The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-05

The oO0 - . Yale broteoo0R ono .
GraAuate - Tale-Moae Mo Nark
- q Labor CemnSssfener-Pspu
lar with the College stsaents.
NEW HAVEN. Conn. May 3.-since
the announcement that Prof. Arthur T.
Hadiey. Of Tale, had succeeded President
Timothy Dwight as the head OF the uni-
veYsify. there has naturally been tncreaf~
ed interest In him. He may be seen az
mcst any day on the streets Of this city
going TO og frem the postoffice. General
II he Il unaccompanied. That he Ia OF
Z high-xtrung. nervous temperament -
well known TO his near friends. Even on
the lecture platform this nervous spirit 10
more or less In evidence. Bat II has
never been known to overcome him ana
drive him into that condition commonly
krCwn a. stage fright. To one seeing him
for the nrst time about TO address An
audience the impression might be convey
ed by his mannerisms that he was on the
verge u collapse. In such = case how
ever, the spectator would be mistaken
Prof. Hadiey In such moments Of seeming
embarrassment II really not In the least
disturbed He begins his speech in
hesItatsng sort OF way, tries. one might
suppose from his actions. to get nrm
grip on himself, and then goes on with
his talk. Day after day ne goes through
these manifestation Of disturbed eQuare
unity In the lecture room At Yale when
he has a class on. Once started his lee
ture becomes very engrossing. His ex-
plantations Of some Of the intricAcies OF
economic problems are as clear a. Day
light. He goes to the center OF his SUD-
ject with directness-
The students al like him In the class
room. They have no difficulty In under
standing him. and his course Of lectures.
dry ~ economics generally are TO tae av-
craze student. n among the most popular
in the university. A one student ex-
pressed II recently In discussing the popu-
larity Of the leading Yale professors In the
lecture ROOM II e almost a tie between
Prof. Hadley and 'sBilly" Phelps. AZ the
young men at Yale Familiarity and affec-
tionateiy call the assistan; professor in
English literature.
Perhaps there u one athletic sport m
which Prof. Hadley takes more delight
than in any other: Al least he had the
prediction before golf became a leading
pastime among the Yale professors. That
was lawn tennis. He was regarded AZ a
capital player, and every afternoon that
he could conveniently steal away from his
books and his studies he could be found
on the tennis court not far from. the cam
U.S. Nowadays he is golfer, and plays
on the links OF the New Haven Country
Club
Prof Hadley held the ONCE OF labor
commissioner Of Connecticut during the
two years that Henry b. Harrison Of New
Haven was governor OF this common
wealth, and there are many people In the
state today who believe II is 10 be ~
GREETED that he was not reappointed- The
appointment1 was one Of the biggest sur
prises ut the time in politics. The poll
ticians hadn't heard very much about Prof..
HAdley. When they were informed that ne
was q Yale professor they said that the
governor had made big mistake In judy
ment, and that Connecticut would have q
c1saSce 70 enjoy the spectacle OF one OF
those theoretical fellows running branch
of the state government that should have
the most practical kind OF a man In charge
OF IT, But Gov. Harrison. who had long
been an intimate friend OF Prof. Hadleys.
knew that ne was thoroughly capable OF
doing the work OF labor commissioner, and
never from the day he was appointed had
the governor any reason to regret his
choice. No element In the state. when II
was seen that Labor Commissioner Hadley
was one OF the most fearless officers Con-
necticut had ever had, could be found to
say more agreeable things about him than
the workingmen
OF late years Prof Hadlsy has taken a
warm interes. In developing debasers In
Yale university for contests with the ora
torical young men In Harvard and Prince.
ton He has coached the Yale debaters a
great deal He is not much OF an elncu-
ZIONIST himself, nor has he the slightest
regard for the nieeties of the orator on
the platform. He Ia . forcibie. convincing
speaker, entirely without those emeeilish-
frh Ia shG
orator. His public addresses read well IN
bold type. Ills English is pure. His lam
guage il simple and he uses the right word
In the right place. Hs arguments are
convincing He was coaching the Yale
dehasers ore day not long ago with an
earncssness that showed how deeply con-
cerned he was In empha sizing the argu-
mentative more than the oratoricai or tho
polished or the elocutlonary side. He stop.
ped for n minute as a thought struck him
and said:
Consider me as a horrible example Of
what you viii be IL you don't pay atten-
ton to style in public speaking
Prof Hadley has eniivened many Yale
gathering by his wit He sometimes
sparkies In the classroom In this line par
,fcsilariy when the subject is 20 uninter.
esting tina, II needs something % the kind
to give II life.
Arthur iW}DibE ffdutef Was psIG IN new
Haven on Aprii g. 1856 and was the only
child CT the late Prof. James n. Hadley. OF
Yai. college. and Annie TwinIng Hadisy.
His residence has always been in New Ha-
ven. He prepared for college ut Hopkins
grammar school In this city and entered
Yale with the class Of 1874 IN issa For a
year AFTER graduating he studied Political
science In New Haven. The nexs two years,
ending with the summer of 1879 were pass
ed in Germany, at the University OF Ber-
I'm, where his studies lay IN the same airec-
sion-hlssory and poltsea; science He
passed the summer of ISIS in Switzerland
where he added to his previous reputation
n an accomplished pedestrian. On his re-
turn frsm Europe, In the autumn of ss7s.
he was made 4 tutor in Ys.e college. a
place h. held for four years Civ ng ln-
strsciion Ia various branches. HIS tutor
ship eTssed in Isss and then he began hts
work in the field Of the history and science
OF railroad transportation. in which he has
since accomplished much inportsn. work
and has raised himself 10 the posssian of