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382 VALE ALUMNI WEEKLY CLASS REUNIONS. Forty-two to Ninety-six were the Extremes in Ages. FORTY-TWO. The most remarkable reunion of this Commencement, in point of years, was - that of the Class of Forty-two, which has been fifty-seven years out of Col- lege. There are now less than twenty survivors, but five of these, though scat- tered widely through the country, met Tuesday, June 27, to witness the impor- tant events of Yale’s closing century. The names of the five present were: Rey. Daniel D. Henshaw, D.D., Providence, R. I; Dr. Sylvester W. Turner, Chester, Conn.; Rev. Burdett Hart, DD: <Geemantown; 3 Pas. EIRs- 6-W3 Forbes, New York City, and Rev. Nathan W. Williams, Providence, R. I., Class Secretary. It was due principally to the energy and zeal of Mr. Williams - that the reunion was held. He wrote to every member, urging him strongly to attend, and though the majority could not come for one reason or an- other, most of them sent messages of regret and words of affection for their classmates and for Yale. These letters were read and greatly enjoyed by the members at the Class dinner, which was given by Mrs. M. S. Hemingway at her home on Temple street. FORTY-NINE. The Class of 1849 met at the house of President Dwight on Tuesday even- ing, June 27, to celebrate ‘their fiftieth year after graduation. Fifteen members of the Class were present, as follows: Rev. Dr. E. D. Morris, late Professor in Lane Theological Semi- nary, now of Columbus, Ohio; Judge Francis M. Finch, LL.D., late Judge of the Courts of Appeals in the State of New York, since 1891 Dean of the Law School in Cornell University; Rev. Dr. Franklin W. Fisk, President of the Chicago Theological Seminary; Rev. Dr. GC: A, iw Richards;- Rector -of St. John’s Church, : President Dwight of Yale; Hon. W. D. Bishop of Bridgeport, formerly Presi- dent of the New York and New Haven Railroad; Rev. E. A. Buck, Missionary of the City Missionary Society of, Fall River, Mass:; Elial. F.. Hall, sq.,: tate of New York City; Rev. Shearjashub Bourne, late of New York City; Rev. Oscar Bissell, W. B. Clarke, Wm. H. Jesup, Esq., of Montrose,-Pa.; H. S. Metcalfe, Esq., of Natchez, Miss.; F. S. Lockwood, late Bank Commissioner in the State of Connecticut, and» John Rockwell, Esq., of Tarrytown, N. Y. Poems were read by Dr. Richards and Judge Finch, and Metcalfe sang a modern version of an ancient song. It is ‘hardly mnecessary.to say that. the meeting was one of peculiar interest, and worthy of the great record which the Class has made. The presence of a goodly number of the wives and daughters of the members of the Class added much to the enjoyment. FIFTY-FOUR. The meeting of the Class of 1854, on the 45th anniversary of its graduation, being called at very short notice, was . slimly attended. The business meet- ing was confined to sitting on the steps of Osborn Hall and chatting. In the evening the following members of the Class dined together and recalled the days of their youth: Judge Henry Baldwin, Rev. Wm. R. Eastman, Judge Henry E. Howland, Dr. E. W. Lam- bert. dor. Www. 4 Paimer,” Chas’ ‘A, ‘White, Rev. Dr. Erskine N. White, and Chas. H. Leeds. -FIFTY-NINE. The Class of Fifty-Nine met: at 3 o’clock at Sloan Laboratory, where an informal business meeting of short dura- tion was held. In the evening the members met at the house of Mr. Louis B. Bristol, 65 Elm street, and were entertained at dinner by Mr. Bristol. Those present were: Beards- ley; Brainerd: Bristol; Catlin; Fair- banks; Fay; Freeman; Hall; Harrison; Hewitt; Hinckley; Houston; Jones; Lounsbury; Ruggles; Sprague; Stiles; Taylor; Twichell, and Dr. McClintock. Providence. Rueicd.: SIXTY-FOUR. The Class of Sixty-Four celebrated the thirty-fifth anniversary of its gradu- ation by the usual class supper, which was held this year at Fleming’s at 8 p. M. on Tuesday. Theodore Fitch of Yonkers, N. Y. presided, while the other end of the table was occupied by the Class Sec- retary, Prof. C. G. Rockwood, Jr., of Princeton, N. J. Between them were seated the following members of the Class: E. A. Anketell, W. E. Barnett, Rev. W. W. Battershall, D.D., Dr. P. R. Cortelyou, A. B. Cox, F. E. Good- rich, T. M. Griffing, T. B. Hewitt, D. J. Holden, Rev. J. P. ‘Hoyt, F. H. Hooker, Dr. R. S. Ives, Dr. W. Judson, D..B; Lyman; Dr.,..H..E:--Owen, Dr. Wish B -Pratt.crevi:.C..K. Strong, S: Bp. oitone, C. 1: Westcott, O: "Ss. White, L. F. Whitin, Rev. H. M. Whit- nev, J. Williams, F. E. Woodruff, O. M. Knapp, Rev. T. P. Sawin, D.D., and Dr. G. H. Wynkoop. After the usual menu had been dis- posed of, the chairman called upon Rey. Dr. Battershall of Albany, who in the name of the Class, and in very graceful words, presented to Professor Rockwood a handsome silver loving cup, in recognition of his faithful ser- vice for thirty-five years as Class Sec- retary. -After a brief response from Prof. Rockwood, the rest of the time until after midnight was occupied in social conversation and informal speak- ing, and the Class then separated for another five years. S.C. Pierson and E. T. Welles ‘were present during the day but were unable to stay for the supper. SIXTY-NINE. Nearly fifty per cent. of the remain- ‘ing members of the Class ‘of Sixty-Nine met at the New Haven Lawn Club House on Tuesday, June 27, with their wives and sons and daughters. A light luncheon was served, after which the party was’ photographed. Two special cars took them in a body to the base- ball game. Ata business meeting of the Class at the Lawn Club, Mr. William - Lyon Bennett, of New Haven, was elected Secretary to succeed Mr. Thomas Hooker, whose term of office had expired. A committee was ap- pointed to take charge of the arrange- ments for the next reunion. CARROLL F. SWEET. Winner of the DeForest Prize Speaking. The class supper followed the meet- ing, at which the addresses were en- tirely informal. Forty-one men were present. SEVENTY-FOUR REUNION, ~ The Class of Seventy-Four held a reunion in honor of the twenty-fifth anniversary of its graduation in New Haven on Tuesday, June 27. The regu- lar business meeting was held in Os- born Hall at noon. Mr. George M. Gunn was appointed presiding officer. The reports. of the Class Treasurer, H. W. Farnam and the Secretary of the Class -Committee, -«G.. L.. Dickerman, were then read and the election of the Class Treasurer and Class Committee followed, resulting thus: Class Treas- urer, H. W. Farnam; Class Committee, G. L. Dickerman, Secretary; F. G. In- gersoll, H. W. Farnam. The class then adjourned to the library steps, where their picture was taken. In the after- noon they attended the game in a body and in the evening had the class supper at the New Haven House. Among those present were: Bushnell, Kennedy, Frissell, Dimon, Curtis, Joy, Hender- son, Clark, Campbell, Maul, Kelley, Wilcox, Blodgett, Bradstreet, Jaeher, - Gunn, Leal, Washburn, Minor, Far- nam, Dickerman, and Ingersoll. SEVENTY-FOUR SCIENTIFIC, The Class of Seventy-Four Scientific held their reunion and class supper at the Tontine Hotel and the following men were present: Edward Brush; George R. Cooley; E. H: Forbes; Frazer D.. Head; Dr. Henry Hun; H. J. Kellogg: William McGraff; R. D. A. Parrott; Dr. Walter B. Platt; W. H. Reynolds; F. H. Still- man; S. Harrison Wagner. SEVENTY-NINE REUNION. The Class of Seventy-Nine celebrated the twentieth anniversary of its grad- uation in New Haven on ‘Tuesday, June 27. The usual business meeting was held in 175 Lyceum at twelve o’clock, when gray plug hats were dis- tributed to the members. No business of importance was transacted. The meeting adjourned the Class proceeded to the steps of Osborn Hall and was photographed. In the afternoon the members at- tended the Yale- Harvard baseball game in a body, forming in line on College street and marching to the Yale Field accompanied by a band. Immediately after the game the class marched down to the houses of Presi- dent Dwight and President-elect Had- ley and cheered each in turn. At half past seven the Class supper was held at the Young Men’s Republi- can Club, where the following toasts were responded to, Julian W. Curtiss acting as toastmaster. ‘*Y oleic Abroad) site ee F. E. Hyde SY ale Any at. eee Lo. Fo Burpee “The: Passing Years,’-ii 0. L. W. Bowers Dalene Pinay . se John W. Curtiss “Vale University,”..... F,. W. Williams Phesiod eee ey L. Howland “Yale and the Church,” E. McA. Noyes The following Seventy-Niners were present: Barnum, S. P. Willard, Waldo, Platt, Osborn, M. Clark,. Marston, A. H. Terry, Peck, Rowland, Cochran, Shepard, Kimball, J. W. Eaton, Bruen, Burpee, Munson, McKenzie, Hyde, Livingston, McAlIpin, Lewis, Metcalfe, Julian W. Curtiss, John W.° Curtiss, Coxe, Kimball, Noyes, Franklin, Hur- land, Aldrich, Eddy, Sonn, Auchincloss, Hyde, Foster, F. S. Smith, Linde, Hill, H. K. Willard, Stokes, Hawkes, Mun- son, J. T. Terry, Jr., W. J. Trowbridge, W. Failey, Merriam, J. Farwell, Tighe, Barker, Newton, Penfield, G. D. Wat- rous, Diggers, Stiles, Kirchwey, Bragg, FF; W. ‘Williams, <Levermore, Lo W. Bowers, and Ernest Carter. EIGHTY-FOUR. The Class of Eighty-Four held a very successful quindecennial, about 40 mem- bers being present. J. W. Oakford presided at the business meeting held in Osborn Hall. at -12: o’clock... The quindecennial committee was reap- pointed with authority to arrange for a ‘reunion in either root or too4. The members are Leonard M. Daggett, chairman, John R. Halsey and Frank D. Trowbridge. Mr. Daggett was re- appointed Class Secretary. He was given permission to publish a record of the Class and its members since gradua- tion. Eight members of the Class have died since the last reunion as follows: G R: Blodgett, S:° A. Booth, J. W. Claggett, G. E. Cohen, H. B. Cromwell, W. W. Savery and C. W. Watrous. It was voted to order suitable obituary notices for these men. The following men were present at the reunion: Lough, Cottle, Phelps, Foster, Holli- day, Knight, Reynolds, Halsey, Car- penter, Walker, Jones, Lambert, Jud- son, Hyndman, Makuen, Mead, Strong, — McCormick, Jr., Porter, Pringle, Hop- kins, Shelton, Holden, Trowbridge, Taylor, Oakford, ‘Williams, Bristow, Wood, Pardee, Chapman, Colt, Peck, ~ Behrisch, Cain, Boyd, Jr., Seeley, Ly- man, Buist, Wright. In the afternoon, headed by Colt’s Band of Hartford, the class proceeded to the base ball game. 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The Daily and Sunday Tribune, by mail, _ $10 a year; $5 for six months; $2.50 for three months; $1 a month, THE TRIBUNE, NEW YORK. promptu speakers of the evening: Henry Buist, Henry A. Bishop, Rev. E. M. Chapman, E. P. Cottle, Reginald Foster, C. P. Phelps, Ray Tompkins, Rev. Dean A. Walker, Mayor William Williams, #.’S: Jones and Rev. W. P. Judson. John R. Halsey acted as toast- master. EIGHTY-NINE. The decennial reunion of Eighty-Nine was attended by about sixty-eight mem- bers of the Class. The total member- ship is one hundred and nineteen men. This ratio of attendance is a very high one and the good record in attendance was characteristic of the meeting in gen- eral. A large number of the men ar- rived in town on Monday and took supper at the shore Monday night. On Tuesday morning there was an informal meeting at the Graduates Club and some attended the general meeting of the alumni in Alumni Hall. Shortly after one o’clock the Class held its business meeting in Room Fr. Osborn Hall. The Decennial Commit- tee, consisting of the Secretary, Chas.
