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Strong, Yale, 1802, a noted Presbyterian
clergyman of Somers. He spent his
boyhood in working on his father’s
farm during the Summer and attending
school in Somers in the Winter.. Later,
he was sent to a select school taught by
his brother William Strong, Yale 1828,
at Tolland, Conn., and to academies at
Wethersfield, Conn., Monson, Mass.,
and at Wilton, Conn., the last of them
under the late Harvey Olmstead, LL.D.
Yale, 1816. He began to teach at the
age of seventeen, but having resclved to
go through College he studied a while
in New Haven with his brother, N. P.
Strong, Yale 1831, then a tutor in the
College, and entered his Class at the
beginning of his Sophomore year.
Directly after graduation,, he was ap-
pointed Principal of Bacon Academy,
Colchester, Conn., where he remained
until January, 1840, when he joined the
Union Theological Seminary, New
York City.. In 1840 he returned to New
Haven as tutor in the College, and
from that time till November, 1842, pur-
sued theological stuaies while pertorm-
ing the duties of. the tutorship. He
then .resigned that othce to become
pastor ot the Church Street Church,
New Haven, which later changed its
name and location and became the Col-
lege Street Church, now used by the
Wepartment ot Music. Aiter nearly
twenty years of service, he was com- .
pelled by ill health to leave his pastor-
ate on July I, 1802. While in the pur-
suit of his health, he preached for short
periods in various places, among them
JSalamazoo, Mich., where he was called
to the pastorate of the Presbyterian
Church. When he had to some extent
recovered, he received a call to the pas-
torate of the South Congregational
Church at Pittsfield, Mass., which he
accepted. !ie began his ministerial du-
ties there January Ist, 1865, and re-
mained as pastor until December 1,
1871. He was twice married. His first
wile was Margaret Scott, daughter of
Thaddeus Scott, of New Haven, who
died in 1873, and his second wife, who
survives him, was Harriet Sherman,
widow of Dr. Clark Wright, of New
York City.
Dr. Strong was the third eldest living
graduate of Yale College at the 6oth
anniversary of his Class last Summer.
Ill health has been the chief impedi-
ment of his professional life, but never-
theless in’his duties’ he’ was always faith-
ful, zealous and successful.
THE LATE EDWARD OLMSTEAD, ’45.
[By Isaac Lewis Peet, 45 ]
On the 6th of December, on the hill-
top crowning the beautiful cemetery in
the town of Wilton, Conn., all that was
mortal of Professor Edward Olmstead
was committed to the ground. The
scene was singularly in keeping with
the occasion. As far as the eye could
reach, the undulating surface was
covered with a mantle of snow, typical
of the pure soul which had left the
earth and the setting sun sinking out
of sight. simultaneously with the utter-
ance of the words ‘‘Ashes to ashes, and
dust to dust,” sent rays of hope into
the -sorrowing hearts of those present,
with its promise—Resurgam.
In him, after an illness of four days,
at the age of 74, was closed the career
of one of the great teachers of youth.
Alter graduating from Yale, with the
Class of Forty-five, he was associated
with his.father, the late Hawley Olm-
stead, LL.D. (Yale 1816), as assistant,
and afterward succeeded him, as Rector
of the Hopkins. Grammar School: in _
New Haven.
He retired in 1855 to a salubrious
home in Wilton, where he took charge
of the academy founded by his father
in 1817, and with re-established health,
which had broken down in New Haven,
entered upon the life work which
found him at his post long after most
educators have felt the need of rest.
He made it one of the most. excellent
schools of the State, and by the thor- °
oughness of his instruction, the dignity
of his bearing, the magnetism of his
presence, and the blamelessness of his
life so impressed himself upon his
pupils that they invariably took a high
stand in college and elsewhere, and
needed no better recommendation: than
tliat they had passed through his hands.
His head was massive, and his face
the index of the soul within. His
smile was a benediction. In his case
the boy was the father of the man.
One who had known him in youth
could not fail to recognize and love him
even in his old age.
In the community in which he lived,
he exercised a controlling influence.
As Deacon in the Church, he was at
once the stay and support of successive
pastors, and was looked up to by them
and by the people with reverence and
love.
He was married December 30, 1851,
to Miss Marian Hyde, a charming lady
of Norwich, Conn., and was blessed
with ten children, of whom four died
in infancy, and six, as well as the part-
ner of his joys and sorrows, survive
him.
He held the distinction of an unmixed
Puritan ancestry. He was a lineal
descendant, on his father’s side, of
Richard Olmstead, a first purchaser
and settler of Norwalk, Conn., and the
first representative of that town in the
Colonial Legislature. Richard Olm-
stead married a direct descendant of
Rev. Thomas Hawley of Northampton,
Mass., a graduate of Harvard College
of the Class of 1706, and the first settled
minister at Ridgefield, Conn. Prof.
Olmstead’s mother was a daughter of
Phineas Smith, of New Canaan, Conn.
Such a family tree necessarily bore
good fruit.
EDWARD MORTIMER JEWETT, EX-7I.
[By C. L., 71.]
Edward Mortimer Jewett, ex-’71, died
at Yarmouthport, Mass., Nov. 27th,
1898. Mr. Jewett was born at Boston,
Mass., April 2d, 1848, and was prepared
for College at the Hopkins Grammar
School and entering Yale in the Fall of
Sixty-Seven. He only remained with
the Class during Fréshman year, leav-
ing the following year for an extended
trip to Europe. He was in Paris in
1870, till the seige by the Prussians in
the Franco-German war compelled all
foreigners to leave the city. Return-
ing to his home in New York, he went
into business; afterwards going to Bos-
ton he engaged-in mercantile life until
the illness to which. he finally suc-
cumbed, compelled him to retire to pri-
vate life. He was married June 14th,
1876, to Miss. Ella Frances Dunham of
Boston, who survives him.
He was buried at Boston, Dec. Ist,
in the Forest Hills Cemetery. Al-
though Mr. Jewett was with the Class
of Seventy-One only one yecr, he was
one of the most popular men in his .
Class, highly esteemed by all and be-
loved by those who knew him most
intimately. .Of the non-graduates of
the Class, he was perhaps the most en-
thusiastic in his loyalty to the Class
and his love for old Yale, and he was a
regular attendant at all the Class re-
unions, until the last one, which only
illness prevented him from attending,
much to his expressed regret. To his
mourning classmates it will be of special
interest to know that the writer had the
pleasure and privilege of visiting him at
his temporary home at Yarmouthport
last August in answer to his urgent invi-
tation. Although Jewett must have
known that his end was near, and that
we should never meet again in this
world, he inquired most affectionately
for every member of the Class he could
think of, showing his keen interest in
everything pertaining to the Class and
College, and that the ruling spirit was
strong, even in death. His memory
was clear to the last and he loved to
dwell upon the happy days spent
“neath the elms of dear old Yale” in
the days of the old College fence.
- BLAIN. JAMISON, ’81 S.
Blain Jamison, ’81S., died suddenly
on Oct. 28, at his home in New Orleans.
Being confined to his room three days
with illness caused by a seemingly slight
affection of the heart, he grew rapidly
worse and died before his case was con-
sidered really critical. |
Mr. Jamison was born in New Or-
leans in 1859, where he has always lived
except during his College life. He grad-
uated from the Sheffield Scientific School
in the Class of Eighty-One. In school
and college he was well known to a large
circle of friends as well as in his busi-
ness. On his return to New. Orleans
from College he went into the Cotton
business in the firm of Smith &
Jamison, where. he remained until 1890,
when he accepted the position of Sec-
retary of the School Board of New
Orleans. | sieved Woe
Mr. Jamison was very popular in
society and took an «ctive part in social
events. He was a member of the New
Orleans Pickwick and Press Clubs, and
was prominent in these organizations.
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Chicago Club.
A meeting of the members of the
University who are from Chicago was
held on December r4th, for the pirabee
of forming a Chicago Club. The fol-
lowing officers were elected for the en-
suing year: President, W. B. Smith,
99; Vice-President, Leeds Mitchell,
99 S.; Secretary and Treasurer, R. H..
McCormick, Jr., 1900. It was also de-
cided to hold a smoker sometime in
February.
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Loving Cup for Rodgers.
The members and substitutes of last
year’s Freshman Crew have sent a lov-
ing cup to their coach, J. O. Rodgers,
798. _On one of the three sides is the
Yale seal, on another the times and the
orders in which the three Freshman
crews finished, and on the third side is
engraved, “Presented. to James Otis
oe by the Yale Freshman Crew,
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