The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-23
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER a. 1901

from one president to another, the bal
 ance is kept true. Pierson was an ex-
 ponent of geometry and a defender of
 the faith, who wrote our lectures upon
 Physics, and dictated them to success
 i've classes; Cutters short service gives
 little indication of his attitude; Will
 jams loved public life more than aca-
 dem perplexities; Clap was a writer
 on ethical and astronomical subjects-a
 student of the Bible, scarcely equalled.
 says his successor, iii mathematics and
 physics by any man In America Dag
 gett, extremely orthodox, was scientific
 enough to warn his townsmen, scared
 by the Dark Day." not to be alarmed
 nor Inspired to prophecy any future
 events-till they should come to pass"
 Stiles was familiar with every depart
 ment of learning" theology, literature, science, whatever could interest an in-
 quisitive mind he included
 among the subjects of his investiga-
 tions;" the elder Dwight is well known for the impulse that he gave to the ex- pansion of the college in all directions; the judicious Day was the author of
 metaphysical study and of mathemati-
 cal study and of mathematical text
 books; Woolsey is distinguished as the promoter of classical literature, and at
 the same time as the president under whom the School of Science was de- veloped.
 Considering the hesitation with which the English universities recognized the study of nature as their concern, and how easy it is to awaken hostilities be- tween the students of science and let ters, or between ecclesiastics and nat uralists, it is well to remember how early science came into the Yale cur riculum, and how steadily it has held it's place. A chair of mathematics, physics and astronomy, was instituted thirty years before the professorship of ancient languages. As 1t is pleasant to associate the name of Sir Isaac Newton with the beginning of our library, 1t is likewise pleasant to remember Benja- min Franklin as donor of scientific apparatus. Before the college was fifty years old he had become it's valued friend, and was enrolled among the laureati in 1753 Four years previous, he had sent here an electrical machine which enabled the young tutor, Ezra Stiles, to perform the first electrical | experiments tried in New England.
 At the dawn of scientific activity in | New England we see the commanding | and attractive figure of our elder broth CT, Manasseh Cutler, storekeepr, law | yer, soldier, statesman, pastor preach | CT, physician and naturalist, member of | the Legislature and of Congress, ap- | pointed to the federal bench, advocate of the "homestead' policy, and pioneer among the settlers of the will dernes of Ohio. His greatest distinc- ton is the part that he took in drafting and passing the ordinance of 17S7 by | whcih slavery was excluded from the Northwest territory and grant of the public domain was secured for the pro- motion of education.
 In this new era, classical studies have been promoted by Kingsley, the lover of antiquity, whose keen sword defend ed the study of the classics; Woolsey, the lover of letters. who introduced to us Plato and the dnamatists of Greece; Thacher, the lover of students; Had ley. the lover of lore; Packard, the lov- ar of learning-and by the accomplish ed standard bearers still living; and science likewise had it's skilled promot- ars; Silliman, leader in chemistry, and geology, the alluring teacher, the captivating lecturer, un- by any, equaled only by Agas- sig; Olmstead, the patient, inventive