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YALE ALUMNI WEEKLY 23 ALUMNI NOTES. {| Graduates are invited to contribute to this column.] °36—Rt. Rev. Richard H. Wilmer oc- cupied a seat in the House of Bishops in the General Convention of the Epis- copal Church held in Washington from October 5. *49—President Dwight attended a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Hotchkiss School, of which he is a member, at Lakeville, Conn., on Saturday, Oct. 1. "49—Rev. C. A. L. Richards occupied a seat among the Presbyters in the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies at the General Convention of the Epis- copal Church held in Washington from October 5. *50—Martin Kellogg has resigned his position as President of the University - of California. He has been President of the University since 1893, and acting president for several years previous to that time. *52—Daniel Coit Gilman, President of Johns Hopkins University, who was ap- pointed to serve on the committee to in- vestigate affairs in the army, has de- clined the appointment. *52—The September Century contains © an article on “Alexis de Tocqueville and His Book on America—Sixty years After,” by President D: C. Gilman, of Johns Hopkins University. *53—Rt. Rev. Thomas F. Davies oc- cupied a seat in the House of Bishops in the General Convention of the Episco- pal Church held in Washington from October 5. *54—Gen. W. W. Gordon is a member of the commission to superintend the Spanish evacuation. ’57—E. M. Wood occupied a seat among the Laymen in the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies at the -Gen- eral Convention of the Episcopal Church, held in Washington from October 5. ‘6o—Dr. Francis Delafield of New York volunteered his services as a phy- sician to the Government and has been at Montauk during the past month as Chief Consulting Physician of the camp. ’61—Professor Tracy Peck has taken charge of the American School at Rome. °63—Rt. Rev. Cortlandt Whitehead occupied a seat in the House of Bishops in the General Convention of the Epis- copal Church held in Washington from October 5. ’°64—In the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies at the General Convention of the Episcopal Church, held in Washing- ton from October 5, D. B. Lyman oc- cupied a seat among the laymen. ’°64—In the General Convention of the Episcopal Church held in Washington from October 5, Rev. W. W. Batter- shall occupied a seat among the Presby- ters in the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies. °66—M. W. Seymour occupied a seat among ‘the laymen in the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies at the Gen- eral Convention of the Episcopal Church, held in Washington from Octo- ber 5. a ’67—In the General Convention o the Episcopal Church held in Washing- ton from October 5, Rt. Rev. Boyd Vin- cent occupied a seat in the House of Bishops. ’68—Rev. Chauncey. B. Brewster oc- cupied a seat in the House of Bishops in the General Convention of the Epis- copal Church held in Washington from October 5. ‘69—Judge Gardiner Lathrop was a prominent candidate for tthe nomina- tion of Justice of the Supreme Court at the last Republican State Convention in Missouri. *70—In the General Convention of the Episcopal Church held in Washing- ton from October 5, Rev. Charles H. Strong accupied a seat among the Pres- byters in the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies. ’7i—In the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies at the General Convention of the Episcopal Church held in Washing- ton from October 5, Arthur Ryerson occupied a seat among the laymen. ’71—G. P. Wilshire occupied a seat among the laymen in the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies at the Gen- eral Convention of the Episcopal held in Washington from Octo- er. ’71Charles Lyman, Chief of the Stationery Division in the Treasury De- partment at Washington, has recently been promoted to be Chief of the Divi- sion of Appointments. Mr. Lyman for several years was a member of the : United States Civil Service Commis- sion. ’72--The Century Company has just published a book by Prof. T. 5S. Wool- sey, entitled “America’s Foreign Pol- icy.” ’72—Rev. E. S. Lines occupied a seat among the Presbyters in the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies at the Con- vention of the Episcopal Church held in Washington from October 5. LIEUT. RODMOND V. BEACH, 787 FIRST REGT U. S. VOL. ENG’RS, DIED OF TYPHOID FEVER AT PONCE, P. R., SEPT. 29, 1808. *73—-Charles E. Bigelow, who has for . thirty-two years been connected with the George F. Blake Manufacturing Company, of New York, and lately its President, thas resigned to become President of the Gansevoort Bank. *75—Rev. R. A. Torrey is the author of a book entitled “What the Bible Teaches,” recently published by the F. H. Reve Co. © *75—Edward C. Smith was elected Governor of Vermont on the Republi- can ticket last month, by a plurality of about 24,000 votes. "75. 9.—Burton Mansfield occupied a seat among the laymen in the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies at the General Convention of ‘the Episcopal peeren held in Washington from Octo- er’ 5. *75—Edward S. Atwater was nomi- nated for Controller in the New York Democratic State Convention on Sept. 29. The New York Times gives the following sketch of his life: “Edward Storrs Atwater, the nominee for Con- troller, is the son of the late Dr. John P. Atwater, whose father, Jeremiah At- ‘water, organized Middlebury College and was its first President, and was also President of Dickinson College, at Carlisle, Penn. 7 Mr. Atwater was born April 10, 1853, at Cincinnati. He took a preparatory course at Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., and was graduated from the classical course at Yale College in 1875. After leaving college he studied law in Poughkeepsie with Judge Henry M. Taylor and was admitted ‘to the bar in 1880. He practiced his profession until 1891, when he was elected President of the Farmers’ and Manufacturers’ Bank of Poughkeepsie, which position he has held ever since. In 1880 he married Miss Caroline P. Swift, a daughter of Charles W. Swift, and a graduate of Vassar College in the Class of Seventy- Seven. They have four children. Mr. Atwater was formerly a Republi- can, but changed his politics on the tariff question and became a Democrat. He has not been active in politics. His home is one of the handsomest in Poughkeepsie. He is a member of the First Reformed Church and of the Dutchess Club and the Amrita Club of Poughkeepsie. He is a Director of the Poughkeepsie Iron Company and a Trustee of the Poughkeepsie Saving Bank.” "76—The marriage of Henry W. DeForest to Miss Julia Gilman Noyes, of St. Paul, Minn., took place August 22. : 76 L.S.—Victor H. Metcalf has been nominated for Member of Congress by ‘the Republicans of the Third District California. ’"79—Timothy L. Woodruff was nomi- nated for Lieutenant Governor of New York at the Republican State Conven- tion at Saratoga on Sept. 27. ’80—Col. N. G. Osborn with John W. Custiss and Julian W. Curtiss, ’79, have gone to the Catskills for two week’s fishing. ’80 T.S.—Professor W. F. Blackman delivered the opening address at. the Yale Divinity School on Thursday afternoon, September 20. "79—Julian W. Curtiss and John W. Curtiss have gone to the Catskills for two week’s fishing. They were accom- panied by Col. N. G. Osborn, ’86. - ’80—In the General Convention of the Episcopal Church, held in Wash- ington from October 5, Rev. F. W. Keator occupied a seat among the Pres- byters in the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies. | 80 M.L.—Edwin Burritt Smith has entered into a partnership for the general practice of law, with offices at 415 First National Bank Building, Chicago, Ill. The firm name is Smith, Blatchford & Taylor. "81 T.S.—Rev. J. B. Saer has resigned from the pastorate of the Congrega- tional Church at Cornish, Maine. ’°82—Burnside Foster has an article in the September issue of the North Ameri- can Review, entitled “Leprosy and the Hawaiian Annexation.” ’*82—Rev. Benjamin Brewster occu- pied a seat among the Presbyters in the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies at the General Convention of the Episco- pal Church, held in Washington from October 5. ’°83—-George W. Johnston received the Calef Loving Cup for the prize essay at the Minneapolis Convention National Association of Life Underwriters. ’°85—John W. Gavin has been ap- pointed Head Master of Hoyt’s School in San Francisco, California. *86—A daughter was born to Prof. and Mrs. J: C. Schwab, Sept. 23. ’86 S.—Second Lieutenant William W. Gordon, Jr., of the Eighth United States Volunteers has gone to Porto Rico to act as aide to his father, Gen- eral Gordon, who is a member of the Commission to superintend the Spanish evacuation. ’87—Chandler P. Anderson is the Secretary to the United States Com- missioners to the International Confer- ence now being held at Quebec. 87 S.—Dr. Charles S. 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