Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-04-23
BULLETINS SPECIAL YALE LETTER
Three New Professors Chosen at Corporation MeengCa
houn Memorial Scholarships-What Class of 1915 Has
Spent in Its Four Years-Annual Spring Gala Day May
Tenth

New Haven. April 22.-The regular
April meeting of the Yale corpora
ton was held last Monday afternoon
in the administration building. The
Iolcomb and fifteen Of the sixteen
| regular Fellows of the university. The
most important action Of the corpora
ton was in electing three new pro-
fessors, one in the Medical school.
one in the Scientific school. and one
Charles E. A. Winslow. professor of
public health: Louis d. Weld. pro-
fessor of business administration. and
Arnold L. Gosell, professor of educa-
ton. The selection OF DR.. Winslow
is significant in that the Yale Med
cooperate more actively with the
health authorities of Connecticut in
improving nubIic health conditions. 1t
was a condition of the Lauder fund,
established last June, that a depart
ment of public health should be Gre
of the division of publicity and edu-
cation Of the New York state depart
ment of public health. Announce
ment was made that Charles P How
land New York city. DR.. John How
land, Baltimore. and Miss Frances
Rowland, New York city. have for
mally agreed to give the university
the sum of $4,000. the income from
which is to be devoted to a prize to
be awarded to the citizen of any coun-
try in recognition of some achievement
of marked distinction in the field of
literature or fine arts or the science
Of government. The prize is to be
awarded at the discretion of the cor
poration, but not in any event oftener
than once in two years. and is to con-
sist of the income of the fund in
Guiding an appropriate medal It Is
expected that the recipient will lee
ture at the university at the time of
the award of the medal. The purpose
of the fund is to bring distinction to
the university. advance at Yale in
terest in literature. government and
art, and memorabilia the late Judge
Rowland.
The Yale graduate who deplores
what he considers symptoms of the
decline Of Yale democracy since he
| graduated, may be encouraged to note
how the college has progressed in that
direction since it's foundation. In his
new book, recently published, entitled
Undercurrents in American Politics,
President Had1ey recalls how undemo-
cratic was the Yale college of pre-
necticut was in some respects the
most independent and democratic of
all the New England colonies. Yet
even in Connecticut class distinctions
were so strong that down to the very
eve of the Revolution the names of
the students in the catalogue of Yale
college were arranged. not in alpha
betical rank, but in order of the re-
spectability of their parentage.
IL was definitely decided Monday
evening by the officers of the Yale
| Southern club. in consultation with
Dean Jones, to establish at Yale the
John c. Calhoun Memorial scholar
| ships, which will be awarded annually
| at commencement from the income of
a fund of 5000 to those two south
ern members of the freshman class
one of the Sheffield Scientific school
and one from the college, who have
ship and athletics. The memorial will
| be founded and supported Jointly by
| the Southern club at Yale and the
| Yale Southern Alumni association. A
| campaign committee has been organ
| lied for the collection of the neces-
| sary funds, the members of which in
clude the dean. two southern under
| graduates, two southern Yale grad
yates and E. E. Emmbree, secretary
| of the southern confederation of Yale
| clubs. The committee expects to Start
| the campaign at once. with a view to
completing the collection of funds by
| the end of the summer. 1t is the
| opinion Of those interested that there
has long been a need Of something
| to commemorate the fact that Calhoun
| spent his college days here and ir
| 1904 became a Yale graduate. There
are few more distinguished names or
/ Yale's roll of honor. and 1t Is to be
| hoped that the scholarships will be-
come monuments worthy of his mem
DRY.
| That il cost $1,o7e,111 to give the