YALE ALCL,
ALUMNI NOTES. -
Conducted by JOHN Jay.
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‘72.—Henry Heitfelt, Populist, was on
January 28 elected to succeed Hon. Fred-
erick T. DuBois, ’72, as United States
senator from Idaho.
75L. S.—Hon. John P. Studley has been
élected judge of the court of common
pleas of New Haven county, Conn.
‘78.—James B. McEwan has been ap-
pointed a member of the committee of
gt Health in the New York legisla-
e.
*"78.—A movement has been set on foot
by the Connecticut representatives in
Congress for the appointment of John
Addison Porter, by the incoming ad-
ministration, as minister to Italy. Of
this the Waterbury American says:
“While the meeting was enthusiastic
enough in its endorsement of Mr. Por-
ter, it is not understood that the members
of it entertained any high hopes that he
will really be appointed.’’ This is the gra-
tuitous confession at the end of a dis-
patch from Washington, recording the
fact that the Connecticut delegation in
Congress had unanimously signed a peti-
tion to President-elect McKinlev in favor
of the appointment of John Addison Por-
ter of Hartford as ambassador extra-
ordinary and plenipotentiary to Ita'y to
succeed Wayne MacVeagh. The essential
condition of faith as the accompaniment
of efficacious praver is too well under-
stood to allow this lack of it to appear
unconscious or, in fact, anvthing but
malicious. But we hardly think that Mr.
Porter needs the indorsement of the
Connecticut delegation. As the original
MeKinley man of Connecticut. as the
entertainer of the president-to-be when
he visited Hartford, and as one who, in
manv wavs. has been brought favorably
to the attention of the pres‘dent-e'ect,
the latter would be guiltv of base _ in-
sratitude if Mr. Porter required introduc-
tion to his favor. Whatever lack of con-
fidence there may be in the hearts of this
delezation, or however little the corres-
pondent may believe in their sinceritv or
effectiveness. we are sure that Mr. Por-
ter is serene, and that he smiles to him-
self at the anxious dovbts of others in
which he cannot share. Stil’, for the sake
of many friends in Connecticut. the in-
terests of journalism and good fellowshiv
senerally among the newspaper men, ‘we
hope that their doubts are warranted
rather than any confidence which he mav
feel. and that John will not be sent to
Rome—at least, not to stay long.
90S Wr. A. Rice has removed from
Tacoma, Wash.. to New Haven, Conn.,
where he intends to enter into business.
29 'T S-—Rev. Clay D. Chunn has re-
signed his pastorate of the Congrega-
tional church at Rocky Hill, Conn.
299 —Ffenry S. Burroughs has changed
his address from Yale. Tdaho. to 646
Washington boulevard, Chicago, Til.
00S.—Ralph S. Goodwin has removed
from Thomaston, Conn., to New Haven.
90S.—J. F. Pennell has’ entered the
Crosbv Manufacturing Company of Buf-
Talo... N.Y.
090S.—James M. Murdock is first as-
sistant house physician in the Western
Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane, at
Dixmont, Pa.
0S.—Charles B. Spruce is in Umtali,
Mashonaland, South Africa, acting as
mining engineer in the employ of the
Mozambique Reefs, Land and Explora-
tion company.
91S. —FEinnis N. Searles was married to
Miss Minnie A. Jones, of Brooklyn, N. Y.,
on January 5.
091S.—The engagement is announced of
Miss Edna Sampson to George M. Sid-
enberg, both of New York City.
91S.—The address of the class secretary
Noves D. Clark, has been changed from
Woodbridge, Conn., to 642 Elm street,
New Haven.
91/S.—Edward Van Ingen was married
to Miss Mae Bell, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. E. T. Bell, of Paterson, N. J., in
the Church of the Redeemer, Paterson,
on January 21st. McLane Van Ingen,
93S, acted as best man.
799 _EXrnest B. Millard has been ad-
mitted to the bar of New York State,
and has entered the office of Perkins &
Hayes in Rochester.
92 Frank Julian Price and lLeonard
Bacon Smith, °94, have recently formed
a law partnership under the firm name
of Price & Smith, at 33 Pine street, New
York City.
798, T. S.—Rev. Harry E. Small has ac-
cepted a call from the Congregational
church at Goshen, Conn.. and will re-
move to that place in a short time.
7945. K. Wheeler has been admitted
to the State Bar Association of Tennes-
see.
795.—James J. Walworth has entered the
Newton Theological Institution in New-
ton Center, Mass.
’95S.—Cards are out announcing the
marriage of J. Frederick Jackson and
Miss Agnes L. Spencer, of New Haven,
Conn., to take place on February 8, 1897.
’9 S.—The marriage of Joseph F. Jack-
son to Miss Agnes Lillian Spencer, took
place in St. Mary’s church, New Haven,
Conn., on Wednesday morning, Feb. 3.
"96 M. S.—W. S. Kingsbury has been ap-
pointed to the staff of St. John’s Hos.
pital, New York City.
’°96S.—John F. Havemeyer is with the
iat oe the at New York City,
rs ationa’
stated in the last Weekly. gos peed ows
’"96—G. H. Nettleton sailed on Tuesda
January 2 for Europe where he ine
tends to spend six months in the study
of French Literatu :
eel | ture at Geneva, Switzer-
Obituary.
JOHN WALLACE ARNDT.
John Wallace Arndt, ex-’41 died at
his home in De Pere, Wis., January 12,
He was taken sick about two weeks
before his death and steadily grew
worse.
Mr. Arndt was born in Wilkes-Barre,
Pa., September 15, 1815, but since 1824
he has been a resident of Green Bay,
Wis. He prepared for college at an
academy in Easton, Pa., and entered
Yale with the class of 1841. After
leaving college in 1839, Mr. Arndt
taught school for a year and read
law with his brother. In 1841 he gave
up his taw studies and engaged n the
lumber busness wth hs father. In
1856 he became interested in the gold
mines of Colorado and oil speculaton
in Western Pennsylvania.
On September 25, 1842, Mr. Arndt
was married to Miss Mary C. Wilcox,
of De Pere, Wis., by whom he had
nine children. His wife died of pneu-
monia in 1891, aged 69 years.
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Constitution of Scranton Alum.
ni Association.
The last Weekly gave an account of the
formation of the Yale Alumni Associa-
tion of Scranton, Pa. The following
articles of association adopted by the
Scranton Alumni, may contain sugges-
tions of value to those about to organize
and even to those already under way:
“The name of this association is the
Yale Alumni Association of Scranton, Pa,
Its object is to increase the acquaintance
among Yale graduates to facilitate the
entrance of younger graduates-.into active
life, and to promote the interests of the
University.
‘The officers of this Association shall be
a president, a vice-president and a sec-
retary and treasurer, who with two (2)
members elected for the purpose, shall
constitute the executive committee of the
Association. These officers shall be
elected at a business meeting to be held
on the same date as, and prior to the
annual banquet. None of the officers or
members of the executive committee shall
be eligible for election to the same office
for the ensuing year. A month previous
to the annual meeting the president shall
appoint a committee of five (5) who shall
report nominations for officers for the en-
suing year at the annual meeting.
“Any person holding a degree of the
University, or who is or has been a resi-
dent student in the University, shall be-
come a member on election by the execu-
tive committee and payment of dues for
the current year. The executive com-
mittee shall have power by a four-fifths
vote to put an end to the membership of
any person for violation of the Articles
or Rules or for conduct, in their opinion
improper and prejudicial to the Asso-
ciation. ‘Any person eligible to member-
ship in the Association may be made an
honorary member thereof, free from pay-
ment of dues, by a two-thirds vote of the
members present at any meeting of the
Association, on the recommendation of
the executive committee.
‘The annual dues shall be five dollars
($5.00), payable in advance on the 1st day
of December. The treasurer shall send,
not later than the 15th of December of
each year, a copy of this Article to each
member in arrears, and members failing
to pay their dues before the annual ban-
quet shall cease to be members of the
Association.’’
Two or three other sections refer to un-
important details.
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Hartford Alumni to Meet.
The Yale Alumni
Hartford, will give
smoker. at the Hotel
Association of
an informal
Hartford, on
' Friday evening, February 12th, at 8
o’clock. All Yale men are cordially in-
vited to be present. A double quartet
from the Yale Glee Club will lead the
singing.
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A Good Impressi on.
A Yale alumnus living in Toledo, O.,
writes the following in regard to the
visit of the University musical clubs
to that city during the Chrismas
vacation:—
“The Glee and Banjo Club was with
us in Toledo, December 30, 1896, and
I desire to assure you it sustained
with credit the good standing which
Yale and Yale men already main-
tained in this portion of Ohio. Our
Toledo alumni are very enthusiastic
and the reception accorded the Yale
students and alumni by Mr. and Mrs.
Ss. C. Schenck was most delightful.”
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Rr Ee ack
The Hon. Thomas Collier Platt, sen-
ator-elect from New York, received the
honorary degree of M. A. from Yale in
76, and the Hon. Orville H. Platt, who
has just been re-elected to the Senate
from Connecticut, the honorary degree
of LL.D. in 1887, | ,
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WESTERN MASS. ALUMNI,
Reunion and Banquet—Prof. Perrin’s
Response,
F
The annual banquet of the Yale
Alumni Association of Western Massa-
chusetts was held at Springfield, Mass.,
on Wednesday evening, Jan. 27, at the
Massasoit House. It was expected
that President Dwight would attend
ase give them in person an account
of the University’s progress, but at the
last minute he was Getained and Prof.
B. Perrin, ’69, went in his place. In
addition to Prof. Perrin’s speech on
‘Yale as it Now Is,’’ addresses were
made by Prof. John F. Crowell, of
Smith College, Major S. B. Spooner
and E. W. Gilbert of Ware, Mass.;
Dr. W. P. Souther and C. F. Adrien,
of Worcester; O. C. Morse, C. M.
Kirkham, W. G. Bronson and Jona-.
than Barries of Springfield. The
kanquet hall was decorated with Yale
banners, all the alumni wore violets
as insigni of their loyalty and many
college songs were sung under the
leadership of Mr. Souther at intervals
during the evening.
In the opening speech of the even-
ing Mr. F. H. Stebbins, who acted as
toastmaster, said: “Yale needs no
advertising from the dinner table, but
no graduate is worthy of the name,
who is not roused to enthusiasm on
gathering with others and hearing the
songs and yells of the college. The
college has wonderful influence on men
who attend long. Millionaires can
found colleges but they cannot impart
the charm that old Yale has. Many a
college has stolen the name of univer-
sity, but our university is a great one,
and between her graduates there is a
strong bond of sympathy. We are
anxious to-night to hear from Yale
and we have with us Professor Per-
rin to report.”
The substance of Professor Perrin’s
response follows: “TI take it you want
information regarding Yale. I am con-
fident I can give it for I am a graduate
of the old Yale. As a tutor I was a
member of the intermediate Yale, just
einerging from the old college into the
university. Then I spent’ twelve
years in Cleveland, 2nd when I began
my professional life at Yalée,.I found
a new Yale,—a great university, with
superabindant opportunity and a re-
dundance of life. I began to make
an estimate of it, and have been try-
ing to find out what makes it so dif-
ferent from other college life.
“The apparent tumultuousness of
Yale is the first thing which strikes
one, aS he returns to the University
after a long absence. Every one is
caught in the whirlpool of that teem-
ing life there. I claim that the dis-
cipline of the Faculty in dropping
students is due largely to the dissi-
pation of energy on the part of the
students. There are seldom _ slug-
gards or drones at Yale. There is
great life there, one works beyond his
strength.
THE STRENGTH OF YALE LIFE,
“The peculiarities are due to three
things in particular. First to the in-
heritance of old Yale, the Yale of the
“Brick row,” of small opportunities
and great teachers. The second of
these influences is due to the new
university spirit, with the rich life
due to a multitude of privilegesand the
growth of all polite learning. It in-
vites the interest of the students. They
take electives and open the doors in-
stead of being driven through them.
“The third characteristic is the col-
lective or team work which prevails
along all lines. No community of
young men has been so responsive to
-gcod leadership as Yale. How sensi-
tive they are to public opinion! Why
did they sweep away all opposition in
athletics? Because public opinion and
that of the alumni, demanded it. When
the public had the same idea about
Yale’s short comings in literature,
Yale made just as strong an effort in
that direction. They fell to debating
in squads, and downed Harvard in
that, too. It is a responsive com-
munity, and puts great responsibility
upon the alumni and upon the public.
{ft is stirring to have a following of
such fellows.
“The object of this association
should be to bring right influences to
bear. In athletics Yale got into the
habit of working in squads. This fea-
ture of their athletics has crept into
everything. Individual work is not
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cultivated much; if a man gets ahead
of the squad he waits until the squad
catches up with him. A man shrinks
from individual »romience and every-
thing is done in squads and teams. It
is good if you cannot get anything bet-
ter, but it is not quite the best. The
individual is not given cultivation
enough and this is the only com-
rlaint that I have to make.
“At Yale there is always this great
life seething and teeming away. Yale
is an organic growth. Different
faculty and student bodies make some
changes, but it is not a change of
growth; they merely guide it; its roots
stretch down and back into the prayer
and self-denial of many generations
and its branches reach up into the
light of everlasting heavenly bless-
Pgh pte
Major S. B. Spooner spoke of the
great growth of the University and its
influence on the nation.
Prof. John FF. Crowell, of Smith
College, referring to the newspaper
comments on the Bryan episode, said
that he was glad to hear the ‘“‘yowling
yelps of Yale.’’ Of Northampton he
said: ““‘The traditions there are
Yalensian and it seems to be distinctly
Yale in characteristics.” ete
Col. E. W. Gilbert, of Ware, had
been impressed with the squabble be-
tween Harvard and Yale. He said he
Gid not know where the blame be-
longed, but he said it was derogatory
to the dignity of all Harvard and Yale
men that the two colleges cannot get
together on athletics.
In connection with the athletic diffi-
culties between Harvard and Yale,
Mr. Aldrich said that he didn’t know
that Yale men were afraid of anything
under the sun. “Those who are con-
versant with the facts know why Yale
withdrew from regatta. rowing. It was
because the Yale mdn wanted in
amateur athletics to get at the truth
of the matter and know which was the
best crew.’’
At the business meeting which pre-
ceded the banquet, these officers were
elected: President, Col. E. B. Glas-
gow, of Worcester; vice-presidents,
Henry L. Dawes, of Pittsfield, William
G. Bassett, of Northampton, William
N. Washburn, of Greenfield, and
Judge Hollis W. Cobb, of Worcester;
secretary, Charles W. Bosworth, of
Springfield; treasurer, Dr. Fred. H.
Baker, of Worcester.
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