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YALE ALUMNI WEEKLY 361 Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin will reside in Duluth, Minnesota. ’96—Dr. Edward L. Trudeau, Jr., of Saranac Lake, N. Y., will occupy a cottage in Paul Smith’s Park, in the region of the St. Regis Lakes, the Adi- rondacks, this Summer: ‘96—Walter H. Clark and William A. Arnold will open a law office together the first of July in Hartford. Their ad- dress will be, 52 First National Bank Building, Hartiord, Conn. °96—Robert Lusk, who was recently elected as Deacon of the First Presby- terian Church of Nashville, Tennessee, resigned, for conscientous reasons, prior to his ordination and installation. ‘96—The New York Herald has the following in its cable dispatches from Paris under date of June 18: “The athletic championships of France were contested at the Bois de Boulogne to- day. Out of the eleven events, four were won by L. P. Sheldon, Yale ’96, namely, throwing the weight a distance of eleven métres and seventy-five centi- métres (thirty-eight feet six inches) a new record for France; high jump—a tie with G. Widmer—one métre and ‘seventy-five centimétres (five feet eight inches), the record for France; long jump, six metres a d thirty-four centi- metres (twenty feet nine inches), the record for France; pole jump, two metres and ninety-five centimetres (nine feet eight inches). “Thus Mr. Sheldon is champion of France in these four events. He was also third in throwing the discus. Mr. Sheldon is also a member of the Racing Club de France.” "96 S.—Lee DeForest will receive a degree of Ph.D. from Yale this June, and will continue his studies under the direction of Tessler in New York. 96 L.S.—E. J. Woolsey has opened a law office at 37 William st., New York City. ‘97—Arthur W. Ewell will study for a degree of Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins next year. ‘97 S.— Edward H. Brewer is in the manufacturing business with George D. Cresson & Co., at Philadelphia, Pa. ’97—The engagement is announced of Miss Hettye, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sonnenberg, to Charles H. Studinski. ‘97—Charles H. Studinski after grad- uating from the Yale Law School will open a law office in Pueblo, California. ’°97—John V. Miller has just grad- uated from the Scientific Department of a University with the degree of ’97—In the list of Ninety-Seven men who took the Connecticut Bar exami- nations, the name of William H. H. Hewitt was omitted. °97—Andrew C. Furbush, who is a member of the Middle Class at the An- dover Theological Seminary, has ap- plied for approbation to preach. °97—Knox Maddox will sail for Honolulu, July 6, to act as best man at the approaching marriage of Alfred F. Judd, Jr., ’97, which has already been announced. ’°97S.—Samuel Eugene Hoyt re- sponded to the toast ‘Our Graduates in Yale” at the seventh anniversary dinner of the Alpha Delta Sigma Fraternity of the Hillhouse High School held June 9. °98—The marriage of Miss Louise Battersby of New Haven, to Charles Peix, Jr., took place on Wednesday evening, June 7. Mr. and Mrs. Peix have gone to Lake Champlain and the White Mountains and will return to Danbury about the first of August. 98 S—The correct address of James L. Thomson is care Forbes & Wallace, Springfield. : NOTICES, {Alumni Association and Class Secretaries are in- vited to contribute to this column.] Baseball Seats. © The baseball managem:<..t has been notified to reserve blocks of seats at the Commencement baseball game, at New Haven, June 27, for the following classes, who will be back for reunions, "96, °965., ’93, 703 S., ’80, 84. ’70, ’74, °69. Any other classes intending to at- tend the game in a body must appl y at once to the University baseball manage- ment. Classes back for retunions are charged 50 cents per man. Bands ad- mitted free. ‘Hotel. Class Reunions, © FORTY-TWO. The survivors of the Class of Forty- Two will hold a reunion during Com- mencement. The time and place has not yet been decided. : FORTY-NINE. The Class of Forty-Nine will meet at President Dwight’s house, Tuesday evening, June 25, for their 50th anniver- sary. FIFTY-FOUR. There will be no reunion of the Class of Fifty-Four this year, it having been decided to wait till 1904, when the soth anniversary will be celebrated. FIFTY-NINE. The Class of Fifty-Nine will meet in Prof. Wright’s room in Sloane Labora- tory at 3 Pp. M., Tuesday, June 27. Louis Bristol will entertain the return- ing members at his house 65 Elm st., in the evening. SIXTY-FOUR. The Class of Sixty-Four will cele- brate its 35th anniversary, Tuesday, June 27. SEVENTY-FOUR SHEFF. The headquarters of the Class of Seventy-Four Sheff. for their 25th re- union will be at the Tontine Hotel. Class supper at the same hotel in the evening. SEVENTY-NINE. The Class of Seventy-Nine will meet at 175 Lyceum at noon, Tue.day, June 27, for their 20th anniversary celebra- tion. Class supper served at the Re- publican Club, corner Temple and Crown sts., at 7 o'clock, by Maresi of New York. ' EIGHTY-NINE DECENNIAL. The following members of the Class of Eighty-Nine have definitely agreed to be present at decennial: Ames. McQuaid. Austin. Merrill. Banks. Moore. Barstow. Mosle. . Bishop, N. W. Parsons. Bradner. Peres. Brewster. Pinchot. Brooks. Richardson. Browning. Robinson. Coggill. schwill. : Cook. scott, FA. Corbin. Shearman. Crummey. Sherrill. Cullinan. Skilton. Ensign. Smith, H. A. Fisher. Sitith, S. Lb. Francke. Snipe. Gavegan. Stokes Hull. Tuttle. Huntington. Valentine. Kent. Wallace. Lefler. Waring. Lucas. Welch. Luce. Wells; P.. P. McMahon. West. Wylie. Of the rest nine others are fairly sure to come. ‘These are the following: Daniels. Peck. Griggs. Rockwell. McCandliss. Rogers. Merrifield. Underhill. Vernon. Theré are still thirty-six to hear from. Chances for a reunion of seventy-five or eighty seem very good. This, out of a total of one hundred and nineteen, will be almost a record breaker. The faster the replies come in from those not al- ready heard from the better will it be for the committee and the better for the reunion. NINETY-THREE, Ninety-three will hold its sexennial Tuesday, June 27. Class meets on Cam- pus in morning for registration and the supper will be held at Harmonie Hall on Elm st. NINETY-SIX SHEFF. The headquarters of the Ninety-Six Sheff. Triennial will be at the Tontine Registration will be on Mon- day morning, June 26; Class supper at Anderson Gymnasium, Tuesday night. YALE OBITUARIES. ARTHUR PHINNEY, ’64. Arthur Phinney, ’64, died at 4 A. M. on Sunday, May 21, 1899, at his home in Sandusky, Ohio. He was the son of James and Cynthia Mosher Phinney, and was born March 28, 1837, at Gorham, Me. He entered Dart- mouth College in September, 1860, but left there at the end of the Freshman year, and entered the Class of Sixty- Four at Yale, with which class he graduated. Immediately after graduating he re- received an appointment from Dr. B. A. Gould, of Harvard College, at the head of the Scientific Department of the Sanitary Commission, to a position in that department, for the collection of statistics, and was stationed in New Yioork City until May, 1865, when he was transferred to Washington and Alexandria, Va., wntil August, 1865, at which time he resigned and returned to New York. His work was published by Dr. Gould in a volume of memoirs of the Sanitary Commission, and was specially approved by Dr. Gould. In the Fall of 1865 he was chosen Prin- cipal of Chester Academy at Chester, Orange County, New York, and re- mained there two years. From the Autumn of 1867 to the Spring of 1870 he was Principal of the High School at Sandusky, O. He studied Law at Sandusky, and in the Michigan Law School, and in December, 1862, was ad- mitted to the bar of the Supreme Court at Columbus, O. Since then he has practiced Law in Sandusky, in the firms of Taylor & Phinney, 1873-76; Taylor, Phinney & King, 1876-79; alone, 1882-89; Phinney & Curran, 1889-90; alone, 1890-91; Phinney & Merrill, 1891 to 1897. He was a member of the Ohio Society, Sons of the American Revolu- tion. He was married July 15, 1868, to Miss Sarah E. Bell, who died January 7, 1808. Since his wife’s death his health has failed, until the end came as stated above. On Tuesday, May 23, a meet- ing of the Erie County Bar was held, at which appreciative addresses were made, one of the speakers being his classmate, Judge I. P. Pugsley. His funeral was held on Tuesday, May 23, 1899. Three daughters survive him, one being the wife of Professor Stephen F. Weston, of Adelbert Col- lege, Cleveland, Ohio. . HON. JOHN A. WILLIAMSON, ’64. Hon. John A. Williamson, A.M., LL.B., ’64, died on Wednesday, April 19, 1899, at Norwalk, O., which has been his home since 1871. Mr. Williamson was the son of James and Phoebe A. Williamson, and was born at New London, O., September 25, 1842. He entered Oberlin College in 1860, but left it in 1862 to take part in the defense of his state against the threatened invasion by Gen. Kirby Smith. In the Fall of 1863 he entered Yale and graduated in 1864. In 1865 he received the degree of LL.B. from the Albany Law School. After practic- ing his profession for several years at different places in Ohio and Indiana, he finally established himself at Nor- | walk, Ohio. in 1871. Here he has been engaged in law, politics and banking, served two terms (1877-1881) in the Ohio House of Representatives, and in January, 1880, was chosen Speaker. In 1892 he was appointed by Governor McKinley a member of the Board of Trustees of the Ohio State Institution for the education ‘of feeble-minded youth at Columbus, and held this posi- tion at his death, having been reap- pointed in 1897 for another term of five years. He was President of the Huron County Banking Company of Norwalk, and a large stockholder in the Green- wick Bank, the Oberlin Bank, the Clyde Bank, and the Auburndale Banking Company of Toledo. He was married January 19, 1869, at Camden, Ohio, to Miss Celestia M. Tennant, who died November 5, 1880. He was married again June 22, 1882, at Norwalk, Ohio, to Miss Sarah Manahan, who survives him. He had no children. The funeral was held at his house on April 21, the services being in charge of the Norwalk Commandery of Knights Templar, of which he was Eminent Commander. THE SUN A Newspaper published in New York City and sold for Two Cents, is a paper adapted to SOUND INTELLECTS 22 JANE « « Patriotic Flearts. 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