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. |
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Manhattan Trust Company
CAPITAL, $1,000,000.
Corner of Wall and Nassau Streets.
A Legal Depository for Court and Trust
Funds and General Deposits.
Liberal Rates of Interest paid on Balances.
John I. Waterbury, President.
John Kean, Amos T. French, Vice-Presidents.
Chas. H. Smith, See’y. W. Pierson Hamilton, Treas.
Thomas L. Greene, Auditor.
DIRECTORS, 1896:
August Belmont. John Kean, Jr.
H. W. Cannon. John Howard Latham.
A.J Cassatt. John G. Moore.
R. J. Cross. E. D. Randolph.
Rudulph Ellis. James O. Sheldon.
Amos T. French. Samuel Thomas.
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W. Pierson Hamilton. John I, Waterbury.
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36th ANNUAL STATEMENT
THE HOME
LIFE INSURANCE CO,,
056 Broadway, New York.
DECEMBER 31, 1895.
TOTAL ADMITTED ASSETS.......+++ $8,981,874 35
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For quality of work in preparation of students for
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SCHOOL graduates upon the Yale University and Shef-
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JOHN S. WuitE, LL.D., Head Master.
. CLARK READ, A.M., Registrar.
DRISLER SCHOOL,
No. 9 Kast 49th St., New York City.
PRANK DRISLER, A.M., Principal.
A select school for a limited number of
pupils. Resident pupils received.
Tre CULUERK SCHOOL.
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Over one hundred and eighty pupils have
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Graduates of this school are now pursuing
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Fall Term opens October Ist, 1896.
This School has sent seventy-five boys to
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W. FREELAND, W. C. READIO,
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THE BARNARD SCHOOL
117 and 119 West 125th St.
Thorough preparation for College.
Wm. LIVINGSTON HAZEN, B.A., LL.B., Headmaster
THEODORE EDWARD LYON, B.S., Associate Headmaster
WM. SIDNEY STEVENS, M.A., . : Registrar
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Preparatory to Yale and other Colleges.
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77th year begins September 28rd, 1896.
HENRY BARTON CHAPIN, D.D., Ph.D. (Yale),
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COLUMBIA GRAMMAR SCHOOL,
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One hundred and thirty-third year. Begins
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