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SATE 3s ALUMNI: WHEEL ALUMNI NOTES. [ Graduates are invited to contribute to this column. ‘25—Hon. Stillman K. Wightman still continues to practice law, with offices at 229 Broadway, New York City. He has been continually engaged in his protession since @ctober, 1827. *31—Rev. Joseph S. Lord celebrated his ninetieth birthday on April 26. He is enjoying fair health and is living with his daughter at Laingsburg, Mich. °32—Alfred Stillé, M.D., of 3900 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, has retired from active practice and is now Pro- lessor-Emeritus of the Theory and Practice of Medicine in the University of Pennsylvania. °35—Josiah Abbott, M.D., of Win- chendon, Mass., is still suffering from the effects of a serious illness which occurred last year and is not yet able to attend to any business. Dr. Abbott oe passed his eighty-seventh birth- ay. °36—A recent announcement in this column concerning two members of this class was of an impossible nature and found place in this column through a most regrettable incompleteness in the office records concerning the class. ’°38—Hon. Henry P. Hedges has just completed a “History of East Hamp- ton,” Long Island, published by John H. Hunt, Sag Harbor, N. Y. ‘40—Nathaniel H. Egleston is en- gaged in editorial work in the Library of the Department of Agriculture at Washington, D. C. He has recently published a work on “Arbor Day, its History and Observance.” "44—H. D. Smith was a delegate from Connecticut to the twenty-fifth annual conference of the Charities and Cor- rection Association recently held in New York. *50—Rev. Samuel Johnson presided at the annual meeting of the American Congregationalist Association which was recently held in Boston. °52 S.—Professor William H. Brewer acted as toastmaster at a dinner in honor of E. B. Baldwin, the Arctic Explorer, given by the Arctic Club of New York City. *ss—Martin B. Ewing, who served in the Civil War as Lieutenant Colonel 2d Ohio Heavy Artillery, is now Clerk re Police Department of Cincinnati, hio. *55—Gen. Alired P. Rockwell and family have sailed for Europe to spend the summer in Switzerland. Their ad- dress for the summer is in care of Brown, Shipley & Co., London, England. ’57—The following addresses of Fifty- seven have recently been furnished: Gen. William Emile Doster, attorney- at-law, Bethlehem, Pa. Edward L. Duer, M.D., 1606 Locust st., Philadelphia, Pa. ’65—George H. Ely, President of the Northern Ohio Alumni Association, responded to the toast “Yale” at the Princeton Alumni banquet which was held in Cleveland, O., on May 5. *70 Hon.—Hon. J. G. Batterson of Hartford has an -article in a recent issue of the Independent on “The Pass- ing of the Monroe doctrine. ’"81—F. D. Helmer and J. R. McKee have formed a partnership of advisory brokers on Wall st., address being Room 55, 120 Broadway, New York City. ’°84—Geo. W. Patterson, Jr. of the University of Michigan, has been given a leave of absence for the coming year, which he and his family will spend in European educational centers. ’86—Everett A. Bates has been ap- pointed Associate Medical Examiner at Springfield, Mass. °87—On May 22d a son was born to Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Gaffney. ’°90—The marriage of Miss Katherine Hunt Earle to A. G. Dickinson took place on May 25th at New York City. ’°90 T.S.—Rev. S. B. L. Penrose, President of Whitman College, is to deliver the Commencement address at the High School graduation in Spo- kane, Wash. next month. 90 S.—The marriage of Horace B. Cheney to Miss Mary C. O. Pierson will take place in Hartford on June 8. *92—Invitations have been issued for the wedding of Miss Mary Isabelle Russell, daughter of Mrs. James Russell of New York City, to Isaac Hallam Jenney, to take place in New York City, June 8th, 1808. ’92S.—N. Dwight Harris, who has been studying in Germany, has finished making a tour through Austria, Italy and Switzerland. He has now gone to Leipzig to further pursue the study of “History.” ’93—At the last annual meeting of the University Glee Club of New York City, Noah H. Swayne, 2d, was elected President for the ensuing year. ’93-—-Henry R. Dwight has been re- cently elected Treasurer of the Wool Exchange of New York City. ‘o3—I. B. Laughlin is just returning from an extended European trip. ’93—A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Francis Parsons on May 13, 1808. "93—W. W. W. Parker has opened an office for the practice of the law at 435 Fourth ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. °93—Announcement has been made of the engagement of Miss Grace Clarke, daughter of Mr. Thomas B. Clarke of New York City, to Harry H. Bottome. °93—The address of Noah H. Swayne, 2d, Class Secretary, has been changed to 71 Broadway, New York City. ’94—The wedding of Miss Conway of Philadelphia to William W. McCandless was solemnized in that city on June Ist. 794A. W. Lindeke will graduate from the Minnesota State University this Spring. 794 S.—J. -H. Pratt has received an appointment at the City Hospital, Boston, Mass. ’95 S—The marriage of Miss Clara Martin to Charles Augustine Morrogh, will take place in New York on June 6. ‘95—Mr. and Mrs. Richard Fenner Hawkins have issued invitations to the marriage of their daughter, Florence, to Thomas Dyer, Tuesday afternoon, June 16, at. 5 o'clock, at: Christ’ Church, Springfield, Mass. ’95—Clarence W. and Hugh T. Hal- bert are taking their bar examinations ae Se ater ’95 S.—Richard Armstrong has been coaching the U. S. Naval Academy crew at Annapolis. ’95-—The engagement has just been announced of Miss Harriet Barnard Thompson of Milford, Connecticut, to Henry Ivison Parsons of New York. °96 The engagement of Miss Fanny Olmstead, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Olmstead of Stamford, to Frederick W. Gaines has been recently announced. 790. Lio. G., EF. Santord: .of .. the Yale platoon at Niantic was recently kicked in the head by a horse he was rubbing down, receiving two ugly scalp wounds. ’°96 S.—J. S. Phipps of the Harvard Law School has been elected a member of. Phi Delta Phi. ’°96—-G. K. McLanahan and_ £=S. Thorne, Jr. of the Harvard Law School have been elected to membership in the legal fraternity of Phi Delta Phi. ’97—G. B. Taylor is studying law in his father’s office at Erie, Pa. ’°97—H. W. Paddock is studying law at the University of Michigan Law School. ’°97—Wm. J. Calyer has accepted a call to a Methodist Church in Florida, Orange Co., New York. After a year’s pastorate he will continue his theologi- cal studies at Drew Seminary. ’°97—George W. Doughty has ac- cepted a position as Secretary and Treasurer of the Greenville Tobacco Manufacturing Company of Greenville, Tenn. ’97 S.—George Langford is with the Illinois Steel Co., Joliet, IIl. ’97—H. Ledyard of the Harvard Law School has been elected a member of Phi Delta Phi. : ’97—B. F. Eby is at present engaged in the grain business at Lancaster, Pa. *97—R. S. Hincks has been. ill for several weeks at his home in Bridge- port. : ’°97—Charles Upson Clark sailed May 28th to spend the summer in Germany and France and the winter at the American School in Rome. His ad- dress is care American Express Co., 6 Rue Halévy, Paris, France. The note saying that he was to study at Athens was an error. ’97 T.S.—The “class boy” belongs to Rev. and Mrs. George E. Ladd of Waterbury, Vermont. °90—-H. FE. McDermott has -been appointed assistant instructor in phy- siological chemistry in Columbia Uni- versity. Army and Navy Personals, ’54—On May 27 President McKinley named Col. W. W. Gordon of Savannah as Brigadier General of Volunteers. CoOL Gorden © tor a West Pome graduate, and in that respect he is unique among those appointed up to the present time by the President to positions of this class. Col. Gordon is the third ex-confederate to receive such an appointment. The Morning News of Savannah thus sketches his life: “Col. William Washington Gordon was born in Savannah, and became a cotton merchant here after his gradua- tion from Yale College. He was in active service in the Confederate army from May 1, 1861, to April 26, 1865, in the line as lieutenant in the Georgia Hussars, Stuart’s cavalry, in Virginia; on the staff as captain and inspector of Mercer’s infantry brigade on the coast of Georgia, and served from Dalton to Lovejoy in the Atlanta campaign. He was captain and adjutant of Anderson’s brigade of Wheeler’s cavalry in the campaign through the Carolinas. October, 1865, he resumed business as a cotton merchant in Savannah. Gen. Gordon served three terms—from 1884 to 1890—in the Georgia Legislature. He is senior officer of the organized militia in Georgia, having served con-. tinuously since the restoration of the civil government in Georgia. He was captain of the Georgia Hussars and afterwards colonel of the First Georgia Cavalry. He has been in command of five state encampments. -As captain and colonel he has been in command of troops to suppress or prevent riots twice on call of Mayors of Savannah, twice on call of Governors of Georgia. Gen. Gordon had yellow fever in Savan- nah in November during the yellow fever epidemic of 1876... He. is. an immune.” In naming Col. Gordon for a com- mission, the President put aside the recommendation of the Georgia dele- gation in Congress and also declined to consider the name of Governor Atkin- son of Georgia, who sought the posi- tion. ’°83—Harold Vernon of Troop C of Brooklyn has recently been on. de- tached duty assisting in the drill of a hundred new recruits. ’*83—John J. Phelps has been com- missioned an ensign in the U. S. Navy, and has been assigned to the Celtic. ’°83—Louis K. Hull of Minneapolis, Minn. has been appointed Colonel of the 3d Minnesota Volunteers by Gover- nor Clough, and is now at Camp Hamline preparing to go with his regi- ment to Cuba. ’°86-—Gibbons G. Cornwell is Captain of Company I, Sixth Pennsylvania Volunteers, Falls Church, Va. 1900—D. D. Tenny has received a commission as Second Lieutenant in the Minnesota National Guard, and has left college to join his regiment. THE BEST MONTH IN NEW HAVEN. [tis June. There is no question about that. From now to the end of the year there is not a better place for rest and for fun. NEW HAVEN ~HOUSE— MOSELEY’S NEW HAVEN HOUSE—is ready to take care of you in its thoroughly com- fortable homelike way. For nearly half a century it has been the headquarters of Yale’s visit- ors. It has more reason than ever for continuing to be Yale headquarters. The CALL AT... ¢ e JOHN N. CHAMPION & CO. & Florists # When you want fresh cut Flowers. 1026 Chapel Street. — Opposite Vanderbilt Hall. SPECIAL NOTICES, [Class and Association Secretaries are invited to use this column.] To Ninety-Five Sheff, The Secretary of Ninety-Five Sheff. Mr. Norman Leeds of Stamford, Ct., wants information of the following men who have not responded to the circular letter of the Secretary inquiring for news since graduation: Barton, E. L. Brownell, Burchard, Coburn, Crane, Cushing, Cutting, Duckworth, Eicholtz, Fennelly, Foote, Greenway, Griggs, Goanther, "Wo er rale © tare tsraeli. Kernan, “Layas, McOuad he Marsh, Miller, Niggeman, Palmer, Peck, Pike, Quimby, Raymond, Rich- ards, Rustin, Southard, Stevens, Van- der’ Veer; G: Wie wan; elyke; W: EE Van Sylke. In order to make the triennial a suc- cess it is necessary that these men respond. To Ninety-Six Sheff, Otto Miller, Secretary of Ninety-Six Sheff. announces to the members of his Class that as he is unable to fulfil the duties of that position on account of his service with Troop A, O. N. G., he has appointed to temporary Class Secre- taryship, Ralph D. Reed, South Wey- mouth, Mass. —____++e—___ : In 1897 Yale obtained by purchase 7,840 volumes; by gift, 1,385 volumes and 6,300 pamphlets. 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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