3
and al or shortly before that date he began his
work in the field Of the history and science of rail-
road transportation. which. Notwithstanding his
varied interests has since been considered his
cialty and In which ne has risen 10 be acknowl-
edged authority. From 1888 1856 Professor Had
lev was university lecturer railroad admnistra-
ton Since 1856 ne has been professor of political
science in the graduate department and in 1891,
when Professor Sumner compelled BY failing
health to go abroad for extended vacation Pro-
fessor Hadey appointed TO take his work in
the academic department during his absence This
place he filed until Professor Summers return in
1898 In addition the of lectures which he
has delivered in New Haven. Professor Hadley has
lectured also at Harvard University. the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology and in other parts
OF the United States. From 1887 10 1889 he was
Associate Editor OF THE Railroad Gazette" Of
New-York having special charge Of the department
OF foreign railroads From 1885 10 1857 he was
Commissioner of Labor Statistics OF Connecticut
and in this capacity he published two reports which
attracted attention and established his repu-
sat as A an nd fnf. .f
problem.
The list Of Professor Hadley's published writings
is long His magazine articles are OF great num-
Der. In 1883 he contributed series Of articles on
"Transpor tation" 10 'Laors Cyclopadia Of Polit
ical Science and in 1856 he was employed 10 pre
pare part Of the article on railways in the ''T,nc,
copedia Britannica" lie is the author Of the
chapter on the railway in It's business relations in
Sorbner's American Railways" 1883. He wrote
the labor report Of the State Of Connecticut for
1886 So and that for 1856 81. while he was Com
missioner Of Labor Statistics. In 1885 he published
Railway Transportation. Its History and Its
Laws" which has been translated into French and
Russian. and which is, next TO his Economics"
Professor Hadleys principal work. In 1896 he pub
shed the last-named volume. under the title Eco
nomcs: An Account Of the Relations Between Pri-
vate Property and Public Welfare.
Professor Hadley married in 1891 TO Miss
Luzon B. Morris Ex-Governor OF Connecticut In
the last year Professor Hadley has been president
he has always taken active interest. one Of the
mos, popular Of the courses which Professor Had
ley has offered and the most novel, is that COM
monty known as economic debates" Ii is a linz
lted course, open only to seniors and there have
always been many more applicants than could be
admitted. What is done IL practically to turn the
class into debating society. with Professor Had
ley as its president. He gives out list OF sub
jects such as annexation, imperialism or the cur
rency, early In the year. and sides OF three each
are formed and debates assigned Each side pre-
senis a brief. and after the debate which is con-
Quoted before the rest OF the class as audience,
Professor Hadey critcises the briefs the general
development OF the arguments and the individual
debates IN both style and argument His criticisms.
though severe. are always kindly, and are inter
spersed with apt stories. for which and his
ner ia telling them, he Is noted
Professor Hadley received the degree of NJ. A.
from Yale in 1856, and a silver medal from the
Paris Exposition Of 1889. In 1882 he spent the sum
Iner on foot In Southern Norway. His next trip 10
Europe was In 1887, when he visited Switzerland.
Al ls9Q he WAS In England aa the guest Of The