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tration, and the number of students increased 

 to 1,079. In 1887, the year President Timothy 

 D wight (grandson of the former President 

 Dwipht) succeeded to the presidency, the state 

 legislature authorized the institution to change 

 its name to Yale University. At the conclusion 

 of President Dwight's term, in 1899, Yale had a 

 student body of 2,500. Within the next few 

 years, under the progressive administration of 

 Arthur Twining Hadley, the productive funds 

 showed a great increase; many new buildings 

 erected, and the institution continued to 

 maintain its place among the American uni- 

 versities of first rank. In 1916 the number of 

 students was officially reported to be 3,254 and 

 the number of instructors 478. There were 

 1,000,000 volumes in the library. Yale is 

 strictly a university for men, and its student 

 enrolment was affected by the entrance of 

 America into the War of the Nations, in 1917, 

 for large numbers of students enlisted in vari- 

 ous branches of the service. 



Organization. The corporation of Yale Uni- 

 versity comprises the president, the trustees, 

 the governor and lieutenant-governor of Con- 

 necticut (made members ex officio in 1792) and 

 >ix graduate students elected from their own 

 number. There are nine departments of study, 

 each under the supervision of a special faculty. 

 They are as follows: 



The College, the nucleus about which the other 

 departments developed, which offers academic 

 courses leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts. 



The Sheffield Scientific School, which gives in- 

 struction In the mathematical, physical and nat- 

 ural sciences, and is both a graduate and an 

 undergraduate school. 



The Graduate School, formally organized in 

 1847, and conferring the degrees of Doctor of 

 Philosophy anil Mn.-ter of Arts. 



The Medical School, the first professional school 

 organized at Yale. 



The School of Religion, formerly Congrega- 

 tional. Init now undenominational. 



Tho School of Law, with a thn'-yrnr course 

 of study, leading to the degree of Doctor of Laws. 



A graduate course leading to the degrees of 

 M I- or Jui i. or D.C.L. la also offered. 



Tlio School </ Fine. Arts, offering courses In 

 drawing, painting, sculpture and archltrcture, 

 supplemented by lecture course* on related sub- 

 jects. 



The School of Uu*ic. giving Instruction to 

 prospective teachers, composers and musical 

 critics. 



The School of Forestry, a graduate department 

 founded In 1900, with courses leading to the de- 

 gree of Master of Forestry* The School Forest 

 (1.000 acres) Is at Keene. N II 



Notable Structures. Besides its library build- 

 laboratories, recitation halls and dormi- 



tories, Yale University has several structures 

 of special interest. On Prospect Street, about a 

 mile from the college campus, are the buildings 

 of the Observatory, one of the best equipped 

 in the country. There is a $200,000 gymnasium 

 building, and connected with it are the Car- 

 negie swimming tank, indoor baseball grounds 

 and a running track. One of the structures of 

 which the students are justly proud is the great 

 Yale "Bowl," a football amphitheater having 

 the seat slabs placed directly upon the earth. 

 It is really a vast excavation, with the sides 

 sloping from a center depth of twr; 

 feet below ground level. The "Bowl" can ac- 

 commodate fully 60,000 spectators, who find 

 their seats through thirty tunnels. B.M.W. 



Consult Slosson's Great American Universities; 

 Stokes' Memorials of Eminent Yale Men. 



Related Subject*. The reader Is referred to 

 the following articles in these volumes : 

 Dwight, Timothy Hadley. Arthur Twining 



Elective Studies Yale, Elihu 



YALU, yah' loo, a Korean river whose 

 source is in the highest peak of the Shan-a-lin 

 Mountains of Manchuria. When Japan an- 

 nexed Korea and named it Chosen, tin 

 name of the Yalu was changed to the ORYOKU 

 (orio'ku). Flowing southwest and south, it 

 forms most of the boundary between Korea and 

 Manchuria, and after a course of 300 i: 

 empties into Korea Bay. Seagoing vessels can 

 ascend the river thirty miles ; smaller boats can 

 reach 145 miles inland. In 1894 it was the 

 scene of a Chinese-Japanese navel battle, and 

 during the Russo-Japanese War there was con- 

 siderable fighting on its banks. See RUSSO- 

 JAPANESE WAR; CHOSEN. 



YAM, the name given to a plant whose 

 edible roots somewhat resemble the sweet po- 

 tato. It grows in the warmer regions all over 

 the world, but is especially to be found in 

 China and the South Sea islands, in Australia 

 and in the southern parts of North America. 

 The plant itself has long, slender, climbing 

 is, and bears small, green flowcra in clus- 

 Thc roots vary greatly in site and shape, 

 from those which arc much like an ordinary 

 sweet potato to thr lame .-pccimens of China 

 and Australia, which grow to be more than 

 thrrr tYrt long and weigh ov.r thirty pounds. 



In China, whrro onc-twmt:<>th of an acre 

 may Ix- tin- total estate of a land o\\ 

 where three acres for one family is consid' 



comfortable and ten acres means luxury, a 

 trtm-h from ten to fifteen feet long can be 

 made to produce enough yarns to supply one 



