An Historical Discourse Pronounced Before the Graduates of Yale College, August 14, 1850; One Hundred and Fifty Years After the Founding of That Institution. with an Appendix - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1850 Excerpt: ... the practice in the College to that required by the law in the English universities. This oath was taken until it became an unlawful one when the State assumed complete sovereignty at the revolution. For some years afterwards the officers took the oath of fidelity to the State of Connecticut, and I believe that the last instance of this occurred at the very end of the eighteenth century. Professorships in this College are of subsequent origin to the office of tutors, and the course which things took at Harvard was substantially followed. The first professorship, as was naturally to be expected, was one of divinity, and the next, one of mathematics and natural philosophy. Prof. Daggett the first professor of divinity died in 1780. Two years afterward the Rev. Samuel Wales was appointed his successor. In 1793 in consequence of a mental malady, which had long incapacitated him for business, his office was declared vacant; and after attempts to fill it, extending through several years, Dr. Dwight, then President, was induced to perform its duties, at first upon appointment from year to year, but afterwards as a permanent duty. And this continued to be one of the principal spheres of his efficiency until his death. Dr. Fitch is the fourth in this line of succession which began in 1754. The first professor of mathematics and natural philosophy was appointed in 1770 and resigned his charge in 1781. The office then lay vacant owing to the impoverished state of the College for about three years, during part of which time President Stiles by occasionally lecturing on astronomy discharged a portion of its duties. Just before Dr. Dwight was called to the Presidency this office was again filled, but from financial considerations upon an annual appointment.f See Appendi...

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