The reason why Yale University was founded

1638, Connecticut in North America became a British colony. A group of British colonists crossed the ocean to settle in Quinnipiac Bay and gradually developed it into a prosperous port of New Haven. Reverend John Davenport thinks that education can make European civilization take root in the United States, so he proposes to establish a university here. Although his plan was frustrated many times, his ideas influenced many local people. At 170 1, a group of congregational missionaries, led by James pierpont, persuaded the Kangzhou court to agree to establish a religious school, so that young people could "learn art and science" ... and serve the church and the country. 10 The pastor entrusted to manage the school took out 40 books from their small library as the capital of the school. 170 1 10 In June, the clergy elected Abraham Pearson, a graduate of Harvard University, as the first principal, and the missionary school was formally established. But it was not until the following March that the school had its first student, Jacob Hemingway. 1707 The first batch of students 18 received their bachelor's degrees. There were no school buildings at the beginning, and students were scattered in six cities in Connecticut. Yale University, formerly known as "University College", was opened in the home of the first president, Abraham Pearson, in Killington (now Clinton). 17 16 moved to new haven, Connecticut, until today. 17 18, Mr. elihu yale, a senior official of the British East India Company, donated nine bundles of goods with a total value of 562 pounds, 12 shillings, 4 17 books, and the portrait and coat of arms of King George I of England to this missionary school. These items look extremely ordinary now, when Yale was a baby. In order to thank Mr. Yale for his donation, the school was officially renamed "Yale College", which is the predecessor of Yale University today. From 1930s to 1980s, with the unremitting efforts of Bishop Berkeley, Reverend stiles and President Porter, Yale gradually developed from a college to a university. At the beginning of the 20th century, with the rapid development of American education, Yale has developed to an amazing scale. The early school curriculum pays attention to classical subjects and adheres to orthodox religious views. 1828 The United States has proposed that university courses should focus on practical subjects rather than classical subjects. J. Day, president of Yale University, published a Yale report to defend the traditional curriculum. This report still had an impact until the Civil War, which slowed down the process of introducing practical liberal arts courses in American universities. 1908, Yale university began to stop requiring students to take Greek. Under the influence of President Hadley at that time, he began to pay attention to professional training. Yale University has gradually expanded in the past 300 years, and successively established Medical College (18 10), Theological Seminary (1822), Law School (1843), Graduate School (1847) and Sheffield Academy of Sciences (). 1887, Yale continued to develop under the guidance of President Timothy Dwight V, and changed its name to Yale University to conform to the fact that it is a comprehensive university. After the university, there are Conservatory of Music (1894), College of Forest and Environment (190 1), School of Public Health (19 15), School of Nursing (1923) and School of Management. Yale College (that is, the undergraduate department of Yale University) first accepted girls in 1969, which is a pioneering work among many boys' schools with a long history in the United States. Today, there is still a girl desk designed by the famous architect Lin Ying in front of the Sterling Memorial Library of Yale University to commemorate the liberation of women's status in Yale University. Yale University, like other Ivy League member universities, artificially increased the proportion of students from upper-class white Christian families to the total number of students at the beginning of the 20th century, and was the last Ivy League school to end this prejudice (the policy ended at 1970).