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ALUMNI NOTES.
Conducted by JoHN Jay.
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*58.—Professor Daniel G. Brinton,
M. D., LL. D., will deliver a course
of lectures on “The Religions of
Primitive Peoples,’ at Yale Univer-
sity on Monday evenings, beginning
with January 25. Professor Brinton
holds a chair in the Department of
American Archaeology and Linguistics
in the University of Pennsylvania. He
is an enthusiastic Yale man and was
one of the founders of the Yale
Alumni Association of Philadelphia.
’*60.—At the Yale Alumni dinner at
Skerry’s in New York City, January
22d last, the following members of the
class of Sixty were present: Messrs.
Ball, Bunnell, Delafield, Hawley, John-
son, Leach, Norton and the class sec-
retary, William H. Hurlbut. Letters
of regret were sent by Messrs. Colton,
R. S. Davis, Eaton, Eno, Fairchild,
Haight, Knowlton, Mason, Pennington.
The first toast proposed was, ‘To our
absent classmates of ’60.”’
°67.—United States Senator George
P. Wetmore, has been acting as chair-
man of the joint committee, appointed
by congress, to investigate the con-
gressional library, at Washington.
*ld.—Charles B. Dudley, of Altoona,
Pa., was re-elected president of the
American Chemicai Society at its
fourteenth general meeting held in
Albany, N. Y., on December 30th last.
*71.—George P. Wilshire has been ap-
pointed receiver of the First National
Bank, of Newport, Ky., by Comp-
troller, Eckels. The president of the
German National Bank of that city
spoke in the following terms of Mr.
Wilshire: ‘There could not have been
a better appointment made; Mr. Wil-
shire is a capable gentleman, thor-
oughly acquainted with the situation,
ard his high character is an ample
suarantee of a methodical, a conscien-
tious and speedy winding up of the
affairs of the hank ~, , ee |
°73.—The class ‘‘cup boy,’’ Joseph P.
McIntyre, son of the Hon. Albert W.
McIntyre, ’73, ex-governor of Colorado,
was married to Miss C. A. Rasmusen,
of Albuquerque, N. M., in Santa Fe, on
Monday, January 11, 1897, by Rev. R.
M. Craig of the First Presbyterian
church of that city.
"76T. S.—Rey. Rollo G. Bugbee
has changed his address from Wells
River, Vt., to Athol, Mass.
77.—Russell Frost has been ap-
pointed by Governor Cooke of Conn. to
the position of Brigadier-General.
’"78S.—The Hartford ‘Post’? of Janu-
ary 9, 1897, has the following sketch
of the life of Seymour L. Alvord, who
was recently elected state representa-
tive from Litchfield county, Connec-
ticut:
“S$. Landon Alvord, of Winchester, isa
type of the true New Englander, his
family being one of the oldest and most
prominent in the rocky town where his
life has been almost wholly spent. He
was born in 1856 and attended the public
school; at the age of 19 he entered the
Sheffield Scientific School of Yale col-
lege, graduating three years later, in 1878.
Upon graduation he immediately entered
the employ of the Empire Knife com-
pany, a large manufacturing establish-
ment, which for many years had been
mainly conducted by his father, the late
James R. Alvord. The young man’s busi-
ness abilities were soon made apparent
and ‘the has remained steadily at his work
since he first entered upon it. He is now
secretary and treasurer of the company
which he has guided prosperously along
through business depression and sunshine
alike: Mr. Alvord was born a Republican
and has always remained loyal to his
party; his experience in the stern school
of manufacturing goods of which labor
is the chief item of cost, has emphasized
for him the value of the Republican prin-
ciple of protection and the incoming ad-
ministration will have his ardent sup-
port. The office to which he has been
elected is the first public position of im-
portance which he has held.’’
"78 L. S.—Katzuo Hatoyama has just
been appointed to the speakership of
the House of Commons, or Imperial
Parliament of Japan,
’79S.—The engagement of Miss Sarah
Griswold Fitch, of Norwich, Ct., to
Francis Hillhouse, of New York, is
just announced.
"79.—A dinner was given on Satur-
day evening, January 28d by the Psi
Upsilon Club, of New York City, in
honor of Lieutenant-Governor Timothy
L. Woodruff.
’e1.—The present address of Charles
M. Downs is 1444 N. Halstead street,
Chicago, instead of 686 Sheffield ave-
nue.
’*81S.—Addison A. Righter, manager
of the Corruganza Manufacturing Com-
pany, of London, England, is in this
country on a short business trip. He
is at present at his old home in New-
ark, N. J.
’*83.—George L. Burton, senior mem-
ber from the Tenth ward, has been
elected president of the Board of
Councilmen, New Haven.
°83.— Woolsey Carmalt, formerly as-
sistant corporation counsel of New
York City, on January 15, 1897, formed
a partnership with Charles H. Sherrill,
789, and Benoni Lockwood, Jr., Colum-
bia, ’87, for the practice of law under
the firm name of Carmalt, Sherrill &
Lockwood, with offices at No. 35 Nas-
sau street, New York City.
°84.—_-The marriage of Miss Mary
Crittenden Scott to Melville Hart
Castle, of San Jose, Cal., will take
place on Thursday evening, February
4, at the home of the bride’s brother,
Mr. Henry H. Scott, 1036 Vallejo
street, San Francisco, Cal.
*$5.—Hon. Lafayette B. Gleason has
keen made journal clerk of the New
York State Senate.
786 T. S.—Rev. Rokert W. Sharp has
resigned his pastorate of the Congre-
gational church at Thomaston, Conn.
*89.—The new partnership of Charles
H. Sherrill is announced elsewhere in
this column under the head of ’83.
-’89S.—Frank A. Busse has given up
his position with the Cramp Company
of Philadelphia, and his address now
is care of Hartford Single Tube Rub-
ber Works, Hartford, Ct.
’"91—The engagement is announced
of Miss May Churchill of New Brit-
ain, Conn., to George Sherman Tal-
cott.
791.—Vertner Kenerson, M. Ds;
finished his term of service as house
surgeon at the New York Hospital,
New York City, on January ist, and
is now practicing at 189 Allen street,
Buffalo, N. Y.
°91—Norman McOlintock is with
Priestman & Co., makers of petroleum —
engines, Philadelphia, Pa. The state-
ment recently made in the Weekly
that he was with the Otto Gas Com-
pany of that city, was incorrect.
792.— James W. Husted has been ap-
pointed chairman of the insurance
committee of the New York Assembly.
92.—Henry S. Graves is engaged in
important experiments in forestry in
the Adirondack mountains.
792 L. S.—John F. Carpenter has
been appointed clerk of bills in the
Connecticut House of Representatives.
°95.—Lawrence E. Brown has been
appointed a member of the codes
committee of the New York Legisla-
ture. .
793.—Invitations have been issued
for the wedding of Arthur Power
Lord and Miss Marion Irene Louder-
back, which will take place at the
American church, Avenue de lAlma,
Psris, on Monday, February 8th, 1897,
at noon.
°93.—_H. M. Sedgwick, of the New
Haven Evening Register, was enter-
tained by the active members of the
Press Club at a banquet last week at
Sparks & Champion’s. The event was
to celebrate the engagement
of Mr. Sedgwick to Miss Hdith
Todd, daughter of Major and Mrs.
Theron Todd, of Whalley avenue,
which was announced a few days ago.
7948.—Smith EF. Ferguson has re-
moved from Troy, N. Y., to 185 Devon-
shire street, Boston, Mass.
794—J. E. Morgan has entered the
office of the Excelsior Coke and Gas
Company of Topeka, Kansas.
794—_-F’. A. Lockwood has entered
the office of Frank W. Hubbard & Co.,
bankers, at Bad Axe, Michigan.
’948.—Henry Brewer’ will sail for
China from San Francisco on Febru-
ary 2, to be gone several months.
94H. B. Mackoy, who is studying
in the Cincinnati Law School, has been
elected president of the Senior class.
’94—James T. Potter has been elected
vice-president of the Lawrence Invest-
ment and Loan Company of Lawrence,
Kansas.
’94.—John A. Matthewman has
opened an office for the practice of
law in the First National Bank build-
ing, New Haven, Conn
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WEEKLY —
'94,—Howard A. Lamprey has been
elected assistant clerk of the common
pleas division of the Supreme court,
Providence county, R. I.
194. William H. Sallmon, the gen-
eral secretary of the Yale Y. M. C. A.,
made an address at Brown University,
last Friday evening, on ‘Reasons
Why a College Man Should Study the
Bible.”
95 L. §.,—George E. Tilton has been
admitted to the Connecticut bar.
95.—The engagement is announced
of Miss Elsie M. Coster, of New York,
ta Alfred E. Schermerhorn.
96S.—J. F. Havemeyer has accepted
a position in the First National Bank
of New York City.
796. BE. S. Oviatt has accepted a
position on the New York Herald,
having severed his connection with
the “Symposium.”
796S.—R. F. Troescher has accepted
a position with the Brussels Tapestry
Company, of Dobbs Ferry, N. Y.
*96—Anson Phelps Stokes, who is
taking a tour around the world has
been heard from recently at Hong
Kong, China.
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Obituary. ,
CHARLES J. GOBRECHT, °46.
The death of Charles Joseph
Gobrecht, °46, occurred at his resi-
dence, No. 4506 Kingsessing avenue,
Philadelphia, Pa., on December 22,
1896. He was the oldest son and second
child of Christian and Mary Golbrecht,
born in Philadelphia, August 15, 1825.
He was admitted to the Philadelphia
bar October 18, 1848 and continued in
practice until within a few years of
his death. In addition to his practice
he for a number of years, did editorial
work on the Philadelphia Ledger. He
led a quiet life, seldom leaving his
home in the evening, and spent his
time in reading and mathematical cal-
_ culation. At the time of his death he
was secretary of the Board of the
Mercantile Library of Philadelphia.
His death was due to valvular disease
of the heart, and as he had never
complained of sickness, the sudden
erding coming only two hours after
the attack was a great shock to his
friends.
ARTHUR NELSON HOLLISTER, ’58.
Arthur N. Hollister, ’58, died at his
home in Hartford on Monday, January
1gth. He was born in Andover, Ct.
Tecember 28, 1835, and was the son of
Nelson and Edith (Sawyer) Hollister.
Mr. Hollister prepared for college
under Samuel W. Capon, ’53.
The first two years after graduation
he spent in Hartford, on account of
ill health, and in 1860 taught and
Studied in New Haven, receiving the
degree. of Master of Arts in 1861.
From 1863 until July 1865 Mr. Hollister
was principal of the Hartford Gram-
mar School. In July he gave up the
position of principal and took charge
of the English and Classical depart-
ments. Since 1869 Mr. Hollister has
not been actively engaged in any work
because of ill-health. In 1863, he #27
married Miss Fannie Wilcox, of New
Haven, “ir Bre. ee TRIED
WILLIAM A. MCDOWELL, 758.
Captain William A. McDowell, 58,
Gied at his home in Uniontown, Pa.,
cn January 18, in the 69th year of his
age. He had been complaining for a
short time of heart trouble and
asthma, but his condition was not
considered serious until shortly before
5 o’clock on January 18, when he was
attacked with severe pains. in his
chest, and death resulted in twenty
minutes.
Captain McDowell was born in
Mifflin county, Pa., July 28, 1828, and
went with his father to North Union
township in 1844. They bought a farm
and William lived at home. He taught
school for some years and was very
successful. In 1856 he entered Yale
College, and graduated with honor
two years later. In 1859 he opened
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conducted it until 1861. In August,
1862, he enlisted in the Union army,
becoming a member of Co. C, 16th
Penna. Cavalry. Col. Gregg, the com-
mander, a little later selected him to
_be regimental commissary, with rank
of first lieutenant. He served until
the end of the war, and is said to
have been a model soldier. He par-
ticipated in the battles of Gettysburg,
Malvern Hill, Wilderness, Cold Har-
bor, Rapidan, Appomattox and others.
May 21, 1873, he married Miss Clara
Pattersun, of Peru Mills, Juniata
county. To them were born two chil-
dren, Annie W., and Robert W. His
sisters, Misses Sarah A. and Lella J.,
and his brother, A. G., all survive and
live in Uniontown.
Captain McDowell was admitted to
the bar in 1868, after reading with the
Hon. Daniel P. Kaine. From 1871 to
1881 he owned an interest in the
“Genius of Liberty” of Uniontown and
edited it with great ability. Since
that time he had been engaged in real
estate transactions, at which he was
likewise successful. The deceased was
one of the best krown and most highly
respected citizens of Uniontown, and
his sudden death was a shock to
many. He was a leading member of
the First Presbyterian church of that
place.
JAMES MASON HOPPIN, EX-~’80.
James M. Hoppin, ex-’80, died at his
heme in New Haven, Saturday, Janu-
ary 23. His death was caused by
heart failure, after an illness of two
weeks.
Mr. Hoppin was the son of Prof. Js
M. Hoppin, of the Yale Art School, and
was born in Salem, Mass., thirty-nine
years ago. He prepared for college
at the Hoppins Grammar School, New
Haven, and entered with the class of
1880 in September 1876. In December
of his Freshman year he changed his :
plans, and left Yale to study ot Ox-
ford, England. He _ entered Christ
Chureh college, from which he was
graduated with high honors.
In 1896 Mr. Hoppin married Miss
Susan G. Mitchell, daughter of Donald
G. Mitchell, of New Haven.
Mr. Norris G. Osborn, ’80, who was
acquainted with Mr. Hoppin during
his short stay in college and during
his after life in New Haven, speaks
of him in a New Haven Register ed-
itorial:
“Mr. Hoppin was a@ young man of
strong character, gentle breeding,
and thorough education. It is In no
conventional sense that we apply the
word gentleman to him, for but few
men possessed to the same degree
those qualities of mind and heart
which stamp one man as more «: fined
than another. He was not an aég-
gressive man, though a man of strong
intellectual convictions. He was a
considerate man, patient with the er-
rors of others, but sensitive to their
enthusiasm and earnestness. AS 4
friend he was steadfast and as a com-
panion delightful. It was but a year
ago that he married and began with
new confidence and increased unsel-
fishness the second chapter of his
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