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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.
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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.
