Dr. Hale's Resignation.

The resignation of the Rev. E. E. Hale from the staff of preachers has just been announced. The withdrawal was not accepted until the Doctor reiterated his intention, and then only with extreme reluctance. Dr. Hale's long connection with the University renders this step the more to be lamented, and it seems as if this were another tie severed which binds the Harvard of the past and present. The staff has been increased from four to five; in place of Dr. Hale the Rev. T. C. Williams of New York and the Rev. Professor William Lawrence of Cambridge have been appointed.