The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-04-30
LEAVES OF ABSENCE GRANTED
To Several Yale rofessors-Probabl
Faculty Changes.

To Several Yale Professionalism BILE
Faculty Changes.
| The Yale corporation has voted to
make Professor Thomas Dwight Sey-
mour the official representative of the
university at several events in Europe
the coming summer. He will give up
his class in May and sail for Scotland,
where he will first attend the celebra-
ton of the four hundred and tiftieth an
niversary of the founding of the Uni
versity of Glasgow, which will begin
June H. He will also represent them
officially at the Archaeological Institute
of America. Professor Seymour will go
to Winchester, England about June l,
and represent Yale at the millenial cele-
bration of King Alfred. He will remain
in England till September 49, Yale has
never before sent an official representa-
tive to a university celebration in Eu-
rope.
Professor Horatio w. Parker, head
of the department of music, has been
granted years leave of absence. He
will have charge Of the music at the
centennial in October.
Professor John Schwab, of the depart
ment of political economy, will leave for
a years absence at the conclusion of
the bicentennial exercises. He will
spend the winter in Egypt and. Greece;
going to Italy next spring and spending
the following summer in England.
Treasurer Tyler says it is now GER
tain that the new dining hall Will be
the only one of three originally planned
bicentennial buildings which will be
ready for the celebration next October
1t is not certain that the vestibule Of
the auditorium will be started before
that time, but whether ground Is brok-
en- for them or not, they would not be
occupied before the opening of the
school year in 1902.
Woodbridge hall, the new admins
tration building, given by the Misses
Stokes, of New York city, since the or
iginal plans for the bicentennial were
announced, will be ready for the bicen-
tennial.
1t is said that Professor Frank X.
Sanders, Of theYale divinity school, will
upon the retirement of Professor G. P.
Fisher from the deanship Of the school,
take his place.
Professor Sanders is at present Wool
sey professor of Biblical literature, but
will next year become professor of
Biblical history and archaeology. Dean
Fishers resignation takes effect next
fall, at which time Professor Sanders
will assume office.
II is also announced that DR.. Will
liston Walker, Titus street professor
elect of ecclesiastical history, will take
DR.. Fishers courses in the department |
of church history, when the school |
opens next fall. DR.. William B. Bailey, |
instructor in statistics, will take Pro-
fessor w. F. Blackman's place as in
structor in sociology. j. T. Stockney Is |
to be instructor in missions in place of |
the Rev. ]. p Deane. The Rev. DR. w. |
]. Mulch will be announced as lecturer |
On Christian pedagogy.
The special lectures are as follows.
The Rev. G. A. Gordon, D. D., of /
Boston, the Lyman Beecher lecturer for /
1900 1901, but whose course was post I
poned will ecture in the fall. The Rev. T
Dr. Washington, of Columbus, o., has
been appointed the Lyman Beecher lee
.urerf for 1901-1902 The subject to be
discussed Is "The Pulpit in Relation to
he Present Social Probleme."
The Rev d. w. Forrest, of Skelntor-
lie, Scotland, and the Rev. w. v. KEEL
ey, of New York, will lecture during
he year The subjects will be an
bounced later. A