The Washington times., 1901-09-27
THE OPENING OF YALE.
Changes In the Faculty and Altera-
tfons on the Campus,


NEW HAVEN, Conn. Sept 2e.-Yale
University opened today for the 2olst
year of its existence While the figures
for the incoming freshman class are not
as yet ascertainable from the deans of the
various departments, there Is no doubt
that the new classes will be as large as
former ones. The academic freshman
class, it is expected, will number fully
$40 men. and possibly dozen more. In
the scientific school, the law school and
the other professional schools marked in
creases in attendance are looked for
There will be a number of Cuban teachers
in the graduate school this year. and be-
sides these there will be a group Of Fill
pino young men whom Yale will educate
as her share of the national extension Of
the right hand to the new provinces.
Changes in the teaching force OF the
university have been numerous this Year.
and the fall term starts in with a large
number of new men. Prof. Geoge r.
Fisher, dean of the Theological Seminary,
and for nearly half a century leading
scholar at Yale, resigned last spring. and
his professorship will be taken by Prof.
Williston Walker, of Trinity College
Prof. Sanders will become dean of the
school. Prof. Henry Wade Rogers. until
recently pre- sident of Northwestern Uni
versit-, starts in this fall as professor in
the law school, taking the position made
vacant two years ago by the death of F.
J. Phelps. Prof. L. v. Reynolds Begins
his work this fall as professor OF consti-
tutional law in the law school, having
been promoted to a full professorship last
year. Prof. Ladd retires this year from
the academic department. and will here
after give his attention solely to the grad
uate school,
In the music department Prof. II. w.
Parker will spend a year abroad in study,
and his place will be filed by Edgar Kei-
ly, of New York In the academic de-
partment Assistant Professor w. L.
Phelps has been made a full professor A
new professor comes to the chair OF Bib
lical literature-Charles Foster Kent, OF
Brown University. DIR. Edward w. Scrip
ture becomes assistant professor of ex-
perimental psychology. Robert Louis
Sanderson Is the new professor OF French.
succeeding Prof Luquiens Z. U. Clark
will begin this year as tutor in Latin.
Among the new instructors viii be G. S.
Ford, in history; Rudolph Schwill, in
French; A. S. Gale, in mathematics; G. NJ
German. c. N. McAllister will take an
assistants place In the psychological lab
oratory, and John p Norton will become
assistant in political economy.
The changes in the campus and the uni
versity at large have been remarkable
since last spring The old college campus
has been completely renovated and three
of the old structures have been removed.
These were Lyceum Hall, where recita-
tions and class meetings had been held
for sixty years; Old North College, dor
mitory since 1t was built in 1872, and the
Treasury, built in 1882, and used as art
gallery, and then as Offices for the uni
versity authorities. The campus has been
graded and grass plots laid, so that it is
a different looking place.
Across High Street from the campus
several old houses have been torn down,
and large addition built to Kent Labor
come on the two blocks north of the old
campus. With the erection of Fayer-
weather Dormitory, fanking Elm Street,
and opposite White Hall. has come
complete rejuvenation of the middle
campus. Where before was motley ar
ray of old and new structures, college
dormitories, divinity halls private resi-
dences and old shops, is now a well grad
ed lawn, running through from Elm
TO Wall Street, which will be used as the
general college thoroughfare from the old
campus to the new. Wall Street has lost
ten dwelling houses through this change,
and looks like another place.
This summer the new dining hall In
Grove Street. the first of the great BIZ
centennial buildings, has been completed
1t was opened last night. A long row of
houses has been torn down in College
Street to make way for Memorial Hall,
the foundations of which are now being
laid. aLs4 hs se