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LEFT YALXr 470 YANKTON matter of entrance requirements; and extended the course in the Sheffield Sci- entific School from three to four years. There were in the fall of 1920 3,324 students and 532 members of the faculty. The endowment amounted to $24,048,738. In addition, the university is the bene- ficiary under the will of the late John W. Sterling of approximately $20,000,000, to be used for memorial buildings and for the foundation of scholarships, fellow- ships, or lectureships, and the endow- ment of new professorships. The following is a list of the presi- dents since its foundation: Abraham Pierson (1701-1707) ; Samuel Andrew (1707-1714) ; Timothy Cutler (1719- 1722); Elisha Williams (1726-1739); Thomas Clap (1740-1766); Napthall Daggett (1766-1777) ; Ezra Stiles (1777- 1795); Timothy Dwight (1795-1817); Jeremiah Day (1817-1846) ; Theodore D. Woolsey (1846-1871) ; Noah Porter (1871-1886) ; Timothy Dwight (1886- 1899); Arthur T. Hadley (1899-1921); James R. Angell (1921—). YALTJ, the estuary of the most im- portant of Korean rivers, variously called Yalu, Am-nok, or Oryoku. This navi- gable river flows 300 miles S. W, to the bay of Korea, and its mouth was on Sept. 17, 1894, the scene of a great naval battle, in which a Chinese fleet was de- feated by a Japanese force. The first important battle of the Russo-Japanese War resulted from the crossing of the Yalu by the Japanese on May 1, 1904. YAM, the name given to the fleshy tubers of several species of Dioscorea ex- tensively used for food in many tropical and subtropical countries, where they are also largely cultivated. YAMAGATA, ARITOMO, PRINCE, a Japanese military officer; born in the province of Choshu in 1838. He took an active part in the revolution of 1868, and under the new government won pro- motion in both military and official life. In 1869 he was sent to Europe to study French and Russian military institu- tions. He took a prominent part in the Satsuma rebellion in 1877; was put in command of the imperial guard; became head of the general staff; and was prime minister from 1889 to 1891 when he be- came minister of justice. He commanded the 1st Army Corps in the war with China in 1894, and for his success in ex- pelling the Chinese from Korea was made a marquis. In 1896 he was a guest of the Russian court at the coronation of the czar, and visited the United States on his return. He was a man of pro- gressive ideas and was energetic in the reorganization of the Japanese army ac- cording to European models. In 1907 he was made a prince. YAMASKA, a river in the province of Quebec, Canada, rising in Brome Lake, Brome county, flowing in a W. direction to West Famham, Missisquoi co., thence N. emptying into Lake St. Peter, an expansion of the St. Lawrence river. The river flows 100 miles through a very fertile region and passes the towns of Granley, Cavansville, Waterloo, St. Hya- cinthe, and Farnham. YANAON (Yanam), a small tract in India, belonging to France, and under the governor of Pondicherry, forming a district surrounded by British territory (province of Madras) with about 9 square miles of area. It lies near the mouth of the Godavari, between the main stream and its branching mouth, the Coringa. Pop. about 6,000. YANCEY, WILLIAM LOWNDES, an American statesman; born in Ogeechee Shoals, Ga., Aug. 10, 1814; went to Ala- bama in his youth, and there studied law and began to practice in Montgomery. For a while he was engaged in journal- ism, and afterward served in both branches of the Alabama legislature. He was a member of Congress in 1844-1847, and while there exerted a strong influ- ence as a leader of the Pro-slavery party in the South. As early as 1858 he ad- vised the organization of committees of safety all over the cotton-growing States. He reported the Alabama ordinance of secession to the convention in Montgom- ery, which was adopted in January, 1861. In February following he was appointed a Confederate commissioner to the gov- ernments of Europe to obtain the recog- nition of the Confederate States. He en- tered the Confederate Congress early in 1862, and served till his death, near Montgomery, Ala., July 28, 1863. YANGTZE-KIANG, the chief river of Asia; populai'ly known as the "Girdle of China"; uniting all the central provinces of that country. It lies between Tibet and Kokonor on the W. and the Pacific Ocean on the E., and, including its many windings, has an estimated length of 3,400 miles. Its source is found in the elevated region of central Asia, and it flows first S. through a level country and then S. E. through the province of Yun-nan, and finally N. by E. with sev- eral turns to the S. If its many tribu- taries, their fertile valleys, and the vast population they support, be considered, the Yangtze-Kiang is the greatest river in the world. YANKTON, a city and county-seat of Yankton Co., S. D.; on the Missouri