The Washington times., 1909-06-29
.HADLEY DEPLORES
CUTTING Of GREEK
Yale President Declares Its
Study Best Mental
Training.
BOARD OF TRADE.

NEW HAVEN, June 29-The annual
report of President Arthur T. Hadley,
of Yale, made public today, deplores the
elimination in the study Of Greek, the
study of which he thinks Is the best
discipline a college man can get; us
cusses considerations which should gov
ern the selection of professors, and ten
tatfvely favors the Introduction OF honor
courses into American universities sim
lar to those of oxford and Cambridge
President Hadley declares that when
a man has passed his examinations In
Greek he knows the student has made
the study 70 some purpose, because Ii
is one of the exact sciences in which
the examiner can tell a students ability
infinitely.
Management of College.
cit is Infinitely harder to manage a
college where students do not want to
study Greek than one where they do,
he continued, intimating that men who
wanted to study Greek were usually
those who were Of such q serious turn
Of mind that they behaved themselves
while IN school
Hadley thinks that the plan TO select
instructors who have more ability 70
teach and less to do research work
would work harm to any college adopt
ing it. He declared that. with few ex-
cepJiOns, the great Ieachers were N
ut is the organization of the student
life, rather than the faculty lie Wnlch
is most Imperative he said Two plans
have been advanced. One plan looks 10
making colleges a place for technical
study, so that students viii have pro-
fessional stimulus TO do their work Well
The other would introduce the element
ion a
dents by establishing honor courses.
Wants "Honor" Courses.
The ordinary student. he asserted,
could pass his ordinary examinations
and get his ordinary degrees. But the
more ambitious could 90 into competi-
lions for '.honors'' in classics or mathe-
mates. history, or philosophy. "A first
class man in any Of the leading honor
courses at oxford and Cambridge is a
man of power. He can do things That
is what should make honor courses at
tractiYe 10 strong men.
Among the important changes In the
permanent staff during the year are the
retirement on the Carnegie toundat1on
of Dean Wright and Profs. Sumner,
Perrin, and Richards. Important new
appointments are L. H. breckenridge,
University OF Illinois, as professor OF
mathematical engineering5 }. McCiei-
land, of Leland Stanford, as professor
OF mining engineering.
Thunder Helps Yale.
"Thunderous applause is no figure Of
speech IN Yale. The class day exercises
yesterday were pUnctuated with peals
or thunder that shook the whole coun-
try.
With Yale luck the speakers were Just
getting well worked up when the worst
storm Of recent years broke over New
Haven. The exercises were to be held
In TIE open air. but the first gust Of
wind sent the guests of the class Of 1903
scurrying indoors. Then the thunder
started and crash after crash shook
and rumbled. But all this did not phase
Yale. The Yale spirit was bubbling.
The orators simply timed their ad-
dresses so that the thunder came in
at the proper time as applause
"Old Yale" IS back IN New Haven to
day. The hundreds OF grads are coming
10 town TO look over the college and
the campus ard see what the young
'uns" are doing with traditions they
helped Duild up. There was much do
ing throughout the day. Sheffield held
class day exercises and the law and
medical schools their commandments
and alumni meetings