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Drie Sid's Bales ee’ ‘Cent i A Des ee eee ine “ Pik Vinee er wraet < > Seer ey YALH ALUMNI WEEKLY Obituary. BIRDSEY GRANT NORTHROP, ’4I. The Rev. Birdsey Grant Northrop, "41, died of heart trouble, at his home in Kent, Conn., Wednesday evening, April 27. He was the son of Thomas Grant and Aurelia (Curtis) Northrop, and was born in Kent, Conn., July 18, 1817. Mr. Northrop was prepared for college at Ellington School under Hon. John Hall, Yale, 1802, and Alphonso Taft, ’33, and entered Yale in the Fall REV. B. G. NORTHROP, ’4I. of 1835, but left after a year on account of illness. He entered the Class of Forty-One in Sophomore year and after graduation took a post graduate course and entered the Theological School in the Fall of 1842. From 1857 to 1866 (except ten months) Mr. Northrop was an agent of the Massachusetts Board of Education. In 1867 he became Sec- retary of the Connecticut Board of A ee a post which he held until 1883. His efforts in behalf of a_ better knowledge of forestry in this country led to the institution of “Arbor Day,” and his work in founding village im- provement societies entitles him to the name of the originator of the move- ment. Dr. Northrop was a member of the Board of Visitors at West Point, 1863-4; President of the American Institute of: Instruction, 1864-6; of the National Association of School Superintendents, 1866; of the National Educational Asso- ciation, 1873. In 1872 he received the degree of LL.D., and he presided at the unveiling of the statue of Rector Pierson, June 24, 1874. ; A large part. of the early impetus toward education in Japan was due to Dr. Northrop, who was also a prolific writer on agricultural subjects. On February 18, 1846 he married Miss Harriette E. Chichester. Five children were born to them, of whom two, Henry Evans Northrop, ’76, and Harriette; wife of Dwight Holbrook, survive. sett SAMUEL ROBINSON DIMOCK, 747. Samuel Robinson Dimock died at his home in Denver, Col., on Tuesday, April 19th, 1898. He had been an inva- lid for many years, suffering much from asthma. | | Mr. Dimock was born at North Mansfield, Conn., and entered College from South Coventry, this State, in 1843, graduating four years later. After graduation he studied Theology and was licensed to preach in 1854. Before failing health forced him to give up ac- tive work he served in these Congrega- tional churches:. Wilton, Conn., Pitts- field, Mass.; Syracuse, N. Y.; Quincy,° Iil.; Lincoln, Neb., and the Presby- terian Church in Central City, Col. He was twice married and is survived by two children, a son and a daughter. The son, Frank, is First Lieutenant in the United States Marine Revenue Ser- vice and is at present an instructor on the school ship Chase, at New Bedford, Mass. Ge eensars DR. A. B. WORTHINGTON, 47 M. S: Dr. Albert Brownell Worthington died at his home in Middle Haddam, Tuesday morning, April 26. His health had been gradually failing for the last six years, necessitating his retirement from active work in his profession as a physician. He had almost completed the seventy-ninth year of his life, being born in May, 1819, at Colchester, and was the last survivor of a family of ten, . His preparatory education was re- ceived at Bacon Academy and medical instruction from Dr. John Fuller. He then attended lectures at the College of [Continued on 7th page.] THE “NEW HAVEN?” 1898 Model No. 18, $50.00. Has no superior for Speed and Easy Running. Built of the very best Material and Workmanship. He & & 5 ad One-piece Crank, 272 inch Drop, 174 inch Tubing, Flush Joints, NEW HAVEN BICYCLE WORKS, 82 Audubon St. Illustrated Catalogue of our complete line sent to any address on application. WHETHER YOU ENLIST Chee a or stay at home and “mind the baby,’ you should own an up-to-date reliable Revolver. The 7 “H. & R.” Revolvers Meet these requirements, and have stood the test of years. 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