Yale University, 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.