The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-27

SPli iatloH ana good omen to hear th' true direction of development so wei
 stated by pr. Lyman Abbott The less j ened demand for sermons has been II
 no wise accompanied by lessened de
 mand for profoundness and spirituali
 ty. That theological school will take
 the lead in the development of the
 whole country which shall know how
 to send out body of men who can dc
 for the Puritanism of America to-day
 what the ministers of three hundred
 years ago did for the Puritanism of
 England. We must have men who can
 awake that spirituality and nobleness
 of purpose which runs through the
 American people, not by formulas and
 methods which satisfy the condition of
 the past age; still less by accessories
 which are but unimportant incidents in
 the church work of any age whatever;
 but by an appeal to that religious sen-
 timent to which no strong nation has
 ever failed to respond.
 "On land acquired last year for the
 Medical school the generosity of an
 anonymous giver has provided us with
 the means of erecting a clinical build- l ing to cost about one hundred thousand
 dollars, which forms the first and most
 immediately necessary step in the de-
 Velopment of our new plans of medical
 instruction. It is also hoped that the
 use of this building in connection with dispensary work will tend still further to increase the bond of service between
 Yale and New Haven.
 Arrangements are virtually conl- o1at hxrv nT, r,o
 be able to take the treasurership of the Yale field as a university officer. This
 will come about as soon as the private corporation, now owning the field can
 take the necessary steps for the trans
 fer of that property to the university.
 MT Camps duties as a university off
 cer will, however in no wise be con-
 fined to the management of the Yale field. His advice to the students, to the graduates, and in his capacity as member of the university council, to the various faculties of the institution, will prove invaluable in promoting higher standard of athletic work. In the constantly recurring questions of eligibility to represent the college in various student organizations this in- formation will be more complete and his knowledge of past history more ac- curate than the deans of the several departments usually possess. In the negotiations with other colleges which arise out of these questions of repre- sentation, his services will prove of value In securing continuity of policy, and that good understanding with ones neighbors which cannot exist without such continuity.
 Not least important among the if1- stitutions connected with the univer- sity is the bureau of self-help. Organ ized at the beginning of the present academic year under the charge of MT Kitchel, it has proved itself novel and successful. It has relieved deans and heads of departments of work which their other duties left them in adequate strength to perform fully. It has enabled the claims of candidates for aid to be examined by an officer em- inently qualified for the purpose, who, making his speciality, was able to do full justice to each individual case. It has also begun the work of organizing means of self-support and self help among the students-a thing which be- comes each year more indispensable. l It has proved itself useful in acting as an intelligence office for the recent graduates of the college, particularly those who go into the teaching profess sion. In this last respect Yale's or l ganizaton has been less fully devel- oped than that of some other universi- ties, and an increased care in this re- spect cannot fail to have useful results on the employment of our men, on the value of Yale to men who wish to be assured of chance to earn their living by teaching, and indirectly upon Yale's influence in the educational system of the country as a whole. Mr. Kitchers report for the year is document which will repay careful attention.
 "One Yale institution, outside of the immediate control of faculty or corpo- ration, deserves more than a passing notice. This is the alumni university 'und. The graduates who organized he movement for this fund seized upon m idea whose importance for the uni 5ersity is becoming every day more manifest. A college that is democrat c in it's aims and principles cannot ex- >ect it's income to be furnished by large exclusively. It must look o the loyalty of it's former members Or support. This support has been most richly furnished. Current contri- buttons to this fund during the year hat is just ended now amount to twen- y thousand dollars, nearly double what vas given two years ago. There seems o be no reason why this movement, | ontinued and directed in the future as t has been in the past, should not re- ut in tightening the financial burdens if Yale at the point where otherwise hey would fall heaviest; namely, in he matter of university expense as a :, whole, and thus double the efficiency f every part. Nor is the effect on the ! ontributors themselves to be lightly steemed. The giving of money year fter year. even though the sums be ' mall carries with it the right to ex- mine into the affairs of the university, timulates the increased interest and 1yalty which go with much right, and, I short, makes the whole body of Yale l [, raduates a powerful working organi- ation.
 'The programme of the bi-centennial z is already before the pub T c. It has been made a serious one q nd Intentionally so. An anniversary T,