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YALE “ALU ia ‘inwed from th ird page. | o—= +. accept the appointment of ~-<¢ Chemist of the Department of .-eniture at Washington. In this ston he proved himself a most in- ~ous investigator. For @ num- * vears he carried on experi- ments +o test the value of sorghum, > the best methods of cultivating = +reatine it. His elaboraite work S ehum: sts Culture and Mamufac- sre Economically Considered as a —wenee of Sugar, Syrup and Fodder,” =shiished in 1884, is considered a tessic on this subject. In the latter mart of 1887 Dr. Collier took up his tence at Geneva, N. Y., as Direc- of the New York Agricultural Ex- nariment Station. A year ago he went to Ann ‘Arbor, Mich., for the ben- efit of his health. Dr Collier married Miss Caroline Ff. Angell, a sister of President. Angell of the University of Michigan, in Providence, R. I., October 18, 1871. His widow and one daughter survive His class held its thirty-fifth year’s reunion last June and Dr. Col- lner’s last letter was one written to his friends of ’61 on that occasion. a ie De = him REV. WILLIAM H. BELDEN, ’63. Rey. William Henry Belden, ’63, Secretary of the International Mis- sionary Union, died at his home in Clifton Springs, N. Y., on July 31, of apoplexy. Mr. Belden belonged to a family of educators, and was himself a man of fine attainments and of marked facility as a writer. Hie was born in Newark, N. J., August 3, 1841. He graduated from Yale in 1863 and from the Union Theological Seminary in 1867. to 1869. he was connected as reporter, correspondent, or editor with several of the leading newspapers in the earst- ern states. Mr. Belden was ordained in the Presbyterian ministry May 2, 1872. and was pastor of the church at Branchville, N. J., until 1877. For two years he was pastor of the Second Church. Seranton, Pa. Havinig accepted an invitation from the ‘American Board of Foreign Missions to become joint editor of “The Morning Star.” the weekly and monthly paper of the European-Turkey Mission, ‘he sailed from this country September 6, 1879, for Constantinople. II] health pre- vented him from remaining abroad, and he returned late in 1881 to become nastor of West Church, Bridgeton, N. J.. and subsequently in Bristol, Conn. For several years past he has resided at Clifton Springs, N. Y., where his death occurred. Mr. Belden was married February 4. 1879. to Miss Ellen Henry. daughter of Col. Charles Scranton, of Oxford, N. J., and had four children. GEORGE P. DUTTON. ’65. The death of George Philip Dutton, 65 took place at his home in Ells- worth, Me., September 8, from Bright’s Disease. He was born in that place on May 28, 1842. Preparing at Phil- lips’ Academy, Andover, Mass., he en- tered Yale with the class of 1864, re- mainine with them two terms and a half. He then pursued his ‘course with the class of 1865. ‘After grad- uating he attended the Harvard Law School. where he graduated with hon- ors. He returned to his home in Ells- worth in 1868, and began the prac- tice of his profession. He has held the office of United States Commis- sioner, and in 1873 was elected State Attorney for his county on the Repub- licean ticket. He continued the prac- tice of law up to the time of his death. He was a leading citizen in all public matter and in his private life he made his home the center of the most cultured people. He leaves a wife and one daughter. JAMES S. NORTON, ’65. James Sager Norton, 65, died at his summer home, Lake Geneva, Wis., on September 17, from the results of an internal tumor. Born at Lockport, I11., December 6, 1844, he prepared at Gam- bier, Ohio, for Kenyon College, in which ‘he remained for two years, com+ ing into the class of 1865 at Yale the beginning of Junior year. The first year after graduation he passed in Burope; the second he studied law in New York City. Since then he has been practicing his profession in Chi- Att differentt timies, from 1862 cago, Ill., being the senior member of the firm of Norton, Burley & Howell. He was selected to read the Decla- ration of Independence at the opening of the World’s Fair, and followed it by a brilliant speech. His stories and other writings have appeared in Scrib- ners, the Century and similar peried- icals. As an orator and a lawyer he at- tained a commanding position. He was married October 14, 1873, at Elm- hurst, Ill., to Miss Frances J. Rumsey, and has had three children. GEORGE F. BRITTON, ’66. George F. Britton, ’66, died in New York City, June 28, 1896, of Bright's Disease. He was born at Troy, Mo., December 17, 1842. After graduation he. engaged in the wholesale dry goods business at St. Louis, and con- tinued in that business until 1877. In 1878 he moved to New York City and the following year was appointea Secretary of the Department of Public Charities and Correction of New York City. Mr. Britton held this position until a short time ‘before his death, when he was obliged to resign be- cause of the illness which very soon resulted fatally. CHARLES C. HERRICK, ’69. Chiarles C, Herrick, ’69, of Pough- keepsie, N. Y., died at Haines Falls, N. Y., July 29, 1896. He was born in Milan, N. Y., August 15, 1845, and re- eeived his preparation. for college at . Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Mass. Upon graduation he entered a law office in Poughkeepsie, and was admitted to the bar in the following year. His industry and devotion to his profession made him one of the most prominent and successful law- yers in the city, and one of its repre- sentative men. At the time of his death the was the head of the firm! of Herrick & Lorey. He had served three terms, six years in all, as City Attorney, and with marked ‘success. Some two years ago he suffered a serious breakdown in his health, be- ime attacked ‘by a fatal form: of spinal disease which made slow but steady inroads on this system. He made a brave fight, however, and showed! the same cheerful, ‘honeful disposition which had always characterized him. He had recently gone to the Catskills in the hope of deriving some benefits from the change, but while there other difficulties developed and re- sulted in his death. AUGUSTUS T. METCALF, 775. Augustus T. Melcalf, °75, of Can- andaigua, New York, died sudidenly from heart disease in Rochester, N. Y., September 11th. Mr. Metcalf had been in the Rochester City Hospital for several days, taking treatment for nervous prostration, and was sup- posed to be rapidly improving. He was the oldest son of the late Jabez H. Metcalf, having been ‘born in Canandaigua, N. Y., March 12th, 1852. He graduated from Yale College in 1875, studied law, and was admitted to practice in October, 1877. He had gerved during a year past as Superin- tendent of the Canandaigua Water Works Company. He leaves a_ ‘wife and two step children. WARD W. SAVERY, 84. INews has been received of the death of Ward Webster Savery, 784, ion June 19 last, at Marion, Mass. JAf- ter graduating from Yale he taught in the Harry Hillman Academ'ty at Wilkes Barre, Pa. In the fall of 1885 he went to New Mexico for his health. ‘He taught school for a year at Socor- ro, N. M., and then took up a claim fin the northeastern part of the State, where he engaged in the cattle busi- ness for several years. In the fall of 1889, his health having become re-es- tablished, he moved to Chicago, I11., and secured the position of Superin- tendent of Public Schools and Princi- pal of the High School at Sheldon, I11. Recently his health broke down again, and he has resided in Red- lands, Cal., in the hope of improv- ing it. [Continued on sixth page. | WV Geeta Manhattan Trust Company CAPITAL, $1,000,000. 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