(1701), was founded by ten Congregational ministers as the Collegiate School at Killingworth, Milford and Saybrook, Connecticut.435 In 1716, it was moved to New Haven, Connecticut, and in 1718, it was renamed Yale College, after the benefactor Elihu Yale (1649\u20131721). An American-born English merchant, Elihu Yale amassed a considerable fortune as governor of the East India Company. He donated books and goods to the college from his estate in the amount of $2,800.<\/p>\n
The act authorizing the new college, passed by the General Court, declared it to be an institution in which:<\/p>\n
Youth may be instructed in the Arts and Sciences who through the blessing of Almighty God may be fitted for Publick employment both in Church and Civil State.436<\/p>\n
On November 11, 1701, the purpose of Yale College was recorded in the proceedings of the Trustees:<\/p>\n
To plant, and under ye Divine blessing to propagate in this Wilderness, the blessed Reformed, Protestant Religion, in ye purity of its Order, and Worship.437<\/p>\n
The rules of Yale College, set by the founders, stated:<\/p>\n
Whereunto the Liberal, and Religious Education of Suitable youth is under ye blessing of God, a chief, & most probable expedient \u2026 we agree to \u2026 these Rules:<\/p>\n
1. The said rector shall take Especial Care as of the moral Behaviour of the Students at all Times so with industry to Instruct and Ground Them well in Theoretical divinity \u2026 and [not to] allow them to be Instructed and Grounded in any other Systems or Synopses. \u2026 To recite the Assemblies Catechism in Latin \u2026 [and] such Explanations as may be (through the Blessing of God) most Conducive to their Establishment in the Principles of the Christian protestant Religion.<\/p>\n
2. That the said Rector shall Cause the Scriptures Daily \u2026 morning and evening to be read by the Students at the times of prayer in the School \u2026 Expound practical Theology \u2026 Repeat Sermons \u2026 studiously Indeavor[ing] in the Education of said students to promote the power and the Purity of Religion and Best Edification and peace of these New England Churches.438<\/p>\n
The founders of Yale College stated:<\/p>\n
Every student shall consider the main end of his study to wit to know God in Jesus Christ and answerably to lead a Godly, sober life.439<\/p>\n
In 1720, the students of Yale College were instructed:<\/p>\n
Seeing God is the giver of all wisdom, every scholar, besides private or secret prayer, where all we are bound to ask wisdom, shall be present morning and evening at public prayer in the hall at the accustomed hour.440<\/p>\n
In 1745, Yale College stated it:<\/p>\n
Has received the favourable benefactions of many liberal and piously disposed persons, and under the blessing of Almighty God has trained up many worthy persons for the service of God in the state as well as in the church.441<\/p>\n
In 1755, students of Yale College were instructed:<\/p>\n
Above all have an eye to the great end of all your studies, which is to obtain the clearest conceptions of Divine things and to lead you to a saving knowledge of God in his Son Jesus Christ.442<\/p>\n
In 1787, the requirements of Yale College stated:<\/p>\n
All scholars are required to live a religious and blameless life according to the rules of God\u2019s Word, diligently reading the Holy Scriptures, that fountain of truth, and constantly attending all the duties of religion, both in public and secret. \u2026 <\/p>\n
All the scholars are obliged to attend Divine worship in the College Chapel on the Lord\u2019s Day and on Days of Fasting and Thanksgiving appointed by public Authority.443<\/p>\n
Benjamin Silliman, a noted American science educator and editor, served on the faculty of Yale College during the tenure of President Timothy Dwight, 1795\u20131817. He recorded his observations of the campus:<\/p>\n
It would delight your heart to see how the trophies of the cross are multiplied in this institution. Yale College is a little temple: prayer and praise seem to be the delight of the greater part of the students.444<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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