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YALH ALUMNI WEEKLY A ALUMNI NOTES. Conducted by JoHN Jay. [ Gradwates are invited to contribute to this column.) —_—— ‘653—George W. Smalley has an article in the May Harper’s entitled “English Country-House Life.” ‘S7T---By a postal card vote the class of *57 chose Rev. Samuel Scoville, Rob- ert Brown, of the Yale Observatory, and Professor Arthur M. Wheeler, of Yale, a committee with power to ar- range for the Fortieth anniversary of the graduation of the Class which oc- curs this summer. *58S—Captain Electus <A. Pratt, who has resided at Minneapolis for a num- ber of years, has accepted a govern- ment position in the War Department and will hereafter reside in Washing- ton D..C. *60—Prof. O. C. Marsh has an article entitled ‘“‘Affinities of Hesperos,”’ in the current number of the American Jour- nal of Science. *62—Chief Justice A. Francis Judd, cof Honolulu, is now in the United States. He was in New Haven last week and will doubtless be here at Commence- ment, when his sons graduate and his class meets. Ex-’64---News has been received from the Class Secretary of the death of Stewart Rapalje, editor of several Law Reports, which are well known to the legal profession, at his home in North- port, Long Island, N. Y., on October 8 1896. He left a widow, two daugh- ters and a son, who still reside at Northpecrt. ’68S.—The May number of Harper’s contains an article by Prof. Henry 8. Williams, of Yale, on “Geological Progress of the Century.”’ 7™7—On April 23, at his home in Or- ange, N. J., occurred the death of Sam- uel Colgate, whose six sons have all been graduated from Yale as follows: Richard M., °77; Gilbert, ’83; Austen, 86; Sidney M., °86; Samuel, ’91, and Russell, °96. Mr. Colgate was the head of the soap and perfumery house of Colgate & Co., in John Street, New York. His munificent gifts to Madison University led to its name being changed several years ago to Colgate University, in his honor. He was a prominent member of the = Baptist Church, and had held many important positions on its Missionary and Educa- tional boards. ’*80.—Rev. Arthur Cushing Dill, M. A., is the Moderator of the Presbytery of Champlain, N. Y.; Chairman of the Presbytery Committee of Systematic Benevolence, and alternate delegate to the Presbyterian General Assembly. The announcement has been made of his engagement to Miss Helen A. North, in her twenty-first year, the only daughter of Philetus F. North, Esquire, of Chazy, New York, a graduate of the University of Vermont. *82---Rev. Henry S. Snyder has ac- cepted a call to the Congregational Church of Weymouth, Mass. ’83—A.ustin Lord Bowman is located at 26 Cortlandt Street, New York City, as a civil and consulting engineer. ’83S.—The statement in a recent is- sue of the Weekly that Samuel M. Chase was to be married to Miss Ayer was an error which arose from mis- taking his name for that of his cous- in, Samuel T. Chase, a graduate of Harvard. ’831..S.—Walter Pond was married to Miss Linna E. Downs, of Westville, Conn., on Thursday, April 22. °g5---John H. Briggs, who has been engaged in journalism for a number of years at Minneapolis, Minn., has gone to Ashland, Oregon, where he will go into the mining business. 89S. —Boynton W. McFarland will be married in June to Miss Jessie Brown, daughter of Prof. Robert Brown, ‘57, of the Yale Observatory: °90—Professor Albert C. Crehore, of Dartmouth College, read a paper be- fore the American Society of Mechan- ical Engineers in New York, on April 21, describing a new method of very. rapid telegraphing by the use of alter- nating currents, which has been devel- oped by him and by Lieut. G. O. Squier, of the United States Army. By his method, a speed of 3,000 words a minute may be attained over a single wire. *91—_J. G. HEstill’s new book on ‘‘Nu- mercial Problems” has just ben pub- lished by Longman, Green & Co. The book is written with special reference to Yale’s entrance requirements in Ge- ometry. *91---Seward Davis and Lewis T. Knox have opened offices at 31 Nassau Street, New York City, for the gen- eral practice of the law, under the firm name of Knox and Davis. Professor Whitney’s great work, the Century Dictionary, is completed. There is a chance to get it very rea- sonably. For more particulars see the last page of this paper.— Adv. *91---M. C. Arnot was married on Apirl 19 to Miss Alice Hale Up de Graf of Elmira, N. Y., Mr. and Mrs. Arnot will reside in that city. ’°91S.—George M. Landers was re- cently elected Councilman of New Brit- tin, Conn., from the Sixth Ward. The New Britain ‘‘Morning Dispatch” gives the following account of the election: “The Sixth Ward was the seat of the only genuine contest of the day, and George M. Landers came out a winner. He not only defeated Councilman O’Brien for re-election, but ran ahead of all the candidates. The election of Mr. Landers was the result of good solid work. From the hour that the polls were opened Mr. Landers and his friends hustled until the clock struck five. Imagine the surprise of even the workers in the ward when the result was made known. The ward is so sol- idly Democratic that no one ever thought for a minute that a Republi- can could carry it. Few realized how popular Mr. Landers was and it was a surprise to many to hear the senti- ments expressed in the ward during the day. Mr. Landers won a good vic- tory, and is to be congratulated on his success.”’ °93.—The marriage of William Rk. Begg to Miss Louise Spencer of Hart- ford, Conn., took place Wednesday, April 21, in the South Church, Hart- ford. Doctor Joseph Roby, ’93, was best man. Among the ushers were: John T. Robinson, ’93, Francis Par- sons, 93, and James Terry, ’95S. "938 S.—Nelson B. Burr has recently opened an office for the general prac- tice of law at 31 Nassau Street, New York City. °94—William H. Sallmon made an ad- dress at the closing exercises of the Bridgeport Conn., Y. M. C. A. Bible School on Apirl 6. ’944—The address of HE. M. Cravath, Jr., will be hereafter Port of Spain, Trinidad, B. W. I., where he has gone to take the position of General Mana- ger of the Bermudez Asphalt Mines. °"95—B. J. Hendrick has recently left the Palladium, on which he was editori- al writer, to become Editor of the Morning News. 795 S.—The following account of the Home for Consumptives to be presented to the Order of the Brothers of Nazar- eth by Mr. and Mrs. Roe, of New York, in memory of their son, the late Stephen Bogert Roe, ’95S8S., is taken from the ‘Nazareth Chronicle,’ of Verbank, N. Y.: “Tt will be remembered that we have from time to time made mention of our great desire to resume our work for poor consumptives. This branch of our charities, was, like the Home for Con- valescents, swept away by the fire. It is with much thankfulness that we an- nounce to our friends, and all who are interested not only in us and our work, but in the care of consumptives, that Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Roe, of New York City, have very generously offer- ed to erect upon Priory Farm a pavilion for consumptives, entirely at their own expense. It is to be constructed in such a way that patients can be treated in the most scientific manner, and will accommodate ten persons. Each one will have his own room. The plans which have been drawn up for the Home for Consumptives, provide for two pavilions, a large sun parlor, and an administration building. All are connected with wide covered and en- closed passage-ways. The sun parlor will be entirely of glass, and the pas- sage-ways leading to it from the two pavilions will also have glass roofs and sides. The several passage-ways will provide ample and very desirable space for patients to walk about in, when the weather is unfavorable for out-of-door exercise. The pavilion which Mr. and Mrs. Roe will erect is to be a memorial] of their only son, Mr. Stephen Roe, who at the time he was stricken down. by consumption, was a brilliant student at Yale University.”’ ’"95S—The Class of ’95 Sheff. has 2 larger number of contributors to the Yale Alumni University Fund than any other class, Academic or Scientific, in Yale, the number being 76. ’96—Edwin S. Oviatt has recently been made Assistant Editor, and City reer of the Morning News of this city. ’96S.—A. R. Williams is now with the Potoniska Mills, New Bedford, Massa- chussetts. ——_++e—____—_- 93 Reunion in New York. A reunion of the Class of 1893 was held at the Circle, Highth Avenue and Fifty-eighth Street, New York, on Sat-— urday, Avril 24, at 7 p. m. About 30 members of the class were present at supper and several others came in late in the evening. Those present were Woodruff, Sutphen, Dorsey, Day, Rob- inson, Bull, Welles, H. Dwight. J. W. Allen, Joy, Woolner, Fay, Terriberry, L. E. Brown, Newton, Roby, Cooke, Hickok, Shaw, Faxon, Eddy Pope, Harmstad, Thomson, Lambert, Wallis, and Swayne. The meeting was entirely informal. There were no speeches. Obituary. GEORGE MIXTER, ’36. George Mixter, ’°36, died at his homé in Rock Island, ITll., on Tuesday, April “0. He was born at Hardwick, Mass., April 28, 18%. He went to St. Louis, Mo., in 1836, the year of his graduation from Yale, and later in the year re- turned east, to Pennsylvania. In 1837, he again visited St. Louis, and then went up the Mississippi to Rock Island, which city has since been his home. On January 1, 1846, he married Miss Susan F. Gilbert, of Moline, Wis., who died five years ago, leaving three children, William G. Mixter, ’67S., now professor in the Sheffield Scientific School; Charles K. Mixter, ’778S., of Reck Isl- and, and I'rank Mixter, who did not at- tend college. Mr. Mixter was one of the best-known pioneers and citizens of Western Illi- nois, and was also one of the original Land Commissioners of the State. In 1888 he was admitted to the bar of Illi- nois, but never practiced law as a pro- fession. He had, at different times, been engaged in farming, in the lumber bus- iness and in manufactures. CHARLES BILL, ’64 S. Charles Bill, ’64S., died Thursday morning, April 15, at Lithia, Georgia, from. blood poisoning, due to an ulcer in the throat. He was born at Led- yard, Conn., June 7, 1840. The first sixteen years of his life were spent on his father’s farm. Then he spent a year at the State Normal School at New Britain, and later two years at the Norwich Free Academy. He en- tered the Sheffield Scientific Schioool in 61, and graduated three years later, distinguishing himself in his studies. After leaving college he went to Chi- cago as a book agent for a Springfield, Mass., firm. In 1869 he returned to Springfield and. organized the baok firm of Bill, Nichol & Co. Two years later he was badly hurt in a gas ex- plosion, causing him to retire from business in 1873. Although Mr. Bill took no active part in public affairs, he was well known and universally re- spected. _ DAVID BROWN OLIVER, JR., EX-’97 S. David Brown Oliver, Jr., ex.-978., died in Asheville, N. C., on Wednesday, April 14, of Bright’s disease. He was the son of David B. and Rebecca Oli- - ver and was born in Allegheny, Penn., where he lived all his life. He gradu- ated from the Allegheny High School and after tutoring one year, entered Yale with the class of Ninety-seven, Sheffield. In his Freshman year, he played short stop on his class nine. He had two brothers in Yale in the class of ’85S., one of whom, John, played on the University base ball team. Mr. Oliver left College in January of his Junior year and remained at honie until several weeks ago, when he was taken sick and removed to Asheville. Here he seemed to be recovering but a week before his death he experienced a, sudden relapse, and died most unex- pectedly. He was about twnty-one years old. The Scientific Senior Class has drawn up the following resolutions on the death of Mr. Oliver: “Whereas, Almighty God in His in- finite wisdom has seen fit to remove from our midst our beloved friend and classmate, David Brown Oliver, Jr., and ‘Whereas, the members of this class feel that they have sustained a deep and personal loss and desire to extend to his family their sincere sympathy; therefore be it ‘Resolved, that we wear a badge of mourning for thirty days as a token of respect for his memory; and be it further “Resolved, that a copy of these reso- lutions be sent to his bereaved family and a copy be inserted in the College paper. (Signed, for the class,) John Perry Francis, Thomas Howard Gillespie, Harry Darlington McCandless, Thomas Gould Otis, Jr.” ———_+4— % Medical Appointments. Frank H. Todd, of the Senior Class of the Medical School, won the second ap- pointment in the Paterson Hospital, of Paterson, N. J.,one of the finest medical institutions in the East. 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BOOS, Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology, Boston. OF HAMILTONPLACE BOSTON. 9948 Triennial. Preliminary notices of the Triennial Reunion of ’94S have been for- warded to the class and the returns in- dicate that a large number will be in New Haven next June to celebrate. The Committee has tried to reach ev- ery man and if any have failed to re- ceive a notification they will confer a great favor by immediately advising H. P. Hotchkiss, 1226 Chapel Street, New Haven, Conn. The Committee consists of H. P. Hotchkiss, J. Sar- gent, and H, Brewer. Yale Medical Schoo, Chartered in 1810. For announcements of the Curriculum, Apply to HERBERT E. SMITH, Dean. Tighe, Lane Wheeler & Farnham Attorneys at Law, 109-112 Manhattan Building, St. Paul, Minn. . AMBROSE TIGHE. JOHN W. LANE. HowarkD WHEELER; CHARLES W. FaRNHAM C. P. WURTS, - - Yale ’80, Insurance and Investments. 184 LaSalle Street, - Chicago, Ill. 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