Yale University
2 of the 7 encyclopedias on this shelf carry an entry for Yale University. Both are reproduced below, so you can see where they agree and where they differ.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
an institution of higher learning in New Haven, Conn.; founded in Saybrook in October, 1701, as the Collegiate School of the colony under the trusteeship of 10 principal ministers. The classes were taught, however, at Killingworth, now Clinton, an adjoining town, till 1707. The institution was permanently settled in New Haven in 1716, and in 1718 its name was changed to Yale College in honor of Elihu Yale. The name Yale College applied at first only to the new building. It was given formally to the institution in its charter of 1745. The chair of Divinity was added in 1755, and another of Mathematics, Physics, and Astronomy in 1771, though this was not permanently filled till 1794. Occasional grants were made to it by the legislature before the Revolution, and $30,000 was voted by the State in 1792. Schools of Medicine (1812), Theology (1822), and Law (1824) were established; and, as reorganized in 1871, the university possesses also departments of Philosophy and Arts, the latter including besides the classical course of "Yale College" proper, the Sheffield Scientific School (begun 1847, endowed a 1868), post-graduate courses, and School of Fine Arts (1864). A great part of the studies in the third and fourth years is elective. The University Library, including Linonian Brothers' Library, the Law Library, the Sheffield Scientific School Library, the Trowbridge Reference Library of the Divinity School, the Lowell-Mason Library of Music, the Library of Foreign Missions and Art, the Medical School and American Oriental Society Libraries, consists of over 1,000,000 volumes and pamphlets. The numerous buildings cover about nine acres in the heart of the city, the oldest dating from 1752. The Trumbull ga lery consists of historical portraits and works numbering 54 pictures. The Jarvis Gallery of Italian Art has 122 paintings, dating from the 11th to the 17th centuries. The Alden collection of Belgian wood carvings of the 16th century comprises about 150 feet of wainscoting and three confessionals from the Chapel in Ghent and a collection of about 50 paintings. In March, 1887, an act passed the General Assembly of the State authorizing aut the use of the title Yale University by the president and fellows of Yale College. The president is the presiding officer of the Board of Trustees and of every board of instruction. He has no required duties of teaching. There nine are schools, each under a separate faculty: the College, the Sheffield Scientific School, the Graduate School, the School of Medicine, the School of Religion, the School of Law, the School of Fine Arts, the School of Music, and the School of Forestry. The Library, the Peabody Museum of Natural History, and the Observatory are severally organized independently of the special departments, and are designed to contribute, in their appropriate spheres, to the instruction and advancement of the whole institution. In recent years the university has developed in all departments. Several new university laboratories, including the Osborn Memorial Laboratories and the Sloane Physics Laboratory, have been erected. The Memorial Quadrangle, the gift of Mrs. Stephen H. Harkness of New York City, provides rooms for approximately 650 under-graduates, and is said to be the most beautiful group of college buildings in the United States. On March 19, 1919, the Yale Corporation adopted a new scheme of university organization, which, among other things, called for the establishment of several new administrative offices, including the provost and dean of students; instituted a common freshman year for Yale College and the Sheffield Scientific School; centralized in a Board of Admissions the matter of entrance requirements; and extended the course in the Sheffield Scientific School from three to four years. There were in the fall of 1920 3,324 students and 532 members of the faculty. The endowment amounted to $24,048,738. In addition, the university is the beneficiary under the will of the late John W. Sterling of approximately $20,000,000, to be used for memorial buildings and for the foundation of scholarships, fellowships, or lectureships, and the endowment of new professorships. The following is a list of the presidents since its foundation: Abraham Pierson (1701-1707); Samuel Andrew (1707-1714); Timothy Cutler (1719- 1722); Elisha Williams (1726-1739); Thomas Clap (1740-1766); Napthali Daggett (1766-1777); Ezra Stiles (1777- 1795); Timothy Dwight (1795-1817); Jeremiah Day (1817-1846); Theodore D. Woolsey (1846-1871); Noah Porter (1871-1886); Timothy Dwight (1886- 1899); Arthur T. Hadley (1899-1921); James R. Angell (1921-).
Aiton's Encyclopedia (1910)
a noted institution of learning at New Haven , Connecticut. It grew out of the original impulse which founded New Haven colony. In 1701 a royal charter was obtained for the collegiate, school of Connecticut to be governed by ten Congregational ministers and their successors. The first legal location was the town of Saybrook, but the first classes were taught by Abraham Pierson in the neighboring village of Killingworth. In 1716 the school was removed to New Haven. Elihu Yale, a wealthy East Indian merchant, whose father was one of the original settlers of New Haven, gave the college a collection of books and various sums of money, in all $3,000, then a large sum. In 1718 the name was changed to Yale College in his honor. Connecticut has treated Yale from the first much as though it were a state university. In 1792 a grant of $30,000 was made. The governor, lieutenant-governor, and six state senators were made members of the corporation--the governing body. In 1872 the six senators were displaced by six members chosen by the alumni. In 1887 the name was changed to Yale University. Among the presidents of national note are Timothy Dwight (1795-1817) and Noah Porter (1871-1886). There are four departments, philosophy and arts, medicine, theology, and law. The Sheffield Scientific School, the Graduate School, the School of Fine Arts , the Department of Music, the Forest School, the Observatory, the Library, and the Peabody Museum are semi-independent adjuncts of the College of Philosophy and Arts. Outside of fine arts and music, men only are admitted. The library contains not far from 300,000 volumes. The museum possesses the best working series of Western fossils in existence. There are numerous fine buildings. The campus is celebrated for its elms. There are about 400 instructors and over 3,000 students. The bicentennial anniversary exercises held in 1901 were attended by 4,691 Yale graduates, including numerous college presidents, and distinguished men in every walk of life. See Dwight ; Timothy; Porter ; Noah