New-York tribune., 1901-10-23

posed by Noah Webster and certainly some of the
mrth provokingm sos exsnpt-but revised
and improved 10y Goodrich. Porter kingsley ana
Was due ii IN ~ 3i ob IL, 10 Websters spelling
book Of which the annual sale at one time was
rendered 10 lettere-for it helped 70 counteract
tendency toward provincial OF dialectic peciI-
iaIities among the Heterogeneous people OF the
United States.
PHILOSOPHY.
Apart from theology philosophy has engaged the
especially OF the time since Porter was called
TO the protessorship which he held with GonSPiGu Pi;
the years Of his presidency 4 recent inyssigatIT e
yersed in the modern writers of Germany. who
made metaphysics interesting 10 those VINO MeIS
confcting theories and in the detection of subtle
errors As a lawyer Tor me deleh's, ne fety "f
his pupils have been led through philosophy s,8 to
his 2syeW a' woG sfT be- ncompete il did NOT
mention The Yale Literary Magazine, which Tor for
OF literature among the undergraduates and mas mas
furnished them with apprecaMtIe M re2nTrs niins Many
editorial writer's have been trained by their service
I on lhS oda 7aenssns si have had he opporun
ties in magazines OF wider clTculatioI, ma .ari,
Yale Rcvieu'-not oficialiy connected with the col
lege. hut supported by the faculty
LITERARY SOCIETIES.
The literary societies also which for more than
a century We're maintained with yigor seem 20 me me
10 have been one Of the very best agencies TO!
young men excited by the emulation Of their COM
rade and CONTROLLED ny ne sss fTenGy GOV tb &
Nelopment Of the love Of poetry oTatofy' essay
writing and debate.
PREPARATION or TEACHERS
one Of the greatest services which this college
has rendered literature ana science has been the
and prafeseors The list IS too long for recapitula
earliest N.,s jonathan Dickinson hrst p(eSlnsnL ,11
Princeton, deemed in his time the peer OF tdWaTcs,
whose immediate SUCCESSORS We're likewise Aa!er--
a1s EeSi - ."S F5mge o '9SG6 on6 ihiTerslty
ard his more famous son. William samuel johnson.
Who ,5,6ceeded 10 the f.esdency Of Columbia and
stood in the hrst rank among the statesmen o. me
the Whcesclls II Dartraoath % Stprtevant % Iii
the file leaders colleges have opf,stanI!Y ueon
elected from Vale. - recent Date i.EeA ls"5'5r
mutes aud Henry Barnard. ever to h aSsoc'a,e5
with Horace Mann - aa'0e@t sEfo, 20 s@mn"T
schools No. an foreet cary y DgZ vs6, aiS 10 he the
her sr@aas'es of ms roJegH on The brain and
planted i'm California the seeds Of learning LWngh
bc,obt " ove the name of Berkeley to the site
the Golden ''aie NRsfe f r risi pronE6cies OF
TiInorry Dwight written in 1874:
Al hail, Thou Western World, ., heaven de-
The example bright TO rcnoyate maqknl
Soon shall shall dhH nS 4aG,r. ag ghCrs ho.ne
Where marshes teemea witt ieeth. sha; meas
J-niroideE cliffs resign inr-- stores % "'i'-
Where slept perennial night. shall soien0e Iise,
Ard new born Oxfo7ds cheo" M eTen'rg skies.
SCIENCE AND SCIEN1Ts1S At YALE,
let us turn from letters to seiens 2. = : an
the administrative records. from me "gs'l'iiA o.
Trustworthy achiyists. the TWO FNugsieys and De!
e.Griler the balarce Is kept true. Person was an
eFponent of geometry and dei.lli"' ot 'ne
VI 90 -.r0te letters upol phNst- an EClt.'S-
So nm infir..ttou n his attitude; War@
ffr
,., v-as H.iter ou c.hical ana aslrononlca' s."-
fectsa stGieut "s tae Bible scarcely eGualed say.
hs sllces=ol ir mathematics and phE Slcs by my
man in hT.e-ie9 paLFe' e>'teIneE "TthgooH 9 w a.
scientific e'.@ash 20 "'r ms toY.hshe, s@L. ..i,
'the Deri o1y rot r. De aia,tIaf4 , h.5 5'ld
come to rass SUES W. familiar with eTerE de-
II ytIu.,t Of earning thsfo. r. lterainrt, 1i'Io'
H. tS'Is' ,5e ea:r IiySt - vel Known for the In
nis. n"5s mn IN, he gat t. TIE e:rseioa Of the coiese
in -. directors: tl- iUdi;.i~ - was me Gutho'
bcoks: Woaisey = d-ti1sljsha4 the promoter of
classical htsrato.e and -, ~ ns s a. rns 'f "a VIZ
developed; Porter and The young. ~.
to- .e1a aaHfrsi5y aSd jdS@ne in ali {r ,s u tEow
edge i,d. Cd. science and letters haze it%ty D.Sn
case while tho helm is he:d by the discers;ng and
vigorous pilot under whom ne % 1arK pegas es sf,a
tcons!deliSg he hesitation viii which the Engisa
universities Recognized TIE study of nature as tn
concern AID ho easy - 70 d awakyt or be
tween ecc.esistics ard naturalist II = W 80 re-
riculuro and how steadily Il has held It's Place IA a
chair Of 5n Phyess ,oT an ana Of
nsttntee te Yeas % t pieassrt 70 assoaeta
the name of Sir Isaac cSewton with the beginn:ng
.TnT'ors Frankinus Re was called b.
sfiles nefor4 tho college was fi:y years ~. re hsd
become it valued friend. and vas enr9He1 afoonE
sent here an e,ectricsl machine whcn enabled tho
young tutor, Ezra Stiles 70 perform ne hFst eisr
trical experiments tried in New-Engiand Fqt- an
renheit thermometer was subze4 4ient eift ara NJ
influence led the University OF Edinburgh 20 ciiet
upon Stiles a doctor degree
MANASsEH CUTLER.
Al the avn of scientific activity in New-England
we the commanding ana attractlEe nslT9 ] OF our
naturalist. member Of the iegislature ana OF on
e e,lre az fbe WILDERNESS OF Ohio His greatest dis
passing the ordinance Of 17s7 by which slavery was
OF the public domain secured for the promotion
Of education That is record 10 3 be rcI,9 proud t Gt
whole story Cutler man Of the true Sc sgegiif'c 81 INC
sPirbt an e oDTGI'ei q ,b 5e father Of England
botany. lie made noteworthy contribution 40 the
describ bed between three hundred and four hundred
plants of New-England; and left seven volumes u
manuscript notes. which are now In the Harvard
herbarium. awaiting the editorial care Of botan-
as a friend and his correspondents in Europe were
among the chief naturalists OF the day.
EARLY SCIENTIFIC WORK.
About the beginning If the nineteenth century
Dwight and mis- three professors, who only uttered
sotto voce the word university Uhough Stiles had
written ia 1872 lest they should be regarded as
pretenders introduced era in which the
progress has been constant and of increasing rapid
lty In this new era classical st4Sles naTe Deen pro
keen sword defended the study of the classics;
Woosey the lover of letters, who introduced to us
Plato and the dramali lists OF Greece; Thacher. the
lover OF students: Hadey. the lover of lore Pack
ard the lover of learning-and by the accomplished
standard bearers still living; and science likewise
had its skilled promoters Siman, leader in chem
istF M geology.