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416 YALH ALUMNI WHE EKLY Murray, ’80; W. R. Moody, ’91; F. L. Slade, ‘91; N. C. Whittemore, ’92; Smith, ‘94; George Smith, ’96; Mc- Gallumge'o7: “As Di- Fite, “o7- “Fx. Fi: Hime, “O7>-38.° “E. sWare,.07; FP. M: Gilbert, ’98; R.- E. Hume, ’98; H. D. Gallaudet, ’98; A. B. Williams, Jr., ’98; H. B. Wright, ’98; J. K. Clark, ’99; L. Cogswell, Jr., ’99; G. P. Leonard, ’99; W. E. Ford, ’99 S.; J. R. Mott, M.A., 709; R. E. Speer, M.A., 1900. Theological School—L. B. Chase. Graduate School—Dr. Rokuro Na- kaseko. (26) 1900—D. B. Casler, W. S. Coffin, F. C. Cook, W. E. Crittenden, Robert Fergu- son, F. F. Ferry, A. G. Fox, Gilbert Lovell, Matthew Mills, Fred Nash, W. S. Sanford, W. B. Seabury, Herman Shaffer, H. P. Smith, P, C. Walcott, A. C. Williams, C. H. Wilson. (17) 190I—E. B. Adams, A. C. Angus, L. H. Bronson, J. B. Chamberlain, G. M. Clark, R. H. Edwards, H. O. Gray, J. P. Grosvenor, H. B. Hunting, P. B. A Johnson, W. W. Linsley, P. D. Moody, A. H. Richardson, G. M. Smith, B. P. Twichell, G. A. Welch, O. M. Wiard. 17 Cg B. Barnett, G. E. Davis, C. D. Francis, G. W. Hitner, B. I. Low, A. C. Ludington, C. A. Roberts, A. E. Rora- back Ce Russ; 1, Ga Russ, FB: Sincerbtaux, E. A. Stebbins, J. F. Ten- ney, H. W. Tomkins, B. A. Welch, C. D. White, P. G. White. (17) - 1903 Theodore Andrews, S. M. Brereton, E. R. Clark, H. T. Clark, D. U. Cory, R. D. Day, Alan Fox, F. C. Gilbert, ©. Thomas Hooker, F. 5. Houghteling, D. P. Lewis, Cameron Mackenzie, H. C. McClintock, D. : Moffat, F. W. Moore, H. B. Pomeroy, Hugh Rankin, T. R. Strong. (18) | 1900 §.—E. C. Dean, Howard Rich- ards, Jr., O. H. Schell, J. E. Wheeler. pe S—P. W. Alling, W. M. Clark, feo Ferry, Me Ferry, .B. Ww. Kunkel, Bradford Wells. (6) 7 ion 5G. W. Butts; gt.. J. Bs Coffin, Rolfe Kingsley, R. B. Schley. (4) 1904-1903 S.—Alton, Boies and Pown- ing from Hotchkiss School; Colby, Mosley and Stebbins from Andover ; Houghteling, Jarvis, Lord, Tripp and Van Kisk from Hill School; Goodell from Montclair High; Miller from Her- mon; Whipple from Bells. (14) Preparatory—J. D. Cutler, H. D. Gil- bert. (2) Northfield and the Wale Dele- gation. fA. C. Ludington in the Association Pamphlet.] As the train nears South Vernon, one catches the first glimpse of the North- field buildings across the Connecticut, half way up the long, smooth slope that stretches back to a range of wooded hills. Just a glimpse—then the train stops, you rush for a seat in one of the covered surreys that stand waiting,and are quickly started on the three mile drive to East Northfield. Traversing the wide, shady street, with the double row of trees arching across from either side, —the characteristic feature of New Eng- land towns,—past one old-fashioned, white colonial house after another, you finally come out on the open hillside, where the large stone and brick build- ings of the school are scattered, widely separated from each other. East Hall, one of the School dormitories, is en- tirely occupied by the Yale delegation, who live there and make it their head- quarters, and you are soon settled in your room. After supper—the meals in the crowded dining room are, to say the least, informal—there is the evening meeting on Round Top, a little knoll crowned with a few pine-trees, and com- manding a glorious view of the sunset off across the Connecticut valley. The people come trailing over the fields in small groups, and sit bareheaded on the ground under the trees while the leader stands in the center, as might Abelard have stood at his little abbey of Para- clete, surrounded by his pupils. After- wards, at the platform meeting in the great auditorium, one of the principal speakers, some man whose words are strengthened by a wide reputation, gives such an address as you may seldom hear elsewhere, practical, suggestive, and above all, thoughtful. There follows a short delegation meeting of the Yale men in East Hall, at which every man is expected to be present, for of all the meetings, this means perhaps the most to each one, and embodies most fully the Northfield spirit. About half past ten everyone turns in for the night. In the morning, there are the special meetings for those interested in various departments of Y. M. C. A. work and the platform meeting in the auditorium, lasting till a little after twelve. The afternoons are entirely given up to out- door sports, a series of baseball games between the various colleges, often end- ing in the finals with a game between Yale and Princeton, a track meet on the Fourth, a tennis tournament, and num- erous scrub games of various descrip- tions. Besides, the baseball teams must of course practice, and the stunt events in the track games, stich as the three- legged race, must be worked up. The Fourth is a great day, beginning with a thorough canvass of the town in search of flags and bunting, a hard after- noon’s work decorating the auditorium, —each college hanging its own flags and colors over the section where its seats are assigned,—and ending with a speech . . by some army or navy officer in the even- ing. At this meeting each college is called on for its song and cheer,—often one or two men from Klondike Univer- sity or some stich place get up and ren- der an elaborate duet in the way of a yell,—which ceremonies being concluded, . the assembly adjourns to a huge bonfire in the open, where a sort of Omega Lambda Chi celebration is performed. NO CLASS DISTINCTIONS. As for the times between the various meetings, when one is reading, writing letters, or loafing under the trees, the life at East is mutch like the life at New Haven, except that class distinc- tions are done away with almost en- tirely, and things are rather more free and easy—to the extent of an occasional rough-house. The piel tournament is a Yalé importation deserving of the high- est esteem; also the custom of sing- ing on the steps in the evenings—a re- minder of the fence. Indeed the Yale delegation, on account of its size, is more or less of a colony by itself, though there is a great deal of intercourse with the men from other colleges, and a reception is given at East for those men in the other delegations whom any of the Yale men know. It is natural, however, that friends should see the most of each other, whether on a Sunday afternoon walk to the boundary of three States, or at the daily swim in the Connecticut —where the rudiments of the noble art of riding a log may be learned,—or in going to the meetings together. It is the natural consequence that these friends often get to know each other bet- ter there in a week—and perhaps on a more serious basis—than in months at New Haven, and this, though by no means the primary aim, is one of the finest results of the conference. Then, after ten days of listening to magnificent addresses, perhaps helping to win the baseball championship or the track meet, perhaps exploring the coun- try a little, and resting and loafing in between times, the covered surreys again make their appearance, the long street. is passed in the other direction, and, with a parting baseball game at the station while waiting for the train, the conference ‘breaks up. =~ Columbia Degrees for Yale Men. At the Commencement exercises of Columbia University thirteen Yale grad- uates received degrees. As has been before noticed, President Arthur T. Hadley received the honorary degree of LL.D., which was conferred by Prof. John Howard Van Amringe. Arthur W. Bingham, who received the degree of M.D. from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, won _ third prize ($200.00) for proficiency in exam- ination and also stood fourth in rank in list of ten honor men of the Senior class in that department’of the Uni- versity. The complete list of Yale men receiv- ing degrees, besides President Hadley, is as follows: Degree of LL.B. from the Columbia University Law School: Everett L. Barnard, A.B., ’97; Thomas G. Shear- ian, Jr, Av... 60. Degree of M.D. from Columbia Uni- versity College of Physicians and Sur- geons: -Milton H. Ballin, Ph.B:7°o6S.; Arthur W. Bingham, A.B., ’96; Daniel B. Brinsmade, A.B., ’96; Lewis F. Prissell; <A] B.:) ALM 795 ‘Lester cd. Hoole, A.B., ’96; Edward L. Trudeau, It, A, 66: Degree of Master of Arts was con- ferred upon Norman E. Ditman, Ph.B., 96S.; Charles R. Frazer, A.B., ’99; Louis S. Levy, A.B., ’98. _— 7 , ee A Yale President at Hllinois College. Rey. Clifford W. Barnes, Yale ’89, has recently received and accepted the offer of the Presidency of Illinois College. Mr. Barnes was in the Faculty of the Uni- versity of Chicago, when the call came, teaching in the Department of Social Science. The offer came without warn- ing and was coupled with the assurance on the part of the trustees of the College that a number of very important changes and improvements would be made if Mr. Barnes accepted the Presidency. Among these is the guarantee of the increase of the endowment fund to a very good figure. Satisfactory progress in this work has already been made. Illinois College is the oldest educa- tional institution in Illinois, founded by a company of Yale men nearly seventy- five years ago. Its condition for a num- ber of years back has been very quiet, and the appointment of Mr. Barnes is perhaps the most important among many plans to revive its strength, and to move it along the best lines of modern educa- tion. Its environment, traditions and the number of its generous friends promise well for it in the future. Mr. Barnes will take up his work in the Fall. Mr. Barnes took his B.D. from the Yale Theological Seminary in 1892 and his M.A. from the University of Chi- cago in 1893. He was Head Worker in the Men’s Social Settlement in connec- tion with Hull-House, Chicago, for a year and was engaged in institutional church work in Chicago from 1894 to 1897, first as pastor of the Sedgwick Street Congregational Church and then of Christ Chapel, Presbyterian. For a short time he assisted: the Rev. Dr. John Hall of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York City, during an ill- ness of the latter. He has pursued his REV. CLIFFORD W. BARNES, YALE ’8o. special line of study at Oxford and Paris, and in the latter city he was pas- tor of the American Students’ Service in the Latin Quarter. > > ~~ Successful Year of Medical School. The year in the Medical School which closed in June last is probably the most successful in the seventy years of its history. The unusual success which has attended the efforts of the present graduating class is probably due to the change from a three-year to a four- year course, as this is the first class to graduate after four years’ study in the School. , In the competitive examinations for hospital appointments, a greater number of such appointments was secured than has fallen to the lot of any previous class. Out of a class of twenty-four twenty secured hospital appointments, of which the majority were appoint- pa Onn. * ments as first internes. Of these six are in New York City hospitals, which were open to competition. Everything considered, the class has made a remarkable showing, especially for a school just gone under a new system. Further changes in the curri- culum will be instituted when enough money can be secured. The complete list of hospital appoint- ments is as follows: Edward F. Ashley, Ph.B., ’97S., W. W. Backus Hospital, Norwich, Conn. ; George L. Buist, Jr., B.A., 96, Brooklyn City Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y-; Frederick Coonley, B.A., ’96, Presby- terian Hospital, New York City; Cyrus W. Field, Presbyterian Hospital, New York City; Nathan L. Griffin, New Ha- ven Hospital, New Haven, Conn; Carle W. Henze, New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Conn.; Thomas V. Hynes, New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Conn.; John W. Ives, Soldiers Home, Noroton, William Jt Maroney, St. Vin- cent’s Hospital, New York City; Her- man C. Pitts, Rhode Island General Hospital, Providence, R. I.; Charles O. Purinton, Connecticut State Prison Hospital, Wethersfield, Conn.; James F. Quinn, New York City Hospital, Black- well’s Island, N. Y.; Frank W. Stevens, Bridgeport General Hospital, Bridgeport, Conn.; Harold A. Tarbell, St. Barnabas Hospital, Newark, N. J.; Robert G. Tracy, Post Graduate Hospital, New York City; Wesley G. Vincent, B.A., *96, Post Graduate Hospital, New York City; - Noan->. Wadhams, Ph.B., ’97 S., New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Conn.; John G. Williams, St. Mary’s Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y.; William H. Wright, Freedmen’s Hospital, Washing- ton: 2 es. we Yale Graduates of New York Law School. There were twenty-five graduates of Yale in the class which graduated from the New York Law School, June 14. Of these, one, Harry G. Brockius, Ph.B;, received an LL.M. He had previously taken an LL.B. from Ohio State Uni- versity. The remaining twenty-four had conferred upon them the degree, LL.B., and are as follows: Thomas Allen ,’98; Frank Clyde Baker, ’90 T.S.; Thomas G. Barnes, 97; Luther G. Billings, Jr., 798. (cum laude); Colby M. Chester, Tf. >) OF 3. ewenard —>, -Chisolm, ’97 (cum laude); Edward A. Colby, ’80 S.; James 1. Crane, 08;° Henry H. Curran, 798 (cum’ laude); R. G. D. Douglass, 98; Philip Earl Dudley, ’98; Charles Fred Gehrman, ’98; William A. Hart, ’O7;.. James “Hess; ’98S.; Frederic Kernochan, ’98; Everett P. Ketchum, ’°8; Oscar. Loewi, 98; Frederick A. Lehlback, ’98 (cum laude); Orlando P. Metcalf..-08 ;.. W... Stevens. Ray, ’08; Robert D» Reynolds, ’98 S.; Henry Sill- cocks, ’98 (cum laude) ; John A. Walsh, 98, and Harold M. Wilson, ’98. bn nar int ES Sigma Xi Elections, A meeting of the Yale chapter of Sigma Xi was held Friday evening, June 8, and these officers elected for next year: President, Prof. Percy F. Smith, "88. S.; Vice-President, Dr. E. W. Scrip- ture; Secretary, F. J. Carnell, 1900S.; Treasurer, Dr, John C. Tracy, ’oo S.; Nominating Committee, Asst. Prof. P. E. Browning, ’89; Asst. Prof. H. A. Bumstead, Ph.D., ’97; Asst. Prof. S. E. Barney, ’79 S.; Dr. A. W. Evans, ’90 S., and Harry W. Foote, ’95 S. The Society, of which the Yale chap- ter is a branch, is growing very rapidly in importance. In the West it is said to be outstripping Phi Beta Kappa. A charter was recently presented to a chapter at Brown University, where the majority of the members are scien- tific -professors in the Faculty. At the presentation, President Faunce empha- sized the importance of the event to the university. The officers of Sigma Xi Society are: President, H. S. Williams of Yale; Vice-President, S. W. Wil- liston, Kansas; Corresponding Secre- tary, J. McMahon, Cornell; Recording Secretary, F. C. Caldwell, Ohio; Treas- urer, E. W. Davis, Nebraska; Chairman of Council, E. L. Nichols, Cornell. At the last meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in New York a large meeting was held of members of Sigma Xi who were attending the Association meeting.
