The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-10-19
YALE CORPORATION.
Morris f. Tyler Elected Yales Treasul

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er-Harry Jepson's, New Honors.
At the close of the Yale corporation
meeting yesterday Arson Phelps Stokes,
jr., the new secretary of the Yale cor
poration, announced several important
votes by that body.
Announcement was made of the cleo
| ton of Professor Morris +. Tyler of
| this city as Yale's treasurer, and that
| Harry w. Jepson, Yale '93, son Of Pro-
fessor Benjamin Jepson of this city, and
organist at Yale for several years, had
been given a new assistant professor
ship in the theory of music.
Stanley Knight, formerly organist in
Center church and prominent in musi-
cal circles here for years, was appointed
instructor in pianoforte.
The Storrs lecturer in the Yale Law
school for the next year was named
as DR.. jacques Dumas of France. He
is celebrated French jurist. His lee
lures will begin in April His theme
will be announced later.
The election of the prudential COM
mittee took place yesterday also. The
old members chosen were Messrs.
Palmer, Cooper, winthrop and Bennett
The new members were Messrs. Munger
and Dimock
All the members of the corporation,
including Governor Lounsbury and
Lieutenant Governor Mills, were present
at the meeting except Messrs. Beard
and Parker.
Mr. Tyler, the new treasurer is Of
New Haven birth, Yale man and one
of New Ravens foremost business men.
He Is the elder son of the late Morris
Tyler who was leading merchant here
for many years and who served as may
or of New Haven. Morris f. Tyler was
born August %, 1S4S. He graduated at
Yale academic, class of TO- and entered
the Yale Law school, but left in May,
1871, to accept position in the editorial
department of the Hartford Evening
Post. He remained there during the
summer, leaving in September to accept
a position on the New Haven Daily
Palladium. He remained till 1878 on
the Palladium, going back to his stud
les in the Yale Law school, which he
completed in 1873
For five years Mr.. Tyler was engaged
in the general practice of law as senior
partner of the law firm of Tyler & Hub
bard of this city. In 1878 he became in
terested in the telephone company. He
was executive secretary to Governor
Bigelow in 1881 and 1882, and was a
member of the tax commission in 1867
He was elected president Of the South
ern New England Telephone company
on the death of Marshall Jewell, Feb
ruary 20, 1888, and has ever since held
that important and responsible position,
tn,
Mr. Tyler has been an instructor in
the Yale Law school since 1898, and |
professor of general jurisprudence since
1894.
On November S, 1873, Mr.. Tyler mar
ried Miss Della Talmer Audubon, |
daughter Of Victor G. Audubon the sci |
enlist.
The New York Post of last evening |
speaking of Mr. Tyler's career says: |
He has made the Southern New Eng |
land Telephone company, of which he |
is president, one of the most successful |
telephone companies in the country. |
Mr.. Tyler is now professor of general |
jurisprudence in the Yale Law school, |
but will give up the place at the end |
of the present college year. He will re-
tain his presidency of the Southern
New England Telephone company Civ
ing chief attention, however, to super
visOry duties, and turning over the exec
utive work of the company to his son.
The new treasurer is a man of acute
literary and artistic tastes, and it is
believed that his opportunity of shap-
ing the physical and architectural
growth of the university has been a
m in I'M he
new place. Mr.. Tyler was in the list
Of men mentioned for the Yale presiden-
~, after the resignation of President
Dwight, and was quietly but strongly