We have a small group of old Yale Univ. Catalogues, so I have been looking at them and checking for Brooks, along with the other names among ancestors/relatives. In the Phi Beta Kappa Society catalogue of 1847 it lists the "Orators and Poets" on page 5. James Gordon BROOKS, Esq., is listed as a Poet. Unfortunately, his name does not seem to appear in the "Members" section that starts with the year 1767 and ends with the group in 1848. Yes, it is 1848. I assume they were elected in their Jr. year, 1847, but were members of the class of 1848. So, maybe James Gordon Brooks left at the end of his Junior year? Cheshire Jean