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Road to Independence
自立之路
Yale is a private university which makes no social distinctions in teaching. Since 1817，with no government appropriation, alumni's donations have been vital to the university. In fact, the road to independence began much earlier.
耶魯大學是一所有教無類的私立大學。自1817年起，該校校友的捐助在其發展過程中起著至關重要的作用。事實上，早在1817年以前，耶魯的自立之路就已經開始了。
At the very beginning, it was a mission called Collegiate School. Then, the local government intended to interfere in the school matters. In 1763，under the leadership of President Tomas Clap, the school defeated the scheme 3 to make the institute affiliated to the state council, and started its journey to be independent. However, the price Yale paid was that in about 40 years that followed, Yale difficultly maintained its daily operation with high tuitions.
起初，耶魯只是一所名為"大學學院"的教會學校；后來，當地政府企圖干涉其學校事務。1763年，在托馬斯·克萊普校長的領導下，學校擊敗了政府企圖使學院隸屬于州議會的陰謀，從此走上了"自立"之路。而耶魯所付出的代價，就是在將近40年的時間里，僅靠高昂的學費艱難地維持著。
Thomas Clap (June 26，1703-January 7， 1767), whose tenure was from 1740 to 1745, was both the fifth rector and the earliest to be called "president" of Yale College.
托馬斯克萊普（1703.6.26-1767.1.7 ), 任期為 1740年至1745年。他是耶魯學院的第五任院長，也是第一位被稱為"校長"的院長。
After the American Revolution, Yale President Ezra Stiles became reconciled with the local government in 1792. After a series of negotiations, the Governor and six of his senior aides entered Yale's board of directors while Yale got a large sum of money to set up new buildings which were much in need.
獨立戰爭后，埃茲拉斯泰爾斯校長于1792年與當地政府"重歸于好"。經過一 系列磋商，州長及其6名高級助手進人耶魯董事會，而耶魯則得到一大筆資金，修建了急需的新校舍。
The Rev. Ezra Stiles (November 29, 1727-May 12, 1795) was president of Yale College from 1778 until his death in 1795. He was "reputed to be the most learned scholar in New England". He was a good friend of Benjamin Franklin-they corresponded while Franklin was Ambassador to France. While at Yale, Stiles encouraged the sciences and engaged in electrical experiments which were instigated by Franklin, who sent him the equipment for experimentation. One of Yale's residential colleges, Ezra Stiles College, is named in his honor.
埃茲拉·斯泰爾斯牧師（ 1727.11.29-1795.5.12)于1778年出任耶魯大學校長，直至1795年去世。他是"新英格蘭地區公認的學識最淵博的學者"；他是本杰明·富蘭克林的好朋友--在富蘭克林擔任美國駐法國大使期間，他們通過書信交流；在耶魯期間，斯泰爾斯還鼓勵發展自然科學，并投身于電學實驗一他是受到富蘭克林的鼓勵，后者還給他寄來實驗器材。耶魯大學住宿學院之一的埃茲拉斯泰爾斯學院就是為了紀念他而命名的。
