Please handle this volume with care. rhe University of Connecticut Libraries, Storrs %^. :'-'^ Or? ryO^*- ^m- ^^ip--^. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 with funding from LYRASIS members and Sloan Foundation http://www.archive.org/details/yaleuniversityviOOnewh Wabur L. Cross Library University of Connecticut GIFT OF Mr, Robert van Haagen YALE UNIVERSITY r i The Publisher expresses his grateful acknowledgments to the friends who have aided him in the preparation of this work. ,v>' .-.'^ W". E.' Decrow, Yale, '80, Publisher. -.X fk ^1 UNIVERSITY BUILDINGS. View from the corner of Chapel and College Streets. YAIvK UNIVERSITY. This institution received its formal charter in 1701 under the name of The; Coi.i.e;giate Schooi. of Connecticut and was begun in Saj'-brook in November of that j^ear. It was removed to New Haven in October 17 16. The name Yai,e Coi.i,ege was given to it in 17 1 8 in honor of the benefad;ions of Elihu Yale of London. It received the legal title of Yaee University b)' a(5l of the General Assembly of Conne(5licut in Januar}" 1887. CORPORATION, :^ACULTY, AND STUDENTS. The control of the University is vested in the Corporation which is composed of the President and eighteen Fellows. The administration is in the hands of the President and the Faculties of the several Departments. The number of Professors, Instrudlors, and Ivcdlurers for the year 1894-5 is two hundred and three. The total number of students, 1894-5, is 2,361, coming from 45 States and Terri- tories, and 16 Foreign Countries. The two undergraduate departments, the College and the Scientific School, together number 1779 students, coming from more than 300 Preparatory Schools. The Graduate and Professional Schools number 582 students, coming from more than 100 Colleges and Universities. The number of degrees in course conferred in 1894 was 527. MAP OF THE CITY OF NEW HAVEN. 1 DEPARTMENTS OF YALE UNIVERSITY. Thk Departmknt op Philosophy and the Arts which includes The Co2irses of Graduate Instruction, together with the following separately organized undergraduate sedlions, viz : — The Academical Department — Yale College. The Sheffield Sciejitijic School. The School of the Fine Arts. The Departments op TheoIvOGy, Medicine, and I^aw. Each of the last three named Departments as well as each of the three undergraduate sedtions of the first is under the administration of a distindl Faculty of Instru6lion. The Library. The Peabody Museum op NaturaIv History. The Observatory. These three Departments are separately organized, and are designed to contribute to the efficiency of the work of the whole Institution, as well as to further the efforts of scholars in independent original research. S, SOCIETY BUILDINGS. LOCATION OF YALE UNIVERSITY BUILDINGS. ALUMNI OF YALE UNIVERSITY. The whole number of Degrees conferred from the founding of the Institution to July, 1894, is 16,726, as follows : Degrees in Course. Bachelor of Arts, — B.A., 11,173. Bachelor of Philosophy, — Ph.B., i,z Bachelor of Fine Arts, — B.F.A., i. Bachelor of Laws, — LL.B., 912. Bachelor of Divinity, — B.D., 646. Bachelor of Music,— D.M., 4. Master of Arts,— M. A., 86. Master of Laws, — M.L., 63. Civil Engineer, — C.E., 35. Mechanical Engineer, — M.E., 20. Doctor of Medicine, — M.D., 1,071. Doctor of Civil Law, — D.C.L., 14. Doctor of Philosophy, — Ph.D., 167.' Honorary Degrees, 1,038. New York City. Hartford, Conn. Eastern Connedticut. Fairfield County, Conn. Boston, Mass. Central andWestern Mass. Plainfield, N. J. Essex County, N. J. Eastern New York. Long Island, N. Y. Alumni Associations. Western New York. Philadelphia, Penn. Washington, D. C. North Western, Penn. Indianapolis, Ind. Cincinnati, O. Cleveland, O. Dayton, O. Kentucky. Chicago, 111. North Western. St. Louis, Mo. South Western. Southern. Colorado. Utah. California. Oregon and Washington. 10 ALUMNI HALL. Erected 1852. This is used for Alumni gatherings and for College Examinations. It contains portraits of many distinguished graduates and benefactors of the TJniversit5'. 11 COMMENCEMENT WEEK. Commencement Day is the last Wednesday in June. The Deforest Prize Speaking in the Academicai. Department is held on the preceding Friday. The BaccaeaureaTE Sermon is delivered by the President of the University in the Battell Chapel on the preceding Sunday morning. CeasS Day Exercises of the graduating class of the Academical Department are held on Monday and consist of the Glass Poem and Oration which are given in the Chapel in the morning, and the reading of Class Histories on the Campus in the afternoon. The Promenade Concert is held in the evening. The Anniversary oe the Sheefieed Scientific Schooe takes place on Monday evening. The Alumni Meeting is held on Tuesday morning in Alumni Hall and is follovs^ed by the several class reunions. An address in Medicine in Battell Chapel, Orations of the Daw Department and the Annual Address before the Daw School by some distinguished jurist, in Center Church. The Commencement Yale-Harvard Base-Ball game is played at the Yale Field. The Graduates vote for a member of the Corporation. The Concert of the Glee Club is given in the Hyperion Theatre. The Commencement Exercises are held in Center Church on Wednesday and will include a Report on the Progress of the University for the year, Announcement of Prizes in the several Departments, the Presentation of the Graduating Classes for Degrees, and the Conferring of Honorary Degrees. The Alumni Dinner is held in the afternoon in Alumni Hall. The Reception by the President to graduates and their friends is held in the Art School building in the evening. The Entrance Examinations begin on Thursday morning at 9 o'clock. 13 TEMPLE STREET. From the south side of the Green, with the entrance to Center Church on the left. 13 LIBRARIES. The total number of volumes in the Libraries of the University is about 250,000. • Thk University IvIbrary contains 160,000 volumes and many thousand unbound pamphlets. Annual increase 5,000 volumes. The Libraries of the American Oriental Society and of the Connedlicut Academy of Arts and Sciences are in the University Librarj' Building. The IvInonian and Brothers Library contains 32,000 volumes, chiefly of the best current literature. Anntial increase 1,000 volumes. The Dwight Hai.1. Library contains r,ooo volumes, selected mainly with reference to Bible study. The Law School Library contains 9,000 volumes, and includes complete sets of English, American, Irish, and Canadian Reports. The SheffieIvD Scientific Schooi. Library (Sheffield Hall) contains 6,000 volumes, largely Mathematical. The Trowbridge Reference Library (Bacon Memorial Hall, Divinity School) contains over 3,000 volumes of standard and recent Theological Literature. 14 THE CHITTENDEN LIBRARY AND READING ROOM. Erected 1888. The gift of Hon. Simeon B. Cliittenden. 15 LIBRARIES. {^Continued. ^ The I,ibrary of Foreign Missions (East Divinity Hall) contains 2,000 volumes and is designed to embrace the history of Modern ■ Missions as carried on by all denominations and in all countries. The Lowell Mason Library op Church Music (West Divinity Hall) embraces about 8,000 titles in 4,000 volumes. The Art School Library contains about 500 volumes of expensive illustrated works. The Library op the Classical Club (Classical Club Room, Old Chapel) contains more than 1,000 volumes of Classical Texts and Commentaries with important Auxiliary Works. The Loan Libraries in the Academic Department embrace standard works in Political Science, History and English Literature for the use of advanced students. The Loring W. Andrews Memorial Library contains 2,000 volumes of text-books and books of reference for the free use of needy Academic students. The Peabody Museum, The Observatory, and the Laboratories have valuable technical libraries. 16 THE OLD LIBRARY. Erected 1846. READING ROOMS. The Reading Room op the University IvIbrary in the Chittenden Memorial Building, contains the most important books for daily consultation and reference in the several departments of study, together with the current scholarly Periodicals and Publications of lyCarned Societies. The Foreign Serials alone number 500. The University Reading Room in the North Wing of the Library, contains 53 Daily Newspapers — American and Foreign, 60 Weekly Newspapers, 70 Monthly and Quarterly Magazines. The Dwight Hali. Reading Room, contains 45 Newspapers and other Periodicals, mostly Religious. 18 MEMORIAL WINDOW IN THE READING ROOM OF THE CHITTENDEN LIBRARY BUILDING. PUBLIC LECTURES. The Univkrsity Course: of IvKCTures. Held in Osborn Hall, On topics in Mental and Moral Science, Political and Social Science, and Old Testament lyiterature. The: M:echanics' Course: of Twei^vf; lyFCTURFS. Held in North Sheffield Hall, On Scientific topics presented in a popular form. The Art Course of Forty lyECTURES. Held in the School of the Fine Arts, On the History, Criticism and Principles and Means of Art. The Music Course of Thirty IvECTures. Held in Dwight Hall, On the History of Music. Theoi^ogicai, IvKCTurk Courses. Dwight Hai,Iv Coursk. Phi Bkta Kappa Course. YaIvB Kent Course. DEBATING SOCIETIES. The YaIvE Union, — of all departments of the University. The Yai,e Kent Debating CIvUB, — of the I^aw School. The Freshman Union, — of the Academical Freshman Class. 20 INTERIOR OF THE OLD LIBRARY. 31 PERIODICALS. The American Journai, of Science; (monthly). The YAI.E Review (quarterly),— devoted to History and Political Science. The Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. The Transactions of the Yai,e Observatory. Studies from the Yai,e PsychoIvOGicai, IvAboratory. The Yai^e University Annuai, Catai^ogue. The Yai,e University Weeki^y Buli^etin. STUDENT PERIODICALS. The Yai,e Literary Magazine (monthly). The Yai^E News (daily). The Yai,e A1.UMN1 Weeki^y. The Yale Record (bi-weekly) — illustrated. The Yai^e CouranT (bi-weekly). The Association Record, — published by the Y. M. C. A. of Yale University. The Yai^e IvAW Journal. The YaIvE Medical Journal. The Yale Scientific Monthly. The Yale Banner. 1 Annual publications, with lists of the officers and y members of the various societies, clubs, and other The Yale Pot Pourri. j organizations of the University. 32 STUDENT PERIODICALS. THE NATURAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES. The work in this department of study is now carried on in The Peabody Museum of Natural History, The Chemical, the Physical, and the Biological Laboratories of the Sheffield Scientific School, The Sloa7ie Physical Laboratory and the Kent Chemical Laboratory of the Academical Departmerit. I^he; Connkcticut Academy of Arts and Sciknces was organized by the men of L,earning and Science connedled with Yale College, and received its charter from the I^egislature in 1799. The scientific observations and discoveries presented at its meetings are published in The TransaHions of the Conn. Acad, of Arts a?id Sciences. Its membership at present is about one hundred. Its meetings are held monthly in the Library of the Sheffield Scientific School. The American Journal of Science was established in 1818 by Prof. Benjamin Silliman, and is now edited by Professors J. D. and B. S. Dana. It was the regular medium of communication of the Connedlicut Academy of Arts and Sciences for 50 years. It is published monthly, and is the leading Scientific Journal in America. 24 THE OLD LABORATORY. First used as a Chemical Laboratory, 1819. Removed, 1887. The place where Silliman and Morse made the experiments which resulted in the invention of the Electric Telegraph. 25 THE PBABODY MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. This contains one of the largest public colledlions of Minerals, as well as of Meteorites, in the country. The unique colledlion made by Professor Marsh of Vertebrate Fossils from the Rocky Mountain Region and the West, A colle6lion of Invertebrate Fossils arranged Zoologically, Very extensive Zoological colledlions made by Professor Verrill, including a rich variety of Sponges, Shells and Corals, Rare species from the deep-sea dredgings of the Atlantic, Nearly complete colledlions of the species of Vertebrates and Marine Invertebrates of New England. Here are models of natural size of two of the huge Cephalopods of the World, Slabs showing rain-drop impressions and foot-prints, and also large Archaeological colledlions of remains of earlier civilizations, from Mexico and Central America, as well as from Egypt. In this building are the Eedlure Rooms and large Laboratories of the Department, also Private colledlions and Libraries which are used for study and investigation. 26 THE PEABODY MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. Erected 1866. The gift of Geoi'ge Peabody, of London. 27 THE ART SCHOOL AND COLLECTIONS. The School offers a Course of Study for professional students of both sexes, covering three years, with opportunities for advanced study beyond that period. It also offers ele6live courses for the Junior and Senior Classes in the Academical Department. And a special course in Free-hand Drawing for the Freshman Class in the SheiBeld Scientific School. Technicai, Instruction is furnished in Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, ArchitcRjire, and Copper-Plate Etching, Courses of IvKCTures are given in The Philosophy, History, and Criticism of Art. A Certificate is awarded to the Professional Students who complete the three years course of study. The Degree of Bachelor OF Fine Arts is conferred upon those persons who pursue a prescribed course of advanced study in the department, and present an approved original composition in painting or sculpture, and a satisfadlory thesis on some topic relating to the Fine Arts. The Coi,i,ECTiONS embrace the " Jarves Gallery of Italian Art, from the nth to the 17th Century," the " Ehrich Gallery of Dutch and Flemish Art," the "Trumbull Gallery" of Historical Paintings, etc., a colleilion of contemporaneous Art, a collection of Original Sketches, by old masters, a colledtion of Casts and Marbles of Greek and Renaissance Art, a series of Belgian Wood Carvings of the i6th Century, etc., etc. These Collections are open without charge to all students of the Academic and Scientific Departments of the University. 28 THE SCHOOL OF THE FINE ARTS. Erected 1865. The gift of Augustus R. Street. 39 ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORIES. The Observatory on Prospect Hill is devoted to ASTRONOMICAI. RESEARCH. It is equipped with A Hei,iometer, an Equatoriai,, an eouatoriai^ly mounted Set oe Cameras eor photographing Meteors, and a variety of other instruments. It receives one-third of the income at present and will ultimately receive the entire income of The Ivoomis Fund of $312,000. This income is devoted to making observations and to making and publishing investigations based on Astronomical Observations. The Observatory maintains two Public Services : One for the determination and transmission of accurate time, the other for research and comparison in Thermometry. The researches of the Observatory are published; The Library contains about five thousand volumes. The Observatory on Sheffield Hall is equipped with a nine-inch Equatorial and a three-inch meridian circle for the use of the Students of the Sheffield Scientific School. 30 THE ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY. Prospect Hill. 31 THE COLLEGE CHURCH. The Church in Yale College is a regular Church Organization of the Congrega- tional Denomination, of which the President of the University is at present the A(5ling Pastor. It was founded in the year 1755. It includes in its membership many of the Professors from the several departments of the University, with their families, and a large number of students. _ Services are held in Battell Chapel, on Sunday, and prayers every week-day morning. The choir is composed of twenty-five students. Prayer meetings are held regularly by the Academic and Scientific Classes in their rooms in Dwight Hall, and a general religious meeting of the University is held every Sunday evening. Academic Classes meet weekly for Systematic Bible Study, in Dwight Hall ; Sheffield Scientific Classes meet at the same time for the same purpose in Sheffield Hall. The Bethany Mission School and other Mission Schools are condudled by the students. 33 THE BATTELL CHAPEL. Erected 1875. The gift of Joseph Battell. 33 DWIGHT HALL. This building was eredled to furnish a home and center for the social and religious life of the whole University. It contains a Reception Room, a Reading Room, a Library, a large Auditorium for general meetings and ledlures, with rooms for Class Prayer Meetings, Committees, etc. The organizations having their headquarters in this building are The Young Men'' s Christian Associatio7i of Yale, Which is under the supervision of a general Secretary, whose time is devoted to its work. The Berkeley Association, An organization of the Episcopalian students of the University, whose members meet every Friday evening for a service or address in Dwight Hall, and who arrange for the Berkeley Sermons delivered every year in Trinity Church by clergymen from other cities. The Oxford Club, Organized as a special means of union for Methodist students, which provides for a course of ledlures by representative men of that denomination. The Woolsey Club Whose objedl is to bring the claims of the Christian Ministry before the Students. All of these Associations hold regular meetings, and have established courses of services or ledlures, in each Academic year. A Dwight Hall Cotcrse of LeSlures Brings before the students religious questions of living interest, discussed by eminent men. 34 DWPGHT HALL. THE YALE Y. M. C. A. BUILDING. Erected 1886. The gift of Elbert B. Monroe, Southport, Conn. 35 DWIGHT HALL. {Co7itinued^ Mission Work op thk Yale Y. M. C. A.: The Yale Mission Has rented a house in Bast Street and fitted up the upper floors as a lodging house, and the first floor for a meeting room where reUgious services are held by the students at least twice a week during the College year. Earnest Christian work is done here by the students fisr ignorant and outcast men. The Boys' Club Connedled with the Welcome Hall Mission, is in charge of members of the Freshman Class and gathers boys from the street each evening for instrudlion and amusement. The average atten- dance of boys is about fifty. The Bethany Mission School, A Sunday School conduced by the Students. BiBi,K Study. A systematic course of devotional and pradlical Bible study is carried on in Dwight Hall by the students, beginning with the Freshman year and extending through the four years. A University training class is also conducted for the benefit of those who desire to fit themselves for personal work. The whole is supplemented by a course of ledtures to promote interest in Bible study. The Association aims to aid new students in obtaining boarding places and in securing any other needed information. An Employment Bureau in connedlion with it aids in supplying needy students with remunerative work. 36 ROOMS IN DWIGHT HALL. 37 THE TREASURY BUILDING. This building was eredled in 1831 for the exhibition of the Paintings of Col. John Trumbull, which belong to the College. These Paintings were removed to the Art Building in 1867. The building contains at present The; Rooms of thk De;partme;nt op Music, and Thb Ofpicks op thf Pre^sidknt and the; Tre;asurer of the University, 38 THE TREASURY BUILDING. 39 MUSIC. The department of Music aims to provide adequate instrudlion for those who intend to become professional musicians, and to offer a complete course of study to such as intend to devote themselves to musical criticism and the literature of Music. The Coi,IvEGE Choir of 25 members is carefully trained by the Professor of Music — while a seco7id choir is organized with weekly rehearsals as a preparation for the principal choir. The Gi^EE and Banjo Clubs, with almost daily rehearsals through a part of the year, stand unrivalled among similar organizations in the country. The Gounod Society of New Haven — the best choral society in the State^ has a considerable number of students among its more than 250 members, and gives two great choral works each year. The University Chamber Concerts, held in North Sheffield Hall, furnish the best quartette music at a nominal price. Ten concerts are given during the year, chiefly by the Kneisel Quartette of Boston. The MusicaIv Society oe the Divinity SchooIv has monthly ledlures on Sacred Music with occasional illustrative Concerts. A considerable number of students have opportunities for singing in the churches of New Haven on Sundays, for a compensation. 40 41 THE YALE GLEE CLUB. This consists of twenty -two members, selected bj' trial from all departments of the University. Rehearsals are held frequently, and during' the Christmas and Easter holidays concerts are g'iven in the principal cities, and at intervals in term-time, concerts are g'iven in New Flaven and vicinity. A portion of the receipts is given towards the assistance of needy and deserving students. 42 iSCii^ ^?^?^- THE BANJO CLUB. This is composed of six banjeaurines, two mandolins, four banjos and seven guitars, and is associated witli the Glee Club in all concerts. Besides the University Glee and Banjo Clubs a Second Glee Club and a Second Banjo Club are oi-ganized for the training of musicians for the Glee and Banjo Clubs. 43 YALE HOME AND INFIRMARY. This building stands on Prospe6l street, a little more than half a mile from the College Square. The location is high and airy and commands a delight- ful view. The rooms each contain an open fireplace and are fitted up in a comfortable and home-like manner. The building also contains sitting and dining rooms, and a parlor. The home is under the charge of a competent matron and man-servant. Bvery patient is allowed to employ his own physician and also a nurse if one is needed. It is expedled that students who may, by reason of illness, be temporary inmates of the home, will pay all necessary ex- penses incurred on their behalf, but in occasional instances, when this shall prove to be impossible, free rooms and care will be provided. M THE YALE HOME AND INFIRMARY. ,Jk^ THE YALE DINING HALL. The Old Gymnasium is now used by the University for a Dining Hall, and accommodates about four hundred and fifty students. Good board is furnished at cost which averages about four dollars per week. THE YAI.B COOPERATIVE SOCIETY. This Society, organized in 1S85 by members of the University, has for its objedl the saving of money to the students in purchasing goods in New Haven. Membership in the Association costs two dollars per year, or five dollars for four years. Each member can purchase for cash, at a trifle above the wholesale price, such goods as are kept at the Society's store on the college grounds ; or if the desired article is not kept there, it can be obtained at a special discount from any of the Associated Tradesmen in the city. The amount of business now done at the Store is about thirty thousand dollars a year. 46 THE YALE DINING HALL BUILDING. 47 SOCIAL CLUBS. Thk University Club. This Club was organized in 1880, and occupies commodious and attradlive quarters on the northwest corner of York and Chapel streets. The obje6l of the Club is to bring the upper classmen of the two undergraduate departments into more intimate social relations with each other and with the graduates, and to furnish a gathering place for Yale men in and out of New Haven. The Graduates' Club. This Club was organized in 1894, and occupies the substantial brick house opposite Trinity Church, on Chapel street. Its members are ele<5led exclusively from graduates of the University. Other Social Clubs. There are a number of Clubs of students whose obje6t is to bring together the men of all Departments who have studied at the same Preparatory School, or come from the same city, State, or sedlion of the country, such as the Andover Club 223 members, St. Paul's School jo8, Exeter 56, Lawrence- ville 45, Hotchkiss School 22, St. Mark's School 27, Hill School 35, Chicago Club, St. I,ouis Club, California Club, Trans-Mississippi Club, Hawaiian Club, Hartford Club, Colorado Club, Cincinnati Club, Southern Club, Buffalo Club. 48 THE UNIVERSITY-CLUB HOUSE. Corner of York and Chapel streets. PHYSICAL CULTURE. The; Gymnasium, which was opened in the fall of 1892, is one of the largest and most thoroughly equipped gymnasiums in the country. It contains the latest hygienic improvements, including not only apparatus for exercise, but a complete bathing system. It is in charge of instrudlors who have had a medical training and the widest experience as teachers of the various forms of gymnastics. Physicai. Examination. Each student is offered a thorough physical exami- nation once a year, or oftener in special cases, as a basis for advice as to what muscular exercise should be taken or avoided. The careful measure- ments made at the time of these examinations furnish important material bearing on the study of anthropology and kindred sciences. Gymnastic Exercisk. Classes are formed for graded exercises in light and heavy gymnastics, and this work will cover a period of two years. Defedls of growth, so far as they can be correcfted, will be remedied by special exercises. Students will have a competent person to consult at all times regarding any matters pertaining to personal training and development. 50 rr S^ P hf^ }j.i u ^ .^ > •;> ,' ' S>-' w Mi -"Sr THE YALE GYMNASIUM. Erected 1891-2. The gift of Graduates of the University. ATHLETIC SPORTS. The Yai,:e; FiEIyD, situated a little more than a mile from the University, is a level tradl of land laid out for the use of all the athletic organizations. It contains three base-ball diamonds, three foot-ball fields, and a quarter- mile running track, with ample accommodations for cricket, tennis, and every other variety of field sport. The Ci,ub HousK contains commo- dious rooms, lockers, and arrangements for bathing in hot and cold water. The grand-stand and bleachers have a seating capacity of nearly two thousand. The YaIvE Boat House, conveniently located on the New Haven Harbor, is the headquarters of the University crew, the several class crews, and also of the Dunham Boat Club. It contains ample sitting room, and locker accommodations and bathing facilities. The steam-launch, and the single, double, and other shells provide for all the requirements of coaching and rowing practice. V -V^ ■- .> The Cr,UB House, Yai,e Fiei^d. 52 INTERIOR OF THE GYMNASIUM. A Class Exercise. 53 THE YALE BOAT HOUSE. Erected 1875. ^«.*— x-**"*^**** 54 THE UNIVERSITY BOAT CREW, '93-'94. Intercollegiate Record 1880-1891. YALE WON 11 RACES. HARVARD 4. ..„-. ^ THE GRAND STAND-YALE FIELD. 56 THE UNIVERSITY BASE BALL NINE, '93-'94. Intercollegiate Record 1880-1894. YALE WON 11 CHAMPIONSHIPS. HARVARD 2. PRINCETON 1. 57 Hsfc- THE UNIVERSITY FOOT BALL ELEVEN, .'93-'94. Intercollegiate Record 1880-1894. YALE WON 9 CHAMPIONSHIPS. HARVARD 1. PRINCETON 3. NOT AWARDED 2. 58 TRACK ATHLETIC TEAM, '93-'94. This team won the Yale-Hai-vard Cup, May 12, and the Intercollegiate Cup, May 26, 1894. Eight members of this team represented Yale in the Oxford- Yale games, London, July 16, 1894. Oxford 5)4, Yale 3^- 59 WALKS AND DRIVES ABOUT NEW HAVEN. New Haven, l}- ing as it does on the sea shore with lakes and several great ridges of hills and rocks about it, has an unusual number of places of interest within easy reach, to which the accompanying map with the following list of abbreviations calls attention : A. — Mount Carm el, 736 feet high. N.' — Hamden Notch. B. — High Rock, 640. Ct.— Cement Works. C— West Rock Ridge. Ch.— Cherry Hill. D. — Quinnipiac Ridge. K. — Peters Rock, 373. F. — Kast Rock, 359. G.— Mill Rock. H.— Prospedl Hill. Wh.— Lake Whit- ney. B. M. — Beaver Meadows. I. — Pine Rock. J. — Judges Cave. K. — Beaver Hills. L,. — West Rock, 405. W. — L,ake Wintergreen. N^. — Wintergreen Notch. Wge. — Woodbridge Ridge. Ed. — Edge- wood. M.— Maltby Park. N.— Round Hill. Y.— -Yale College. R.— Red Rock. S.— Lake Saltonstall. O.— Beacon Hill. S. R.— Savin Rock. S. P.— Sandy Point. Et— Fort Hale. M. C— Morris Cove. F. M. P.— Five Mile Point. M. P.— Morgan's Point. S. E.— South End. B. H. — Branford Harbor. A little book entitled ' ' The Four Rocks, with Walks and Drives about New Haven," by Professor James D. Dana, furnishes not only a complete guide for a great number of expeditions, but also the most authoritative account of the geological history and formations of the region. 60 Comj>Ued cJUtfTyfrom tTS.C^att Sun/'j lUt^ Jamf. J» 3^V''rt D*l WEST ROCK. 02 EAST ROCK. 63 HILLHOUSE AVENUE. 64 THE DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY AND THE ARTS GRADUATE INSTRUCTION THE DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY AND THE ARTS. GRADUATE INSTRUCTION. Graduates of this and other Colleges and Universities, and (in exceptional cases, by special permission) other persons of liberal education, are received as students for longer or shorter periods, with or without reference to the attainment of a degree. Degre;ks. Doctor of PhiIvOSOphy (Ph.D.). This degree is conferred upon those who, after taking a Bachelor's degree, and having studied in this Department for not less than two years, pass a satisfadtory final examination and present a thesis giving evidence of high attainments. This degree, with the courses leading to it, is open to candidates of both sexes. Master of Arts (M.A.). This degree is conferred on Bachelors of Arts of two or more years' standing, on one year's systematic study or its equivalent. Civil. Engineer (C.E.), and MkchanicaIv Engineer (M.E.). These degrees are conferred on Bachelors of Philosophy who have taken the first degree in Engineering study, after not less than two years of graduate study, and who give evidence of ability to design important construdlions. GRADUATE INSTRUCTION. Instruction is given partly by ledlures, partly by recitations and discussions, partly by diredling courses of reading, investigation, and work in the laboratories and with instruments. Instrudlors and students meet periodically for the reading of papers and oral discussions in various voluntary associations, such as the Classical Philological Club, the Mathematical Club, the Philosophical Club, the Political Science Club, the Modern Language Club, the English Club, the Semitic and Biblical Club, and the Physics Journal Club. The student has the free use of the Library of the University (including the Linonian and Brothers Library) and of the special libraries in the line of his work. The fee for instrucftion is generally one hundred dollars. Fellowships and Scholarships. Seventeen Fellowships and Scholarships, with incomes ranging from about Jioo to $600, are open to graduates of Yale College. Five Fellowships of $400 each and twenty Scholarships of f 100 each are open to members of this department whether graduates of this or an}- other institution. 67 COURSES OF GRADUATE INSTRUCTION. PSYCHOI.OGY, BTHICS AND PhII^OSOPHY. Courses in Introdudlion to Philosophy, Philosophical Anthropology, Philo- sophical System, and Theory of Knowledge, Advanced Psychology, Philosophical Criticism, and History of Philosophy and Ethics, Greek Philosophy, and Critique of Pure Reason. Most of these courses include ledlures by the Professors in charge and the preparation and discussion of papers by members of the class. Courses in Physiological and Experimental Psychology, Educational Psychology, and Research Work in Psychology. The Psychological lyaboratory, located in the building west of the Divinity School, is equipped to carry on experimental and research work in Psychology, Pedagogy, Psycho- physics and Psychological Optics. The results of all original investigations are published in Studies from the Yale Psychological Laboratory. Before the Philosophical Club are presented the more elaborate papers of its own members as well as occasional ledtures by well-known authorities in this field of research. The following courses in the Divinity School are open to graduate students of Philosophy on obtaining the permission of the instrudtor : The Philo- sophical Basis of Theism and the Self-revelation of God, Topics in the Philosophy of Religion of special interest at the present time, and Comparative Religion. PSYCHOLOGICAL LABORATORY, INTERIOR VIEWS. CivAvSvSicAL Philology. Courses in The Greek Orators, Epic Poetry, Aeschylus, the Republic and the Phaedo of Plato, Philosophy of Plato, Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Homer, Theocritus, Lyric Fragments, Pindar, Sophocles, The Athenian Commonwealth, Introdudlion to Greek Archaeology, The Tradition of the History of Alexander, Pausanias, Aristophanes, The Testimony of the Old Athenian Comedy to the History and Private Life of its Time, Aristotle's Poetics, Later Greek Poetry, Euripides, The Age of Pericles, Demosthenes, Greek Worship and Belief. Courses in Early Latin, Lucretius, Latin Philology, Hexameter Poetry, Tacitus, Suetonius, Pliny's Letters, Ouintilian, Roman Satire and Comedy, Juvenal and Martial, Lyric and Elegiac Poetry, Horace, Catullus, TibuUus, Pro- pertius, Historical Syntax, Plautus, Cicero, Low Latin, Roman Law. Linguistics, Comparative Phonology and Morphology of Greek and Latin, Critical treatment and interpretation of Classical texts. The LeAures in the History of Art are open to Classical students. The; Classicai, Ci^ub Room is the headquarters of advanced students in Classical Philology. This room is the western half of the College Library of half a century ago. It contains over a thousand volumes of texts, commentaries, and works on antiquities, as the germ of a depart- mental library. The Club meets every Saturday evening to read and discuss some classical author, with reports and papers in the field of Greek and Latin Philology. Yale University has been from the first, one of the supporters of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, and has had more of its gradu- ates there than have gone from any other institution. Its students are admitted without charge, on recommendation of its classical instru6lors, to all the privileges of the School. CLASSICAL ROOM, AND REFERENCE LIBRARIES. PoiviTicAi. AND Social Science and History. Courses in Economics, Economic Problems of Corporations, Relation between Economies and Ethics, Economic Policy, The Historical Development of the Modern Industrial Organization, Politics and Finance in the History of the United States, Anthropology, Social Science, The Modern Organization of Eabor, The Principles of Public Finance, United States Financial History, United States Public Finance, Mechanism of Prices and Currency. Courses in Jurisprudence, Common Daw, Constitutional and International Eaw, and Constitutional Government. Courses in History of Europe, and History of England, Physical Geography as related to Political History, Investigations of special topics in French History, American Colonial and National History, Medieval History and Institutions, on the Greek Historians, and on the Athenian Common- wealth, and General Church History. In the research courses the students are required to prepare papers to be read and discussed before the class. In the Political Science Club the results of more extended investigations are presented. Orie)ntai, IvAnguagks and Bibi^icai. Litkrature;. Courses in Sanskrit, Japanese, Hebrew, Hebrew Poetry, Eaw, History, and Prophecy, The Book of Ezekiel, Hebrew Syntax, Arabic, The Ouran, Arabic Poetical Literature, Assyrian and Babylonian Inscriptions, Assyro- Babylonian History and Literature, Biblical Aramaic, Ethiopic and Syriac, Comparative Semitic Grammar. 73 Oriental Languages and Biblical Literature. ( Contimied. ) Courses in Biblical Literature, Messianic Prophecy, Old-Testament Wisdom- Literature, Psalms and Isaiah, Old-Testament Criticism, The Pauline Epistles, The First Epistle and the Gospel of John. The Semitic and BlBWCAr, Ci,UB, formed of the instrudlors and students in the department of Semitic Languages and of Biblical Literature, and in the Divinity School, holds regular meetings throughout the year for the reading and discussion of original papers, reviews of recent literature, and reports of progress. Mode;rn Languages and Lite;ratures. Courses in the French Literature of the XVI, XVII, XVIII aud XlXth Centuries, Early French Literature aud Historical Grammar, Provencal Language and Literature, Spanish, Italian, Dante's Life and Works, Moli^re's Life and Works. Courses in Gothic, Old High German, and Old Saxon, Old Norse (Icelandic), Philosophical and Scientific German, Schiller, Geothe, Historj- of German Literature, Middle High German, Historical and Critical Prose. English Literature of the XlVth Century, The Restoration and the Classical Age, Theories of Poetry, Old English Poetry, Old and Middle English Grammar, History of English Literature and English Prosod}-, The Elizabethan Drama, Tennyson, Shakespeare, Bacon, Browning, English Political Orators, American Literature. Th:E Modern Language Ci'" ACADEMICAL DEPARTMENT SENIOR SOCIETY BUILDINGS. ACADEMICAL DEPARTMENT JUNIOR SOCIETY BUILDINGS. 315 SHEFFIELD SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL PROSPEICT STREIEIT h/luhouse: aveinue: THE SHEFFIELD SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL GROUNDS. 118 THE SHEFFIELD SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL. This Department of the University was begun in 1847 and reor- ganized on a more extensive scale in i860. It received its chief property and endowment from Joseph B. Sheffield, Esq., of New Haven, in whose honor it is named. Dkgreks Conferred. Bachelor of Philosophy (Ph.B) on completion of a regular three j-ears course. Civil Engitieer (C. B.) or Mechanical Enginecj' (M. B.) upon Bachelors of Philosophy who show suffi- cient attainments after an additional course of special study for two years. The number of Professors and Instrudlors in 1S94-95 is 45. The number of students in 1894-95 is 662, coming from more than 120 Preparatory Schools located in 25 States and Terri- tories. The number of persons who have received the degree of Ph.B. is nearly 1,500. 119 EXAMINATIONS FOR ADMISSION TO THE SHEFFIELD SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL IN 1895 will be held at North Sheffield Hall in New Haven, beginning at 9 o'clock A. M. on Thursday, June 27th and ending Saturday, June 29th, at i o'clock. Examinations will be held at the same time in Albany, N. Y., Andover, Mass., Auburn, N. Y., Buffalo, N. Y., Chicago, 111., Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Columbus, O., Concord, N. H., Denver, Col., Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., East Hampton, Mass., Exeter, N. H., Groton, Mass., Knoxville, Tenn., I/akeville, Conn., Lawrenceville, N. J., Milwaukee, Wis., New York City, Norwich, Conn., Philadelphia, Pa., Pittsburg, Pa., Portland, Ore., Pottstown, Pa., St. Ivouis, Mo., St. Paul, Minn., San Francisco, Cal., Southboro, Mass., Tacoma, Wash., Washington, D. C. Examinations will also be held in New Haven only, on September 23, 24, 25. The candidate will be allowed to divide the examination, with an interval of j at least a college year between the parts, on submission of a state- ' ment from his principal instrudlor, of the subje