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TATLm ALUMNI WHHEKLY 399 NINETY-FOUR S. SEXENNIAL GROUP. dent, Mr. Day said: “In behalf of the Class of Ninety-Seven, I present to you, sir, and to the Fellows of Yale Univer- sity, the Miller Memorial Gateway.” President Hadley in accepting the Gateway said: “Of all the men who bravely went out to war there was none more brave than Theodore Westwood Miller. Higher praise can no man give. I know of no memorial as beautiful as that which your loyalty to your class- mate and your Alma Mater has here given Us. : 3 “Tt is my good fortune to pass under that gateway every day, and every day 1 feel its inspiration, not through its beauty but through what it brings to my mind. Worthily do you wear your uniform of blue. May it be a symbol of the spirit in which you honor the dead. “Gentlemen, no words that I can give are enough, but I, and all Yale men, thank you, and will continue to thank you as long as these stones shall live.” Before the meeting broke up the Executive Committee of the alumni for next year was announced as follows: President A. T. Hadley, ex-President Dwight, Professors Geo. P. Fisher, Brush, Wheeler, Weir, Dexter, Louns- bury, Peck, Baldwin, Sumner, DuBois, Dana, Townsend, Woolsey, Morris, Schwab, Herbert E. Smith, Parker and Chittenden; Rev. Drs. Lines. and Munger, Dr. J. P. C. Foster and Messrs. W: -W... Marnany, M. FT yler, +H... 3B, Sargent, Eli Whitney, Thomas Hooker, A. P. Stokes, Jr. and L. S. Welch. eS CLASS REUNIONS, Sixteen Classes From 1840 To 1897. Seventeen classes, ranging from 1840 to 1897, met in reunion principally at dif- ferent halls on the Campus, Tuesday, June 26. The total number of men at- tending was nearly 800. This together with not less than two or three hundred graduates of other classes who were back made the attendance this Com- mencement something over a thousand. The doings of each class are briefly re- ported below: CLASS OF FORTY. Out of the fifteen survivors of the Class of Forty, eight returned for the sixtieth reunion as follows: Eggleston, Fitch, Head, Hollister, Hoppin, Inger- soll, Leavitt and Parsons. Supper was served at the residence of Professor Hoppin, 47 Hillhouse Ave., and the evening was spent in reminiscences of college davs. CLASS OF FORTY-FIVE. Three members of the Class of Forty- Five of which there are nine survivors, met at the home of W. E. Downes on Whitney Avenue. They were General Henry B. Carrington, Hon. Constantine Esty and W. E, Downes. These three had their Class supper at the house and spent the evening together. CLASS OF .FIFTLY. The Class of Forty met in Dwight Hall at noon, fourteen of the thirty- two surviving members being present, as also two ex-members. Bliss of New York was chosen Chairman and Booth of Bridgeport, Secretary; also Dechert and Booth Supper Committee. It was voted to have a Class meeting next year to commemorate the Bi-centennial. Let- ters from the absent members were read expressing regret at not being able to be present. Kellogg, late President of the University of California, sent a letter from the city of Geneva, stating that he was enjoying a year of rest by tak- ing a trip around the world. Parsons, for many years a missionary of the American Board, wrote from Seattle, Wash., where he is now supplying a Methodist church. Roberts, United States Treasurer, was detained by duty, and Bacon by an important ecclesiastical appointment. Judge Bolles of New York sent a poem. At 4 Pp. M. the Class marched to the place where supper had been provided and for about four hours enjoyed reminiscences of those present as well as the absent ones. Judges, bankers, railroad presidents, ministers and manufacturers ‘were all boys to- gether again and parted feeling that it ep been the best class meeting ever eld. CLASS OF FIFTY-FIVE. The Class of Fifty-Five gave further evidence of its strong class unity and loyalty to Yale by returning 21 strong for a reunion, forty-five years after graduation. The business meeting was held at noon in the 1902 room in Dwight Hall and Dr. Charles Ray Palmer of New Haven, presided. Ordinary rou- tine business was transacted. In the afternoon, a number of the men attended the ball game. The Class dinner, which was a very successful one, was given at the house of Dr. Palmer on Whitney Avenue, and Maresi of New York ca- tered. President Dwight, who was tu- tor to the Class while they were in College, was present at the dinner and President Hadley also came in to pay his respects. The following are those who were present: Allen, Alvord, Brewster, Causey, Christie, Clarke, Cobb, Corning, Dickinson, Gay, Kerruish, Kit- tredge, Mason, Osborn, Palmer, Potter, Rockwell, Stanton, Whittemore, Wood- bridge, Woodward. CLASS OF SIXTY. The Class of Sixty held its business meeting in 175 Lyceum at 11 o’clock, Leach, the Secretary, being elected to preside. It was decided to meet as a class at the Bi-centennial celebration next year, the vote being nearly unani- mous. The meeting place and arrange- ment of details will be left till a later date. The meeting adjourned after Leach had been elected to succeed him- self as Class Secretary, and the members went to the Class ivy and replanted it. At 1 o'clock luncheon was served in Room 25, Insurance Building, which had been engaged as headquarters during the stay in New Haven, and the Class went in a body to the ball game. The supper at the headquarters was a jolly one and lasted till a late hour: W. E. Foster presided and short im- promptu addresses were made by the diners. Those present at the reunion were: Ball, Barnes, Bunnell, Chappell, Colton, Dutton, Foster, Furbish, Haight, Higgins, Johnson, Kingsbury, Marshall, Norton, Owen, Remington, ‘wee 2 hachards, =: 3. .1,,.':Rachards;,.. Saiki, Wheeler, Williams, Park, Bunce and Harvey, the latter three being non- graduates. CLASS OF SIXTY-FIVE. The Class of Sixty-Five held its busi- ness meeting in Room E2 Osborn, at noon, with an attendance of 27 men out of a total of 74. Messrs. Dryden and Kimberly were nominated for Chairman of the meeting, but Dryden withdrew and Kimberly was unanimously elected. After the roll call Duyckinck, the Class Secretary, read his report. Besides giving the deaths of members for the past decade, he made a statement of class expenditures since graduation, which showed that less than $40 had been paid per year per man. Before adjournment a motion was made and passed assessing the class members who were present, $5, and those not present $3, to defray expenses. After the busi- ness meeting the class went in a body and replanted the class ivy; which died several years ago. The new ivy is a root of the original one and was given by Mrs. Henry Champion of New Haven. At the planting the Class sang Henry Armitt Brown’s ivy song. After the ball game the members marched to Fleming’s, where a fine dinner was served and the old songs sung over the cigars. Those present were: Barrows, Bronson, Caskey, Chapman, Chittenden, Collin, Cooper, Duyckinck, Ely, Ewell, Gregory, Hicks, Kimberly, Kittredge, Man, Merrill, Scranton, Stires, C. N. Taintor, H. E. Taintor, Warren, Wen- ner, Wood, Woodworth, Dryden and Wilson and E. J. Hill. | CLASS. OF SEVENTY. Professor E. S. Dana called to order the business meeting of the Class of Seventy at their thirtieth reunion at noon in Bi Osborn Hall. Thirty-five members were found to be present, as follows: Terry, Tyler, Mann, Reeve, Huntress, Jenkins, Metcalf, Shattuck, Raymond, Schell, Countryman, Beach, Welch, Dana, C. Kelly, J. H. Perry, Shepard, W. Buck, Wordin, Heald, Chase, Hume, Lord, Gaylord, Betts, Craig, Chadwick, McClintock, Galpin, Spalding, Coy, Wilshire, Burr, Nead and Randall. Letters of regret from several members who were unable to be present were read by the Secretary, Rev. Rod- erick Terry. A committee consisting of Messrs. Perry, Mann and Terry were appointed to act in conjunction with Mr. Miller, the Class Historian, in compiling a Class History. Luncheon was served at the New Haven Lawn Club for the members and their families. A group picture was taken and the party drove out to the baseball game. At the din- ner at the Lawn Club in the evening, the following additional men were pre- sent: Logan, Hicks, Beardsley, Mc- Cutchen, Thomas, Warren and Hutchins, The answers received by the Secre- tary in response to a number of statis- tical questions sent to the members have been tabulated and printed. They do not constitute an accurate history as they are incomplete, but contain some inter- esting information and a correct list of the present addresses of the Class so far as known. CLASS OF SEVENTY-FIVE. About thirty-five men were present at the business meeting of the Class of Seventy-Five in Room E11, Osborn Hall, Tuesday at 11.30 A. M. Hon. John Pat- ton of Grand Rapids, Mich., presided. Only routine business was transacted. At one o’clock members and wives had lunch at Lenox Hall, Sherry of New York catering. The men then attended the game in a body, driving out in a barge. After the game, a picture of the Class was taken, at the Senior Fence in front of Durfee. The Class then ad- journed to Lenox Hall, where the Class supper took place. Those present were: Atwater, Beardsley, Bell, Betts, Blood- good, Blodget, Bouton, C. W. Clark, Davenport, Garver, Collins, Grinnell, Gulliver, Harding, Hill, W. H. Hotch- kiss. “jenks, Di AU jones, Patton, Richards, Rogers, J. S. Seymour, Hun- gerford, W. W. Seymour, A. Y. Smith, CR. Smith EF. C.. Smith, Snow, Southworth, Torrence, Torrey, Under- wood, Walradt and Yard. The Com- mittee of Arrangements was: Patton, Chairman; Betts, Jenks, Martin, Rogers, Smith, Weatherbee. CLASS. OF EIGHTY. The Class of Eighty met at noon in Room F 1, Osborn Hall, W. D. Murray presiding. After the Secretary’s reports were read, a gold-headed cane was pre- sented by the Class to Frank C. Hotch- kiss, Supt. of the College grounds, in recognition of his services to the University, and in appreciation of his popularity with Eighty. It was voted that a Class book be published as soon as possible under the supervision of the Secretary. A number of the Class signified their intention to return for the Bi-centennial, and it was voted to dine together as a Class at that time. Since the last reunion in 1895, the Sec- retary reported the following members of the Class to have died: F. P. Cham- berlain, Sept. 9, 1895; L. Wilkinson, Nov. 2, 1895; J. M. Hoppin, Jr., Jan.
