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YALE ALUMNI NOTES. very alumnus is invited to contribute to this column, news concerning himself or concerning any other alumnus. The column is intended to keep Yale men informed about each other. Anyone who contributes io tt helps a good Yale object and pleases and interests other Yale men. '45—An obituary sketch a few weeks ago referred to the late Dr. Isaac Lewis Peet as having graduated from Yale with the Phi Beta Kappa scholarship stand. A member of the family writes to call the WEEKLy’s attention to the iact that this was an error, and to sug- gest, in order to keep the record within the facts, that the error be pointed out, the point being made that Dr. Peet him- self would have been the first to have such a mistake corrected, as he would not wish to have attributed to him any honor he did not secure. The obituary sketch referred to did not mention Dr. Peet’s society connections, which would have been appropriate in the case of a man of Dr. Peet’s long and enthusiastic connection with Yale affairs. He was a member of the Junior Society of Psi Upsilon and the Senior Society of Scroll and Key. : ’49—President Timothy Dwight has an article in the February number of the Intercollegian, entitled “Formative Influences in College Life Apart from the Curriculum.” °31—The death of Bishop Williams of Connecticut Monday last, makes the Rev. Thomas March Clark the presid- ing bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in America... He was conse- crated Dec. 6, 1854, three years later than the consecration of Bishop Williams. *62—Rev. Prof. John Phelps Taylor has resigned his position as Professor of Languages at the Andover Theologi- cal Seminary. '78—Rev. Royal C. Moodie, lately of North Craftsbury, Vt., has accepted a call to Tisbury, Mass. "80—At the regular monthly meeting oi the New Haven Physical Education Society which was held in the trophy room of the Yale Gymnasium Thurs- day evening, February 9, Dr. J. W. Seaver spoke on his recent trip to the gymnasiums of Germany, Sweden and France. ’80—The house occupied by Walter Camp on Beach street, West Haven, was totally destroyed by fire between one and two o’clock in the afternoon last Thursday, February 9. Mr. Camp, who had come home for lunch, dis- covered the fire between the floors on the second story and attempted to extin- guish it, but it had already spread too far. After a few minutes work, it was seen that the house was doomed and every effort was made to save what could be saved of the contents. This effort was only partially successful. There was time to take part of the things from the first and second stories, including some of the furniture. Nearly everything in the way of clothing was destroyed. The large cottage, which was of wood, burned very quickly, and before the local department could do anything, was practically destroyed. Mrs. Camp, one cf the children and Mrs. Sumner were in the house at the time. No one was injured. The Camps are living for the present at Prof. Sumner’s on Edwards street in this city. The fire is supposed to have been caused by a defective flue. *81 S—Jeme Tien Yow has recently been made a resident engineer of the Imperial Chinese Railway, and is now taking charge of a section of construc- tion in the Chinchow extension in Manchuria. "83H. H. Palmer is now Editor of the Hartford Post, which has recently changed hands. Hon. Addison Porter, "78, has sold his interest in the paper. The present proprietors are two busi- ness men, Messrs. Clark. Some time before the change of scholarship Mr. Palmer was in charge of the editorial room. ; 85 T.S.— The Rev. Jeremiah C. Cromer, late of Owosso, Mich., has re- ceived a call to The Fountain Park Church, St. Louis, Mo. : "*88—A. A. Stagg has written an ar- ticle for the February number of the Intercollegian, called a “Yale Reminis- cence.” os °88—William Howard Fitzgerald has been appointed an Assistant Corpora- tion Counsel of Chicago by Mayor Car- ter H. Harrison, Yale ’83 LS. YATE ALUMNI ’88. Bernard C: Steiner has written a book on “The Institutions and Civil Government of Maryland,’ which has been adopted by the State Board of Education as a text-book in the schools of the State. ’*89—A son was born to Rev. and Mrs. Lester Bradner, Jr., January 14. ’89—Dr. Horace S. Stokes has re- moved from 18 East 31st st., New York, to 32 East 53d st. : ’897—Robert 1. Luce has removed his law office to 31 Nassau street. En- trance from Room 814. ’890—Hillhouse Buel was ordained to the priesthood of the Roman Catholic Church by Cardinal Gibbons, June 28, 1898. He has joined the Society of Jesus and is now studying at Wood- stock College, Md. After finishing his studies there in May, he will be as- signed to work in one of the Jesuit Colleges. 3 ’942-The wedding of Miss Alexina Smith of Baltimore, and Hamilton Holt took place at Baltimore Wednes- day, February 8. : ’94—James A. Hawes, who has been recently practicing law in the ottice of Evarts, Choate & Beamen in New York City, sailed for Europe about a week ago on the Paris to spend a month or five weeks in London on business. ’95—James H. Richards was admitted to the Bar in New York in June, 1898, and is practicing law at 170 Broadway, New York. : 795 T.S.—The Rev. Lathrop C. Grant, who has had charge of the church at Hamilton, N. Y., has accepted a call to the First Presbyterian Church at Eau Claire, Wis. ’95—John MacGregor has completely recovered from typhoid fever, which he contracted in the army. He expects to spend about a month in the South and will then resume work. °95—The marriage of the Rev. George Herbert Thomas, Assistant Rector of St. Mark’s Church, Minneapolis, to Miss Margaret Codrington Foster, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. P. €. Fos- ter of New Haven, took place February G, at obe i nemas Cimrch: fohn Mae- Gregor, ’95, was best man. Among the ushers were: Anson Phelps Stokes, 96; Roger Sherman Baldwin, ’95; Dr. Edward Reed, ’94, and A. A. Thomas, 1901, the bridegroom’s brother. 795 S—Col. Theodore Roosevelt, in his article on the Rough Riders’ cam- paign, speaking of his lieutenants, says: “Two of the men made Second Lieuten- ants by promotion from the ranks while in San Antonio, were John Greenway, a noted Yale foot-ball player and catcher on her base-ball nine, and David Goodrich, for two years captain of the Harvard crew. They were young men, Goodrich having only just graduated; while Greenway, whose father had served with honor in fhe Confederate Army, had been out of Yale three or four years. They were natural soldiers, and it would be well-nigh impossible to overestimate the amount of good they did the regiment. They were strapping fellows, entirely fearless, modest, and quiet. Their only thought was how to perfect themselves in their own duties, and how to take care of the WHEN YOU LAID OUT YOUR COURSE FOR JUNIOR YEAR ..... Perhaps you were looking for a snap. Perchance you sought the most’ satis- factory results. If by any chance you or your golf club anticipate laying out a course, or tacking a few more holes onto your present course, this spring, you can secure both the snap and the satisfactory results by enlisting the ser- vices of the Bridgeport Gun Implement Co., 318 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. 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They not merely did their duty, but were always on the watch to find out some new duty which they could construe to be theirs. Whether it was policing camp, or keep- ing guard, or preventing straggling on the march, or procuring food for the men, or seeing that they took care of themselves in camp, or performing some feat of unusual hazard in the fight—no call was ever made upon them to which they did not respond with eager thankfulness for being given the chance to answer it. Later on I worked them as hard as I knew how, and the regiment will always be their debtor.” ’97—Shelton Bissell is City Editor of the Montclair (N. J.) Times and Mont- clair correspondent of the New York Sun. 97 S.— F. S. North has gone on a two-months’ cruise on board a Ward Line Steamer, as naval cadet engineer. ’98—Pierre R. Porter is studying law in the office of Lathrop, Morrow, Fox & Moore, Kansas City, Mo. diacetate in NOTICES. [Alumni Association and Class Secretaries are in- vited to contribute to this column.] Hudson County Club, The second annual banquet of the University Club of Hudson County, N. J., will be held at the Union League Club House, 295 York street, Jersey City, N. J., Feb. 23, at 7 p. m.. These have promised to speak: President Francis L. Patton of Princeton; Presi- . dent Austin Scott, Yale ’69, of Rutgers College; President Henrv Morton of the Stevens Institute of Technology, and Flavel McGee, retiring President of the Club. It is hoped that the President of Seton Hall will address the Club. The tickets are $2.00 and the committee urge prompt application to Manning F. stires, Jr., 18 Lexington ave., Jersey City, N. J.. The committee having the supper in charge are: John A. Blair, Princeton ’66; Flavel McGee, Prince- ton 765; Philip M. Brett, Rutgers ’92; Pierre F. Cook, Princeton ’92, and Manning F. Stires, Jr., Yale ’97. At the annual meeting of the Club held January 24, the following officers were elected: President, John A. Blair, Princeton 7°66; First Vice-President, Cornelius Brett, New York University "62: Second Vice-President, John J. Nevin, St. Francis Xavier; Treasurer, J. W. Hardenbergh, Yale ’80S.; Secre- tary, Manning F. Stires, Yale ’97. crermmemmeeaere se _. Essex County Banquet. The fifteenth annual dinner of the Yale Alumni Association of Essex County, New Jersey, will be held in Upper Music Hall, Orange, N. J., Fri- day, February 17, 1899, promptly at seven o'clock. Prof. John C. Schwab will be present to speak for the University. Prof. Walter A. Wyckoff will be the repre- sentative of Princeton, and Chauncey G. Parker, Harvard ’85, will speak for Harvard. Captain William C. Wise, U..S. N., Commander of the Cruiser Yale, will also be present. A quintet from the Yale University Glee Club will lead the singing. The Executive Committee hopes that it may receive the cooperation of the en- tire membership of the Association in its effort to make this the largest and most successful dinner that has yet been given under our auspices. From re- plies already received it is evident that an unusually large number of Alumni will be present. The price of tickets is $5. Members who have not already done so should communicate at once with Mr. Sanford E. Cobb, Treasurer, P. O. Box 402, N.. Y... City. Central Penna, Ass’n, | At a meeting of the Yale Alumni of Harrisburg, held December 2d, 1899, was effected the organization of the Yale Alumni Association of Central 177 Pennsylvania, by the adoption of a Con- stitution and By-Laws, naming a terri- tory and the election of officers and an executive committee. This action was taken only after the proposed plan was submitted to the alumni of the district in a circular letter. The first annual banquet of the Association will be held at the Harrisburg Club, Friday, Feb+ ruary 24th, 1809, at 7.30 Pp. M. A busi- ness meeting will be held at 7 Pp, um, preceding the banquet. It is the purpose of the committee to arrange for such a banquet as will do honor to the name of Yale and increase the fame of our alma mater. It is hoped to have President Dwight present as the guest of the evening, also a quartette from the Yale Glee Club. The territory named embraces fol- lowing counties: Lancaster, York, Adams, Franklin, Fulton, Bedford, Lebanon, Dauphin, Cumberland, Perry, Juniata, Mfflin, Huntington, Blair, Northumberland, Snyder, Union, Cen- tre, Lycoming and Clinton, 20 in all. The new Association is the outgrowth of the Harrisburg Alumni Association, organized but a year before. All Yale men in the vicinity are urged to communicate with Donald C. Halde- man, Secretary and Treasurer of the Association. Yale Club Receptiou. The date of the reception tendered to the Harvard Club, by the Yale Club of New York, has been set for Friday, Feb. 24,.at 9 P. M. at Sherrv’s.. Yale graduates who are not members of the Club, are invited to join in the recep- tion. The price set .is $3.00 for each Yale man, which will cover the cost of entertainment for himself and one guest. YALE OBITUARIES. EDWARD DECOST MCKAY, ’60.° Edward DeCost McKay, ’60, died on Tuesday, January 31, at a sanitarium in Southern Pines, N. C., from heart dis- ease, from which he had been suffering for some time. The funeral took place on Saturday, February 4, from the home of his daughter, Mrs. George B. Dowl- ing of Flatbush, N. Y. Mr. McKay was born in Warsaw, N. Y., in January, 1836. He graduated at Yale with the Class of Sixty. For the next five years he engaged in the wholesale boot and shoe business at Hudson, N. Y., and then moving to New York, he built up a successful in- surance business as agent of the New York Life Insurance Co. In 1870 he went to Europe, spending two years in France and Germany, with his family. Not long after he retired from business. Being anxious to keep himself abreast of the times, he studied for two years in the Law School of Columbia Col- lege, taking his degree in 1882, and spending the next year in the Columbia School of Political Science. Mr. McKay is survived by two child- ren, Frederick Edward and Mrs. George B. Dowling of Flatbush, N. Y. , ROBERT H. CHAPMAN, ’50. Robert H. Chapman, ’50, died at San Gabriel, Los Angeles County, Calif., Saturday, Feb. 4, at 10 Pp. M. of heart disease. A more extended obituary notice will appear next week. THEODORE B. STARR JEWELER AND SILVERSMITH, 206 FIFTH AVE., MADISON SQUARE, NEW YORK. Fine Stationery and Engraving, Die- cutting and Heraldic Work. Wed- ding Invitations, Reception Cards and Visiting Cards. The Designing and Engraving of, Book-plates a specialty. Sample book of paper will be sent on application.
