YALE ALUMNI WHEEKLY
ALUMNI NOTES.
Conducted by JOHN Jay.
[ Graduates are invited to contribute to this column.)
*30.—The Connecticut Legislature has
defeated the bill to pension Dr. Henry
Barnard, of Hartford. The “Hartford
Courant’ comments editorially on this
subject, as follows: ‘‘We think the op-
ponents of the pension weakened rath-
er than strengthened their case when —
they argued that the proposed grant
from the treasury would be a dangerous
precedent. Connecticut: has produced
but one Dr. Barnard since 1636. He is
as unique in his way as was Thomas
Hooker, the founder of ‘Brother Jona-
than,’ or ‘Old Put.’ In the nature of
things his individuality and work can-
not be duplicated. But the decision on
the pension question has gone against
him, and it is as idle now to discuss
it as to discuss the failure to utilize
for practical purposes the enthusiasm
kindled at the recent anniv creaky cele-
bration.”’
*54—Hon. Henry E. Howland of New
York, is Governor General of the Gen-
eral Society of Mayflower Descendants,
organized at Plymouth, Mass., January
12, 1897. Hon. William Waldo Hyde, ’76,
of Hartford, Conn., is one of the three
Deputy Governors General and Rev.
Roderick Terry, ’70, of New York, is
Elder General of that organization.
’80—Walter Camp delivered a lecture
before the Schoolmasters’ Association
of New York, Saturday morning, March
13, on “Modern Athletics.’’ In the
evening of the same day Mr. Camp was
entertained at the West Point Military
School, where an informal discussion
of athletics took place.
°32- -W.. S. Pardee has formed a law
partnership with W. A. Wright, ’72L.S.,
and has opened an office in the First
National Bank Building, New Haven,
Conn.
=o WV. tivyman. of Herkimer, N. Y.,
has recently been elected Secretary and
Treasurer of the American Paper Man-
ufacturers’ Association.
29T .S.—Rev. Newton I. Jones has re-
signed the pastorate of the South Had-
ley, Mass., Congregational Church,
which he has held for eight years.
935 —C. M. Carpenter has left Min-
neapolis, Minn., and is engaged in busi-
ness at Zanesville, O.
907 S—The marriage of Miss Julia
Winslow Dickerson and Rev. George S.
Fullerton, both of Philadelphia, took
place in St. Stephen’s Church, of that
city, Monday, March 8.
83 L. S.—Carter H. Harrison was
nominated last week by the Democratic
City Convention, for Mayor of Chicago,
Til.
88S. —F. §, Pratt has been travelling
abroad for the past three months.
99—James Allen Warner, of Albany,
N. Y., and Miss Maud Annette Wain-
wright, of Middlebury, Vt., were mar-
ried at the home of the pride, Tuesday,
March 9.
91 Howard La Field is now teach-
ing at St. John’s Military Academy,
Delafield, Wis.
°93.— William Warren Smith has been
elected Vice-President of the Bradford
Enameling Co., a concern recently in-
corporated for the manufacture of
glazed bricks and tiles.
93 Charles Gallaudet Trumbull has
been taken into the firm of John D.
Wattles & Co., Philadelphia, the pub-
lishers of the Sunday School Times.
°93.—-Charles Hull Ewing has recov-
ered from an operation for appendicitis
performed February 14th at--Chicago:
His address is 31 Ashland Boulevard,
Chicago.
°93S.—George A. Hutchinson has re-
cently become manager of the N. H.
Hutchinson Flavoring Extract Com-
pany, of Chicago, JI.
°93—William A. Osborne is in charge
of the chemical department of the
Cleveland Rolling Mills, Cleveland, O.
°94.—_Harry §S. Silverstein has been
admitted to the bar, and is now prac-
ticing law in Denver, Col. His address
is 682 Cooper Building.
°94.—_T. Warrington Gosling has been
made instructor in English Literature,
at Hughes High School, Cincinnati, O.
"94.—William H. Clark is at present
representing Julius Kraus, manufac-
turer of gloves, at Gloversville, N. Y.
"94.—A. A. Bigelow is at present in
the lumber business in Chicago, Ill.
°94.—F’. M. Boyer is in the employ of
the firm of Lansing & Lansing, Water-
town, N. Y.
*94—Edward B. Reed has been sent
abroad by a Douglas Fellowship for a
year’s study in France and Germany.
"94—M. J. Gibbons is at present in the
Civil Engineering Department of the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad.
'95—Willoughby P. Beam is instructor
in Latin and Greek at the Buffal j
Y.. High School. lee
-?21M.S.
96 S.—H. H. Sutherland is with the
Keystone Bridge Company in Pitts-
burgh, :
96 S—Franklin W. Allis is with the
General Electric Co., Schenectady, N. Y,
‘96.—C. T, Millard is engineer for a
gold mining company in Utah.
796 S.—J. B. Strong has accepted a
position with the Nova Scotia South-
ern Railroad Company.
‘9i—Russell Colgate is now living in
Chicago, where he is in business with
the Produce Refrigerating Company.
°96S.—G. P. Putnam, Jr., is with the
Bell Telephone Company, of New York.
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Obituary.
GEN. WILLIAM H. MILLS, ’25.
General William Henry Mills, ’25, died
Saturday morning, March 6, 1897, at the
residence of his son, Judge Grayson
Mills, in Sandusky, Ohio. He was al-
most 92 years of age, and was one of
the oldest residents of Sandusky. He
was the son of Isaac Mills, being born
in New Haven, Conn., April 26, 1805.
After graduating from Yale in 1825, he
studied law, and was admitted to the
bar, but never practiced his profession.
He soon went to Ohio and located in
Sandusky, having been preceded there
by his father, who had become the own-
er of a large part of the land upon
which that city is built. General Mills
married Miss Caroline Hurd on January
30, 1830, who, with five children, sur-
vives him. April 1, 1895, General Mills
took up his residence with his son,
Judge Grayson Mills, and has since
remained there. A short time ago he
fell on a stairway and his death result-
ed from the effects of this fall, which
was a severe shock to him in his infirm
condition, on account of old age.
General Mills acquired his military
title by reason of his connection with
the State Miltia.
The death of General Mills leaves the
Hon. Stillman K. Wightman, of New
York City, the sole survivor of the
seventy-one members who graduated
from Yale in the class of 1825. The old-
est living graduate of Yale is Hon. Ben-
jamin Silliman, LL.D., of Brooklyn,
who graduated in 1824. ©
DR. BURR REEVE ABBE, ’04 M. S.
Dr. Burr Reeve Abbe, 54 M. S., died
at his home in Hartford, Ct., Saturday,
March 138, of heart trouble. Mr. Abbe
was born in Litchfield in November,
1830, and was-‘a -son of Alanson: Abbe,
Before entering Yale he
spent two years in California at the
time of the gold fever. He took his de-
gree of M. D. at the Medical School in
1854 and practiced for a time in En-
field,Conn.,and in Westport,Mass. Not
long after graduation he went to Chi-
na aS a cOmmission merchant, mainly
in teas, and practiced medicine as oc-
casion demanded.
In the Fall of 1865 Dr. Abbe went to
Hartford and opened an office as stock-
broker, in which business he remained
until the time of his death. One of his
best friends was former Governor Mor-
gan G. Bulkeley. He was of a quiet
nature, fond of books and devoted to
his family and was for twenty-six years
a member of the Center Church of
Hartford.
Dr. Abbe was married twice. His
first wife, who was Miss Elizabeth
Nye, was drowned at sea. His second
wife was Miss Julia A. Jones, daugh-
ter of the Rev. E. C. Jones, of the Con-
gregational Church in Southington.
Seven children survive him, of whom
three, Burr R. Abbe, Jr., Harry A. G.
Abbe and Franklin J. Abbe, are grad-
uates of Yale in the classes of 1889,
1892 and 1893 respectively.
REV. CALVIN U. O. DERR, ’91 T. 8.
Rey. Calvin U0’ ->.Derr died at is
home in Spring City, Nenn, on March
12, from the effects of quinzy
Calvin Ursinus Olevianus Derr, the
son of Levi K. and Rachel B. Derr,
was born December 30, 1863, at Tam-
aqua, Penn. He received the Bache-
lor’s degree at Ursinus College in 1888,
and entered the Class of ’91 in the Yale
Theological School. Soon after grad-
uatting he became pastor of the First
Reform Church of Spring City in
which capacity he _ served until his
death. He was widely known as a
preacher throughout Eastern Penn-
sylvania.
ARTHUR BIDDLE, 773.
Arthur Biddle, ’73, of Philadelphia,
Pa., died from la-grippe at the Garden
Hotel Atlantic . City, Nv w., Maren 3,
1897. He was the son of George Wash-
ington and Maria McMurtrie Biddle
and was born in Philadelphia, Septem-
ber 23, 1852. Mr. Biddle prepared for
College at home and entered Yale with
the class of 1873 in the third term of
Freshman year. After graduation he
Spent three years in travel and study
in Europe. On his return to. this
country he studied law in his father’s.
‘after a short illness.
Mr.
office, beginning the practice of his pro-
fession in 1878. He entered into part-
nership with George W. Biddle, ’63,
and H. Le Barre Jayne in 1886. In May,
1891, Mr. Biddle entered the law firm
of Biddle & Ward, Philadelphia. He
received the degree of M. Av from Yale
University in June, 1895, for his treat-
ise on the “Law of Warranties in the
Sales of Chattels.’’ He was the author of
a treatise in two volumes on the “Law
of Insurance,’’ which was published in
1893. The Philadelphia Public Ledger
at that time called this law book “A
great work on insurance,’ and said
that Mr. Biddle had ‘supplied an ex-
haustive and analytical account of the
law governing that important subject.”’
At the time of his death, Mr. Biddle
was a member of the Historical Socie-
ty of Pennsylvania, the American
Philosophical Society, and the Sons of
the Revolution and of the University,
Rittenhouse, Rabbit, Peuer, and Uni-
versity- 1. + clubs of Philadelphia.
He leaves a wife and three children.
Mr. Biddle has always been a consis-
tent Democrat and last year was candi-
date for City Solicitor against ‘the
present holder of the office.
DR. FREDERICK M. TURNBULL, 75 S.
The following facts have been re-
ceived, in addition to those published
in the last issue of The Weekly, con-
cerning the life of Frederick Moncrieff
Turnbull, MDs 15S. who: died at
Taunton, Mass., January 15, 1897. He
was the son of the late Rt. Rev. Rob-
ert Turnbull, D. D., of Hartford, Conn.,
and prepared for the Yale Scientitfic
School at the Harttord High School.
He was President and leader of the
Sheff. Glee Club, and sang first tenor
for some time on the University Glee
Club. He took a preliminary course
in medicine at Yale, and after gradua-
tion entered Jefterson College, Philta-
delphia, from which he graduated in
1878, receiving first appointment as res-
ident physician and surgeon at the
Presbyterian Hospital. He then prac-
ticed his profession in the West for a
brief period, and finally settled down in
Somerville, Mass., where he held the
position of seccnd assistant at the Mc-
Lean Asylum for the Insane. About
1885 he began general practice in Bos-
ton, receiving the appointment of As-
sistant Surgeon of the Boston Dispen-
sary, and aiso that of lecturer on Ar-
tistic Anatomy at the Cowles Art
School.
In 1891 he married Miss Evelyn Hil-
ton, daughter of James M. Hilton, Esq.,
: of. Cambridge, and afterward resided in
that city. He was an invalid for four
years prior to his death, and removed
with his family to Cataumet, on Buz-
- zard’s Bay, for the benefit of his health.
Hie was a member of the Massachu-
setts Medical Society, the New Engiand
Psychological Society and was one of
the first Yale men to join the Univer-
sity Club of Boston. His wife and
three children survive him.
DR. OLAUS DAHL ’89 T. Ss,
Dr. Olaus Dahl, ’89T.S., died March
10 in the Chicago Hospital, Chicago,
He was born in
Denmark, but was of Norwegian par-
entage. He came to this country at
an early age and received a collegiate
education at Luther College, Iowa.
Dahl graduated. from the Yale
Theological School in 1889 and received
the degree of Ph. D. from Yale Uni-
versity in 1891,
For a short time he gave elementa-
ry instruction in the Scandinavian
language at Yale. In 1894 he went to
Chicago, where he. began University
Extension work under the auspices of
the University of Chicago. He was
thus occupied up to the time of his
death.
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Hartford Alumni Smoker.
The Yale Alumni Association of
Hartford, held their smoker at the Ho-
tel Hartford, last Friday night. In the
absence of President Charles E. Gross,
66, Vice President. Harrison B. Free-
man, ’92, presided. A double quarte
was present from the University Glee
Club, consisting of the following mem-
bers: E. C. Stalter, P. G.; M. J. Dodge,
98; W.. J. Lapham, °97: H. Ledyard, ’97;
at. W. Carey, "97 J: Ww. Wadsworth, 793;
ae Be Lay lor, 97, ang. l F. Russell,
Informal specehes were made by Rev.
Joseph H. Twichell, 59; Lucius F. Rob.
inson, 785; Charles P. Cooley, ’91: John
J. Nairn, °80; George H. Gilman, at
Joshua W. Allen, *88; James B. Cone,
‘o7, and Judge H. B. Bennett, ’66. Re-
freshments were served at ahout 1
o’clock. The affair was very informal
throughout.
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The University Club pool tournament
was held last week, and was won by
C. M. McCance, ’97, who defeated E. W.
Carleton, ’97S., 100-84, There were fifty
entries in the beginning. .
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Courant Board Organizes.
At a meeting of the Ninety-seven
Courant board held last Friday even-
ing, C. EH. Merrill, Jr., °98, was elected
to the board. The Ninety-eight Board
then organized and elected the follow-
ing officers: Chairman, Forsyth Wickes
of New York City; business manager,
T. S. McLane of New York City. At
the Round Table, G. Morris, Jr.; Bach-
elor’s Kingdom, C. HE. Merrill, JE:
Clippings, EF. Wickes. The Ninety-
eight board will take charge with the
issue appearing the fourth —- in
Marcn.
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Contents of Courant.
The last issue of the Courant ap-
peared on March 138, and contained
the following articles in addition to its
usual departments: “A Story,” by C
EK. ‘Thomas, ’97, “The Devil's Own
Night,’ a story, . by RR... L...-Munger,
‘‘Rounded,”’ and “The —< Land. --ot
Dreams,’ poems by C. E. Merrill, Jr.,
98. At Evening,” a poem, by Ry tx.
Munger, ’97. The cover was designed
by G. S. Haydock, ’97.
Graduates Club Elections,
At a Graduates’ Club meeting held
recently the following new members
were elected: Resident members, Mr.
Charles Sears Baldwin, Columbia, ’88;
non-resident members, S. Brinkerhoff
Thorne, ’96; Clarence C. Harmsted,
93, and Philip H. McMillan, ’94; resi-
dent students, Charles S. Wyckoff,
Rutgers, ’88, and Holmes C. Jackson,
96 S.
Dr. H. W. Ring was elected to fill the
vacancy in the Governing Board, made
by the election of Mr. T. S. Woolsey
to the presidency of the Club. The
following men will constitute the
the House Committee: Mr. George D.
Seymour, Mr. Harry G. Day and Mr.
W. F. Day, Jr. Mr. Leonard M. Dag-
gett was elected Secretary and Mr.
James Kingsley Blake, Treasurer. An
Entertainment Committee was chosen,
consisting of the President and four
members.
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Reunion of Ninety-two.
A reunion of the class of 1892 will be
held at the Hotel Hartford, Hartford,
Conn., Saturday evening, March 20, at
7 o’clock. An informal supper will be
served at the total cost, inclusive of
drinks, cigars, etc., of $1.50 each. It is
earnestly requested that all Ninety-two
men that can, will put in an appear-
ance. Replies should be sent to Howell
Cheney, 34 Morgan Street, Hartford,
Conn.
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Harrison Hall, ’98, has been elected
manager of the Princeton football
eleven for next fall and D. S. Cook, ’99,
assistant manager.
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