New Britain herald., 1922-05-20
'COLLEGE RESEARCH
 WORK AS REVIEWED
Undergraduates at Yale Ignorant
 of Amount Accomplished

New Haven, May 20.-undergrad- uates at Yale university, in the belief
 Of Prof, Charles NJ. Andrews, Far nam Professor Of American history have little idea Of the research work carried out by members of the vari- ous faculties. To unlock the gates that the students may view in ade- quate proportion some of the re- suits accomplished and some Of the tasks now being carried out, Prof. An drews has made review. In a pre- fatory way ,thd professor says; '"The undergraduate concerns himself with mess, down to that Of the ianitors and od-clothes men, but of the work that centers in the administration building of the graduate school he is blessedly ignorant"
 Research and publication have a standing in certain quarters where io otball scores and the glories Of ath- letics are not always rated accord. ing to undergraduate standards, tfe professor goes on to say, Yale is the mother Of scholars as we'll as Of men" uS diuS, dIu lHt u"tiltIS III lIlC dergraduate plains might do worse than to find out something of how the other half lives and to appre- ciate what the upper (not the sub merged) tenth is doing for the in- stitution in which it lives"
 Much Work Done.
 The historical department has turned out nineteen volumes in nine years in the task of "enabling the world to understand the significance of it's own past" Three more vol umes are in the press and five more well along in preparation. or the nineteen published volumes eleven are doctoral dissertations. Of the re- remainder two have been contributed by writers in other institutions.
 Professor-emertus G. B. Adams is writing on early English legal and constitutional history. Prof. Allen Johnson is completing "The Chroni- cles of America" assisted by Pros. Farrand and Andrews. The last named is working on early English taxation and the colonial period of American history. Prof. s. k. Mitch- ell in a chapter on early English tax ation is describing the machinery of local taxation and tracing it under the Sons of Henry II.
 History Compiled.
 Prof. C. Seymour is writing on Eu- ropean diplomacy since 1914. Asso- ! cate Professor c. H. Haring is out lining a history of South America; As ! sistant Professor K. H. Gabriel is { on a volume on the history of American Agriculture; Assistant [ Professor K. I. Asakawa is studying | he feudal regime in Japan which will be the first work to treat with he development of feudal institutions n that country from a comparative with view of contribut- ng essential data to an understand ng of the place that feudalism oc- ,upies in the social evolution of man. Assistant Professor J. c. Archer is working on Mohammed as a mystic. dediaeval English institutions are be- ng studied by Assistant R. A. Pro- essor Newhall; Assistant Professor J. i. s. Allison is writing a life of HleTS, lllStruCtoT l'ulldS Mdlone IS writing on the economist, Thomas Cooper; Instructor r. J. Manning is Xamining Great Britan's imperial efense Of the colonies; and Instructor -an Syck is engaged upon story of he electoral reform under the res oration and the July Monarchy in rance. Every member of the histor- oal depa artment is at work or is ont ming tasks, Prof. Andrews says, of ihich the undergraduate has little or 0 knowledge. I