The corporation of Yale College have finally elected a president to succeed Dr. Porter. Professor Dwight, the president-elect, has proved an efficient and popular instructor, and the highest hopes are entertained for his success at the head of the college. The new president is said to be an ardent exponent of the new ideas of reform in collegiate work, and it is expected that his administration will result in placing Yale on a more radical basis. We welcome this new proof of the wisdom of the policy of Harvard. We trust that the work of President Dwight will demonstrate that reform in college work is necessary and practicable. The long and honorable term of office which President Porter has filled, marks an era in the growth of Yale, both materially and in influence. But if the times demand methods which are not those of Dr. Porter, it is surely the wisest plan for the welfare of the college that a gentleman should be appointed to adopt those methods, and carry them to a successful issue. It is hardly necessary to add that the Harvard friends of Yale trust that athletics will be included in the work of reform.
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