. Memories of Yale life and men, 1854-1899 . d the outlook was full of remained with us as a student but a single year, andthen—following his own strong impulse, and aided andstrengthened by the advice of his two teachers—heentered upon a course of study under the leading scholarsin his department in Germany. This course of studywas continued for three years. Near the close of theseyears, a generous gift from Professor Salisbury renderedit possible for the authorities of the College to offerhim a professorship; and with the hearty approval ofthe Faculty and the President, the
. Memories of Yale life and men, 1854-1899 . d the outlook was full of remained with us as a student but a single year, andthen—following his own strong impulse, and aided andstrengthened by the advice of his two teachers—heentered upon a course of study under the leading scholarsin his department in Germany. This course of studywas continued for three years. Near the close of theseyears, a generous gift from Professor Salisbury renderedit possible for the authorities of the College to offerhim a professorship; and with the hearty approval ofthe Faculty and the President, the offer was made. Theprofessorship which Professor Salisbury had held forthe twelve preceding years was, according to his ownproposal, divided into two chairs—Professor Whitneytaking that of Sanscrit, and Professor Salisbury retain-ing that of Arabic. But for this generous gift andproposal, the call to Mr. Whitney, which made himone of the Yale fraternity, could not have been given,and his life-work with us would have failed of its 402. PROFESSOR WILLIAM D. WHITNEY MEMORIES OF YALE LIFE AND MEN realization. A similar generosity, I may add, and ayet larger gift on the part of Professor Salisbury, sev-eral years afterwards, so fully established the founda-tion of the professorship, that Mr. Whitney was ableto decline tempting offers from other institutions. In the earliest period of my own professorship, whichbegan four years later than his, my study room in theold Divinity Hall was near, and during a part of thetime directly under, the one which he occupied. Ourduties were quite different, even as our studies was a University professor. My position was inthe Theological School. He had, in his special depart-ment of instruction, no pupils, or only an occasionalone. His time was, consequently, at his own disposal,for the furtherance of his attainments and the other hand, as I have already stated, I wascalled to the work of daily instruction and, in additio
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