Yale University, New Haven, Conn

was chartered in 1701. During its first year it had only one student. Established first at Say brook, it was moved in 1716 to New Haven. The Medical School was opened in 1813, the Theological School in 1822, the Law School in 1824, the Sheffield Scientific School in 1847. Yancey, William I,. (1814-1863), served in both branches of the Alabama Legislature. He represented Alabama in the U. S. Congre as a Democrat from 1844 to 1847. He was a leader of the extremwne party in the South. He proposed the formation of committees of safety in the Southern States ‘‘ to fire the Southern heart.’ He made a tour through the North and West during the campaign of 1860, urging thc rejection of the Republican candidate. He was a Confederate Commi ioner to Europe from 1861 to 1862, when he became a member of the Confederate Senate. 405