Student Life at Yale College Under the First President Dwight (1795-1817).

The article discusses student life at Yale College in New Haven, Connecticut under the first president Timothy Dwight IV. The author talks about how Dwight became the president after the death of Reverend Dr. Ezra Stiles. The inauguration ceremony is detailed. The article also discusses the dormitories and Commons area for students, an apparatus-room in Connecticut Hall, and the furnishing of students' rooms. Subjects of the article also include the President's House, and the Lyceum. The relationship between Dwight and the students is also discussed.