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YALE ALUMNI WHEKLY 301 Leann ene YALE ALUMNI NOTES. If each alumnus will report all the news about himself as fast as it is made, this department of the Weekly will reach its highest value and usefulness. The alumni rightly demand such news of one another and the Weekly is the place for them to get it and get it promptly and correctly. A great deal of time and money ts spent in testing the accuracy of the notes that are handed in about 10,000 Yale men who live all over the world. The surest way to absolutely prevent error is to report the news directly as soon as itis ready. Those who know news about others, which has not ap- peared, are also strongly urged to con- tribute that news. All communications ought, of course, to be signed, and when they are about any others than the writer, it is well to indicate the source of the in- formation, in order that every item may be safeguarded. ’44—E. H. Avery and family, who were taking the Mediterranean trip on the steamship New England, arrived safely in Paris and will sail for home May Io. ’51—Rev. James G. Vose has resigned the pastorate of the Beneficent Con- gregational Church of Providence, R. I. Dr. Vose has been pastor of this church for thirty-four years. ’*54—Henry FE. Howland has_ been elected a member of the Board of Direc- tors of the Nicaragua Company of Cin- cinnati. 56 and ’*79—The Montauk Club of Brooklyn gave their ninth annual din- ner to Senator Chauncey M. Depew April 21, on the occasion of his sixty- sixth birthday anniversary. He de- livered the address of the evening, pre- facing his remarks by an expression of wonder how it would seem to have the Senate of the United States called to order by a Brooklyn boy. Lieut.-Gov. Woodruff, *79, added a few remarks; and the Woodruff vice-presidential boom was supposed to have received consider- able impetus. ’*58—Mr. and Mrs. Abner W. Col- gate have returned to their home in Morristown, N. J., after a Winter spent in Southern California. ’61—Judge Simeon E. Baldwin of the Yale Law School held a reception April 23, in honor of M. Jacques Dumas, LL.D., the Storrs lecturer. ’61—A. H. Childs was one of the speakers at the twenty-sixth annual banquet of the Princeton Club, which was held Friday evening, April 20. ’63—J. H. Woodruff has just bought the large manufacturing plant of A. W. Stevens at Auburn, N. Y., and will con- tinue the button business with increased facilities. ’67—The Evening Telegram of New York of recent date contained a sketch of the part played by George A. Adee in Yale athletics. ’69—Mr. and Mrs. E. R. DeGrove of New York returned home April 15 from a trip to California, after an ab- sence of two months. ’"70—Dr. J. C. Kendall was elected President of the Litchfield County Medi- cal Association, April 24. ‘70—Robert W. DeForest has been made President of the New York Tene- ment House Commission. ’70—Treasurer Morris F. Tyler of the ' University has returned to New Haven after his trip of inspection through the South and West. ’70—The marriage of Miss Frances E. DeForest, youngest daughter of Mr. Robert W. DeForest, Yale 70, of New York, to William A. W. Stewart, took place May 1. Mr. Stewart is a gradu- ate of Princeton in the Class of Ninety- Seven and a member of the Class of ae Hundred in the Columbia Law chool. '76—President Arthur T. Hadley has accepted an invitation to deliver an ad- dress at Vanderbilt University at the celebration of its twenty-fifth anniver- sary, October 23. Ex-’76T.S—The Rev. George L. Clark of Hartford has accepted the call extended by the Congregational Church of Wethersfield, Conn., to become its pastor for one year. He will assume charge immediately, 77 S—Professor Samuel L. Penfield of the University was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences at its meeting in Washington, April 19. 78—Mr. and Mrs. John Addison Por- ter will give up their house in Wash- ington early in May, and will then go to their Summer home in Pomfret, Conn. 78 S.—Edmund B. Wilson, Professor of Invertebrate Zoology at Columbia University, has been given a leave of absence and will not return to his work until next Fall. "79—The Rev. Edward M. Noyes of Newton Center, Mass., is a delegate to the Ecumenical Conference in New York. ’°80—Col. Norris G. Osborn acted as toastmaster at the annual meeting of the Connecticut Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, in New Haven, April 19, and Professor William Lyon Phelps, ’87, responded to the toast “Yale.” ’81—Laura Jeanette, the five year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. Newton Barney of Farmington, Conn., died April a4; "81 S.—Marcus D. Munn, general counsel for the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, was in New Haven, April 15, on important legal business. "81 T.S.—The Rev. Charles W. Shel- ton is occupying the pulpit of the Union Congregational Church in Rockville, Conn., during the absence of the regu- lar pastor. ’83—Rev. Prof. E. I. Bosworth of Oberlin University will conduct the class in “Studies in the Acts and Epistles,” at the annual session of the Northfield Conference, June 29 to July 8. ’°84—Roderick W. Hine of Dedham, Mass., has just been elected Secretary of the Massachusetts School Superin- tendents’ Association. ’°84—Professor E. Hershey Sneath of the University will deliver a lecture on “The Aesthetic Factor in Education,” at Milford, Conn., May 1. ’°85—Professor George E. Vincent has been promoted from an Assistant Pro- fessorship to Associate Professor in Sociology at the University of Chicago. 85 S.—John C. Oliver has resigned his position as District Manager of the American Tin Plate Co., and taken a position as Vice-President and General Manager of the Oliver Iron & Steel Co. of Pittsburg. °86—At the Republican State Conven- tion of New Jersey, held April 1g, Sheffield Phelps was elected a delegate from the Fifth District to the National Republican Convention. °86 T.S.—An article by Professor Frank C. Porter on the book of “Reve- lation,” will appear in Vol. III, of Hast- ings’ “Bible Dictionary,” which will be published this Summer. 87 T.S.—The Rev. J. W. Bixler of New London, Conn., is a delegate to the Ecumenical Conference in New York. - _ ’88—Winthrop G. Bushnell of New Haven has recently purchased a Sum- mer home at Crescent Bluff, Pine Or- chard, Conn., and is making many im- provements on it. "88 L.S.—Jonathan W. Chapin was elected Grand Warden of the Connecti- cut Grand Lodge of the New England Order of Protection at the annual meet- ing held in New Haven, April 11. 88 T.S.—The Rey. Lucius T. Thayer of Portsmouth, Mass., is a delegate to the Ecumenical Conference in New York. *89—Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Ensign of Simsbury, Conn., sailed for Europe April 21, to be gone three months. ’*89—Gifford Pinchot, Forester of the Department of Agriculture, and Mr. F. V. Coville, Botanist of the same De- partment, will leave Washington for the West about May 15, to make a personal investigation of the problem of grazing in the forest reserves. The restriction of sheep grazing in these areas has raised a storm of protest from wool growers, and public feeling in the West has become divided and intense. A plan for an exhaustive investigation by the Government was published a few weeks ago; but the tour of these officials will be the first actual work in the field. 790—Rodney L. Glisan of Portland, Oregon, is the Republican nominee for Councilman for the Second Ward in that city. 790—Dr. George W. Lawson of Middle Haddam, Conn., was elected President of the Middlesex County Medical Association at the annual meet- ing, April 24. 3 ’90—At the wedding at the Center Church, New Haven, April 26, of Miss Sara Tracy Whitney, daughter of Eli Whitney, ’69, and Dr. Leonard C. San- ford, the ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr. Newman Smyth, of the Yale Corporation, pastor of the Center Church, and the Rev. Joseph H. Twichell, ’59, of Hartford, of the Yale Corporation. The bridesmaids included Miss Adeline Sanford of New Haven and Miss Sage of Albany. The brides- maids were Miss Henrietta E. Whitney, sister of the bride, and Miss Harmonie -Twichell of Hartford. The best man was Herbert Parsons, ’90, and the six ushers were: Dr. John A. Hartwell, "89 S.; Thomas F. Bayard, ’90; Charles P. Howland, ’91; Dr. Sherwood B. Ives, 93; Dr. John Howland, ’94, and J. sanford Bacon. _ : : 791I—W. C. Rhodes, Captain of the 91 football team, visited New Haven recently. ’91—Dr. H. L. Williams coached the hurdlers at the Field, Friday and Satur- day, April 20 and 21. ’°92—A daughter was born March 15 to Mr. and Mrs. Bernard M. Allen of Andover, Mass. ’°92—Charles B. Sears has been ap- pointed managing clerk of the law firm of Bissell, Cary & Cook of Buffalo. ’°92—Arthur F. Lewis has left Dela- ware City, Delaware, and will take charge of the Episcopal Church at Leonia, N. J., on May 1. ’°92—William B. Wright, Jr., has been appointed a member of the Committee on Sports and Athletics of the Pan- American Exposition to be held in Buf- falo next Fall. « °92—Charles L. Wooding, for several years Superintendent of the Bristol Public School, Bristol, Conn., has an- nounced that he will not be a candidate for that positon another year. . ’92 S.—Dr. James S. Maher of New Haven was elected a member of the New Haven County Medical Association at the meeting April 18. 92 T.S.—The Rev. Dryden W. Phelps was appointed Chaplain of the Society of Founders and Patriots of America at the annual meeting of the Connecticut Society of that order, April 10. ’94—The Rev. Charles Albert Smith has accepted a call to St. Paul’s Church, Hammond, Indiana. ’94—The death of Hayden Burr, son of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Burr of Auburn, N. Y., occurred March 2. ’94—Mrs. James Wilson announces the marriage of her daughter, Katherine, to Nathan Hall Jewett, Wednesday, April 25, at Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Jewett will be at home after October 1, 1900, at East Aurora, Ill. ’94—-The marriage of Miss Jeannette F. Searle, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. William S. Searle of Brooklyn, to Charles Henry Hall, will take place at Holy Trinity Church, Brooklyn, May 8. The best man will be Frank Scott Bun- nell, ’94, and Robert Wilkinson, ’95, will be one of the ushers. The ceremony will be performed by the Rev. George Williamson Smith, President of Trinity College, Hartford. ’94 S.—S. G. Colt, who has been with McIntosh & Seymour, at Auburn, N. Y., has bought an interest in the Stanley Electric Works, at Pittsfield, Mass., and will begin his new work during May. ’94 S.—The marriage of Miss Lillian May Travis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Travis of Springfield, Mass. to James. W. Maples, took place in Christ Episcopal Church, Springfield, Tuesday evening, April 17. The best man was Philip Farnsworth, ’94S., Schenectady, N. Y., and the ushers were Louis W. Leonard of Norwalk, Conn., Frederick A. Lockwood, ’94, of Nor- walk, Robert J. Woodruff, ’96, of New Haven, and George E. Cram, ’07 S. Mr. and Mrs. Maples will live in Nor- ~ walk, where Mr. Maples is editor and publisher of the Norwalk Hour. They will be at home Tuesdays after May 15, at 74 West Avenue, 94 T.S.—The Rev. John W. Norris, who is at present in Churchville, N. Y., | has accepted a call from the Congrega- tional Church at Elburn, III. _Ex-’94 T.S.—The Rev. G. Glenn At- kins, pastor of the Second Congrega- tional Church, Greenville, Mass., has ac- cepted a call from the First Church, Burlington, Vt., and will enter upon his ° new duties May 1. [Continued on page 304.] CLARENCE S. Day & Co. call attention to the fact that they have re- moved their offices to 45 Wall St., New York. The Murray Hill Hotel, PARK AVENUE, 40th and 41st Streets, New York. One block from the Grand Central | Station. AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN PLANS. Baggage transferred to and from the Grand Central Station free of charge. - Headquarters Yale. HOTEL TOURAINE, YOUNG’S HOTEL, PARKER HOUSE, Boston. J. R. WHIPPLE & CO. rons « Search- Light.” Ask your dealer for it. AN INNOVATION, The “Wishbone” Bracket. BripGEporT Brass Co., Bridgeport, Conn. NO CHANCE FOR YALE to lose in the coming boat race at New London. At Branford, Conn., there is a picturesque half-mile track known as the Branford Driving Park which will open its gates to the public Wednesday, May 30th (Decoration Day). There will occur two Harness Races for horses eligible to the 2.30 and 2.50 Classes for Purses of $200.00 each Class. Prof. Welch’s pack of English Whippet Running Dogs will also exhibit their wonderful endurance in flat and hurdle racing. AO Soloists is another feature. A band concert by It’s a pleasant drive to the Park. Ozone is refreshing. . The scenery is all new this spring. That’s All To Day.
