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te VAaAtn ALUMM WHEKLUY 7 OBITUARY. [Continued from 5th page.]| Dr. Hills was married in 1848 to Miss Caroline M. Sutton of New York City, who survives him with three sons and two daughters. ELISHA WHITTLESEY, ’50T.S. The Rev. Elisha Whittlesey died in Farmington, Conn., Saturday morning, February 19. Death was due to the infirmities of age. Mr. Whittelsey was born in Salisbury, Conn., 76 years ago. He was ordained in the Congre- gational church and had been pastor of the Congregational church in North Canaan, Conn., the Second Congrega- tional church, Waterbury, Conn., and of the Le Roy, N. Y., Presbyterian church. About 1872 he entered the ministry of the Episcopal church. He married Miss A. C. Cowles, daughter of the late Rev. Pitkin Cowles, Yale 1800, who survives him. Three chil- dren also survive him. LEWIS W. SCHAFFER, 776. Lewis William Schaffer died at his home in Cincinnati, Ohio, February 7, 1898. He was born at Cincinnati, No- vember 9, 1854. He was prepared for v-. e at the Chickering Academy, Cincinnati, and was graduated from Yale in the Class of 1876. After gradu- ation Mr. Schaffer went into the pork- packing and commission business in Cincinnati. In November 1886 he re- moved to Oxmoor, Alabama, and en- gaged in mining iron ore. In Febru- ary 1891 he moved to Woodward, Ala., an .,held, for a time, the position of Secretary of the Woodward Iron Com- pany. At the time of his death he was general manager of the Blue Ridge Company, marble dealers, of Cincin- nati. He married Miss Sallie R. Smith of Cincinnati, a sister of Rufus Biggs Sinith, 76: _ wY = ON. Eastern New York Alumni. The annual banquet of the Yale A\umni Association of Eastern New York will be held at the Fort Orange Club, A-bany, N. Y., on the 15th of March. The committee in charge of the affair consists of Lieut. Governor Timothy L. Woodruff, ’79; James W. Eaton, °790; Lewis qh.) Parsee oz; Charles T. Durant, ’87, and Col. George Curtis Treadwell, ’°93 S. A number of prominent Yale alumni will be invited to speak, and it is hoped that Judge Henry E. Howland, 754, of New York City, and Prof, Arthur ¢.-iadiey, “76, of the Faculty, will be among the chief speakers. A quartet from the Uni- versitv Glee Club has been invited to be present and a uniaue program has been arranged. hy Lo» > TRE Third Maryland Banquet. The third annual banquet of the Yale Alumni Association of Maryland took place at the St. James Hotel, Bal- timore, on Thursday, February 17. At the business meeting preceding the banquet the following officers were elected: President, Hon. George M. Sharp, ’75 lich). iee-— pcatarine. 177, Wm. S. Halsted, 74, and J. Wirt Ran- dall, ex-’66S.; Secretary, Bernard C. Steiner, 88; Treasurer, John McHenry, "8s: Executive Committee, W. Cary McHenry, ’80, and Richard P. Strong, 93S. Dr. Welch acted as toastmaster; Rev. George L. Curtis, ’78, asked grace. The singing was led by a quartet com- posed of George S. Drake, Jr., 07, - Edward S. Hume, ’97, Harry W. Carey, ’97, and Theodore Lamson, ’97S., and was very spirited. The greatest feeling of good fellowship prevailed. Yale flags were hung around the banquet room, Yale ribbons decked the tables, which were further decorated with white carnations and smilax. Letters of regret were read from Pres. Dwight, with whose photograph the menu cards were adorned, and Gover- nor Lloyd Lowndes. Toasts were re- sponded to as follows: “Yale,” Prof. Gustav Gruener, 84; “Harvard,” Hon. Thomas J. Morris; “Princeton,” Gen. Lawson Riggs; “University of Vir- ginia,’ Major Richard M. Venable: “Johns Hopkins,’ Prof. Joseph S. Ames; “Yale Ideals,’ Pres: Daniel C. Gilman, 52; “Athletics,” John Mc- Edward G. Coy, ’60, presided. Henry, ’85. Informal toasts were re- sponded to by Hon. Geo. M. Russum and Prof. Maurice Bloomfield, who gave reminiscenses of their student days at. Yale, eat The members of the association pres- ent were: Daniel C. Gilman, ’52;. Wil- liam H. Welch, ’70; Walter B. Platt, "7a Se George “Me: Sharp, 775: L.S.: George L. Curtis, 778; W. C. McHenry, 'SOn;- James “W..” Cain, ’84;:* Witham Todd, *84; John McHenry, ’85; Ber- nard C. Steiner, ’88; Norman James, 790; Harvey W. Cushing, ’91; Walter R. steiner, ."025.. ‘Kiehard -Ps Strong, °93-3.; Albert H. Buck, ’94:' Pe Cas- sidy, ‘04; “Lawrenée : Yates; "94'S: Louis W. Ladd, ’95; Lloyd Lowndes, 95; Edward L. Brownell, ’95S.; J. S. Davis, 95 S.; Richard H. Follis, ’95 S.; Richard F. Rand, ’95S.; Frederick H. Verhoff, ’95S.; William C. Kellogg, O07: G. +R Holdeny.07; «Harry... W. Carey; /’07;..George S: Drake, Jr.;.’97:; John. C, Salter,.’o7;. Burt. B..Kauftman, 97; William D. Baldwin, ’97; Theo- dore Lamsen, ’97 S.; Bernard N. Baker, Maurice Bloomfield, Louis E. A. de- Se George M. Russum, Munroe nell. <td, a Hudson County Banquet. The first annual banquet of the Hud- son County University Club was held at the Hotel Washington, Jersey City, N. J., on February 15th. The Com- mittee in charge was O. R. Blanchard, M.D., (Lafayette, ’80); Manning F. Stires, Jr., (Yale, ’97), and W. Patter- son Atkinson, (Princeton, ’89). Nearly hundred graduates of ten different Col- leges sat down to the banquet. The menu card, written by H. C. Wait, (Yale, 76), was in Latin as were also two songs on the back of the toast list. The toast list follows: The University Idea, Prof. William Milligan Sloane, PRD; L.ED: Columbia. A Welcome from the University Club of New York. Hon. Job Elmer Hedges, A.M., L.L. B., Princeton. New Fields of Labor for University en. Prof. Charles Sprague Smith, Ph.D., ~ Ambherst. ! i The University Club and Jersey City. The Rev. Edward L. Stoddard, Ph.D., Norwich. Connecticut Teachers. The seventh annual meeting of the Connecticut Association of Classical and High School Teachers was held at Hartford, Conn., Saturday, February 26. There was a very large attendance and the business of the morning was devoted to the discussion of “The Place and Function of the High School in the Educational System of the Beers, e chief address was made by the Hon. Nathaniel Shipman, LL.D., Yale ’48. Prof. William North Rice, Yale "67 PRD. Prof. Thomas’ D. Seymour, Yate “70H, and S- fF Datton, 73 also took part in the discussion. The following officers were elected: President, Edward G. Coy, 69; Vice- President, Isaac M. Agard; Recording Secretary, Malvina A. Howe; Corre- sponding Secretary, John E. Clarke; Treasurer, Clara A. Pease; Executive Committee, G. W. Flint, H. K. Keig- win, F. S. Morrison, Yale 80; Member of Committee of Conference, Robert P. Keep, Yale ’65. | a ee Final Trials, Princeton Debate. The final trials to choose the debaters - who will represent Yale in the annual contest with Princeton, were held last Saturday, February 20. Of the fifteen men who qualified for the final trials, five were chosen, as fol- lows, to make up the team: B. C. Smiths “Oo, 01 Bast Orange, N: J.; Jj. KS Glark> 00. of Brooklyn; N: Y.; -F. FE. Richardson, ’98, of Lancaster, N. fH. ~s He = Stadiriski,: 1000 L.S.,:.-4f Pueblo, Col., and N. A. Smyth, P.G., of New Haven. From these men, three speakers and two alternates are to be chosen later. The subject of the debate was, “Resolved, That national party lines should be disregarded in the choice of the councils and administrative officers of American cities,’ which is the one that will be discussed, on March 23, with Princeton. The judges were Pro- fessor A. T. Hadley, Professor Wurts and Professor G. B. Adams. B. C. Smith, ’o9, of East Orange, N. J., was awarded the Thatcher Prize of seventy-five dollars, which is given for the best speaking by a member of the Academic Department in this debate. George H. 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