YALE ALUMNI WEEKLY
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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.
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