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YALE ALUMNI NOTES. |
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’50—Rev. Leonard Woolsey Bacon, of
Norwich, has accepted an invitation to
speak on the life and character of the
late H. L. Goodwin, at the First Church
in East Hartford, in the near future.
*52 M.S.—Dr. Chas. A. Lindsley was
re-elected a Vestryman of St. Thomas’
Church, New Haven, at the recent an-
nual meeting. 7
*53—Hon. Andrew D. White, at pres-
ent United States Ambassador at Ber-
lin, was appointed last week by Secre-
tary of State Hay, to be the head of the
United States delegation to the Disar-
mament Congress, which will meet at
The Hague in the latter part of May.
’*54—The note recently published about
the election of Edward Dubois to a
Justiceship in Rhode Island was in
error. Mr. Dubois is a civil engineer
and railroad builder, and has lived in
Peru, South America, for the last
twenty-seven years. Theerror occurred
through a similarity of names.
61 L.S.—Charles H. Fowler was
elected a Vestryman of Christ Church,
New Haven, April 3.
’*61—Oliver McClintock has a forcible
article, entitled, “The Pulpit and Good
Citizenship,” in the Presbyterian Banner,
for March 3oth.
’61—Stanford Newel, United States
Minister to the Netherlands has been
appointed by Secretary of State Hay
to be one of the United States delegates
to the Czar’s Disarmament Congress,
which will meet at The Hague late in
May.
’61—Prof. Tracy Peck, Director of the
Rmerican School of Classical Studies in
Rome, delivered, February 28, the third
in the series of lectures for the session
1898-1899, before the British and Ameri-
can Archzological Society of Rome.
His subject was “Gleanings from Ro-
man Epitaphs.”
’*62—At the organization of the New
Haven Trust Company, which took
place recently, Pierce N. Welch was
elected a Director. on:
’69—Dr. J. P. C. Foster was recently
re-elected a Vestryman of St. Thomas’
Church, New Haven.
*69—Fli Whitney has been made one
of the Directors of the newly organized
New Haven Trust Company.
’*69—Prof. Rufus B. ‘Richardson has
an article in the April Century Magazine,
entitled “American Discoveries at
Corinth.”
’69—Thomas Hooker was elected
Vice-President of the New Haven Trust
Company at its organization which
took place recently.
’*69—C. T. Driscoll was nominated for
Mayor of New Haven at the Demo-
cratic City Convention Wednesday,
April 5. He received 42 of the 76 votes
which were polled. 3
’790—Morris F. Tyler is a Director of
the -recently organized New Haven
Trust Company.
"=" S.—-Prof. €. S. = Hastings: has: an
article in the April number of the
American Journal of Science, entitled
“A New Type of Telescope Objective,”
especially adapted for stereoscopic use.
*72—Professor Theodore S. Woolsey
addressed the third annual meeting of
the American Academy of Political and
Social Science, at Philadelphia, Friday
afternoon, April 7. His address was on
“The Foreign Policy of the United
States.”
’73 S.—Professor Andrew W. Phillips
has been re-elected a Vestryman of St.
Thomas’ Church, New Haven.
74 L.S.—Henry F. English has been
elected a Director of the recently or-
ganized New Haven Trust Company.
*75—The mother of Parker Corning
died of heart disease on Easter Sunday.
’75 S.—Burton Mansfield was recently
re-elected a Vestryman of St. Thomas’
Church, New Haven.
75 S.—Dr. C. Purdy Lindsley was re-
cently re-elected a Vestryman of St.
Thomas’ Church, New Haven.
"75 S.—Professor Russell H. Chitten- |
den, who was appointed by the govern-
ment as one of the chemists to analyze
the so-called “embalmed beef,” testified
before the Court of Inquiry at Wash-
ington last week. His testimony was
entirely favorable to the wholesomeness
of the beef. —
’7™8—John Addison Porter, Secretary
to the President, is confined to his home
by illness. Mr. Porter is overworked
and by order of his physician he proba-
bly will go away as soon as he is able
to do so, for a week or two of rest.
’79—Poultney Bigelow contributed an
article to the April St Nicholas, en-
titled, “Lost in Russia.”
’79 S.—John C. Gallagher was elected
Secretary of the New Haven Chamber
of Commerce, at the fifty-ninth annual
meeting, March 28.
’8o— Walter Camp has an article on
the subject, “Choosing a President for
Yale,” in the issue of Collier's of April
12. :
’81—Henry C. White is.a Director of
the New Haven Trust Company, re-
cently organized.
’82-—Archibald A. Welch was elected
to the High School Committee in Hart-
ford, Conn., at the recent city elections.
82 S.—Prof. L. V. Pirsson contrib-
uted to the April number of the
American, Journal of Science, an article
entitled, ‘‘Phenocrysts of Intrusive
Igneous Rocks.”
’84 L.S.—A. McC. Mathewson has
gone to Lakewood, N. J., for a short
visit.
’84—Miss Margaret Howard Post,
daughter of Mr. Richard Bagley Post,
will be married to William McMurtrie
Speer in Baltimore, April 26.
’84 T.S.—Professor E. H. Sneath ad-
dressed the Men’s Club of New Haven,
at the United Church, on Sunday even-
ing, April oth. His subject was “Ten-
nyson on Immortality.”
’*8s—-Louis A. Mansfield has been re-
elected a Vestryman of St. Thomas’
Church, New Haven.
’8s—Henry Fresenius is the demo-
cratic candidate for the office of Treas-
urer of the city of New Haven.
’85—At the Hartford municipal elec-
tions, April 3, Lucius F. Robinson, Re-
publican, was elected a Grand Juror.
’8s—L. A. Mansfield was elected to
the Building Committee of the Ansan-
tawae Club at the annual meeting held
recently in New Haven.
’86—Alfred Cowles has been coach-
ing the University Crew during the past
week.
’*86—Prof. J. C. Schwab was elected a
Vestryman of Trinity Church Parish,
New Haven, at the annual meeting held
April 3. :
’°86—Francis R. Cooley, Republican,
was elected to the High School Com-
mittee at the recent elections in Hart-
ford, Conn.
’89 L.S.—Prof. G. E. Beers was re-
cently re-elected Treasurer and Vestry-
man of St. Thomas’ Church, New
Haven.
’*89—James Gamble Rogers, who re-
turned last Winter from Paris, has taken
offices in the Ashland Block, Chicago.
Mr. Rogers has been studying in the
Ecole des Beaux Arts and working in
Paris for five years and a half. In the
school he was medalled both in con-
struction and in architecture. In his
examination for his diploma he re-
ceived a mark of four on a marking
schedule which ranged from one to four.
The subject for his diploma was “An
Embassy for the United States of
America at Paris.”
791 L.S.—Burton L. Newton, Republi-
can, was elected a School Visitor at the
recent municipal elections in Hartford,
Conn. — 3
’91S.—Homer S. Cummings de-
livered an address before the Stamford,
Conn., Democratic City Convention,
"Mareh 28.
’791 S.—The marriage of Miss Anna
Watson O’Connor, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas H. O’Connor, to Warren
B. Nash, took place at the home of the
bride’s parents; No. 12 East 44th st.,
New York City, Monday, April 3.
’°92—-George Redington Montgomery,
of the Yale Divinity School, has been
licensed to preach in any part of the
United States, including the missionary
and colonial fields, for four years.
’92 S.—The marriage of Miss Emily
Vanderbilt Sloane, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. William Douglas Sloane, to John
Henry Hammond, took place at the
home of the bride’s parents, 5th ave.
and 52th st., April 5. Ogden H. Ham-
mond, ’93 S., brother of the bridegroom,
acted as best man. The ushers were:
W. V. S. Thorne, 85 S.; Herbert Par-
sons, 90; -]. G,; Stokes, ’o2S.:.G. A.
Gordon, ’928.; Allan A. Robbins, ’93
S.; Alonzo Potter, ’94; William Sloane,
’95; and: C. K. Beekman.
’93—_Winthrop E. Dwight contributed
an article to the March number of the
Yale Law Journal, entitled, ‘“The Affaire
Dreyfus.”
’94—Edwin O. Holter has changed
his address from the office of Howland
& Murray, 35 Wall street, ‘to the law .
office of Simpson, Thacher & Barnum,
10 Wall street, New York City.
’94—Miss Rowena Whitman, daugh-
ter of the late W. C. Whitman, of
Washington, D. C., was married to
Winthrop McKim, at noon, Wednesday,
April 5, at St. John’s Protestant Epis-
copal Church in Washington.
’04 S.—S. B. Patterson has changed
his address from Torrington, Conn., to
250 Dunham ave., Cleveland, O.
’94 S.—The marriage of Miss Anna
Cushman Robbins, daughter of Silas
‘Webster Robbins, to Wilfred W. Savage,
took .place April 4. Mr. and Mrs.
Savage will be at home Wednesdays,
June 7 and 14, from four until six at
their home on Broad street, Wethers-
field, Conn.
’94—-The marriage of Miss Gertrude
May Cameron to Charles Herbert
Buell, took place Tuesday afternoon,
April 4, at the home of the bride’s
mother, Mrs. Minnie E. Cameron, 772
Putnam avenue, Brooklyn. Among
the ushers were Winthrop H. Duncan,
’94, and Ralph S. Hull, ’o4.
’°95 S—Harry W. Foote has gone to
study in Germany.
‘95 and ’97 L.S—John Elliott has
opened a law office at 157 Church street,
New Haven, Conn.
’9s—Shirley High has associated him-
self in the practice of law with the firm
of Pence & Carpenter, under the name
of Pence, Carpenter & High.
’o5s—Mr. and Mrs. Phelps Mont-
gomery were among the passengers on
the steamship “Paris,” formerly the
“Vale” making a cruise in Southern
waters. |
’os—H. P. Driggs, formerly of the
~ law firm of Hornblower, Byrne, Taylor
& Miller, 30 Broad street, New York
City, has entered the law office of Tay-
lor & Seymour at 91 Broadway.
’°9sJosiah H. Peck, who after grad-
uation from College spent two years at
the Harvard Law School, and who was
for a time with Bingham & Bayliss, at
37 Liberty st., has opened an office at
the same address.
’95—The marriage of Miss Theodora
Irving Knight, daughter of Dr. and
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Mrs. Frederick Irving Knight of 195
Beacon street, Boston; to G. K. B.
Wade, took place April 5, at Trinity
Church, Boston. The best man was R.
B. Wade, ’93. Among the ushers were:
R. C. Nesbit, ’95; F. "L. Lee, ’os, and
Ee G. Taylor.” os. | .
’96—Mr. and Mrs. Fred O. Robbins
will spend the Summer in Southern
France.
’°96—Wolcott P. Robbins is with the
law firm of Taylor & Seymour, at or
' Broadway, New York City.
"96. and ’o98L:S—Addison Strong
Pratt is now in the law office of Ward,
Hayden & Satterlee, 120 Broadway,
New York City. :
’96—Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Law-
rence announce the engagement of their
daughter, Miss Juliette H. Lawrence, to
George E, Bulkley. 3
_ ’96—The address of W. G. Baker, Jr.,
is The Albion, Baltimore, Md. e is
in his Senior year at the Maryland Uni-
versity Law School.
’96—William S. Miller is practicing
law,in the office of Follansbee & Fol-
lansbee in the Home Life Insurance
Building in Chicago.
°96—J. W. Wickenden left the Cripple
Creek district, February 14, to engage
in a contract in shaft-sinking on the
Gold Crystal Mine, Ward Mining Dis-
trict, Boulder County, Col.
’97 S.—The address of Rathbone De-
Pe is 464 LaSalle avenue, Chicago,
’97—Miss Lorena Kearse and J. W.
Bryan were married March 26, 1809, at
Lake Charles, La.
’97—Philip H. Bailey was recently ap-
pointed a Lieutenant under the new
army bill, but declined the appointment.
’97 S.—George Foster Sanford, who
was recently mustered out of the United
States .Volunteer service, has accepted
the position of coach of the Columbia
University football team. He will take
charge of the Spring training at once.
ex-’99 S.—Franklin Ballou, Jr., has
‘left his regiment, the First Colorado
Infantry, U. S. V., and has entered the
Class of Igor S.
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YALE OBITUARIES.
REV. ALFRED L. SKINNER, 749.
Rey. Alfred L. Skinner, ’40, died at
his home in Bucksport, Me., on March
25, 1890, from apoplexy, at the age of 74.
Mr. Skinner was born at Bucksport,
Me., November 22, 1824. After gradua-
tion from Yale with the Class of Forty-
Nine he spent the next. four years in
studying for the Ministry at the
Bangor and Andover Seminaries, and
preaching a part of the time in Frank-
In the Autumn of 1855 he
was settled in the pastorate of the Con-
gregational Church at Rockport, Me.,
and in this office he remained until the
Spring of 1857, when he was obliged to
give up his profession by reason of
enfeebled health. For the next four
years he was in the U. S. Engineer’s
office, at first at Fort Knox, and later
at Portland, and the next year he estab-
lished his residence in Bucksport, where
he has made his home since that time.
In 1861 he received the appointment of
the Postmastership at Bucksport, a posi-
tion which he held for twenty-six years,
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