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About Yale Alumni Magazine | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1897)
ALUMNI NOTES. rduates are invited to contribute to this column.) _— ‘o4—Benjamin D. Silliman, the old- t living alumnus of Yale, is in good health and recently celebrated his ninety-second birthday. uf ‘4o—James M. Hoppin, Professor of the History of Art in the University, will give a course of six lectures next . term in the Art School, upon “Early Italian Painting.” ’56—Chauncey M. Depew has con- sented to give an address under the auspices of the MHarvard Debating Union, at Cambridge during the Spring. ’s6—David J. Brewer is the author of a book just published, entitled “The Pew to the Pulpit.” This volume con- tains the address delivered to the stu- dents of the Theological Seminary last year. ’61—Franklin B. Dexter read a paper before the Connecticut Historical So- ciety, December 7th, on the subject, “A Sketch of the Development of. the President’s Office in Yale College. *66—Rev Edward S. Starr is pastor of the First Congregational Church at Cornwall, Conn. ’*68—Frank Cramer has written a scientific study in, “The Method of Darwin.” This book does not teach Darwinism, but commends to all thinkers Darwin’s method in the pur- suit of knowledge. : ’69 S.—Charles A. Weed has been appointed to the Board of Education of Binghamton, N. Y. by the Mayor. *72-Charles D. Warner is the author of a book from the press of Harper and Brothers, entitled ‘“The Relation of Literature to Life.” This is the last volume in the Contemporary Essay- ists series. ’“6—Professor Arthur T. Hadley will be one of the speakers at the tenth annual convention of the American Economic Association, which will be held in Cleveland, December 20th and 30th. ’79—Rev. E. M. Noyes recently won the championship of the Newton Cen- ter Golf Club and thereby holds the President’s cup for one year. 21 Grant Fitch and T. H. Myers returned on the St. Paul, Dec. 4th, after rather extended trips on the Continent, meeting at Southampton. 2, 7, C. Hay is established in con- trol of large interests in London, as an importer of American hard woods. 9, W. E. Peck returned from Eu- rope on the St. Paul, December 4th. 2; William D. Howells is the au- thor of a new book in the Contem- porary Essayists series, entitled “Im- pressions and Experiences.” This book is published by Harper and Brothers, New York City. ’84-David Kinley has written a book about the “Independent Treasury Sys- tem of the United States.” ’87__Frank C. Howe is the author of the book entitled “Taxation and Taxes sn the United States under the Internal Revenue System.” : ’87_William L. Phelps, Assistant Professor of English Literature in the University, has just completed a series of six lectures in the University Ex- tension Lecture Course. 8 T. S—Rev. George F. Prentiss has accepted a call to the Davenport Congregational Church of New Haven. He was formerly rector of the First Congregational Church of Winsted, Conn. ’or—Samuel W. B. Moorhead is on . the staff of the Pittsburg Dispatch. ’91—A son was born to Rev. and Mrs. R. H. Gage on Dec. 8th, 1897. . ’93 T. S—The Rev. Frank C. Putnam is pastor of the Congregational Church of Walpole, Mass. ’°93—Noah H. Swayne, 2d, was elected Recording Secretary of the Ohio Socie- ty of New York, at the annual meeting held in New York City on Monday, November 20. ’94—Dr. Philin F. Rogers has begun a yeat’s interne service in the Mercy’ Hospital, Calumet avenue and 26th street, Chicago. °94—Ralph R. Lounsbury and Miss Katherine W. North of Springfield, Mass. were married at the bride’s home Saturday, December 4th. Mr. and Mrs. Lounsbury will live in Chicago. ’o94—Edward J. Redington is an in- — in Latin at Syracuse Univer- sity. VATIIM ALUMI” 6 (WVEEKLY ’94 S.—Charles R. Knapp is Secretary and legar adviser to the general man- ager of The Telluride Power Transmis- sion Company, of Telluride, Colorado. | He travels extensively through the West and was recently, heard from as being at Provo, Utah. ’94—C. O. Jenkins, who has been | teaching for several years at the Univer- sity School, Cleveland, has accepted a position on the faculty of St. Paul’s School, Concord, N. H. ’9s—Roger S. Baldwin has entered upon the practice of law at 35 Wall | street, New York City. ’95—Franklin L. Lee is attending lectures at the New York Law School. ’95 S.—Harry G. Wells has been elected valedictorian of the Senior class o Rush Medical College of Chicago, ’95—William A. Moore is studying at the New York Law School. ’9s—Michael Gavin is acting as man- aging clerk for the law firm of Under- wood, Van Vorst, Rosen & Hoyt, 27 William street, New York City. ’95—Francis B. Harrison is deliver- ing lectures before the night class of the New York Law School. ’95 S.—The engagement has been an- nounced of John Eastman Belding to Miss Edith Barney Tilghman, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick B. Tilghman of New York City. ’96—Huntington Taylor is with the dry goods house of Deering, Milliken & Co., New York City, and lives at 115 West Forty-Ninth street. ’96 Herbert S. Brown has won the third prize out of over 3,000 contest- ants in the Century Dictionary prize competition. : ’96 and ’o08 L. $.—Willard N. Drown has been elected editor of the “Shingle,” the annual publication of the Yale Law School. ’96—The address of John S. Aber- cromble is 36 Avenue de l’Opera, Paris. ’o7 S.-H. B. Tuttle is with the Brush Electric Light Company, Cleveland, O. 797 S.—W. Scott Cameron is travel- ling in Europe. ’97 S.—Richard I. Neithercut is now with the Bridgeport Brass Co. of Bridgeport, Conn. ’97—E. S. Brackett has changed his a from Hartford to. Rockville, t. ’97—Poultney Bigelow has written a book in two volumes on the “Historv of the German Struggle for Liberty.” This work is copiously illustrated with drawings, portraits and mans, and is published by Harper and Brothers of. New York. <9 OF we George Et Flinn has arrived in Sicily on business. He will remain there for about four months. : ’97 S. —Harry D. McCandless is with the Chambers Glass Company of Pittsburg, Penn. —_—__++4—____—— Obituary. GEORGE R. BLODGETT, 84. George R. Blodgett, ’84, was shot and fatally injured by a burglar, at his home in Schenectady, N. Y., on Friday morn- ing, Dec. 3d. He died on Saturday afternoon. Mr. Blodgett prepared for College at Andover and took a high stand dur- ing his College course. He became Fxaminer in the United States Patent Office soon after graduation, and study- ing law, was admitted to the bar and in - 1888 began practice in New York. He soon removed to Boston and became a member of the patent law firm of Bentley and Blodgett, who were counsel for the Thomson-Houston Electric Company, and, sttbsequently, for the General Elec- tric Company. When the General Electric Company. in 1883. removed its headquarters to Schenectady, Mr. Blod- gett moved thither and took charge of the patent department of the company. Apart from his immediate important duties, he had, at the time of his death, attained a position of much influence in the company and had become one of its most trusted and respected ad- visers. He had been unusually stc- cessfully in his private practice. and be- sides having a profound knowledge of patent law and electrical science, he was a man of sound judgement and much executive ability... He was a man of most attractive personality, and besides winning substantial success in his pro- fession, had gained a host of friends, The Family’s Point of View. Sew - ad Br. F you are thirty-five years old and are in good health, and are earning $100 a month, your life, on which this earning depends, is worth $22,700 in cash to-day to your family. It you die they lose the $100 a month, the equivalent of which is the $22,700. The cash value of your life to them is therefore $22,700. They lose that if you die. | You have made your family dependent on you: dependent on that $100 a month, You have put them at the risk of losing X by losing you. If you had a piece of property which was bringing you in $100 a month and it stood a chance of being destroyed and so cutting off your income, you would not rest until you had taken enough of that $100 a month and ‘nsured yourself against the loss of it. You would consider that you had not done your duty by yourself until you had so protected yourself effectually. Your life is just such a piece of property to your family: you have made itso. They need just that same effectual protection against its loss which may come any day. And they cannot protect themselves. They rely on you for that as much as they do for the $100 a month itself. They need protection against that loss even more than you need protection against the loss of your property. But they cannot have it unless you give it to them. You have exposed: them to the loss: you have made them dependent on you: you alone can protect them in their dependence. | THE CONNECTICUT MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY Makes its plans from the family’s point of view: to give them the most absolute protection, at the least cost to you and with perfect equity to both. It will be glad to serve you and your family in this great matter. JACOB L. GREENE, President, JOHN M. TAYLOR, Vice-President. who have been deeply moved by his untimely and shocking death. So many erroneous reports of the shooting have appeared in the daily newspapers that the facts as printed be- low have been sent to the WEEKLY by Mr. Blodgett’s former law partner, for publication: ; “About 2.45 Friday morning, Decem- ber 3d, Mrs. Blodgett was awakened by the flash of a dark lantern and a man’s voice at their bedside. She in- stantly awakened her husband, just as the robber ordered them to throw up their hands. In response, Mr. Blod- gett sprang up, saying to his wife, “I am no coward,” but he was hardly on his feet before the man fired, from a dis- tance of less than six feet, and ran. Mr. Blodgett, unconscious of his wound, pursued the burglar down stairs and out of the front door, where the latter disappeared in the darkness, he, or his confederate, carrying off considerable plunder, but nothing of great value. Mr. Blodgett returned up stairs and reached his room before discovering that he was injured. He then succumbed to his wound and, as the cries of Mrs. Blod- gett and the servants were ineffectual in arousing the neighbors, she hunted up her husband’s revolver and fired it several times out of the window, slightly injuring her hand in so doing. This aroused the neighbors and in a short time local physicians were at hand. They immediately summoned Dr. Van- deveer from Albany by telephone, who came at once on a special locomotive. Before five o’clock, efforts had been made, without success, to locate the bullet by probing and by the X-rays. Mr. Blodgett remained conscious. dur- ing the forenoon and it was hoped that no vital injury had been done, but a rapid rise of temperature in the after- noon led the physicians to decide at once upon an operation, which revealed the fact that the ball had entered the lower abdomen, and striking the pelvis, had been deflected and then pierced the intestines at three points. The X-rays had failed to disclose the ball, by reason of its being hidden by the pelvic bone. Mr. Blodgett survived the operation and rested comfortably until Saturday forenoon, when he rapidly failed and died about two o’clock in the afternoon. The murderer has not yet been appre- hended, but the General Electric Com- pany immdiately offered a reward of five thousand dollars, and the County offered an additional two thousand dol- lars. There is some expectation that the man will be caught. Mr. Blodgett leaves 4 widow and one son, two an one-half years old.” : EDWARD M. BUNCE, Secretary. DANIEL H. WELLS, Actuary. THEODORE B. STARR JEWELER AND SILVERSMITH, 206 FIFTH AVE., MADISON SQUARE, NEW YORK, asks attention to the very useful College Pitchers and Mugs which he offers—for Yale, Harvard, Prince- ton (the new seal), University of Pennsylvania, Amherst, Williams, Columbia. 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