The following are extracts from an editorial in the Yale News:

"The resignation of Dr. Barbour brings before the corporation a question which is of the deepest interest to the students, namely; "How shall the college pulpit be filled?" For several years previous to Dr. Barbour's settlement here as college pastor, a system similar to, but not so complete as that now in vogue at Harvard, was practiced and gave excellent satisfaction. Eminent divines from all over the country frequently addressed the students. and at other times city clergyment, members of the Faculty, and, in several instances, students of the Divinity School occupied the pulpit. Never before in the history of the college has New Haven contained so many celebrated clergymen, nearly every one of whom would be acceptable to a college congregation. The easy access which we have to New York, Brooklyn, Boston and Philadelphia, where reside nearly all the celebrated clergy of our times, offers another and a strong inducement to the acceptance of this plan. But perhaps the strongest argument in its favor is the general approval it would receive from the students, while its practicability is proven by its present success at Harvard, and by its past history at Yale. In the first place the interest of the students must be aroused before any good can come. That one man alone cannot hold the student's attention and keep up their interest has been shown by the indifferent spirit of the past few years, while the interest awakened at Harvard speaks well for the itinerant method.'"