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*50—Rev. A. Booth, acting Secretary
of the Class of Fifty since the death of
Prof. Newton, is making arrangements
for the fiftieth anniversary of the Class
next June. There are thirty-four sur-
viving members.
53—Andrew D. White, United States
Ambassador to Germany, expects to visit |
this country in August and September of |
this year.
’57—Rev. Samuel Scoville, who has
been preaching at Stamford, Conn., for
a number of years, has received a call to
preach in Vineland, N. J. He will ex)
to Vineland to preach every Sunday
until October, when he will probably be
permanently settled as pastor there.
’58—J. Willard Gibbs, Ph.D., LL.D.,
Professor of Mathematical Physics at
Yale, was elected a corresponding mem-
ber of the Prussian Academy of Sciences
at the bi-centenary meeting held March
19, at the castle of Emperor William in
Berlin, Germany.
°61—Professor Franklin B. Dexter,
former Secretary of the Yale Corpora-
tion, has been ill with the grip for the
past week, but is now satisfactorily re-
covered.
’62—Pierce N. Welch has gone South
to his plantation in Alabama.
’62—Judge H. B. Freeman of Hart-
ford left March 18 for a two weeks’
trip to the South.
°66—John M. Hall left March 10 for
Palm Beach, Fla., to be gone several
weeks.
’°67—William H. Bishop, Instructor in
Spanish, has recovered from his attack
of pleurisy asd has resumed his classes.
‘67—Among the largest private forests
to come under Government supervision,
is a tract cf 126,000 acres in Polk and
Monroe counties, Tennessee, owned by
Senator ‘seorge Peabody Wetmore of
Rhode Island. Senator Wetmore has
availed himself of the offer of free assist-
ance to the owners of woodlands made
by te Division of Forestry, and has
asked that the tract be inspected with a
view of making a working plan by which
the merchantable timber can be cut an
the forest still be preserved in good
condition.
’69—Cornelius T. Driscoll, Mayor of
New Haven, has recently been confined
to his house with an attack of the grip.
"7I—Rev. Howard W. Pope of New
Haven has been appointed to take
charge of the plans for raising in Con-
necticut the sum of the Moody me-
morial fund.
°73—Prof. William Beebe delivered a
lecture on the coming solar eclipse, in
North Sheffield Hall, March 23.
"73 S.—Prof. Andrew W. Phillips has
been appointed to take charge of the
competitive examination in the Second
Congressional District of Connecticut,
for candidates for Annapolis. Prof.
Phillips has already had charge of two
examinations for West Point cadets.
"745.—W. A. Rogers of Buffalo, N.
Y., has gone to Asheville, N. C., and is
staying at Kenilworth Inn. He will re-
turn during the early part of April.
74L.S.—Henry F. English has do-
nated $10,000 toward the erection of a
new Y. M.C. A. building in New Haven.
'75—Dr. William Wotkins Seymour of
Troy, N. Y., has placed two sets of
prizes in the hands of the gymnasium
directors, in order to promote interest
in wrestling and fencing at Yale. |
"75 5.—Prof. Russell H. Chittenden,
who has been ill with typhoid fever since
January, has resumed his duties as
Director of the Sheffield Scientific
School.
‘76—The Waterbury American of
March 23 has the following: “Few men,
starting with no advantage of family
Prestige or influential friends, have in
45 years made more of themselves than
James Brook Dill, the New York law-
yer, the counsel in the Carnegie-Frick
for the last fifteen years.
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controversy, which settled a big suit and
instituted a new company, capitalized
at $300,000,000. Mr. Dill is by educa-
tion, if not by birth, a Connecticut boy.
His father was a country clergyman,
and his early schooling was gained in
New Haven, he having been graduated
at Yale in the Class of Seventy-Six.
He went to New York, and by dint
of shrewdness worked up a lucrative
practice. He saw early the opportunities
of New Jersey incorporations, and made
himself master of the intricacies of New
Jersey corporation practice. That is
his story told in a word. It is the story
of what ability, far-sightedness and
energy can do to push a man to the
front in the great metropolis of New
York, even in these days, when it is said
that brains unaided by opportunity no
longer have a chance there.”
"77 1.S.—Prof. G. B. Adams, who is
on leave of absence abroad, has arrived
at Dresden, Germany, where he will stay
some time, visiting the various universi-
ties in the vicinity.
'79—John O.. Perrin of Lafayette,
Indiana, sailed for Europe, March 3.
’80—The following notice has gone out
under the head of “Bi-centennial Con-
tingent Fund”:
“Reunions are expensive and the price
of our dinner ticket, $5.00, is not enough
to cover expenses. It is necessary to
raise a large Contingent Fund. Some
of the Class can not contribute to this
fund at all: others can do so only
moderately: a few can give largely.
Will you not give as much as you can?
79 spent $1,100 last year and had sixty-
five men present. We can count on
about sixty men—hence we will need to
raise $800 in this way.
KOVO ET XIE,
(Wod.)
“Remit at early convenience to
William G. Daggett,
Haven, Conn.”
’80—St. Andrew’s Cross for March
has the following: “Three Bishops of
this Church were consecrated in Febru-
ary. On the Feast of the Purification,
Rev. Sidney Catlin Partridge was con-
secrated in Trinity Cathedral, Tokyo, to
be the first bishop of Kyoto, Japan.
The service was rendered in Japanese.
Two of the English Bishops in Japan
took part in it, and the Greek Arch-
bishop, Father Nikolai, occupied a
special seat in the Cathedral. The new
Bishop has been a missionary in China
He was led
to go to the field through a residence of
a few months in China, while making
a journey around the world immediately
after his graduation from College. On
the Feast of St. Matthias, Rev. Robert
Codman was consecrated in St. Luke’s
Cathedral, Portland, to be the third
Bishop of Maine. On the same day in
Grace Church, Chicago, Rev. Charles P.
Anderson was consecrated Bishop-Coad-
jutor of Chicago.”
80 T.S.—Prof. G. B. Stevens left Ber-
lin, March 20, on a visit to a number of
German universities. He will leave for
England about April s.
’80 T.S.—Professor William F. Black-
man of the Divinity School read a paper
on “The Claims of Ethical and Socio-
logical Studies of the University,” at a
meeting of the Fairfield Association of
Congregational Ministers, March 6.
’82—Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Cle-
ment of Buffalo, N. Y., left March 20
for Asheville, N. C., to be gone a month.
’°82—Charles H. Lewis, who is now at
Orlando, Fla. for his health, has re-
signed the directorship of the Building
a Loan Association of Middletown,
onn.
°83—-Albert Carr, who for several years
has been P. A. Engineer of the Metro-
politan Street Railway system, in charge
of all construction work, has been ap-
pointed by the Rapid Transit Board of
New York City, Division Engineer in
charge of the tunnel from the postoffice
to 42d St., at a salary of $4,500 a year.
He was given a complimentary dinner
at Shanley’s, New York City, March 22,
by the Metropolitan Street Railway Co.
At the close of the dinner, President H.
H. Vreeland, on behalf of the company,
presented Mr. Carr with a handsome
watch and chain and charm.
84 L.S.—Prof. John Wurts has com-
pletely recovered from his recent attack
of pnu>monia, and has now resumed his
work in the Law School.
’85—Rev. Frank VanAllen, M.D., has
arrived in this country from the Madura
Mission, S. India.
’85—Eugene L. Richards, Jr.,awho has
recently recovered from a severe illness,
is at Atlantic City.
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’85—Lucius F. Robinson has been
elected a director of the Hartford Steam
Boiler Inspection & Insurance Co., to
succeed his father, the late Henry C.
Robinson, 753.
’86—Francis R. Cooley of Hartford,
Conn., left March 21 for a three weeks’
trip to Florida.
’87—Francis B.. Trowbridge, who was
recently operated on for appendicitis, is
so far recovered that he is able to be
out.
88 S.—Charles E. Curtis addressed the
Municipal League of New Haven, March
19, on “Our City’s Finances Under the
New Charter.”
88 S.—Jesse C. Dann has been ap-
pointed a member of the Athletic Com-
mittee of the Pan-American Exposition
to be held in Buffalo in 1901.
°90—John D. Jackson sailed March 3
for a three months’ trip to Europe.
‘90—Albert Cushing Crehore, Apple-
ton Assistant of Natural Philosophy at
Dartmouth College, is on leave of ab-
sence for two years, so that he can per-
fect an invention on which he is working.
*90—A new system for the electrical
transmission of power has recently been
invented by Frederick Bedell. The SyS-
tem comprises means for the joint dis-
tribution of both direct and alternating
currents. Dr. Bedell is Assistant Pro-
fessor of Physics at Cornell University,
and is one of the editors of the Physi-
cal Review.
*91—James E. Farmer has recently pub-
lished a historic novel entitled “The
Grand Mademoiselle.” It is a romance
of the Fronde.
‘o1—Dr. Henry L. Williams, who
played half back on W. C. Rhodes’ foot-
‘ball team, has accepted a position as
athletic director at the University of
Minnesota.
91 S.—Lieut. J. S. Murdock has been
appointed instructor in Mechanical En-
gineering of Applied Science, New York
University, New York City.
'92—W. B. Wright, Jr., who was cap-
tain of the track team and manager of .
McClung’s football team, has been spend-
ing a few days in. New Haven.
’°92—Messrs. Post and Flagg of New
York announce that they have inaugu-
rated a bond and investment depart-
ment, in charge of Pierre Jay, for the
investment of private and trust funds.
‘92 S.—_James S. Maher will be pro-
posed for membership in the New Haven
Medical Association, at their next meet-
ing this month.
93 S.—W. M. Armstrong has recently
accepted a position as Assistant General
Manager of the American Car & Foun-
dry Co., with headquarters at St. Louis.
’°94—Albert W. Lindeke has gone to
Porto Rico on business.
’°94—-A child was born in the middle
of February to Mr. and Mrs. Richard H.
Worthington of Baltimore, Md.
’94—William  R. Wright won the
“Jumping Hurdles, Back to Back” con-
test at the recent Squadron A games in
New York City.
’°94—Harry L. Welch, who has been
studying surgery in Vienna, Paris and
Berlin for the past year, expects to re-
turn to New Haven this Fall and prac-
tice with his father, Dr. W. C. Welch,
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94 S.—Joseph P. Wales has recently
begun the practice of medicine in Wil-
mington, Del.
’°94 S.—Charles E. Coy, who is with
the Long Distance Telephone Company
of New York City, has recently been
made chief clerk of the operating depart-
ment.
’°94 Hon.—Horatio W. Parker, Profes-
sor of Music in the University, has been
commissioned to compose a work for
the coming festival of the Three Choirs,
at Hereford, England. Prof. Parker
is the first American who has ever been
honored by such a commission.
’°95—Henry A. Baker has opened a law
office in St. Louis.
’95--James A. Draper, Jr., has opened
an office for the practice of medicine in
Wilmington, Del.
’95—Samuel B. Darling, who gradu-
ated from the Harvard Law School last
year, has been admitted to the bar of
Massachusetts.
95 S.—Charles H. Farnam, Jr., who
was in the firm of Bishop & Co., Hono-
lulu, Hawaii, for several years, sailed
for Japan, March 24.
’°90—J. G. Eldridge, instructor of Ger-
man in the University, will sail for Ger-
many June 16, for a three months’ trip.
’96—Neil B. Mallon has changed his
address from Newark, O. to Cincinnati,
O., where he is with the American Pro-
cess Engraving Co., 15 West 6th St.
’°96—John C. Adams has been ap-
pointed Instructor of English; Dr. Al-
bert G. Keller, Instructor in’ Social
- Science, and Sherwood O. Dickerman,
Tutor in Greek, in the University.
’96—Cards are out announcing the
Marriage of George A. Smith to Miss
Mary E. Dudley Burk, at the home
of the bride’s sister, Mrs. H. W. Thomp-
son, Brooklyn Heights, March Zz. DY.
the Rev. Horace Porter of Plymouth
Church.
‘96—Russell Colgate, who has recently
returned from a trip around the world,
lectured in Dwight Hall Friday, March
23, on “Yale Men in the Far East.” His
talk was illustrated by a large number of
stereopticon views from photographs
which he took of Yale graduates in mis-
sion stations in the Philippines.
°96—Anson Phelps Stokes, Secretary
of the Yale Corporation, is preparing the
circular letter which is issued annually
to graduates of the University of six
years standing, calling for nominations
for membership in the Corporation.
The member whose term expires this
year is Senator Chauncey M. Depew, ’56.
96 Si—Thomas Rodman has gone to
Milwaukee for the Riter, Conley Manu-
facturing Co. of Pittsburg, Pa., to super-
intend the erection of some gas tanks.
’°97—Charles H. Studinski has been in
the law office of Stern & Rushmore, 40
Wall St., New York City, since the first
of October.
97 S.—Amos F. Barnes is confined to
his home in New Haven with a severe
attack of the grip.
’97 S.—The engagement of Miss Syd-
ney Holmes of Kansas City to George
Langford, is announced.
97 S.—Early this year, Robert S. Kil-
borne was admitted to the firm of A.
W. Kilborne & Co., brokers, 42 Wall
Street, New York City.
97 L.S.—Erroll M. Augur has been
appointed acting clerk of the New Haven
Supreme Court during the illness of
John C. Gallagher, ’79 S.
97 L.S.—The engagement of Miss Jo
Thrall, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. W. R.
Thrall of Clifton, Cincinnati, to Richard
C. Stoll of Lexington, Ky., is announced.
97 M.S.—J. B. Griggs has been elected
to membership in the Hartford City
Medical Association.
97 M.S.—Dr. W. M. Weaver, who has
been serving a term as house surgeon at
the Lackawanna Hospital, Scranton, Pa.,
during the past year, has received an
appointment on the staff of the St.
Christopher Hospital for Children, Phil-
adelphia, Pa:
’°98—Robert K. Root has been ap-
pointed Instructor of English in the Uni-
versity.
’98—Henry B. Wright, Class Secretary
of Ninety-Eight, spoke recently before
the students of Princeton University on
“Power or Influence.”
°98—D. Brewer Eddy has an article in
the March Jntercollegiate, entitled “The
Student Volunteer and the Obstacles to
-his Reaching the Field.”
’98—The engagement of Miss C.
Adelaide Doremus, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Cornelius Doremus of New York,
to Herbert B. Wilcox, is announced.
’98—Henry Fletcher has just been
elected Treasurer of the Harvard Law
Review for the coming year. This is
probably the first time that an office on
the Board has beén held by any repre-
sentative of Yale.
’98—Carleton H. Barclay has resigned
his position with Doubleday & McClure,
in New York, to become manager of the
Boston office of the Tertile Manufac-
turers Journal His address now is 620
Atlantic Ave., Boston, Mass.
98 S.—Morrison B. Yung is taking a
course in the Mining School at Cornell.
798 M.S.—Dr. F. T. Billings has ac-
cepted a reappointment in the Paterson
General Hospital, Paterson, N. J.
798 MS..—Dr. H. C. Rowland, acting
assistant surgeon, U. 8S. A., stationed
at Manila, is recovering from an attack
of typhoid fever and _ cerebro-spinal
meningitis.
98 M.S.—Dr. Richard M. English,
acting assistant surgeon in the Army,
has received orders to proceed to San
Francisco and take passage for Manila,
to join the medical corps in the Philip-
pines.
°990—-T. W. Farnam has returned to
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