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 RECORD OF THE CLASS 
 
 1883 
 
 AMHERST COLLEGE 
 
 1883— 1886 
 
 AMHERST, MASS. 
 
 MDCCCLXXXVI, 
 

 A. H. Caffkt, Printer, 170 Broadway, N. Y. 
 
Dear Classmates : 
 
 As was stated in my first circular letter, the 
 work of preparing the pamphlet to contain the history 
 of the Class of '83 since we left Amherst was entrusted 
 to me by the Class Secretary. The results of the work 
 are now in your hands. I have used the freedom of an 
 editor and have culled from the letters what I thought 
 most interesting to the Class, sometimes changing 
 slightly the language of the writer without indicating 
 the changes by breaks in the quotations. 
 
 I desire to acknowledge the aid of all who have 
 given addresses, etc., and the special assistance of Mr. 
 Rush Rhees and Mr. H. A. Bridgman, the former of 
 whom kindly took upon himself the care of carrying 
 the pamphlet through the press. 
 
 Hoping that the work will intensify our interest in 
 one another and strengthen the bond of class union, 
 
 I am, 
 ^ ^ Yours in '83, 
 
 / iT" EDWARD S. PARSONS. 
 
 Brooklyn, N. Y., June, 1886. 
 
The Class Record. 
 
 July, 1883 to July, 1886. 
 
 Everett A, Aborn writes : — " During the year 1883-4 I was 
 teaching in the Shattuck Military School, Faribault, Minn. In 
 1884-5 I was one of the instructors in Lake Forest University, Lake 
 Forest, 111. For the past year I have been in the Union College of 
 Law, Chicago, 111. ; also in the office of E. F. Runyan, Esq., I in- 
 tend to practice law ; live in the west ; continue a bachelor ; keep 
 out of politics ; remember my friends, and ignore my enemies." 
 Address, 1338 Washington Boulevard, Chicago, III. 
 
 Charles S. Adams writes : — " Within two days after deciding 
 that my diploma was not worth $13.50 to me, I started for Chicago 
 as general assistant and prospective salesman for the branch house 
 of Simonds M'f'g Co., of Fitchburg, Mass. With ' Pete ' Rainey I 
 commenced to raise the tone of the burg. In November I was trans- 
 ferred to ' the road,' and talked buzz-saws in Wisconsin, Indiana, 
 and Ohio. In August, 1885, I struck for higher wages, and in conse- 
 quence went South to look after my fifty-cent-per-acre Florida land. 
 I became so much involved in litigation that I decided to study law 
 and save attorney's fees, and entered the Boston University Law 
 School. After commencement, June 2, 1886, I shall return South 
 to grow up with the country. I am not yet married, shall keep on 
 trying. Adams takes his degree of L. L. B. next year. He could 
 not take it this year on account of the shortness of his preparation. 
 
 Address, Care A. W. Cockrell ^ Son, Atfys-at-Law, P. O. Box 93, 
 Jacksonville, Florida. 
 
 John R. Ayer writes : — " September, October and November, 
 1883, I taught a country school in (Hanover) Sprague, Conn. I did 
 not find this work conducive to my good health or peace of mind, so 
 accepted an offer of a cousin to be general assistant in a large fruit 
 raising enterprise. I worked for him for one year, closing January 
 I, 1885, part of the time as superintendent at one of his orchards, 
 
 * The addresses given are those sent in answer to the request for a permanent address. 
 
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 and part of the time doing office work in New Britian, Conn. Then 
 my brother and I bought a large farm in Sturbridge, Mass., where we 
 have been since March, 1885. I was married September 23, 1885, 
 to Miss Karoline Rankin, of Newark, N J." Address Fayr Lea, 
 Fiskdaie, Mass. 
 
 Clinton J. Backus writes : — " Soon after my graduation, I ac- 
 cepted a position as instructor of Latin, Greek and Natural Science, 
 in Allen Academy, Chicago, 111., and entered upon my labors therein 
 September. Here I had the good fortune of meeting Miss Carrie L. 
 Haskins, of Oswego, N. Y., to whom, in the following Spring, I be- 
 came engaged. In September, 1884, I became principal of the 
 Baldwin English and Classical Academy, St. Paul, Minn., and hold 
 that position at the present time. As to my future course, I am as 
 yet undecided. When I left college I did not expect to teach more 
 than two or three years at the most, but it is by no means improba- 
 ble now that I shall continue in that profession for a longer period." 
 Address, The Baldwin School, 26 Summit Ave., St. Paul, Minn. 
 
 Edward E, Bancroft writes : — " My first summer after gradua- 
 tion was spent in book-keeping; the rest of my time has been devoted 
 to the study of medicine at the Harvard Medical School, in Boston, 
 Mass., from which I hope to take the degree of M. D. at commence- 
 ment, 1886. With regard to the future, no definite plans have been 
 made. As during my entire college course, so during this course of 
 professional study, I have been favored with the association of A. P. 
 Rugg, '83, as a friend and room-mate." Address, South Lancaster, 
 Mass. 
 
 Darwin L. Bardwell writes: — "In August, 1883, I went to 
 Champaign, 111., where I spent the year, till July, 1884. in visiting 
 relatives and teaching two small schools in the county. On my re- 
 turn East, I went to Greenwich, Conn., where I was classical in- 
 structor in an academy and boarding-school. In June, 1885, I re- 
 signed, and soon after accepted the principalship of the Union 
 School, at Greenport, L. I. I have eight lady assistants, and the roll 
 call numbers about 460 pupils. I am offered increased salary for 
 next year and shall stay. I was married to Miss Alice Babb, of 
 Champaign, 111., December 28, 1885." Address, Shelbourne, Mass. 
 
 Wallace C. Boyden writes : — " Immediately after graduation I 
 commenced a ' still hunt ' for susceptible school committees, and 
 
finally became principal of the High School in Stoughton, Mass. 
 This position I held for one year. In 1884, after a western trip, I 
 was appointed instructor in mathematics, in MilHston Seminary, 
 Easthampton, Mass., which position I still hold. Two B or not two B, 
 that is the question. I decided for the first alternative. I was mar- 
 ried June 8, 1885, to Miss Mabel R. Wetherbee, of East Marshfield, 
 Mass." Address, Easthampton, Mass. 
 
 Howard A. Bridgman writes: — "From September, 1883, to 
 June, 1884, I was principal of the Granby (Mass.) High School. My 
 stock of knowledge running low, in the autumn of 1884, I put in for 
 repairs at the Hartford Theological Seminary, where I remained un- 
 til May, 1885. The following summer found me in Boston, where 
 for three months I worked in the Editorial Rooms of the Congrega- 
 tionalist. In September, 1885, I entered the middle class at Yale 
 Divinity School, with the members of which I hope to graduate in 
 May, 1887. I was licensed to preach by the Hampshire West Asso- 
 ciation, June 9, 1886." Address, Northampton, Mass. 
 
 Charles H. Butler writes : " I taught in the public schools of 
 Washington, D, C, in the fall of 1883 till Christmas. In January, 
 1884, I went to Cumberland, M. D., where I remained six months, 
 teaching three months also, in the public schools of Gettysburg, Pa. 
 Having decided to study theology, when I returned to Washington, 
 in the fall of 1884, I began the study under the direction of my 
 father, taking Hebrew and Greek Exegesis at Howard University. 
 In January, 1886, I came to the Seminary (Lutheran) in Gettysburg, 
 Pa., where I am taking an eclectic course, not expecting to graduate. 
 Next fall I expect to go to Union Theological Seminary, New York 
 City, for the year. I am not married or engaged." Address, 1107 
 Eleventh Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 
 
 Edwin H. Byington writes : " I am neither married nor en- 
 gaged. - My first year was spent as General Secretary of the Armory 
 Hill Y. M. C. A., in Springfield, Mass., after which I returned to the 
 halls of learning and took the Junior Year in Hartford Theological 
 Seminary. The Summer of 1885 found me a clergyman /^/-^ /<»w., 
 officiating over two small Presbyterian congregations in a cool, quiet 
 corner of Nova Scotia (Digby). The past year I have speilt in 
 Auburn (N. Y.) Theological Seminary, and on April 15th, after an 
 examination before the Cayuga Presbytery of New York, I was 
 
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 licensed to preach. I expect to return to Auburn next year." 
 Address, 734 State Street, Springfield. Mass. 
 
 Edward A. Cahoon writes : — " After graduation I occupied a 
 position in a real estate office in Minneapolis, Minn., until Novem- 
 ber, 1884. I then came to New Mexico and am now interested in 
 the cattle business, with my post-office at Liberty, San Miguel 
 County, N. M. I am not engaged, nor have I any prospects in that 
 line." Address, Liberty, San Miguel Co., N. M. 
 
 John A. Callahan writes : — " I taught the English branches at 
 Barre, Mass., the first year after graduation. In July, 1884, I was 
 elected Principal of the Nonotuck St. Grammar School in Holyoke, 
 Mass., which position I now hold. I have six assistants and about 
 230 scholars. I am engaged — to no one." Address, Nonotuck St. 
 School, Holyoke, Mass. 
 
 Israel F. Chesley writes : — " I came to Pittsfield, July, 1883 ; 
 was married, October 31, 1883 ; blessed with a boy, March 29, 1885. 
 In July, 1883, I was given charge of the office of S. N. & C. Rus- 
 sell, woollen manufacturers. This firm was incorporated Decern) )er, 
 1885, and I was elected a director, clerk, and treasurer of this cor- 
 poration. These are the bare facts of a busy, happy three years. 
 As far as I know, this youngster of ' ours ' takes the cup." Chesley 
 married Miss Bertha M., daughter of Mr. S. N. Russell, Pittsfield, 
 Mass. The winner of the class cup bears the name of Solomon 
 Russell Chesley. Address, Care S. N. and C. Russell M'/'g Co., 
 Pittsfield, Mass. 
 
 Irving E. Comins writes: — "I went to work Julys, 1883, at 
 Rochdale, Mass., starting a woolen mill, and in the February follow- 
 ing began the manufacture of skirt goods. In the spring of 1885 I 
 spent two months in England and France, seeking health and knowl- 
 edge, and returned to work with health restored. I am neither en- 
 gaged nor married, and look calmly towards an old bachelorhood," 
 Address, Rochdale, Mass. 
 
 Thomas L. Comstock writes : — " I entered the employ of the 
 
 Turner's Falls Lumber Company the day after our class supper, and 
 have stayed here until now, my position changing, until I am now 
 head book-keeper and also one of the directors. In the three years 
 
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 I have had one ten day's vacation, and may get another this year. 
 I am neither married nor engaged. I expect to be in the lumber 
 business for some time to come, as I find it conducive to my health, 
 wealth and pleasure. I live at my home, in Greenfield, Mass., and 
 drive over to the mill. Turner's Falls, every day. I have had a good 
 deal of care and responsibility, but have had good luck and much 
 to be thankful for." Address, Greenfield, Mass. 
 
 William Claflin writes: — " I passed the summer of 1883 farm- 
 ing it at home in Lombard, 111. I studied law during the summer 
 and fall, and in January, 1884, entered the law office of S. W. 
 Packard. I taught in the Chicago night schools during the winter 
 of 1884-5. In November, 1884, I entered the law office of Bryan 
 & Hatch, 95 Washington Street, Chicago. During 1884 and the 
 spring of 1885 I roomed with H. T. Rainey, '83. In June, 1885, 
 my health broke down, and I went to Las Vegas, N. M. Returning 
 to Chicago in August, 1885, I obtained an agency for mining ma- 
 chinery, and travelled through Colorado and New Mexico till 
 October, then taking charge of a concentrating plant at Cerrillas, 
 N. M. In November I took charge of the smelter yard of the 
 Graphic Mining and Smelting Co., Socorro, N. M. On June 1st I 
 shall enter into partnership with my uncle, Isaac Claflin, in the real 
 estate business, at 154 Lake Street, Chicago; residence, Lombard, 
 111." Claflin expects to be married in September. Address, 154 
 Lake Street, Chicago, III, 
 
 Walter C. Clapp writes : — At the time of our graduation I had 
 not at all determined my future occupation. I spent the summer 
 near Boston, taking a course in chemistry at Harvard. In the fall I 
 matriculated at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, N. Y. City. 
 Though the conclusion that this was not the place for me was reached 
 early in the year, I stayed the year out. Where then ? A network 
 of events, among which were disgust at medicine, and a deepening 
 .tiigious experience, settled the matter. I received confirmation in 
 the Protestant Episcopal Church in November, 1884, and was ad- 
 mitted a candidate for priest's orders in May, 1885. The seminary 
 year, 1884-5, ^^^'^ begun before my decision was made, so I accepted 
 a position as teacher in * The Fifth Avenue School for Boys,' in N. 
 Y. City. Last fall, 1885, I entered the Junior Class of the General. 
 Theological Seminary, New York City. During the past year I have 
 worked as lay superintendent of the Sunday School at St. Paul's 
 
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 Chapel, Trinity Parish, and as Lay Reader at Holy Innocents' 
 Church, Harlem. I have just entered upon new work in charge of 
 a mission at Rockville Center, Long Island. I am not married, and 
 at present have no matrimonial prospects or aspirations." Address, 
 ^j^iB roadway, N, Y. City. 
 
 Frank E. Cotton writes : — "The summer of 1883 was spent at 
 Amherst, attending the summer school and tutoring a couple of 
 Philadelphia boys. Late in August I came West, expecting to take 
 a school in Ottowa, 111, Failing in this, I went to Lanark, in the 
 same State, and taught there till April ist, when I gave up ray school 
 and also an offer in a larger school, to learn the western lumber 
 business at Eau Claire, Wis., where Kendall preceded me. My 
 work with the Eau Claire Lumber Company has been varied in 
 Eau Claire and St. Louis, in yards and ofifices. I have this 
 year, been travelling salesman ; and I close this autobiography as 
 book-keeper in one of the St, Louis ofifices of the company. I am 
 not married and am not likely to be this summer, though it is re- 
 ported in certain localities that I am engaged." Address, Eau 
 Claire Lumber Company, St. Louis, Mo. 
 
 Avery F. Cushman writes : — " Since leaving college, in 1883, I 
 have been engaged continuously in the study of law. From October 
 I, 1883, to June I, 1885, I was at the Boston University School of 
 Law, and during those two years I resided in Boston. Since then I 
 have been either at my home, in Amherst, or in New York, I was 
 admitted to the Suffolk County (Mass.) Bar, July 21, 1885, I en- 
 tered the law ofifice of Goodrich, Deady & Goodrich, New York City, 
 September 20, 1885, and have remained there ever since. I received 
 the degree of LL.B. from Boston University, June 2, 1886. I am 
 not married," Address, Care Goodrich, Deady & Goodrich, 59 
 Wall Street, New York City. 
 
 Christakis A. Derebey writes : — " The first summer after our 
 commencement I stayed at Amherst, The following September, 1883, 
 I entered the Hartford Theological Seminary, On account of the 
 malaria, which caused a good deal of trouble on me, by the end of 
 the year I was very well broken down. But during the summer 
 vacation, May 11 to September 13, 1884, which I spent at Shel- 
 burne, Mass., with D. L. Bardwell, I recovered somewhat, and I was 
 able to take another year in the same seminary ; but when the next 
 summer vacation came, 1885, I thought that I could not possibly 
 
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 return to Hartford again without putting my health into great danger, 
 and, consequently, I decided to go to Andover. The loth of June, 
 1886, will close my theological studies. I shall probably stay a year 
 or two more in this country, before returning home, and preach or 
 teach Greek." Address, Andover, Mass. 
 
 Almon J. Dyer writes: — " I entered Hartford Theological Semi- 
 nary September, 1883, and am just about finishing the regular three 
 years' course. The long summer vacation of 1884, I spent at home. 
 The vacation of 1885, 1 spent in Wilmington, Vt,, supplying the pulpit 
 of the Congregational Church of the place. I have just received a call 
 to the Congregational Church in Upton, Mass., and shall probably 
 accept. I have been engaged since the close of junior year in col- 
 lege, and hence my matrimonial prospects simply wait on my minis- 
 terial prospects." Dyer was married Mayas, 1886, to Miss Elizabeth 
 J. Lovell, of Cummington, Mass. He accepted his call to Upton, 
 and was installed June 4, 1886. Address, Upton, Mass. 
 
 George P. Ellison writes : — *' From July till December I waited 
 for one of two places which had been promised me as soon as there 
 was an opening, but finally becoming disgusted with that life of ease, 
 I started in with an insurance firm. In April, 1884, being offered 
 one of the positions applied for in the bank business, I severed my 
 connection with the insurance business. Since April, 1884, I have 
 been most untiring in my efforts to become a bloated bond-holder, 
 but as yet have only partially succeeded." Address, Oneida National 
 Bank, Utica, N. V. 
 
 Henry Fairbank writes : — 'The history of the past three years 
 for me is connected for the most part with Yale Divinity School. 
 Eight months of each year, from September till May, I have lived a 
 theologue's life. Summers have been spent in various ways. For 
 two months after graduation I was a farm laborer at Goshen, Mass. 
 The next summer I preached for three months in south-western 
 Minnesota (Tyler). Last summer was spent in a grand loaf around 
 Hatfield and Amherst. In July, 1886, I sail for India, and engage 
 in missionary work under the American Board. One event during 
 these years deserves mention, my engagement to Miss Ruby E. 
 Harding, Ahmednagar, India. Any members of '83, who are in 
 India about the ist of September next, are cordially invited to be 
 present at the wedding in Sholapur, in the Presidency of Bombay. 
 After that date, any traveller to the Orient will find us at or near 
 
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 Ahmednagar, Bombay Presidency, India, which will be my address 
 for the next ten years, probably." Fairbank was selected to speak 
 at the commencement exercises at the Yale Divinity School, and was 
 ordained as a missionary at Hatfield, May 27, 1886, President Seeley 
 preaching the sermon. Address Ahmednagar, Bombay Presidency, 
 India. 
 
 Walter T. Field writes : — "After commencement I loafed away 
 the summer partly in New Hampshire, partly around Boston, and 
 partly on the Cape. When I got back to Chicago I found myself 
 weighing twenty pounds more than when I left Amherst. About Oct. i 
 I secured a position in the publishing house of S. C. Griggs & Co., 
 where I have been ever since. As for the future, I don't know. I 
 am doing a little work for some of the papers, but it doesn't pay 
 enough to keep me in tooth brushes, so I can't consider it anything 
 more than a harmless amusement at present. Engaged or married ? 
 No, neither ; and it may be marked parenthetically that the prospects 
 do not look flattering " Address, Care S. C. Griggs &= Co., 87 and 
 89 Wabash Ave., Chicago, III., 
 
 Frank H. Fitts writes: — "It was my hope in college to enter 
 the profession of medicine, and with that in view I devoted much 
 time to chemistry. During the summer following graduation, while 
 at Asbury Park, N. J., I sought a position as teacher of the sciences 
 in some school or academy, but not finding what I wanted, I accepted 
 a position in the office of the Bradley Fertilizer Company, Boston, 
 and entered upon my duties there Oct. 11, 1883. I have been with 
 the company ever since ; the first two years in their office, and 
 this last year as Superintendent of their sulphuric acid works. The 
 manufacture of sulphuric acid is a growing industry and I expect to 
 make some form of it my life work. I have actively identified my 
 religious life with the Shawmut Cong. Church." Address, Care 
 Bradley Fertilizer Co., 27 Kilby Street, Boston, Mass. 
 
 George B. Foster writes: — " My first business engagement 
 subsequent to graduation was with a publishing house, D. Lothrop & 
 Co., in Boston. After remaining with them about one year I accepted 
 a situation with Pulsifer, Jordan & Pfaff, and remained there until 
 a severe attack of sickness compelled me to relinquish active duties. 
 My health at present is hardly such as to warrant my immediate 
 return to business, and my plans have been so disarranged by my 
 
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 sickness that I can give no satisfactory information about my future.'' 
 Address, North Andover, Mass. 
 
 Edwin Fowler writes: — "When I left Amherst I thought that 
 the engineering profession was waiting for just such a person as I, 
 So, after a short rest, I began mechanical drafting and a correspond- 
 ence with engineers, contractors, etc. While living at home, Gou- 
 verneur, N. Y., I began, after several months, to see that I had come 
 into the world at the wrong time to get work in any of these lines, 
 for the work of mechanical construction was at a standstill. Ac- 
 cordingly, in June, 1884, I came to Kansas. For about two months 
 I amused myself getting acquainted with the country and selling fire- 
 proof safes. On the 28th of August, 1884, 1 began work in the office 
 of the Central Loan and Land Co.. Emporia, Kansas, as a stenogra- 
 pher, where I have been ever since, though not in the same capacity. 
 I am now employed in examining titles, etc. I have the pleasantest 
 sort of work and shall probably stay with the company for the next 
 two or three years. I am still unmarried. I might remark, how- 
 ever, that a prospective trip East in August or September is likely 
 to result seriously and necessitate the purchase of two R.R. tickets 
 on the return trip." Address, Central Loan and Land Co., Emporia, 
 Kansas. 
 
 Enoch W. French writes: — "On the 15th of October, 1883, 
 after having passed a successful examination, I was ordered to Fort 
 Myer, Va., for a course of instruction required of men enlisted in 
 the Signal Corps, U. S. A. I remained at Myer and on duty at the 
 Chief Office, Washington, D. C, until June 7, 1884, when I was 
 ordered to Nashville, Tenn., as Assistant Observer. While there, I 
 was twice recommended for promotion, and on several occasions 
 placed in charge of the station. March 13, 1886, I was ordered to 
 Fort Grant, A. T., one of the largest and finest military posts in 
 Arizona, to become Observer in charge of the Meteorological work 
 and operator in charge of the military telegraph office belonging to 
 the California and Arizona Division of Military Telegraph Lines. I 
 intend to remain in the Signal Corps. I am engaged to Miss Win- 
 nie Scott, Amherst, Mass." Address, Fort Grant, Arizona Territory. 
 
 Jonathan Greenleaf writes: — " I have spent the three years 
 since graduation in Union Theological Seminary, New York. In 
 my vacations I have supplied several churches in New Hampshire, 
 chiefly the Presbyterian Church at New Boston. I was licensed to 
 
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 preach by the Presbytery of New York, May lo, t886. I graduated 
 from Union Theological Seminary May ii, 1886. Since this is the 
 confessional box, I must confess that I am engaged to Miss Mary 
 Button. Probably a country parish awaits me, but I have yet to 
 find it," Address, 334 West e^gth Street, New York City. 
 
 Martin L. Griffin writes:—" On the 20th of October, 1883, I 
 opened a laboratory in Holyoke, Mass., as an analytical and con- 
 sulting chemist. I expected to be employed chiefly by the paper 
 mills, and while this has been the case, I have done work of a great 
 variety for all who come. My work has continued to grow beyond 
 the city every year. In February, 1884, I became Inspector of Milk 
 and Vinegar for this city, and in Februar)^ 1885, I was appointed 
 Inspector of Petroleum, both of which offices I still hold. On Sep- 
 tember 17, 1885, I became connected with the Hudson River Water 
 Power and Paper Co., Mechanicsville, N. Y., as consulting chemist. 
 It is my purpose to pursue the same course I have begun. I shall 
 go abroad within five years to study industrial chemistry. I am not 
 married or engaged. I was elected a member of the Society of 
 Chemical Industry of London, May 24, 1886." Address, Holyoke 
 Mass. 
 
 Edward A. Guernsey writes: — "The ist of September, 1883, 
 found me at Colora, Md., as instructor in Latin and English in a 
 boys' fitting school. During the summer of 1885 I went West. In 
 the fall I went to River Falls, Wisconsin, as Assistant Principal of 
 the High School. Before leaving I became engaged to Miss Lucy 
 E. Davies of that city. During this last year I have been post- 
 graduate in Latin and Greek at Amherst. I intend to make a 
 specialty of these subjects." Address, Amherst, Mass. 
 
 Samuel W. Hallett writes:— "In the fall of 1883 I became 
 principal of the grammar schools of Ware, Mass., where I continued 
 to teach until March, 1886, when I resigned, to begin a course of 
 study in medicine. From Ware I came to Burlington , to hear a 
 course of lectures in medicine. I expect to graduate at the College 
 of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, and enter practically into 
 the profession. I have made no contracts of any kind for the future." 
 Address, Hyannis, Mass. 
 
 Walter L. Hallett writes: — " I have been attending the Har- 
 vard Medical School ever since I graduated at Amherst, having en- 
 
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 tered the September following graduation, and am intending to 
 graduate in June, 1886." Address Mansfield, Mass. 
 
 Charles W. Hamilton writes: — "After graduation I spent five 
 or six weeks on Cape Cod. On returning to Fond du Lac I assisted 
 my father in his lumber interests and other business till January i, 
 1884, when I came to Milwaukee to live, and have been connected 
 with the Milwaukee Harvester Company ever since. Within a few 
 ■months after commencing my work here I was appointed assistant 
 secretary and treasurer. Our product consists of harvesters, bind" 
 ers and mowers. The business is a growing one. I have first- 
 rate prospects. As to * engagement or marriage ' I have not entered 
 either blissful field, but, as the boy says, *I hopes to' someday." 
 Address, Care Milwaukee Harvester Company, Milwaukee, Wis. 
 
 Frederick W. Hamlin writes: — " After leaving college I secured 
 a position in a boarding school situated at Nyack-on-the-Hudson, 
 N. Y. The summer of 1884 found me at my home in Amherst. I 
 was offered a position in Williston Seminary, Easthampton, and ac- 
 cepted the offer. The first term, the fall of 1884, passed pleasantly, 
 but the second term proved too hard for me, and I went home tired 
 out physically and mentally. The result was an attack of brain 
 fever, which did not leave me until the middle of August, 1885. In 
 October I began a three years' course in the New York Homeopathic 
 Medical College. In two years, therefore, I shall be a full-fledged 
 M. D. I am not married or engaged." Address, Amherst, Mass. 
 
 David P. Hatch writes: — " I entered Hartford Theological 
 Seminary in the fall of 1883, and continued there through the 
 course, graduating May 13, 1886. I began my work of preaching in 
 Northwestern Minnesota, (Barnesville,) under the A. H. M. S. in the 
 summer of 1884. The following summer I supplied a church in 
 Shirley, Mass. After graduating at the seminary I accepted a call 
 to settle over the Congregational Church in Rockland, Me., begin- 
 ning July I, 1886. I have a prospective brother-in-law in the class 
 of '83." Make further inquiries of Patton. Hatch expects to be 
 ordained July i, 1886. Address, dockland, Me. 
 
 Foster S. Haven writes: — "Since leaving Amherst, three years 
 ago, my winters have been spent in New York, in the study of med- 
 icine at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, from which I grad- 
 uated May 13th, 1886. Most of my summers have been passed at 
 
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 home in Vergennes, Vermont. My plans for the future are decidedly 
 indefinite. For the present I shall stay in New York. Hooker and 
 I have continued in partnership as chums the same as at college." 
 Address, Vergennes, Vermont. 
 
 Willie P. Holcombe writes : — " After graduation I found myself 
 in much perplexity as to my future plans. I spent the summer in 
 visiting relatives and friends. The fall found me still undecided, 
 but not idle. I lounged and labored in easy but unsatisfying alter- 
 nation, till I determined to cut the knot, and began the study of 
 law about January i, 1884, in the office of Leonard & Wells, 
 Springfield, Mass. There I remained till October i, when I came 
 to the Boston Law School, where I have been ever since, taking the 
 three years' course in two, and graduating June 2, 1886. Since the 
 last named date I have remained in Boston for the Bar examination, 
 Suffolk County, which is to occur June 19, after which date my 
 plans are absolutely unsettled. I am neither married engaged, 
 nor endowed with matrimonial impulses. My diploma from the law 
 school, if I rightly guess its translation, entitles me to an L.L. B., 
 which suffix, taken in connection with the state of the thermometer 
 the day it was awarded, makes 94 degrees conferred upon me at one 
 and the same time." Holcombe won the Johnson prize at the law 
 school commencement for the best essay on a legal topic. Address, 
 P. O, Box 182, West field, Mass. 
 
 Fred. R. Holt writes: — "I have lived in Rochester, N. Y., nearly 
 all the time since graduation, and am about to complete the course in 
 the Seminary in this city. In addition to regular work, I have been 
 for a few months assistant pastor of the Park Avenue BaptistChurch 
 in this city. I have accepted a call to the pastorate of the Baptist 
 Church at Yates, Orleans County, N. Y,, where I enter upon my 
 work at the close of the term, May 23d, 1886, and I am unmarried." 
 Address, Yates, Orleans Co., N. Y. 
 
 George E. Hooker writes: — "The first two years after gradu- 
 ation I attended Columbia Law School, New York City In the 
 summer of 1884 I travelled in the West, spending a short time in 
 some of the newest settlements of Dakota. I graduated from the 
 law school in May, 1885, was admitted to the New York bar the fol- 
 lowing June, and have engaged in practice in New York City since 
 then. In the winter of 1885-6 I was managing clerk for Governor 
 
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 D. H. Chamberlain and the firm of Richards & Brown, at 40 Wall 
 street. Since May r, 1SS6, I have been managing clerk for H. A. 
 Root, 10 Wall street, whose business is largely for stock brokers. 
 While in New York I have roomed with my college chum, Haven. 
 I expect to remain in this city." Addj-ess, Barre, Vt. 
 
 H. Seymour Houghton writes: — "After returning from 
 Amherst, I spent the following summer at my home, Monmonth 
 Beach, New Jersey, and in the fall began the study of medicine, 
 under the direction of Prof. Dennis, of the Bellevue Hospital Med- 
 ical College, New York City. The three years' course for the degree 
 of M. D. was completed in March, 1886, and, having, from my stand- 
 ing in the class secured the choice of positions in Bellevue Hospital, 
 I selected the Third Surgical Division, where I remain till October 
 1887. My plans are then to pursue a course of study in Europe 
 for a time, return home and settle down to practice medicine, just 
 where, being yet undecided. Though having no intention of remain- 
 ing a bachelor, I am as yet neither engaged nor married." Hough- 
 ton graduated the head of a large class, receiving a rank for the 
 course of 34^ out of 35, the student next below him receiving 33^. 
 Address, Bellevue Hospital, New York City. 
 
 David B. Rowland writes : — " On graduation I began work as 
 a reporter on the Hampshire Daily Herald, at Northampton, Mass, 
 Within a year I was half owner of the paper, which interest I sold 
 out, August, 1885. I immediately came to Rutland, Vermont, where 
 I am now night editor on the Daily Herald, the largest and oldest 
 paper in the State. I am neither married nor engaged. I expect to 
 make newspaper work my profession." Address Care The Rutland 
 Herald, Rutla7id, Vermont. 
 
 Alva L. Hyde writes .- — " After devoting the larger part of the 
 summer and fall of 1883 to a run of typhoid fever, I assisted my 
 father in the lumber business till December, 1884, when I engaged 
 in the business permanently with him. I was married May 12, 
 1885, to Miss Lulu L. Whitford, of Southbridge, Mass., and we are 
 now well established in a new home." Address, Southbridge, Mass. 
 
 John M. Johnson writes : — " I have no history and therefore 
 will only answer the questions proposed. I have been working in 
 Norwich and receiving a fair income; so have not felt obliged to 
 
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 contemplate matrimony. Medals, &c., are no longer coined at Nor- 
 wich." Johnson spent the summer of 1884 travelling in Europe. 
 He is in business with his father in Norwich, banking and caring for 
 trust funds. Address, Norwich, Conn. 
 
 Frederick Kendall writes : — " I came to Eau Claire, Wis., 
 and began work September i, 1883, for the Eau Claire Lumber 
 Company. I began at the bottom round and went into the lumber 
 yard, working eleven hours a day. In six months my work was 
 somewhat lightened. January i, 1885, I was taken into the ofifice. 
 August 25, 1883, I took complete charge of the books of the office. 
 I shall continue in the work until I can make a decided improve- 
 ment in my condition by a change. In the spring of 1884 Cotton 
 came to Eau Claire and engaged in the same business that I was 
 doing. I have had charge of the choir in the Baptist Church at 
 Eau Claire for two years and a half. I am neither married nor en- 
 gaged." Address, Care Eau Claire Lu?nber Coi7ipany, Eau Claire, 
 Wis. 
 
 Joseph R. Kingman writes: — "I studied law and was ad- 
 mitted to the bar April 17, 1885, and am now practicing. The 
 aforesaid studying was done in the office of Woods & Hahn, where I 
 still remain, and on the office door of which firm I expect about July 
 1 to hire my own name painted, as follows: Woods, Hahn & King- 
 man. While I have not struck a bonanza, I by no means feel that 
 my three years of drudgery have been thrown away. It makes me 
 sad to see the boys all following in the wake of Grover, but I have 
 never yet been able to assure myself that the bilious turns with which 
 I am sometimes afflicted are touches of the 'gentle passion.' Should 
 I find myself seriously affected I will let you know." Address, 
 Woods, Hah7t 6^ Kingman, Minneapolis, Mi?m. 
 
 Wilbert B. Lew has not responded. It was reported in June, 
 1884, that he was in Amherst. As no letters to him have been re- 
 turned, his present address is probably Gardner, Mass. 
 
 Theodore G. Lewis writes: — " After graduation I entered the 
 Harvard Law School, in September, 1883, where I have pursued a 
 three years' course, interrupted during the first and second years by 
 a more or less serious attack of intermittent fever. I am neither 
 married nor engaged. My purpose is to enter a New York law 
 office." Address, Potosi, Wis. 
 
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 John W. Low writes: — " Shortly after graduation I went to 
 Arizona, with a view to cattle ranging. Circumstances changed my 
 plans, and for a year and a half I edited the Liberty Register, at 
 Liberty, Sullivan County, N. Y. I was on the staff of the New York 
 Star for four months. I am now engaged in the manufacture of 
 tanners and curriers' tools, wood-working machinery and patented 
 articles at Middletown, N. Y. Address, Middletown, N. Y, 
 
 Corey F. McFarland writes: — " Immediately upon leaving 
 Amherst I went to Southern Pennsylvania and went to work to learn 
 the railroad construction business. Sickness compelled me to give 
 this up. After a few months spent at home I went to St. Louis, 
 where I took an interest in the flour brokerage concern of M. Left- 
 wich & Co. After about fifteen months I came to Memphis, Tenn., 
 having received an offer of the management of the flour department 
 of R. J. Woods & Co. My lot and work seem cast in the flour busi- 
 ness, and I intend to stick to that. I cannot complain of anything 
 unpleasant in my business life, and my social life in St. Louis was 
 rendered very pleasant by the companionship of E. S. Orr, and here 
 by another companionship." Address, Care R. J. Woods &= Co., 
 Memphis, Tenn. 
 
 John H. Manning writes: — "After graduating in 1883,1 
 remained at my home in Andover, Mass. until the beginning of the 
 school year in Barnstable. I then, in March, took the principalship 
 of the High school at West Barnstable where I have since been. 
 Thus my occupation for the last three years has been that of a 
 teacher, and I suppose it will be for some time to come. I have 
 had very good success in my work. I am engaged to an Andover 
 girl who is the first-assistant at the Grammar school at Andover, 
 and a graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music, 
 Boston." Address, P. O. Box 179, Andover, Mass. 
 
 Frank B. Marsh writes: — "In October, 1883, I entered the 
 business of Lazel!, Marsh and Gardner, wholesale druggists, 10 
 Gold street, N. Y. City. In June 1884, I went abroad and travelled 
 for about four months. In November 1884, I entered the employ of 
 the Connecticut River R. R., at Springfield, Mass. I am now chief 
 clerk in the passenger department of the above railroad. I am 
 neither engaged nor married." Address, Care Conn. River R. R., 
 Springfield, Mass. 
 
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 Marcus M. Mason has not responded. In the fall of 1883, 
 he was reported in business with his father at Winchendon, Mass. 
 He later went to Wyoming, and is secretary of the Wyoming Meat 
 Co., of Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory. He was married Nov. 12, 
 
 1885, to Miss Edith H. Isham; daughter of Joseph G. Isham, of 
 Nev/ York City. Address, Wyoming Meat Co., Cheyenne, Wyoming 
 Territory. * 
 
 Calvin H. Morse writes: — "The time from my graduation 
 until March 1884, I spent in the mountains of Colorado, and in 
 Denver. From the latter date till September, 1884, I passed the 
 time in the valleys of the North Platte, Mobraza and the Cheyenne 
 rivers in Wyoming, Nebraska and Dakota. Returning to Massa- 
 chusetts, I accepted a position in the office of the Geo. H. Gilbert 
 Manufacturing Co. at Ware, which I held from October, 1884, till May, 
 
 1886. Since that date I have been most of the time in Denver. 
 As for my plans for the future, it is not always best to make them 
 known." Address, Care Hotel Windsor, Denver, Col. 
 
 Henry C. Nash, Jr., writes; — "The first year after gradua- 
 tion I spent in the office of Nash & Bro., manufacturers of agricul- 
 tural implements, Millington, N. J., as corresponding clerk. Sept. 
 I, 1884, I entered the law office of Dickinson & Cooper, at Amherst, 
 as student, where I am at the present time. I have received an 
 appointment as justice of the peace and expect to be admitted to 
 the bar in October. I am neither married nor engaged." Address, 
 Afnherst, Mass. 
 
 William K. Nash writes: — "Since graduation I have been 
 teaching in Amherst, and am principal of the Mt. Pleasant school 
 for boys. I intend to teach a few years; I cannot say exactly how 
 long. I am not married or engaged. Address, Amherst, Afass. 
 
 Horatio B. Newell writes: — "I spent my first year after grad- 
 uation, teaching in the academy at Mechanicville, N. Y. The only 
 source of discomfort there, was the big girls in school. You can 
 hold a whole room full of boys, but when it comes to girls, one is 
 enough. I enjoyed teaching more than anything I ever engaged in, 
 but at the end of the year I left the school to enter the Chicago 
 Theological Seminary. I have had a class of boys in a Mission Sun- 
 day school right on the block where that recent Haymarket massa- 
 cre took place. One of my boys, after a forcible ejection, warned 
 
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 me that he would shoot me the next time he saw me on the street. 
 I've seen him since and still live. During the summer of 1885, I 
 preached in and near Long Pine, Neb., and I am now at Burnett, 
 Neb., trying to resurrect an old church." Address, 45 Warren 
 Avenue, Chicago, III. 
 
 Clarence L. Nichols writes: — "In the fall of 1883, I started 
 for the Medical <^.ollege, spending two weeks with Stebbins, then ho ! 
 for Philadelphia (Hahnemann Medical College.) The next six 
 months were one demd horrid grind, for I actually studied. I 
 attended '84's funeral; returned to Philadelphia, and attended dis- 
 pensary patients till fall, then dug till spring, when I passed a very 
 creditable examination. I first tempted fortune in the town of 
 Wallawalla, Washington Territory. In the fall I hied me to 
 Portland, Oregon, and engaged in the practice of medicine with my 
 father. In the fall of '88 I shall return east, sponge off all you boys 
 I may meet, and go to Paris to study surgery." Nichols graduated 
 third in his class. Address, Union Block, corner First and Stark 
 Streets, Portland, Grego?i. 
 
 Alexander D. Noyes writes : — " I began work as a reporter 
 on the N. Y. Tribmie in September, 1883. I remained there nearly 
 seven months, and then changed to the Commercial Advertiser. I 
 left that in October, 1884, for an eight-months trip abroad. After 
 my return I was for a time with the publishing house of Fords, 
 Howard & Hulbert, and then became business manager of the weekly 
 newspaper, Mechanics. I left that late in April, 1886, to become finan- 
 cial editor of the Commercial Advertiser. Your humble servant will 
 stick to journalism and ' eke out his income ' by writing occasionally 
 for other papers. I am not married and not engaged, except in 
 journalism." Address, Montclair, N. J. 
 
 William Orr, Jr., writes : — " After graduation I went to Had- 
 ley, Mass., as principal of the Hopkins Academy. I was taken sick 
 October 27th, 1883, and was kept from work for five months. I re- 
 turned to Fladley, March 31, 1884, and taught for the remainder of 
 that year and through the next year. Last September, 1885, I 
 entered upon my duties as principal of Smith Academy at Hatfield, 
 where I am now located. It is probable that I will remain, another 
 year in Hatfield, and after that I halt between two opinions, unde- 
 cided whether to go West, or go to Germany for further study. My 
 
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 honors, so far, consist in an appointment, December i8, 1885, as 
 Secretary of the Academic and High School Teachers' Association, 
 of Western Massachusetts. As to matrimony, I am far from that 
 blissful state — not even engaged — but there is no telling what a day 
 may bring forth." Address, Hatfield, Mass. 
 
 William B. Owen writes : — " At the time of graduation I was 
 afflicted with sciatica, which afterward proved to be spine trouble. 
 So, for a year, I was unable to do anything. Having fully recovered, 
 I entered the Boston University Law School in October, 1884, and 
 completed the three years' course in two years, taking the degree of 
 LL. B., June 2, 1886. I expect to make a specialty of patent law, 
 and I hope to go to Washington, D. C, within a few weeks, entering 
 the office of an eminent patent attorney as clerk. I shall take the 
 Suffolk Bar examination June 19. I am still engaged to be married, 
 and to the same young lady as of old." Address, Vineyard Haven, 
 Mass. 
 
 Edward S. Parsons: — I spent the year after graduation at 
 home, studying at the Columbia School of Political Science from 
 October 3, 1883, till April 16, 1886, when, on account of my father's 
 illness, I went into his office, 80 Water Street, N. Y. City, and re- 
 mained there till July 28. In September, 1884, I entered Yale 
 Divinity School, where I expect to graduate in May, 1887. The 
 summer of 1885 I spent at Cornwall-on-Hudson, N. Y., in literary work 
 for the Rev. Lyman Abbott. I expect to sail for Europe June 22, 
 1886, for two months of rest and travel. I am far from being en- 
 gaged or married. Address, 36 Tompkitis Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 
 Cornelius H. Patton writes : — I spent the summer after gradu- 
 ation at the sea shore and in the mountains, and in the fall entered 
 Yale Divinity School. During the summer of 1884 I took charge 
 of a home missionary field in northern Minnesota (Park Rapids), 
 where I remained for three months, delivering the Fourth of July 
 oration and organizing a church of seventeen members. Llatch and 
 Kingman and I explored the sources of the Mississippi River. I 
 resumed studies at New Haven in the fall, and in the spring was 
 licensed to preach by the New Haven Central Association. The fol- 
 lowing summer was spent at the Amherst Summer School and in the 
 Adirondacks. I graduate May 20, 1886, at Yale Divinity School, hav- 
 ing been selected to speak at the Commencement exercises. I rather 
 
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 expect to settle in the West. I am still unengaged." Patton is 
 preaching for the summer at Wilmington, Vermont. Address, Cai-e 
 W. W. Pattofi, Howard University, Washington, D. C. 
 
 William L. Peet writes : — " During the winter of 1883-4 I 
 managed a store in Portland, Oregon, but early in the spring I took 
 a mining outfit to some gold mines I had got hold of. I closed out 
 my store in Portland in the latter part of 1884. In July of 1S85 I 
 was burnt out, losing cabins, saw-mill, quartz well, engine house, etc. 
 It left me nothing but a blue shirt, a pair of overalls and a trout 
 pole. During the fall of 1885 I acted as newspaper correspondent 
 in San Francisco, Cal., and in January of the present year started a 
 building and engineering paper, of which I am at present editor and 
 part owner. It is impossible to give any forecast of my future for 
 more than a few months ahead, as I am likely to to take up anything 
 that seems to have the most money in it. I shall probably go mining 
 during the coming summer, but will keep up my interest in my paper. 
 I am neither married nor engaged." Address, care The Contractor, 
 41 1/4 California Street, San Francisco, Cal. 
 
 Benjamin W. Pennock, entered Yale Divinity School, in Sep- 
 tember, 1883, but left ^t\N Haven on account of poor health and 
 finished the year at Andover. He took the middle year (1884-5) ^^ 
 Yale, and the senior year (1885-6) at Andover. He writes ; " I 
 preached at South Merrimac, N. H., last summer (1885). I am en- 
 gaged to Miss Minnie Smith of Amherst. I expect to be married 
 some time next Fall, if I get a place to settle that suits me." Ad- 
 dress, Amherst, Mass. 
 
 Charles H. Pratt writes: — "In October, 1883, I went to a 
 sheep ranch on the Rio Pecos, in Texas, and spent the winter in 
 hunting, fishing, riding, and learning the Mexican language. The 
 next spring I became a partner in the firm since known ay Wilkins 
 Bros. & Co., and have ever since been engaged in the raising of 
 sheep and cattle. This will probably be my occupation for a few 
 years. I live constantly in the saddle and on the range. At the 
 ranch we keep bachelors' hall." Address, Langtry, Val Verde Co., 
 Texas. 
 
 Alexander Rae, writes : — "September, 1883, 1 entered Long Is- 
 land Medical College; June, 1885, received diploma (M. D.) from 
 
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 L. I. Med. Coll., and received appointment on resident staff at the 
 L. I. College Hospital; served on said staff from June, 1885 till June, 
 1886 ; May 20, 1S86, I received appointment as assistant to the Pro- 
 fessor of Anatom}^ in the L. I. Medical College; June i, 1886, was 
 recommended as assistant in the Department of Gynaecology, in the 
 L. I, College Hospital Dispensary; June i, 1886, terminated my ser- 
 vice in the Hospital, and after a short vacation I expect to open an 
 office in Brooklyn. I am neither married nor engaged." Rae gradua- 
 ted either first or second in his class. Address, 135 Concord St., 
 Brooklyn, N. V. 
 
 Henry T. Rainey writes : — " In the Fall of 1883 I entered the 
 Union College of Law, Chicago. The summer of 1884 I employed 
 ,in making over twenty speeches in Central Illinois for Cleveland and 
 Hendricks. In September I returned to my law study, but my efforts 
 as a speaker had attracted the attention of the Democratic State 
 Central Committee and I was employed by them to stump the State_ 
 After the campaign I went back to my law work and at the same 
 time entered the law office of Wm. E. Furness, Chicago. I graduated 
 from the law school with the degree of B. L. in the summer of 1885, 
 having been elected Class Valedictorian. I was admitted to practice 
 in this State a few days before graduation, and have since practiced 
 law in Carrollton, 111. I ran for County Judgeship, and though the 
 vote was flattering, was defeated. I am not married and do not ex- 
 pect to be very soon. In Chicago I roomed with Adams and later 
 with Claflin." Address, Carrollton, III. 
 
 Rush Rhees writes: — -"The first two years after graduation were 
 passed in teaching mathematics to the freshmen at 'Amherst. In 
 September, 1885, I entered as a junior at the Hartford Theological 
 Seminary. I expect to imbibe orthodoxy at Hartford for one year 
 more, beyond which time my plans are not formed. I am not en- 
 gaged nor do I see any prospect of my deserting the glorious com- 
 pany of bachelors." Address, Plainfield, N. J. 
 
 Charles E. Rounds writes: — " I Avas engaged in Boston on sten- 
 ographic work until the summer of 1884, when I came west in July. 
 After spending a month in Minneapolis, I located in September at 
 Fargo, Dakota, with the Northern Pacific Elevator Co. I am neither 
 engaged nor married." Address, Care Northern Pacific Elevator Co., 
 Fargo, Dakota. 
 
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 Arthur P. Rugg writes: — " All the three years since graduation 
 have been spent at the Boston University Law School, where I was 
 librarian during the last year. I represented the graduating class at 
 commencement in June as orator, and received the degree of L. L. B. 
 My plans for the future are not settled." Address, Sterling, Mass. 
 
 George Rugg writes: — " In the Fall of 1883 I became principal 
 of the Classical School, at Milford, Delaware, where I had a lady 
 assistant and fifty pupils, and remained two years. Late in the fall 
 of 1885 I was elected principal of the new Thompson St. Grammar 
 School, in New Bedford, Mass., where I have six assistant teachers 
 and two hundred and forty pupils. I am neither engaged nor mar- 
 ried. My plans for the future are undefined." Address, loi Spring 
 Street, New Bedford, Mass. 
 
 Edward E. Saben writes: — " I spent the summer after gradua- 
 tion at Winchester, New Hampshire. Late in September I returned 
 to Boston to begin in earnest the struggle for existence. For two 
 months I was at the Custom House, then I left this world and took 
 up my abode at St. Albans, Vt. After a year's harsh experience I 
 returned to Boston, Jan. i, 1885. In two weeks I had secured a 
 position in the office of the Dennison Manufacturing Co., where I 
 am anchored indefinitely. I have entered into no hymeneal engage- 
 ment; for the present, at least, I am absorbed in business." Address, 
 no Pearl Street, Somerville, Mass. 
 
 Oliver C. Semple writes: — "I was elected at graduation Master 
 of the Mann School (grammar) at Lowell, and retained the position 
 during 1883-84. The next year I was transferred to the Pawtucket 
 School (also grammar), and remained during 1884-85. I resigned 
 in the summer of 1885, and entered Columbia Law School last fall, 
 but was not allowed to graduate because I was not there for the full 
 course of two years. I am now settled permanently I think, in the 
 office of the Hon. M. B. Koon, at 350 Temple Court Building, Min- 
 neapolis, Minn, I am not engaged or married." Address, 350 
 Temple Court Building, Minneapolis, Minn. 
 
 Henry A. Simonds writes: — "In September, 1883, I accepted 
 a call to teach Latin, Greek and English literature in Carleton In- 
 stitute, Farmington, Mo. In May, 1885, I was elected Vice-Presi- 
 dent of the Institution, which office I am still holding. June 25, 
 
26 
 
 1884, I married, in Troy, Kansas, Miss Elizabeth Goodnough, 
 daughter of the Rev. E. A. Goodnough. A little boy, Albert Good- 
 nough Simonds, came to bless us, May 16, 1885," Address, Carleton 
 Institute, Fartnington, Mo. 
 
 Harry A. Smith writes: — "My first year after graduation was 
 spent at Shelburne Falls, Mass., in working at engraving. In July, 
 1884, 1 came to New York and have since been studying art as ap- 
 plied to decoration. My future work will be in this or some other 
 branch of art." Address, 42 Lexington Ave., New York City. 
 
 Isaac F. Smith writes: — " My time since graduation has been 
 pleasantly spent in teaching ; two years at Poughkeepsie and the 
 present year at Fort Bowie, Arizona, as instructor to the sons of the 
 commanding officer. The life here has been full of interest. The 
 climate is pronounced by many the finest in the world ; there is 
 much of historic interest in the scattered remains of the Aztec 
 and Toltec civilization ; quail, rabbits and deer furnish good hunt- 
 ing, and an added attraction of late has been in the fact that the 
 post has been the headquarters of Gen. Crook in the war with Gero- 
 nimo. A part of the summer I expect to spend in the city of 
 Mexico." Address, Provincetown, Mass. 
 
 Osgood Smith writes: — " In the summer of 1883 I studied Ger- 
 man, Greek and Latin, at the Martha's Vineyard Summer Institute, 
 and from September, 1883, till June, 1885, I taught these languages 
 in the High School at Princeton, 111. I am now studying law in the 
 office of Symond & Libby, in Portland, Maine, and expect to be ad- 
 mitted and practice here. I have at present no definite matrimonial 
 intentions. I am now tutoring a pupil tor Harvard, and engaged in 
 translating into English (with the author's consent) Prof. G. von 
 Gizyche's " Grundziige der Moral," which I shall probably publish 
 next winter. I am Justice of the Peace and also Notary Public." 
 Address, 105 State Street, Portland, Maine, 
 
 William B. Sprout writes: — "Since graduation I have grown 
 some older, but mighty little wiser, and I may say that will be a 
 probable ' forecast for the future.' I was admitted to the bar a little . 
 more than a year ago, and since that time have been at a 'still hunt ' 
 for clients. They are increasing gradually with the gray hairs, and 
 one of these days I am going to settle down to be a steady old gen- 
 tleman with a small family. Inferences to suit the taste." Sprout 
 was married during the third week of May, 1886, to Miss Nellie L. 
 Fisk, of Sterling, 111. Address, Room 119, 405 Main Street, Wor- 
 cester, Mass. 
 
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 Henry D Stebbins writes : — " I spent the summer after grad- 
 uation at home in Cazenovia, N. Y., and entered upon ni)'- duties as 
 tutor in the family of Mr. John M. Parker, at New Orleans, La., 
 October, 1883. I spent the summer of 1884 with my pupils at Lake 
 Side, near Milwaukee, Wis. Nov. 12, 1884, I went from Milwaukee 
 with two sons of Mr. E. P. Allis, on a trip through the West, 
 passing through Kansas City to Las Vegas, N. M., remaining in New 
 Mexico and Texas until December 24; thence to Riverside, Cal.; 
 and thence with horses and a camping outfit through Southern Cal- 
 ifornia and the Sierra Nevada Mountains, near the Yosemite Valley. 
 I returned to the East in September, 1885, and in October Centered 
 upon a three years' course at the Berkeley Divinity School at Mid- 
 dletown, Conn." Address, Caze?iovia, JV. Y. 
 
 Fred. W. Stickney writes : — "In reply to request for personal 
 history since graduating, I have been employed as bookkeeper since 
 July 7, 1883." Address, Fond du Lac, Wis. 
 
 William Z. Stuart writes : — "After graduation I went into J. 
 A. Kimberly & Co.'s flour-mill office at Neenah, Wis., as bookkeeper. 
 I was with them for a year, when the flour mill was changed into a 
 paper mill, having been sold to the Kimberly & Clarke Company. I 
 began almost immediately then to clerk for Kimberly & Clark, and 
 have been in their employ ever since. I have a very good position 
 and good prospects. I am not engaged or married. I expect to re- 
 main here till ' fired.' " Address, Neenah, Wis. 
 
 George M. Trowbridge writes : — " After studying bookkeep- 
 ing for three months in the fall of 1883, I entered the law office of 
 Miller, Lewis & Judson, where I have since remained. I have taken 
 the full course at the Chicago Law School, and was admitted to the 
 bar last March. My practice is not yet very lucrative. Fortunately 
 I have the management and renting of the building in which I have 
 my office. I am living at home in a state of single blessedness. I 
 expect to remain in Chicago." Address, 94 Washingto7i Street, Chi- 
 cago, III. 
 
 Charles A. Tuttle. His brother furnishes the following : " Af- 
 ter leaving college he taught in the High School at Ware, Mass., 
 (August, 1883, to June 1884.) August 27, 1884, he sailed for 
 Europe to study History and Political Economy. He went imme- 
 diately to Heidelberg, Baden, where he has remained ever since. He 
 wrote me that he would return in August, 1886." Address, care G. 
 A, Tuttle, as below. 
 
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 George A Tuttle writes :— " From July 1883, to October, 1884, 
 I studied medicine in the office of Dr. L. M. Tuttle, at Holyoke, 
 Mass. From October i, 1884, to May 13, 1886, 1 (studied medicine 
 at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City, grad- 
 uating May 13, 1886, At present I am in Roosevelt Hospital, New 
 York city, having entered the ist of June, for a term of two years. 
 Engagement and marriage I have not yet considered. They * will 
 come, when they will come.' " Tuttle graduated from the College 
 of Physicians and Surgeons, second in his class. Address^ Roosevelt 
 Hospital, e^gth Street and gth Avenue, New York City. 
 
 Williston Walker writes : — " I entered Hartford Theological 
 Seminary in the autumn of 1883. I have taken the regular course 
 in that institution and have done special work in history in addition. 
 I graduated May 13, 1886; was married June i, 1886, to Miss Alice 
 Mather, daughter of Prof. Mather, of Amherst. I expect to spend 
 the next two years in historical study, probably at Leipsic; and ray 
 ultimate aim is to teach History." Walker took the Hartranft prize 
 offered to seniors for the best essay on a Missionary topic. He 
 sailed for Europe June 5, 1886. Address, 58 Grove Street, Hart- 
 ford, Conn, 
 
 Clarence E. Ward has not responded. Three months after 
 graduation he was reported to be editing a newspaper in Kansas. He 
 is now said to be at home, and as no letters directed to him have 
 been returned, h'xs probable address is Riverton, Cofin, 
 
 Frank D. Warren writes: — " My business life has been passed 
 with tlie Fairchild Paper Company — first in their office in Boston, 
 and for the past eighteen months at their mills in Pepperell, Mass., 
 with the idea of gaining such knowledge as shall be most valuable in 
 the pursuance of the paper business, considered commercially." 
 Address, Care Fairchild Paper Company, East Pepperell, Mass. 
 
 Charles H.Washburn writes: — " I entered Andover Theolog- 
 ical Seminary September, 1883. I remained there only four months, 
 that is, to January i, 1884. During the year 1884 I was pastor of 
 the Western Avenue Union Chapel, Boston, Mass. January i, 1885 
 I was called to the Congregational church in Saugus, Mass., and after 
 eleven months' service was called to the Congregational Church in 
 Berlin, Mass. I was ordained and installed here December 2, 1885. 
 I married, April 22, 1886, Miss Louisa Wentworth Chaffin, of Bos- 
 ton, Mass." Address, Berlin, Mass. 
 
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 Elbridge J. Whitaker writes:— "Immediately after gradua- 
 tion I secured a position in a store in Charlestown, Mass., but busi- 
 ness had no charms for me, and the Sheldonville Grammar School 
 in Wrentham, Mass., being offered to me, I started out into the 
 country to teach the heathen. Two years I labored, until a vacancy 
 occurred in the principalship of the high school, when I was trans- 
 ferred to that position, which I still hold. During these years, how- 
 ever, I have devoted my spare moments to yellow-covered law books. 
 and some time in the future I hope to join that profession which 
 even the K. of L. reject." Address, 29 Main street, Charlestown, 
 Mass. 
 
 Charles T. C. Whitcomb writes: — " I was thinking strongly 
 of entering the ministry after leaving Amherst, but when September 
 came and passed without the return of strength I had sought during 
 the summer, I determined to wait a year and recruit at my home, 
 But when I reached home from Maine, where I had spent the sum- 
 mer, I found myself very uneasy at the thought of spending a year 
 of the best part of my life in apparent idleness. So when there came 
 a telegram from the superintendent of schools in Sandwich, Mass., 
 offering me the grammar school in that place, I, after some hesita- 
 tion, accepted it. It was a ' tough ' school, but I soon learned to 
 use my authority. In April, 1884, I accepted for the next year the 
 principalship of the high school at Sandwich, where I have worked 
 pleasantly and successfully for the past two years, Besides my reg- 
 ular work I have taken private pupils, and my four boys of this year 
 are headed for Amherst. Last year a Teachers' Association for 
 Barnstable County was formed, and the position of president fell to 
 my lot. I am not married nor even engaged as yet." Address, 
 Provincetown, Mass. 
 
 Charles T. Whittelsey writes:— "The first year after gradu- 
 ation I taught in South Berkshire Institute, New Marlboro', Mass., 
 as first assistant. September, 1884, I entered the Yale Divinity 
 School, where I expect to graduate, May, 1887. During the summer 
 of 1885 I preached in Faith Chapel, Springfield, Mass. During the 
 summers of 1883 and 1884 I was at home, and I expect to be at 
 home this summer. I am not married nor engaged. I have no def- 
 inite plans beyond May, 1887, though I expect to preach somewhere. 
 I was licensed to preach by the Naugatuck Valley (Conn.) Associa- 
 tion, April 13, 1886." Address, Hotchkissville, Conn. 
 
IBIMWWWBBMlBWHffiBHBiMiiil 
 
 Mtoit ^mitlx ^illimati^ 
 
 BOI^N mii, AT SfPAMPOF^D, N. Y. 
 DIED MAY a^TH, 1884, AT I^INGSiPON, H. Y, 
 
A Supplement 
 
 Containing the Record of Members of the Class who left 
 College before the End of the Course. 
 
 James W. Allen writes : — " I left college at the end of Sopho- 
 more year, and for four or five months did nothing worth recording. 
 In November, '8i, I began work for the Worcester Evening Gazette, 
 and have been with them ever since as book-keeper and cashier. I 
 shall probably continue to work here an indefinite length of -time, 
 and when I do make a change it will probably be to continue the 
 same work on another paper. I am living at home with my parents, 
 and am neither married nor engaged," Address, *' Gazette" Office, 
 Worcester, Mass. 
 
 William C. Atwater writes : — "I left the class at the end of 
 Freshman year on account of ill health, and remained out of col- 
 lege one year — re-entering and graduating with '84. After gradu- 
 ation I entered a banking oiifice in New York, remaining but a short 
 time. I was then connected with the wrapping-paper business, and 
 since January, 1885, have been connected with the firm of Van 
 Vliet, Bostwick & Co., grain commission merchants, 19 and 21 
 Bridge Street, New York. It is my intention to remain in business 
 — perhaps not in the grain trade. I am neither married nor en- 
 gaged." Address, 276 Madison Street, Brooklyn, JV. Y. 
 
 Conrad M. Bardwell writes : — " After leaving college, in 1881, 
 I taught for two years in Haydenville, Mass. In 1883 I came to 
 Washington Heights, a suburb of Chicago, and taught until the fol- 
 lowing March, when I was elected to my present position, the prin- 
 cipalship of the Marengo Public School, Marengo, 111. I shall be 
 married June 17th to Miss Anna Woleben, a member of my last 
 year's graduating class. My plans for the next year are not defi- 
 nitely arranged, but I shall probably remain here." Address Ma- 
 rengo, III. 
 
 Everett N. Blanke writes : — " To the mutual advantage of 
 Amherst College and myself I was suspended at the beginning of 
 my second term Sophomore year, for consenting to the maltreatment 
 
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 of certain freshmen, whose names I cannot recall. I was innocent, 
 but did not care enough about the matter to demand trial by Faculty. 
 In January, 1881, I went to Chicago, and soon became employed 
 by Phelps, Dodge & Palmer, wholesale boots and shoes. I struck 
 for higher wages and was discharged. I tried the wholesale paper 
 business, but found the income insufficient for even a single man. 
 Having written verses in my youth, I felt competent to edit a news- 
 paper, and in April, 1881, began my journalistic career with the first 
 issue of the Chicago Morning News. In six months I went to the 
 Inter-Ocean. In another six months I became telegraphic editor of 
 the Herald. In June, 1883, I became assistant agent for the United 
 Press. About July, 1884, I was promoted to the New York ofifice, 
 where I remained four months. This was not real journalism, how- 
 ever, and when John A. Greene, city editor of the Morning Journal, 
 asked me to work for him I gladly consented. I would like, to 
 marry, but have no time." Address, The Morning Journal, Tribmie 
 Building, New York City. 
 
 Thomas Cochran writes : — " I have nothing to say that I want 
 published. 1 am still at the 'Poly ' (Brooklyn Collegiate and Poly- 
 technic Institute), where I have been for the last four years. I ex- 
 pect to go to the Law School next year in connection with my 
 teaching." Address, Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute, 
 Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 
 George W. Foster has not responded. As no letters directed 
 to him have been returned, his probable address is care Thomas J. 
 Foster, Merrimack, N. H. 
 
 Charles E. French writes: — "I spent the year after leaving 
 Amherst at the University of Michigan, in the special study of 
 chemistry. Since that time I have gone from office boy to the 
 charge of the office of one of the largest factories in Cleveland. 
 Since November 1884, I have been secretary and treasurer of the 
 Cleveland Carbon Co. I was married November 12, 1885, to Miss 
 Mary Nevins of Cleveland, Ohio. Outside of mercantile life I have 
 no plans for the future." Address, 1015 {new No), Cedar Avenue 
 Cleveland, Ohio. 
 
 Frank J. Goodwin writes: — "After leaving the class of '83 
 at the end of the winter term of Freshman^ year, I spent a year in the 
 recuperation of my health, and joined the class of '84 in the follow- 
 
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 ing spring. After graduation I entered Union Theological Semi- 
 nary of New York City, where I finished the first year of the course. 
 In the summer of 1885 I occupied a pulpit in Elmwood, Conn., 
 where I remained until the last of August. Since that time I have 
 been spending my time in general reading, endeavoring at the same 
 time to repair the energies which a summer spent among the 
 pagans of Connecticut has materially wasted. I shall continue at 
 Union in the fall. I am neither married nor engaged, but continue 
 to swell the ranks of the jolly bachelors." Address^ 228 Froiit Street, 
 New York City. 
 
 Walter P. Hendrickson has not responded. It is reported 
 that he is an M.D. As no letters directed to him have been 
 returned, his probable address is Care Charles E. Hendrickson, New 
 Bedford.^ Mass. 
 
 Edward B. Herrick writes: — " I left the class of '83 at the 
 close of Freshman year. I began immediately the study of medi- 
 cine under Dr. F. W. Russell of Winchendon, Mass. I remained 
 with him until the fall of 1881, when I attended the medical depart- 
 ment of the University of the City of New York. I graduated there- 
 from in March, 1884. I then attended a course of lectures at the 
 Post-graduate Medical School of New York. In August, 1885, I 
 became resident physican of the New York City Asylum for the 
 Insane, on Wards Island, which position I held until this last March, 
 I am now located in Ottowa, Kansas, in the general practice of 
 medicine. I was married November 23, 1885." Address, Ottowa 
 Kansas. 
 
 Ting Liang; Ho: — Not enough time has yet elapsed to obtain a 
 letter from Ho. He is a surgeon on a Chinese vessel. Address, Dr. 
 Ho Ting Liang, care Chung Num Yew, Esq., American Consulate, 
 Shanghai, China. 
 
 Frank T. Hopkins writes: — " Since leaving college I have been 
 living in New York, except during vacation season, attending to the 
 study of medicine. I entered the College of Physicians and 
 Surgeons in 1882, and graduated in 1885, with the degree of M. D. 
 Immediately after I received my degree I obtained by competive 
 examination, a position on the staff of the Roosevelt Hospital. 
 The course here is about two years and I am just about completing 
 first half of it. I have no time to think of either engagement or 
 
34 
 
 marriage, and no prospects which may encourage such extrava- 
 gences. I cannot say where I shall settle in practice. I have the 
 choice yet to make." Address, Roosevelt Hospital, s^gth Street and gth 
 Avenue, New York City. 
 
 George Frank Jewett writes: — I taught in Straight Univer- 
 sity, New Orleans, La., from October, 1880, to June, 1882, and was 
 principal of the High School at Lexington, Ky., from September 
 1882, to June 1884. I was married June 8, 1882, to a lady from 
 Tremont, Ohio, and have one child three years of age. Am a 
 member of Harvard College, class of '86, and graduate this month. 
 During the coming summer I shall be an assistant in the Harvard 
 School of Chemistry. I have also been offered an assistantship in 
 chemistry at Harvard for the next year. I have not decided what 
 I will do however." Address, Pepperell, Mass. 
 
 Elias B. Jones writes: — " I left college at the end of freshman 
 year, and in the following August secured a situation in the Second 
 National Bank, Norwich, Conn., where I remained for more than 
 two years. In November, 1882, I came to Boston to take a situation 
 as bookkeeper in the Bank of Redemption, where I have since been 
 occupied. I am unmarried, though there are certain undenied 
 rumors as to my not remaining so always. I doubt if you would 
 recognize in me the young rascal who once trod the classic halls 
 with you. I am much changed, but I love the boys just the same." 
 Address, Bank of Redemption, Boston, Mass. 
 
 Nathaniel H. Kirby writes: — "Since I left Amherst I have 
 graduated in medicine. I was for one year in Chambers Street 
 Hospital, New York City. At the expiration of my term of service 
 in the hospital I accepted a position as surgeon on an Italian steamer. 
 I staid four months in Italy traveling, and after my return to America 
 I traveled for two months in the West. At present I am practicing 
 my profession in Binghamton, New York. I am neither married nor 
 engaged." Address, Nichols, Tioga County, New York. 
 
 William D. Kirby writes: — "On April ist, 1881, I became as- 
 sistant cashier of the Home Savings Bank of Waverly, New York 
 which position I now hold and shall probably to the end of the 
 chapter. I am not engaged." Address, Waverly, New York. 
 
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 William C. Kitchin— His whereabouts I have not been able to 
 discover, but Mr. T. J. Evans, of East Weymouth writes: — "In 
 regard to Mr. Kitchin I can only say that sometime previous to 
 Harry's death (Harry Reed, Kitchin's college chum, see below), he 
 received a letter from Kitchin stating that he had been married and 
 wished to exchange photographs as he was about to go to China to 
 engage in missionary work." 
 
 Frank H. Knight writes: — "After leaving college during the 
 first term of senior j^ear I lapsed into ' innocuous desuetude ' for a 
 year in consequence of nervous prostration. From February 15 to 
 June I, 1884, I attended lectures in Political Economy under Gen. 
 Walker, at the Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass. From Feb- 
 ruary, 1885, to the end of the college year, I attended lectures in 
 History and Political Science at Cornell University. In the fall of 
 1885 I entered the Senior Class at Yale College." Knight took a 
 special course at Yale not feeling strong enough to do the whole 
 work for a degree. Address, East Hartland, Conn. 
 
 Johannes Krikorian. Not enough time has yet elapsed to ob- 
 tain a letter from Krikorian or Levonian. Krikorian is a professor 
 in the Central Turkey College at Aintab, Central Turkey. He teaches 
 moral philosophy, history of philosophy, logic, rhetoric and the evi- 
 dences of Christianity. Address, Central Turkey College, Aintab, 
 Turkey. 
 
 William H. Leonard writes :— I left the class in June, 1882, 
 and the following October entered the Boston University Law 
 School, form which I graduated in June, 18S4, receiving the degree 
 of B. L. I entered upon the practice of law in Boston in August, 
 1884, where I have been ever since and intend to remain for as long 
 as I have the power to engage in the law business. I married Miss 
 Lottie A,, only daughter of George T. Richardson, of Taunton, 
 Mass., on the 5th of May, 1886, and for the present I am boarding 
 in Taunton." Address, 23 Court Street i^Room 45), Boston, Mass. 
 
 Sarkis Levonian. Nothing is known of Levonian. Address, 
 Care Krikorian, as above. 
 
 Frederic B. Mitchell writes :— " I was principal of the East- 
 hampton, Conn., High School for two years, leaving it to accept a 
 similar position in Thompsonville. The young lady who was to be 
 
36 
 
 my assistant there was abroad at the time, and knowing her to be a 
 Mt. Holyoke Seminary graduate, I was curious to see her. My 
 curiosity deepened into interest, and that into the universal passion, 
 and before the end of the year we were engaged. After a pleasant 
 two years' work, I refused a liberal offer to remain, to enter the Yale 
 Law School where I graduated in 1885. Receiving an advantageous 
 offer to teach at Thomaston. Conn., as principal of the Academy, I 
 accepted it, and am now finishing the school year. I was married 
 December 23, 1885, to my former assistant. Miss Houston." Ad- 
 dress, New Britain, Conn. 
 
 Henry A. Norton has not responded. Nothing is known of 
 him. His address is Care James A. Norton, Edgartown, Mass. 
 
 Frank H. Oliver writes: — " My life has had no especial history. 
 I am a shipping clerk in the wholesale knit-goods business, and have 
 been since October, 1880. I am studying shorthand which I intend 
 to make my life profession when learned. I am engaged to Miss 
 Annie E. Brown, of Everett, Mass. I resided in East Somerville till 
 my mother died July 21, 1884; since which time I have been a resi- 
 dent of Everett." Address, 27 Kingston St., Boston, Mass. 
 
 Edward S. Orr, writes: — "I followed H. G's advice and went 
 west. I took St. Louis for my battle field and for the first six months 
 worked and starved ; then I got a position (Oct. i, 1881) as flouf 
 buyer for the firm of Charles P. Burr & Co. of that city. December 
 27, 1882, I became a member of the firm, forming a partnership for 
 three years. At the end of the three years I decided to go into the 
 milling business and so went into the Wing Flour Mill Co., Charles- 
 ton, 111., taking one-third of the stock and becoming general mana- 
 ger of the business. I am neither married nor engaged. I have been 
 a member of the Committee of Appeals (the next thing to a director) 
 of the St. Louis Board of Trade and am now president of a little 
 R. R. which as yet exists only on paper, but will be built this sum- 
 mer. About the future I really have no definite plans, except to 
 make whatever I undertake go." Address, Charleston, III. 
 
 Albert R. Palmer writes: — "I left college at the end of sopho- 
 more year. In September of the same year, i.e., 1881, I went into 
 ray father's store as salesman, which position I occupied till May i, 
 1885, at which time my father being called to the presidency of the 
 
37 
 
 Smith's Cliarities, at Northampton, Mass., I assumed the entire 
 charge of the mercantile business at Amherst. In October of the 
 same year I sold out and in December came to Chicago and entered 
 the employ of Marshall Field & Co. as salesman in their retail carpet 
 department. I intend to make the carpet business my future busi- 
 ness. I am not engaged." Address, Care Marshall Field <5^ Co., 
 Chicago, III. 
 
 Francis W. Perry has not responded. When he was last heard 
 from he was teaching and, it is thought, was married. As no letters 
 directed to him have been returned, his probable address is care 
 Charles G. Perry, Stratford, Con?i. 
 
 Clayton D, Smith writes: — " After leaving college in 1882 I re- 
 mained at home (Huntington, Mass.) until September, 1883, when I 
 entered the law office of Edward H. Lathrop, Esq., of Springfield, 
 Mass. In June, 1884, I was admitted as an attorney at law and 
 since then have been practicing law in Chester and shall remain here 
 till called to labor in larger fields of usefulness. I am unengaged, 
 unmarried, and consequently happy." Address, Huntington, Mass. 
 or Chester, Mass. 
 
 Levi Smith, Jr. writes : " From 1881, until the present time, I 
 have been engaged exclusively in mining, during the last three years 
 I have been Sup't. of the Hidden Treasure Silver Mine, Esmeralda 
 County, Nevada, I am neither engaged or married, and have re- 
 ceived no honors as yet." Address, Belleville, Esmeralda County, 
 Nevada. 
 
 John B. Walker writes: — "After leaving Amherst I entered 
 Harvard. There I was enabled, by means of their elective system, 
 to pay particular attention to those branches which would be spe- 
 cially advantageous to me as a physician, i. e., natural history, phil- 
 osophy and modern languages. I also became more or less inter- 
 ested in athletics. I received the degree of A. B. in 1884, and in the 
 fall of the same year I entered the Harvard Medical School. I in- 
 tend to take the four years course." Address, 1 Oxford Terrace, Bos- 
 ton, Mass. 
 
 J. Wheelwright writes: — "I was obliged to leave the class in 
 February, 1883, because of a nervous trouble that affected my head 
 and eyes so that I could not study to any advantage. I still suffer 
 
38 
 
 from this trouble and, though I am about, I am still far from being a 
 well man. I married in January, 1884, a young lady from Salem, 
 Mass., and settled on a farm a half mile from my old home. We 
 have a little girl about a year old. My business, so far as I have had 
 any, has been farming. I am trying to put myself under such con- 
 ditions that I shall gain strength and health, in which hope my doc- 
 tor encourages me." Address, South Byfidd^Mass. 
 
 Gurdon W. Williams writes: — " The fall after my leaving Am- 
 herst (i 881) found me at the Boston Law School, Boston, Mass., where 
 I remained until the end of the academic year, when, after a short visit 
 to Amherst, I returned home to Pittsburgh, Pa. Here I have been, 
 ever since, a student at law in the office of my brother N. S. Williams, 
 Amherst, '77 until January of 1885, when I was admitted to the 
 Alleghany County Bar, and shortly after started out for myself in my 
 present location. I ought to have been admitted to the bar a full 
 year before I was, but a very severe fit of sickness prevented. I 
 have struggled along since my admission, realizing that life is a 
 battle ; but I am not very easily discouraged and intend to keep at 
 it. I have from time to time written a few fugitive articles for the 
 newspapers. I am neither married nor engaged, but am, as yet, 
 fancy free." Address, Bakewell Law Building {^Room 54), cor. Grant 
 and Diamond Sts., Pittsburg, Penn. 
 
Parry f rxrmg ^^jed, 
 
 BO^K JUKE 20, I860, Am EASip WEYMOUHlH, MASS. 
 DIED HOY, 29, 1883, All EAS?B WBYMGUItH, MASS. 
 
 Mr. T. J. Evans of East Weymouth, Mass., writes: " After 
 leaving College his health being poor he rested until September, 
 when he entered Boston University (i88i), for the study of medi- 
 cine, but soon after commencing his second year he was forced to 
 abandon his studies on account of failing health. Hoping that a 
 change of climate would be a benefit he went to Arizona the follow- 
 ing February, but failed to receive any benefit and returned home 
 in May when he gradually failed until his death, Nov. 29th, 1883, of 
 consumption. He married Hattie L. Seymour of Hingham, early in 
 1883, who, with a son, Harold W. Reed (born after his father's 
 death), now resides in Hingham. He was buried in North Wey- 
 mouth, Mass." 
 
CLASS STATISTICS. 
 
 Number. 
 
 Class at Graduation , 93 
 
 During the Course 126 
 
 Occupation. 
 
 Business. — Ayer, Cahoon, Chesley, Claflin, Comins, Comstock, 
 
 Cotton, Ellison, Field, Fitts, G. B. Foster, Fowler, Griffin, 
 
 Hamilton, Hyde, Johnson, Kendall, Low, McFarland. Marsh, 
 
 Mason, Morse, Pratt, Rounds, Saben, Stickney, Stuart, Warren, 28 = 30^ 
 
 Allen, Atwater, C. E. French, Jones, W. D. Kitby, 
 
 Oliver, E. S. Orr, Palmer, L. Smith, Jr., Wheelwright 10 
 
 Total 38=30^ 
 
 Theology. — Bridgman, Butler, Byington, Clapp, Derebey, Dyer, 
 Fairbank, Greenleaf, Hatch, Holt, Newell, Parsons, Patton, 
 
 Pennock, Rhees, Stebbins, Washburn, Whittlesey 18 = 20^ 
 
 Goodwin, Kitchin 2 
 
 Total 20= i( 
 
 Law. — Aborn, Adams, Cushman, Holcombe, Hooker, Kingman, 
 Lewis, H. C. Nash, Jr., Owen, Rainey, A. P. Rugg, Semple, 
 
 O. Smith, Sprout, Trowbridge 15= i( 
 
 Leonard, C. D. Smith, Williams 3 
 
 Total 18= 14% 
 
 Teaching. — Backus, D. L. Bardwell, Boyden, Callahan, Manning, 
 W. K. Nash, W. Orr, G. Rugg, Simonds, I. F. Smith, 
 
 Whittaker, Whitcomb , I2= 13% 
 
 C. M. Bardwell, Cochran, Krikorian, Mitchell 4 
 
 Total 16= 13^ 
 
 Medicine.— Bancroft, S. W. Hallett, W. L. Hallett, Hamlin, Haven, 
 
 Houghton, Nichols, Rae, G. A. Tuttle 9= 10^ 
 
 Hendrickson, Herrick, Ho, Hopkins, N. H. Kirby, J. B. 
 
 Walker 6 
 
 Total 
 
 Journalism. — Howland, Noyes, Peet 
 
 Blanke 
 
 Total 
 
 Studying to Teach. — Guernsey, C. A. Tuttle, W. Walker 
 
 Jewett 
 
 Total 4= 
 
 Unclassified. — E. W. French (Signal Service), H. A. Smith (Deco- 
 rative Art), Knight (undecided). Lew, G. M. Foster, Levonian, 
 Norton, Perry 8 = 
 
 Married. 
 
 Ayer, Boyden, Chesley, Dyer, Hyde, Mason, Simonds, Sprout, 
 
 W. Walker, Washburn 10 
 
 C. E. French, Herrick, Jewett, Kitchin, Leonard, Mitchell, 
 Wheelwright 7 
 
 15= 
 
 I2jg 
 
 3= 
 
 I 
 
 3% 
 
 4= 
 
 3% 
 
 3= 
 I 
 
 3% 
 
 Total 17= i3- 
 
 -Children born to. 
 Chesley (i), Simonds (i), Jewett (i) 3 
 
 -Deaths. 
 Silliman, H. M. Jones, Reed 3 
 
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