Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-01-21 | Page 2 | Mr. Taft Accepts Kent Professorship at Yale University

i MR TAFT ACCEPTS KENT PROfESSORSHIP 0 AT YAlE UNIVERSITY Announces Intention to Withdraw Withdraw Withdraw With With- draw as Fellow ol on Assuming Assuming Assum Assum- ing New Position n I HAVEN VEX Conn Jan 20 O.-At O. At tho the N NEW NE' regular meeting of ot Yale Yalo corporation corporation corporation corpora corpora- tion President Taft formal formally 1 accepted today the appointment a as Kent professor professor pro pro- fessor of law lav lavat at Yale Tale The President announced hi his Intention of or withdrawing withdraw withdraw- Jn ing from tho the corporation when ho lie takes up the regular duties of his pro pro- fe He plans plane to como to New NewHaven Newhaven Haven early in April an and will deliver eUer this spring some somo lectures of or an OPtional op optional optional op- op character Ills His work worl next autumn autumn au au- nu- nu will consist of a regular course of ot lectures on the general subject of oC con constitutional law lIe He also will vill g give ge e Sonic some Instruction in tho the law school but buthis his hits exact courses there have not been determined upon The Tue I Kent ent professorship was as established In 1801 being named In honor honorof of Chancellor James Kent of ot the cla class clas s sot of ot 1781 There have been four tour Incumbents bents of or tho the chair Chief Justice David I D. D Daggett of Connecticut Clark Bissell Bissell Bis- Bis sell t n and Henry Dutton both governors of or Connecticut und r Edward Idward ward T J. J Phelps once American minister to England rho The Rev Rc Joseph IL TwIchell of ot Hartford Hartford Hart Bart ford lord of or the tho class of 1859 senior fellow fellow tellow tel fel fel- fel low of or tho the Yalo Yale corporation announced his resignation at tho meeting toda today after thirty eight years of ot service Treasurer Da Day announced that gifts girts amounting to more mor than had 1 been made mado to tho the University lt since the November o meeting New le York Jan 2 20 President Taft Tart and hl his party part returned to 10 Now New York early curb this evening o from New cw Haven where tho the President had attended ed a meeting of tho the Yalo Yale corporation They proceeded ed immediately to the residence of Henry W V. Taft ran for dinner and later attended a n theatre