If reports are correct, the Yale faculty has shown a very petty spirit in regard to the proposed lectures on protection, which Professor Thompson, of the University of Pennsylvania, is delivering at New Haven. It seems that these lectures are to be given at the request of some of the students who are interested in tariff discussions. The report having spread abroad that Professor Thompson would lecture at the invitation of the faculty, that worthy body hastened to correct the mistake, and disclaimed any official connection with the eloquent advocate of protective tariffs. "Yale still stands by Professor Sumner and his free trade doctrines." comes the word from New Haven. Quite in contrast with this narrow policy is the liberal course which Harvard has pursued. Although our professors are nearly all free traders, nevertheless, Professor Thompson was last year appointed lecturer on protection. Which policy is best calculated to influence students in a search after truth and knowledge?
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