The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-25
DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS.

The reports to President Hadley of 1 the heads of the various departments of the university contain much interesting
 matter.
 Dean H. P. Wright, of the academic
 department, reported that the number who took preliminary entrance examin-
 ations last year was AS, and 336 receiv-
 ed certificates, indicating pretty large incoming class this year. Director R. H. Chittenden of the Sci-
 entific school, says that the new dormi-
 tory will be named Vanderbilt" in
 memory of Cornelius Vanderbilt, broth
 CT of the donor. This will make two 1 Vanderbilt" halls in the university. The vacant space at the corner of Grove
 street and Hillhouse avenue is to be re-
 served for "a new and more commodi-
 ous biological laboratory" to be built
 as soon as funds for it can be secured.
 The director strongly urges the estab- | lishment of practical mining labora- tory.
 1 The report of Dean Sanders, of the | Theological school, says that there is a
 deficit in income of $6,000 for the cur- rent year, due to shrinkage of income
 caused by lower interest rates and ad-
 ditions to the working staff. | The report of the head of the bureau of self-help shows that beneficiary aid 1 of $29,540 was granted last year, of | which $10,S28 came from the college 1 treasury and the rest from funds. Sta- | tistics have been gathered showing that 1 156 students last year, including vaca- ton, earned $3S,116, which would prob-
 ably be increased to between 50,000 and | s60000 by earnings of students not re- | porting.
 The report of Associate Director Seav- CT of the gymnasium brings out the su-
 perior physique of students coming
 from ''athletic" preparatory schools, as
 compared with those where physical
 training is less cultivated. He urges a
 medical certificate for all applicants for scholarships.
 The forest school has received addi-
 tional endowment of $50000 from Mrs.
 J. W. Pinchot and her son, Clifford Pin- chot G. E. Dimock, Yale "A, has given 1 $1, ,250 to the research clubs of the grad uate school.
 | Other prizes were awarded as follows: l The Bennett prize for an essay on some subject of contemporaneous inter-
 est in the domestic or foreign policy of | the United States government has awarded to Hugh Rankin, Peekskill, N.
 Y. Of the senior class, academical de- partment, for an essay on ''The Federal | Regulation of Trusts in the United
 States
 The Golden club medal, for proficien-
 cy in political economy, has been
 awarded to M. B. Terrill, Decherd
 Tenn, of the senior class, academical | department.
 | The John A. Porter university prize
 essay has been awarded to Richard
 Webb of Durham, N. C., student in | the Yale graduate school, for his essay
 on the subject "sidney Lanier" l Martin Luther's Fin Feste Burg was l then sung and the benediction pro. nounced. The audience remained seat | ed until after the guests on the platform had passed out when the graduates
 were then allowed to leave in the order
 of their entering.
 The order of exercises was as follows:
 l. Prelude, Choral and Fugue.. ! EXPERIMENTATION. David Stanley Smith For Orchestra and Organ, the organ part played by the composer.
 II. Prayer.
 ] III. Psalm LXV ............. York Tune Note. At the opening of the first col 1 lege erected in New Haven in ITO the
 congregation united in singing the first i four verses of Psalm LXV. THE FINAL FUNCTION. 1 President Hadleys Reception a Scene