LIFE OF JAMES DWIGHT DANA 



were borne by their colleagues, and especially by Professor 

 George J. Brush. In support of the plans which were 

 proposed for the school, Dana delivered a discourse be- 

 fore the citizens of New Haven, and repeated it by 

 request before the alumni of Yale. A proof-sheet has 

 been preserved which contains in his own handwriting 

 emendations of and suggestions for a plan for the endow- 

 ment of " a School of Science to be established at New 

 Haven in connection with Yale College " (1856). 



The cabinet of minerals belonging to Yale received a 

 great deal of care. He undertook its rearrangement and 

 the preparation of labels, conforming closely to his own 

 manual of mineralogy, and he encouraged the students 

 and the public to visit freely the collections. At length 

 in 1866 came the great gift of George Peabody for the 

 Museum of Natural History. He was one of the original 

 board of trustees, and the construction of the building, 

 as regards internal arrangement, was largely determined 

 by plans made by him. 



Of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 

 Dana was chosen President in 1857-58. This society is 

 one of the oldest scientific associations in this country, 

 having been instituted in 1786, and incorporated a few 

 years later. Its meetings have done much to quicken the 

 progress of science in Yale University, and its publications 

 contain important memoirs, especially in recent years. 



Another less formal association has been, for more than 

 sixty years, a social gathering of intellectual men which 

 has no other name than " The Club." It meets at the 

 houses of the members, at frequent intervals, for conver- 

 sation and the discussion of science, politics, and religion. 

 Its earliest meetings were in 1838, and among the found- 

 ers were: Dr. Leonard Bacon; President Woolsey; two 

 others of the faculty, Professors Gibbs and Larned ; 

 Henry White, a well-known lawyer; Alexander C. Twin- 

 ing, a civil engineer; Dr. Henry G. Ludlow, a minister; 



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