YALE ALUMNEP4Y BERLY
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ALUMNI NOTES.
Conducted by JOHN Jay.
[ Graduates are invited to contribute to this celumn.]
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*59—Rey. Joel J. Hough has resigned
the pastorate of the Congregational
Church at Berkshire, N. Y.
‘61 L.S.—Gov. Cooke has appointed
the Hon. Washington F.. Willcox, of
Chester, to the Board of Railroad Com-
missioners for the State of Connecticut.
Mr. Willcox succeeds the Hon, George
M. Woodruff, ’57, of Litchfield, who has
served on that Board for the past twen-
ty-three years.
*62—In the issue of the New York
Times for March 26, the following edi-
torial comment is made:
“It is announced that ex-Governor D.
H. Chamberlain of this city will per-
manently retire from the bar on the
ist of May next. This is notable, as
a voluntary withdrawal from business
at an age usually considered only the
beginning of life’s decline. Governor
Chamberlain has practiced law here just
twenty years, having been for six years
a member of the firm of Chamberlain,
Eaton & Hornblower, for fourteen years
practicing alone in Wall Street. His
work of late has been almost entirely
confined to railway litigation, in which
he is understood to have met with
great success. Of his withdrawal, he
wrote not long ago: ‘My health has
become impaired by nearly forty years
of severe and almost unrelieved toil in
my profession and in preparation for it.
I profoundly respect and love my pro-
fession—the more purely, as well as
strenuously, intellectual pursuit in the
world; but I have always thought that
when the necessity of its practice for
livelihood and pecuniary competence
is past, and health and strength are
diminished, there are studies and pur-
suits fitter for the remaining years of
life. Idleness, or what most men call
leisure, would be intolerable to me.
Hence I have determined to try to lead,
from next May on, the life of a prac-
tical Worcester Country dairy farmer,
varied and softened by some attention
to favorite studies and researches.’ The
Governor’s career in South Carolina
was undoubtedly the severest trial his
health has undergone, as it was the
highest proof of his high character as
aman, but it must be pleasing to him
to see the evidences of respect and con-
fidence now felt toward him by the peo-
ple of that State. Recently his most
active opponent in the campaign of
1876, the organizer of the Democratic
canvass against him, declared that the
ex-Governor has to-day probably as
many friends in South Carolina as any
man in it. It is believed that ex-Gov-
ernor Chamberlain is meditating the
preparation of a work on the origin
and sources of the United States
Constitution. under that or some equiv-
alent title, based on the results of the
latest researches—a subject on which
he is known to think the last impor-
tant and valuable word has not yet
been said. His residence will be at
West Brookfield, Mass., his
town.”’
‘70—Nathon B. Coy has recently been
appointed Assistant Professor of Clas-
sics at the Colorado College, Colorado
Springs, Col.
*71—Charles H. Clark has returned to
Hartford, Conn., after a five-weeks’ trip
to Mexico.
‘74.—John L. Hall has entered the
law office of Benten & Choate, Ames
Building, Boston, Mass.
’°82—-The engagement is announced of
Charles B. Storrs to Miss Gertrude
Cleveland, of Orange, N. J.
°87—William A. Setchell, Professor of
Botany in the University of California,
has just written a book entitled ‘‘Lab-
aratory Practice for Beginners in Bot-
any,’ published by The MacMillan
Company, New York.
’*89S.—Roger S. Newell has been ap-
pointed Judge of the Town Court of
Bristol, Conn.
’91—Charles S. Ingham is now at Nice,
France.
*91S.—_Stanley H. Pearce has sailed
for Peru to make an extended visit to
his brother, Richard F. Pearce, ’92S.,
who has recently become engaged in the
mining business there.
*92—Erman J. Ridgway has again en-
tered the service of the publishers of
Munsey’s Magazine.
‘92—Preston Brown has been com-
missioned to a position as Second Tieu-
tenant in the United States: Army.
’93—Charles A. Graham has gone to
Florida on account of il] health.
'93—Wendell G. Brownson and Miss
Adelaide Place, of Taunton, Mass., will
be married April 21.
’94—The engagement of James S. Jen-
kins to Miss Phebe Hy. Vaile, of Stam-
ford, Conn., has been announced,
*95S.—Richard H. Follis has been
elected manager of the Johns Hopkins
Medical School base ball nine and TL.
Yates, ’94S., is catcher.
’96—Charles H. Boyer is teaching at
St. Augustine’s School
Carolina. » Raleigh, North
native -
°96S.—C. W. Danforth is with the
Wrought Iron Bridge Company, of New
York City.
*96—E. S. Auchincloss has been made
Assistant General Freight Agent of the
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Rail-
road.
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Obituary.
REV. HOMER N. DUNNING, ’48.
Rev. Homer Northrup Dunning, *48,
died at his home in South Norwalk,
Conn., Saturday morning, March 27,
from the effects of an attack of the
grip. He was born in Brookfield, Conn.,
in 1827, and entered Yale with the class
of °48. He graduated with honors and
then took the course at the Union Theo-
logical Seminary. His first pastorate
was that of the Congregational Church
at Gloversville, N. Y., which he held
for fourteen years. From 1866 to 1883,
when he retired from the ministry, he
was pastor of the South Norwalk, Conn.,
Congregational Church. Of late years
Mr. Dunning has been extensively en-
gaged in literary work at his home in
that town. He was deeply versed in
German, Greek and Hebrew, and be-
came widely known for his translation
of the Book of Job from the original
Hebrew into poetry.
Mr. Dunning married Miss Sarah
Candee, of Gloversville. Two daughters
survive him.
Trigintennial of 1867.
A special effort is being made by the
class of 1867 to have a large and en-
thusiastic Trigintennial reunion at
New Haven on June 29, 1897. Circulars
have just been sent out by the class
secretary, Mr. William H. Morse, ask-
ing for photographs and information
concerning the lives of each member
of the class to be included in the next
class book. Answers are desired to the
following requests:
1.—State any facts of interest that
have occurred in your life during the
past ten years, i. e., honors, positions
of trust, business changes, education
of sons and daughters, marriages,
deaths, ete. Be particular as to names
and dates. In case you have travelled
abroad, give dates and places visited.
2.—Give the maiden name of your
mother in full.
3.—Those 0d siring rooms should noti-
fy I. J. Wild, 80 Crown Street, New Ha-
ven. Conn.
4-—Send me a photograph of vyour-
self as you now look.
The address of the Secretary is 140
Nassau St., New York City.
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Harvard News.
Since Mr. Lehmann’s return, about
ten davs ago, the Harvard crew has
been kept hard at work, continually
going over short stretches on time.
Last Thursday the distance of four
miles was attempted at full speed for
the first time this season. The water
was very rough and a strong wind was
blowing, and within about a mile of
the finish the barge was swamped.
The launch and coaches were near
by when the accident occurred, so the
men were immediately picked up, and
experienced very little exposure. The
make-up of the crew was: Stroke, J.
FE. Perkins; 7, Goodrich: 6, Thomson;
5, J. H. Perkins; 4, Spracue: 3, Hollis-
ter; 2, Moulton; bow, Wrightington.
The Pi Eta Society at Harvard, will
on April 5 open its new club house and
theater, with a production of ‘‘Fool’s
Gold.” This is an original comic opera
in two acts. John A. Loud, ’98, is the
composer, and Vivian Burnett, ’98, the
librettist of the pniece. Four other per-
formances of the play will be given in
and about Boston during the week fol-
lowing the opening of the new theater.
Spring practice of the Harvard foot
ball candidates began at Soldiers’ Field
on Tuesday. The Harvard-Pennsyl-
vania foot-ball game for 1897 will be
played on November 20 at Soldiers’
Field.
Moliere’s ‘“‘Bourgeois Gentilhomme,”’
will be presented by the Cercle Fran-
cais, of Harvard University during this
week at Cambridge. The same piece
has been given before by the club, but
this season there is an entirely new
cast, and as most of the performers
have spent considerable time in Paris,
the coming production will doubtless
surpass its predecessors.
Prof. Munsterberg, who left Cam-
bridge in 1895, has just accepted a pro-
fessorship in Psychology at Harvard.
In 1892 he came to Cambridge to take
charge of the psychological laboratory
for a term of three years. At the end
of this time he returned to Freiberg,
where he has since been writing on
ethics.
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The finals in the doubles of the Uni-
versity Handball Tournament have been
won by W. Noyes, 799, and M..U. Ely,
98. : fe beer
THE ORANGE DINNER.
of
Speeches
Alumni.
Enthusiastic Loyal
In the last issue of the Weekly it was
impossible to include a full account of
the annual dinner of the Yale Alumni
Association of Essex County, N. J., as
the material for the speeches did not
arrive until too late. The banquet was
held at Orange, N. J., Friday evening,
March 19. This Association is the old-
est college alumni association in the
State, and for thirteen years its annual
dinner has never been omitted. The
hall was elaborately decorated wit
American and Yale flags and ath-
letic trophies. Forty-six members and
guests of the Association. gathered
around the horseshoe-shaped table.
The menu and toast list were printed
last week.
PRESIDENT RICHARDS OPENS.
Mr. Dickinson W. Richards, ’80, the
President of the Association, rapped
for order about ten o’clock and, intro-
ducing Professor Phillips, said: “It is
a cause of congratulation to-night that
we gather beneath the balmy smiles of
peace. A year ago the British lion was
still lashing its tail under the sting
of the Venezuela message, and was
showing its teeth at us, as if we were
mere tender Christians. To-day, even
the Tory ministry loves us as if we
were fellow worshippers of Mohammed.
A year ago the awful war of words,
that was to devastate the country a
few months later, was beginning its
rumblings. Now look even at Yale’s
Silver Senators—one of them pursuing
the innocuous pastime of chasing the
moonbeams of international bimetal-
lism, the other retiring to his Rocky
Mountain fastnesses, to grow up with
the snow.
“But far more important than all
this, a year ago our old flame, our dear
old Crimson flame at Cambridge,
turned on us her ice-cold Boston shoul-
der, while she beamed with amorous
eyes on Pennsylvania and Cornell.
Now she comes coyly back, murmuring
that after all there is no love like an
old love.
men at Princeton are threatening to set
up @ Cannon in the pitcher’s box, but
simple bloodshed has no horrors for
those who have endured the harrowing
criticisms of the Evening Post and the
otker organs of dyspepsia and despair.
In the international affairs of the Col-
lege the same quiet reigns. The old
fence is gone, and at least a temporary
truce has been patched up between the
new fence and ex-President Woolsey.
Gentlemen, you may enjoy the intel-
lectual feast before you without an
anxious thought. Bob Cook has sud-
denly continued coaching the Yale
crew; J. Addison Porter (he was plain
John A. Porter, prior to November),
has grasped the helm of the United
States Government, and all is well. The
hew year and the new administration
have opened propitiously. On March
5, I took up the morning paper, and
the headline met my eyes, “Yale
Wins!” My heart swelled with pride
as I read that the Yale basket ball
team defeated the Hartford Y. M. C. A.
team by the score of 12 to 3 in a close
and exciting game. Is not that athletic
glory enough for one year? I hope it
is, for it is about all we have had. I
suppose these institutions, whose cor-
porations and faculties and students
devote so much attention to the mere
development of the body, would not
think much of a victory like this. But
you must remember that at Yale we
are giving ourselves up, so it appears,
to the exclusive cultivation of intellec-
tual giants.
“T might go on at length, but we have
here one who possibly knows. more
about some of these things than I,
and to whom we shall rejoice to listen
on all subjects but one, the higher
mathematics. Many of us have had an
experience with him already in this re-
gard and we are not taking any more
chances. When I was in college, it was
reported that Prof. Phillips and Prof.
Newton had written a mathematical
book together, and they said Professor
Newton could not understand Professor
Phillips’ part, and Professor Phillips
could not understand Professor New-
ton’s part, and no one else could un-
derstand either; the report was gener-
ally believed; but we do not treasure
these things un against you, Sir, and if,
with the recollection of the way you
used to flunk us in Analytics, your own
conscience does not trouble you, I can
assure you of your personal safety.
Before we listen to our honored friend,
let us rise and drink the toast that to
us is always first, Yale!’’
PROF. PHILLIPS RESPONDS.
Prof. Phillips said: ‘I regret that
the President of this Association and
his classmates went through Yale with
their minds a blank as regards the
higher mathematics. I have flattered
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succeeded in injecting a glimmering of
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YALE’S APPETITE.
“I am glad to report the University
in a healthy condition; it has the tru-
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it has been swallowing dormitories and
laboratories, recitation buildings and
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