| Show ABOUT OTHER COLLEGES issues eighteen university publications Dr F. F L. L Chase of Yale Observatory has discovered a new comet from photographic photographic photographic photo photo- graphic plates exposed on the nights of November and The Frances E. E Willard public school now b being ing built is the finest in Chicago It cost over over Yale has an endowment of t Colum Columbia bia of Cornell of Harvard of Chicago of A The University Library of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsyl Pennsyl- vania has been presented with two interesting old documents They are the papers that gave Provost William Smith and James Jay power to collect money for the College and Academy of Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadelphia Phila Phila- delphia and the College of the Province of New York now Columbia University Both of these papers were presented and framed by Dr S. S Weir Mitchell one some years ago the other recently Although Although Although Al Al- though both of the documents are the same they bear different dates April 30 1764 and March 13 1762 They are signed by the Archbishop of Canterbury the Archbishop of York Lord Bishop of Winchester Provost Smith and Rev Dr Chandler On the back of each are receipts for various sums that were contributed one dated 1765 is a contribution for 1500 by Thomas Penn College and University people the country over are interested in the pertinent pertinent pertinent per per- need of college presidents Yale Amherst and Brown are without ex ex- Dr Timothy Dwight of Yale in his resignation created a vacancy which is easier made than filled He succeeded Noah Porter in 1866 His grandfather grandfather- Timothy Dwight was president of Yale from 1795 until 1817 He was the ablest of Y Yale's a e s early presidents The present Timothy Dwight when he took his seat in 1866 said that he would withdraw from the post post- whenever he became convinced convinced convinced con con- vinced that his usefulness to the U University University Uni Uni- ni- ni was at an end President Dwight was born at Norwich November 16 |
