The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-03-17
YALE CORPORATION MEETS
SOMEL Mt u USINESS TEA VS.
ACTED YESTERDAY.


MIR. and nrrs. James @. Pinchot Give
| S150,000 for That Purposc-The
Chair in Semitic Languages FILLED
Rev. Burdette Hurt, ID. D., Resigns
from tho Corporation--His Successor
| Not Elected Yet.
| AT the meeting of the corporation of
Yale university held yesterday consider
able important business was transact
ed The meeting began at II o'clock in
the forenoon and at O'clock a recess
was taken for lunch The meeting re-
convened at O'Clock and lasted until
5 o'clock in the afternoon. The propos-
ed change in courses which has been
already published was discussed and
adopted Under the new schedule Of
sophomore courses the student in his
second year will have ten courses to
choose FROM OF these he will be res
qulred to elect five, and may elect six.
Heretofore the only option in the
sophomore courses has been to select
five from six courses offered. Under
the new course for sophomore year the
student will be permitted to take both
French and German. Another change
in this course is to make two courses
in mathematics, and the student may
take both of these.
The corporation voted to do awav
with all required work in the senior
year and make the course Of study Of
that year entirely optional. Hereto-
fore course in philosophy has been
required in senior year.
The resignation of Rev. Burdette
Hart, D. d., from the corporation, was
received yesterday. DR.. Hart has been
a member of the corporation for manv
years, and resigns because of his ad-
vanced age. He is pastor emeritus of the
First Congregational church, Fair Ha-
ven, having been succeeded as active
pastor by Rev. ]. Lee Mitchell,D. d. DR..
Hart was pastor of the church for near
ly thirty years. During the past few
years he has resided much of the time
In Philadelphia. DR.. Harts successor
as member, of the corporation has not
yet been appointed.
| 1t was voted sf fNxha. ,maaaInnnn, make
4 nurnber Of changes IN The corns 'aIf'- ~ !
tutors in the university. Nearly all ~
these changes were combinations of
appointments made previously for one
or two years.
One of the most important matters to
come before the meeting was the organ
izing of department of forestry r.
will be remembered that some time ago
it was announced that a substantiaI
gift had been made to the universtv
for the establishment of such a denar+-
ment 1t was announced yesterday af-
ternoon that the gift was one of $3.50 ooo
by Mr.. and Mrs. James r. Pinchot of
New York. Henry S. Graves 92, who has
been for some time assistant to Clifford
Pinchot in the National department of
forestry, was appointed director of the
new department, which will be manag-
ed by governing board Of five men-
bers President Hadley and Prof.
Graves will be members of this board.
The school will be located on the es-
tate of the late Prof Marsh on Pros-
pect street. The school will, it is ex.
pected, be opened next fall.
The corporation filled vacant chair
in the department of Semitic languages
and Biblical literature. Prof. Frank r.
Sanders is at the head Of this depart
ment and heretofore there have also
been two instructors. Now there will
be two professors and one instructor.
Prof. Charles G. Torrey, now pro-
fessor in the Andover Theological SEM
mary, was appointed to fill the new
chair.
The members Of the corporation press
ent at yesterdays meeting were:
President Arthur T. Hadley, Rev.
Newman Smyth, D. D., Rev Charles
Ray Palmer, D. d., Rev. Theodore 7.
Munger D. D., of this city; Rev. New
ell III. Calhoun, M. A., Of Winsted;
Rev. Augustus f. Brand, D. D., of Nor
walk; Rev. Joseph Anderson, D. D., Of
Waterbury; Thomas G. Bennett, Phi.
B., of this city; Buchanan Winthrop,
M. A., of New York; Henry r. Dimock.
M. A., of New York, and Alfred l..
Ripley, M. A., of Boston.
In addition to the gift of S150,000 for
the establishment of a department of
forestry Mr.. and Mrs. Pinchott have
given large tract of land in Pike
county, Pennsylvania, to give an oppor-
tunity for practical field work and ex-
perience in forestry. The field work
there will be done in the township of
Milford, Pa, where the donors own a
large tract Mr.. Pinchott has also pre-
sented to the university a large and
library on forestry making 1t
possible to begin field work at once.
The corporation accepted the recom-
mendation of the donors that summer
school be conducted for the study of
forestry
Prof Torrey who has been appointed
to the chair of Semitic languages is
now Taylor professor of Biblican liter
tInn nerin iv,or