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420 YALE ALUMNI Whe KRLY ’97—A daughter which has been named Lily Voorheis Draper, was born July 16, to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Draper. ’97—R deP. Tytus returned to Eu- rope on the “Deutschland,” July 18. He will spend the coming year in travel in Egypt and in studying art, probably in Munich. ’97—Raymond C. Spaulding has left the law firm of Curtis, Mallet-Prevost & Colt, 30 Broad St., New York, to take a position with Kellogg & Slosson, at 45 Cedar St. ’o7 S.—H. H. Platt is with the C. & C. Electric Co. at Westfield, N. J. ’97 S—J. F. Bonnell is studying medi- cine at Johns Hopkins University. ’98—A son was born July 7, to Mr. and Mrs. R. Melvin Overlander. ’98—Robert Callender sailed for Mon- tevideo, Uruguay, July 20, and will prob- ably be away for three months. ’98—Fred J. Fassett received the de- gree of D.O. in June from the Ameri- can Institute of Osteopathy in Kirks- ville, Missouri, in which he will occupy the chair of Physiology next year. Mr. Fassett has been. attending the Summer session of the Harvard Medical School. ’99—John D. Carson is Manager of The Northrop & Sturgis Company, man- ufacturing chemists, at Portland, Ore. ’99—J. V. Doniphan, Jr., has returned from Germany and will resume the study of Forestry at Biltmore, N. C,, where he will continue for some months. Mr. Doniphan has an article in the Lumber Trade Journal for August I, entitled “The Tan Bark Coppice For- est at Hirschhorn.” ’99 and 1900—Marvin H. Gates and Samuel C. Marty have been abroad since the end of June traveling together. They intend to be abroad for several months. ’99 S—The address of D. T. Wad- hams is 136 West 4th St. Oswego, N. Y. ’99 S.— Second Lieutenant Robert Sterling Clark is now in China with his regiment, the Ninth Infantry, U. S. A,, which suffered great loss in the battle of Tien-Tsin, July 13. A cablegram re- ceived from him August 11, reported him safe and- well. He was probably at the battles of Tien-Tsin and Yang Tsun. ’99 S.—Herbert Thacher Herr has been appointed Master Mechanic of the Chi- cago & Great Western Railroad, with headquarters at Des Moines, Iowa. Since graduation he has been with the Denver and Rio Grande R. R. He is said to be the youngest man in the his- tory of railroading to occupy so rfre- sponsible a position, being but twenty- four years of age. ex-’99 and ’99 S.—A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Elisha Sears Lewis, July 21, in Springfield, Mass. 1900—Hulbert ‘Taft sailed for Europe on the “Deutschland,” July 18. 1900—W. R. Proctor Malony is at present with the U. S. Census Bureau, Washington, D. C. His address is 632 East Capital St. 1900—Charles R. Page sailed from Bayonne, N. J., August 22, on the ship Arthur Sewall,.for Yokohama. He goes via the Cape. about 1,300,000 gallons of oil and the voyage will take from six to eight months. hy, Lie > A ae YALE OBITUARIES. _ HENRY BARNARD, ’30. Dr. Henry Barnard, ’30, died at his home in Hartford, Conn., July 5. Dr. Barnard, the son of Chauncey and Elizabeth (Andrus) Barnard, was born in Hartford, Jan. 24, 1811, and pre- pared at Monson (Mass.) Academy and at the Hopkins Grammar School in Hartford. After graduation he en- tered a course of private study prepara- tory to the profession of law, which he meant to make his life work, and while thus engaged, took charge of an acad- emy at Wellsboro, Pa. While there his attention was drawn to the science of education and from that time on made the betterment of the common school system the professional employment of his life. Although he read law and spent one year at the Yale Law School, being admitted to the Connecticut Bar in 1835, he never practiced. Dr. Bar- \ bration of Dr. The ship carries © nard spent two years in Europe study- ing the social conditions and the sys- tems of education there, and returning to Hartford in 1837 was elected that year, and the succeeding one, to the legislature, where he devoted himself to measures of reform in the schools and prisons. From 1838 to 1842 he was Secretary of the State Board of School Commissioners, and when the Connecti- cut Board was abolished in the latter year, he took the position of State Superintendent of Schools in Rhode Island. He rétired from this position From 1850 to 1854 he was in 1849. DR. FREDERICK W. HULSEBERG, YALE ’98 M.S. (Killed in the Phillipines early in August.) Superintendent of Connecticut Schools and Principal of the Normal School, and in 1858 was appointed Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin. Dr. Barnard was chosen President of St. John’s College, Maryland, in 1866, but resigned the next year to become First United States Commissioner of Education. His work during his four years of office, organizing the Bureau of Education, is well-known. His edu- cational writings are said to be the most comprehensive published in the English language. He held the degree of LL.D. from Yale given in 1852; from Union ee in 1852, and from Harvard in 1853. Dr. Barnard was married Sept. 6, 1847, to Josephine Desnoyers of Detroit, Mich. There were three children by this marriage, Henry D., Josephine E. and Emily V. (A fuller sketch of Dr. Barnard’s life and works was published in the ALUMNI WEEKLY of Jan. 21, 1897. In the issue of Jan. 28, 1897, an account of the cele- Barnard’s 86th birth- day was published together with the speech of Prof. W. G. Sumner.) THE RT. REV. DR. RICHARD H. WILMER, 730. The Rt. Rev. Dr. Richard Hooker Wilmer, *36, died at his home at Spring Hill, Mobile County, Ala., June 14. He was born at Alexandria, D. C., March 15, 1816, and was the son of Rev. William H. Wilmer, D.D., an Episcopal minister. After graduation from Yale he studied in the Vir- ginia Theological Seminary for three years and was ordained a deacon in the Monumental Church, Richmond, Va. In 1840 he was admitted to full orders and was created Bishop of the Diocese of Alabama, March 6, 1862, holding that position at the time of his death. He received the degree of D.D. from William and Mary College in 1857, and from the University of the South in 1278. In 1867 Cambridge University, England, gave him the degree of LL.D. and thirteen years later he received a similar degree from the University of Alabama. Z Dr. Wilmer wrote several books, The Recent Past from a Southern Standpoint,” being, perhaps, the best known. PROF. JOSEPH EMERSON, ’4I. _ Prof. Joseph Emerson, ’41, one of the two original professors of Beloit Col- lege, died at his home in Beloit, Wis., Saturday, Aug. 4, after a short illness. Prof. Emerson was born in Norfolk, Conn., May 28, 1821, and was the son of Rev. Ralph Emerson, D.D., who was valedictorian of the Yale Class of 1811. In College Prof. Emerson was an editor of the Yale Literary Magazine, and after graduation taught school for a time in New London, Conn., finally going to the Andover Theological Seminary, where he spent two years in study. From 1844 to 1848 he was a tutor at Yale, receiving in the latter year the appoint- ment as Professor of Ancient Languages in Beloit College, then but a year old. He held that chair at the time of his death, although his work was divided and he devoted himself particularly to the Greek. He was considered one of the best Greek scholars in the country and it was through his influence that Be- loit took up the production of Greek plays. Prof. Emerson was married to Miss Mary C. North, Sept. 7, 1852, who died in 1870. In 1884 he married Miss Helen Frances Brace of Evanston, IIl., who survives him with two children by the first marriage, Charles A. and Clara E. Emerson. 7 . CALVIN MASON BROOKS, ’47. Calvin Mason Brooks, 47, died in Hartford, Conn. He was a native of Massachusetts, and in early life prac- ticed law in Hartford. HENRY MCCORMICK, 752. Henry McCormick, ’52, of Harrisburg, Pa., died at his country home in Cum- berland County, Pa., Saturday, July 14, after an illness of three years following a stroke of paralysis. Station Wagon. SS TPUDEBAKER. BROADWAY, COR. PRINCE ST., N. Y. WM. R. INNIS, MANAGER. Carriage Builders LARGE VARIETY. CORRECT APPOINTMENTS. LIGHT WEIGHT. REASONABLE PRICE. WELL MADE. FINE FINISH. UNEXCELI ED WORKMANSHIP. Isaac Qalker & Son Importers 3* € Gest 30th Street finest Cloths New York Shetlands Rerseys IN Vicunas Cheviots ! Mettons Cassmeres orsteds Makers of Men’s Clothes... Shooting ; 6 Bg Driving Golf Gaistcoats Specialties orpgie Knickerbocker Breeches fancy . i Waistcoats PDunting Yachting. Suits Club and Society Insignias ose ee ole ‘ *., You are cordially invited to inspect our stock which is now complete. GEORGE CHADWICK STOCK, VOCAL INSTRUCTION, Studio: ROOMS 13 and 15 CUTLER BUILDING 868 CHAPEL STREET, NEW HAVEN, CONN. - - NINTH SEASON .. Mr. Stock’s system of voice culture rests, primarily, upon the fundamental principles of breathing. Because individuals differ, no two larynges give out tone exactly alike. When, then, these fundamentals are thoroughly and practically understood, fixed method ceases and individual training begins. Artistic singing is an impossibility without perfect breath control. _ Most men who come to Yale, study the voice for the first time. beginners should start their vocal training on right lines. cult to get rid of. : It is extremely important that Superficial study leads to faults that are diffi- It is essential, then, that pupils should at once receive knowledge of the voice as a musical instru- ment, of its complex action in use, of its relation to the breath in singing, and should also be taught to realize the strong influence which the mind exerts over the singing and speaking voice alike. The fundamental act of singing is will power, and the singer must so train himself as to dominate and make subservient to his will the physical forces which at first are more or less in opposition to singing effort. _By a right system of training these forces are brought under the control of the mind and eventually act with perfect unity. It takes time, patience and persistence, to accomplish this, as every successful - singer will tell you. There is no short road by which the art of singing can be attained. do not teach it—having no knowledge of it. If there is one | The same principles which train the singer are of equal advantage to the speaking voice. Mr. Stock extends a cordial invitation to those who are interested in this very important study to call upon him at his studio, where he will with pleasure explain with thoroughness, his school of voice culture.
