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ALUMNI NOTES.
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‘60—Professor O. C. Marsh, who has
just returned from Europe, went abroad
on appointment by the United States
Government as a delegate from this
country to the International Congress
of Zoologists at Cambridge, England,
the last of August. Professor Marsh
also attended the meeting of the British
Association for the Advancement of .
Science, held at Bristol. At both of
these conventions he _ read scientific
papers.
*61—Prof. Lorenzo Sears of Brown
University has an article on “Homeric
Oratory” in the July number of the
Bibliotheca Sacra.
°68 S.—Prof. Henry S. Williams is
absent in Germany as the North Ameri-
can representative on the committee ap-
pointed by the International Geological
Congress to revise stratigraphical terms.
France, England, Italy, Switzerland,
Austria, Russia and Germany are each
officially represented. The committee
met. Sept. 26, and will be in session
about ten days. 4
’71—Rev. Charles E. Steele has been
nominated for Governor by the Prohi-
bition party of Connecticut.
*>7 T.S.—Edward P. Herrick filled the
puipit at the Dwight Place Congrega-
tional Church last Sunday. Dr. Her-
rick is in charge of a Cuban mission at
Tampa, Fla., and has been there for
seven years.
78 L.S.—An Associated Press dis-
partch dated Sept. 8, from Washington,
D. C., says: “Toru Hoshi, the Japanese
minister, has been elected to the Japan-
ese Parliament and will retire from the
post at Washington. The present indi-
cations are that his successor will be
Kuzuo Hatoyama, a leading member of
Count Okuma’s party, a prominent law-
yer of Tokio and a man well versed in
American affairs, being a graduate of
Yale. The appointment of his succes-
sor here is attracting much interest in
Japan owing to the interest Japan takes
in the determination of the Philippine
question. Mr. Hatoyama is well qualt-
fied for the post here, owing to his
familiarity with the language and his
long residence in the United States.
’80—The engagement is announced of
John S. Harding of Wilkes-Barre, Pa.,
and Miss Mary Bell Brown of Chatta-
nooga, Tenn. Miss Brown is a step-
daughter of Xenophon Wheeler, ’60.
’So0—_Walter Camp who has been seri-
ously ill with gastritis at Kennebunk-
port, Me. for two weeks has returned
home and resumed his work, having
entirely recovered.
’°83—-At the hour when the Class of
Eighty-Three was gathered about its
Quindecennial Banquet Board, four
members were dining together in the
rooms of the California Club at Los
Angeles. I. B. Newton was the host
and the guests were N. W. Bell, Charles
R. Halsey and Francis B. Kellogg.
Telegrams were exchanged with the
Class at New Haven and three times
three were given at the banquet for the
California contingent.
’83—Austin Lord Bowman, civil and
consulting engineer, has opened_an
office at 71 Broadway, New York City.
’°82—Francis B. Kellogg responded to
the toast to “Yale” at the Commence-
ment dinner, Pomona College, South-
ern California.
’"87—W. G. Doane, Ist Lieut. 3d
Nebraska Volunteer Infantry, is at
present Acting Adjutant General of
Brigade, stationed at Panama Park,
Jacksonville, Fla.
’88—Bernard C. Steiner has recently
published a book entitled “Life and Ad-
ministration of Sir Robert Eden, last
Provincial Governor of Maryland.”
*89—Edmund D. Scott has returned
from abroad and is Classical Instructor
in the High School at Holyoke, Mass.
’90—John D. Farnham has been ap-
pointed Quartermaster Sergeant of the
7th Provisional Regiment, N. G. P
"oI—A. M. Reed has been elected
Captain of the Waumbek Golf Club of
Jefferson, N. H., for next year.
‘91 LS—Percy L. Johnson, junior
member of the law firm of Hall and
Johnson of Bridgeport, Conn., was mar-
ried on July 12, to Miss Edna A.
Thompson, of the. same city. George
E. Hill, ’87, was best man. Mr. and
Mrs. Johnson will live at 102 West
avenue, Bridgeport..
’03—John D. Warnock is Instructor
in the Classics at the Episcopal Acad-
emy, Cheshire; Cont eo es
’°93—The address of Otho G. Cart-
wright for the ensuing year is Water-
town, Conn. He is Instructor in His-
tory and athletic coach in the Taft
School.
’94—Ernest L. Robinson is Principal
of the High School, Cheshire, Conn.
’o4—Henry P. Moseley, Acting Ass’t
Surgeon U. S. A., is stationed at Fort
Hamilton, New York Harbor.
’94—-F. T. Persons has just returned
from abroad and is Instructor in Eng-
lish at the Episcopal Academy, Ches-
hire, Conn.
’°94 S.—Mr. Ernest G. Schurig is at
Dry Tortugas with a corps of engineers
erecting a coaling station for the United
States Navy.
’94—C. A. Smith has changed his ad-
dress from 255 Mill st., Poughkeepsie,
Ne ov esto. 1610. South 11th st. St
Joseph, Missouri.
’9s L.—Frederick Chunn has removed
from Chaptico to Baltimore and opened
a law office there. |
~’9s—Samuel Tyler has changed his
address from 158 Newbury st., Boston,
to 207 East 16th st., New York.
’95 and ’98 L.S—Edward W. Beattie,
Jr. has entered upon the practice of law
in Helena, Mont. under the firm name
of Galen & Beattie.
’9s5—Thomas B. Lockwood of Buffalo
is to be married Sept. 29, 1898, to
Marion Doon Lobdell, daughter of Dr.
Frances Lobdell, rector of Trinity
Church, Buffalo.
’96—Theodore W. Noon is teaching
at Willamette University at Salem,
Oregon.
’96—A daughter, Sylvia Marie, was
born to Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Hooker,
Sept. 18.
96 S.—Robert A. Bright is Instructor
in Sciences at the Episcopal Academy,
Cheshire, Conn.
’°96 S.—Frank B. Smith graduated at
the Law School of the University of
Maryland in June and has begun the
practice of his profession in Baltimore.
’97—Herbert B. Augur is now teach-
ing at the Bishop Scott Academy, Port-
land, Oregon.
’97—Robert D. Mills was taken ill
with typhoid fever immediately upon
his return to New York from Porto
Rico. He is improving now, however,
and a favorable result is hoped for.
*98—S. N. Spring is with J. V. Far-
well & Co., Chicago, Ill.
’98—C. E. Farr is teaching in the
Nichols School, Buffalo, N. Y.
’98—F. M. Gilbert is Intercollegiate
Secretary of the Boston Y. M. C. A.
’98—Darius E. Peck will study law at
Hudson, N. Y., in his father’s office.
’98—Ernest C. Nioyes expects to enter.
the Harvard Graduate School this Fall.
’98—A. R. Baldwin’s address is Care
of Massachusetts Institute of Technol-
ogy, Boston.
"98—F. J.. Fassett is studying in the
American Institute of Osteopathy at
Kirkville, Mo.
’98—T. E. Brownslee is Instructor in
Mathematics at the Episcopal Academy,
Cheshire, ‘Conn.
’98—Henry K. Smith is with The
Farmer’s Loan and Trust Co., N. Y.,
corner of Beaver and William street.
798 S.—The marriage of Miss Estella
M. ‘Tiernan of Salt Lake City to
Howard Lee Stout, took place at the
home of the bride, on Sept. 14. J. A.
Bookwalter, ’95 S., was best man.
’98—By an oversight, the name of
Alfred E. Richards was omitted from
the list printed in the Commencement
WEEKLY, of those who obtained Special
Honors in English. It should be
added.
Sv ee Vo ee ae
Obituary. —
ANDREW JUDSON WHITE, 746 M.S.
A cablegram from London under the
date of Sept. 23 announced the death
of Andrew Judson White, ’46 M.S., at
the Savoy Hotel in London.
Mr. White was the donor of White
Hall dormitory. A sketch of his life
will appear in another issue of the
WEEKLY.
REV. ALWIN ETHELSTAN TODD, ese
The following resolutions were adopt-
ed by the trustees of Berea College,
Berea, Ky., on the death of Rev. Ethel-
stan Todd, ’71, -an account of whose
. pianist in the Glee Club.
death has already appeared in the
WEEKLY. :
- Resolved that as members of the
Board of Trustees we unite in the gen-
eral grief caused by the death, on the
thirtieth of January last, of Rev. Alwin —
Ethelstan Todd, our Professor of Natu-
tral Science.
Strikingly quiet and unassuming, he
nevertheless was found equal to every
emergency. Clear of thought and
painstaking in preparation, his class-
room work was unexcelled. Filled with
whatever subject he presented, he im-
parted to pupil or listener much of his
own enthusiasm. Shirking no labor
and counting others better than himself,
he left no room for jealousy among his
associates. Conscientious and God-
fearing, the purity of his life was a
constant influence for good more potent
than the most brilliant unsanctified
gifts. :
To those who have been widowed
and orphaned by his death we desire
to express our tenderest sympathy.
Signed, J. A. R. Rocers.
HERBERT E. BENTON, 775 LS.
Herbert E. Benton, ’75 L.S., died at
his home in New Haven, Conn., on
Saturday, July 23, after a short illness.
His death was from fatty degenera-
tion of the heart, hastened by an attack
of appendicitis and malarial fever.
Mr. Benton was born in Litchfield,
Conn., in 1849, and graduated from
the. Yale Law School in i875. He
was prominent in New Haven poli-
tics for more than a dozen years,
being Alderman and Councilman suc-
cessively from the Tenth ward and
later -a° member of the Board- of
Police Commissioners. From April,
1885, until January, 1893, Mr. Benton
was clerk of the Court of Com-
mon Pleas and was the State Commit-
tee Chairman for a portion of that time.
Besides filling these positions, he was
editor-in-chief of the Palladium from
1880 to 1885, resigning to give his whole
,time to the law. Three years ago the
Legislature appointed Mr. Benton a
Commissioner of the Conneticut School
Fund, which he held at the time of his
death. A wife survives him.
SIMON C. METZGER, ’8o.
Simon C. Metzger, of the Class of
Eighty, died of pneumonia at Watch
Hill, R. I., on Sept. 5, after an illness
of a few days. Mr. Metzger had gone
from. Hartford, his home, to spend a
week with his family at the beach, and
while there contracted the disease which
resulted fatally.
Mr. Metzger was born in New
Haven, Conn., fifty-one years ago. At
a very early age he began the study of
music, and throughout his life was
identified with the art. He entered
Yale in 1876, and for three years was
In 1877 fhe
organized an orchestra of twenty
players among the undergraduates and
conducted a number of successful con-
certs, himself playing first violin.
After graduation in 1880, Mr. Metzger
decided to study medicine, but two
years later, Mr. Metzger formed a part-
nership with John M. Gallup for the
sale of musical instruments and since
that time a successful business had been
carried on.
Mr. Metzger was a member of the
Hartford Yale Alumni Association.
He leaves a wife and two children.
BURR REEVES ABBE, ’89.
- Dr. Burr Reeves Abbe, ’89, died at
Long Branch, California, on August II,
of Bright’s disease. He was on his
way to China to enter the mission field,
having left his home in Hartford, Conn.,
on May 27th. While spending a few
weeks with friends in California pre-
paratory to sailing, he was stricken with
the disease in an acute form. ~
Dr. Abbe was born in Enfield, Conn.,
on August 19, 1868. He prepared for
College at the Hartford High School
and graduated from Yale in the Class
of Eighty-Nine with high honors.
Three years later he began the study of
Medicine in the College of Physicians
and Surgeons in New York City and
graduated from there in 1895. Soon
afterwards the disease which ended his
life began to develop and he went to
California for relief from it, A year
ago he returned to his home and began
his preparation for China mission work,
“‘As you grow old, grow rich.’”
1820 1898
PAE 7
AINA ENDOWMENTS:
BETTER THAN GOVERNMENT BONDS.
BECAUSE:
They have paid, and are paying, a better rate
of interest.
They are fully paid for ina definite number
of years.
Their value is fixed and does not fluctuate.
They are non-taxable and are protected by
legislative supervision.
In case of death, even during the first year,
no further payment is required, but the
Endowment becomes immediately payable,
the same as a life policy.
They are sold in sums of from $1,000 to
$25,000, and are within the reach of all.
Their payment is guaranteed by the Atna Life
Insurance Company, of Hartford, Conn.
assets over $47,500,000.
They provide for early life, middle life, ad-
vanced life, and death.
They are indisputable, non-forfeiting, and
absolutely safe. ”
Write for particulars.
E. E. HALLOCK, MANAGER.
Room 5, Hubinger Building,
840 Chapel St. © NEW HAVEN.
H. S. GROFUTT,
Special Representative.
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 Seai), University of
Pennsylvania, Amherst, Williams,
Columbia. They are of earthen-
ware, of the College color, and
bear on the front the College seal,
executed in solid Silver.
MADISON SQUARE.
JOHN CORNELIUS GRIGGS, ’89,
Late Director Metropolitan College of Music.
SONG RECITALS and
VOCAL INSTRUCTION.
Carnegie Hall, New York City.
having almost recovered from his
trouble, but it proved to be only a
respite. ,
Mr. O. H. Richardson, the roommate
of Mr. Abbe during his College course,
says of him: “I never knew anyone
cling more steadfastly and consistently
to the higher and brighter side of life
than he did.”
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Opening of College.
The Academical and Scientific De-
partments open their doors for the Fall
term on Thursday, Sept. 29. Registra-
tion will not be completed until Thurs-
day night, so no figures can be) given
as to the size of the classes, but in the
Academical Department at least the
indications point to a large increase.