. Memories of Yale life and men, 1854-1899 . by reason of the arrange-ments of the course of study, brought Into less frequentor continuous Intercourse with the students than Profes-sor Loomis and the majority of his other associates ofthe Faculty. The subjects which he taught were mainlyor wholly confined to the Senior year, and were limited,In the time allowed for them, to a comparatively briefperiod. During the larger portion of his active pro-fessorial career the elective system was either not yet,in any true sense. Introduced, or was only developed in amoderate degree. There was, accordin
. Memories of Yale life and men, 1854-1899 . by reason of the arrange-ments of the course of study, brought Into less frequentor continuous Intercourse with the students than Profes-sor Loomis and the majority of his other associates ofthe Faculty. The subjects which he taught were mainlyor wholly confined to the Senior year, and were limited,In the time allowed for them, to a comparatively briefperiod. During the larger portion of his active pro-fessorial career the elective system was either not yet,in any true sense. Introduced, or was only developed in amoderate degree. There was, accordingly, but littleopportunity afforded for any full study of the subjects,or any extended research. Instruction was given, inlarge measure, by lectures, and these were not accom-panied by strict requirements of personal investigationon the students part. The changes in the methods ofteaching. In this regard,—even within the past twenty-five years—can hardly be appreciated by any exceptthose whose familiar acquaintance with the College 392. PROFESSOR JAMES D. DANA M EMORIES OF YALE LIFE AND MEN world has extended over the whole period In which theyhave gradually been realized. As a lecturer, however, and as a teacher through lec-tures. Professor Dana was regarded with the highestfavor, as well as the highest esteem, by the students,even from the very beginning of his career. They sawthat he was a master of his subject, and they recognizedat once the fact of his power to make it interesting. Hislanguage was admirably fitted to his thought and wasfelicitously chosen for the accomplishment of his pur-pose. He had marked simplicity of style, and yet hisstyle was always elevated and dignified. There was acertain element manifest in his writings and discourses,which rendered him specially attractive to his studentaudiences, and particularly when he rose in his lectur-ing, as he not infrequently did, Into the region of trueeloquence. In his later years—when the arrangementsof the Co
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