YALE UNIVERSITY

At New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1701 as the Collegiate School of Connecticut at Say brook, of which Abraham Pierson was the first rector. It was moved to New Haven in 1716, and named Yale College in 1718, in honor of Elihu Yale (q.v.). Under the Presidency of Timothy Dwight in 1795, permanent profe orships were formed and separate profe ional schools. ‘These were established in the following order: Medical School, 1813; Divinity School, 1822; Law School, 1824; Sheffield Scientific School, 1847; School of Forestry, 1866. 'The name Yale University was adopted in 1887. The University organization includes Yale College, Sheffield Scientific School, Graduate School, School of Fine Arts, School of Music, Forestry School, and Schools of Religion, Medicine, and Law. The Peabody Museum and Osborn Observatory are separately organized. Women are admitted to the School of Fine Arts, Department of Music, and Ph.D. course, of Graduate School... The University corporation consists of 10 Congregational ministers, 6 representatives of the Alumni, and the governor and _ lieutenant-governor of Connecticut. The special endowment fund of $5,000,000. was completed in 1921. The bequest. of John W. Sterling amounting to about $15,000,000, made po ible extensive building plans in 1923, including a library to cost. $6,000,000, a chemistry building, and a medical science building. An anonymous gift of 740 acres will be devoted to athletic purposes and a zoological park. Hndowment funds of the University about. $30,000,000. President James R. Angell. Students 3,930. Teachers 581.