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(Continued from eighth page.) THE OUTLOOK FOR NEXT YEAR. The program for next year is a very attractive one. The lectures announced promise to be of a high order. The famous Lyman Beecher course will be delivered by President William J. Tucker of Dartmouth. Professor John Bascom of Williams will lecture en “The Recast of Faith,’’ and Rev. George W. Knox, D. D. on “The In- fluence of Eastern Thought Upon Western Theology.’’ Archdeacon Charles Cc. Tiffany of New York, will also be among the special lecturers. In addition to these will be the annual courses of the Leonard Bacon and oth- er Clubs. The Lyman Beecher lectur- er for 1898-99 will be Professor George Adam Smith of Glasgow.- The annual term of study will begin September 30, 1897. Sketch of Each Senior. Daniel Otis Bean is a native of Lim- ington, Maine. He studied at Liming- ton Academy and is a graduate of Dart- mouth College, where he also received the degree of M. A. in 188%. He is a member of T. D. X. He has held pas- torates at Crawford and Chadron, Ne- braska, and has also taught in the High School of Haverhill, N. H., and Lake City, Minn. He will preach in the Con- gregational denomination. William Spencer Beard of South Kil- lingly, Conn., was born in Harwich, Mass., June 9, 1870. He studied at Phil- lips (Andover) Academy and graduated from Yale College in 1894. While in the Divinity School he was president of the Student Volunteer Band and has delivered many missionary addresses in churches throughout the State. He is a Congregationalist, and has been called to Durham, N. H. George Lincoln Briggs of Albert Lea, Minn., was born in Delavan, Wis., Jan-~ uary 26, 1866. He has the degree of B. A. from Beloit College. He taught the Greek Testament at the University of Wisconsin and has also served as physi- cal director of the Y. M. C. A. at Topeka, Kansas. gational ministry. Edwin Harold Bronson, of Norwich, Conn., was born July 10, 1872, at Walling- ford, Conn.; studied at Norwich Academy and graduated A. B. from Yale in 1894. He is a Baptist and expects to preach in that denomination. Donald Cameron first saw the light in Glasgow, Scotland. He has studied at Glasgow University and at Chicago The- ological Seminary. He has preached in Illinois. He is a Congregationalist. Leander Coolidge, of Natick, Mass., was born in Natick and received his preparatory training. at the High School there. He received the degree of A. B. from Harvard in 1894, and after studying a year at Union Theological Seminary entered the class in its second year. He will enter the Congregational ministry. David Herbert Evans of Little Falls, Noa, Was born: May, 15, 1869, at that place. He prepvared for college at the Little Falls High School and graduated from Williams College in 1890 with the de- gree of A. B: He has taught Latin ‘and Greek at Lowville Seminary, New York Military Academy, and at Canandaigua Academy, all in New York State. He will enter the Congregational ministry. At Yale he received a junior Fogg schoi- arship prize and during his Senior year was manager of the Seminary Book Room. Miles Bull Fisher of Oakland, Cal., was born in St. Helena, Cal., May 3, 1870. He prepared at the Oakland High School and graduated from the University of California in 1894 with the degree of B. L. He is a member of B. T. P. He will eventually enter the Congregational min- istry, but will spend next year in gradu- ate study, probably at Yale. He won the first Downes’ prize for Hymn and Scrip- tural Reading and has been superintend- ent of the mission work of the school. He has preached during his senior year at Fairfield. Amos Hoppock Haines of Sergeantville, N. J., was born in 1861 in Sergeantville, N. J. He attended Rutger’s Grammar School and graduated B. A. from Rut- ger’s College in 1892. He taught Greek and English literature at Mount Morris College, Mount Morris, Ill. He is a mem- ber of the German Baptist Brethren Church. He expects to teach next year. Archibold McClelland Hall of Irving- ton, Ind., was born at Laughlinstown, Pa., July 27, 1868. He prepared at the Butler College Preparatory School. He received the degree of B. A. from Butler University in 1888 and that of Ph. D. in 1892. He had a pastorate at Winchester, Indiana. He has taught in the common and High Schools of Indiana and was for three years professor of Hebrew and Old Testament literature in~Butler Col- lege. He is a member of the Church of the Disciples, but will preach in the Con- gregational denomination. He will re- main for graduate work in Yale Univer- sity next year. Amos Thompson Harrington of Lyons, N. Y., was born February 2, 1870, at Ly- ons. He prepared for college at Phillips (Andover) Academy and graduated from Yale College in 1894. He is a D. ee EG, and is secretary of the class of Yale 1894. He is a Presbyterian and expects to preach in that denomination. He has served as secretary of the Divinity School Tennis Asosciation and as presi- dent of the Book Room Association, .Church in New Haven. He also will enter the Congre- YALE ALUMNI WHEEKLY Arthur Hodges of Chicago, Ill., was born in Chicago, June 20, 1869. He hag studied at Beloit Academy, the Universi- ty of Wisconsin and Chicago Theological Seminary. Has preached at Chicago. He spent about six years in business life before entering college. He expects t preach as a Congregationalist. Ansel Estano Johnson was born at Newton Center, Mass., September 16, 1870. He has studied at Mt. Hermon School. He preached during his senior year at Oxford, Conn., and has accepted a eail to home missionary work in California. He is a Congregationalist. He has served as president of the Divinity School Tennis Association. Peter Adelstein Johnson of Marshall, Minn., was born in Iceland, December 10, 1868. He attended the High School at Marshall and received the degree of Ph. B. from Tabor College in 1898. He preached at Dodge City, Minn. He is a Congregationalist and is at present sery- ing as assistant pastor of Dwight Place Has also recent- ly received a call to- the pastorate of Taylor Church, New Haven. Shepherd Knapp, jr., of New York, was born in that city, September 8, 1873. He prepared at Columbia Grammar School and graduated A. B. from Columbia Col+ lege in 1894.. He is a member of A. D. P. Although he entered the Divinity School as a Presbyterian, he will preach in the Congregational denomination. At Yale he won a Fogg scholarship in the Junior year and is president of the class. He is also a commencement speaker. m3 George Edwin Ladd was born at Wood- stock, Vermont, April 27, 1865... He at- tended the Woodstock High School and graduated A. B. from Williams College in 1891. He taught Latin in Robert Col- lege, Constantinople, for three years. He is a Congregationalist and has preached at Lebanon Mission during the year and has accepted. a call to Waterbury, Ver- © mort.) He iste Pls: B.-A and sat’ Yale won a Junior Fogg scholarship. Samuel Edward Lord of Lowell, Mass. was born at South Ely, Canada, Novem- ber 29, 1868. He attended the French- American Preparatory School and _ re- ceived. the degree. of A. B. from the French Protestant College in 1894. Frederick Henry Lynch was born at Peacedale, R. I., July 21, 1867, where he prepared for college at the High School. He graduated from Yale College in 1894, He is at present serving as assistant pas- tor of the United Church in New Haven and will continue in that capacity after graduation. iri Charles Stedman Macfarland of Mel- rose, Mass., was born in Boston, Decem- ber 12, 1867. He studied at the High Schools in Boston. seneral-secretary.of.the Y..M..C. A..-and as assistant pastor of Maverick Congre- gational Church in Boston. At Yale he received a Fogg prize, has twice been on the University debating teams against Harvard, was president of the Leonard Bacon Club and secretary of the Semitic Club. During his Senior year has regu- larly supplied Bethany Congregational Church. He will remain for graduate study in Yale University. Charles Clarkson Merrill of Newbury, Vt., was born at Marlborough, N. H., March 3, 1872.. After taking preparatory studies at Cushing Academy, Ashburn- ham, Mass., he entered Dartmouth Col- lege from which he received: the degree of tA. 2B. in 1894.~:He is aD. 4B, ae has preached at. Easton, Conn.,-and other. places during his course. He will enter the Congregational ministry. While at Yale he has served as deacon of the class, president of the Missionary Asso- ciation and is a Commencement speaker. Schuyler Rice Myers of Palo, Ill., was born at Wales, Ill., February 13, 1870. He attended Beloit Academy and _ re- ceived his A. B. from Beloit College in 1894. He has preached at Union Valley, N. Y. He is a Presbyterian, but expects to enter the Congregational ministry. He received a Fogg scholarship prize in the - Junior year. Wesley Eugene Page. was born at Brownville; Maine, August 18, 1871. He prepared for college at the Nichols Latin School of Lewiston and graduated A. B. from: Bates College . in ».1894.. . ‘He has taught in Grammar and High Schools in Maine. During his. senior year he has preached at Milton, Conn. He will continue to preach in the Congregational denomination. He was a Fogg scholar- ship man in Junior year. He will pursue graduate study in the Divinity School next year. Charles Peabody Pierce of Mass., was born. at ‘Middlefield in the Same state, October 19, 1869. He prepared at Philip Andover and graduated from Yale College in 1892. He was principal of the High School of Machias, Maine, and taught Latin and Greek from 1892 to 1894. He has preached at Middletown, N. Y., and at Yale he has served as class deacon and was a Fogg prize man. He was selected as toastmaster at the class banquet. Hezekiah Loor Pyle, of St. Paris, Ohio, was born February 10, 1871, at that place. He attended the Ada Ncormal School at Ada, Ohio, and graduated from Otter- bein University in 1894 with the degree of B. A. He has preached at West New- ark, N. Y. He is a member ot the United Brethren Church and _ will probably preach in that denomination. Harry Frank Rall of Des Moines, Icwa, is. chronicled elsewhere in this article. At Yale he has served on a University debating team against Princeton, won a Fogg Prize, the Hooker Fellowship and is a commencement speaker. He will, after completing his fellowship studies in January, preach in the Methodist de- aaah os He is a member of Phi. B. Auburn, Austin Rice of Danvers, Mass., was born at that place Sept. 25, 1871. He prepared at the Salem High School and graduated B. A. from Amherst College He has served as a. in 1894. He is a member of P. B. K., and T. D. X. He served on the Yale debating team against Princeton in 1896, has been class deacon, won a junior Fogg prize, also the second Downes’ senior prize and is a commencement speaker. He will en- ter the Congregational ministry. William Henry Rowe of South Elgin, Ill., was born at Elgin May 3, 1868. He studied at Elgin Academy and received the degree of Ph. B. from Beloit Col- lege in 1894. He will enter the Congrega- tional ministry and has accepted a call to the Congregational churches at Deer River and Denmark, N. Y. Milton Sherk Runkle of Lisbon, Iowa, was born there December 22, 1871. After graduating from the Lisbon High School he etnered Cornell College where he grad- uated A. B. in 1894. He has preached at Mt. Washington, Mass. He is a member of the United Brethren in Christ denom- ination and will preach in that church. Grant Lincoln Schaeffer of Mountville, Pa., was born September 24, 1863. He has the degree of B. A. from Lebanon Val- ley College and has had pastorates at Pottstown and Mountville, Pa. He is a member of the Church of United Breth- ren in Christ, but expects to change to the Congregational denomination. He will pursue the graduate course in the Di- vinity School next year. William Harvey Short of Beloit, Wis., was born December 4, 1868, at College Springs, Iowa. He prepared for college at Beloit Academy and graduated from Beloit College in 1894, with the degree of B. A. He is a Congregationalist and expects to preach in that church. He will probably continue graduate studies next year. | : William Bergen Stelle of Jersey City, N. J., was born there in 1866. He pre- pared at Colgate Academy and spent sev- eral years in business life in New York City. He graduated B. A. from Colgate University in 1894.. He is a member of D. K. E.. He is a Baptist and will prob- ably become a foreign missionary. Rufus Whittaker Stimson of Palmer, Mass., was born in Palmer February 20, 1868. He has studied at the Palmer High School and at Colby University. He re- ceived the degree of B. A. from Harvard in 1895 and that of M. A. in: 1896: He is also.a. D. K. E. He has preached at Southwick, Mass. He is a Congrega- tionalist and will enter the ministry of that denomination. Benjamin Mead Wright of Orange, Conn., was born at Greenwich in that State, July 17, 1861. He graduated at Greenwich Academy in 1878 and at Bangor © Theological Seminary in 1886. He has preached at Kent and Orange, Conn. He spent several years as a student in the Graduate Department at Yale. He is at present pastor of the Congregational Church at Orange, Conn., and will re- main there after graduation. AN EXCEPTIONAL CLASS.. The class is regarded as an exceptional- ly strong one. The men who won Fogg scholarship prizes in the junior year were D. Hi: Byvans...8. Knapp, jr... G. 6, Ladd: Cy So Mactariand, €. Co Merriik aR. Myers, VW Page; C.-P. Pierce. A. i. Rall and A. Rice. The class of 1897 has had a remarkable record in debate. . tives on four intercollegiate teams. Rall It has had representa- was against the Princeton team in 1895, Rice against the Princeton team in 1896, and Mack arland as alternate against the Harvard team the Yale-Harvard debate in 1897. in 1856 and principal in Three of these debates were Yale’s three first — successive victories. Nearly all the members of the class wil] receive the degree of B. D. at the - University commencement in June. Four of the members are married. The average age of the class is 29. With only one or two exceptions the men have made their own way through the Theological course and with probably only one or two more exceptions, through their college course. Twenty-six out of the thirty-four are or wil] become Congregationalists. | M. —__—___~+¢—__ °97 T. 8. Class Supper. The annual Class Supper of the Sen- ior Class of the Divinity School was held Monday evening, May. 17, at Stew- art's. There were no guests present, as it was purely a Class affair. Covers were laid for twenty-six, and C. P. Pierce acted as toastmaster. The fol- lowing is the list of toasts: . C2 “And all The Theologue in Society..W. S. Beard “The lion among ladies is a dreadful thing.’’ eo FOC ee ee Shepherd Knapp, Jr. “And since I never dare to write as funny as I can.”’ pa lifOrnia eh Pall 2) ee oe: : Wes Pt isher “Framed in the prodigality of Nature.’’ The Stranger within our gates..... Sl eee ee nee ere ss oat VW ain Se Stelle “O, well for him that finds a friend or makes a friend where’er he comes.’’ The Consolations of Philosophy.... ao Rail “Adversity’s Sweet Milk, Philosophy.’’ Net: Proceeds ei Austin Rice “T live not in myself, but I become a portion of that around me.”’ The: HUtuet oo oes HH bynech the fair effects of future hopes.’’ AN ELEVENTH HOUR CHANGE MAKES A STILL BETTER EUROPEAN BICYCLE TRIP. Gymnasium, Mass. Instirure or TecHno.oey, TO YALE MEN : I have changed my plans a bit. saw where I could improve my European Bicycle Trip. to join us if you act quickly. May 20th, 1897. While perfecting arrangements I There is still a chance The trip will take less time than before—only 72 days now. We leave New York June 28. rest. The rate of travel will not exceed 30 miles a day, and Sunday will be a day of GERMANY and TYROL are now our special field. We have time enough to thoroughly enjoy the country we go through, and to study the characteristics of the people. ‘There are many beautiful valleys in Germany other than the Rhine, which are almost unknown to American tourists, through which I intend to conduct my party. The picturesque HARZ MOUNTAINS, the THURINGIAN FOREST, the BAVARIAN HIGHLANDS, the TYROLEAN ALPS, and the BLACK FOREST will also be visited. But I can’t tell you much about it in this short letter. I wished you to know of the changes, which give still a chance to join us, and to ask you to write at once if you intend to do so. OUR PARTY IS, OF COURSE, LIMITED, AND THE TIME IS VERY SHORT. The price, $425, covers all necessary expenses, Mass. Institute of Technology, Boston. P. S.—If you wish to know more about myself, 1am permitted to refer you to any of the following gentlemen : Institute of Technology, Boston, M Dr. H. W. Tyler, Secretary of Massachusetts ass.; Dr. Dudley A. Sargent, Director of Hemenway Gymnasium, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. ;. Dr. Clarence J. Blake, President of Boston Phvsi Boston, Mass. ; ae Education Society, 226 Marlborough Street, ( Dr. E. M. Hartwell, Superintend ini Public Schools, 5 Brimmer ee Baie og te ent of Physical Training, Boston sium, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. Director of Gymnasium, Yale University, Jay W. Seaver, Director of Gymna- ; Dr. W. G. Anderson, Associate New Haven, Conn.
