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YALE ALUMNI WEEKLY — ALUMNI NOTES. Conducted by JoHN Jay. ( Graduates are invited to contribute to this column.) *30—There is a possibility that the decision rendered by the Connecticut House not to pension Dr. Henry Bar- nard may be reversed when the reso- lution comes up in the Senate. The press throughout the State is almost a unit in favor of granting the pension, and the Hartford Times had the fol- lowing comment on the matter in a recent issue: “A correspondent who writes over the signature of I. F. L.. calls attention to the fact that Dr. Hen- ry Barnard expended more than $4,000 out of his own money prior to 1850 to carry out plans for the improvement of the public school system in Connecti- cut, for which he has never been re- imbursed. When Horace Mann did a similar thing in Massachusetts the General Assembly, on learning the facts, promptly appropriated money to make good what it rightly considered as an advance of money which the State should have provided for its own work. Mr. Barnard has never received back the sum thus paid by him, nor about $3,000 subsequently expended in a similar way. If all this is true, and there seems to be no dispute about the facts, the least that justice requires is the return of the money so advanced by Dr. Barnard. He has made no claim to it. He gave freely when he had the money to give, and has never thought of twisting his gift into a loan. But the State of Connecticut has a duty of its own. When it realizes that the man who has done so much for its educa- tional progress in other ways has also given thousands of dollars, and now needs money in his advanced age, it should not hesitate to make good the sum of which it has enjoyed the use so long. 'Those who on principle object to any pension cannot well object to res- titution of this kind. There is a morai obligation, although no vestige of a legal claim. Whether the money should he paid in a lump or in installments is a mere matter of detail. The essential thing is to acknowledge that the money advanced so many years ago should be returned in some form, not with inter- est, but the bare sum contributed by an individual to promote education in Con- necticut.” *59-_Daniel C. Gilman has been elect- ed president of the new School Board of Baltimore, Md. *61—Charles W. Baldwin has been ap-- pointed presiding elder of the West Baltimore District of the Methodist Episcopal Church Conference at Bal- timore, Md. 65—Rev. Dr. James W. Cooper has been elected president of the Congre- gatiornal Club of Connecticut. '70—The Denver Republican said re- cently, in connection with cther news from Colorado College: ‘“‘No more im- portant addition to the Faculty has been made of recent years than by the appointment at the beginning of the second half years of Nathan B. Coy, of Denver, to the position of assistant professor of Classics. Very few educa- tionists in the State can compare with Mr. Coy in length of experience and thoroughness of training, or in the suc- eess which has uniformly attended his career. Immediately after the conclu- sion of a distinguished course at the Williston Seminary, East Hampton, where he headed his class, and at Yale, he was appointed to a position in the Fort Washington Institute, on the Hudson. Thence he passed to the Har- brook Institute, in Jersey City, where . he spent two years. His next position was in Hanover College, Indiana, where he was head of the Preparatory De- partment, and where, at the end of one year’s service, he was offered the chair of Latin in the College proper. He preferred, however, a position which presented itself at the same time in Bett’s Academy, Stamford, Conn. Not long afterwards he received the very complimentary offer of the chair of Latin in the famous Phillips Andover Academy, than which institution no secondary school in the country is more distinguished. This position was kept vacant for him for a year in the hope that his health would finally permit of his filling it, but as this expectation was not realized, Mr. Coy was finally obliged to resign, and to come out West. Arriving in Denver, he was presently appointed instructor in the East Den- ver High School, a position which he filled with distinction for five years. In 1291 his general abilities and services to education in Colorado were fittingly recognized by his election to the posi- tion of State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and, at the expiration of his term of office, by a unanimous re- nomination. His report as State Su- perintendent is recognized as the most comprehensive and valuable ever is- sued by the Department, and his rec- ord of efficiency and sagacity in the discharge of his duties will long be re- membered in the State. At the World’s Fair, Mr. Coy had charge of the Colo- rado educational exhibit, the attract- iveness, good arrangement and sug- gestiveness of which were in very large measure due to his judgment. From is¥3 to 1895 he was editor and manager of the Colofado School Journal, and it is to him that it owes in largest meas- ure the position it has won as one of the best educational periodicals in the country. The College has great reason to congratulate itself upon its good for- tune in adding so able and distin- guished an educator to its corps of in- structors.”’ *71—_Thomas Thacher, president of the New York Alumni Association, was tendered a reception, on March 18, by the faculty of the Yale Law School. Mr. Thacher is about to begin a course of lectures on corporation law before the Senior class of the Law School. ’°883—Frederick D. Shaffer is general purchasing agent of the City and Sub- urban Railway Company of Baltimore City; Mea. ; *88—Bernard C. Steiner was. chosen president of the twenty-fifth conven- tion of Young Men’s Christian Associa- tions of Maryland, West Virginia, Del- aware and the District of Columbia. °91—The present address of Joseph P. Lee is 621 Park Avenue, East Orange, 791—Dr. Vertner Kenerson, now locat- ed at 189 Allen Street, Buffalo, N. Y., has been appointed clinical instructor in general surgery to the Buffalo Uni- versity Medical Department. Dr. Ken- erson was also appointed, March 13, 1897, Assistant Surgeon, with the rank of Captain, to the Seventy-fourth Reg- iment, which is located in Buffalo. °91S.—Harrol Mulliken is with the Hudson River Pulp and Paper Com- nany,.of Paimer N. ¥. °92—Ernest B. Millard is. practicing ee Perkins & Hays, Rochester, 99S.—George W. Reily, Assistant Treasurer of the Harrisburg Trust Company, has recently been anpointed a State bank examiner for Pennsyl- vania. : 702__Tohn W. Avery is at present an instructor in Media (Pa.) Academy, a college preparatory school for boys. »93S.—John H. Vought is Assistant Road Inspector of Engines for the Le- high Valley Railroad, with headquar- ters at Auburn, N. Y. 794--William R. Wright is in the em- ploy of the firm of W. & J. Sloan, New York City. 794 Ralph Logenecker is studying law with the firm of McClung & Evans, Pittsburg, Pa. 94_F'rederic J. Waters is practicing law in the office of Simrall & Galvin, Cincinnati, Ohio. 7°94-Thomas M. Womersley is in the employ of William C. Norcross, 446 Al- bany Street, Boston, Mass. 794--A, A. Beaumont’s postoffice box has been changed, and is now 439 in- stead of 994, as heretofore, Wilkesbarre, a sag: Fe 794_F", S. Crosley has been admitted to the New ‘York Bar, and “is prac- ticing at 502 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, Nee 7°94--George E. Dorland is studying law at the Buffalo Law School. His ad- dress is 617 Mooney & Brisbane Build- ing, Buffalo, N. Y. °94--Nathaniel N. Wilson is a mem- ber of the firm of Wilson & Brother, manufacturers of doors. windows and blinds, San Francisco, Cal. 94 Charles P. Rowley, since the first of the year, has been with the firm of LaVake, Brett & Co., wholesale mil- liners, 748 Broadway, New York City. 194--Eillsworth D. Whiting secured first position as a result of the exam- inations held for internships in Pres- byterian Hospital, Chicago, lll. The term of service is eighteen months, commencing April 1. 95 Alfred Egmont Schermerhorn and Miss Elizabeth Mary Coster, daughter of the late Charles R. Coster, of New York City, were married in Grace Church, New York City, on Tuesday, March 16. F. Lawrence Lee, 795, was the best man, and among the ushers were: George T. Adee, ‘95; George A. Phelps, ’95, and George E. Batcheller, 95, 9593.—W. W. Palmer is studying med- icine at the University of. Buffalo. 1958 —George C. Clarke is now con- nected with the well-known firm of Moore & Janes, Chicago, Ill., the firm of H. Darlington & Co., of which he has been a member during the past year, having dissolved partnership on reh 15. Pee anel L. Quin by has become connected with the firm of Dunham, Buckley & Co., New York City. His address is 25 West Seventy-fifth Street. 96 SB. H. Catlin and H. EB. Tuttle are with the corps of TInited States En- gineers at New London, Conn... : 9¢-_J. D. Rockwell has a position 1n the Auditing Department of the United States Express Company in Jersey City. He lives at 38 West 25th Street, New York City. 975.—'Theodcre W. Griggs has. an- nounced his engagement to Miss Amy Burnett. Obituary. DR. CLARK WRIGHT, ’81 Ss. Clark Wright, M. D., ’81S., son of the late Clark Wright, died at his home, 165 West Fifty-Eight Street, New York City, on Tuesday, March 16, in the thir- ty-eighth year of his age. Dr. Wright was born in New York, where he spent the early part of his life. He graduat- ed from the Sheffield Scientific School in 1881. After leaving Yale he went to the College of Physicians and Sur- geons, New York, and subsequently completed his studies in London and Germany, remaining abroad _ several years. For the past few years he has been connnected with the Roosevelt Hospital Out-Patient Clinic. In his practice he had attained considerable success. He leaves a wife and one daughter. “ROBERT E. ROWLEY, ’938. Robert Edwin Rowley, ’93, son of the late E. A. Rowley, died at his home in Williamsport, Pa., of pneumonia. Sun- day, March 14, 1897. He was born March 30, 1869, and prepared for college at Phillips Andover Academy. After graduating from Yale with the Class of 1898, he became a member of the firm of Rowley & Hermance, manufacturers of wood-working machiney, and devot- ed himself to the business in a way that won at once the esteem of his as- sociates. eS = Mr. Rowley married Miss Annie C. Woods, daughter of Dr. E. A. Woods, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Williamsport, December 38, 1895. Soon after, he built a country house just outside the city, where he was living at the time of his death. LAURENS HAMILTON, ’95. Laurens Hamilton, ’95, son of Will- iam Gaston and Helen M. _ Pierson Hamilton, died Friday, March 19, at his home, 105 East Twenty-first Street, New York .City. His death resulted from appendicitis,, with which he had been suffering for a. week. He was born September 14, 1873, and prepared for Yale at St. Paul’s School. While in college he was on the News Board, a member of the Junior Promenade Committee, and a member of Sopho- more, Junior and Senior societies. At the time of his death he was in the em- ploy of Cuyler, Morgan & Co., bank- .6rs, New York City. "The funeral services were held on Monday morning, March 22, at the Cal- vary Protestant Episcopal Church in New York city, Bishop Satterlee offici- ating. A large number of ’95 men were present at the ceremony, as well as some undergraduates. The pall-bear- ers were: FEF. Lawrence Lee, ’95; George T. ‘Adee, 995; G. K. B. Wade, °S5; R. Cecil Nesbit, °95; George E. Batcheller, 795: Allan A. Robbins, ’93S.; N. Thayer Robb, J. G. K. Lee, William N. Duane, and Herbert Barry. The interment was at the family plot at Ramapo, N. Y. The members of the Class of 1895 in New York met Friday afternoon, March 19, and passed the following resolutions: ‘Whereas, It has pleased God, in His infinite wisdom, to take from us our beloved friend and classmate, Laurens Hamilton; be it ‘*Resolved, That we send to the mem- bers of his family this expression of our love for him and sorrow for his death. “For the Class of ’95, “RE. Lawrence Lee, “George T. Adee, “Geo. E. Batcheller, “G. K. B. Wade, “R. Cecil Nesbit, “Wm. A. Delano.’’ ath, Lp S Tn eee KENTUCKY ALUMNI DINE. Association Reorganized=Col. John-= ston’s Speech. The Kentucky Alumni Association held its annual banquet in the Galt House, Louisville, Ky., on Saturday, March 20. The Association was reor- ganized at a recent meeting, and the banquet on Saturday is the first that has been held for several years. The tables were arranged in the shape of a “Y,” the President and toastmas- ter, Colonel J. Stoddard Johnston, ’53, sitting at the foot of the letter. The following members and guests sat at the tables: Colonel J. Stoddard Johns- ton, °53;. Dr: -I.. N. Bloom, °78;. Hon. George W. Davie, of Princeton; Stan- ley Shaffer, ’83; Hon. Willis Reeves, ’65; Samuel L. Orr, ’94; Hon. J. M. Win- ters; Merrill Moore, ’78; J. S. Bockee, °62; Frank HE. Gatchell, ’983; David A. Chenault, 82; Howard Lee, ’95; G. W. Norton, °85; Eugene Walker, ’80;: W. E. Simms, 791; E. F. Clay, ’92; William Jarvis, *85; William Hutchings, ’86S.; W. C. Hall, 92; Stuart McKnight, ’93; Se ee ee TODO OO DCCC PCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CE 2S SODA L DDO DD DD 2&2 BO 2 2a O&O oo POOF FFE PPO +eeoet OCP Pon 246 FIFTH AVENUE} NEW YORK Tarlo... 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May the year and the years, for all be full of blessing and happiness.” Letters were also read - from Dr. Chauncey M. Depew, ’56; Hon. Cassius M. Clay; and Hon. C.-F.:Bur- nam. Col. J. Stoddard Johnston called for the following toasts, which were re- sponded to: BE et $i hi 3 lek eee ee Augustus E, Willson “Princeton”............George M. Davie of: Virginia? 23: “University Pe ge i eiclivieneas ad, 3. PPOL? Me Bc fiend “Yale in the Judiciary *i <2 bi ae dev Cedi cece His ce see ae Mw. Winters “Yale in the War’’......J3. S. Bockee, ’62 “Yale as the Mother Teacher’’...... pecs. ~Proft. D;. A: Chenault, *82 ur Welrenbors:... 3.5% Merrill Moore, ’78 "SN OY BN a i a ees ke bc v4 weeeeeeesse Casselberry Dunkerson, ’94 Colonel Johnston,inpresenting the first speaker, said: “I greet you, my fellow alumni of Yale and gentlemen of our sister universities, with fraternal con- gratulation upon the happy reunion of the Kentucky alumni of Yale; for, although our Association has for all practical purposes maintained its or- ganization intact, it has been almost a decade since we last met around the festive board to sing our songs, revive old associations and pledge ourselves anew in constancy of affection to our cherished Alma Mater and each other. The gloom which shrouded us all when, seven years ago, we were called upon to mourn the death of our beloved com- rade and President,John Mason Brown, was too dark and the sorrow too deep to incline us to mirth or invite us to revelry. Even now this very scene awakens with painful emotion the memory of our great loss. For who, that was present at our last festival, does not recall his noble spirit, his en- thusiastic love of Yale and the impress which his intellectuality always exer- ted in her behalf and that of her sons? Let us cherish his emory and emulate ‘his zeal. “Tt gives me pleasure in responding to the toast for Yale, to say that she is in the high noontide of a successful career. Near the close of her second centennial, she still has the vigor of ‘youth and is growing more rapidly than at any other period of her exist- (Continued on eighth page.) Tighe, Lane Wheeler & Farnham Attorneys at Law, 109-112 Manhattan Building, St. Paul, Minn. JOHN W. LANE. CHARLES W. FARNHAM AMBROSE TIGHE. HOWARD WHEELER: C. P. WURTS, - - Yale ’80, Insurance and Investments. 184 LaSalle Street, - Chicago, Ill. Direct cable code with English Lloyds, also Patriotic Assurance Co. of Dublin (capital £1,500,000), and other foreign companies. Spe- cial facilities for placing surplus and difficult lines. 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