LVX ET VERITAS M lt ui^-0 ~~1 71 7- With the Compliments of THE YAL£UCLASS fiat \ ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE CLASS OF 1902 YALE COLLEGE ^0, ixttU book, dad Bend H^t qaah pusBSi^t, Anil apfriallg ht tijta be tlyg prager Untn tljem all tl|at tljee tnUl rmh or Ijear : W^tTB tl|0u art wrong, after tl|elr t|elp to rail, Q^t|ee to rorrert in ang fiart or alL 'T^Li^^^Jf^-z...,^,. ACHTr\^F\f FNTS cwoi OF THE CLASS OF 1902 YALE COTi.F.GE ^^ FROM BIRTH TO THE YEAR 1912 ^':Si V IJ iVi » » -bsl 9VBif aJrisii xdi msdJ oi lonoH r 'LA. ,IiBYf> 8t'li§ ^^di iiow 98od7^ ai 9Y/ A e Qf^*p^#i^yi^H"^dap3 8tiB9d iifo ai dsiQ ^^^^1*^ 1 ILU 1) I.9ifi%y6^^n9MWikt6M SE(:^Sf^!lIES BUREAU PUBLISHED AFTER DECENNIAL REUNION ^ tUK THE CLa;:^::^^^^^^^ BV YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS MCMXIII 1 iii If Mother of Men, grown strong in giving Honor to them thy lights have led; Rich in the toil of thousands living, Proud of the deeds of thousands dead. We who have felt thy power and known thee, We in whose work thy gifts avail, High in our hearts enshrined enthrone thee, Mother of Men, Old Yale. Briak Hooker. 7 ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE CLASS OF 1902 YALE COLLEGE ^/^ FROM BIRTH TO THE YEAR 1912 COMPILED BY THE CLASS SECRETARY JAMES WRIGHT ASSISTED BY THE CLASS SECRETARIES BUREAU PUBLISHED AFTER ^^ DECENNIAL REUNION ^ FOR THE CLASS BY YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS MCMXIII v-- ,9^) 7. \ V UVXETT VEPIXna YA1.E i902 33i M*niflOH Avc-Co* Oiro S» JAKES WRIGHT SECREXAFV "nu-EPMOMn Mvbray H:i.i, i82 NEW YORK CITV OCcL'a^%Xe'Cai, alaif 'EiriKbrov^ Tpo loca favorosus Lambit Anheuser. Brian Hooker. SONGS AND LYEICS 105 2. Opening address by PEESIDENT HADLEY. (J. W.) 3. Spooch by Chief Justice BREWER. (I. P.) (Also of the police.) 4. Hymn by Edmund Clarence Stedman. (B. H.) 5. Spooch by PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. (W. H.) (Of San Juan and Santa Cruz.) 6. THE CEREMONY!!! 7. Prayer by ANSON PHELPS STOKES. (B. H.) (Of Battell and Bridgeport.) 8. OWED by Anon. The procession will form at Jake's vivarium at ten o'clock sharp, tonight, and will march in the following order: Donnelly and Weiser, with crossed bangers HADLEY ROOSEVELT The Good Gosh Quartet Chief BREWER STEDMAN STOKES The base rabble "And the motto that we use is, What the HELLf " IX YES, THERE IS REST We all are fond of Billy Phelps — We love to hear him teach — But his prayers in Chapel sound just like An after-dinner speech. Chorus: 7 tell you, Yes, there is rest, etc. 2 Professor Schwab is dear to us His learning is so deep ; But the boys all call him Casearet 'Cause he works while they're asleep. Another course that's always sure Our hearts with joy to fill Is Modern Daily Newspapers With Oriental BiU. The Sheff man comes home late at night — He thinks he 's going to die ; For the Creme de Menthe and Pousse Caf6 Are coming through the rye. 106 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Oh, once I knew a Vassar girl Ab thin as often seen: Her classmates all decided that They'd call her Vassarline! 6 This English language is the deuce It's hard to get it right — They tell us that a man lives loose Because he's always tight. ( Traditional. ) And so on, ad infinitum. DIRTY DURFEE (Tune — "Bonnie Dundee") There's a place on the Campus, I weel ken its name. And the bra west o ' views may be had f rae the same — Gin there 's onything doing ye 're wishful to see. Why, it's up wi' the windows o' dirty Durfee! Then pit on your bonnet, and pit on your gown — And gather the lassies frae country and town — Gin there's ony dom rough-house ye're wishful to see, Why, it's up wi' the windows o' dirty Durfee! There's a cur ran puir scutts by the door o' Battel 1, And there's hoods on the Profs, like the hinges o' Hell; It's time for Laird Kelvin to draw his degree — Sae it's up wi' the windows o' dirty Durfee! There 's a braw time on Tap-Day, when down by the fence, A' the Juniors gang buggy, and sweat most immense — When ilka Keys heeler has jumps like a flea. Then it's up wi' the windows o' dirty Durfee! Then pit on your bonnet, and pit on your gown — Hand tight to the lassies for fear they fa' down — Gin there's ony dom rough-house ye're wishful to see, Why, it's up wi' the windows o' dirty Durfee! Brian Hooker. SONGS AND LYRICS 107 xr DIVINITY HALL (Tune — "The Low-Backed Car") I'd rather be an anthropoid, and live up in a tree, Than a grad-u-ate with a room of state in West Divinity; 'Tis there they keep a student sweep — they lock the doors at night — And you have to go round by the College Street way when you're sick and tired and tight. — Chorus When you room in Divinity Hall, ■ You hang up your clothes on the wall — Your trousers hang high And you wear a bum tie, When you room in Divinity Hall ! The crowd that haunt this happy spot would take your breath away — They're a sort of a cross between Noah's Ark and the Morgue on Judgment Day! There's some that study Forestry, and some that study Law, And graduate Students, with soft boiled eyes, and a half a yard of jaw. — Chorus When you room in Divinity Hall, You never get hungry at all — For a look at the hunch Is as good as a lunch, When you room in Divinity Hall ! Brian Hooker, XII LOUIS LINDER (Tune — "In the Shade of the Sheltering Palm") 'Way down on Temple Street Near the Y. M. C. A. There is a joint Wherein I long to stay: By the side of the bar, With a thirsty delight. Where the Senior is passed away, And the Sophomore tight ! How can I live far away From this cool and sweet oasis? Oh, what a burning thirst will soon be mine! In this fairest of places, Full of beer and champagne, Oh, Louis Linder, there let me sign — In this valley of Eden, There let me still remain! 108 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Chorus Oh, Louis Under, Lord of the foaming stein — Bring me a highball, Bring me a check to sign. I long for a garden hose, For Henry's too slow by far — So be waiting for me where the booze flows free, By the side of the Temple Bar! Sausages, toast and eggs; Scrambled or boiled or fried — Welsh rarebit, too, Bad for a man 's inside. And the slimy sardine. And the thick mutton chop — When you eat at this joint, I ween, You don 't know w hen to stop ! There all the sorrows of life Are lost in golden visions, Drinking the Moccasin and rare Old Rye — We get full of King William, And our woes drift away — In song and sunshine long hours go by, And the generous Louis Doesn't care when we pay! Choeus Oh, Louis Linder, Lord of the foaming stein — Bring me a highball. Bring me a check to sign. I long for a garden hose. For Henry's too slow by far — So be waiting for me where the boose flows free, Brian HooTcer. By the side of the Temple Bar! XIII IVY ODE "Integer Vitae" Laudibus laetae tibi saeculorum, Artium nutrix, hederam dicamus. Quae virens votum pietatis usque Crescat in annos. Patriae edoetos operam iuvantem Deserat numquam tua lux benigna, Derigat praesens varium per aequor Nos abituros. S. N. Deanc, 1908. SONGS AND LYRICS XIV 109 GOOD-BYE, CHARLIE DEAN (Tune— "Dolly Grey") We have come to say farewell, Charlie Dean — Send the Faculty to hell, Charlie Dean We have passed our last exam, And our books close with a slam, And we do not give a damn, Charlie Dean — With our sheepskins in our hand, Charlie Dean, We will scatter through the land, Charlie Dean, And when three short years have passed, We'll return to you at last. And we'll lash you to the mast, Charlie Dean! Chorus Good-bye, Charlie, we must leave you, Though it breaks our hearts to go — Father will no longer cough up. And we've got to scratch for dough! Four long years we've labored for you — We're the worst class ever seen — Good-bye, Charlie, we must leave you, Good-bye, Charlie Dean! Traditional: probably by some 1901 man, but sung most by 190S. XV GIVE MY REGARDS TO CHARLIE (Tune — Chorus to "Give My Regards to Broadway") Give my regards to Charlie, Remember me to Eddie Reed, Tell all the damsels down on Chapel Street We have not lost our speed, Mention my name at Mory's And Heublein 's across the green, Three years away. We're home today. Remember me to Charlie Dean. 110 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 XVI CLANSMEN OF OLD ELI {Tune — Chorus to "I'm a Yankee Boodle Dandy") We're the clansmen of old Eli Watch us flutter in the breeze, We 're the braw young laddies In our fine new plaidies, Notice the hair on our knees. We're the pride of all creation, Bright and beautiful and new, The bosom friends of Anson Stokes, The pride of Carrie Nation, Stand back, make way for 1902. Brian Hooker. XVII TAMMANY (Tune — Chorus to "Tammany") Nineteen-two, nineteen-two! Now I ask you, Charlie Dean, Don 't our knees look nice and clean t Nineteen-two, nineteen-two ! Handsome, winsome. And we sin some Nineteen-two ! Lope Fox. XVIII DliOP IT AND COME Drop it, and come! the time draws near When we assemble and appear In garments marvelous to view Our old acquaintance to renew And greet remembrance with a cheer. Let each to this behest give ear: — Bring one-shirt-one, white, soft and clear; Likewise a four-in-hand of blue. Drop it, and come! SONGS AND LYRICS 111 All other things await you here, Bed, board, and raiment, smoke and beer. In the great name of 1902 We sound the summons — this means you Whatever else may interfere Drop it, and come! Brian EooTcer. XIX YODLE (Tune — "Daylight Is on the Sea") Here we go marching by. In fair array of garments gay; We dazzle the watching eye, And drive the cloudS away. The sun that shines o 'erhead Serene in the blue Shall hide with blushes red From 1902 ! (Yodle.) Back to our home again From many a far and foreign shore — Our memories bright remain With lights of long before — And all that there belongs. Today we renew : — The friends, the games, the songs Of 1902! (Yodle.) Brian HooTcer. XX SWITZERS (Tune — Chorus of " I Love a Lassie") We are the Switzers — Our wisdom and our wit, sirs. Are richer than any one can tell — We don 't say we 're it, sirs. Nor call ourselves a hit, sirs. But, thank you, we feel quite well! Lope Fox. 112 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 XXI PREXY DEAR (Tune — Chorus of "I'm Afraid to Go Home in the Dark") Prexy dear, While we're here, It will never get dark in this town ! Nineteen-two Will promise you We won 't let the lamps go down : So, if you're strolling by Mr. M-O-R-Y, You'll see what the Swiss can do — For there's no place like Yale And there is no class like old 1902! Lope Fox. XXII FATHER WILLIAM ' ' You are old, Father William, ' ' the young grad said, "You are feeble and fossil and frail — Do you think you can drink without having a head, In the way we are used to at Yale I ' ' ' ' In my youth, ' ' Father William replied with a snort, "I toyed with a bottle or two, In the days when you ranked as a Mellen 's Food sport — Set 'em up, and I '11 show you a few. ' ' ' * You are old, ' ' said the youth, ' ' you are sober and staid — Yet the hue of your holiday clothes Leaves the lithograph pale and the poster dismayed — Would your family know you in those?" * * In my youth, ' ' said the Father, ' ' the garb of my class Knocked the whole Bicentennial silly, And the rays of my raiment still somewhat surpass King Sol, and the unemployed lily. ' ' "You are old," said the young man, "and scattered afar To the uttermost parts of the earth. Will you really come back from wherever you are For a week of undignified mirth?" "If you think," said the sage, with a chuckle profound, * ' Friends, family, fortune or fame Can keep me away when the time comes around — Just you wait till the day of the game! " Brian Hooker. (^ 3 O O SONGS AND LYRICS 113 XXIII LOOSE CAMELS (Tune — Chorus of " Sumurun") 1902, 1902, when you set those Camels loose. You will hear the Whiffenpoof 8 Sing 1902, 1902, You are the finest Class alive A Camel can go ei-eight days withou-ou-out a drink But it takes old 1902 to put him On the Blink — Oh, oh, oh, you Nine-ine-ineteen-two. Anon. XXIV OLD WHITE BONNET {Tune — "Put on Your Old Gray Bonnet") 1 In the days of Bicentennial, at Triennial and Sexennial, We were quite some flossy breed; And we look for recognition of the simple proposition That we still retain our speed. Each member of our number is an enemy to slimiber And a howling, yowling, whooping son of song — With a gentle, ornamental set of garments oriental. And a thirst just ten years long! Chorus: Put on your snow-white bonnet, With the red ribbons 07i it, Let the other classes clear the way — And we 'II go through New Haven With our banners wavin ', On our great reunion day! Though we note some alteration in the rising generation. As we reach the well-known scene, Where a bunch too good for Mory's lives in other dormitories. And obeys another Dean, — No time can civilize us, or reform us, or revise us — Dionysus glorifies us through and through. While the ancient elms are ringing with the unforgotten singing, And the cheers of Nineteen-Two ! Brian Hooker. EEMAAL! MOOYAH! La»go ^•t**w>S'U"e'iS ,— --A (C!HaT£r, ad rilr) SONGS AND LYRICS 116 XXV EEMAAL! MOOYAH! (No^o first the multitude shall all cry aloud with an exceeding great voice, saying: Eemaal! Mooyah! This represents the yodle of the black-eyed virgins of Paradise, and signifieth in the vulgar tongue. Oh, Grand! Oh, Fine! Thereafter one shall chant as followeth:) Lo, a multitude exceeding great, the gathering legions of the faithful ! Like the sands of Savin, the drinks of McDowell, the whiskers of Prexy, the epistles of James! Open thy gates, O Osborn! Sway, and be dizzy, O Durfee! Eejoice, O Vanderbilt! The keg is before thy doors, O Dwight Hall! I lifted up mine eyes, and beheld a solitary lamppost on the corner; I lifted up mine elbow, and behold! two lamp-posts grew where one grew before! {And after every verse of the chant, the multitude shall teat strenuously upon the tom-tom, evermore leaping and dancing and praising Allah, and singing thusly:) Let the Bong-Hong sound. And the Hu-Gag beat. And the Djinn-Fizz foam on the bar; Let the See- Gar burn Where the Moslems meet. For it's here once more we are! {And thereafter they shall cry out once more, Eemaal! Mooyah! as it were the sound of a grand amen : even as it is written upon the page of music over against this page, in the Book of the Ten Years of 1902.) Verily, there is no class but 1902, and Jimmy Wright is its Secretary. Brian Hooker. CHANGES AT YALE II Changes at Yale A VIEW New Buildings and a New University Ideal That Have Come Since 1902 ''Hello, hello, boys, hello!" remarks Jim Donnelly, as he sees a half dozen 1902 Arabs entering Phelps Gateway. ' ' Want me to show you some of the changes here since you boys were in college? All right, all right, come along! We've done some good things here since you left; we have done some not so good, too. On the Old Campus here the Old Brick Row was standing when you were in college. It's all gone now except South Middle. They call it Connecticut Hall, now, since it has been remodeled to look as it did a hundred years ago, and the Dean has his offices on the ground floor of the building. No, not Dean Wright; he is not Dean any more and I am sorry; so are you, though there's a good big man in his place. That big stone building over there where you boys remember Alumni Hall, that's a new dormitory for Freshmen, built as a tribute to Dean Wright and named after him, Wright Hall. There's a new library building over on the other corner. Over the top of Osborn you see the Taft Hotel, regular New York place — I liked the New Haven House. The city's changing, too, as well as the college, new buildings, new business, new ideas. The Art School building, next to the library, there, has a new hall built a year or two ago. There is a new wing to Kent Laboratory, and now there is a grill room and a billiard parlor in the basement of 120 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Dwdght Hall. That's about all the changes on this old quadrangle since your time, except this red brick pave- ment in place of the old dust driveway. "Come on over toward Berkeley Oval," Jim con- tinues, leading the way with pleasant pomp. ** There are some changes there and more changes over Sheff and Prospect Hill way. The University has come out like a ribbon. Some of the old grads think it begins to lie pretty flat, too. I don't, though. It's just as good now as it was in your time; it was just as good then as it was twenty years before. It's different, that's all. Things change; they have to change; otherwise they go stale. Fayerweather was just finished as you men graduated — the Yale Station post oflSce is there now. Fayerweather is that brick building across from Durfee. Beyond that is another brick building, Haugh- ton Hall. Those are both dormitories. Berkeley Oval is reserved for the Juniors now, mostly. At the end of the court, connecting with Berkeley Hall is Lampson, a new recitation hall. On over here, back of the Gym- nasium, they have put in a couple of nice things. Mr. Carnegie gave that first building back of the Gymna- sium. That's the Carnegie Swimming Pool, one of the best in the country. The Swimming Team is one of the best in the country, too. Back of that is the baseball cage. The fellows play baseball there right through the winter, have soccer games all through the winter, too, and track practice. The Crew practices in the Gym where the old swimming tank used to be. There's a fine new boathouse, too, down on the harbor, beyond Belle Dock, south of the old boathouse. There's a hockey rink out by the Field, too, and in a year or two we are certainly going to have a new stadium on the new 80-acre Yale Field. We have added athletic CHANGES AT YALE 121 buildings even if we haven't added many souvenirs to the Trophy Room. Here is 135 Ehn Street. No, it is not the Dean's Office now. It is the publishing house: home of the Yale University Press and the Yale Pub- lishing Association, which publishes the Alumni Weekly and the new Yale Review." Thence, under the same genial guidance, the sight- seeing party comes down Elm Street, past the new Day Missions Library, between the Divinity halls, contain- ing what is said to be the most complete collection of books relating to Christian missions in the world. Turning up College Street, they pass the colonial pil- lars of Franklin Hall, one of three new Sheffield society clubhouses erected since 1902 or in course of erec- tion now. Next appears a quaint little house, white, with colonial green blinds, the home of the Elizabethan Club, a new literary organization open to faculty, graduates and undergraduates who have an interest in literature and in rare books. The nucleus of the club life here is the most complete collection of early and rare editions of Elizabethan literature on the Western Hemisphere. A Yale theater, possibly a Yale publishing plant — at any rate a general headquarters for graduate and undergraduate literary, dramatic, musical, printing and publishing interests — is planned for the old Hopkins Grammar School lot, on High Street, between Wall and Grove, recently purchased by graduates and held in the name of the University Press. North of the Elizabethan Club, beyond Wall Street, rise the Gothic towers of the two new Sheffield dormitories, opening up a new Sheffield Campus, Van- derbilt Square. On the other side of College Street stand Woolsey Hall, Memorial Hall and the Univer- sity Dining Hall, the bicentennial buildings, and beyond 122 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 them Woodbridge Hall, the headquarters of the general administrative officers of the University. Past 'Hhat ridiculous tower of South Sheffield Hall, with its top- hat of an observatory pulled down about its ears," stand on Hillhouse Avenue, Kirtland Hall, a Sheffield mineralogy building, and, in beautiful white Gothic, Leet Oliver, the headquarters of the Sheff Select Course. Crowding St. Mary's Church is one of the new engineering laboratories, the Mason Mechanical Engineering Laboratory. Across the street is building the Electrical Engineering Laboratory and over on Mansfield Street stands the Laboratory of Mining and Metallurgy. At the head of Hillhouse Avenue stands in lofty grandeur the Old Hillhouse Homestead, but the fields all about it no longer comprise Hillhouse Place nor Sachem's Wood. This property is now Pierson-Sage Square, a part of the university holdings, and on it, already completed, stands the great University Physics Laboratory and, still building, the larger Laboratory of Zoology, Comparative Anatomy and Botany. These are destined for the use of not one but many of the University's departments. The party, having concluded the tour of these physi- cal evidences of Yale's expansion, departed. But the 1902 Class Scribe, still crying for more information, strode into Woodbridge Hall, hunted up him called the Alumni Registrar, and demanded : '*Tell me, Ned," for neither the dignity of the office nor the officer over- shadowed his intimacy. ''Tell me," he asked, "what all these things mean. As many buildings have been erected in the last ten years as there were all put together while I was in college. The place has grown immensely. It has changed in some ways, too. You CHANGES AT YALE 123 have beautiful Elizabethan early editions and a whole new creation of magnificent laboratories, yet you don't win football games any more. What about all this expansion? Sheif 's as big as Academic, now, and the Graduate School seems to some people up here to be more important than either of them. What does it all mean ? ' ' **I can't tell you all that this recent growth at Yale may mean," I replied. *'A historian a hundred years from now may be able to write the whole philosophy of it. I can tell, though, some of the things that recent developments at Yale seem to me to signify." ** Write it down," he requested, ''and let me have it for my Class Eecord." Here, then, is the thought of one graduate as to the significance of Yale's recent growth. Certain great changes have been taking place at Yale during the past ten or fifteen years in the course of the transforming of a noble old college into a great Ameri- can university. The signs which one who runs may read are the building of the great university labora- tories on Pierson-Sage Square, the new engineering laboratories, the great university library, the growing Graduate School and the transformation of the profes- sional departments into graduate departments of professional study, the establishment of the scholarly Yale Review and the Yale University Press. All these things are marks of the great university, the seat of creative knowledge. The undergraduate College is of approximately the same size, the same material wealth, the same prestige as when the Class of 1902 graduated. The University has sprung from the beginnings and tendencies of a decade and a half ago to the magnificent reality of today. 124 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 During the past fifteen years, chiefly during the past ten years, Yale has developed a large and strong De- partment of Graduate Study, presided over by scholars of international fame and attracting students this year from 182 colleges and universities of America, Europe and Asia. Standards of entrance to the pro- fessional schools have been raised so that now both the Medical School and the Law School, as well as the Divinity School, are practically graduate professional schools. The Forest School has been added to the University since 1902 entered college, and this virile young department is one of advanced study, open to college graduates. The departments of Music and the Fine Arts are schools of high rank with distinguished work in these arts as an aim and accomplishment. The Yale Library has increased in size and importance so that it numbers over 900,000 volumes, many of its individual collections — as the Aldis Collection of first editions of American literature — ^being without rival in the world. The collections in natural history, in art and archaeology are forming the basis for authoritative original investigations. Yale's reputation as a seat of creative research is, of course, by no means limited to recent times. Pro- fessor Marsh had made his great collections in natural history and J. Willard Gibbs, the physicist, had con- ducted probably the most notable scientific work that has ever been done at Yale, many years ago. There have been great creative thinkers and investigators at Yale throughout its entire history. The significant point is that the amount of work of scholarly investigation and scientific research and the equipment by which this work is done has been greatly increased in the last decade and that the predominating note of Yale is • • ' • > 4 « CHANGES AT YALE 125 changing from that of the college to that of the university. Here are a few contrasted sets of figures for any who may care to study them, showing the comparatively constant level of the undergraduate college during the years since the Class of 1902 came to Yale, as con- trasted with the rapid growth of the University: 1899 191g Enrollment of the College 1,224 1,236 Total enrollment of the University . 2,511 t3,226 Bachelor of Arts degrees awarded . 288 281 Total degrees in course awarded 556 855 Teachers and officers of the College 109 107 Total officers of instruction and administration of the University .... 278 524 College Funds .... $1,568,278.07 $2,180,083.04 General University Funds ], 636,975. 79 8,614,124.38 Total funds of University, including all departments $4,554,829. 45 $13, 824,078.33 Yale has in her physical development and in the tendencies of her intellectual and spiritual life been undergoing rapid transformation from an undergrad- uate college with certain connected departments of professional study into a great university, a single organization, emphasizing not only the undergraduate but also the graduate departments. Yale has be- fln considering the figures of enrollment, it should be borne in mind that the increases in the total university registration have been made in spite of the fact that the increased requirements to the Medical School and Law School have decreased the attendance in these departments. At the same time, of course, the growth has been not all in the graduate departments. The exceedingly rapid growth of the Sheffield Scientific School during the past decade has been a large feature in increased university enrollment. ^Exclusive of funds of approximately $700,000 held at each of these periods by the Sheffield trustees. 126 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 come a great seat of creative knowledge. For two centuries as a college she taught the recognized fields of truth. Now, as a great university, she is laying increased emphasis on the value of adding to the fields of human learning. She has always stood for an increase of light on what truth there was to be illum- ined ; she is now standing for an increase in the knowl- edge of truth as well as for full light upon that truth. Such ideals, while particularly emphasized in the graduate departments, cannot but affect all. An active- brained undergraduate at Yale no longer is willing to read in a stated text-book an account of the several stages in the editing and publication of Shakespeare's plays ; he wants to go over to the Elizabethan Club and among these early editions of seventeenth century literature actually see for himself the stages through which these works have passed. The student is getting into the habit of studying the Old English drama through his own performances as well as by book; he has the opportunity to study art at first hand in the Yale galleries and under the guidance of Yale artists. The tendency is to go out and talk to Hue Luquiens about portrait painting and etching and learn some- thing at first hand from a master. The student at Yale now is feeling himself surrounded by the original sources of knowledge and feeling himself shoulder to shoulder with great minds which are creating as well as recounting the domains of truth. These tendencies of the modern student at Yale, both graduate and undergraduate, to gain his knowledge first hand are certainly in the right direction, as is the whole increase in the scholarly interest, the scientific spirit and scholarly and scientific equipment at Yale. These advances toward a university ideal and toward CHANGES AT YALE 127 the ideals of a university have, however, to certain minds, been accompanied by some lamentable by-pro- ducts in the spirit of the undergraduate college. It is seldom that there is great gain in any direction with- out some loss in another. A danger in throwing open the possibility of original investigation and wide indi- vidual option in the method and field of study is that in the pursuit of interesting truth the student may fail to gain the rugged discipline of the ancient schoolmas- ter. There is slight opportunity in a broad elective system for intellectual competition. There is slight opportunity in a large university with many depart- ments for a man to match himself against all his fel- lows and find his points of weakness and of strength. This problem of maintaining unity and the elemental, man-to-man competition is complicated at present at Yale by the recent growth in material prosperity which is characteristic of America generally. New Haven now has a metropolitan hotel, the undergraduates own automobiles, the frequent trip to New York is taken as a matter of course. This increase of wealth adds to the problem of maintaining a spirit of solidarity in the undergraduate world. Some fear that the undergrad- uate, becoming on the one hand so much a scholar, and on the other so much a gentleman, may forget to be a man. The danger of loss of esprit de corps, the possibility that in ceasing to hate Harvard we may forget to love Yale and thereby fail to get the best from Yale, the feared loss of the spirit of loyalty and the benefits in training that come from such spirit: these are real dangers. Their presence has been somewhat exagger- ated in the minds of most graduates by the fact that in recent years Yale has not had its usual brilliant athletic 128 ACHIEVEMENTS OF ]902 successes. "What's the good of learning to appre- ciate architecture," a graduate says, **if you forget how to win at football?" This is a problem that squarely confronts Yale today. Not the problem of winning football games. Probably not even the most ardent Yale supporter really cares for that as an end in itself. But the problem of maintaining the spirit of loyalty, the spirit of keen competition, the spirit of fighting zest in life, the habit of measuring one's self against one's fellows: this is the problem that con- fronts Yale. If we accept Matthew Arnold's definition of 'true education as that which teaches one to know himself and know the world, then Yale's present prob- lem is to make sure that while her students are learn- ing so well the great fields of world knowledge they are also learning equally well to know themselves. Edwin Rogers Embree, 1906. "Bingi.k!*" bv a FiTiRK Yai.k Batsman The Class Boy receivins: instnictiDH from Damitt Brown, Walt Krementz catchins: Ai.i.AH Be Fhaiskd! Standing: Bill Haines, Bill Hamlin, Fienry Ely Kneelinsr: Harry Robbins, Ray Bissell CHANGES AT YALE 129 ATHLETIC RECITATIONS AND THE NEW YALE FIELD "It is not a soul, it is not a body, that we are training up; it is a man, and we ought not to divide him into two parts ; we are not to fashion one without the other, but make them draw together like two horses harnessed to a coach." — Montaigne. Two years ago a group of Yale men — the Yale Com- mittee of Twenty-One, appointed by the Alumni Advis- ory Committee to the Corporation of the University, undertook to provide Yale students, present and future, with an adequate playground. Before this Com- mittee began its work it made a careful investigation of the available field facilities at that time and found, to the amazement of many of its members, that Yale, advertised far and wide as the foremost athletic college in the country, possessed one football field, two base- ball diamonds (one convertible into a football field), a very poor running track and a track or field house, scarcely more than a shed, which did not properly accommodate more than a hundred men, a small boat- house and a few tennis courts. The University cata- logues stated that ''the athletic grounds of the Uni- versity, known as Yale Field, are open to students in all departments of the University," and that "the Field has several baseball diamonds and football fields." As a matter of fact, no man not a member of the Freshman or University baseball, football or track squads had any chance to take exercise on Yale Field and had not had for a number of years, if a few attempts at spring baseball on the over-crowded dia- monds be excepted. Hundreds of students were eager to take exercise in some form or other, but there was I 130 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 absolutely no room for them. There were no tennis courts on Yale Field and no vacant ground where even a scrub game could be held. Coming in such a condition, it is not too much to say- that the presentation to Yale, through these gentle- men's efforts, of eighty acres of new territory, opposite the present field, is one of the greatest in Yale's history, and will have an incalculable influence for good. Many are thinking that the efforts of the Committee of Twenty-One are concentrated on the building of a giant coliseum, where all who wish to see the big football games may be accommodated. But while this is important in its way for the graduates and undergraduates and their friends, it is as nothing to the gift of the playgrounds themselves and the ample opportunity they will present for physical exercise of one sort or another to generations of Yale students. When the new field has reached its complete devel- opment, there will be ten or a dozen baseball diamonds, eight football fields, a score or more of squash and tennis courts and club house facilities for fifteen hun- dred men. In addition to the proposed plan for field work, through the generosity of certain Yale gradu- ates, there has recently been finished at the harbor a large and well-equipped boathouse, and still more recently a baseball cage in the rear of the Gymnasium, which practically doubles the capacity of that over- taxed building, for general exercise may be taken there by any student of the university except at certain hours when the floor is occupied by the baseball or track squads. All this is athletic development in its truest sense. The Yale authorities spend much time and thought on the morals and minds of the young men temporarily CHANGES AT YALE 131 under their care, but they spend little or no time or thought on the care of the bodies of these same young men. There is a Gymnasium, it is true, where one may pull chest-weights and punch the bag and take various other forms of exercise under a roof, and there has been some attempt here to make certain forms of exercise for the Freshmen compulsory. But gymnasium work appeals to a small number of men, and the worst of it is that those who need physical exercise most are least inclined to take it in the form it is now offered. When the playgrounds are completed would there be any serious objection to the Yale faculty requiring a certain number of athletic ''recitations"? In other words, why shouldn't athletics be made a part of the regular curriculum, to count on work for a B.A. or Ph.D. degree? There are many things taught at Yale today of less importance than the strengthening and building of the body in out-of-door sports. If college is a place in which to prepare the mind for the strug- gle of life, it ought equally to be a place where the body is trained and strengthened. Too many men who go out of Yale today, as out of every other American college, are trained in mind for the work they propose to do in the world, but are hopelessly deficient in bodily strength to carry them through life's battle. Many times they are overtopped in the contest with men of small mental training who have the bodily strength to stand the pressure the world demands. This is not an argument for athletics of the highly specialized sort of which Yale has more than enough. It is an argument not for athletic building but for man building, for the training of a man's body as well as his mind to the end that he may be better fitted than ever to be a leader of the world. College authorities 132 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 will not discharge their full obligations to the students under their care until they have arrived at some fairer balance of training between mind and body. A. Man. ON CLASS SPIRIT Reveries of a Bachelor {One of the last left!) "Thought depends on the habitual exercise of the speculative faculties: action on the determination of the wUl. The one assigns reasons for things, the other puts causes into acts. ' ' Wm. Haslitt. I recently spent several days in New Haven, and could not but notice a certain change in the Class spirit. It seems that the present tendency of the undergrad- uates is speculative and philosophical. I found less of that quick-deciding, rush-in-and-do-it attitude of mind which used to lead us into performances, often ridiculous enough in themselves, but making for that intimate fellowship which has always been a particular attribute of Yale life. I think the first time our Class really got together was on just such an occasion after a Harvard debate. We knew nothing of the debate, of course, but as we were studying quietly in our rooms, such being our wont, a strange cry resounded through York Street. ** Oh, Freshmen, more wood!" Up from our desks, down the stairs, into the street we rushed. We looked for wood, we found it. We bore it to the CHANGES AT YALE 133 Campus. Behind North College, near the treasury, a bonfire roared and crackled. We had never seen victorious bonfires. We had not known that Fresh- men were expected to feed them. But we had our orders to bring more wood, and we brought it. And as we watched the flames, reddening the snow, and saw the slender towers of the Library, the square mass of the Treasury building, looming through the firelit shad- ows, while the sparks whirled up through the crackling branches of the elms, we knew that our Class had ful- filled a tradition. And we were better Yale men. Noav the modern tendency, as I understand it, would have been at the cry, "More wood!" to stop and consider. What did it mean? Why leave our comfortable rooms, our tasks undone? Why bring wood? Where was wood to be found? Would the gathering of it not lead to trouble with the Watch? Would the Faculty wholly approve ? ' ' The profound judgment which soberer people pique themselves upon is, in truth, a want of passion and imagination." As I saw the somewhat too elegant youths swarming the corridors of the new hotel, crowding the tea-room, I wondered whether passion and imagination were not rather at a discount. We needed both to enjoy as we did the stained and tat- tered walls of Billy's, the muddy brew he served, the reeking toasted cheese on brown-veined crockery. Your undergraduate of today needs neither to appre- ciate crab-flake in silver, or the fragrant Oolong that he sips from dainty Sevres. So, too, he is quite free from either passion or imagination as he ponders as to whether the Fence Rush is not an outgrown, senseless custom, harking back to the days when ablu- tions were performed at the college pump ; and whether 134 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 the damp spheroid of snow impinging on the ear is not an archaism of little true worth or value. And while he reasons thus, Washington's Birthday comes and j) goes, and with it a tradition of Spartan days, perished V of too much thought. | It is a part of the graduate's education to learn how much better things were managed when he was in col- lege than at any other time. He never realizes it while he is there, but let him be out five or ten years, and he knows that his particular time was the best. I am glad, for my part, that we had no motor cars, and no Sunday exodus; that our tastes were simple, that we could enjoy ''Florodora," or ''The Runaway Girl," | as well from Mr. Bunnell's dizzy heights as in the pit — i "to be once more struggling up those inconvenient staircases, pushed about, and squeezed, and elbowed by the poorest rabble of poor gallery scramblers." And what would we have done with telephones in every entry? Has conversation come down to a few words in a box? Has the cry, "Oh, Bill Johnson, stick out your head," passed into Limbo? I think that the Pass of Thermopylae — that one good licking for a year's freshness — ^made a better Omega Lambda Chi ;; than do the Whiff enpoofs, for all their pink ballet skirts. And why have they taken to tea ? Nat Willis, in a time ', when light wines were the thing, I make no doubt / scorned the Yale men who came before him, because ^ they cared for Pirate Swizzle, and the rum of old Med- f ford. Even while Ik Marvel was recalling that "cozy sit-down with oysters and champagne," the fancies of the undergraduates were turning to malt liquor. And Stedman of the '50 's wrote : In fallow college days, Tom Harland We both have known the ways of Yale, CHANGES AT YALE 135 And talked of many a nigh and far land, 'er many a famous tap of ale. There still they sing their Gaudeamus, And see the road to glory clear ; But taps, that in our day were famous. Have given place to Lager Bier, The great teetotum whirls, and each new generation cares but little for the opinions of those before it. Did we ask the ancients of 1892 whether they approved of our tobys and welsh rarebits I Then why complain that the undergraduate of today is allured by jam sand- wiches and the innocuous teapot? Well, because we want no Yale men with "violets instead of laurel in the hair." Because the "China Luxury," two lumps of sugar, and a bit of lemon peel, are Corinthian, because they tend toward that effeminacy that Hazlitt says is the attribute of the too speculative and philosophical temperament, the temperament that is threatening the traditions of action, and the old Class spirit. A curious thought comes to me. Are we doing our part to maintain the spirit of the Class? Are we our- selves tending too much toward thought, too little toward action? Looking for motes, have we neglected to see the beam? Mere speculation is by no means enough. Class spirit is strangely elusive and intangi- ble. It is like the cord Gleipner in the Norse Saga, which, though it is so strong that nothing can break it, is yet as soft and fine as a silken thread. Such is the bond that joins us : not to be broken, but so delicate we sometimes almost forget its existence. We give it a mighty tug once in three or four years, to show how fast it is holding. But it is a long time now to Quin- decennial — and probably a hard, rough, troublesome time, at that. Before we come together again, we may 136 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 have had a dreary fight to keep undimmed those senti- ments we felt in the "May morning of life, when we only knew the world through hooks and thought it to be all that poets had painted it. ' ' We may even grow worldly-wise, and come to believe sour Machiavelli — that it is better to be feared than loved, seeing that the generality of men are ungrateful, fickle, false, cowards, covetous and wholly base. We shall feel the need in the next five years, as never before, of the old memories. They will recall the lessons of service, of truth, of unselfish endeavor. They will help us to keep unchanged the ideals formed in our first youth. Yale calls to us : ' * Failing, — still feel the fire : Winning, — still keep the dew : Striving, — still hear the lyre: This be my prayer for you ! ' ' And as we remember, so shall we hear her voice. Most men are alone in the battle. We have the fellowship of the Class. It is true that we don't have many opportunities of seeing one another now ; but there is a subtile alchemy which will bring us back to an association almost as perfect as when we lived within the Campus close. It may be invoked by dipping one's pen in the ink horn. No man in the Class is really farther away than the corner letter-box. ' ' I am insensibly chatting to you as familiarly as when we used to exchange good-morrows out of our old contiguous windows." Thus Elia, writ- ing to the Antipodes. It is as easy for me to send a letter to Smith in Skatchewan as it was to walk from my room in Fayerweather to his in Welch. But have I done it? All through the four years we were together. CHANGES AT YALE 137 we walked, and talked, and smoked our pipes, and had our glass at Louis 's. We wrenched the meaning from Euripides, on wintry afternoons. We heeled the Record, the Courant and the Lit. We criticised each other's glo^ving periods. Long evenings by the fire we ''mused on what had gone and what remained of life." — Does he still live in the days of Queen Anne, or have Galsworthy and Snaith supplanted Addison in his affections ? Are those seven volumes of ' ' Clarissa ' ' finished? How likes he Strindberg and Anton TchskoffI We discovered Maeterlinck and Stephen Phillips, those ardent young men, back in '99. I won- der if he reads them now when they have grown so great. We should have kept together through the last ten years. Our lives had been richer. I've planned many letters to him; but — for what have I been criti- cising the undergraduates? Charles Lamb — than whom few nobler letter-writers lived — gives this advice : ' ' Accustom yourself to write familiar letters on common subjects to your friends, .... such as are of a good understanding. ' ' We have the friends of good understanding, could we but accustom ourselves to write. And as we think of a familiar letter as a thing to be approached prayerfully and with due contemplation, we avoid subjects that are common and interesting. Lost in a haze of thought, we fail of action. Come, let us drop the speculative and philosophical, and like practical men drive upon the immediate realities. I have just read, in Arnold Ben- nett's "Mental Efficiency," that we can build up our flabby intellects by such simple calisthenics as writing a few lines every day. I propose to make the experi- ment, and to use for my mental dumb-bells short, famil- iar letters to the men of 1902. Not to undertake too 138 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 much at the beginning, I will write only three times a week. But by all the gods, I will write and I'll make that useless half-hour after dinner do some work, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Now suppose that half of these letters were answered. Suppose that even a hundred of our three hundred should set up a like little mental-gymnasium of their own. There would be a renaissance of letter writing quite without parallel in the annals of the Classes. Old-fashioned familiar letters, on the common subjects we meet in the day's work, would be flying between us. Old interests would reappear, old friendships rally, new ones spring into being. The memories of our early youth would quicken. The half -forgotten dreams would come again. Through the turmoil, the din of the iron-hammered years, would sound more full and clear the voice of the Class. Our Quindecennial — a meeting of men who have kept together — would show to Yale what the old Class spirit was. Suppose it doesn't seem practical. Don't stop to argue. We have had ten years of thought. Now for some action ! Alfred M. Cressleb. AUTOBIOGRAPHIES Once I saw Mountains angry, And ranged in battle-front. Against them stood a little man ; Aye, he was no bigger than my finger. I laughed, and spoke to one near me, "Will he prevail?" "Surely," replied this other; ' ' His grandfathers beat them many times. ' ' Then did I see much virtue in grandfathers, — At least, for the little man Who stood against the Mountains. Stephen Ceane. I saw a man pursuing the horizon; Eound and round they sped. I was disturbed at this; I accosted the man. "It is futile," I said, "You can never" — "You lie," he cried, And ran on. Stephen Crane. Autobiographies Here is the Request : ''The changing guests, each in a different mood, Sit at the roadside table and arise : And every life among them in likewise Is a soul's board set daily with new food." Each tells his tale to me, the Inn Keeper, and passes on, but the value of the record depends entirely on how much of yourself you put into your tale. James Weight, Class Secretary. Now follow the answers, wherein I have tried to "leave unadorned by needless art The picture as it came. ' ' Franklin Abbott Partner in the firm of Janssen & Abbott, architects, Renshaw Building, Pittsburgh, Pa. Residence, Darlington Road, Schenley Park, Pittsburgh, Pa. Born August 24, 1880, in Pittsburgh, Pa., the son of Wil- liam Latham Abbott, who is engaged in the steel business, and Annie (Wainwright) Abbott. He is of English ancestry. 142 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 One brother, William Latham Abbott, Jr., was graduated at Yale in the Class of 1904 S., and another, Wainwright, is a member of the Class of 1914 S. Prepared at Lawrenceville School in New Jersey and at La Chatelaine, Geneva, Switzerland. He achieved no honors in athletics, but went in rather for musical and dramatic clubs and the Literary Magazine. At Yale he drew for the Record, was a member of the Dramatic Association and of the Wran- glers, thus continuing in the line of his earlier inclination. He was a member of the Kraut Club, University Club and Psi Upsilon. He married on June 1, 1907, in Bryn Mawr, Pa., Mary Vauclain, Bryn Mawr 1904, daughter of Samuel ]\I. Vauclain of Rosemont, Pa., They have one daughter, Mary Vauclain, born May 6, 1912, in Lausanne, Switzerland. Upon graduation he spent one year at Columbia studying architecture, and then entered the office of Alden & Hanlon, architects, of Pittsburgh. In 1904 he spent nine months in Paris, continuing his architectural study and the remainder of the year in a Pittsburgh architect's office. Later he went to Canada, built a house as an investment in Cobourg and then returned to Paris for further study. In 1905, with Benno Janssen, a graduate of the Uni- versity of Kansas, he formed a partnership for the practice of architecture, and has met with signal suc- cess. Although one of the younger Pittsburgh firms they have received flattering notices and among their contracts have numbered several large club buildings. A Pittsburgh paper, in January, 1911, announcing that the firm had been especially asked to be one of twelve to submit plans for the Northwestern University at Evanston, 111., said, ''The firm entered into the com- petition for the new University of Pittsburgh group, and out of sixty-five competitors from all over the AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 143 United States took second prize, Palmer & Hornbos- tel's plans only being considered better." His politics are Republican and he is an Episcopa- lian by inheritance, though not a member of any church. His club membership includes the Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh Golf clubs and the Pittsburgh Athletic Association. The following storj^ about Frank comes from a New York architect. Frank was trying the exams for the Beaux Arts in Paris, when he met our mutual friend : ''I'm through with studying in Paris," says he, ''I'm going home to start out for myself and get married. I don't suppose I can live with a wife for less than $10,000 a year, so of course I must make money ! " This conversation, taken mth the history above, shows that "as a man thinks, so is he." Frank is a loyal 1902 and contributed several dramngs of life in Paris. They are very effective, but unfortunately would not reproduce w^ell, and had to be omitted. If you want to see a sample of his splendid work, stop off at Pitts- burgh and look at the Pittsburgh Athletic Club; you will be well repaid. "My interests in life," he writes, "are first, family; second, professional success; third, painting and collecting; fourth, travel." Gardner Abbott Lawyer, practicing independently at 1310 ScJiofield Building, Cleveland, Ohio'f Residence, 1935 East Seventy-fifth Street, Cleveland, Ohio Born December 11, 1878, in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of Major Willard Abbott (died February 24, 1907), Rochester -{-Italicized addresses are preferred for mailing purposes. 144 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 University 1858, who was engaged in general business, and Caroline (Younglove) Abbott (died February 24, 1900). His ancestry was English. Prepared at Andover, where he played football, was a mem- ber of the glee club and of P. A. E. At Yale he played on the Freshman and University Squad (College) football teams and was on the Class Crew in Sophomore, Junior and Senior years. He held an oration Junior appointment and a disser- tation Senior appointment. He was a member of the Wigwam Debating Club and a member of He Boule, Kraut Club, Uni- versity Club, Alpha Delta Phi and "Wolf's Head. He married on October 16, 1912, in Cleveland, Ohio, Lois Allen, daughter of Mrs. Luther Allen. On leaving college he entered the Columbia Law School, where he was a member of Phi Delta Phi and business manager of the Columbia Law Review. After graduating in 1905, he at once took a position mth Blandin, Rice & Ginn, in Cleveland. Since 1909 he has maintained an independent office for the practice of law. He is also an officer or director in the following companies: the Pifer Posetype Company, Posetype Company, Ohio Bates Valve Company, Bates Valve Bag Company, Bruce Meriam Abbott Company, Bruce Macbeth Company, Abbott Realty Company, etc. He received the degree of LL.B. from Columbia University in 1905. He is a Republican in politics and a Presbyterian in church affiliation. He is a member of all the desirable social clubs in Cleveland, including the Yale Alumni Association, the University Club and the Hermit Club, and has taken frequent part in the theatrical entertainments of these clubs. Gardner doesn't write, he sings! All the letters I have from him brim with good fellowship and have a businesslike tone, too. He writes : ' ' As an exponent of AUTOBIOGRAPHIES I45 theatrical education, I have inculcated : first, a love of home in the Cleveland Yale public, by appearing in Yale Club smokers; second, a knowledge of where charity begins, in the appearances in charity shows; third, a desire for the simple life, in the general public, by appearing in the Hermit Club performances. Sic transit gloria Abbotti." Oliver Sidney Ackley Secretary to the President of the Niles-Bement-Pond Com- pany, manufacturers of machine tools, 111 Broadway, New York City Residence, 1402 Pacific Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Born November 10, 1879, in Brooklyn, N. Y., the son of Oliver Smith Ackley (died October 23, 1908), a lawyer, and Susan V. (Cahoone) Ackley. Of English ancestry on his father's side and of Dutch on his mother's. Two relatives who were graduated at Yale are Walter Frederick Carter and Lewis Fox Frissell, both of the Class of 1895. Prepared at the Boys' High School, Brooklyn, where he was a member of all the athletic teams and was also interested in debating. At Yale his college activities also manifested themselves along the line of athletics and he made both the Freshman Football Team and the Freshman Crew, the Var- sity Football Scrub Team and the Varsity Crew, and man- aged the Gym Team in Senior year. He was president of the University Gymnastic Association in Senior year. He received a second dispute appointment Junior year and a colloquy Senior year, and was a member of Zeta Psi. He married on April 3, 1907, in Dorchester, Mass., Laura Augusta Wood, Wellesley 1902, daughter of Charles Francis 146 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Wood, deceased. They have one son, Oliver Brinckerhoff, born September 17, 1910, in Brooklyn, N. Y. After graduation he found some difficulty in secur- ing congenial business surroundings, trying finance, the hop business, real estate with E. A. Cruikshank & Company, and street railways with the Brooklyn Rail- road Company. Since 1904 he has been secretary to the president of the Niles-Bement-Pond Company, manufacturers of machine tools. He is a member of the Tompkins Avenue Congrega- tional Church. Ack is modest still, and does little talking, but no matter when you drop in he has a cordial greeting and is never too busy to give you a moment of his time. His ear is close to the financial ground — "for if the country doesn't buy tools," says Ack, ''the country is in poor shape. ' ' The entertaining point is that, unlike most financial forecasts, this idea of his works, proving that his powers of observation have developed with his years. Clarence Henry Adams President of the Proudfit-Ormsby Commission, wholesale produce merchants, 1547 Market Street, Denver, Colo. Residence, 1728 "Williams Street, Denver, Colo. Born October 14, 1879, in Black Earth, Wis., the son of Frank Adams, a manufacturer and merchant, and Emma J. (Wilson) Adams. He is of English ancestry. Alva Blan- chard Adams, 1896 S., is a relative. Prepared at the Denver High School, where he was lieuten- ant of the cadet corp, and a member of the track, football AUTOBIOGEAPHIES 147 and basketball teams. In college he held an oration appoint- ment in Junior and Senior years and a high oration stand for four years, receiving honors in history and political economy courses. He was a member of the Corinthian Yacht Club. He married on August 15, 1905, in Denver, Eugenia H. McFarlane, daughter of William 0. McFarlane, an iron manu- facturer, of Denver. They have two sons, both born in Denver, Colo. : Clarence Henry, Jr., born July 23, 1906, and Eugene Hale, bom January 13, 1912. On leaving college he entered the Colorado Ice & Cold Storage Company, becoming a director in 1904, and acting as treasurer from 1904 to 1907. Since 1903 he has been secretary and a director of the Adams M. & M. Company, and since 1905, director, treasurer and manager of the Proudfit-Ormsby Commission Company, of which, he is now president. He is a member of the Denver Club. Shorty writes: "Although from heredity afflicted with the ivanderlust, I have overcome this influence and stuck to Denver ever since graduation. Being ambitious after leaving college to tackle a difficult busi- ness in the hope of quick rewards, I went with the Colorado Ice & Cold Storage Company, a company owned principally by my father, so that any mistakes I made could be charged against the family exchequer without painful publicity. ' * In July, 1905, 1 bought a half interest in the Proud- fit-Ormsby Commission Company, and since that time have been engaged in the handling of all kinds of perishable produce in a wholesale way. Such an occu- pation involves too much work to permit of much travel and mine has been limited to a few trips to the Pacific coast and the South. I am, however, an optimist in business and feel that I shall soon be able to take things 148 . ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 easier, devote more of my time to my wife and two boys and to pleasures which can be forgotten if the habit of long hours of hard work becomes too fixed. ' ' Ellis Adams Associated with Payson McLane Merrill in the real estate and insurance business at 481 Fifth Avenue, New York City Residence, 30 Hampton Terrace, East Orange, N. J. Born March 4, 1880, in East Orange, N. J., the son of Hon. Frederic Adams, Yale 1862, a lawyer and judge of the Circuit Court of New Jersey, and Ella (King) Adams (died in 1897). He is of Scotch ancestry. Some of his Yale rela- tives are Atherton Noyes, 1885, Edward Parish Noyes, 1880, David McGregor Means, 1868, and Arthur Godwyn King, 1910. Prepared at Lawrenceville School in New Jersey. In col- lege he was a Wrangler and a member of the Dunham Boat Club, Delta Kappa Epsilon and Wolf's Head. He married on December 4, 1905, Margaret Potter, a grad- uate of the Misses Ely 's School, daughter of Henry A. Potter, of East Orange, N. J. They have two daughters, both born in East Orange: Frances, born August 16, 1907, and Mar- garet, born December 29, 1908. Adams was engaged in the commission business directly after graduation, later going into insurance brokerage. In January, 1912, he became associated with his classmate, Merrill, who combines a real estate business with insurance. He is a Republican and a member of the Episcopal Church. He is a member of the Yale Club of New York City and the Essex County Country Club. Bruno throws some light upon Pete's life (more than Pete himself does) and on his own. He writes: i AUTOBIOGEAPHIES 149 *'I'm sure you will make allowances for this, ray first literary effort, when you consider the difficulties I encounter in arriving at the proper composed frame of mind requisite for so momentous an under- taking as the present. My now habitual and highly nervous state of mind and body has been brought on as the result of my close association for the past year with our classmate, Pete Merrill, who has been attempt- ing to transform my quiet personality into that of associate news heeler for his real estate and insurance office at 481 Fifth Avenue. Before enjoying my pres- ent intellectual treat with the high-strung and fidgety Pete, I aspired for some three years after graduation towards the peaceful existence of salesman in a dry goods commission house. In 1905, upon being informed that the life of a much traveled woolen salesman, while affording one a 'highly polished' and certainly very economical existence, was, nevertheless, not regarded favorably from a marriageable point of view and being very desirous to agree with my informant, I conceived the rosy idea of gaining great wealth by insuring rather than selling the woolens, and consequently de- generated into becoming a member of that misguided and impoverished class of society calling themselves insurance brokers, who in number may be truthfully likened to Ford automobiles in that the production of both throughout the country is the same, viz., one in every three. While too poor to possess a Ford, I am, nevertheless, very rich in my 'informants,' consisting of my Original Infallible and two others, named Frances and Margaret, aged five and four, for whose advice also I have the greatest respect and who now tell me I have bored you long enough. ' ' 150 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 George Waugh Albin Secretary of the Seattle & Lake Washington "Waterway Com- pany, 1610 Hoge Building, Seattle, Wash. Residence, East Seattle, Wash. Born August 21, 1879, in St. Louis, Mo., the son of Dr. Robert Albin, a graduate of the Missouri Medical School (died March 16, 1892), and Clarinda (Ousley) Albin (died August 24, 1879). His father was of Scotch-Irish descent. Prepared at Smith Academy, St. Louis, Mo., where he engaged in the usual prep school activities. In Yale he was a member of the Gym Team for three years and captain in Senior year. He won his Y for all-round gymnastic cham- pionship for Yale and was also awarded the Heaton testi- monial, and won second all-round gymnastic champion- ship of the Intercollegiate Gymnastic Association in 1901 and 1902. He married on August 26, 1903, Clarice Effie Bruns, daugh- ter of Louis David Bruns, deceased, formerly of Seattle. They have four children, all born in Seattle, Wash. : Clarice Virginia, born December 27, 1904; Robert, born March 3, 1907 ; Thomas Bruns, born April 11, 1909, and George Waugh, Jr., born December 18, 1911. He left college with the intention of entering the lum- ber business and was first connected with the Weyer- hauser Timber Company of Everett, Wash. Later he engaged in lumber brokerage until February, 1904, when he became secretary and treasurer of the Seattle- Everett Railway Company, having charge of the con- struction of seventeen miles of electric railroad. In 1908 he resigned and began an independent busi- ness in real estate investments, dealing chiefly with the lands opened up by the railroad with which he had previously been connected. In February, 1910, lie ac- AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 151 cepted an invitation to enter the Seattle & Lake Wash- ington Waterway Company as assistant secretary, later becoming secretary, his present position. He is a Eepublican in politics and in 1908 ran for County Commissioner, winning second place in a field of nine. He is a member of the University Club of Seattle. Here is an exchange of compliments. It was the Secretary's good fortune to visit Seattle in the spring of 1910. Emerson said the only thing in the West that was up to the ''Blow" was the Yosemite, but I cannot agree with him. Not only is there marvel- ous scenery, but good fellowship keeps pace. Binnie gave up business and entertained me, and I advise everyone to drop in. [Ed. comment.] "The 'Halved Trophy' awarded me as a long dis- tance traveler reached here during the latter part of last week and I was more than delighted to see the result that had been obtained by dividing this cup. No sooner had I placed this trophy in a prominent position in my office when in walks Bill Godfrey, who is on his way home to 'Frisco. He, too, was delighted ^vith the effect, and we both feel as if we had done the right thing in dividing this trophy — in fact, it makes the win- ning of it rather unique. ' ' Permit me to say to you what I have said to dozens of our classmates, our Secretary is a real live wire and is endowed with that spirit which is indescribable and can only be compared to the Seattle Spirit. The suc- cess of the 1902 Decennial is your glory. I will move mountains, if necessary, to get to Quindecennial. "P. S. I had to move part of a mountain in order to get to Decennial. I believe I pointed out where the mountain was." The mountain referred to was 152 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 washed down from the middle of the city into Puget Sound and sold for shore front property. It's a way they have in the West. John deKoven Alsop Avon, Conn. Born April 7, 1879, in Middletown, Conn., the son of Dr. Joseph Wright Alsop, Connecticut State senator and repre- sentative, and lieutenant governor in 1890 (died in June, 1891), and Elizabeth Winthrop (Beach) Alsop (died m 1889). His father attended the Sheffield Scientific School in 1858; a great-great-uncle and two brothers were graduated at Yale : Hon. Samuel Whittelsey Dana, 1775; Joseph Wright Alsop, Jr., 1898 S., and Francis Johonnot Oliver Alsop, 1903. Prepared at Groton School and in college was a member of the Corinthian Yacht Club, University Club, He Boule, Delta Kappa Epsilon and Scroll and Key. He is unmarried. On graduation he entered the publishing firm of R. H. Russell in New York City and upon the dissolv- ing of this firm in 1903 remained Avith Mr. Russell, who became the publisher of the Metropolitan Maga- zine. He worked in the editorial department of this paper until his resignation in 1910, since which time he has not engaged in business, spending most of his time in travel, having been around the world via Japan and Siberia. He is an Episcopalian. He is a member of the Progressive party. John writes: **I have no excuse for sending this, my life history, so late, save that my life history is so slow." AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 153 Coleman Emanuel Andel Lawyer, practicing independently at 1 Liberty Street, New York City Yale Cluh, 30 West Forty-fourth Street, New York City Born August 28, 1879, in Belleville, 111., the son of Col. Casimir Andel, a banker, and Louise (Kircher) Andel. He is of German ancestry on his father's side and of French on his mother's. His Yale relatives are Joseph Casimir Andel, 1907, and Theodore Engelmann Andel, 1907 S., cousins. Prepared at the Belleville High School, where he served his class as president, and with tutors. He was a member of the Gym Team in 1901 and 1902 and received a dissertation appointment in Junior and Senior years. He is unmarried. He completed his education by taking the course in the Yale Law School, where he was a member of Corbey Court. He received the degree of LL.B. in 1904 and commenced his business life shortly after- wards in Pittsburgh, working for the Potter Title & Trust Company. In September, 1905, he went to Wash- ington, Pa., working for the Union Fidelity Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, but in December of the same year he returned to Pittsburgh, entering the law office of Mr. Arthur 0. Fording, where he remained until September, 1907. In 1906 he was admitted to the bar of Pennsylvania. Six months of enforced leisure in 1907 and 1908 were divided between the Battle Creek Sanitarium and a Connecticut farm, and in March, 1908, he resumed his law work with Brooks & Eckley, la^vyers, of New York City. He is now engaged in independent practice in New York City. He is a member of the Yale Club and the Northport Yacht Club. 154 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Dutch writes : "You will realize, of course, that on so short notice, especially as I am weary from a long day of arduous work — I can give but the barest outline of my astonishing career. Yet, as its glory flowered and flourished during the four years we spent together under the choicest of old elms, as at no time before or since — for was I not the attic recluse of Library Street in Freshman year and room fellow to the Humiston in Senior and so need no chronicle at this late day? — a simple recital of my origin and peregrinations is all that logically has place in this document. ''Aside from that ^BlumenzeW already referred to, then, it may be said that there have been no momentous facts, excepting always 'the strange and silent tragedy of being,' in which we all play leading parts. "Belleville, 111., admits its being the geographical locus of my birth and my parents love me well. Around that fair city cling the associations of my childhood and youth. In fact, I seldom strayed beyond her purlieus until the call to Yale stirred me forth in 1898. At that time it was not a common thing for the youth of the town to go East to college and I had no plans for such a move when I finished the local high school. "Yet my indulgent father scented in me some taste for a little further schooling, and not wishing to influ- ence me directly, allowed me — as I confessed a will- ingness when he suggested it — to become tutoree to a friend of his learned in the classics. It chanced that at the same time I had a neighbor, David C. Thomas (1900), at Yale whom I had seen during vacations and whom I saw again the first Christmas after entering my desultory tutorings. Somehow I shortly thereafter decided to enter Yale and was able to do so, by dint of excessive hard work and careful tutoring, the next fall. AUTOBIOGEAPHIES 155 **It was easy to stay in New Haven and I studied law. Then I vacationed on the ancestral domains for a few months and went to Pittsburgh, where I worked at titles and prepared for admission to the bar. I was admitted and took an apprenticeship in the office of Mr. A. 0. Fording ; but three years of Pittsburgh was as much as I could stand on account of the barbarities of the climate. Ensued a vacation during which I visited Battle Creek Sanitarium on account of nerve sickness and general run down condition, and served a short term during the panic of 1907-08 in the First National Bank of Belleville (of which papa is now president; but I am not sure enough that it was my influence that procured him the position, to aver it) as chief pacifier of irate, lachrymose and clamorous depositors. Then I came East again and after a few months on a Connecticut farm, the said Humiston lured me to New York and thrust me into a clerkship in a law office that he had recently left to go into prac- tice for himself. I served my apprenticeship — as you can readily imagine (sound of clearing the throat) with distinction; and am now engaged independently in the general practice of the law at 1 Liberty Street, New York. ''And further affiant sayeth not, being now smitten with a pain in the medulla and palsied withal." William Gilbert Anderson, M.D. Professor and Director of the Gymnasium, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. Residence, 1151 Chapel Street, New Haven, Conn. Born September 9, 1860, in St. Joseph, Mo., the son of Edward Anderson, a Congregational minister, who served as 156 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 colonel in the Twelfth Indiana Cavalry, and Harriet F. (Shumway) Anderson. He is of Scotch- Irish ancestry. His Yale relatives are Henry Burrall Anderson, 1885, and Henry Hill Anderson, 1916. Prepared at the Roxbury Latin School, Boston, Mass., and received the degree of M.D. at Adelbert College, Brooklyn, in 1883. He taught seven years at the latter school and attended the summer schools of the University of Utah, Uni- versity of California and Chautauqua. While taking the undergraduate course at Yale he was treasurer of the Minor Athletic Association and received a Senior colloquy appoint- ment. He married in 1881, in Pittsburgh, Pa., Grace Lee Phillips, daughter of Charles Phillips, a cotton broker, of Memphis, Tenn. They have one son, William Lawrence, Yale ex- 1906 M., born in December, 1882. The history of this member of 1902 embraces not ten years but nearly thirty since he received his first degree, and he has devoted this period to the direction of physical education in many places. He was dean of the Chautauqua School of Physical Education from 1885 to 1904 ; president of the Brooklyn Normal School of Physical Education, 1885-1892; president of the Anderson Normal School of Gymnastics, 1893-1903. His connection with Yale University dates from 1893, when he became associate director of the gymnasium, being advanced to professor and director in 1904. He was the director of the Physical Education Depart- ment of the Yale Summer School, and in the summer school of the University of California in 1912. He is at present a director of the New Haven Y. M. C. A., chairman of the State Board of Social Hygiene, etc. He received the degree of M.A. at Yale in 1903, M.S. in 1909, and was one of the first seven to be awarded the degree of Doctor of Public Healtli at I I AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 157 Harvard, receiving this degree in 1912. He is a mem- ber of the Congregational Church. He has written many articles on the subject of gymnastics and hygiene which will be found in the bibliographical notes. He is a member of Chi Psi, Alpha Kappa Kappa, and many medical associations. Doc writes about gym improvements: "Without being guilty of handing bouquets to ourselves we can rightly say that the gymnasium is to be found in the front ranks mth other departments at Yale which have made long strides forward during the past decade. The progress is due quite as much to the efficient help of the Director as it is to any other cause, hence the 'associates' should receive their share of thanks. "The beautiful new swimming pool, which in many respects is the most satisfactory of all college natato- riums, was made possible by assistance from Mr. Car- negie and Mr. Reid of New York. "The latest addition to the plant, the large steel cage for winter practice, enables the football, baseball and track men to carry on their training during inclement weather. There need be no break in their preparation now, they are 'always fit.' "In the gjTQuasium proper we find four new squash and handball courts, the gift of Mrs. Thompson, mother of John Henry Thompson, Jr., of the Class of 1897, a memorial. "The football and baseball teams have fine, spacious rooms, where the old Turkish baths were located, and the Crew have installed a new tank in the old swim- ming quarters. The wrestlers have two large rooms in the basement, lighted by electricity, ventilated by fans and adjacent to the modernized shower baths. The athletes will take an extra room this winter, equip 158 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 it with their own lockers and thus make more efficient their efforts. ^'A committee made up of Treasurer George Parmly Day, DeWitt Cochrane and Dr. W. G. Anderson will oversee the changes in the Trophy room. These changes to cost about twelve thousand dollars. Flags will be put in glass cases, pictures placed in the hall- ways, balls and trophies of all kinds better housed. The entire building is to be lighted by electricity, the installation to cost about $4000. Gas will be a memory, we trust. ''Bubbling founts, vacuum cleaners, hot air cabinets for drying and sterilizing clothing, added equipment for the offices and main floor all increase the efficiency of the department of physical training. More men than ever use the building. "Lectures on 'Right Living' are given to the Aca- demic Freshmen and compulsory gymnastics form part of the first year curriculum in the college. We can thus accurately report progress. "We now wait for some graduate in the Class of 1902, who has found the key to the strong box of Midas, to come forward and purchase the property adjoining the gymnasium, and thus make it possible for us to promise still greater progress. Our ear is to the ground." Roseoe Whalen Armstrong Office Manager for the C. E. Armstrong Company, wholesale and retail hardware merchants, 235 Fifth Avenue, Clinton, Iowa Residence, 1201 North Second Street, Clinton, Iowa Born February 2, 1878, in Clinton, Iowa, the son of Charles Emerson Armstrong, a merchant, and Ida (Whalen) Arm- AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 159 strong. He is of Scotch- Irish ancestry on his father's side and of Dutch on his mother's. Prepared at the Princeton- Yale School in Chicago, 111. He married on October 9, 1907, in Clinton, Iowa, Ruby- Elizabeth Stone, daughter of Augustus Lisbon Stone, presi- dent of the Stone-Cook Lumber Company. They have two sons, both born in Clinton, Iowa: Roscoe Whalen, Jr., born April 22, 1910, and Kenneth Stone, born October 8, 1911. Since graduation he has been associated in business with his father, at one time serving as secretary and now as office manager of the C. E. Armstrong Com- pany, wholesale and retail hardware merchants. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church and of the Wapsipinicon Club of Clinton. Roscoe writes: ''After leaving New Haven in the summer of 1902 as a graduate member of that re- nowned Class, I returned to my home in Clinton, Iowa. At once entered business with my father, who is engaged in the wholesale and retail hardware business in Clinton. Have remained continuously in same busi- ness ever since. "Attended a Western Graduates Association dinner in Chicago soon after graduation and was present at Triennial reunion. Regretted exceedingly my inability to attend Decennial. Have had the pleasure several times of entertaining members of the Class at my home. Just recently had friend Nisbet and wife up for Sun- day dinner. Nisbet gave me all the Decennial news. Also lots of interesting information about a great many of the Class members. We took the Class album down and took up the entire Class, alphabetically, as they appear in the book. When we finally reached Golden Bartlett Yung it was time to light up. A very enjoy- able afternoon in which ten years receded into yesterday. ' ' 160 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Anthony Brown Arnold In the Engineering Department of the American Agricultural Chemical Company, manufacturers of fertilizer, 92 State Street, Boston, Mass. Born March 31, 1881, in "Wells, Maine, the son of Rev. Henry T. Arnold, a graduate of Brown University, and Amelia V, (Leith) Arnold. Prepared at Norwich Free Academy, Norwich, Conn. In college he won a third DeForest prize in Freshman year, received a dissertation Junior appointment and a dispute Senior appointment. He married on September 20, 1911, in Plainville, Conn., Ruth Goodrich, Mount Holyoke 1907, daughter of Russell Treat Goodrich. After graduation he was for a few months engaged in work for the Worcester & Danielson Trolley Com- pany, and then in Plainville, Conn., with manufactur- ing interests. In the fall of 1904 he entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was graduated in 1907. Since the latter date he has been with the American Agricultural Chemical Company, serving as a field engineer. He received the degree of B.S. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1907. He is a member of the Central Congregational Churcli of Boston and its Young People's Club and Men's Club. He is also a member of the Boston Technology and Yale clubs, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. Tony writes: ''This work with the line gang was along their trolley extension to Moosup, Conn. It was first-rate in the summer, but around Thanksgiving it began to get cold. I then gave it up and wont to I AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 161 Plainville, Conn., where I entered the employ of the Clark Caster Company, as an apprentice tool-maker and handy man. This being a small shop, I had much experience of a varied nature, so that at the end of two years I had mastered most of the ins and outs of that business. Meanwhile I had become interested in gas engines and had taken the agency for the Holley runabout. "In the fall of 1904 I pulled up stakes and entered Massachusetts Institute of Technology. I will state that I first spent one hard month plugging up descrip- tive geom and analyt. By this, and also by the help of Bush, who was then a Senior there, I got in. Here, for the first time in my life, I learned what work was. Ten hours a day at the bench were nothing compared to it. If it had not been for Bush, who always encour- aged me by telling me how much easier the work I was taking was than his work, I don 't see how I could have stood it. "There is one good thing they do have, and that is a good four months' summer vacation. I spent most of this well-earned rest at Lake George with Bush. There we lived in a log cabin and ran motor-boats. "The second year at Tech was a little worse than the first. But I felt fit and it was soon over. I then spent the summer of 1906 in Bridgeport, where I was employed by the Ashcroft Manufacturing Company as a draughtsman. I kept my trunk in Stratford, which, as you probably know, is not noted except for its mosquitoes. "After another hard winter in Boston, I received the exalted degree of B.S. from Tech in 1907. I imme- diately went mth the American Agricultural Chemical Company as a member of the construction department. 162 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 with headquarters as above stated. My duties con- sisted of designing buildings and arrangement of machinery and figuring sizes of machines and power plant equipment for any of the forty-one different plants which were to be changed or added to. '*It is a first-rate place for experience and I am still with the A. A. C. Company. This summer [1908], for a change during the hot weather, I was sent to Havana to supervise the installation of new machinery in our warehouse there. It ^\dll probably be Maine or Michigan next winter, but I like it." Anthony's experience is like George Ade's, who, after spending the winter on the Riviera, said the next winter he would spend in Duluth where he could keep warm. *'I have spent three winters at the phosphate mines in Florida. Have lived in many places during the last ten years, and next to New Haven, I like Boston by far the best. At present my home is where my hat hangs. I took the right course when I entered the field of engineering. I enjoy the work and I think have made good so far." George Wheeler Babcock Treasurer of the Puritan Cordage Mills, manufacturers of cotton cordage, 1564 Story Avenue, Louisville, Ky. Residence, River Road, Louisville, Ky. Born May 12, 1879, in Neenah, Wis., the son of Havilah Babcock (died in April, 1905), a paper manufacturer, and Frances E. (Kimberly) Babcock. He is of English and Dutch ancestry. A brother, Henry Kimberly Babcock, was gradu- ated at Yale in the Class of 1899 S., and a brother-in-law, William Meade Robinson, Jr., in the Class of 1911, Prepared at Andover and in college was a member of the University Club and Psi Upsilon. Chaiu.ks Si;isi:it BAtn AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 163 He married on February 7, 1906, in Louisville, Ky., Anne Mason Bonnycastle Robinson, daughter of William Meade Robinson, of Louisville, Ky. They have two sons, both born in Louisville : George Kimberly, born January 23, 1907, and William Meade Robinson, bom May 23, 1910. Since graduation he has been connected with manu- facturing concerns only; first with Kimberly & Clark Company, paper manufacturers, later with the Howe Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of brass goods, and since 1909 with the Puritan Cordage Mills, in which he holds the position of treasurer. He is a Republican and a member of the First Pres- byterian Church of Neenah, Wis. He is a member of the Tavern Club and the Louisville Country Club. George writes: ''My first summer I did nothing, but in the fall of 1902 I went West with Romer Teller for several weeks. After coming back from there I went to work for Kimberly & Clark Company, paper manu- facturers at Appleton, Wis., where I worked about a year. From there I came to Louisville, to go into the Howe Manufacturing Company with F. W. Jefferson. Associated with us was Chas. C. Meyer. This busi- ness came to a disastrous end in 1906. From that time until this spring [1909] I did practically nothing. My summers were spent in Wisconsin and winters in Louisville, In the early winter of 1906 I was mar- ried and we went West, going all through southern California." *Charles Seiser Baer Died 1906 Born August 13, 1881, in Lancaster, Pa., the son of C. Rine Baer, a bookseller and publisher of Lancaster, Pa., and 164 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Joanna (Seiser) Baer. He was of German ancestry. A brother, John Frederick Baer, was a member of the Class of Yale 1902 for one year. Prepared at Lawrenceville, N. J., and in college was a substitute on the Freshman Nine and played on the College Nine, received a first colloquy Junior and a dispute Senior appointment, and was a member of the University Club and Alpha Delta Phi. He was unmarried. After graduation he became a member of the firm of John Baer's Sons, booksellers and publishers. While looking over some work at his place of business he died suddenly of heart disease during the night of May 6, or early morning of May 7, 1906. Phillips Bancroft Cashier for the Dining Hall, Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. Box 282, Andover, Mass. Born April 21, 1878, in Andover, Mass., the son of Cecil Franklin Patch Bancroft, Ph.D., LL.D., Dartmouth 1860 (died October 3, 1901), a teacher, and Fannie (Kittredge) Bancroft (died March 29, 1898). He is of English ancestry. His Yale relatives are Cecil Kittredge Bancroft, 1891, brother, and George Dimmick Kittredge, 1909, a cousin. Prepared at Phillips Andover Academy. He is unmarried. He returned to Andover after graduation and has been at the Academy ever since, serving as teacher, then in the treasurer's oflBce and since 1905 as cashier for the dining hall. AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 165 He is a member of the Academy Chapel and Congre- gational in creed. In 1907 he was elected clerk of the Chapel Cemetery Association of Andover. Courtlandt Dixon Barnes With W, H. Goadby & Company, bankers and brokers, 74 Broadway, New York City Residence, Manhasset, Long Island 67 Park Avenue, New York City Born June 13, 1881, in Stonington, Conn., the son of Henry Burr Barnes, Yale 1866 (died January 12, 1911), a publisher, and Elizabeth (Dixon) Barnes. He is of French ancestry. Besides his father many relatives have graduated at Yale, among them Henry Burr Barnes, Jr., 1893, and Thomas Sloane Barnes, 1910, brothers. Prepared at Cutler School, New York City, where he was a member of the Dramatic Association and on the editorial board of the school paper. His executive ability was early recognized at college and he was elected president of the Freshman Baseball Association, a member of the executive committee of the University Golf Club in Sophomore and Junior years and president Senior year, and vice-president of the Intercollegiate Golf Association. He was assistant manager of the University Glee Club in Junior year and manager in Senior year, a member of the Prom and Class Day committees and on the board of governors of the University Club. He received the Class vote for the greatest social light. He received a first dispute Junior appointment and a dispute Senior appointment. He was a member of the Wig- wam Debating Club, the University Club, He Boule, Psi Upsilon and Scroll and Key. He married on April 10, 1907, in New York City, Katharine Lansing Barney, daughter of Charles Tracy Barney, Williams 1870, a banker. They have three children, all born in New 166 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 York City: Courtlandt Dixon, Jr., born December 26, 1907; Katharine Lansing, born February 26, 1909 , and Charles Tracy, born August 2, 1911. From October, 1902, until October, 1909, he was engaged in the publishing business with A. S. Barnes & Company, and since that time has been ^vith W. H. Goadby & Company, bankers and brokers. He is a director of A. S, Barnes & Company, the Guantanamo & Western Railroad Company and the Colonial Land Improvement Company. He is a member of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church. He is the 1902 representative of the Alumni Fund Association and is a member of the Yale, Rac- quet and Tennis and Recess clubs, all of New York City. Courty writes : * * Y^our several letters in regard to the story of my life have been very much on my mind but so far without producing the slightest inspiration. However, here goes ! **I was born in the beautiful and historic town of Stonington, Conn., on June 13, 1881. Had blue eyes, a wealth of hair and weighed several pounds, I'm sure. Having acquired the necessary stability to support my own weight and produced the usual number of teeth, I did nothing worthy of note until the age of nine, when I became a member of the justly famous Cutler school. After eight years of constant application, my school education was pronounced as complete as it ever could be and I entered Yale. I completed my college course, to the surprise of my former teachers, in the regulation four years. In October, 1902, I entered the publishing business, in which delightful but unlucrative occupation I remained for six years. In 1907 I married. In 1909 I descended to Wall Street AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 167 and took a position with W. H. Goadby & Company, in which firm I have recently become a partner. * ' I have two sons and one daughter, live in the coun- try and take my exercise chiefly on the tennis court. ' ' Francis Blaekman Barnett Rector of St. Mary's Church, Mitchell, 8. Dak. Residence, 212 Third Avenue, West, Mitchell, S. Dak. Born May 29, 1882, in Canaan, Conn., the son of Rev. Francis W. Barnett, Brown 1872, and Mary Frances (Black- man) Barnett. His Yale relatives are William Edward Bar- nett, 1864; William Lockwood Barnett, 1898; and John Frederick Barnett, M.D. 1869. Prepared at the Housatonic Valley Institute, Cornwall, Conn., and in college received a first colloquy Junior appoint- ment and a second colloquy Senior year. He married on June 5, 1909, in South Glastonbury, Conn., Emily Maudsley Hale, a graduate of Lasell Seminary, daugh- ter of John Howard Hale. They have two children, both born in Mitchell, S. Dak. : Dorothy Hale, born March 23, 1910, and Francis Blaekman, Jr., born February 5, 1913. The first six years after graduation were spent in business, but in 1906 he entered the Berkeley Divinity School in Middletown, Conn., where he was graduated in 1909. On February 6, 1910, he was ordained to the priesthood in Mitchell, S. Dak., and he continues to officiate as the rector of St. Mary's Church in that place. He was recently elected the South Dakota delegate to the General Convocation of the Episcopal Church, to be held in New York City in October, 1913. He received the degree of B.D. from Berkeley Divinity School in 1909. He is a member of the Masons, Elks, and Knights of Pythias. 168 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Barney writes: "The four years I was in college I 'served' nobody. I got a great deal from other men and 'gave out' nothing more than a whistle and a reck- less smile. The four years immediately after gradu- ating I tried 'serving' myself and made a useless mess of things. I sold a bench-filing machine in Providence, R. I. (1902). Taught in a girls' seminary at Atlanta, Ga. (1902). Was a traveling salesman for the J. B. Williams Soap Company of Glastonbury, Conn. (1902- 04). Worked as shipping clerk for Swift & Company in their local beef house in Hartford, Conn. (1904-06). "I then thought I'd try serving God and my fellow man and felt I could do it best through the Episcopal Church. So I spent three years in the Berkeley Divin- ity School at Middletown, Conn. (1906-09). There and then I began to 'develop' and since then I have been happy and fairly successful." One might almost add to this complete autobiog- raphy: "I dare do all that doth become a man; who dares do more is none." Charles Houghton Baxter 37 Liberty Street, New York City Born December 5, 1876, in Bath, N. Y., the son of Archie E. Baxter, a lawyer and politician, and Rosamond (Wheeler) Baxter. Prepared at Albany Academy, Albany, N. Y., and at the Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Conn, In college he sang on the Freshman Glee Club, was manager of the University Hockey Association in 1901-02, a member of the auditing committee of the Athletic Subscription Fund and a second Wrangler. He received a first dispute Junior and a colloquy Senior appointment. He was a member of Psi Upsilou. AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 169 He married on September 25, 1906, in Hartford, Conn., Annie Forbes Strong, of Hartford. They have one daughter, Dorothy. A classmate writes of Charlie : ' * Baxter entered the employ of Ellingwood & Cunningham, members of the New York Stock Exchange, where he remained until 1904. He then became a partner in the firm of Hack- ley, Baxter & Seed, bankers and brokers, dealing in curb securities and members of the Consolidated Stock Exchange. This firm failed and it was a severe blow. He then was connected with an automobile supply house, I believe, and later with a firm at 37 Liberty Street, selling life insurance." His mail address con- tinues to be 37 Liberty Street. He did not furnish any information for the record. He has been living recently with his family in Elmira, N. Y. Raymond Vreeland Baylor Lawyer 156 Belleville Avenue, Newark, N. J. Born February 5, 1879, in Jersey City, N. J., the son of Peter S. Baylor, who has retired from business, and Sophia E. (Vreeland) Baylor (died April 8, 1889). He is of Dutch ancestry. Prepared at Lawrenceville School, New Jersey, and Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. He married on November 24, 1905, in Chicago, 111., Ruth H. Bacon, daughter of Walter Otis Bacon, of Chicago. They have three children : Ruth Elizabeth, born September 21, 1906, in Newark, N. J.; Raymond Vreeland, Jr. (alias Jim), born February 29, 1908, in Newark, N. J. ; and Walter Otis Bacon (alias Bob), born February 2, 1910, in Pittsburgh, Pa. He spent one year at the Harvard Law School and one year at the University of Chicago Law School. 170 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 He commenced the practice of law in Newark, N. J., and has since become interested in politics (to a small degree) and much interested in civic service. After constant pursuit, King had to write, and here is the result: "Dear Jim: I love you for your perse- verance in getting information, and wish you all the success in the world. You know I pulled second or third as the laziest man in the Class, and I don 't doubt but that you think I deserved all I got. However, Jim, the fact is I am sorry to have annoyed you, but I would rather get information about the old crowd than give any about myself. Suffice it to say that I haven 't as yet startled the world in any line, but I am just as young as I ever was and hope yet to win some glory for Yale." Laurance Baldwin Beckwith Junior partner in the firm of Seeor & Bell, bankers and brok- ers, Gardner Building, Toledo, Ohio Residence, 2336 Scottwood Avenue, Toledo, Ohio Born December 27, 1879, in Toledo, Ohio, the son of George Haynes Beckwith, a lawyer, and Elizabeth Milbank (Bald- win) Beckwith. He is of English ancestry on his mother's side, while his father's family has been long in America. His father took two years of graduate work in Sheff. Prepared at the University School, Cleveland, Ohio, where he was a member of the editorial board of the school paper. At Yale he was on the executive committee of the Golf Club, was associate editor of the News in Sophomore and Junior years and editor in Senior year, editor of the Pot Pourri, and on the membership committee of the Wigwam Debating Club. He was a member of the Junior Prom Committee. He received the Class vote for best dressed man. His societies were He Boule, Alpha Delta Phi and Scroll and Key. AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 171 He married on October 9, 1907, Katharine Redfield Smith, daughter of Howard M. Smith, a lumber dealer. They have one son, Redfield David, born July 27, 1910, in Toledo, Ohio. He has been with the same banking firm since grad- uation, being admitted as junior partner in 1905. He is a Republican and a Congregationalist, though not a church member. He is a member of the Toledo Country, Toledo Tennis and Toledo clubs, which he describes as just local clubs. Have you ever been in Toledo? Ted writes briefly: "Started in present business July, 1902, immediately after graduation. Spent first year's surplus earnings on a few insistent New Haven creditors and the next two in preparing for Triennial. Admitted as junior member of present firm in 1905. Married in 1907. Became proud father in 1910, and there you are." But one thing is overlooked entirely and that is : Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not express 'd in fancy ; rich, not gaudy : For the apparel oft proclaims the man. Who will ever forget Ted's News days, the dapper suit of homespun knickerbockers and the smile that wouldn't come off that finished the picture at the top? It's still there, too! Krebs Beebe Advertising Manager for the W. D. Boyce Company, pub- lishers, 500 Dearborn Avenue, Chicago, III. Born December 18, 1878, in Chicago, 111., the son of William Hempstead Beebe, a real estate dealer, and Kate (Krebs) Beebe. He is of English, French and Dutch ancestry. 172 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Prepared at the University School, Chicago, where he was manager of the baseball team and captain of the football team. In college he received an oration stand in Junior year, while in Senior year he reached the same exalted position. He received a scholarship in Junior year. His athletics were confined to playing on the Oration Ball Team and chasing ads for our Senior Class book. He is unmarried. After graduation he spent one year with George E. Marshall & Company, stationers, of Chicago, and then entered the publishing business. He was with the Hunter Publishing Company of Oak Park, 111., from 1903 to 1908, and then became advertising manager for the W. D. Boyce Company of Chicago, his present position. He has published articles in Printer's Ink, Adver- tising and Selling and the Commercial Union. He is a member of the Fourth Presbyterian Church, the Chicago Advertising Association and the Kettle Club of Chicago. Krebs seems intentionally to hide his politics, for he writes: "Clerk of Elections, Hurray! Have escaped jury duty to date, Hurroo ! ' ' Apparently just as little old New York is good enough for some of us, Chicago has had like attractions for Krebs ; there he has stayed except for his four years in Oak Park (almost a sub- urb), a camping trip in Canada and several trips to Cambridge, Mass. He neglects to say these were made always via the New York Yale Club. One could always foretell his appearance by the rushing of a strong and mighty wind followed, aye, always, by a still, small voice. I think once Howard McDowell was there, too, and the next day the vacuum cleaner was patented. Krebs has continued delving into knowledge and says : AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 173 ''Have learned not to worry about getting bald — kept my waist measurement as small as of yore — worked until I succeeded in getting Haines to shave his mustache. Intend to organize this month the Yale Graduates Bachelor Club (all 1902 baches to be Hon- orary — officio or ea;)." Frederick Beers Superintendent of the Kansas City Factory of the National Biscuit Company, Twenty-first and Central Streets, Kansas City, Mo. Residence, 3215 Summit Street, Kansas City, Mo. Born December 18, 1880, in New Haven, Conn., the son of Henry Augustus Beers, Yale 1869, professor of English literature in the University, and Mary (Heaton) Beers. He is of French and English ancestry. Besides his father, his Yale relatives are Henry Augustus Beers, Jr., 1909, and Donald Beers, 1912, brothers; Edward Heaton, 1869, uncle, and Laurent Heaton, 1902, cousin. Prepared at Hopkins Grammar School, New Haven, where he played baseball and was editor of the school paper. In college he played dispute baseball, being captain of the second disputes, received dispute appointments in Junior and Senior years and won third prize in the Robinson sight reading. He married on December 31, 1907, in New York City, Maude Anna Thomas, daughter of John Thomas. They have two daughters, both born in Mount Vernon, N. Y. : Florence Albertina, bom December 5, 1908, and Marjorie, born Sep- tember 17, 1910. After a summer in Europe he began work in Brad- street's Commercial Agency, New Haven, as a formu- lator of reports, but in a short time went to New York 174 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 as chemist for the DeLaey Light Company. In the spring of 1903 he went with the National Biscuit Com- pany, first taking their student course in preparation for the work. He is now superintendent of the Kansas City factory, although he is often sent to other fac- tories to reorganize plants and institute changes. Freddie makes this plaint: **You send out as a sample live letter a gem written by one who profess- edly makes letters his profession. He tells you his story in his own products. Am mailing you under separate cover a box of Uneeda Biscuit. "After making up my mind to attend your little entertainment in New Haven, being on the point of sending you the glad tidings, the president of our heartless corporation comes to K. C, calmly and dis- passionately sits and tells me that I am to report at the Memphis factory June 1, remain there exactly two weeks, reorganize the plant, then return to K. C. and send him a report on conditions as found, changes made and recommended. If it were not for the fact that I had to return to K. C. and send in my report, I could hie me from Memphis and join you. But if I make good on this job I hope that my estimated income for the tenth year will be low, and so cannot afford to pass this up, as everybody who knows tells me that success means advancement." Raymond Bissell Assistant to the President of the Federal Telephone & Tele- graph Company, 332 Ellicott Square, Buffalo, N. Y. Residence, 49 Sayhrook Place, Buffalo, N. Y. Born October 26, 1880, in Buffalo, N. Y., the son of Arthur Douglas Bissell, Yale 1867, a banker, and Fanny (Castle) AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 176 Bissell. He is of Scotch ancestry. Two brothers are also Yale graduates: Howard Bissell, 1900, and Arthur Douglas Bissell, Jr., 1906. Prepared at the Central High School in Buffalo, where he played on the Banjo Club. He received a dispute appoint- ment in Junior and Senior years and two year honors for excellence in history. He tried for the Favonian Crew in Sophomore year and Class Crew in Senior, while in Fresh- man and Junior it was track athletics. His only dash into social life was a trip to Henry Rogers' house. He married on October 17, 1906, in Buffalo, N. Y., Helen Warren, daughter of Orsamus George Warren. They have two daughters, both born in Buffalo, N. Y. : Elizabeth Warren, born November 26, 1908, and Helen Georgia, born April 15, 1912. Except for one year with the Niagara Radiator Company, he has been connected with the Consolidated Telephone Company, which controls the Federal Tele- phone & Telegraph Company and eight or ten other companies. He is an officer in all and a director in several. He is a member of the Westminster Presbyterian Church. His clubs are the Park, Saturn and Ellicott, all of Buffalo. Ray gives us quite a liberal glimpse into his life and ambitions. If everyone did so this would be the great- est class book ever. He says : ''Since graduation I have lived in Buffalo continuously. As you can well imag- ine, I am working not only because I enjoy it but also for the more prosaic reason, because I have to. My business career was started in December, 1902, as a bookkeeper with the Niagara Radiator Company at North Tonawanda. Inasmuch as I had never seen a ledger, cash book or journal, I felt that I was pecu- liarly well qualified to fill the position. What I didn't 176 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 know about it would have filled many books and I remember now that soon after I started the firm pur- chased a new set of books. I suppose they were for me to practice in. However, I did so well there that upon my o^vn initiative I felt that I ought to resign. In January, 1904, I accepted a position as clerk mth the Consolidated Telephone Company, and that company, through many purchases and mergers, now owns the Federal Telephone & Telegraph Company, which oper- ates more than seventy-five telephone exchanges in western New York, and many hundreds of miles of toll lines. I am now assistant to the president with the last named company, and don't envy the president his job — not only because of his duties, but because of his assistant as well. ''My duties have kept me rather closely confined, but I have succeeded in playing considerable tennis, and making two trips to Europe, the first in 1906 and the second in 1908. The former took me as far as Paris and the latter to northern Italy and Venice. My plans for the future are to keep everlastingly at it and endeavor to land on top when the opportunity pre- sents itself to me. I am playing safe most of the time, and about the only chances I ever take are in the National Indoor Pastime, a game which I first prac- ticed with Freddie Beers, Red Heaton, Bill Garnsey, Jim Goodwin, et al, in the middle entry of White Hall. May we all lock feet soon again under the same table. "My ambitions are to make a respectable sum of money, keep respectable and, as Emerson says: 'En- deavoring always to be master of living well, and to administer the offices of master or servant, of husband, father, and friend.' " AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 177 William Blumenthal 193 William Street, New York City Blumenthal was never in residence with the Class in New Haven. He was, however, awarded the degree of B.A. at Commencement, 1902. Dixon Boardman With the Hall Signal Company, 50 Church Street, New York City Born March 26, 1880, in Nutley, N. J., the son of William Henry Boardman, Michigan 1868, editor and publisher of the Railroad Age Gazette, and Henrietta Frances (Hall) Boardman. He is of English ancestry. Two brothers also graduated at Yale: Francis Boardman, 1897, and Bradford Boardman, 1905. Prepared at the Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, where his activities were directed toward athletics. At Yale he was a member of the Track Team and a competitor in the Yale- Harvard intercollegiate games, his events being the 220 and the quarter mile, a broken tendon causing his retirement in Junior year. He was a Wrangler, a member of the Univer- sity Club and Psi Upsilon. He married on May 19, 1908, in New York City, Sarah Adele Collins, daughter of Francis Howard Collins, of Colum- bia County, N. Y. They have two daughters : Anna Collins, born March 8, 1909, in London, England, and Adele, born April 16, 1911, in Dayton, Ohio. With the exception of two years, 1905 to 1907, which were spent with the Iron City Trust Company of Pittsburgh, he has held different positions with the Hall Signal Company. At present he is engaged in the reorganization of this company. 178 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 He is a "Rationalist with no religious supersti- tions." He is a member of the Yale Club of New York City. Dick wrote in August, 1908, from London: "Have led for six years a quiet. God-fearing life, the sober earnestness of which has been a marvel to the aged and an example to the young. My naturally pleasant disposition has softly ripened into one of angelic sweetness. In my charities I have adopted the odd and even discard; in politics am leaning towards the Suffragettes, since the two great parties are controlled by dangerous demagogues. As advancing years are engulfing me in their placid, reminiscent atmosphere, I tend to look back, with extreme regret, upon a well- spent life." In August, 1912, he wrote the following, giving a little more definite view of the ten years: "For ten months, from July, 1902, I worked at signal construction on railways, learning how hard manual labor is until one becomes accustomed to it, and how tireless one becomes when thoroughly hardened. I also learned what a good and companionable chap is the American laborer. "Two years in the Hall Signal Company's office in New York taught me a little of selling and office rou- tine, but principally the boredom of being on the job without sufficient work. "In September, 1905, I went to the Iron City Trust Company in Pittsburgh, staying there until the closing of the bank during the 1907 panic (it may be mentioned that the Trust Company liquidated at $123 per share on its common stock). During the last year or so, I was manager of its bond department. "Then ensued a few months of learning that scarlet Il AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 179 fever was serious for an adult, and some desultory bond work, until an appointment as manager for Great Britain for the Hall Signal Company took me to Lon- don in the spring of 1908. The two following years were better for my golf than business training, yet an interesting and fairly valuable experience. An exciting interlude was a hasty trip home in the spring of 1908 to acquire a wife. **A year in the Hall office in New York, several months in Dayton, Ohio, as receiver of the Piatt Iron Works Company, and the last few months working at reorganizing the Hall Signal Company, brings my his- tory to date. These ten years have taught me some- thing of business efficiency; have confirmed my ideas of the weakening and marring effect of any religion; have made me believe that certain socialistic ideas are the kindest and sanest solutions of the most pressing social and political problems; and have, above all, intensified my joy in living and strengthened my belief in the tremendous worthwhileness of the life game. ' ' *Louis Frederick Boder Died 1912 Born July 11, 1880, in Troy, Kans., the son of Louis Boder, president of the Merchants Bank, St. Joseph, Mo. (died in 1907), and Fannie (Quimby) Boder. A brother, Prank Armstrong Boder, was graduated at Yale in the Class of 1908 S. Prepared at the Central High School, St. Joseph, Mo., and at Morgan Park Academy. In college he played interappoint- ment baseball and received second colloquy appointments. He was unmarried. 180 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Shortly after graduation he became cashier in the Bank of Troy, Troy, Kans., and for a number of years was the youngest cashier in the state. In 1907, on the death of his father, he was made cashier of the Mer- chants Bank, St. Joseph, and later became vice-presi- dent. He held that position until 1911, when he went to Kansas City, where he had large business interests. He died on October 5, 1912, in St. Joseph's Hospital, Kansas City, after an illness of three weeks from ery- sipelas followed by pneumonia. His mother and two brothers, Frank A. and Bartlett Boder, reside in St. Joseph, Mo. William Gates Bourn Assistant Engineer, New York Central & Hudson River Rail- road, care Engineer, Maintenance of Way, Grand Central Terminal, New York City Residence, 19 Chestnut Hill Avenue, White Plains, N. Y. Born September 27, 1878, in Detroit, Mich., the son of Allan Bourn, who has retired from business, and Bessie C. (Gates) Bourn. He is of English ancestry. Shearjashub Bourn, an uncle, graduated at Yale in 1849, and Alger Sted- man Bourn, a brother, was an ex-member of the Class of 1904 S. Prepared at Phillips Exeter Academy, where he was a member of the track team. In college he received a colloquy appointment in Junior and Senior years. He was a member of the University Club. He married on August 22, 1906, in Exeter, N. H., Helen De Meritt, a graduate of Robinson Seminary, daughter of John P. De Meritt. They have three children: Alger Sted- man, born October 16, 1907, in Batavia, N. Y. ; Eugene Brom- AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 181 ley, born December 24, 1909, in White Plains, N. Y., and Barbara, born February 26, 1913, in White Plains, N. Y. After graduating from the college, he spent a year in Sheif and then entered the employ of the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company, where he is an assistant engineer in the maintenance of way department. He received the degree of Ph.B. from Yale in 1903. He is a member of the Westchester Congregational Church of White Plains, N. Y., engaged in missionary and Sunday school work, and a member of Batavia Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons. Bill writes, modestly, as always: ''Perhaps if there was any special information to impart other than what is given above, I might go at this part of the job with more enthusiasm. I have waited about a month hoping for an inspiration and incidentally enjoying Jim's jack-ups, but the inspiration hasn't arrived and I'm afraid if I wait much longer the jack-ups will cease being enjoyable. ''After getting my degree with 1902, I went back to Yale the following fall and took a year in Sheff in the Civil Engineering Course, getting my Ph.B. degree with the Class of 1903 S. It was lucky for me that they kept me busy in Sheff, for New Haven was a 'Lone- somehurst' that year and the close of my college course brought no feelings of sadness. I was glad it was over. "The following fall I entered the employ of the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad, in the maintenance of way department, and have been there continuously since that time. I was a rodman on the engineering corps on various divisions until May, 1905, being transferred five times during those eight- 182 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 een months. Then I was sent to Batavia, N. Y., as assistant supervisor of track, our territory covering the main line between Rochester and Buffalo. I remained at Batavia till October, 1909, when I was appointed assistant engineer in the office of the engi- neer of maintenance of way. ''The future is, as the weatherman puts it, 'unset- tled.' For all I know, I may be answering my next statistical blank from a home 'down on the farm' after a hard day's work planting the corn." Newton Case Brainard President of the Case, Loekwood & Brainard Company, printers, 141 Pearl Street, Hartford, Conn. Residence, 135 Washington Street, Hartford, Conn. Born December 26, 1880, in Hartford, Conn., the son of Leverett Brainard (died July 2, 1902), who was engaged in the printing business, and Mary (Bulkeley) Brainard. He is of English ancestry. His Yale relatives are an uncle, Charles Edwin Bulkeley, 1856, and two brothers, Charles Edwin Brainard, ea;-1891, and Morgan Bulkeley Brainard, 1900. Prepared at the Hartford High School and in college received a colloquy appointment in Junior and Senior years. He was a member of the University Club, Kappa Psi, Psi Upsilon and Wolf's Head. He is unmarried. Since graduation he has been connected with the Case, Loekwood & Brainard Company, of which he is now president. He attends the Congregational Church. He is presi- dent of the Connecticut Typothetai. AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 183 Herbert Bruce Brougham Editorial Writer for the New York Times, Times Square, New York City Residence, 449 West 123d Street, New York City Born September 23, 1878, in Owego, N. Y., the son of Robert Francis Brougham (died in December, 1900) and Alice C. (Spring) Brougham. He is of Scotch-English ancestry. Prepared at Owego Free Academy. He entered the Class in Senior year and won the Porter fellowship in English. He married on April 24, 1905, in Indian Orchard, Mass., Nettie Isabel Hill, Wellesley 1899, daughter of Sullivan Dear- born Hill. They have one daughter, Louise Cary, born May 18, 1909, in New York City. He has been with the New York Times since gradu- ation, his present position being that of editorial writer. He is an Episcopalian and a member of Holy Trinity Church, New Y'ork City. He is a member of the Modern Historic Records Association. Eugene Jacob Brown (Formerly Jacob Braun) Teacher in the New York Public Schools Residence, 2441 Seventh Avenue, New York City Born January 1, 1879, in Miskolcz, Hungary, the son of Sigmund Brown and Emma Brown. He is of German descent. Prepared at Hillhouse High School, New Haven, Conn., and before entering Yale in 1898, spent one year at the College of the City of New York. At Yale he modestly says his career was uneventful, but he distinguished himself by winning the Berkeley premium in Latin composition, second Winthrop 184 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 prize in Junior year, Scott prize in German in Junior year and the Robinson Latin prize in Senior year, an oration stand in Senior year and two year honors in classical languages and literature. He is unmarried. He worked for two years in the New York Post Office and two years in the Tenement House Depart- ment of the same city before entering the teaching profession. He first taught in the evening school and now is in the public day schools. He is a Republican and a member of the Royal Arcanum Lodge. Jake is outspoken in the way a secretary likes; he says in part : ' * For some time after graduation, I had a very, very hard time of it in New York, barely being able to make a living — in other words, I was down and out. I spent two years in Dante's Purgatory (namely, the New York Post Office) and two more in the Tene- ment House Department. Then realizing that I was entirely unfit for any walk of life that calls for tact, initiative and enterprise, I became a teacher in the pub- lic schools, where I am still serving time. I have accomplished nothing and am planning for nothing — unless it be to capture some rich heiress. ' ' Irving Van Duyne Brown Owner of an Apricot Ranch in Simi, Calif. Residence, R. F. D., Simi, Ventura County, Calif. Born August 9, 1879, in South Orange, N. J., the son of Ashbel G. Brown, formerly occupied in dairying and fanning, now retired from business, and Lucy A. (Van Duyne) Brown. He is of English and Dutch ancestry. His Yale relatives are AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 185 a cousin, Harlan Page Beach, 1878, professor in the Yale Divinity School, and a brother, Nelson Courtlandt Brown, 1906. Prepared at the South Orange High School, where he was a member of the baseball and football teams. At Yale he was a member of the Freshman Debating Team and of the Cross Country Club and played appointment baseball. He married on September 4, 1904, in New Haven, Conn., Madeleine Julie Istas, daughter of Prosper J. Istas. They have two children, both born in Ventura, Calif. : Irving Van Duyne, Jr., born September 4, 1906, and Suzanne Marie, born January 28, 1911. After a year in business with the American Loco- motive Company, he went to California, where he has since operated a successful ranch of sixty-one acres, raising apricots, grain and beans. He is a Progressive Republican and a member of the Presbyterian Church. He is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. Irving gives us a glimpse of western farming life which is worth a careful reading by us here in the East. He says : ''After graduation I joined the Thomas Edison magnetic prospecting expedition going to Sudbury, Ontario, and vicinity for four months. Returning to South Orange, N. J., my home, I entered the offices of the American Locomotive Company, 25 Broad Street, New York City, for a year, but being a son of the soil, the call of the wild lured me to Southern California. After a brief sojourn at my uncle's in Pasadena, I purchased thirty acres of land in Santa Susana, Ven- tura County, got married and settled down fruit rais- ing, at which I am said to be successful. Have leased 220 acres near by for the last four years, on which are raised grain and beans. 186 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 "Last year we purchased thirty-one acres of addi- tional land and planted same solid to apricots. An average income after four years in apricots is $100.00 per acre, hence I am trying as you see to respond to university alumni fund according to table recently sent me. . *'Am member of Ventura County Dried Fruit Asso- ciation, which is just one year old. If it had been five years older with resultant experience, I would have come back to Decennial, but cheer up! here's looking forward to five years hence. Last year the family took a trip East, visiting numerous friends and relatives in Connecticut, New Jersey and Minnesota." In another letter we have a touch of good Avestern blood : **A son born September 4, 1906, will be a member of the Class of 1924! If any one in the Class can better thirty-five pounds and thirty-five inches tall at twenty months, I would like to hear from them." James Brown Professor of Chemistry at Butler College, Indianapolis, Ind. Residence, 5372 East Washington Street, Indianapolis, Ind. Born March 30, 1881, in Glasgow, Scotland, the son of Thomas Brown, a merchant, and Mary (Crawley) Brown. He is of Scotch-Irish ancestry. Prepared at the Buffalo Central High School and in college devoted himself to winning scholastic honors. He received an oration appointment Senior year, the Larned fellowship and two year honors in science. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi. He married on October 21, 1911, in Chicago, 111., Mary Wallace, William and Vashti College 1911, daughter of Joseph Milligan Wallace, of Aledo, 111. AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 187 After two years of graduate work at Yale he became professor of physics and chemistry at Illinois College, Jacksonville, 111. In 1908 he accepted a similar posi- tion at William and Vashti College, Aledo, 111., and in 1911 was appointed to his present position as professor of chemistry in Butler College in Indian- apolis. He received the degrees of M.A. in 1903 and Ph.D. in 1905 at Yale. He is a member of the Disciples Church, the American Chemical Society and the Ameri- can Association for Advancement of Science. Among the scientific articles which he has published are two in the American Journal of Science: "Hydrochloric acid and potassium permanganate in presence of fer- rio chloride," January, 1905, and "Interaction acid and potassium permanganate in presence of various inorganic salts," January, 1906. James writes: "Mine is one of those quiet lives. I am teaching chemistry at the above named institution, and incidentally taking a general interest in the indus- trial side of the subject. I came to Indianapolis in the fall of 1911 to accept this position. During a prepara- tory visit in August of the same year I found Billy Day a very hospitable host. "My vocation has many sides after all. There are many chances to help out poor lonesome Freshmen, who are finding it hard to make things go. Sometimes upper classmen are included in that list. Last Sep- tember I attended the Eighth International Congress of Applied Chemistry at New York with Mrs. Brown. It was a great affair. My only regret was that I was too busy to get around to see my old Yale friends, and show the old Yale spirit. Billy Day has it many times over. ' ' 188 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Graham Brush Statistician for Blair & Company, bankers, 24 Broad Street, New York City Residence, Gainsborough Studios, 222 West Fifty-ninth Street, New York City University Cluh, 1 West Fifty-fourth Street Born April 10, 1879, in New York City, the son of James Edward Brush (died July 12, 1908), a broker, and Josephine Norris (Whitlock) Brush (died December 18, 1891). His ancestry combines English, Scotch and Dutch. Prepared at Cutler School, New York City, where he was a member of the Comedy Club. In college "he was devout on the Freshman Religious Committee, musical on the Greek Chorus, and argumentative with the Wranglers." He received an oration Junior appointment and a dissertation Senior appointment. He was a member of Corinthian Yacht Club, University Club, Eta Phi, Psi Upsilon and Wolf's Head. He is unmarried. Since graduation he has been in the banking business with Blair & Company, New York City. He is Republican in politics, though open to con- viction along this line. He is a Presbyterian and a member of Brick Church, New York. His clubs are the Yale and University of New York City, the West- moreland of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and the Riverside Yacht of Riverside, Conn. Graham writes : ' * Since starting business I have been with Blair & Company, first as messenger, second as bond-salesman, and now have charge of circulars and correspondence. "Have been abroad three times since graduation; the last time was in 1910, when, with some friends, I sailed on the Lusitania, went to London and Paris and AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 189 returned in same ship, landing in New York in two weeks and one day from the time of starting. Last year, 1911, took a three weeks' trip to California, visit- ing San Francisco and Los Angeles. *' While my life has not been entirely devoid of inter- esting circumstance, I can think of nothing, at the moment, which would be apt to interest the Class along the broad lines of common experience. **I have noticed that while important changes occa- sionally occur, they rarely do so in accordance with plans previously made — so I have ceased to make plans." Graham has neglected to mention one interesting touch. He is a great observer of colors, not in women's clothes (we all do that much, though we deny it), but such a prosaic thing as a street car or railroad train. He will tell you without hesitation, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, just the color each line has selected. Louis Herbert Burlingham, M.D. First Assistant Superintendent at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, Mass. Permanent address, 84 Prospect Street, Willimantic, Conn. Born February 18, 1880, in Willimantic, Conn,, the son of William H. Burlingham, an engineer, and Maria J. (Stough- ton) Burlingham. He is of English ancestry. Prepared at Willimantic High School and in college received a dispute appointment Junior and Senior years. He was a member of the Dunham Boat Club. He is unmarried. After graduating he took the course in the Johns Hopkins Medical School and in March, 1906, began work in the Massachusetts General Hospital. He says 190 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 that he is now second assistant superintendent with the official titles of second assistant resident physician and second assistant administrator. He received the degree of M.D. from Johns Hopkins in 1906. He is a Republican in politics. He is secre- tary and treasurer of the Massachusetts General Hos- pital House Pupils Alumni Association, a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society, American Medical Association, American Hospital Association, Union Boat Club and the Yale Club of Boston. Burly seems to be very steadily "on the job," for in February, 1911, he wrote before our Class Dinner at Keen 's : " The place looks most attractive, and it and the inducements strongly inviting, but I find that I cannot come. I feel sure that the occasion will be most enjoyable and hope that the Sunday following will not find too many men requiring the services of Bill Her- rick and Harry Thacher. ' ' He did not come to Triennial or Sexennial or Decen- nial. Commenting on his position: "At the present time I rank second among five assistants in this depart- ment, and for the last twenty-two months I have been the representative of the administration at the McLean Hospital, Waverly, Mass. In the fall I expect to become the first assistant superintendent of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston." Frederic Burnham Lawyer, in individual practice at 1625 Harris Trust Building, Chicago, 111. Residence, 1426 East FifUj-first Street, Chicago, III. Bom March 7, 1881, in Chicago, 111., the son of Edward Burnham, a dealer iu toilet reciuisites, and Mary (McGee) AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 191 Burnham. On his father's side he is of English descent and on his mother's of Irish. Pour brothers are Yale men: Ray- mond Burnham, 1903 S., Clarence Burnham, 1906 S., Gerald Burnham, 1909 S., and Harold Burnham, 1913 S. To swell the list he adds, "have recently heard that a great-great- grandfather, James Burnham, 1790, went to Yale." Prepared at the Harvard Preparatory School, Chicago, 111., where he was captain of the football team. At Yale he was a member of the Freshman Basketball Team and the Varsity Gym Team in Senior year. He received a philosophical ora- tion Junior appointment, second Berkeley premium in Latin composition, an oration appointment, and the Townsend pre- mium in Senior year. He received an election to Phi Beta Kappa. He married on January 4, 1911, in Denver, Colo., Adda Marguerite Ghost, daughter of William C. Ghost. Both her parents are deceased. After graduation he took up the study of law at the Kent College of Law in Chicago, at the same time working in the office of Hoyne, O'Connor & Hoyne. The Senior year was spent in Northwestern University Law School and he was admitted to the bar in 1905. In 1909 he was elected assistant state's attorney of Cook County, and in summer of 1912 resigned from this office and went into individual practice. He was a member of Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity and received the degree of LL.B. from Northwestern University in 1905. In religion he is a Roman Catho- lic. He is a Republican and takes an active interest in politics. He serves as chairman of the committee of the Chicago Bar Association for the prosecution of persons practicing law without a license, and is a mem- ber of the committee of the City Club dealing with Charitable Reformatory Penal agencies. He is also a member of the Hamilton Club, Illinois Athletic Club, 192 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Kenwood Country Club, American Institute of Crim- inal Law and Criminology and the Knights of Colum- bus. Fritz writes: ** After graduation obtained employ- ment in law office of Hoyne, O'Connor & Hoyne, Chicago, and in fall started to law school. This school had evening as well as day sessions and I was thus enabled to devote my entire day to the work in the office. This work proved very valuable, espe- cially after the first year when my knowledge of prin- ciples and matters of practice had increased sufficiently to permit me to take an active part in the firm's affairs. The old justice court system was still in vogue in the city and one was not required to be admitted to the bar to practice in those courts. Fortunately for me, the firm had considerable justice court work and by the end of my law school course, at which time I was prac- tically in charge of that branch of the firm's business, I had had an actual trial experience which stood me in good stead after my admission to the bar. Con- tinued there for three years, leading the prosaic and uneventful life of an underpaid law clerk. Learned the rules in the law school and the game in the office, and after graduation and admission to the bar was able to take a fairly responsible position in the law depart- ment of the Chicago & Northwestern Eailway Com- pany — was in the office of Lloyd W. Bowers, '79, general counsel of the road, later appointed solicitor general of the United States by President Taft. My work with the railroad was varied, including trial work in the various courts, brief work, etc. In March, 1909, I was appointed an assistant state's attorney by John E. W. Wayman, state's attorney of Cook County, and assigned to the Criminal Court Building to try AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 193 cases. The transition from defending a railroad to prosecuting criminals was abrupt, but I soon learned to champion the cause of public right with the same facility that I had acquired in defending corporate interests against the insistent demands of alleged damaged shippers and maimed claimants, I have remained there ever since. My work keeps me almost constantly engaged in court in the trial of criminal cases of the felony grade. Have been engaged in numerous trials of local interest and importance and assisted Mr. Wayman in the prosecution of Lee O'Neil Browne, accused of having paid the bribes to the legis- lators who voted for Lorimer for senator of United States. This is the case that started the senatorial inquiry. Prosecuted and convicted Evelyn A. Lee, the 'Absolute Life' case. ''My intentions are to enter into the general prac- tice of law in Chicago after the end of the present administration in the fall. "I have taken active interest in politics, ward, city and county. ' ' John Booth Burrall President of the Plume & Atwood Manufacturing Company and Vice-President and Treasurer of the American Ring Company, Waterbury, Conn. Residence, 16 Church Street, Waterhury, Conn. Born October 14, 1879, in Waterbury, Conn., the son of Edward Milton Burrall (died November 9, 1901), a brass manufacturer, and Mary Eunice (Booth) Burrall. He is of English ancestry. Prepared at the Taft School in Watertown, Conn., where he went in for athletics. In college he tried a little baseball :«' 194 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 and rowing, was a member of the Wigwam Debating Club, University Club, Eta Phi, Alpha Delta Phi and Scroll and Key. He is unmarried. After graduation he went directly into business, being chiefly interested in the manufacture of brass and brass goods. Since 1910 he has been president of the Plume & Atwood Manufacturing Company and vice-president of the American Ring Company. He is a director of the Colonial Trust Company, New Eng- land Watch Company, Waterbury Castings Company, American Pin Company and the Waterbury Hotel Company. He is an Episcopalian and a member of the vestry of St. John's Church. He is president of the Country Club of Waterbury, and a member of the Waterbury Club, Farmington Club of Farmington, Graduates Club of New Haven, University and Yale clubs of New York City, Automobile Club of America and the Aero Club of Connecticut. Jack wrote in June, 1912: **I am almost moved to tears, after your numerous efforts to secure my obitu- ary, when I think that my procrastination has assumed such numerous proportions. I hardly know how to begin. ' * I am the survivor of a trip abroad in 1906 with one Hank Stoddard, to say nothing of the trip in 1907, in the same vicinity, with one Norton, Yale 1902. The lifeboats were quite sufficient for our entire party. I might note a trip to Palm Beach with Tillingliast and Stoddard in 1907, which was almost the final test, but up to date has not had any ill effects upon my well being." [Here his business life is outlined as given above.] AUTOBIOGEAPHIES 195 "I might insert that ten years have added several gray hairs to my top piece, and I am looking forward with great interest to the gathering of the Arabian Knights, and four or five Arabian Nights in New Haven. ' ' It is delightful to see a man enjoy as many reunions at once as Jack this spring, one minute in Bridgeport with 1902 ; the next in Waterbury with '97 ; verily, he rivaled the Rocky Mountain goat skipping lightly from crag to crag. Leonard Theaker Bushnell Secretary and Treasurer of the Rockwood Sprinkler Company, 208 Columbia Street, Seattle, Wash. Residence, Algonquin Apartments, Seattle, Wash. Born August 8, 1880, in New Bedford, Mass., the son of Leonard Bushnell (died September 17, 1882), a manufacturer, and Margaret E. (Theaker) Bushnell. He is of Scotch-Irish ancestry. Prepared at the Friends' Academy, New Bedford, Mass., where he was ' ' exceptionally inactive. ' ' He had passed exams for Harvard but properly changed his mind. In college his attention was "entirely engaged in a struggle not to study too hard. ' ' Notwithstanding these efforts he received a disser- tation Junior appointment and a dispute Senior appointment. He played a little scrub baseball and football. He married on October 18, 1909, in Seattle, Wash., Inez Lucy Brown, daughter of William Frank Brown, a lumber- man. On graduation he decided to continue study along mechanical lines at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After a short time with the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company, he went 196 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 to Seattle, and has since been connected with the Rock- wood Sprinkler Company, installers of automatic sprinklers. He received the degree of B.S. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1905. He is a member of the Pilgrim Congregational Church. Len says : ''Left Yale mthout even any vices and so green the cows tried to bite me. Don't get the idea I am blaming Yale, it was one of those neglected oppor- tunities that rise up and kick you in recollection. Went to Boston to become an engineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but soon found that there were more things attached than my philosophy had contemplated, but not knowing what else to do, I dug my toes into what cracks were A\dthin reach and man- aged to hold on. I guess subconsciously I must have absorbed some Yale influences for after working that summer I waked up and became, if I may say it, some- thing of a factor in the life of the School, being editor of the Tech, and one of the Class Day marshals, for instance. The greatest recognition I have received was being selected as secretary of the Alumni Fund Com- mittee, which successfully strove against the merger of the M. I. T. with Harvard. ''After graduation I spent a year in the office of the registrar of the Institute, my work being what would now be called scientific management. "The desire to get out into real work led our hero to go to work for the New York Central Railroad in their electrical engineering department, under Rainer Beeuwkes. Work being slack, ray time was divided between trying to pronounce the chief's name and filling his fountain pen. Finally, after having been raised from $60 to $70, 1 feared that wealth might make AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 197 me lose touch mth common people, so resigned and got a job with my present company in Seattle. Was sur- prised, as you were or will be, to find so much country w^est of the Harlem and found no difficulty in under- standing the language. After getting acclimated, suc- ceeded in making a job for myself and have since stopped only long enough to get married. **The saddest word I have to tell is that the absence of the president will make it impossible for me to get to Decennial. If Binnie Albin intimates that increased vigilance on the part of freight train brakemen has any bearing you will know him for the liar that he is. "My two claims to the Hall of Fame are: "1. In writing to the Weekly I never said 'Has severed his connection with Smith and Brown and accepted a position with Jones and Robinson'; * ' 2. I am the only man in Seattle with no real estate to sell." John Alexander Callender "Writing, 80 "Washington Square, New York City Yale Cluh, 30 West Forty-fourth Street, New York City Bom February 9, 1881, in Providence, R. I., the son of Walter Callender, a merchant, and Ann Oswald (Crow) Callender (deceased). Two brothers were graduated at Yale: "Walter Reid Callender, 1894, and Robert Callender, 1898. Prepared at Andover Academy, where he was a member of the Phillipian board. At Yale he contributed to the Lit and Courant and received colloquy appointments in Junior and Senior years. He is unmarried. On graduation he entered the office of Dominick & Dominick, brokers, in New York City, later going with 198 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Henry Holt & Company, publishers. Since the fall of 1911 he has devoted his time entirely to writing. He is a member of the Yale Club of New York City. John writes: ''Seeing that you have a use for accounts of great men's lives, I hasten to let you some- way in on mine. The word 'hasten,' you mil observe, stamps me at once as a humorist. If this reaches you too late — not the little joke, but the letter — you will also observe the pathos which we are told is always near to great humor. "Having been born and graduated, I came to New York (as you know; but consider the public), and, as near as has been discovered, I came because New York wouldn't come to me. My first efforts exploded in Wall Street, where one goes when he don't know where else to be. About all that can be said about that part of my career is that I was contemporary with J. P. Morgan. Neither he nor the other leaders appreciated the chance before them and in a time of great drought and famine in the financial district, I suddenly woke up outside its fence. The episode, after some groping in the past, would seem to have been in the summer of 1907. The rest of that heated term I spent between the restful homestead and looking for another excuse to remain on earth. For I had begun to get used to this world, in some places even to get calloused. "Finally I was cast up by the flood into a small niche in the publishing business ; the recipient of that hard luck being Henry Holt & Company of New York. After clinging to that niche for four years, I was tempted to try to add to the world's great literature myself, and left said niche for said purpose. I am still trying — both to others and myself. AUTOBIOGKAPHIES 199 **As for the rest, I will only mention one great deed. Briefly it is this : I have discovered an open fireplace in Manhattan which was attached to a room which could be rented. It may seem a small matter, but, Jimmy, have you ever set sail after one ? If you have — and in your case, as a Benedict, constrained to find in addition plenty of closets in your search for a home — you will understand amply. If you have not — well, it's a case where you tempt horrors. You set out in your search blithely enough, and approach each possi- ble landlord sternly. Sternly in order to make him think you have the price but won't stand for exorbitant rates — out of principle. You cast your eye about the proposed lodgings, note the semblance of a fireplace in the wall, and hurriedly go over the preliminaries; rent, water, water-bugs and others. Then, casually, you opine that that is a regular fireplace over there, is it not? He says certainly, except that you mustn't burn wood or coal in it. You inquire, ill-advisedly wag- gish, the law as to matches. Then you go to the next place. After a week or two your blitheness gets frayed. You have been used to being told that most people (sane persons being evidently the real meaning) pre- fer steam. Or that gas-logs are much simpler (here the indication is their greater safety for the weak- minded). You have also become used to being regarded with suspicion mth some hinting as to incendiarism having been rife lately. * ' In two or three weeks more, you crawl up to places humbly; willing to overlook holes in the roof, and other quaint relics, if only they have a real hearth- stone on the premises. You even consider stealing a few bricks and building one in the Park. Unless, like 200 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 myself, you find success before you quite lose your reason. **New York, Jimmj^ seems to be one half steam heat and one half Tammany. Except my fireplace. Drop in some night soon and smoke up at 80 Washington Square. ' ' Frederic Wells Campbell Assistant Treasurer of the Frederick M. Ward Company, 53 Church Street, New Haven, Conn. Residence, 100 Whalley Avenue, New Haven, Conn. Born June 22, 1880, in New Haven, Conn., the son of Wells Campbell, retired, and Mary (Ward) Campbell. He is of English ancestry. Several cousins are Yale men. Prepared at Hopkins Grammar School in New Haven. In college he received a colloquy appointment in Senior year. He is unmarried. Since graduation he has been associated with his uncle, Frederick M. Ward, in the real estate business. His recreation has been long walking trips. He is a member of the Dwight Place Congregational Church. His clubs are the Yale of New York City and the Quinnipiac of New Haven. Frederic writes: ''Your greeting from the hour of the early birdies reached me this afternoon; at this time of my reply all the birdies are abed — except the night-hawks, of which — as you may remember — we haven't many here in New Haven. ' ' That portion of your welcome letter which occupied itself with your impressions of the analytical (though somewhat uneven) Bennett interested me greatly. To AUTOBIOGBAPHIES 201 your request for sidelights on my career and character, for your forthcoming 'Lives of Great Men,' I turn a deaf ear. I have had no career, and little character. (Even this intimate confession I make to you confi- dentially.) *F-a-c-t-s and not overmuch of them' (to quote yourself) is all the notoriety which I seek through the medium of the above-mentioned work. "Don't you ever drop off at New Haven nowadays? Lunch with me next time you do — I'd like well to talk with you when it isn't for publication." It would pay anyone to stop the next time in New Haven and see Fred's library. You will find some old, old treasures not often owned in this country. I sat up till 3.30 a.m. over them once! George Boone Carpenter Owner of the Foothills Orchard Residence, The Foothills, Medford, Ore. Born May 7, 1879, in Chicago, 111., the son of George Bene- dict Carpenter (died in 1881), an editor, and Lucy A. (Boone) Carpenter. He is of "Scotch, Dutch and Kentucky" ancestry. Prepared at the Arnum Institute of Technology and Phillips Academy, Andover, spending two years at each. At Andover he was a member of A. U. V. In college he was an associate editor of the News Junior year and business manager Senior year. He received the Class vote for Class beauty. He was a Wrangler and received a second colloquy appointment Junior and first colloquy in Senior year. He was a member of Kappa Psi, Alpha Delta Phi and Skull and Bones. He married on June 8, 1908, in Chicago, 111., Rhea Morrill, 202 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 daughter of John French Morrill. (Both of her parents are deceased. ) From August, 1902, until July, 1910, he was with R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company, manufacturing printers. During this time he made two business trips abroad, arranging and signing contracts for the manu- facture of the Encyclopedia Britannica in the United States. In July, 1910, he purchased a pear orchard in Roger River Valley, Oregon, which he calls ' ' The Foot- hills," and in the winter of that year he and his ^vife attended the Oregon Agricultural College. He traveled in Norway, Sweden, Russia, Poland, Germany and France on his wedding trip, and in October, 1911, sailed from San Francisco for a six months ' trip around the world, visiting Hawaii, Japan, China, Philippines, Straits Settlements, India and Burma, Kashmir, Ceylon, and coming home via the Suez Canal and Europe. He is a member of the Epis- copal Church. He is a member of the University, Saddle and Cycle, and Caxton clubs of Chicago, and the Roger River Valley University and Country clubs of Oregon. Carp is another Easterner who has thrown off the shackles of city life and retired to his country estate. He carries with him all his old tenacity of purpose, for he writes : ''Crop of 1912 looks fine. Afraid I can't leave it for Decennial, much as I want to!" George almost stopped all the traffic in Chicago one day with his auto so he could greet the Secretary, who was ambling along in a plebeian herdic of ancient vin- tage, so you can bet I'll have a look at the "Foothills" the next time the Wanderlust seizes me. AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 203 Lawrence Chamberlain Securities Expert with Kountze Brothers, bankers, 141 Broadway, New York City Residence, 5 Hawthorne Place, Montclair, N. J. Bom October 10, 1878, in New York City, the son of Dr. George W. Chamberlain, a former student at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, and Hattie (Cummings) Chamber- lain. He is of Scotch and English ancestry. Two brothers, Arthur Percy Chamberlain and Ralph Thompson Chamber- lain, are members of the Yale Class of 1915. Prepared at the Springfield High School and Phillips Academy, Andover. In the latter he was president of the Senior class, a Philo-Forum debater and a Means prize speaker. In college he held a scholarship throughout the course, took the Winston Trowbridge Townsend Freshman prize, received a dissertation Senior appointment and as a graduate student was the Porter Fellow in English. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi. He married on January 3, 1902, in Worcester, Mass., Berenice Taylor, daughter of Frederick B. Taylor. They have one son, Lawrence, born November 11, 1903, in New Haven, Conn. The first two years after graduation he spent as a graduate fellow in English at Yale and teaching in a private school in New Haven. He then taught Eng- lish in Dartmouth for a year in the absence of Pro- fessor Emery during his sabbatical year abroad. Pre- vious overwork combined with eyestrain led him to give up teaching and he has since engaged in finance, thus increasing his opportunities for compensation. He has not, however, given up literary work, as he contributes largely to financial papers and magazines, has written an exhaustive treatise on the ''Principles of Bond Investment, ' ' and is soon to publish a second 204 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 entitled **The Work of the Bond Houses." The Daily Bond Buyer, in speaking of his first book, says, ''The work is scholarly, yet easily understandable; volumi- nous yet rich with the very best information ; historical, yet strictly up-to-date in regard to all bond issues and the security behind them Every investor should have a copy of this remarkable literary production from the pen of Mr. Chamberlain, who, as head of the bond department of Kountze Brothers, and staff lec- turer on finance in the New York University School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance, is well qualified to write upon these subjects, as the volume itself more than testifies." He received the degree of M.A. from Yale in 1903. He is a member of the Congregational Church and the Montclair Athletic Club. Commenting on the facts furnished for this biog- raphy, Larry writes: ''This is pretty scant informa- tion, but I've a notion that few of us set the river on fire till we are well past thirty and I am content to be one of the large majority. "As for 'positions of honor and trust,' I am the father of one of the first and best boys born to one of our Class — and I pay cash for my groceries. It is a record to be proud of." Harry Baldwin Chamberlin Secretary of the Woodward Lumber Company, Box 1115, Atlanta, Ga. Residence, 166 Cypress Street, Atlanta, Ga. Born June 20, 1882, in Unionville, Conn., the son of Frank- lin Alexander Chamberlin, a merchant, and Nellie (Baldwin) Chamberlin. He is of English, Scotch and Irish ancestry. Three brothers have graduated at Yale: John Bullard AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 205 Chamberlin, 1901, Charles VanWycke Chamberlin, 1907 S., and Frederick Bryan Chamberlin, 1913 S. Prepared at the Unionville High School. In college he received a philosophical oration appointment Junior year and an oration appointment Senior year, won the second Berkeley premium in Latin composition, Freshman year; second De- Forest Mathematical prize, Sophomore year; Bennett prize, Senior year, and two year honors in social science. He received an election to Phi Beta Kappa. He married on June 2, 1909, in Atlanta, Ga., Emma Bell DuBose, a graduate of the Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Ga., and Finch School, New York City, daughter of Edwin Rem- bert DuBose, Emory College 1877, vice-president of the Chamberlin- Johnson-DuBose Company. Since graduation he has been with the Woodward Lumber Company, makers of sash, doors, blinds and general millwork. For a number of years he has been secretary of this company. He is a Presbyterian. He is a member of the Atlanta Athletic Club. Doggie writes: "This looks easy but answering it puts one in much the same state of mind as those old Alumni Hall questions, 'Give in about two hundred words a history of the Eastern Empire up to the Fall of Constantinople'; it's just a little bewildering. As for (1), Atlanta, Ga., since September, 1902; (2) Wood- ward Lumber Company, same date; (3) foreign trav- els — ain't no such animal! (4) The most conspicuous thing in these ten years seems to have been the question of readjustment, not in one line but in practically all. In mental habits and mode of life it is a decided trans- formation to make a business man out of a bookish college student, and not much less so to convert a New England Yankee of Puritan traditions into a South- erner, and a Republican (by inheritance) into one who 206 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 can view with perfect equanimity the possibility of a Democrat being the next occupant of the presidential chair. Political activity is restricted to one party to a large extent and has had little attraction for me, while as for literary, scientific and athletic exploits, the stern chase of the dollar has left little chance for any of them. Even the aforesaid stern chase has not been so remarkably productive of lucre as to bring repre- sentatives of bond houses in droves to my door, but as it has, at least, been successful enough to scare away a certain four-footed animal who is wont to hang around doors, it must not be put down as a complete failure. To satisfaction in this moderate attainment must be added the pleasure of having spent ten years in the delightful atmosphere of a Southern city amongst people readier than any in the world to get acquainted and fill that need for (as E. L. S. puts it) ' du lieher Gott, friends!' It is true that Atlanta is several hundred miles from New York, but that is believed to have been intentional, so that both cities might have a chance to grow. "In short, with a wife and home, a large number of acquaintances and a few good friends, with food in the larder and a few coins in the purse, I may write myself down as contented but not satisfied." Terry Joseph Chapin Lawyer, Chapin & Henry, 50 State Street, Hartford, Conn. Residence, Suflfield, Conn. Born June 8, 1881, in Enfield, Conn., the son of Joseph Terry Chapin (died May 6, 1898), a farmer, and Sarah Elizabeth (Barber) Chapin. He is of English ancestry. Prepared at the Enfield Public High School, where he did AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 207 some debating. At Yale he received a dissertation Junior appointment and an oration Senior appointment. He played on the Dissertation and "Tightwads" baseball teams and was a member of the Yale Union. He married on January 1, 1907, in Suffield, Conn., Jessie Maud Douglass, daughter of Edward 0. Douglass, an engineer and river pilot. They have one son, Douglass Norton, bom November 2, 1911, in Hartford, Conn. After graduation he taught at St. George's School in Summit, N. J., for a year and studied law at the night session of the New York Law School. The fol- lowing year he took the regular course in law school and took a clerkship with Peckham, Warner & Strong, and later with Morgan & Seabury. He was admitted to the New York Bar in October, 1904, and to the Connecticut Bar in January, 1905. He entered the law office of Joseph L. Barbour of Hartford and con- tinued his clerkship later with Bill & Tuttle of the same place. In April, 1906, he formed a law partner- ship with James B. Henry, a fellow townsman, and a graduate of Amherst College and the Michigan Law School. In March, 1912, he was elected assistant treas- urer of the Cumberland Lumber Company. He received the degree of LL. B. from the New York Law School in 1904. He is a member of the First Con- gregational Church of Enfield, chairman of the social committee and a member of the music committee. He is a member of the Yale Alumni Association of Hart- ford, the Hartford Business Men's Association, Sons of the American Revolution, Thompsonville Board of Trade, veteran corps of the Governor's Foot Guards and the Enfield Grange. Doc writes: ^'My first shot in the game of give and take they call 'Life' after I left Yale, where I had 208 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 obtained more nicknames than honors, was teaching school in Summit, N. J., for a year. My ruling passion for work soon manifested itself and brought me to realize that since my teaching was so much of a cinch I was wasting the patrimony that Father Time had bestowed upon me through the good offices of the head master. I decided, therefore, to use my spare hours in trying to learn the mysteries of the law. '*My six months' excursion in that field provided plenty of work, and led on to two years of study in the New York Law School, followed by months of office practice and experience, first in New York and then in Hartford (I getting the experience and some one else the practice mth the accompanying fees), until I thought I had enough of the latter in order to enable me to obtain some of the former. "I soon found out that my practice meant work, in fact more work than I could well do single-handed, and so in April, 1906, I formed a law partnership with James B. Henry, with whom I am still associated. My life at the bar has been one continuous performance of work, really hard, strenuous, persevering work, — any time, any place, any job, — but I have become so accus- tomed to it that I can now work for days without rest or sleep. Though this is not supposed to be my epitaph, yet I must confess that I have often been buried in my work, but I have always escaped uninjured so far, and I remain simple Mr. Chapin, without any honorary epithets. Through and out of it all I have evolved my own scheme and philosophy of life, — If you don't work you won't be contented. "My principal relaxation through these ten years has been trolleying. On one of these trips I visited tlie people and the haunts that inspired the saws of my AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 209 renowned avuncular ancestor, 'Uncle Terry,' in order to see if the people ' down East ' had yet learned to cut a ham exactly in the middle. ' ' William Lyman Chase Examiner for the New York State Civil Service Commission, Albany, N. Y. Born October 22, 1879, in Macedon, N. Y., the son of Her- man Lyman Chase, M.D. Albany Medical College, a physician, and Laura Edna (Baker) Chase. He is of English, Scotch and Protestant Irish ancestry. Prepared at the Palmyra High School. In college he received a dispute appointment in Junior and Senior years. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi. He is unmarried. In 1902 he worked in the home office of the Garlock Rubber Packing Company and then in their San Fran- cisco office. The following year he was in New York reporting for the New York Tribune and the New York Times. From 1904 to 1906 and from 1907 to 1909 he taught in Syracuse, at Jenner's Preparatory School, in Ithaca at the University Preparatory School and in Bloomsburg (Pa.) Normal School. In 1906-07 he was in business in New York and since 1909 has been a state civil service examiner at Albany, N. Y. William writes: ''These ten years have equalled a cycle of Cathay, even at the rate Cathay is going." 210 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Simeon Baldwin Chittenden, Jr. Assistant Sales Manager for the Lehigh Portland Cement Company and Advertising Manager for the Kelley Island Lime & Transport Company, 521 Peoples Gas Build- ing, Chicago, 111. Residence, 239 Central Avenue, Highland Park, III. Born April 7, 1879, in Brooklyn, N. Y., the son of Simeon Baldwin Chittenden, Yale 1865, a lawyer, and Mary Warner (Hill) Chittenden. He is of English ancestry. Besides his father his Yale relatives are William Newton Parker, 1879, William Chittenden Lusk, 1890, John Henry Chapman, 1876 S., John Hill Morgan, 1893, and Sherman Hartwell Chapman, 1866. Prepared at the Groton School in Massachusetts. He was one of the first men in the Class to win his Y, being a member of the Track Team. He was secretary and treasurer of the Yale Cross Country Club, and a member of the Inter- collegiate Cross Country Team. He was a member of the Freshman Apollo and University Glee clubs, Kneiselet Quar- tet, the Wigwam Debating Club, Kraut Club and the Uni- versity Club. His societies were Kappa Psi, Alpha Delta Phi and Wolf's Head. He married on October 16, 1906, in Concord, Mass., Grace Chetwode Chapman, daughter of John Hartwell Chapman, deceased. They have two daughters, both born in Cleveland, Ohio: Alice Fay, born October 14, 1908, and Lydia Barrett, born July 11, 1910. The first four years after graduation he lived in New York City, serving as clerk for Moore & Schley six months, assistant editor of the Railroad Gazette two years, and railroad statistician for Eugene Meyer, Jr., & Company one year and a half. He left New York in the early part of 1907 and went to Cleveland as chief clerk, editor of magazine and head of the copy AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 211 department in the advertising department of Sherwin- Williams Company. In March, 1911, he went to Chi- cago as advertising manager for the Lehigh Portland Cement Company and in February, 1912, was also appointed advertising manager for the Kelley Island Lime & Transport Company. In the fall of 1912 he was advanced to the position of assistant sales man- ager of the Lehigh Portland Cement Company. He is a member of the Episcopal Church. He has written several articles on advertising for Printer's Ink, Printing Art, etc. He is a member of the Exmoor Country Club of Highland Park. Arthur Bryan Clark President of the Everett B. Clark Seed Company and of the Milford Trust Company, Milford, Conn. Residence, Milford, Conn. Born May 25, 1880, in Milford, Conn., the son of Everett B. Clark (died December 23, 1907), a seedsman, and Charlotte E. (Woodruff) Clark. Prepared at Wesley an Academy, Wilbraham, Mass., and at Oberlin Academy, Oberlin, Ohio, where he took part in debat- ing and oratorical contests. At Yale he was a member of debating teams of 1901 and 1902, won a cup in the inter- department debate in 1901, was an alternate on the team which debated against Harvard, received two year honors in history and oration appointments in Junior and Senior years. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He married on June 30, 1903, in Oberlin, Ohio, Glenna May Hostetter, Oberlin 1902, daughter of David Hostetter, a var- nish manufacturer, of Cleveland, Ohio. They have two chil- dren, both born in IMilford, Conn. : Arthur Bryan, Jr., born February 5, 1907, and Glenna Marie, born February 14, 1910. 212 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Since graduation he has been in the wholesale seed business, being president of the Everett B. Clark Com- pany. (You mil notice one building from the train.) He is also secretary and treasurer of the Clark-Bayliss Company, organized in 1903, and president of the Mil- ford Trust Company. He is a member of the Plymouth Congregational Church, Milford, where his activities are confined to committee work, and of the Union League Club, New Haven. Politics are ''out of his line." Abe gives us a concise history: "Have felt con- strained to leave this department (Literary, etc.) to Brian Hooker and other of our shining lights. ''In 1902 I embarked upon life's labors as a seeds- man. For the first year or two I took my place along- side the laborers in the field, both in order to earn my salt and also to learn the fundamentals of seed- growing. "During the winter season I took my part in the warehouses preparing shipments. Evenings I took occasion to familiarize myself with the details of the office work. In December, 1902, I journeyed to Wis- consin, where I established a branch seed-growing establishment for my company. In sympathy with all things American, business grew and I found my period of apprenticeship cut short by the force of circum- stances — field and warehouse work had to be aban- doned. About five months of each year had to be spent in Wisconsin and perhaps one month more in trips to various parts of the country. The remaining six months, of course, I was to be found on the job at the head office at Milford. "In 1905 I established a second branch house, this time in Michigan, and in 1909 a third, this last house, AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 213 the one at Green Bay, Wisconsin, having been enlarged during the past summer to double its original capacity. We are now putting out our own seed stocks and rais- ing seeds in the following states : Connecticut, Maine, Michigan, Wisconsin, Montana, Idaho and Oregon, the circuit of which I have to make annually. *'In 1911 the Milford Trust Company was organized by about sixty-five citizens of Milford, Conn., my home town, and unfortunately for the institution, I was designated as president, so that having had about ten years' experience mth banking from the business man's standpoint, I am now getting a view of that field from the standpoint of the banker, all of which is proving very interesting." Philo Douglas Clark Assistant Sales Manager for Thos. D. Murphy Company, Red Oak, Iowa Residence, Red Oak, Iowa Born December 2, 1879, in Red Oak, Iowa, the son of Benjamin B. Clark, a banker, and Mary (Douglas) Clark (died in 1880). He is of English and Scotch ancestry. Prepared at the South Side Academy, Chicago, 111. In college he received a second dispute appointment Junior year, a dissertation appointment Senior year and two year honors in history. He "roomed with Steve Abbey," was a "distin- guished member of the Also-Rans" and of the University Club. He married on December 2, 1903, in Red Oak, Iowa, Jessie Lee Fisher, Ferry Hall (Lake Forest, 111.) 1902, daughter of Zelotes Timothy Fisher, Jr., of Red Oak, Iowa. They have one daughter, Frances Douglas, born May 24, 1908, in Red Oak, Iowa. 214 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 On leaving college he worked six months in the Red Oak National Bank but was obliged to change to an occupation of a less confining nature owing to ill health. He became assistant superintendent of the Red Oak Canning Company and in December, 1905, was elected president. For a number of years he has been assistant sales manager for the Thos. D. Murphy Com- pany, manufacturers of art calendars. He is a director of the Red Oak National Bank and of the Red Oak Trust & Savings Bank. He is a Progressive Republican and has held such offices as chairman of county conventions, secretary of district congressional conventions and delegate to state conventions. He is a member of the Congregational Church. Quad writes: ** 'Happy are the people who have no history,' says an old French philospher. Granting the truth of this epigram, my life since leaving Yale must have been one continuous performance on the bliss circuit, for the history I have created is a negligi- ble quantity. Shortly after graduating I decided to completely reverse my previous scheme of existence and go to work. Thanks, no doubt, to the tremendous brain impetus I acquired, by hard application to my studies in the dear old college, I was able to realize two square meals per day. Since that time, by tireless energy, unflagging zeal and devotion to business, I have raised the limit to two meals and a half and my unbounded optimism leads me to believe that some time in the future I may be eating like white folks. A mid- night repast in addition is, of course, beyond the wild- est flights of my imagination. ''The firm that is honored by my distinguished ser- vices is constantly urging me to take long and frequent AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 215 vacations. In fact, the longer and more frequent the better it is pleased, and to the members thereof leap year is always a season of rejoicing for it means an extra day during which they can exist without me. As a consequence I have done a good deal of traveling hither and yon and back again to thither in an effort to acquire some knowledge of the world. Probably the effort might have attained some measure of success if it had had better material to work on. ''My Rooseveltian propaganda consists, at present, of just one small offering, of the feminine persuasion. She is supposed to have the face of an angel, the dis- position of a saint, to which are coupled the intellect of a Webster and the strenuosity of the mighty T. R. At least, people say that she takes after her father. ''I find that I have grown — but why continue? Of what possible interest is the life of an Also-Ran in a small western town, when we have in the Class so many bright and shining souls who have seized the world by its horns and brought it to its knees? ' ' To sum up my activities since leaving Yale is easy. I have arisen, dressed, eaten and gone to bed again. Such are 'the short and simple annals of the poor.' " William Edward Clegg Ohio Representative for Borton & Borton, Guardian Building, Cleveland, Ohio Residence, 2155 East Eighty-fifth Street, Cleveland, Ohio Born July 14, 1876, in Blackpool, England, the son of Thomas D. Clegg (died in 1889), who was engaged in rail- road transportation, and Ann (Ingham) Clegg. He is of English ancestry. Prepared at the Worcester Academy, Worcester, Mass., where he was editor of the Weekly and secretary of the ath- 216 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 letic association. In college he was a member of the College Choir and the Freshman Glee Club and received a Junior colloquy appointment. He married on June 11, 1910, in Cleveland, Ohio, Gertrude Dickenson, daughter of Dr. John Dickenson, of Cleveland, Ohio. After graduation he was mth the Standard Oil Company in their Cleveland refinery until the spring of 1905, when he suffered from nervous prostration following an accident on the Pennsylvania Eailroad. He spent a short time in the West in 1907 prospecting and has since represented a number of different companies, in 1910, Otis & Hough, and at present Bor- ton & Borton, both dealers in investment securities. He is a member of the Emmanuel Episcopal Church of Cleveland. In 1909 Bill wrote Carl Granbery: *'I regret that my traveling about the country has led to my mail becoming scattered. *'In 1905 I was laid out by a railroad wreck on the Pennsylvania Eailroad as I was going to Washington to see the inauguration of ' Teddy. ' This cost me about a year's time and I was just recovering when I saw you in New York in 1906. "I went out West and did a little prospecting in 1907 and got myself solid again as regards health. I met 'Pop' Collins in Leadville, and had a sort of reunion there. I sold varnish to the Kentucky and Tennessee people during their night rider troubles, then took a line of tobacco and sold to Ohio dealers. I am now in Cleveland and have accepted this territory for the Columbia Conserve Company of Indianapolis, Ind., and will immediately go to work showing the grocers what good canned beans, etc., are like. Have AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 217 developed into a pretty good salesman and if you know of a good house down your way in want of a first- class man as Cleveland representative, just remind them that I am alive. ' ' In the spring of 1912 came a famous telegram: ' ' Cannot longer test your wonderful follow-up system. Throwing care and money to the winds, I come to Decennial. ' ' Oliver Morton Clifford Assistant Manager of the St. Paul 's Sales Office of the Ameri- can Steel & Wire Company, 1103 Pioneer Press Building, St. Paul, Minn. Residence, Aberdeen Hotel, St. Paul, Minn, Born June 1, 1880, in St. Louis, Mo., the son of Alfred Clifford, who has retired from active business, but is a direc- tor in the United States Steel Corporation, and Mary Frances (Morton) Clifford (died in 1890). A brother, Arthur Morton Clifford, graduated at Yale in the Class of 1904. Prepared at Rugby Academy, St. Louis, Mo. In college he received a dispute appointment Senior year and played on the Whist Team. He is unmarried. In September, 1902, he entered the School of Mines, Columbia, and after four months received credit for a year and a half of work. His next educational ven- ture was at a business college in St. Louis, where he took a course in stenography, banking and bookkeep- ing. In the fall of 1903 he went to New Orleans as stenographer to the agent of the Louisiana Railw^ay & Navigation Company, and was subsequently employed in the same city in the State Bank and in a real estate office. With the exception of about a year and a half 218 ACHIEVEMENTS OF ]902 which was spent as secretary, treasurer and a director of John M. Hart Company, manufacturers' agents, of Chicago, 111., he has been with the American Steel & Wire Company in their St. Louis, Chicago and St. Paul offices since June, 1904. Oliver writes: ''My other career has been more or less connected with Wall Street. Shortly after leaving college started to build a home on Fifth Avenue; had it almost completed when I decided to have an art museum as well. This naturally aroused the envy of the home-grown element and by concentrated effort they were able to keep me in the West. However, the lesson was a very valuable one as it opened my eyes to the superiority of the West, and by letting the East take care of itself have been able to recuperate entirely. I now find that the amount it takes to build a house in New York will buy a whole city in the West, so expect to stick to my native heath. ' ' Clement Hale Cochran Assistant to the Manager of the Buffalo Plant of the Wash- burn-Crosby Company, Buffalo, N. Y. Besidence, East Aurora, N. Y. Born July 23, 1879, in Urumia, Persia, the son of Joseph P. Cochran, M.D. Bellevue Medical College (died in 1905), a medical missionary, and Katharine (Hale) Cochran (died in 1895). He is of Scotch ancestry. His father took some special medical and scientific work at Yale in 1874 and 1875 and two cousins are Yale graduates: Frank Elisha Sprague, 1873, and James Raglan Miller, 1907. Prepared in Persia and at the Buffalo High School, where he was associate editor of the school paper. In college he "was pretty busy during about three of the four years get- AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 219 ting acclimated to American life and Yale life in particular, ' ' received an oration Junior appointment and a dissertation Senior appointment. He married on October 2, 1907, in Minneapolis, Minn., Mary Agnes Haynes, a student at Ogontz, daughter of Harry Cole Haynes, of Minneapolis, Minn. They have two children, Clem- ent Hale, Jr., born March 1, 1909, in Minneapolis, and Mary, born February 9, 1912, in Buffalo, N. Y. Since graduation he has been with the Washburn- Crosby Company, at Minneapolis, until the fall of 1911, when he was transferred to Buffalo as assistant to the manager of that factory. He is a ''Eepublican (of the moderate progressive brand, i.e., the Yale rather than the Harvard type in present politics)." He is a member of the Westmin- ster Presbyterian Church of Buffalo and of the Elli- cott Club. He has done some social settlement work. Clem writes: ''When I graduated I had less than fifty dollars left to my name, so the question of a job was vital. I went to Minneapolis because I had rela- tives there and having found the choice of work with a grain concern and a flour milling company, I mentally flipped a coin and went to work for the Washburn- Crosby Company, Avith whom I have been ever since. As I now recall the profound discussions on the prob- lem of 'what after graduation' that characterized Senior year, they seem rather inconsequential. What a man does after college is so often determined by fate or chance that how he does it becomes the important thing. "After a few years of general office experience, I became the traffic manager for the company and worked in that capacity until the fall of 1911, when I came to Buffalo as assistant to the manager of our mills here, 220 ACHIEVEMENTS OP 1902 whose output is half that of our main plant at Minne- apolis. My longest vacation during these years was the eight weeks I took for my wedding trip in the autumn of 1907, when we went to England. While my work and ambition have necessarily been self -centered, I cannot so far forget my missionary ancestry as to banish the underlying conviction that there is some- thing more worth while than anything I may achieve along the lines of personal ambition. ' ' There is only one time when a Westerner stops working and that is when a friend comes around, and Clem is no exception to this rule. Following his Bibli- cal training **he is given to hospitality"; he showed us Minneapolis a few years back in a right royal way. I wonder how much he knows about Buffalo ? *Percy Bayard Cochran Died 1908 Born October 10, 1879, in Uniontown, Pa., the son of Mark M. Cochran, formerly state attorney, and Emma Jane (Whit- sett) Cochran (died February 16, 1893). Prepared at the Uniontown High School and at Redstone Academy. He received the degree of B.A. from Bethany College, W. Va., in 1900 and then entered Yale 1902 at the beginning of Junior year. He received a colloquy appoint- ment and was a member of Beta Theta Pi. He was unmarried. After graduation he taught English at the Summer School of Bethany College, and the following winter began the study of law at Uniontown, Pa. He was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar November 2, 1903, and since then had practiced his profession in his native place, making a specialty of corporation law. Pkuc V Bav.viu) Cixiih.' I AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 221 He was a Democrat, a member of the Central Christian Church and the Country Club. He died November 14, 1908, at the West Pennsyl- vania Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa., after an operation for appendicitis. His father and a sister still reside in Uniontown, Pa. Richard Huntington Cole Actuary, Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, 64 Pearl Street, Hartford, Conn. Residence, 106 Woodland Street, Hartford, Conn. Born August 26, 1881, in Hartford, Conn., the son of Charles J. Cole, LL.B. Harvard 1863 (died August 16, 1895), a lawyer, and Elisabeth Adams (Huntington) Cole. He is of English ancestry. His Yale relatives are an uncle, Samuel Huntington, 1863, and a brother, Francis Watkinson Cole, 1904. Prepared at the Hartford Public High School, where he played on the tennis team. In college he was a member of the Gun Club and played on the Class Baseball Team in Senior year. He received an oration appointment Junior year and a dissertation appointment Senior year. He is unmarried. After graduation he entered the Connecticut Gen- eral Life Insurance Company and in 1906 was elected actuary. He was made a Fellow of the Actuarial Society of America in 1906. He is a Republican and has served for several years as a ward committeeman, ''more from a sense of duty than because it is congenial work, for I believe everyone should take an active interest in politics and no one who has not worked at the polls can realize the difficulty of getting out the better class of 222 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 voters. ' ' He is a member of Trinity Episcopal Church. He is a director of the Hartford Golf Club and a mem- ber of the Dauntless Club of Essex and the Westchester Game and Fish Club. Any afternoon you are in Hartford you can see Dick rivaling a prize fighter in training in his efforts to keep himself in absolutely perfect physical shape and being successful in the effort also. Dick writes: "Shortly after graduation I took a two months ' trip abroad with John Callender, through Scotland and England, over to Paris, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Holland and back through England. In October, 1902, having nothing definite in view I entered the Connecticut Gen- eral Life as mail clerk, and have remained with the company ever since, having continued to reside in Hartford. Soon after starting to work, I decided to go into the actuarial end of the business, as there appeared the best opening, and so commenced studying in the evenings. Studied four years, the last year five nights a week, and completed the Actuarial Society of America examinations successfully in 1906. Was that year elected actuary of the company, which position I have since held. Was for two years Connecticut State treasurer of the American National Red Cross. I have yet to find the 'girl for whom I'd give up a good day's woodcock shooting.' " Charles Harold Collins Representing mineral lands in the West and Canada, 30 Church Street, New York City Residence, Pelham Manor, N. Y. Born December 11, 1877, in Brooklyn, N. Y., the son of Francis H. Collins, a banker, retired, and Anna (Bushnell) > AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 223 Collins. He is of Dutch, Scotch and Irish ancestry. His Yale relatives are Timothy Collins, 1718, and Horace Bush- nell, 1827. Prepared at the Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, where he was a member of the track and other athletic teams. At Yale he was secretary and treasurer of the Freshman Baseball Association. He received a second colloquy appointment Junior year. His Class offices were Class deacon and a mem- ber of the Supper Committee. He was a member of the Wigwam Debating Club, Corinthian Yacht Club, University Club, Kappa Psi and Delta Kappa Epsilon. He is an honorary member of the Elihu Club. He married on November 7, 1908, in Evanston, 111., Alice Orr, a graduate of Miss Masters' School, daughter of Arthur Orr, a banker, deceased. They have one son, Charles Harold, Jr., bom December 24, 1910, in Pelham Manor, N. Y. On graduation lie entered a brokerage office, but most of Ms time has been devoted to another branch of finance, mining. After four years spent in mining in Leadville, Colo., and Canada, in 1910 he opened an office in New York representing mineral lands. He is a Democrat and says that his political activi- ties have consisted in some pre-election bombast. He is a Quaker, a thirty-second degree Mason, and a mem- ber of the Yale Club of New York City, the Denver Club and the Ardsley Club. Pop writes: ''Let me see! The summer I left col- lege in order to prepare for a life of struggles and toil, I took a sailing cruise along the New England coast with Laws, Abbott and Sherman. Returned to New York in time to get a job at $5.00 per wdth Moore & Schley, brokers, as general delivery boy and office chambermaid. Along about Christmas feigned pneu- monia and went South, later to Europe for a year or more, did the Continent pretty well and spent some 224 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 time in England, where I studied local industrial con- ditions, spending several weeks in the English manu- facturing towns ; came home and got a job with Swart- wout & Appenzellar, bankers, here in town. Was with them for a year when I used my vacation to look into some so-called mineral lands in Colorado ; intended to remain in Leadville a week, stayed there for four years. Have been interested in mining there and in Canada, and now make New York my headquarters; easier to elude the sheriff here. In 1908 married, and in 1910 declared a matrimonial dividend; same is named C. H. C, Jr. ''For the last three years have lived at Pelham Manor, and can now carry any sort of a package as suc- cessfully as any commuter. Hope to keep the 'wolf from the door,' sometimes vote for a Democratic win- ner, preserve my hair and only look seventy years old when Sim Chittenden looks thirty. ' ' Henry Elliott Colton Lawyer, Special Assistant to the Attorney-General, Depart- ment of Justice, Washington, D. C. Born December 7, 1881, in Morgantown, N. C, the son of Rev. James Hooper Colton, B.A. University of North Carolina (died in January, 1894), president of Alexander College, and Eloise (Avery) Colton (died in February, 1903). He is of English, Scotch and Huguenot ancestry. Among his Yale relatives are three brothers: Molton Avery Colton, 1898, Willoughby Francis Colton, 1907, and Roger Baldwin Colton, 1908 S. Prepared at the Taft School in Watertown. In college he won an oration appointment Junior and Senior years, received two year honors in history and social sciences, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He is unmarried. AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 225 On leaving college he began pedagogical work as principal of the Mystic (Conn.) High School, remain- ing two years. The same number of years were spent as an instructor in the Thacher School, Nordhoff, Calif. He entered Columbia Law School in 1906 and was editor of the Columbia Law Review from 1907 to 1908. The year 1908 to 1909 he was in the office of O'Brien, Boardman, Piatt & Littleton, and since the latter date he has been a special assistant to the Attorney-General of counsel in United States vs. corporations. In law school he was a member of Hamilton Court. He is a Taft Progressive. His clubs are the Yale of New York City, and the University, Republican, Bache- lors' Lawn Tennis and Chevy Chase of Washington, D. C. Here is the inside viewpoint on Government suits as Henry sees it : ''You have asked me to say a few words on Government suits and to make it short. In view of my connection with the Government's case against the United States Steel Corporation I am not at liberty to be facetious, and I doubt whether you will find what I say much to the point in a Class biography. I have naturally refrained from saying anything that has any direct bearing on the steel case. ''Government suits under the Sherman Anti-Trust Act are directed against combinations possessing a dominating influence in a particular line of business in two or more states or throughout the United States. The combinations coming within the condemnation of the law are without exception abnormal. They have in no instance been the result of natural business growth and expansion. ' ' In their origin they are pretty much alike, namely, a combination of competing concerns. In after life they 226 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 differ from one auotlier according to the means adopted to increase and perpetuate the power thus obtained. The 'bad' combination or trust soaks its competitors. It may also soak the producer and the consumer, but if it does it is trespassing on the domain of the 'good' trust. "The 'good' trust deals gently with its competi- tors; its motto is, Soak the public — they do not know- when they are hit. It doesn't mind now and then put- ting a competitor out of business by unfair means, if it can do so without being found out, but this is always dangerous business, for four or five half-ruined com- petitors will do a trust's reputation more harm than a thousand overcharged consumers. Especially is this the case where the articles sold by the trust go through several hands before reaching the ultimate consumer. "The Government's suits have unquestionably had a good effect upon the ' bad ' trusts. Even before decree the trusts usually reform to the extent of cutting out most of their unfair practices so far as competitors are concerned. The habit of fleecing the public is not so readily laid aside. However, dissolution will in time, we believe, restore competition and give relief from high prices resulting from combination. "To give the public more immediate relief, I don't think it would be a bad idea to limit the profits of a dissolved trust until prices had been reduced to a specified level." Robert Haskell Cory Vice-President of Lament, Corliss & Company, manufacturers' agents, 131 Hudson Street, New York City Residence, Englewood, N. J. Born September 4, 1881, in Englewood, N. J., the son of AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 227 David Uzal Cory (died July 13, 1901), a furnace manu- facturer, and Mary Punnett (Wickes) Cory (died March 9, 1910). His Yale relatives are a brother, David Uzal Cory, Jr., 1903, an uncle, Thomas Parmelee Wickes, 1874, and three cousins, Edward Bliss Reed, 1894, Lansing Parmelee Reed, 1904, and Henry Parmelee Wickes, 1900. Prepared at the Englewood School for Boys. At Yale he received the Townsend English prize Freshman year, honors in elocution Sophomore year, the second Ten Eyck prize Junior year and a dispute appointment Junior and Senior years. He did some corresponding for the newspapers. He married on March 28, 1911, in New York City, Julia Bulkley Cady, daughter of J. Cleveland Cady. After graduation he went into the agency business and is now vice-president of Lamont, Corliss & Com- pany. He has been president and a director of the 'Sullivan Rubber Company since 1910, secretary and a director of Peter & Kohler S^viss Chocolate Com- pany since 1909, and of the X-Ray Stove Polish Com- pany since 1904. He is a Presbyterian, has been a deacon for five years and treasurer of benevolences three years and a half. He is a member of the Englewood Country Club and the Yale Club of New York City. Bob wrote in August, 1912: ''What a task you have set us. If you had asked for a theme or even an essay we might have delved deep into our experience with "Shakespeare" Bald\\^n and tried to fathom the mys- teries of a lively style. But an autobiography! ''Shakespeare" never trained us for such literary effort. "Life for the last ten years has not been eventful. I have painted no pictures, made no speeches and my literary career has been confined to writing 'hot air' business letters. 228 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 "When I left New Haven to start the 'fight for dough,' I made tracks at once for Wall Street, because I had heard that there was more money there than anywhere else. I explained my ambitions to a few trusting friends. Fortunately for them and for me the summer of 1902 was a particularly dull season and I had to seek my fortune elsewhere. ''Accordingly, in September I started at the bottom of the ladder in the agency business, trying to learn how to market various grocery products from milk chocolate to stove polish. I am still on the same job, although the activities of the firm have extended to a few articles for druggists and confectioners. Recently we have gone so far afield as the rubber heel business. "My address is still Englewood, N. J., where I have always lived among a sensible crowd of commuters, who, in spite of the tendencies of the rest of the state, have refused to follow the Bull Moose. "As for foreign travels, I spent two weeks in Europe two years ago, and I believe that I hold the record for the events crowded into fourteen days. I am looking forward to the millenium, however, when vacations shall be at least three months long, and the pile of dough shall have accumulated to a figure to make for- eign travel more than a ' dream. ' "One of my greatest regrets is that my office is so many miles from New Haven and so many blocks away from the center of Yale life in New York, and that I have consequently been able to see so little of Yale and of my Yale friends. I feel that this reunion has proved once more beyond question that our Class is a class by itself and I sincerely hope that we can get together oftener than we have in the past." AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 229 Harry Burrows Cox With Thomas Potter Sons & Company, Inc., manufacturers of linoleum and oilcloth, 41 Union Square, West, New York City Residence, 17 High Street, Orange, N. J. Born August 9, 1880, in New York City, the son of William Henry Cox, Jr. (died September 16, 1882), a broker, and Margaret (Potter) Cox. He is of Irish ancestry. Prepared at the Hill School, Pottstown, Pa., where his activities were directed toward football and rowing. In college he made a few stabs at the football and crew squad, was a Wrangler and a member of the Corinthian Yacht Club, Kraut Club, University Club and Delta Kappa Epsilon. He is unmarried. He has been with the same firm since graduation, Thomas Potter Sons & Company, manufacturers of linoleum and oilcloth. He was located in Philadelphia four years, Boston, two, and since 1906 in New York City. He is in charge of sales for the South. He is a Eoosevelt Republican. He is a member of the Episcopal Church. His clubs are the Racquet, University and Philadelphia Cricket, all of Philadel- phia, the Essex County Country Club of Orange, N. J., and the Yale Club of New York City. William Stickney Creevey Lawyer: Cohen, Creevey & Richter, 100 William Street, New York City Residence, 215 West Jersey Street, Elizabeth, N. J. Born August 29, 1880, in Brooklyn, N. Y., the son of John Kennedy Creevey, Yale 1866, a lawyer, and Caroline A. 230 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 (Stiekney) Creevey. On his father's side he is of Irish descent. A cousin, Dr. George Mason Creevey, was graduated in the Yale Class of 1893. Prepared at Adelphi, Brooklyn, and the Brooklyn High School. He won the Chamberlain Greek entrance prize, was third Freshman scholar, received an oration appointment Junior year and a dissertation Senior appointment. He ' ' was nearly on the Track Team," was a member of the Freshman and Apollo Glee clubs, the Orchestra and the Corinthian Yacht Club. He is unmarried. Upon graduation he entered the Columbia Law School and was admitted to the bar in May, 1905. He served as clerk in the law office of Bergen & Prender- gast one year and then became clerk for Julius Henry Cohen. In 1907 he was admitted to partnership in the firm of Cohen, Creevey & Richter. He received the degree of LL.B. from Columbia in 1905. He is not active politically and though he has usually voted the Republican ticket, he is influenced by the character and ability of the candidates. He is a nominal member of the Classon Avenue Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, but attends and is a member of the choir of Trinity Episcopal Church in Elizabeth, N. J. He is a member of the Elizabeth Club, Elizabeth Chess and Whist Club, Reform Club, New Rochelle Yacht Club and the Quantuck Yacht Club. Bill writes: ''No special activities. Went to Scot- land, England and France in summer of 1905. Vaca- tions entirely spent on the water; live on my boat usually about four months a year. Spend always one or two evenings a week at Elizabeth Chess and Whist Club, playing whist. Am member of choir at Trinity Church, which takes another evening. Lead an un- eventful, contented existence. Professional activity, AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 231 as usual, transaction of the business we have and main- taining it. Practice largely commercial; do not prac- tice criminal law, except on the people's side — bank- ruptcy only on creditors' side. My own special lines are office management, conduct of negotiation, cor- poration work, insolvency adjustments, analyses. Very little court work." Alfred Miller Cressler Treasurer of the Kerr Murray Manufacturing Company, Fort Wayne, Ind. Residence, 501 West Berry Street, Fort Wayne, Ind. Born September 19, 1877, in Fort Wayne, Ind., the son of Alfred David Cressler, a graduate of Eastman Academy, president of the Kerr Murray Manufacturing Company, and Elizabeth Esther (Murray) Cressler (died June 30, 1911). He is of Scotch ancestry on the maternal side. Two brothers were also graduated at Yale, George Halloway Cressler, 1902 S., and Kerr Murray Cressler, 1905 S. Prepared at the Hill School, Pottstown, Pa., where he was editor of the Hill School Record, treasurer of the Dramatic Club, president of the Library Association and first lieuten- ant of Company C. At Yale he was editor of the Yale Literary Magazine, a member of the Wranglers and of the Senior Literary Society, Chi Delta Theta. He received a colloquy appointment Senior year. He was a member of the University Club, Psi Upsilon and Skull and Bones. He is unmarried. Since graduation he has been with the Kerr Murray Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of machinery for gas works. The first four years he did engineering and construction work but has since been interested 232 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 in the financial end of the business, holding the position of treasurer. He received the degree of M.A. at Yale in 1908. He read a paper in 1905 before the Wisconsin Gas Asso- ciation on ''The Historical Development of Gas Holder Construction." He is a member and a vestryman of the Episcopal Church. He is a member of the Wiscon- sin and Michigan Gas Associations and the American Gas Institute. His clubs are the Yale of New York, University of Chicago, the Fort Wayne Country and Fort Wayne Commercial. Cress writes: ''Traveled through Europe in 1906; varied the usual route by going into Dalmatia, Corfu, Sicily and Spain, also spent some time in northern Africa, Madeira and the Azores. "Read for M.A. under Professor Phelps on develop- ment of the English novel. Great course. Did all the reading in evenings or on trains as I was going from gas company to gas company. Didn 't hurry at all and so got in a great deal of reading outside of that pre- scribed, particularly in English history. "Have been very busy for the last four years, and see no prospect of further travel or reading for some time, as gas construction will take all the time I have. ' ' For a few more of Alfred's ideas consult his article on Class Spirit, in this volume. Charles Cyprian Strong Gushing Teacher, Westminster School, Simsbury, Conn. Residence, Simsbury, Conn. Born October 27, 1879, in New Haven, Conn., the son of William Lee Cashing, Yale 1872, owner and head master of Westminster School, and Mary (Strong) Cushing. Besides AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 233 his father, an uncle, Charles Elbridge Gushing, 1885, and a brother, William Strong Gushing, 1908, are Yale graduates. Prepared at Westminster School. In college he did some ex- cellent acting, received a dissertation appointment in Junior and Senior years, was a Wrangler, and a member of He Boule, Delta Kappa Epsilon and Skull and Bones. He is unmarried. He has been continuously engaged in teaching since graduation, with the exception of some work in the Sargent Dramatic School and for one year spent in the English Soudan as a tutor. He has been at the Westminster School, Simsbury, and during his father's absence in 1912 acted as head master. He is a member of the Episcopal Church. He served on the Decennial reunion committee. Tom always was modest and his only comment is this : ' ^ The uneventful career of a pedagogue. ' ' But this is a very small part of the story which, as he won't set it down, we will for him. He has been stead- ily writing letters and plays ; several of the latter hav- ing been produced by the boys at Westminster with success. ''Nathan Hale," for one. Tom takes great interest in the producing end and had great delight in his show in the winter of 1912, when he had a forest of real trees and real savages running around through them with only bands of feathers round their waists. Tom is quite daring in his way, and has been the father of all our reunion costumes. Kilts, Swiss and Arab. He was very strong for the bare knees and *'the Kilties back again" this spring, but when public sentiment rose against us, wiiy, Tom said, ''We'll give them a long shirt and have the bare knees underneath just the same." All honor is due to you, Tom, for making our reunions what they have been. 234 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 I regret exceedingly that there was not a photog- rapher handy to catch Tom 's picture by Center Church on the Green on our way to the Field. At this critical moment in our Decennial Reunion, 's\T.th all eyes upon us, the girth of his saddle broke and Tom came a crop- per to the Green. I think he would be rolling yet in his efforts to escape the methodical lifting and setting down of that soft and tender camel's foot except that he rolled into a tree, which completely ended his prog- ress to the south. Would that the photographer could have caught Tom's face as he descended thus readily to the ground. As Paine says in his biography of Mark Twain: "I was not frightened, but I admit I was considerably agitated." [Ed. comment.] Carl Willis Davis With J. Horace McFarland Company, Box 655, Harrisburg, Pa. Residence, Harrisburg, Pa. Born October 27, 1880, in New Orleans, La., the son of Frederick Wendell Davis, Yale 1877, an insurance man, and Lucy Trumbull (Smith) Davis (died in January, 1881). All the Yale relatives that he can think of are Gustavus Pierrepont Davis, 1866, Arthur Wendell Davis, 1899, Roger Wolcott Davis, 1911 S., Pierpont VanDerveer Davis, 1905, Gustavus Fellowes Davis, 1833 Hon., James Judson Smith, 1857, Wilder Smith, 1857, Normand Smith, 1858, Ernest Bradford Ellsworth, 1893 S., Bradford Ellsworth, 1903, and Andrew K. Smith, ea;-1847. Prepared at the Hartford High School, where he went in for track athletics. He entered Yale with 1901, but decided to wait and begin work with 1902. He describes his Yale activities by saying, "most of the honors I got belonged to George Davis and I had to sidestep the credit." He graced AUTOBIOGEAPHIES 235 the Highwall Football Team and was official scorer for the Inter-Appointment series, and he managed the Grub Street Baseball Team and received second place (there were two entries) in low hurdles. He received a first colloquy stand both Junior and Senior years. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta. He married on June 14, 1911, in Harrisburg, Pa., Ethel Torrington, a graduate of Miss Carey's School, Baltimore, daughter of William J. Torrington, deceased. They have had one son, "William Torrington, born May 16, 1912, who died May 17, 1912, in Harrisburg, Pa. Since graduation he has been engaged in business in Harrisburg, Pa., having charge of the purchasing, estimating, cost accounting, etc., of the printing plant of J. Horace McFarland Company. In 1907 he was made a director in this company and in 1909 in the McFarland Publicity Service. He received the degree of M.A. at Yale in 1908. In April, 1912, he delivered a lecture at Harvard before the business administration course on ''Cost Account- ing in Printing." He is a Taft Republican. He is a member of the Congregational Church, of the Yale Club of New York, the Harrisburg Country Club, Engi- neers ' Society of Pennsylvania and the Harrisburg Track Athletic Committee. In 1912 Carl writes : ' * On graduation I had nothing particular in mind and in the fall of 1902 came to Harrisburg for inspection and have been here ever since. Life has been uneventful, interrupted now and then by officiating at the marriages of my classmates and friends. Spent the first six months in a boarding house and then joined the Monastery, a bachelors' hall of which I was treasurer for the last five years of my stay there — i.e., until I was married last June. The 236 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 most pleasurable events were probably ray trips to the class reunions in New Haven and New York, of which I have missed none to date, and it is with deep regret that I cannot anticipate a visit to New Haven for Decennial. In business I have made probably the average progress in a moderate sized printing plant. Occasionally I find a 1902 man in town, which is a ||: pleasure, but they do not come often enough. I can- not say that I have accomplished anything. I can live simply and comfortably, this having been increased immeasurably since I was married, have lots of good friends and I am at present happy in that without having great ambitions to worry me. ' ' In 1911 : * ' I did not think that you were going to call my bluff that way. What I had in mind was that I hoped nothing would ever prevent my getting over to the Class reunions and however much I appreciate the cup I felt that I was subject to advantage of locality which does not entitle anyone to personal credit — it is just good luck. You boys that live in New York and other cities where there is a greater or less representa- tion of the Class which you are liable to meet any and every day do not appreciate what a pleasure it is for one located as I am to get in a gathering of the boys even if only once a year, and the fact that I cannot think of anything to say on such an occasion must not be considered as a lack of appreciation. Harrisburg divides the college feeling between Yale and Prince- ton — with the balance in favor of the former — but there are very few of my contemporaries among the Yale graduates here. They seemed to stop with the McCormicks and Hickoks — as a matter of fact, the younger element here is not much in evidence (don't know whether it is a case for the anti-race suicide agi- AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 237 tation or not) and the older element is a little bit sub- dued with the dignity of years. Hence my pleasure in getting with the boys once in a while, and if a cup should go to the man making the greatest effort to get to the dinner, then that will eliminate me in the future. There were probably some from Harlem that had more of a job getting to the dinner than I, for I had none. I think the letter in the Weekly, not long ago, in regard to class cups is worthy of consideration, i.e., that a man should return to the place from which he started within a limited time, say two weeks. This is illus- trated by the fact that Curtis Sanford came down to the dinner from Toronto, but would not put in a claim because he did not feel entitled to the cup and it was mere accident and 'on the company.' Another case was evidenced when Charlie Gould came up from Cuba three (?) years ago." George Eugene Davis Principal, Chelsea High School, 24 Crescent Avenue, Chelsea, Mass. Residence, 9 Garland Street, Chelsea, Mass. Born October 4, 1880, in Hartford, Conn., the son of Joseph S. Davis (died August 25, 1897), a contractor and builder, and Frances L. (Bates) Davis. He is of English ancestry on both sides of the family. Prepared at the Hartford High School, where he was a member of the chess and debating clubs. At Yale he tried for the Class Crew; won the Woolsey scholarship in Fresh- man year, first grade in the Berkeley premium for Latin com- position, received honorable mention for the Hugh Chamber- lain Entrance Greek prize, held a high oration stand in Junior 238 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 year and an oration stand in Senior year and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He is unmarried. Davis received the degree of M.A. from Yale iu 1909. He has been engaged in teaching ever since graduation. From 1902 to 1905 he was an instructor at St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H., and from 1905 to 1912 was instructor in the Hartford High School, teaching Greek and Latin. In July, 1912, he was elected principal of the Chelsea High School, Chelsea, Mass., which is his present position. He traveled in Europe in the summers of 1908, 1910 and 1911 and studied at Columbia University during the summer of 1912. He is a member of the First Baptist Church of Hart- ford, Conn., where he was a deacon, leader of the Men's Class, chairman of Bible Study Committee of Hart- ford — Men and Religion Movement — and chairman of Bible Study Committee of Hartford Federation of Churches, and adult department superintendent for Connecticut of the International Sunday School Asso- ciation. He has given addresses in several cities from Port- land, Maine, to New York City, and has written sev- eral articles, largely for gatherings of educational con- ferences and the like. He is a trustee of the Chelsea Young Men's Christian Association, and a member of the University Club of Hartford, the Hartford Yale Club and the Review Club of Chelsea. There were some doubts about the ** single blessed- ness" of George in 1911, but his trips to the coast and this letter explain any doubt away: ''Your letter of July 11 has just been received upon my return to the city. I noted that you were in the mood for making all AUTOBIOGEAPHIES 239 sorts of inferences and that you felt that I should allay your suspicions. It would be interesting to know what sort of suspicions you entertained, but from your men- tion of 'moonlight by the shore' I guessed that you thought there were ladies in the case. If I answer you in the way I spoke to Leonard Bushnell in Seattle, I wonder if you will be as easily satisfied as he was. Bushnell was dilating on the joys of the married life into which he had entered and advising that sort of arrangement for me and I told him that I thought he was probably right but that I had always looked upon the matter with an academic and theoretical interest only. ** Between you and me, my conscience did hurt me a bit when I thought of how he apparently understood me. *' Where I had a chance to hunt up old friends of college days I found a warm welcome and memories of old Yale still 'deep graven on each heart.' Perhaps I gave you the wrong impression in my note to you, for I had no plan of immediately going out West to settle down and I am now at the old stand." William Edward Davis, Jr. Partner in the bond firm of Reynolds, Davis & Company, 20 Broad Street, New York City Permanent address, Box 755, New Haven, Conn. Born February 1, 1879, in Hamden, New Haven, Conn., the son of WiUiam Edward Davis, a manufacturer, and Sophia M. (Tamblingson) Davis. He is of EngHsh ancestry. His Yale relatives are Herbert Bassett Augur, 1897, and Minott Augur Davis, 1911 S. Prepared at Hopkins Grammar School, New Haven, and Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. He entered college with 240 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 1901 but joined our Class in Freshman year. He received a colloquy appointment Senior year. He is unmarried. He spent one year vnth the Northern Pacific Rail- way at their general offices in St. Paul, and then entered the bond business in New York City, first wdth E. H. Gay & Company, later with Reynolds & Company, forming a partnership in 1908 under the firm name of Reynolds, Davis & Company. In 1907 he published a book on investments, entitled, ''I Have a Little Money: What Shall I Do With It?" and in Moody's Magazine for January, 1908, an article, ''Building up a Clientele among Investors." He is a member of the Quinnipiac Club and the New Haven Country Club. Bill writes : **As you've enclosed 'another' stamp For me to tell what I have done Since graduating years ago. It seems no longer should I shun The task you have imposed on me. Although like other ones, no doubt, I find it hard to do because I've nothing much to write about. "You state how answers you have had Show how some one worked his way through The four years that he spent at Yale (I note your letter-heads are blue). Another writes on woodcock-shoots, Another has the first baby, Another never found a girl ; By this time, though, he may have — maybe. AUTOBIOGEAPHIES 241 **I haven't done a lot of things Of note, nor any quite as well As lots of others in the Class, But for years I've had bonds to sell. As you suggest, I'd write on that But it's of little interest, And so to those who read this verse, I'll say no more. Let them have rest." David Sheldon Day Lawyer: Marsh, Stoddard & Day, 164 State Street, Bridge- port, Conn. Residence, University Club, 263 Golden Hill, Bridgeport, Conn. Born September 8, 1880, in Colchester, Conn., the son of Erastus S. Day, a lawyer, and Catherine G. (Olmstead) Day (died August 15, 1910). He is of English ancestry. Edward Marvin Day, Yale 1894, is a relative. Prepared at Bacon Academy, Colchester, Conn. In college he received a first colloquy Junior appointment, a second colloquy Senior appointment and a Townsend premium Senior year. He is unmarried. After graduation he took the course in the Yale Law School, graduating in 1904. The following year he was a member of the Connecticut General Assembly, and in November, 1905, he commenced the practice of law in Bridgeport, Conn. In September, 1906, he formed a partnership with Morris W. Seymour, under the firm name of Seymour & Day. He continued in this firm until July, 1910, when he entered the firm of Marsh, Stoddard & Day, his present connection. 242 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 He received the degree of LL.B. at Yale in 1904, and was a member of Corbey Court. He is a Republican. He is a member of the First Congregational Church of Colchester, Conn., a director in the Bridgeport Y. M. C. A. and a member of the University and Brooklawn Country clubs of Bridgeport. William Edwards Day Partner in the brokerage firm of Thos. C. Day & Company, Law Building, Indianapolis, Ind. Residence, 1628 North Meridian Street, hidianapolis, Ind. Born February 12, 1878, in Indianapolis, Ind., the son of Thomas C. Day, a broker, and Katherine (Huntington) Day. He is of English ancestry. His Yale relatives are Dwight Huntington Day, 1899, and Frederick Huntington Day, 1905, brothers, and Charles Samuel Fallows, 1905, a cousin. Prepared at Andover, where he was managing editor of the Phillipian board, a member of P. A. E., and manager of the football team. In college he identified himself with the News, as associate editor in Sophomore year, and chairman Junior and Senior years. He was chairman of the Reception Committee of the Y. M. C. A. in 1902, and in the Class he was floor manager on the Prom Committee and chairman of Class Day committees. His societies were He Boule (cam- paign committee). Alpha Delta Phi (campaign committee) and Skull and Bones. He married on December 14, 1912, in New Haven, Conn., Florence M. Hall, daughter of Judge John Manning Hall, Yale 1866, deceased. On graduation he entered the insurance department of his father's firm, Thos. C. Day & Company, and later, when this department was sold, he went into the main department, which deals in mortgages and bonds. AUTOBIOGEAPHIES 243 He is now a partner in the firm and is a director in the Federal Timber Company. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church. His clubs are the University and Country of Indianapolis, Ind. ''Stop off at Indianapolis and get a warm recep- tion, ' ' says Bill. Sidney Norton Deane Associate Professor of Greek, Smith College, Northampton, Mass. Born June 10, 1878, in Westmoreland, N. Y,, the son of Rev. James Deane, Williams 1857, and Annie M. (Bosworth) Deane. He is of English descent. A brother, John Pitt Deane, was graduated at the Yale Divinity School in the Class of 1898. Prepared at Crown Point Union School, Crown Point, N. Y., and at home. In college he received many scholastic honors, winning the first Berkeley premium in Latin composition. Freshman year; the first Lucius F. Robinson Latin prize and honors in English composition. Sophomore year; the first Winthrop prize, 1901, and the Scott Hurtt scholarship, 1900 to 1902. He had a philosophical oration appointment Junior and Senior years and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He was valedictorian of the Class, and received the Class vote for most scholarly man. He is unmarried. Sidney's letter gives the following outline of his work: ''These questions find me convalescent after appendicitis, and equal to writing only the baldest and most colorless prose. For two years after graduation I continued to study classics at Yale, paying some attention to Greek art as well as Greek literature, in the 244 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 hope of spending a year in Greece. I had that very delightful experience in 1904-05, and not only lived in Athens, but traveled to many classical sites in Southern Greece, and as far north as the Vale of Tempe, and again south to Crete. The year ended with some travel in Italy and Northern Europe. After a part of another year in the Yale Graduate School, I became assistant curator of Classical Art in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, with which I have been connected during the last six years. In 1908-09 I was enabled to spend another year abroad. I studied in the collections of the British Museum and the Louvre and spent one semester and a part of another at the University of Bonn. During the spring I stayed some weeks in Rome and traveled in other parts of Italy. Since 1909 I have been secretary to the director of the Museum in Boston. I expect to leave this posi- tion in the autumn in order to begin work as associate professor of Greek at Smith College." He has written short articles on subjects connected with classical art in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts Bulletin and a translation published in Chicago in 1903. James Rogers Deering Lawyer : Partner with James A. Deering, 135 Broadway, New York City Residence, 45 West Fifty-fourth Street, New York City Born August 8, 1881, in New York City, the son of James A. Deering, Manhattan 1867, LL.B. Columbia 1869, a lawyer, and May (Rogers) Deering. He is of Irish and French ancestry. AUTOBIOGEAPHIES 245 Prepared at Berkeley School, New York City, where he was a member of the track team. At Yale he was a Wrangler and a member of the University Club, Psi Upsilon and Scroll and Key. He married on March 19, 1908, in New York City, Violet Pierce, a graduate of Miss Beck's School, Paris, daughter of Henry C. Pierce, deceased. They have one son, James A., 2d, born October 22, 1910, in New York City. Since graduation he has been engaged in the study and practice of law with his father. From 1904 to 1907 he was a director of the Century Bank, New York City, and since 1908 has been president of the Zengen- dal Realty Company of New York. He is a Catholic. He is a member of the Y^'ale, Man- hattan, and Racquet and Tennis clubs, all of New York City. Jim writes : ''We of 1902 naturally reflect our innate modesty, especially those members of the Class who have been attracted to the profession of the law. Hence I find it hard to confess how much I have moved the world. Like Napoleon, I will allow posterity to judge my deeds. "During 1902-04, I conned my Blackstone and my Chitty from the law school to my office, where I was engaged under the protection of my revered parent in learning the gentle art of blarney, alias the law. This pursuit was only interrupted by a prolonged siege of typhoid. I finally vanquished the germs which, I assure you, had been very unfriendly. In 1904 I was admitted to the legal bar in New York. In this year financial circles also craved my co-operation and I became a very prominent banker of our city, in fact, Morgan had nothin' on me. 246 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 '*I snatched a vacation in 1905 and traveled through the near East, Turkey, etc., with two members of the Class of 1903. An account of our wonderful adven- tures has been written by Mr. Clive DuVal (1903), a modern Marco Polo who has published the same in full morocco. Copies of this are now very rare (raro). 1905-08 reveals nothing but law salted with pleasure, weighty discourses with Lope, Bruno, Laurie, Ferg, Reggie and other savants. I was married on March 19, 1908. In the latter part of the same year I took up the building fad, with the result that I can now recom- mend to early applicants some choice high apartments in a charming residential section of this burg (all privileges). The balance of my ten years has been devoted to the law and allied pursuits. My son and heir ought to be in the Class of 1931, where he expects to meet young Lope and other sons of their fathers." Edward Henry Delafield Stock Broker, 38 Wall Street, New York City Residence, Noroton, Conn. Born December 23, 1880, in New York City, the son of Dr. Francis Delafield, Yale 1860, a physician, and Katherine (Van Rensselaer) Delafield, who died in 1901. He is of Dutch and English ancestry. Prepared at Cutler School, New York City, and at St. Paul's, Concord, N. H. At Yale he was a member of the Fencing Team in 1901, secretary of the Fencing Club in 1901 and 1902, and a member of the University Club. He received the Class vote for noisiest man. He married on October 1, 1904, in Lenox, Mass., Winifred Folsom, daughter of George Winthrop Folsom, of New York City. They have two daughters, both born in Noroton, Conu. : AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 247 Winifred Folsom, born October 25, 1906, and Elizabeth Van Rensselaer, born September 16, 1908. After graduation he worked in the National Park Bank, 214 Broadway, New York City, until April 27, 1905, when he became a member of the New York Stock Exchange and went into the firm of Meyer & Livingston, 74 Broadway, New York. He severed con- nection with this firm July 1, 1908, and since then has been in business for himself. He is an Episcopalian. He is a member of the Union, Eacquet and Tennis, Fencers and Yale clubs. Ed is a great reader of history and while commuting is seldom without an interesting historical work. George Allen Dewey Lawyer, 290 Broadway, New York City, and Secretary and Treasurer of The Service, Inc. (auto supplies), 1937 Broadway, New York City Residence, 1144 Eighty-third Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Born November 5, 1879, in Oneida, N. Y., the son of Man- ford Joel Dewey, a music dealer, and Charlotte Augusta (Allen) Dewey (died July 8, 1901). He is of English ances- try. A brother, Harry Manford Dewey, 1899, and a brother- in-law, Asa Oran Gallup, 1888, were graduated at Yale. Prepared at Oneida High School and Dwight School, New York. He was a member of the football team and manager of the school paper at both schools, and was president of his class in Dwight School. At Yale he was a member of the Freshman Religious Committee, superintendent of Bethany Mission, chorister of the Y, M. C. A. in 1902, member of the College Choir and the University Glee Club from Freshman year, leader of the Freshman Glee Club and soloist in the University Orchestra. He was a member of the Wigwam 248 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Debating Club, member and treasurer of the Dramatic Club, 1901-02 (played the part of Sir Christopher Hatton in "The Critic") and held a first dispute appointment Junior and Senior years. He married on June 30, 1902, in Hamilton, Ontario, Ethel Gertrude Shaver, a graduate of Hamilton Collegiate Insti- tute 1900, and of Toronto Normal College, daughter of : Jacob George Shaver, a Methodist Episcopal minister, de- ' ' ceased. They have two children : Charlotte Ethel, born May 19, 1903, in New York City, and George Allen, Jr., born May 19, 1908, in East Orange, N. J. ti I After graduation he spent one year with the Library Bureau of New York City, and was connected \\ith the New York Life Insurance Company for nearly five years. He then organized the New York Safety Chest Company, but in 1909 sold out his interests in this company. He took up the sale of bonds for the Sea- board Portland Cement Company, and was later man- ager of the bond department of the Record Develop- ment Company in New York City. In 1903-04 he began the study of law, taking it up in spare time, and in June, 1911, completed the course. He is now practic- ing his profession in New York, and is connected with The Service, Inc., dealers in automobile supplies and accessories, insurance and employment agency for automobile help, chauffeurs, mechanics, etc. He received the degree of LL.B. from the New York Law School in 1911. He is a member of the North Orange Baptist Church, Orange, N. J. He formerly belonged to the First Baptist Church of New York City, where he was president of the Young People's Union. He is a Progressive Republican and "strong for Teddy." He was formerly a member of the Grad- uates and Machinery clubs of New York, and of the AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 249 Mosaic Club of East Orange, but is now affiliated only with the New York Yale Club. He has been a Mason since 1904. William LeRoy Dix Teacher of English and Latin in the High School, Trenton, N. J. Residence, Morrisville, Pa. Born April 17, 1875, in Island Pond (now Shehawken), Pa., the son of Alpheus R. Dix, a farmer, and Nettie Marston (Howell) Dix. He is of English descent. Prepared at Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Conn., where he was a member of the football team for two years, captain of the freshman and senior basket ball teams, business manager of the Hotchkiss Record, leader of the glee club during half of senior year and president of the Areopagus debating society. At Yale he received a first colloquy appoint- ment in Junior year and a dispute appointment in. Senior year. He was a member of the Freshman Football Team and the Junior Class Crew; superintendent of the Oak Street Boys' Club for last three years; received the Courant charm, * ' Minerva ' ' ; and was a member of Chi Delta Theta. He married on June 29, 1904, in Winwood, Pa., Edith Tall- man, daughter of S. Delos Tallman, a stone dealer, and Lydia (Leet) Tallman. They have no children. For four years after graduation he taught English at the Holbrook School, Ossining, N. Y. Since October, 1907, he has been a teacher in the Trenton High School. He is a member of the Methodist Church in Trenton. In politics he writes that he is a ' * Republican by birth, an Independent by nature." He received the degree of M.A. from Yale in 1905. He is a member of the Schoolmasters Club of Trenton. 250 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Bill tells us: "Entering college with the purpose of becoming a teacher, I have since been tr^'ing to live up to my purpose. I made my debut at the Holbrook School, Ossining, N. Y. For the four years imme- diately after graduation I lived there. I was in charge of the English department. The first year I coached the football team. Two members of the team (in spite of my work) won intercollegiate reputation — Dines at Yale and Brown at Princeton. At the end of the second year at Holbrook my present roommate changed the name on her ^dsiting card. ''After four years of dormitory life, though full of pleasant memories, I left private school life. During the last year there I became acquainted with George Lear, Yale 1902. (I believe the last sentence belongs in the former paragraph.) From July, 1906, until October, 1907, 1 was taking a long vacation, recovering from boarding school. My roommate and I lived in the woods in a little cottage built by myself, by my hands, I mean, for a place in which to spend our summer vacations. ''For the last five years I have been in the Trenton High School, teaching English and Latin." Walter Scott Donat Instructor in Latin and English history, Duluth Central High School, Duluth, Minn. Residence, 152 West Faribault Street, Duluth, Minn. Born October 14, 1873, in Maynard, Fayette County, Iowa, the son of Elias Peter Donat, a farmer, who died in 1880, and Lydia A. (Taylor) Donat. He is of German descent. Prepared at Leander Clark College, Toledo, Iowa, where he AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 251 was a member of the baseball team, literary societies and male quartet. He was graduated with the degree of B.A. in 1901, entered Yale at the beginning of our Senior year and received an oration appointment. He married August 27, 1906, in Owatonna, Minn., Almira Edna Van Eman, daughter of William L. Van Eman, a lawyer. He taught Latin in the Toledo High School, Toledo, Iowa, from 1902 until 1906, and was then instructor in Latin and English in Memorial University, Mason City, Iowa, for two years. From 1908 to 1910, he taught Latin and Greek in the Boys ' Academy, Winona Lake, Ind., acting as assistant principal the second year, and the next year became teacher of Latin and English history in the Duluth Central High School, Duluth, Minn., where he is at the present time. During 1910 he took special work in English at Leander Clark College and at Wisconsin University doing special work in Latin and manual training. He received the degree of M.A. at Leander Clark College in 1908. He is a member of the Congregational Church. Robert Bartlett Dresser Lawyer in the firm of Edwards & Angell, 1102 Union Trust Building, Providence, B. I. Residence, 192 Waterman Street, Providence, R. I. Born December 28, 1880, in Savannah, Ga., the son of Henry Bartlett Dresser, a cotton manufacturer (died Decem- ber 14, 1895), and Mary Isadore (Griggs) Dresser. He is of English ancestry. Prepared at Phillips Academy, Exeter, N. H., where he was a member and manager of the tennis team, member of the 252 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 mandolin club and leader of the banjo club and a member of Kappa Epsilon Pi. At Yale he was a member of the Crew squad in 1901 and of the Dunham Boat Club; was a member of the Apollo and University Banjo and Mandolin clubs, University Club, and received a dissertation appoint- ment in Junior year and an oration in Senior year. He is unmarried. Dresser taught school for one year after gradua- tion, and then entered the Harvard Law School, where he was a member of the editorial board of the Harvard Law Review for two years. Until 1908 he was in busi- ness in Boston, part of the time in the legal depart- ment of the Boston & Albany Railroad Company and afterwards in the office of Ropes, Gray & Gorham. After one year in Worcester, where he practiced law for himself, he became connected with Edwards & Angell, of Providence, R. I. He received the degree of LL.B. cum laude at Harvard in 1906. He is an Episcopalian. He is a member of the University and Wannamoisett Country clubs of Providence and is a Mason. Guilford Dudley- Manager and Owner of the Dudley Lumber Company, 45 Columbian Building, Topeka, Kans. Residence, 901 Tyler Street, Topeka, Kans. Born February 9, 1879, in Topeka, Kans., the son of Guil- ford Dudley, a banker (died in April, 1905), and Semantha V. (Otis) Dudley (died in December, 1908). He is of Eng- lish descent on both sides of the family. Prepared at Washburn Academy, Topeka, and also at- tended Washburn College, Topeka, where he received the AUTOBIOGEAPHIES 253 degree of B.A. in 1900. He entered our Class at the begin- ning of Junior year, and describes his doings as just a plain plug student. He married on February 12, 1908, in Topeka, Hazel Fassler, daughter of Armin Fassler, manager of the Inter-Ocean Mills, Topeka. For about two years and a half after graduation he was connected with hardware companies. He then spent two years with the Capital National Bank of Topeka, and in January, 1908, became connected with the Remly Lumber Company of Topeka. This com- pany he bought out in 1910. He is a Republican in politics. He is a member of the Topeka Club and the Topeka Country Club. Dud writes : ' ' After graduation I returned home to Topeka, and in the fall of that year (1902) accepted a clerical position with the W. A. L. Thompson Hard- ware Company (wholesale hardware) of Topeka, re- maining with that firm until the spring of 1904, about a year and a half. In April, 1904, I resigned my posi- tion with the Thompson Company, and went to Chicago to accept a position as house salesman Avith Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Company (wholesale hardware). In November, 1904, H. S. B. & Company sent me out on the road as one of their traveling salesmen, and assigned me territory in Minnesota and Wisconsin, with headquarters at Minneapolis. Upon the death of my father in April, 1905, I resigned my position with H. S. B. & Company, and returned to Topeka, and in the fall of that year accepted a position vnth the Cap- ital National Bank of Topeka. This position I held until January, 1908, when I bought an interest in and became vice-president and treasurer of the Remly 254 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Lumber Company (retail) of this city, resigning my bank position. ''In September, 1908, the Remly Lumber Company sold out its retail yard here and opened a wholesale lumber sales office and distributing yard, which in Jan- uary, 1910, I took over entirely myself, and which business I am now conducting under the name of the Dudley Lumber Company." Holland Sackett Duell Partner in Duell, Warfield & Duell, patent lawyers, 2 Rector Street, New York City Residence, "Ardenwold," North Broadway, Yonkers, N. T. Born January 29, 1881, in Syracuse, N. Y., the son of Judge Charles Holland Duell, LL.D., Hamilton '71, senior partner in Duell, Warfield & Duell, and Harriet (Sackett) Duell. He is chiefly of English ancestry. Two brothers have studied at Yale: William Sackett Duell, eic-1904, and Charles Holland Duell, Jr., ea;-1911. Prepared at Syracuse, and at Yale was a member of the University Club, and received a second colloquy appointment in Junior year and a colloquy in Senior year. Of his activi- ties in college he writes: "Heeled News; acquired sense of proportion, and played a normal, inconspicuous, straight game. ' ' He was a member of the Pippin Club. He married on September 29, 1904, in New York City, Mabel Halliwell, a graduate of the Ely School in New York, daughter of Charles Eliezer Halliwell, deceased. They have five children : Charles Halliwell, born July 20, 1905, in New Rochelle, N. Y. ; Helen, born June 30, 1906, in New Rochelle, N. Y.; Holland Sackett, Jr., born June 26, 1908, in New Rochelle, N. Y. ; Harriet- Anne, born April 7, 1910, in Yonkers, N. Y.; and Halliwell Ledyard, born March 18, 1912, in Yonkers, N. Y. AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 255 He received the degree of LL.B. from the New York Law School in 1904. After graduation he was con- nected with the firm of Duell, Megrath & Warfield, patent lawyers, in New York City, until January 3, 1905, when this firm was dissolved. He then formed a partnership with Mr. Frederick Warfield, under the firm name of Warfield & Duell, for the practice of law. In 1907 his father became a member of this firm, and the name is now Duell, Warfield & Duell. He was a member of the New York Legislature from the second district of Westchester County in 1907 and 1909. He is a Eepublican with quite progressive ten- dencies, so he could not be at Decennial, thanks to the Bull Moose Special. He has been a director of the Klander-Weldon Dyeing Machine Company of Amster- dam, N. Y., since 1907 ; of Wm. A. Rogers, Ltd., a silver- ware corporation of Toronto, Canada, since 1908; of the Yonkers National Bank, Yonkers, N. Y., since 1910 ; of the Noiseless Typewriter Company, Middletown, Conn., since 1910; and of McClure Publications, Inc., New York, since 1911. As for his literary or artistic career, he says : * ' One gets much that is artistic and sometimes literary out of yacht racing and drifting." He is a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Yonkers, N. Y. He is a member of the following New York clubs: Union League, New York Yacht, Yale, Lawyers and St. Nicholas. He is also a member of the American Yacht Club of Rye, N. Y. ; the Saegkyl Country and Palisade Boat clubs of Yonkers, N. Y. ; the Westchester Bar Association and the Washington Patent Bar Association. In May, 1912, he was elected a director of the Yale Alumni Association of West- chester County. 256 ACHIEVEMENTS OF ]902 Holland was one of the first in the Class to have a ''benzine buggy" after leaving college and has utilized it a good deal for commuting to his various abodes ; he works in New York, lives in Yonkers, does his politics in Albany and sails at Rye. How could he live with- out an auto? In sailing he has won a number of prizes, particularly the 1911 championship of the Yacht Rac- ing Association of Long Island, his ''Shallop" being the good ship Rowdy (N. Y. 30 footer). Traveling has engaged his attention and a special itinerary is given below. "July to September, 1902, with Krementz, Tilling- hast and Stoddard, three months, England, France, Switzerland, Germany, Holland and Belgium. "August to September, 1906, England and Scotland with Mrs. Duell. "February, 1910, Cuba. "March to April, 1912, England and auto trip, France and Riviera with Mrs. Duell and Mr. and Mrs. Collins (Collins, Harvard '04). One further touch sufl&ces: "Just have done (or tried to do) in a normal way the best I could. Have not worried over any of the near or far hereafters, but have endeavored to keep a general lookout." Marcus Homer Duncan Superintendent of Public Schools, Pauls Valley, Okla. Born July 30, 1877, in Ozark, Ark., the son of Ezekiel Lewis Duncan, a farmer, and Sarah Katherine (Pickel) Duncan. His father was of Scotch descent and his mother of Scotch- Irish. Prepared at Baylor University, where he received the degree of BA. in 1899, joining our Class in September, 1901. At Yale he received an oration appointment in Senior year. AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 257 He married on November 26, 1902, in Hubbard, Texas, Mattie Annie Norris, a graduate of Baylor University, daugh- ter of J. W. Norris, deceased. They have had two daughters : Mary Evelyn, born February 18, 1904, in Chicago, 111., died May 4, 1905, and Dorothy Norris, born January 26, 1909, in Ryan, Okla. Duncan received the degree of M.A. from Yale in 1905. During 1902-03 he was principal of the Mt. Calm High School, Mt. Calm, Texas. He then took a position as professor of history in the New Mexico Baptist Col- |l lege, Alamogordo, N. Mex. Since that time he has been principal of the high school at Corsicana, Texas ; ii superintendent of schools at Ryan, Okla., and is now i superintendent of the public schools in Pauls Valley, Okla. Marc writes : ' * Career has been uneventful. Am still in the fight and hope to accomplish something before it is over." Are the uneventful lives unimportant? Is one who is shaping the minds of the rising generation not doing a service unequaled by any other? William Wheeler Duncan Superintendent of the Experimental Department of the Hood Rubber Company, Watertown, Mass. Residence, 15 Upland Road, "Watertown, Mass. Born August 30, 1880, in New York City, the son of Dr. William F. Duncan, deceased, a graduate of Cornell and the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City, and Mary (Wilson) Duncan (died in 1885). He is of English and Scotch ancestry. Prepared at Hotchkiss School, and in college received a first colloquy appointment in Junior year and a dispute appointment in Senior year. He also received two year honors in physical sciences. 258 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 He married on October 5, 1904, in Ghent, N. Y., Elizabeth S. Peters, a graduate of the Albany Normal School, whose parents are both deceased. They have one son, Robert Camp- bell, bom October 9, 1905, in AUston, Mass. He received the degree of B.S. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1904. After a year with Dr. C. 0. Weber, a rubber expert, he took a position as chemist with the Hood Rubber Company, developing the experimental department, and has remained with them ever since. He traveled in England, Germany and France in 1911, studying auto tires. He is a Republican in politics, and is a member of the Ameri- can Chemical Society, the Society of Chemical Industry and the Rubber Club of America. Edward Easton, Jr. Lawyer, practicing independently in Tweddle Building, Albany, N. Y. Residence, 148 State Street, Albany, N. Y. Born April 1, 1880, in Albany, N. Y., the son of Edward Easton, a wholesale lumber dealer, and Sarah Francis (Jones) Easton. He writes that he is of Scotch, Irish, Welsh and French ancestry. Prepared at Albany Academy, where he was a member of all the teams and literary societies. At Yale he played m several Varsity football games, was captain of the Senior Class Baseball Team, and a substitute on the Hockey Team in Freshman year. He was a member of the Wranglers and the Kraut Club and of Alpha Delta Phi. He served on the Ivy Committee. He married June 8, 1904, in Albany, N. Y., IMartha van Antwerp Stanton, daughter of Josiah R. Stanton, paymaster of the United States Navy. They have six children, the first born in Washington and the last five in Albany : Kate van AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 259 Antwerp, born January 6, 1905; Edward, 3d, born May 26, 1906 ; John van Antwerp, born October 16, 1907 ; Mary Boyd, born September 16, 1909; Eley, born March 1, 1911, and Edith, born June 3, 1912. He received the degree of LL.B. from the Albany Law School, Union University, in 1904, where he was a member of Phi Delta Phi. Since 1904 he has prac- ticed law in Albany. He is a Republican, and very much interested in politics, being clerk to the Civil Service Commission and assistant corporation counsel, and president of the Young Men's Republican Club of Albany. He is also a director of the Champlain & Sanford Railroad. He is a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Albany, and belongs to the Fort Orange, Albany, Coun- try and University clubs. He is a member of the Masons and the Elks. Red writes: '' Summer house at Selkirk, Albany County. Practiced law since 1904 in Albany. By myself at first and then in partnership with Ellis J. Staley. Upon his becoming County chairman, and my appointment to the Civil Service Commission, part- nership dissolved on April 30, 1912. Plugging along slowly at law and politics. Almost know enough now to stick to one or the other. ' ' Henry Sturges Eily Manager of the Real Estate Department of J. S. Anderson & Son, real estate and insurance, 301-305 Masonic Temple, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Residence, 2063 Knollwood Drive, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Born March 18, 1876, in Chenango Forks, N. Y., the son of Rev. Isaac Mills Ely, Yale 1843 (died in January, 1880), and 260 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Harriet E. (Rogers) Ely. He is of English ancestry, the family being descendants of Richard Ely, who came from England about 1660. At the present time it has been possi- ble to trace ninety-nine relatives who were graduated at Yale. His father ; grandfather, David Ely, 1800 ; great-grand- fathers, David Ely, 1769, and Jonathan Sturges, 1759 ; great- great-grandfather, Samuel Sturges, 1732, and great-great- great-grandfather, Jedidiah Mills, 1722, represent the direct lines of relationship which are amplified to the numbers given above by many uncles, great-uncles and cousins, including all the graduates of the name of Ely, besides many others, among them Charles Duncan Miller, Yale 1902. Prepared at the Binghamton (N. Y.) High School, where he was class poet, editor-in-chief of the High School Panorama, commencement orator and received first honors in English. At Yale he was editor of the News, Fun, Record, Courant and business manager. Class statistician and editor of 1902 Class book, received high oration Junior appointment, and worked his way through college. He received the Class vote for the most energetic, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and was a member of Psi Upsilon. He married on June 11, 1904, in New York City, May Louise Kennedy, a graduate of Miss Dana's School, Morris- town, daughter of George H. Kennedy, a banker and broker, of Morristown, N. J. They have had one daughter. May Kennedy, who was born and died on February 23, 1912, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. On graduation he spent the summer abroad and then remained in New Haven during the football season. Two months with the Chase National Bank and six with the Railroad Gazette in New York, and three years and a half with the Acheson Graphite Company at Niagara Falls, he refers to as ' 'trial heats." He has since been engaged in exploiting the suburb beau- tiful and preaching the doctrine of why-pay-rent, with J. S. Anderson & Son, general insurance agents and AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 261 brokers, and is secretary and also director of the Anderson Land Company and the Mound Farm Real Estate Company. He is a Republican, a Presbyterian, president of the University Club and chairman of the publicity committee of the Commercial Club. There is one letter of Henry's that must be pre- served, if wit depends for its punch on brevity. It came in answer to the Secretary's summons for the Class Dinner in 1911. Here it is: ''Luke 14:20. H. S. E." Which, in case your Bibles are not handy, meaneth : *'And another said, I have married a wife, and there- fore I cannot come. ' ' William Dean Embree Assistant District Attorney, Criminal Court Building, New York City Residence, 601 West 112th Street, New York City Born October 14, 1876, in Humboldt, Kans., the son of William Norris Embree (died in 1890), a railroad official, and Laura (Fee) Embree (died in 1903). His father was of a Pennsylvania Quaker family whose ancestors were English. His mother's family were Kentuckians of Scotch descent. A brother, Edwin Rogers Embree, graduated from Yale in 1906. Prepared at small country schools in Kansas and Wyoming and before coming to Yale attended Berea College, Berea, Ky. He entered our Class at the beginning of Sophomore year, was a member of the Apollo and University Glee clubs, played on the University Band and received a first dispute Junior appointment and a dissertation appointment in Senior year. 262 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 He married on March 9, 1912, in New York City, Etta Parsons, a graduate of the University of California, daughter of Thomas J. Parsons, deceased, of San Francisco, Calif. He received the degree of LL.B. from Yale in 1905, and an M.A. in Italian Literature in 1910. In the Yale Law School he was a member of Book and Gavel, an editor of the Yale Law Journal, and associate editor of the 1905 Yale Shingle, president of his Class and winner of the Townsend oration prize in Senior year. After graduation from the Law School he went to New York and became an assistant in the district attor- ney's office, where he has remained ever since. Since June, 1910, he has been a director of the New York Society for Italian Immigrants, and since July, 1909, a member of the Committee on Vacation and Amusement Resorts for working girls and boys. In 1912 he was elected a trustee of Berea College in Ken- tucky, the college at which he received his early train- ing and which was founded by his grandfather, John G. Fee. In politics he is a Republican. He is a mem- ber of the Congregational Church. Bill has some new points of view: ''Attended Yale Law School for three years, graduated in 1905, became member of Connecticut Bar, came immediately from Law School in June, 1905, to office of district attorney of New York and became an assistant of Jerome. Be- gan to study the Italian people and their language with view to handling the Italian cases in the criminal courts. Went to Italy summers of 1907, 1909, 1910, visiting all provinces and studying the dialects ; studied the classical literature also and took M.A. degree men- tioned above. Have handled most of the 'Black Hand' cases in New York for the past three or four years. AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 263 ''Most important event in the ten years, however, is my marriage. Mrs. E. and I are studying French with the intention of spending some summers in France, as I did in Italy while studying Italian. We are spending the present summer vacation at Quebec, studying French and practicing on the natives there." William Abraham Evans Teacher in the Chattanooga High School, Chattanooga, Tenn. Residence, Sumner Street, North Chattanooga, Tenn. Born October 13, 1876, in Aberdare, Wales, the son of Evan Evans (died September 21, 1881), a coal miner, and Catherine (Jenkins) Evans. He says that his ancestors have been "all Welsh, indefinitely." Prepared at the Keystone Academy, Factoryville, Pa., where he was manager of the football team, and a member of the literary society, etc. At Yale he received a dissertation appointment in Junior year and an oration appointment in Senior year. He was handicapped with too much sickness while in college to attempt much outside of his regular studies. He married on October 21, 1903, in New Haven, Conn., Sara A. Wood, daughter of Enoch Holmes Wood, deceased. They have one son. Forest Tiffany, born October 21, 1905, in Nanticoke, Pa. He received the degree of M.A. from Yale in 1907. The summer after graduation was spent in Nova Scotia, after which he returned to his home town and engaged in the mercantile business. From 1905 until 1910 he was in New Haven. After a year at the Lake Place School he went to Chattanooga, where he is at the present time. He is a director of the Unitarian Church, chairman of the reception committee, and a member of the 264 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 finance and advertising committees. He writes that his literary activities are ''limited to mere aspira- tions." Bill says: "After leaving college I returned to Nanticoke, Pa., to continue the business started dur- ing my Junior year. I had intrusted the legal end of my affairs to the family attorney, who had unexpect- edly developed some form of insanity, with the result that I found myself in New Haven in November, 1905, with a vdte and baby to support, not a dollar in my pocket and not a job in sight. For awhile I worked for the Yale Bursar, did some private tutoring, besides working in Winchester's factory for the wholesome sum of twelve dollars per week. Finally, on August 13, 1906, I began working for the Southern New Eng- land Telephone Company — where, much to my regret, I remained four years, while doing my graduate work. During the year 1910-11, I taught in the Lake Placid School, a part of the year being spent in the Adiron- dacks, the rest in Florida. In September, 1911, I came to Chattanooga for the purpose of teaching Latin in the High School, my present occupation. "I have not attempted to inject any humor into the above brief summary as there was not very much of it floating around during the past decade. At present there is a trifle less of the sable hue tincturing the horizon, and I may have succeeded in evolving from the grindstone stage of man's experience. Perhaps I have learned a more wholesome lesson from the past than I could have done had my journey been more pronouncedly a path strewn with roses — the roses might have been there but were evidenced only by the excessive sharpness of their thorns. But I am not a pessimist by a long shot — a Possumist is my number. ' ' AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 265 Harold Chester Evarts Fundamental Plan Engineer of the Nebraska Telephone Com- pany, Omaha, Neh. Residence, 3565 Jones Street, Omaha, Neb. Born October 17, 1881, in New Hartford, Conn., the son of Leroy Chester Evarts, a graduate of the Connecticut State Normal School, now with Rand, McNally & Company, pub- lishers. New York City, and Philetta Elizabeth (Hinckley) Evarts. His ancestors were English and Welsh. A relative, Melville Alvord Stone, graduated from Yale in 1875. Prepared at the Meriden High School, Meriden, Conn., where he was a member of the scrub basket ball team and class prophet. At Yale he was manager of the 1902 Basket- ball Team for all four years and was substitute on the Fresh- man and Varsity Basketball Teams from time to time, ' ' when not needed for umpiring the games." He received a first colloquy appointment in Junior year and a dispute appoint- ment in Senior year. He describes his activities as follows : "Tried to develop a rigorous constitution and lend moral support to the cry for the simple and strenuous lives by trying for track team and cross country team. I got the fun and exercise and fresh air without conspicuous notoriety for grace, speed or beauty, making no inroads upon the athletic board's supply of embossed haberdashery. ' ' He married on October 19, 1909, in Omaha, Neb. (the Rev. Paul Jones, 1902, officiating), Lorraine Comstock, a non- graduate of the University of Nebraska and Smith College ea:-1906, daughter of George B. Comstock, of Omaha. They have two daughters : Barbara Hansen, born August 28, 1910, and Elizabeth, born January 5, 1912, both in Omaha. He spent the first two years after graduation mth the Towle Manufacturing Company, silversmiths of Newburyport, Mass. In October, 1904, he entered the real estate and insurance business with R. S. Barrows, 266 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 operating in Boston and Jamaica Plain, Mass. In November, 1905, he decided to take up telephone work, and was with the engineering department of the Ameri- can Telegraph & Telephone Company for nearly two years, with headquarters in Boston. In August, 1907, he took a position as cable engineer of the Nebraska Telephone Company, and has been connected with this company ever since, now in the chief engineer's office. He also holds similar positions with the Iowa Tele- phone Company and the Northwestern Telephone Exchange Company. He is a member of the First Congregational Church of Omaha. He is a Republican in politics. He is an associate member of the American Institute of Electri- cal Engineers and a member of the Omaha Field Club. He has been secretary of the Nebraska Yale Alumni Association since its foundation in 1908. From 1904 to 1907 he was a member of the Boston Yale Club and from 1907 to 1909 of the Omaha Racquet Club. Toke gives a reason for Yale loyalty: "During this time I traveled a great deal through the East and South, met many old Yale friends and made new, there- by learning the meaning of 'friendships formed at Yale.' " He says further: ''These companies (Nebraska, Iowa, and Northwestern Telephone Exchange compa- nies) operate in the states of Nebraska, Iowa, Minne- sota, North and South Dakota. My work takes me over a very large part of this territory from time to time, giving me a chance to see the virtues of the advice of the late lamented Horace Greeley, who spake, saying, ' Go west, young man, go west ! ' which I was able to do in my youth, not then being married. ** Incidentally, in the past three years I have had the AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 267 pleasure of seeing ten of the sixteen men scattered through these five states. "I plan to stay right here until I see something a whole lot better. At times it looks good to me to con- template the independent life of the western farmer or even of some of the boys who are in business for them- selves. There's opportunity for them that doesn't always come fast for the 'corporation mule,' but as there is opportunity of some kind for all, I am willing to pull along in the traces until I get the chance to kick over into a greener pasture." Willard Horace Fanton Engineer in the Traffic Department of the New York Tele- phone Company, 30 Church Street, New York City Residence, 237 South Burnett Street, East Orange, N. J. Born January 3, 1880, in Weston, Conn., the son of Iverson C. Fanton, a farmer, and Emma J. (Burr) Fanton. His ancestors were English. Prepared at Staples Academy, Easton, Conn., and in col- lege received a dissertation appointment in Junior year and a dispute appointment in Senior year. He received the Class vote for meekest man. He married on August 21, 1912, in Westport, Conn., Ethel L. Fairchild, daughter of George Fairchild of Westport. For about four months after graduation he was engaged in tutoring. He then took a position with the Electrical Testing Laboratories in New York City, where he remained until January, 1907. After some time spent in Albany learning the telephone business, he became connected with the New York Telephone Company, where he is at the present time. He is a Republican and writes that his ''political activities have been limited to voting for Taft." 268 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Bill gives a modest account; here it is : **I have been postponing this duty for two months — more or less — wondering how I could swell the little there is to say into a good letter, for all your appeals have been for a 'good' letter. The threat I received through the mail a day or two ago caused me to pause and consider whether to take the matter up with the authorities or sit down and try to tell the story of my life since grad- uation in a presentable way. After due consideration, I have decided upon the latter course as the least likely to result in serious personal injury. ''After graduation I spent the time at home until late in the fall, some time in October, 1902, as near as I can remember. After trips in various directions in search of an opening in some line of teaching I landed in South Orange, N. J., where I made my maiden effort at earning a living as a private tutor. In January, 1903, I gave this up (by request). Influenced by the Mnd intercession of friends, the Electrical Testing Laboratories of New York gave me a chance to show what I could do at testing incandescent lamps. I did not revolutionize the business, but stayed with them about four years. During this time I lived in South Orange. ' ' In January, 1907, 1 changed again, this time on my own initiative and undertook to learn the telephone business in Albany. I am still trying to learn it, but at present in New York with the New York Telephone Company, where I have been since February, 1910. "This is about all I have to tell, and I have given you a fairly complete outline of my activities since those eventful days ten years ago. I might add that I attended both Triennial and Sexennial and have been looking forward for the last four years to Decennial. AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 269 Unfortunately I \\ill not be able to go and the good time I had at Triennial and Sexennial makes the disappoint- ment all the keener. I shall be there in spirit, at least, ' ' Alton Farrel Assistant Treasurer of the Farrel Foundry & Machine Com- pany, Ansonia, Conn. Residence, Ansonia, Conn. Bom August 22, 1879, in Ansonia, Conn., the son of Alton Farrel (died in 1885), a manufacturer, and Julia Elizabeth (Clark) Farrel (now Mrs. Charles F. Brooker). He is of Scotch and English descent. His Yale relatives are Wilson Hart Clark, LL.B., 1840, grandfather; Benjamin Austin Cheney, 1888, brother-in-law; Franklin Farrel, Jr., 1903, and Thomas Wallace, 3d, 1915, cousins. Prepared at St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H., where he was interested in "a little of everything." At Yale he was a member of the Freshman Glee Club and tried for both the Glee and Instrumental clubs ; went out for baseball and track ; heeled the Neivs twice. He was a member of the Gun Club, Corinthian Yacht Club and the Dramatic Association. His societies were Psi Upsilon and Elihu Club (honorary). He is unmarried. He has been engaged in manufacturing since grad- uation, at present being assistant treasurer of the Far- rel Foundry & Machine Company. He is a director of this company and of the Ansonia Water Company, Standard Fire Insurance Company, of Hartford, and the Colonial Trust Company, of Waterbury. He has been prominent politically in Connecticut almost since graduation. He was appointed by Gov- ernor Chamberlain an aide-de-camp on his staff with rank of major, and later served as representative and senator in the state legislature. In his home city. I 270 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Ansonia, he rose from alderman to mayor, defeating the Democratic (or Labor) candidate in 1905 for that office. He was a delegate to the Regular Republican National Convention in Chicago in June, 1912. He is a member and vestryman of Christ Church (Episcopal), Ansonia. He is a member of the Union League, New York Athletic Club and New England Society, of New York City; the Society of Colonial Wars; the Graduates, Lawn and Country clubs, of New Haven. Alton is brief: ''Having completed four good years in the classic shades of New Haven by receiving the coveted sheepskin, I retired precipitately with it to the quiet little manufacturing city of Ansonia, to exam- ine at my leisure the education acquired, and to enter the family business of manufacturing. The ten years since have passed rapidly and have been consumed for the most part in contemplation of the fluctuations in the price of pig-iron, mixed with a little diverting travel and some enlivening local politics. I have no ambitions for the future but to continue in the same way, keep the same friends, mind my Class Secretary, and in the end go to the heaven set apart for good Yale men. A famous member of the French Academy is reputed to have said, 'Happy lives have no history!' and, Jim, I believe he had my number." Alfred Ludlow Ferguson Partner in the firm of J. & S. Ferguson, bankers, 15 William Street, New York City Residence, Greenwich, Conn. Born March 7, 1879, in Stamford, Conn., the son of Walton Ferguson, who is interested in railroads, electric lighting and AUTOBIOGEAPHIES 271 cotton, and Julia Lee (White) Ferguson. His Yale relatives are Henry Lee Ferguson, 1904 S., brother ; Alfred Warner Dater, 1895 S., brother-in-law ; John Mackintosh Ferguson, 1894, and William S. Ferguson, ea;-1895 S., cousins. Prepared at Pomfret, where he was captain of the football and baseball teams. In college he also went in for athletics, playing on the Freshman Football Team and substituting on the Varsity Team Sophomore and Junior years. He played third base on the Disappointment Baseball Team ; was a mem- ber of the governing board and race committee of the Corin- thian Yacht Club ; was a member of the Gun Club. He was a Cup man, a member of the Senior Prom Committee, He Boule, Psi Upsilon and Skull and Bones. He married on October 29, 1902, in Brooklyn, N. Y., Ruth Wadsworth Howard, daughter of Charles Marvin Howard, a merchant, of Brooklyn, N. Y. They have a son and a daugh- ter, both born in New York City: Alfred Ludlow, Jr., Class Boy, born April 27, 1904, and Carroll Howard, born July 6, 1908. Since graduation he has been in business with his father in the firm of J. & S. Ferguson, bankers. He is also treasurer of the Windsor Print Works in North Adams, Mass., a director of the American Tube & Stamping Company, Bridgeport, and treasurer of the Fishers Island Navigation Company and the Fishers Island Water Company. He is a Kepublican. He is a member of the Episco- pal Church, the Yale, Union and Racquet clubs of New York City, and the Field Club of Greenwich, Conn. Al writes: ''Married the fall after graduation, I was lucky in being able to go abroad on my wedding trip, spending several months in Greece, Turkey and Egypt. The following eight ^v4nters I lived in New York, three at Park Avenue and Sixty-third Street, and two in apartments on Forty-fifth Street and Forty- 272 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 seventh Street, and three years in an apartment at Lexington Avenue and Sixty-sixth Street. Tlie sum- mers we spent at Sound Beach, one year; Greenwich, three years ; Fishers Island, four years. "I expect to build a house in Greemvich, Conn., this summer, and make that our winter home, going to Fishers Island in the summers. ''My work, both in connection with the firm of J. & S. Ferguson and as treasurer of the Windsor Print Works, has been interesting. Bringing a constant association with my father, my business life has been most pleasant." Alfred Ludlow Ferguson, Jr. Class Boy Residence, Greenwich, Conn. Bom April 27, 1904, in New York City, the son of Alfred Ludlow Ferguson, Yale 1902. ''The Class Boy, Alfred, Jr.," his father writes, "is getting on all right. He will be a good kid or I will bust in the attempt. In his male admirations I think I can say safely that I hold third place by a good lead ; first and second places I will have to concede to Cap Guern- sey and Larry Doyle. ' ' There are many comments on our Class Boy through- out this volume, but one more will not be amiss. Every- one who saw him at Decennial was charmed at the way he is being brought up and the fathers of the Class were constantly around Alfred, Sr., begging for lessons. Our hats are off to you, Alfred, Jr.; you're a good sport and an addition any class might well be proud of. " P'ather and the Bov ! Al Ferg-uson, Senior ,iii inff tli unless tht;y are among the two in doubt: (IZJ W. W. Duni FitzGerald J. R. Hall L. Johnston keed Timelier 'sUtfBLk Total named l.v Lehman H. A- Rogers Valentine In other parts of McDowell H. P. Rogers Wear M. P. MiUer Risley Woodhouse ^)^^^^^^^^B — Morison A. A. Smith Wylie Total present 174 Nevuis Packer Stoddard Stone Total 37 Phelp,^ Teller -^K_^^sr AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 369 practice mtli the firm of Digney & Horton of White Plains. July 1, 1905, he formed a partnership with Thomas Holden, Jr., which firm still continues, with offices in White Plains and New York City. He received the degree of LL.B. from Yale in 1904, He is Independent in politics. He is a Roman Catholic and active in Catholic educational work and the Young Men's Catholic Club work. His clubs are the Yale of New York City, St. John's Catholic Club of White Plains and the Yale Alumni Association of West- chester County. John writes : ' ' After being graduated from the Yale Law School in June, 1904, I tutored at New Haven until about September 1, 1904. Was admitted to the New York Bar September 10, 1904, at Saratoga. Worked in a law office at White Plains for eight months, where the prospects were so encouraging that I became ill and was laid up for about four months. July 1, 1905, with Thomas Holden, Jr., I formed the law firm of Hughes & Holden, and this firm has been very successful from the beginning. I soon found that my forte in the profession was the trial of cases and have been very successful in this line of work. I have tried all sorts of cases, civil and criminal, and am now considered one of the best trial lawyers of the West- chester County Bar. My firm has from the beginning worked for a reputation for ability and integrity, be- lieving that the income would follow quickly upon the achievement of the former. While we are not rapidly growing rich, we are satisfied with the results. "I have accumulated some real estate, have built a nice home in one of the best sections of White Plains and am enjoying good health. I have tried at all times 370 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 to help others and believe that considerable has been done in this line. ** Experience has taught me that Yale can produce good lawyers and in my case has done so (at that, I was one of the mediocre as an undergraduate). I have further learned that an honest lawyer cannot become rich working at the law exclusively, if he measures his income wholly in dollars and cents. I have not done so and have found that it is well worth while to have valued the estimation of the people who make up the community where I have chosen to come and settle." George Huntington Hull, Jr. Member of the banking firm of White & Company, 25 Pine Street, New York City Residence, Short Hills, N. J, Bom June 2, 1880, in Louisville, Ky., the son of George Huntington Hull, president of the American Pig Iron Storage Warrant Company, and Lucia E. (Houston) Hull. He is of Scotch- Irish ancestry. A cousin, Leverett Lord Hull, was graduated at Yale in 1889. Prepared at Lawrenceville School, where he was captain of the golf team, and in college was manager of the Golf Team in Senior year, a member of the Apollo Banjo Club and the University Club. He received a Senior colloquy appointment. His societies were Psi Upsilon and Wolf's Head. He married on June 15, 1910, Marguerite Pierson, daughter of Gen. J. Frederick Pierson. A few months with the Southern Railway at Prince- ton, Ind., an illness followed by an operation, the super- intendency of an electrical supply business in New York; traveling agent, assistant secretary and assist- ant treasurer of the American Pig Iron Storage AUTOBIOGEAPHIES 371 Warrant Company. These are the various steps by which he reached Wall Street and the banking house of Bertron, Storrs & Griscom in 1907 and in 1908 organized the banking firm of White & Company. He is a director of the American Pig Iron Storage War- rant Company, in which he still holds the offices men- tioned above ; director, secretary and treasurer of the Southwestern States Corporation, Ramapo Securities Corporation and of the Dansville & Mt. Morris Rail- road Company. He is a ''Free lance" in politics. In 1906 he pub- lished an article in Freight, the Shipper's Forum, on railroad bill of lading problems. He is a member of the Episcopal Church. George, or Hooligan, has given us a real letter: '*I fear I am somewhat tardy in seizing this opportunity to immortalize myself at the expense of 1902 Decennial Class book, but if not too late or otherwise unfit for publication, you may print the thing and I shall do my best to live it down. "After graduating by the skin of my teeth, the grace of Providence and the courtesy of the faculty, and having satisfied the demands of the sheriff through the forced sale of many neglected text-books and other ornaments, I went back to the old farm at Tuxedo and spent about three months in drawing up plans and resolutions looking toward the domination of the rail- road map of this country. Having doped it all out on paper, I took up a position as assistant office boy to the chief clerk of the superintendent of the St. Louis division of the Southern Railway at Princeton, Ind., thus realizing the ambition of the family to have me start at the bottom of the ladder. At this job I earned, or rather I received, the monthly income of $35.00. 372 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 "Naturally I had to find some outlet for all this money, so I soon contracted the habit of spending week- ends in Louisville, Ky., a neighboring village where I was once born, a long time ago, when very young. Louisville is a fine place to be born ; some of the most beautiful women in the world are born there, in addi- tion to the handsome men, and consequently it is a fine place to get married (if you don't believe it, ask George Babcock). "Well, to get back on the job again. I soon suc- ceeded in elevating myself to a position of uselessness in the railroad w^orld by succumbing to an attack of nostalgia, with complications which culminated in an operation involving the voluntary amputation of my associations with the railroad business. "After a brief sojourn in Louisville, whence I escaped without inflicting matrimony upon any of the unwilling inhabitants, I landed in New York on a dark night in December, 1902, and started life over again as superintendent (so called) of a young company en- gaged in the electrical supply business. Maybe I was a Jonah and maybe not, but certain it is that I didn't hold the job down more than a year because there wasn 't anything left to superintend except a receiver- ship. Our competitors and others had the money and we had the experience. "Chapter three finds me in the American Pig Iron Storage Warrant Company of New York, as traveling agent and subsequently assistant secretary and assist- ant treasurer, in which capacities I consumed much valuable time and money in educating the iron trade of this country as to how to conduct their business, and it is needless to say that some of them are not educated yet. In my travels I visited many cities, towns and AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 373 jumping-off places, and though wined and dined else- where, I particularly wish to dedicate the blue ribbon for Yale spirit and hospitality to the 1902 and other alumni of Cleveland, Ohio ! Don 't go there unless you are prepared to let pleasure interfere with business from noon until midnight and if you arrive on the water wagon, better hitch it outside before entering. *' Having nursed the above mentioned job for some two years without bringing the company to grief, I came to the conclusion that my luck had changed and decided to offer my services to Wall Street, where there existed a temporary shortage of promising young financiers, owing to the promiscuous incarcerations which were taking place about that time. The invest- ment banking house of Bertron, Storrs & Griscom showed their Yale pluck by taking a chance on my ability as a bond salesman. Feeling that my first duty to my employer was to clarify the financial atmosphere (which at that time — the spring of 1907 — was very dubious) and not wishing to monopolize all the glory, I invited President Roosevelt to join me in a cam- paign to stem the oncoming tide of financial disaster. He promptly signified his desire to co-operate but before we had formulated our plans, the crash came and when the smoke cleared away not a solitary investor, so far as I could ascertain, had survived. Some nine months elapsed, in which time I had suc- ceeded in consummating enough business to pay my salary for at least twenty-four hours, and thus realiz- ing the ease with which I might amass a fortune by eliminating the middleman, I proceeded to organize a banking firm along similar lines, and thus was born, on April fool's day, 1908, the firm of White & Com- pany, 25 Pine Street, Manhattan, where the best pre- 374 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 digested securities are always on sale at popular prices, ''From that time on the going has been superb. Nor has the sordid side of existence continuously monopolized the arena to the exclusion of aesthetic and idealistic diversions, for under the cherished date of June 15, A. D. 1910, the authentic history of New York City records the celebration of a great event at which there was much cause for congratulations and much precipitation of cereals to the accompaniment of soft music, proclaiming the fact that Mr. Lohengrin had not lived in vain. ''Shortly afterwards my wife and I were buried beside the old Lackawanna Railroad at Short Hills, N. J., where (I am requested to say) flowers, fresh vegetables and other tokens of sympathy will be grate- fully received, if delivered prepaid." Howard Donald Humiston Partner in the law firm of Humiston, Olcott & Hincks, 165 Broadway, New York City Residence, 222 Riverside Drive, New York City Born April 12, 1878, in Chicago, 111., the son of Ransom Franklin Humiston, B.A. and M.A. "Western Reserve Univer- sity (died April 4, 1889), a professor of chemistry, and Har- riet A. (Shumaker) Humiston. He is the child of his father's second marriage. Of English ancestry. A cousin, Wallace Worth Hite, was graduated at Yale in 1878. Prepared at the Minneapolis High School. At Yale he was a member of the Choir, Freshman and Apollo Glee clubs and received a second colloquy appointment in Senior year. He married on June 8, 1911, in Lima, Peru, Mrs. Grace Winterton Quackenbos, daughter of A. J. Winterton of New York City. AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 375 After graduation he attended the Yale Law School, where he was a member of Corbey Court, and began his first business life in 1904 in Pittsburgh. He was admitted to the New York Bar in 1906 and became managing clerk for Brooks & Eckley, but later in the same year formed a partnership with Robert B. Hincks, Columbia 1902, and in 1907 the firm was enlarged, admitting Herman P. Olcott, Yale 1901. He received the degree of LL.B. at Yale in 1904. Hum writes : " In 1906 I formed a partnership with one Robert B. Hincks, Columbia 1902. In 1907 there accrued to us one H. P. Olcott, Yale 1901. For adver- tising purposes: — We are probably the finest young firm in the city of New York. I went to Europe in 1908 and to South America in 1911 on very large and very complicated legal business. Just between our- selves, the eating habit has not yet been entirely robbed of all its discouraging and remorseless features." Joseph Read Hunter Manager of Frozen Dog Ranch, Emmett, Idaho Born March 6, 1879, in Frankfort, III, the son of David "Watt Hunter, a grain merchant, and Mary Hunter (Philip) Hunter. He is of Scotch and Scotch-Irish ancestry. Prepared at Oak Park High School, Illinois, played foot- ball, baseball and went in for track athletics. In college he won his Y on the Track Team, was a competitor in the Yale- Harvard Intercollegiate Games and was a member of the Cross Country Club. He received a dissertation Junior and a dispute Senior appointment. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon. He married on September 21, 1909, in Neah-ta-wanta, Mich., Bernice Rood, a graduate of Dana Hall, daughter of George 376 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 L. Rood, retired, of Terre Haute, Ind. They have a son, Joseph Read, Jr., born November 4, 1912, in Emmett, Idaho. He was secretary of the Hunter Publishing Com- pany and publisher of the Star Monthly, until 1907, when the latter was discontinued and he moved to Kansas City. There and in Chicago he was an advertis- ing solicitor and writer until 1909. Since this date he has been manager of the Frozen Dog Ranch in Emmett, Idaho. He is a Presbyterian. Joe issues an open-handed invitation to the Class to follow him westward: "Despite the printer's record, there is nothing doubtful about the howl of the Frozen Dog. Out in the wilds of Idaho, while he lists to the mournful wail of the gyasticutus, searching for her wandering son, he looks at the moon, and yearns not for the moon, but for the fellowship of 1902. ** Frankly, Jim, your campaign would have waked the shade of Rameses II to an appreciation of his cigarette, and my long silence has been due to a com- mingling of awe-struck appreciation of your efforts, and the hope that when I spoke I could be one of the * Coming. ' But I can 't, Jim, and it grieves me sore ; but while my body is grubbing in alfalfa and fruit trees, my true self will be enjoying the spiritual delights of 1902 in New Haven. '*My loyalty to 1902 bids me, in addition to this ghostly long distance absent enjoyment, to at least lessen your arduous duties of herding the strayed and lost by giving my 'life' to the Class book. Its merit is brevity. Unlike the 'RolUng Stone' of 'Toothless Saws,' in my wanderings I have gathered moss, but not polish. Here's it: AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 377 ''Adrift from Yale, I spent one month in the West, then I moored as editor of the Star Monthly, which Fate and the voracious maw of the post-office depart- ment swallowed in 1907. Then from my home in Oak Park, 111., I journeyed to Kansas City, where the wide, enquiring eyes of the editor for three weeks narrowed to the cunning of the advertising solicitor, before my employer, the Kansas City Journal, took cognizance of my shortcomings as a hustler. I endeavored, as adver- tising manager of the J. W. Jenkins Sons Music Com- pany, to tell the public the whole truth about the Jen- kins plan of selling pianos on the standard, 'One Price and No Commissions.' For seven months I did this, and then worked for myself as an advertising writer in Chicago. Incidentally, I worked with several advertising agencies. "From Chicago, in 1909, I heard the 'Call of the West, ' and came to Emmett in the Payette valley. Here I am now, raising alfalfa and fruit trees on the Frozen Dog Ranch. Here, Jim, Mrs. Hunter, my best venture, and myself will welcome you and all of 1902, with good fruit, electric cooking and good cheer." Alvan Waldo Hyde Junior partner in law firm of Gross, Hyde & Shipman, 750 Main Street, Hartford, Conn. Residence, 37 Charter Oak Place, Hartford, Conn. Bom August 21, 1880, in Hartford, Conn., the son of William Waldo Hyde, Yale 1876, a lawyer of the firm of Gross, Hyde & Shipman, and Helen Eliza (Watson) Hyde. Besides his father, his grandfather, Alvan Pinney Hyde, 1845 ; 378 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 an uncle, Frank Eldridge Hyde, 1879, and a cousin, Loren Pinckney Waldo Marvin, 1892, have graduated from Yale. Prepared at the Hartford Public High School, and at Yale was a member of the Cross Country and University clubs and Delta Kappa Epsilon. He married on December 6, 1905, in Hartford, Conn., Helen Elizabeth Howard, a graduate of Miss Porter's School at Farraington, Conn., daughter of Frank Leonard Howard, a manufacturer, of Hartford. She died November 9, 1906. They had two daughters, Helen Waldo and Elizabeth Howard, both born October 22, 1906, in Hartford. He married a second time in Albuquerque, N. Mex., on April 4, 1911, Teresa MacGillivray, daughter of Archibald Duncan MacGillivray, of Alexandria, Ontario, Canada. They have one daughter, Jeanette MacGillivray, born June 13, 1912, in Hartford. He received the degree of LL.B. from Harvard in 1905, and during his course at this university became a member of the Choate Club (Phi Delta Phi). Since his admission to the bar he has been connected with the firm of Gross, Hyde & Shipman of Hartford, of which his father has long been a member. In 1910 he became junior partner in this firm. In politics he is a Democrat, and since April, 1908, has been police commissioner of Hartford, his term of office expiring in 1914. He attends the Congregational Church. One of the most entertaining sights of Sexennial was Bud, freshly in office, doing his level best to get arrested and when the officer finally stepped up to put him in custody, flashing his badge, to the joy of all beholders except the cop. AUTOBIOGKAPHIES 379 Frederick Francis Whitney Jackson Owner of "Edgehill Orchards," North Yakima, Wash., and General Agent for The Columbia Life & Trust Company of Portland, Ore. Residence, North Yakima, "Wash. Born September 15, 1879, in New Haven, Conn., the son of Frederick A. Jackson (died March 29, 1909), a hardware manufacturer, and Violet E. (Loomis) Jackson (died Sep- tember 17, 1896). His ancestry combines English, French, Dutch and Irish. Prepared at Hopkins Grammar School, New Haven, where he was a leader of the glee club, a member of the football team, secretary of the debating society and vice-president of the Senior class. In college he was a member of the Fresh- man Glee Club, the Varsity Glee Club (Junior year), Apollo Glee Club (Freshmen and Sophomore years) and the Choir. He received a first dispute appointment Junior and Senior years. He married on May 10, 1905, Elizabeth Louise Marshall, an ex-member of the Class of 1906, University of Nebraska, daughter of Edward Herbert Marshall, secretary of the Union Fire Insurance Company of Lincoln, Neb. They have one daughter, Dorothy Elizabeth, born August 18, 1911, in North Yakima, Wash. He has spent considerable time in travel in the West and makes one characteristic remark about it: **At Salt Lake City I missed Hugh Satterlee by a few days, but at San Francisco I struck Bill Godfrey and we hit a few bumps for a while. On the Glee Club trip in Junior year I had formed the impression that the San Francisco atmosphere was very bracing and the time I spent there with Bill didn't suggest any need for changing my mind." 380 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Until October, 1908, however, Ms business interests were in New Haven, with the Bradstreet Company, as assistant to the chief clerk, acting chief clerk and chief clerk in 1903. In the summer of 1904 he accepted a position with a lumber broker and in February, 1905, formed the Connecticut Box Company, dealing in box shook and lumber. The inactivity of the year 1907 in business fields sent him West again, this time to locate in Washington, where he is raising apples. In 1911 he was elected secretary, treasurer and trustee of Hebard Lateral, Inc. (an irrigation system), and since early in 1912 has been acting as general agent for the Columbia Life & Trust Company of Portland, Ore. He is an Episcopalian and a member of the Univer- sity and Commercial clubs of North Yakima, Wash. Jack gives us a fine long letter : ^ ' What ! Ten years gone? So soon? Gee whiz!!! Well, here's how mine have gone. ''The summer of 1902 I spent in the middle West, traveling around, and in the fall I got back to New Haven in time to see some football. Being at a loss to know just what my 'natural bent' might be, I took a position in the New Haven office of the Bradstreet Company, where I could get a look-in at all sorts of business conducted in all sorts of ways. As chief clerk there, during 1903, I became somewhat pessimistic. I was young, callow, inexperienced. It was a shock and a jar to find so many bulwarks of society, captains of industry, call them what you will, all with their hands in the pockets of the 'pee-pul,' helping themselves to the cunning, elusive, slippery plunk, with a cheerful smile and an uncharitableness as huge as the old world itself. "Thinking that the newer Western world might AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 381 offer some more hopeful outlook, might take a some- what less rascally view of the demands of modern busi- ness, I left New Haven in January, 1904, for Los Angeles, to continue the Bradstreet work. Ye Gods! Civilization has indeed gone to the savage ! If you can show me wherein your effete East has anything 'on' the old frontier in the way of business chicanery, I'll be surprised. In the West it's done more openly, more brazenly, perhaps; but with this improvement — that a man is to some extent forewarned. There's less pussy-footing, back-stabbing, damnably refined black- guardism than prevails in the cultured East. No, Jim, I'm not become a socialist. Far from it. I'm only a grumbler at conditions I don't know how to better. And as old Simon Wagstaff says — Where would be what silly people call progress, if not for the grum- blers? ''Well, still seeking, I returned to New Haven in the summer of 1904 and fooled away a few months in the employ of a lumber broker. It was good experience, involving both road and ofiQce work, for my employer had business methods diametrically opposed to my ideas and I had an excellent opportunity to see him work them out. Each week made me more satisfied that he was wrong and in February, 1905, 1 formed the Connecticut Box Company, to try out my ideas in com- petition. My faith in this venture, in which I appeared as secretary and treasurer, led me to undertake a part- nership of another sort and in May, 1905, I was mar- ried at Lincoln, Neb., to Elizabeth L. Marshall, who forsook Senior year in the University of Nebraska to come to New Haven to live. My associate in the Con- necticut Box Company has always held that in this Lincoln partnership my position has been 'office boy.' 382 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 "From the commencement of the lumber brokerage business things went nicely until 'the' October of 1907. temporal mores! It struck us all, I guess. Our little company was in bully shape to weather such a storm and we settled down to a feet-up, pipe-in-mouth wait for a business revival. By spring I was getting heartily sick of the inactivity and in October, 1908, I started West again, Northwest this time, to the State of Washington, America's fairest jewel, set in a — oh, what's the use! You sad dogs of Easterners will come to know this Northwest some day. Meanwhile, keep your ear to the ground. ''And now, here I am in the Yakima Valley, Earth's Garden Spot, where Dollars grow on Trees. Apple trees. I bought a three-year-old orchard and have spent practically all my time since March, 1909, in pre- paring these dollar-bearing trees to carry their golden harvest. And now I find my efforts, figuratively speak- ing, are about to bear fruit. 'Edgehill Orchard,' as I have dubbed it, is at present a mass of fragrant blos- som and if Decennial were only a few months later I 'd be with you in fact as well as in spirit. My greatest disappointment, so far, is my inability to get back in June. I've had Triennial and Sexennial and know what I'm missing. However, in true Macbeth spirit, I must postpone all trips 'till apples come to warehouse receipts, ' which will be late fall. "During the wait for an apple harvest we have been honored by a visit from the stork, our daughter, Doro- thy Elizabeth, being now about nine months old. "Since the first of the year I have been acting as general agent for the Columbia Life & Trust Company of Portland, Ore., and expect to give an increasing amount of time to this work. Like the orchard busi- AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 383 ness, life insurance can be handled as cleanly and honestly as the individual cares to elect. Therefore, I like it. Don't think I've lost faith in the inherent honesty of mankind. I still believe in it, fully. I believe we are even now experiencing a decidedly improved general business tone. But it's a long way back. And there's lots of mud. So, I shall raise and sell quality apples, shall sell quality insurance, and keep hopeful. Vale!" George Brown Jackson Head of the Modern Language Department, Whitworth Col- lege, Taeoma, Wash. Residence, 4210 North Stevens Street, Taeoma, Wash. Born January 23, 1867, in Toledo, Tama County, Iowa, the son of Robert Sansom Jackson, a farmer, and Rosina (Stephan) Jackson. He is of Scotch-Irish and German ancestry. Prepared at the Toledo High School, Toledo, Iowa, and at the Academy of Leander Clark College, Toledo, Iowa. Before entering Yale in Senior year, he attended Western (now Leander Clark) College, was on the staff of the college paper four years, active in literary society work and was graduated with the degree of B.A. in 1901. He received an oration appointment at Yale. He married on December 26, 1905, Mary Edith Bufkin, Leander Clark College of Oratory 1904, daughter of Asa E. Bufkin, of Toledo, Iowa. Mrs. Jackson died July 26, 1908. He spent the summer of 1902 in travel in Europe, and then began teaching in Blair Academy, Blairstown, N. J., where he instructed in modern languages from September, 1902, to January, 1904. He then took some graduate work at Yale and substituted at Williston 384 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Seminary, Easthampton. In the fall of 1904 he entered the law school of the State University of Iowa, but left in April to complete work for his Master's degree. From 1905 to 1910 he had charge of the modern lan- guage department at Memorial University, Mason City, Iowa, in 1906 becoming librarian and in 1907 registrar, in addition to his departmental duties. From 1910 to 1912 he was superintendent of schools in Brooklyn, Iowa, and is now head of the modern lan- guage department at Whitworth College, Tacoma, Wash. He received the degree of M.A. from Leander Clark College in 1905. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, is active in Sunday school work and a ruling elder of the church in Mason City, Iowa. He has deliv- ered a number of Memorial Day addresses in Iowa and given one public address in Illinois. He is a member of Modern Woodmen of America, Yeomen, Sons of Veterans, U. S. A., National Geographic Society and National Educational Association. Jack has dealt entirely in facts, so we will have to leave the story for our next edition. D. L. James Manager and member of the firm of T. M. James & Sons, dealers in china, 1114 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Mo. Residence, 1005 Forest Avenue, Kansas City, Mo. Born September 22, 1880, in Kansas City, Mo., the son of John Crawford James, Brown 1871, merchant of china, silver and cut glass, and Fannie (Shouse) James. He is of English descent (for five generations back on his father's side). A brother, Thomas Martin James, Jr., graduated at Yale in AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 385 1898, and a cousin, Heberd James, is an ex-meraber of the Class of 1903. Prepared at the Kansas City Central High School, where he was editor of the school paper, on the tennis team and a declaimer. At Yale he was a member of the University- Track Team in Senior year, a competitor in the Yale-Harvard Intercollegiate Games and a member of the Fencing Club. Freshman year he won second McLaughlin Essay prize in English composition, in 1900 the gold medal awarded by the Courant for the best short story, was editor of the Lit and chairman of the Courant in Senior year. He was a member of the University Club, Chi Delta Theta and Alpha Delta Phi. He married on April 11, 1908, Lillie Snider, daughter of Andrew J. Snider, of Kansas City, Mo. They have one son, Daniel Lewis, born January 14, 1911, in Kansas City, Mo. Except for one year, 1906-07, spent in study in Oxford, England, he has devoted himself to the mer- cantile business as a member of the firm of T. M. James & Sons, dealers in china, silver, cut glass and objects of art. He received the degree of M.A. from Yale in 1907. He is president of the Kansas City Archaeological Society and a director of Thomas H. Swope Social Set- tlement. He is a member of Calvary Baptist Church, and the University, Country and Athletic clubs, all of Kansas City. D. L. tells us this: ''Like a few others, the quest for that elusive bird, the American eagle, has engaged a good deal of my time. After hours, however, I have tried to throw open a few ^vindows and send feelers out into the real world. The first three months after graduation I spent traveling in Europe. Then back to K. C, where I became a member of the firm of T. M. James & Sons China Company. Ten years of this last have succeeded in making me a pretty good 386 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 chinaman — at least I know the Hongkong and Yang- ste-Kiang lingo well enough to pay a Celestial laundry bill. My specialty in the china business has been the 'breaking in' of all new traveling salesmen. One engagement of this kind carried me to Utah, where I entered a stern resolve to be a strict monogamist. This determination I carried out by marrying (once only) two years later. In the interval I knocked off from things Chinese for one year and went to Oxford, Eng- land. There I studied some and lived more — writing a 40,000 word thesis in mediaeval literature, for which Yale kindly gave an M.A., and promptly on my return I annexed a Mrs. During the year abroad, I took a pony trip through Iceland, climbing Mt. Hecla. I also spent a month in Greece, where I discovered the future Mrs. James. Our wedding trip, one year later, was spent in Venice and Bellagio. Then back to business and the hunt for the bird again." Floyd Welman Jefferson Manager of the Gray Goods and Converting Departments, G. A. Stafford & Company, commission merchants, 56 Worth Street, New York City Residence, New Brighton, Staten Island, N. Y. Born December 25, 1878, in Louisville, Ky., the son of Thomas Lewis Jefferson, a manufacturer, and Katherine (Welman) Jefferson. He is of Scotch and Irish ancestry. A brother, Thomas Lewis Jefferson, Jr., was graduated at Yale in the Class of 1904. Prepared at the Louisville High School and Plexners, where he was interested in debating and literary work. In college he played on the Senior Class Baseball Team and several scrub teams, won a prize in elocution Sophomore year and AUTOBIOGEAPHIES 387 was one of the editors of the Courant. He was Class Poet. He received dispute appointments both Junior and Senior years, was a Wrangler and a member of Alpha Delta Phi. He married on June 14, 1904, Violet Spencer Woodruff, Vassar ea:-1904, daughter of Henry Gilbert Woodruff, a cotton merchant, of New Brighton. They have two children : Janice Townsend, born August 2, 1906, in Louisville, Ky., and Floyd Welman, Jr., born April 4, 1911, in New Brighton, Staten Island. From 1902 until 1907 his main interests were in the Howe Manufacturing Company, of Louisville, Ky., manufacturers of brass and iron steam specialties, in which he was secretary and treasurer. During this period he was a director of B. F. Meek & Sons, Arm- strong Wrapping Machine Company and the Louis- ville Filler Company. In 1908 he started at the bottom of the ladder learning the cotton business at the mills in Woonsocket ; in 1909 entered the commission house of A. I. Juilliard & Company, New York City ; in 1910 was made agent of the New York Mills Bleachery (a corporation controlled by the Juilliard Company), and in 1911 became manager of the gray goods and con- verting departments for Gr. A. Stafford & Company, a dry goods commission house, and was elected a director of Kosciusko Cotton Mills, a subsidiary company in Kosciusko, Miss. He is a member of the Methodist Church, though a non-attendant. He has published several short poems in several magazines. He is a member of the Ark- wright Club of New York City. Jeff says: ''As indicated above, have been engaged actively in only two lines — one, brass and iron; the other, cotton goods. Two classmates, George Babcock and Charlie Meyer, were associated with me in the 388 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 unsuccessful Howe Manufacturing Company. The failure of this company, which was the largest manu- facturer of its kind south of the Ohio Kiver, was due to the general business depression of 1906-07, and to its inability to compete with a combination of manu- facturers who exercised practically a monopoly. ** After losing everything in this venture, I started at the bottom to learn the cotton business, and during 1908 worked full mill hours in the cotton mill at Woon- socket, with the intention of entering the selling end when I knew the business thoroughly. ' * 1909-12 have been bright spots, as I made favorable connections in New York and have made rapid pro- gress. The cotton goods commission business appeals to me and I feel that I will continue in this line the rest of my life. ' ' (John Alden) Stewart Johnson Lawyer, practicing independently at 69 West Washington Street, Chicago, 111. Residence, Winnetka, III. Bom December 10, 1880, in St. Louis, INIo., the son of Lorenzo Medici Johnson, Yale 1874 S. (died November 28, 1904), president of the Pittsburgh, Shawmut & Northern Railway Company, and Helen Wolcott (Stewart) Johnson. He is of English and Scotch-Irish descent. Besides his father, several cousins have attended Yale : Stewart Clark, 6'x-1875 ; Stewart Patterson, 1897; Bascom Johnson, 1900; and Paul Bo wen Johnson, 1901. Prepared at St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H., where he went in for tennis, walking and the mandolin club. He was a member of the University Club at Yale. He is unmarried. AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 389 In July, 1902, he sailed for Brazil, where, for two years, he acted as private secretary to the American Minister at Petropolis, the summer capital of Brazil, situated near Rio de Janeiro. Returning to the states in 1904, he entered Harvard Law School and upon graduation went into the office of Mr. Stuart Gr. Shep- ard of Chicago. From 1909 to 1911 he served as clerk in the firm of Isham, Lincoln & Beale, and in 1912 opened an independent office for the practice of law at 69 West Washington Street, Chicago. He is a director of the Northern Liquidation Company of Illinois. He received the degree of LL.B. from Harvard in 1907. He was secretary and treasurer of the town- ship Democratic Club in 1910. He is a member of the Winnetka Congregational Church and is interested in social service work. His clubs are the University of Chicago and the Onwentsia of Winnetka. Max writes : ' ' Spent summer of 1900 in Europe with my family, making one of the usual circuits — France, Switzerland, Germany, Ostend and England. **A hard and honest struggle to make myself inde- pendent financially from contributions by a willing parent — so far (in five years) have only succeeded by means of earnings only a little greater than my 'income' while at college, which was only moderate, and by trying to live on those earnings alone. Have spent my Chicago years at my mother's beautiful coun- try home on the bluff overlooking Lake Michigan at Winnetka, where my recreation hours have been spent in tennis, swimming, horseback riding, motoring and in winter, many of the winter sports — all, of course, interspersed with what amusement I could get out of 'games' of the undergraduate hue at the University 390 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Club and the social life of Chicago and Winnetka. On the whole, while I have had much pleasure and amuse- ment, I have not yet attained that peace of mind known as * happiness.' In my 'life,' I should also add that I have had no marriages, but many a heart throb. ' ' Leslie Morgan Johnston Secretary, Treasurer and General Manager of A. M. Byers Company, manufacturers of wrought iron pipe, 235 Water Street, Pittsburgh, Pa. Residence, 5307 Westminster Street, Pittsburgh, Pa. Born October 4, 1876, in Whitesboro, N. Y., the son of Elliott Waters Johnston (died in April, 1909), who was in the fire insurance business, and Emily J. (Clark) Johnston (died in May, 1911). He is of Scotch-Irish ancestry. A cousin, Dunham Baldwin Sherer, was graduated at Yale in the Class of 1897 S., and he also lays claim to some early forbears, but has forgotten their names. Prepared at Mount Hermon School for Boys, Mount Her- mon, Mass., where he was captain of the baseball team, leader of the glee club and winner of the tennis championship. In college he was unable to play on the Varsity Baseball Team as he had played professional ball, but coached the 1903 Fresh- man Team and the Varsity Team in Junior and Senior years. He was captain of the College Football Team in 1900, sang second tenor on the Varsity Glee Club and first bass on the Varsity Quartet in Senior year, on the Apollo Glee Club, editor of the Pot Pourri, and a Wrangler. He received a second colloquy Junior apointment. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi and Scroll and Key. He is unmarried. He has been with the A. M. Byers Company, manu- facturers of wrought iron pipe, since graduation, although not always at the Pittsburgh office. AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 391 He is a Progressive Republican. He is a member of the Westmoreland (N. Y.) Congregational Church, the Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Golf, and Allegheny Coun- try clubs and the American Iron and Steel Institute. Les writes: ''In the fall of 1902 (September 1) I started to learn the iron business in Pittsburgh with the firm of A. M. Byers Company, of which, at that time, D. C. Byers, '98, was president and E. M. Byers, '01, vice-president. My work was assistant to the manager and consisted in doing anything and every- thing from puddling and rolling to bossing Poles and Huns from 6.45 a.m. to 6 p.m., including Sundays. In January, 1904, the firm leased for three months, with option of re-leasing, the Clearfield Steel & Iron Com- pany's plant at Clearfield, Pa., and I was sent there as manager. I operated this plant until May, 1908, when we gave it up and started to build puddling and rolling mills at Girard, Ohio. During 1908, 1909, 1910, we built the new rolling mills of Girard and new pipe mills in Pittsburgh. In July, 1911, 1 was made general manager and in August of the same year, secretary- treasurer, in addition to my duties as general manager, and was also elected to board of directors. ' ' Edgar Allen Jones Trust Officer of the Lackawanna Trust & Safe Deposit Com- pany, 404 Lackawanna Avenue, Scranton, Pa. Residence, 136 South Main Avenue, Scranton, Pa. Born February 16, 1878, in Scranton, Pa., the son of David M. Jones (died October 25, 1896), who was in the real estate business, and Anne E. (Williams) Jones (died January 27, 1904). He is the child of his father's second marriage. His ancestors were Welsh. 392 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Prepared at the School of Lackawanna, in Scranton, and at Yale received two year honors in history, and a dissertation appointment in Junior and Senior years. He was married June 18, 1911, in Scranton, Pa., to Mary Edwards, daughter of Judge Henry M. Edwards, of Scranton. After graduation he studied law and was admitted to the bar of Lackawanna County on January 5, 1903. He has since been admitted to the Superior Court of Pennsylvania and the Circuit and District courts of the United States for the Middle District of Pennsyl- vania. From 1903 to 1910 he was engaged in the practice of law for himself in the Council Building, Scranton. From June 1, 1910, to May 1, 1912, he was employed in the legal department of the Title Guaranty & Security Company of Scranton, and since the latter date has held his present position with the Lackawanna Trust & Safe Deposit Company. He is a trustee and Sunday school teacher in the Washburn Street Presbyterian Church. He has been a director of the West Side Hospital Association since 1906, and is a member of the Hyde Park Lodge, 339, F. and A. M.; Hyde Park Lodge, 306, Knights of Pythias; Modern Woodmen of America; Royal Ar- canum ; Protected Home Circle, and a number of other societies — church, social and political. He has been assistant secretary, secretary, treasurer and attorney for the Republican County and City committees for several years. He spent the month of July, 1911, in Wales and England, with a side trip to Paris. AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 393 Paul Jones Episcopal Clergyman, St. John's House, Logan, Utah Born November 24, 1880, in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., the son of Henry Lawrence Jones, D.D., Columbia 1858, a clergyman, and Sarah Eastman (Coffin) Jones. He is of Welsh and English descent. Two brothers preceded him at Yale : Law- rence Bullard Jones, 1894, and Carleton Coffin Jones, 1898. Prepared at Harry Hillman Academy, Wilkes-Barre, where he was editor of the school paper, president of the debating society and on the tennis team. In college he "enjoyed ath- letics with various scrub teams in baseball, hockey, cross- country running, tennis, and was a member of the famous Senior Crew that trained for three months and then was too modest to enter the regatta." He was a member of the Cross Country Club and the Corinthian Yacht Club, a Sopho- more Wrangler, a member of the Yale Union and the Pippin Club. He was a member of the Berkeley Association and president of its Men 's Club. He received dissertation appoint- ments Junior and Senior years. He is engaged to be married. From graduation until June, 1906, he studied at the Episcopal Theological School, save for the year, June, 1903, to September, 1904, when he tutored a boy who is now (1912) in Harvard, eleven months being spent in California and four in France, England, Norway and Sweden. The summer of 1902 he had worked in the anthracite mines in Wilkes-Barre and that of 1905 as lay assistant at St. George's Church, New York City. Ordained a deacon in June, 1906, by Bishop Ethelbert Talbot, and a priest in December of the same year by Bishop Spalding of Utah, he has devoted himself to the work at St. John's Mission at Logan, Utah, until 1911 associate priest with Rev. Donald Kent Johnston, Yale 1903, and since February of that 394 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 year in sole charge. He is particularly active in his work among the boys of Utah, two colleges in Logan furnishing plenty of material. The Common Room in St. John's House, with its walls decorated in part by a huge Yale banner with the figures 1701-1901, is open to all for recreation and cheer. He has been secretary of the convocation of the district of Utah since 1907, a member of the executive committee of the Associated Boys' clubs of Utah since 1911, was secretary of the Logan Health League in 1910-11, is secretary of the Utah Committee of Neglected Field Surveys of Amer- ica and of the Common Room Club, Logan. He received the degree of B.D. from the Epis- copal Theological School, Cambridge, Mass., in 1906. Since 1906, in collaboration with Johnston, he has been publishing a monthly magazine, The Portal, devoted to ''reasonable religious thought and enlight- ened progress." In 1911 he published a small pam- phlet, ''The Bible and the Book of Mormon," has written a couple of articles for the Spirit of Missions, a church paper, and has made a number of public addresses locally. He is a Socialist and took part in a non-partisan municipal campaign in 1911 and made several speeches. He is a member of the Commercial Boosters Club, is Scoutmaster of Troop 1, Boy Scouts of America, and Merlin, Knights of King Arthur, Castle Wahsatch, 1369, all of Logan, Utah. Quoting from Parson's letter: "Caught the western fever while in California and decided to start my min- istry somewhere in the West, and when Bishop Spald- ing of Utah came along, I was immensely attracted by him and accepted an appointment \\itli Johnston, '03, at Logan, Utah. We were together till February, 1911, when he was transferred to Salt Lake City. The work AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 395 of the Church in Utah and in Logan is weak in view of the overwhelming numbers of Mormons, but the unique situation here makes it one of the most inter- esting places in the United States. The work is largely among the students of the State Agricultural College and the Brigham Young College. In 1908 a new church and house were built to handle the work. In the house a club is run on the order of the Y. M. C. A., with books, games, baths, pool table and tennis court. The mem- bership averages seventy during the winter and there was a total attendance at the house of about 15,000 during the past year. Occasionally w^e have taken trips in the saddle to remote settlements and held services in the Mormon meeting houses. In 1910 I made a tour through the southern part of the state by rail and stage, holding services. ''The magazine I spoke of we circulate among the people here. The object of the work is not just to strengthen the Church, though it has grown, but prin- cipally to exercise a broadening and uplifting influence on the young people of the state so that it may bear fruit in their lives and break do^^^l the wall of preju- dice that exists between the Mormons and the 'gen- tiles.' From that point of view it is impossible to record definite results, but there is good reason to believe that St. John's has been a big influence in the community and state, and the outlook for the future is most encouraging. The Mormon religion is reaction- ary in a good many ways, but some day a big change is coming and it is toward that end that we are working. "Utah, however, is not only interesting religiously and politically, but the climate and mountains are ideal for camping and outdoor life; and I have certainly enjoyed camping in the hills with the boys and older 396 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 people. Last summer I entered on a homestead of 320 acres which I will not have to live on, and I am develop- ing that. It is a great work, great country, and I am having the time of my life." Frederic Rose Keator Lawyer, with the firm of Geller, Rolston & Horan, 22 Exchange Place, New York City Residence, 583 Riverside Drive, New York City Bom June 20, 1878, in Rock Island, lU., the son of Samuel Jerman Keator (died December 3, 1906), a manufacturer of lumber and owner of farms, and Cara Church (More) Keator. His ancestry combines Dutch, Scotch and English, His Yale relatives are a brother, Samuel Jerman Keator, 1909 ; an uncle, Frederic William Keator, 1880 ; and cousins, John Frisbee Keator, 1877 ; Bruce Smith Keator, 1879 ; Harry Mayham Keator, 1897 ; Ben Chapman Keator, Jr., 1908 S. ; Alexander Burr Marvin, 1899. Prepared at Rock Island High School and Augustana Col- lege, Rock Island, 111. In college he was on the Dwight Hall membership committee two years, was a member of the Wranglers, Corinthian Yacht Club, Pippin Club and one of the original members of the Cercle Frangaise, attending the organization meeting. He received dissertation appointments both Junior and Senior years. He was a member of Psi Upsilon. He is unmarried. He spent the summer of 1902 at his residence in Rock Island, 111. ''That autumn," he writes, "I spent a month on my father's ranch property at Castlewood, S. Dak., engaging in farm work. Came East the first of October, 1902, spent a month in Philadelphia and New York and entered the Harvard Law School the AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 397 first of November. Spent summer of 1903 at home in Rock Island, 111. Went on a hunting trip in Montana autumn of 1903 before returning to law school. Spent summer of 1904 at home in Rock Island, 111. Returned to law school, September, 1904, and the summer of 1905, after visiting my brother in Wayne, Pa., for sev- eral weeks, I went to South Dakota, where I was actively engaged in the grain and cattle business on my father's ranch until October, when I went to Philadel- phia and entered the law oflSce of John F. Keator, '77, a cousin. After four months there, I came to New York and entered the law office of Chas. S. Mackenzie, 27 William Street, February 1, 1906. The first of December, 1906, my father died and I was obliged to give up the law and return to South Dakota, where I took charge of his interests and with my uncle, Edward B. Keator (also interested in the same property), car- ried on the grain and cattle business. The last of December, 1907, I returned to New York and resumed the law, taking up my residence with my mother and her sister who had previously removed to New York and established a home at 583 Riverside Drive. I was admitted to the New York Bar in January term, 1910, and have since been connected with the office of Geller, Rolston & Horan, 22 Exchange Place, attorneys and counsellors." While in Harvard Law School he was a member of the Thayer Law Club. He is a Republican, a member of the Presbyterian Church, the Yale Club, Holland Society of New York, Sons of the Revolution and the Society of Colonial Wars. Fred writes: *'As I am a lawyer I believe in facts, not rhetoric, on such an occasion as this, hence the above brief which I respectfully submit to the High 398 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Court of 1902. *If your Honors please, although my career has been somewhat checkered by circumstance, I shall try to convince your Honors that the training which I received in the Household of Mother Yale and in your Honors ' company has not been in vain, and that in the years which lie ahead I shall endeavor to make my life conform to the high standards there set for us all, and to render useful service to our country and our kind.' " To do this I shall probably have to follow hard after the precept of Sir William Jones, who, in his 'Ode in Imitation of AlcaBus,' seems to have blazed the trail (if your Honors mil permit my indulgence in the ver- nacular) for the successful advocate in this fashion: ' Seven hours to law, to soothing slumber seven, Ten to the world allot, and all to heaven.' The ease with which I am wont to fill the second requirement gives me some hope of eventually attain- ing the last. ''However that may be, I am confident that if the barristers in the celebrated case of Jarndyce vs. Jarn- dyce had emulated in toto this sage advice, they would not have so successfully greased their descent into that limbo of notoriety to which the world lightly con- signs the entire profession and where they had been preceded several centuries before by those fellow laborers of ours concerning whom Shakespeare so feel- ingly wrote in Henry VI : ' The first thing we do, let 's kill all the lawyers. ' "Your Honors, the defense rests." AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 399 James Cuyler Kimball Senior member of the firm of Kimball & Kopeke, wholesale lumber dealers, 511 Jackshoro Street, Kiioxville, Tenn. Residence, 611 West Main Street, Knoxville, Tenn. Born April 24, 1878, on Governor's Island, N. Y., the son of Col. James P. Kimball, Hamilton 1865 (died April 9, 1902), an oflficer in the United States Army, and Sarah (Eddy) Kimball (died March 2, 1890). He is of Scotch and Irish ancestry. William Perez Field, Yale 1896, is a cousin. Prepared at St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H., and at Cutler's, New York City, where he played at football, base- ball and was on the track team. He entered Yale with 1901, joining our Class in Sophomore year. He was a member of the University Banjo Club, 1899 to 1902, the Mandolin Club, was cheer leader in 1902 and a Wrangler. He was a member of the Kraut Club, the University Club and Delta Kappa Epsilon. He played disappointment ball and sang on the Kneiselet Quartet. He married on June 30, 1906, Mary Allison, a graduate of Maryland College, Lutherville, Md., daughter of Capt. Alex- ander Allison, of Knoxville, Tenn. He has engaged in the lumber business since gradua- tion, with headquarters in Knoxville, Tenn. He has been with the following firms : English & Company, Kecut Lumber Company, Vestal Lumber & Manufac- turing Company, Kimball-McMahon Lumber Com- pany, which he formed in February, 1905, continuing until he bought out his partner in March, 1906, J. C. Kimball & Company, 1906 to 1911, when the firm of Kimball & Kopeke was organized. He is a member of the First Presbyterian Church and January 2, 1912, was appointed secretary and treasurer of Hunter Settlement House in Knoxville. He is a Knight Templar, Shriner and an Elk. 400 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Buff writes: ''I have just returned from a trip in the tall timbers and hasten to send you a few remarks along my past career since 1902. ''Upon graduating I set sail for Tennessee, where I knew one man in this whole state, and he was in the lumber business. He offered me a job at $30.00 a month, which I considered fine and accepted same on August 1, 1902. I remained with this concern, English & Company, of Knoxville, Tenn., for two years, going through the various details of handling the boards and finally got to be an inspector. About this time a new concern came along and desired my services and I joined them heartily for a raise in salary in 1904. After about a year's experience in mixing up the boards and sending them all over the country, I decided that I had had enough experience working for other people, and annexed a partner in 1905, and hung out my shingle to do a wholesale lumber business. Since that time, I have worked steadily for myself and have gotten through many 'ups' and 'downs.' "I finally weathered the panic of 1907, and went along pretty well until 1910. In this year I tried to 'kill the goose that laid the golden egg* and took unto myself a sawmill. Jim, if you ever have anything against somebody, just give him a sawmill, and if that doesn't fix him, give him two. "In January, 1911, I unloaded my sawmill for an even break and the person I sold to hasn't gotten over it since. "I have now got a nice little company, with a partner from Pennsylvania, and am doing a live business, buying and selling lumber, but o\vning no sawmills. "If you ever come this way, I will declare a whole AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 401 holiday to take you to our Country Club, and give you the best the sunny South offers. **P. S. Not being a henpecked husband, I forgot to mention that I got married in 1906, and have lived hap- pily ever afterwards. I have heard that two can live cheaper than one, but take it from me, this is only a bluff!" Arthur Hurlburt Kinney Member of the firm of B. H. & A. H. Kinney, stenographic work, Rooms 501-2, Simons Building, 39 Center Street, New Haven, Conn. Residence, 188 Dwight Street, New Haven, Conn. Bom September 13, 1878, in New Haven, Conn., the son of Charles Dwight Kinney (died April 3, 1909), a building contractor, and Ella A. (Burwell) Kinney. He is the child of the second marriage of his father. Of English ancestry and says that several cousins went to Yale but no near relatives. Prepared at Hillhouse High School, New Haven, where he played tennis and baseball. He entered Yale and 1902 at the beginning of Sophomore year, having attended St. Stephen's College, Annandale, N. Y., for one year, where he showed an interest in the same athletic activities as in high school. At Yale he "never indulged in any very strenuous activities. Went out for Track Team several times, but did not make it. ' ' He received a first colloquy junior appointment and a dispute Senior appointment. He married on November 29, 1906, Bertha Emma Haskell, daughter of Willabe Haskell, Ph.D., Yale 1863, of New Haven, Conn. After assisting his father in the contracting busi- ness for about two years and working with the Howe Candy Company a few months, he went into the steno- graphic business and the firm does all kinds of work 402 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 of this nature. This is one side of his work, while the other is that he has studied for the ministry since 1909, and in June, 1910, was ordained a deacon in the Episcopal Church. He is an assistant in Christ Church, New Haven, superintendent of the Sunday school, and particularly interested in work for boys and men. He is director of a chapter of the Brother- hood of St. Andrew and secretary and treasurer of the Sunday School Union of New Haven. He is normally Republican, but inclined to be inde- pendent, if it is necessary for the good of the com- munity. Art writes; "Since leaving college in 1902 I have continued to reside in the City of Elms (at least that is what it was once) and I cannot say that my career has been in any way meteoric, simply sane and normal. From graduation to the year 1906 I lived at 208 Whal- ley Avenue, and since that time have resided at 188 Dwight Street. I started out as an assistant to my father in the contracting business for about two years, then upon his retirement from business, for six months was assistant superintendent in the Howe Candy Company, and upon this firm becoming defunct was forced to make a change. Next, having a definite feeling that Yale University and mankind in general needed all their literary and business productions of one kind or another typewritten, I entered the steno- graphic line and have continued in the same up to the present time under the firm name of B. H. & A. H. Kinney. Our business is everything that comes under this head and is by no means monotonous. Every- thing from the reporting of speeches, dinners, etc., down to mailing and enclosing circulars of all kinds is on our list. The business has gradually grown from AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 403 a small beginning and now we have a large force of stenographers working all the time. Without boasting I can truthfully say that we have the largest business of its kind in New Haven. In 1906 I was married and can say that I never have regretted the act and if there are any other 1902 men not yet in that happy state I can only say go and do thou likewise, provided you get the right partner. Always having been inter- ested in religious work of one kind or another, in 1909 I decided that I could be still more useful by becoming what is known as a deacon in the Episcopal Church, so after studying privately for a while, I took the necessary examinations and having passed the same was ordained to this oflQce in Holy Trinity Church, Middletown, Conn., on June 8, 1910. I have since that time assisted in the work at Christ Church, New Haven, on Sundays and at various other places. This I have done in addition to my regular daily work in connection with the management of the above men- tioned firm. I have been too busy as yet to travel abroad, but I am still looking forward to the time when that may be possible. My plans for the present are to continue at the same stand and try to be a better Yale man in the future than in the past, if that is possible. It is possible that I may at some future time give myself entirely to the work of the ministry, but that is something yet in the future, even in my own mind. ' ' Walter Martin Krementz Manager for Krementz & Company, manufacturing jewelers, 49 Chestnut Street, Newark, N. J. Residence, 182 Harrison Street, East Orange, N. J. Born March 21, 1881, in Newark, N. J., the son of George Krementz, a manufacturing jeweler, and Louisa (Hendricks) 404 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Krementz (died in 1883). He is of German ancestry. A brother, Richard Krementz, was graduated at Yale in the Class of 1898 S. Prepared at Newark High School, where he played foot- ball, went out for track athletics and was secretary of his class. In college he tried for football and crew, played on Senior Golf Team, was a member of the Wigwam Debating Club and the University Club. He received a colloquy appointment Senior year. His society was Delta Kappa Epsilon. He married on April 25, 1906, in East Orange, N. J., Edith L. C. Hart, a graduate of Miss Capen 's School, Northampton, Mass., daughter of James Hamilton Hart, of Newark. They have three sons, all born in East Orange, N. J. : James Hart, born November 28, 1907 ; Walter Martin, Jr., born February 7, 1911, and Robert Middleton, born November 16, 1912. He has been with Krementz & Company, manufactur- ing jewelers, since graduation. He spent one summer abroad with Tillinghast, Stoddard and Duell. He is a member of the Yale Club of New York City, Essex County Country Club and the New Jersey Automobile and Motor Club. Krem writes: ''After spending the summer after graduation abroad, I came back to what has proved a ten years' job. My first recollection of work was one of surprise, namely, to realize how long a time could elapse between the hours of 7 a.m. and 12 noon. However, like all surprises, we eventually get over them and now I find myself trying to manufacture jewelry in the best possible manner. About the most interesting and instructive thing that has happened in my business career is one which, on account of its tenacity, is ever before me, the panic of 1907. How- ever, according to rule, that cannot last forever and we are hoping that after Decennial we will start anew." AUTOBIOGEAPHIES 405 Merritt Proctor Lancaster Not in business at present Permanent address, 646 East High Street, Lexington, Ky. Born September 13, 1880, in Lexington, Ky., the son of Abraham Barton Lancaster, retired, and Susan Anne (Har- ris) Lancaster (died July 2, 1896). He is of Scotch-English ancestry. Prepared at the University School of Kentucky, where he played baseball and football. At Yale he received a first colloquy appointment Junior year and captained the First Colloquy Baseball Team, and a dispute appointment Senior year. He was a member of the Dunham Boat Club, Univer- sity Club and Alpha Delta Phi. He married on August 30, 1908, Violet Phillips, daughter of Col. M. A. Phillips, of Chicago, 111. He was with the Southern Railway Company a few months and then accepted a position with the New York Life Insurance Company at Lexington, Ky. In 1905 he took charge of the company's office at Cincin- nati, resigning in 1906 to go into the wholesale coal business with the White Oak Coal Company. In June, 1907, ill health made it necessary for Mm to give up all work and after several months spent in recuperating, he went with the Indian Refining Company, New York City, at their Nashville, Tenn., branch. In 1908 he went with the American Telephone & Telegraph Com- pany in Boston, and later in New York. Ill health compelled him to resign in 1911 and he has since been at ''Edgemont," a sanatorium in Henderson, N. C. He is a member of the Episcopal Church. His clubs are the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, Union League of Lexington, Ky., and the Fort Mitchell of Covington, Ky. 406 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Merritt always was a quiet gentleman and shows throughout his letters a desire not to inflict his mis- fortunes on anyone, but I quote one little piece : ''Have had 'ups and downs' and knocks in plenty, but in the words of our famous contemporary, ' My hat is still in the ring. ' ' ' Harry Langdon Laws With James H. Laws & Company, commission merchants, 1405 First National Bank Building, Cincinnati, Ohio Residence, 945 Marion Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio Born July 3, 1880, in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of Harry L. Laws, the ' ' real boss ' ' of James H. Laws & Company, ' ' not a college grad, still a very live wire," and Florence E. (Brad- ford) Laws. He says that his ancestors were English in the dim past. As for Yale relatives he ''shines alone, although a cousin is on the way." His brother-in-law, Caleb Smith Bragg, graduated in the Class of 1908. Prepared at the University School, Cleveland, where he went in for "nothing that he could get out of." In college he was a sub on our Freshman Crew, on the Sophomore Crew, the Varsity Four Oar in 1902, and the Annapolis Crew, 1901- 02. He was a member of the Picture and Senior Prom com- mittees, was a Wrangler and a member of the University Club. His societies were Kappa Psi, Delta Kappa Epsilon and Wolf's Head. He married on April 29, 1905, in Cincinnati, Ohio, Marion Bragg, daughter of Caius Cobb Bragg (died November 21, 1905), They have one son, Eugene Langdon, born Septem- ber 24, 1908, in Camden, Me. On graduation he entered James H. Laws & Com- pany, commission merchants, sugar brokers and manu- facturers, where he has since remained in the position AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 407 of **any old thing, from boss (when the real boss is away) down," and has also managed his father-in- law's estate. He is a director of the Pfau Manufactur- ing Company, plumber's supplies. Being in the sugar business, he is a stand pat Repub- lican. He is an Episcopalian and a member of the University, Queen City, Riding, Miami and Country clubs, all of Cincinnati, which he designates as "merely the usual social clubs." Lang writes : ' ' Started work as a bookkeeper in the boot and shoe department of James H. Laws & Com- pany. Tried various positions in that department, ending as drummer making the small towns in south- ern Ohio. Got lots of experience — 'nuff said' — really did not need a pen on those trips. Quit that depart- ment when I was married (1905) and have since been in the office. "About seven months after my marriage my father- in-law died and since then have managed his estate in addition to regular work." George Lear, 2d With the United Gas Improvement Company, Philadelphia, Pa. Residence, School Lane Apartments, Germantown, Pa. Born March 14, 1879, in Doylestown, Pa., the son of Henry Lear, Yale 1869, a lawyer, and Louisa Philler (Brock) Lear, He is of English and Irish ( ?) descent. Prepared at Germantown Academy and the Taft School, where he played football and a "little bit of several other things. ' ' His college career tabulated is as follows : * ' Scholar- ship, passed mechanics at mid-years in Sophomore year; literature, one joke in the Record; society, one reception and 408 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 one call during four years of college life ; appointments, first colloquies ! Teams, scrub football once ! Senior Crew and Favonian Crew! Committees, chairman of Picture Com- mittee, Ivy Committee of Psi Upsilon." He is unmarried. He studied law one year at the University of Penn- sylvania and in a law office, went South and worked in the office of the United States Coal & Oil Company, Holden, W. Va., and taught one year at the Holbrook School, Ossining, N. Y. Since 1906 he has been with the United Gas Improvement Company of Philadel- phia. He is an Episcopalian, a member of St. Paul's Church, Doylestown, Pa. He is a Taft Republican and was honorably discharged from Company S, Sixth Regiment of Pennsylvania. Bunnie 's letters are very characteristic and pleasant ; here is one: ''The story of my life since graduation is not aurora borealistic; there have been no high lights nor any footlights to illumine it — it has gone along with just daylight and lamplight and starlight to mark its course. ''When I set sail from the 'Classic Shades' upon the road of life, I hitched my wagon to the star of Law! It was not because 'Ignorantia legis neminem excusat' that the apple cart was upset, but 'tis truth that after one year at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, my wagon and I got unhitched from the star. "We hitched up again, however, during the summer of 1903, and bumped along desultorily in a law office for about a year, taking occasional hitches at stars of lesser magnitude, till the fall of 1904, when I was done with hitching parties and started forth to earn a living and forget astronomy. AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 409 ''My road led to the south. I followed it to Holden, W. Va,, a coal mining town, and 'way down in the mountains' of West Virginia I was 'slingin' the ink and pushin' the pen along' for about a year thereafter as office boy and general whatnot in and out of the office of the U. S. Coal & Oil Company. While in West Virginia I learned, inter alia, to almost ride a horse somewhat after the manner that I almost learned geometry at school — because I had to, and after a time I learned that narrow valleys and steep mountains are constricting and that coal mining companies' sal- aries are as stationary as a washstand, unless one is either executive or engineering. I was neither of these, so I returned to the smiling meadowlands of Pennsyl- vania. "In the fall of 1905 I began a brief career as a teacher at the Holbrook School, Ossining, N. Y. It was Latin and Greek that I tried to teach the school- boys there; it was that 'young barbarians all at play' love not the interruptions and restraint of recita- tions and study hours, and that the 'young idea' needs no lessons in 'how to shoot' straight with a piece of chalk, that the schoolboys taught me. At Ossining I passed two landmarks in my career ; my first attack of mumps, which I had so cleverly evaded when Lincoln and Laws were popularizing it in college, and my last game of football, which made me painfully conscious that Troia fuit. At the end of the school year in June I returned, not a sadder but a wiser man, to my home in Doylestown, Pa. "In the fall of 1906 1 entered the employ of — journal- istic euphemism for 'got a job with' — the United Gas Improvement Company in Philadelphia, and in the winter of 1907 I moved my Lares and Penates to Ger- 410 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 mantown, Pa. For almost six years I have done my sedentary day's work in the gas company's office building, often watching the clouds climb up the sky out of the west and hoping for the day when my work can be done directly under them instead of under a roof under them. However, I am still making gas, singing — after B. Hooker, "Let the gas jets burn While the meters mete, For as long as I am here." Burton Howard Lee Rector of St. Mary's Protestant Episcopal Church, New York City Residence, 338 Alexander Avenue, New York City Born April 28, 1877, in New Haven, Conn., the son of James Howard Lee (died in 1910), a builder, and Fanny Jane Lee. He is of English ancestry. A cousin, Burton James Lee, was graduated at Yale in the Class of 1894 S. Prepared at Cheshire Academy, Cheshire, Conn. In college he received first colloquy appointments. He married on June 27, 1902, in New York City, Katharine Weir Hallock, daughter of George Watson Hallock, of New Haven, Conn. They have two sons, both born in New York City: Burton Howard, Jr., born October 17, 1907, and Templeton Warner, born July 9, 1911. After leaving Yale he accepted a position as instruc- tor in the Lakewood Academy, Lakewood, N. J., and the following year held a similar one at Hamilton Institute for Boys, in New York City. He then took a two years' course at the General Theological Semi- nary, leaving there to become curate at St. Michael's Church, New York City, being ordained to the diacon- ate February 4, 1906, and to the priesthood December 23, 1906, at St. Michael's, by Bishop Greer. In June, AUTOBIOGEAPIIIES 411 1909, he became rector of St. Mary's Protestant Epis- copal Church, Bronx Borough. He is a member of Charity and Trowell lodges. Free and Accepted Masons, and Ivy Chapter, Royal Ar- canum Masons, Manhattan Commandery. Burton speaks thus for himself: ''After graduation, took the first train for Lakewood, where a group of boarding school boys were gathered to receive instructions in order to learn how to travel up to Yale and to remain for four jolly years. Then another school in New York desired some Yale methods and then another and larger group wanted to learn the ' ways of Yale. ' Finally I dropped into the General Theological Seminary and then to St. Michael's Church as a curate with Dr. Peters, the quarterback at Yale in the days of Walter Camp. ' ' Then after three years, over here, among this great multitude of the East Side, perhaps to spend my entire life. ''We have two boys to whom we take pleasure in tell- ing the glories of the 'way to Yale.' " A clipping from the New York Times for July 26, 1911, brings out some further facts (?) : Bad Boys Stone a Church Minister, Once a Yale Sprinter, Catches One and Father Provides Punishment The Rev. Burton H. Lee, pastor of St. Mary's Epis- copal Church at 340 Alexander Avenue, the Bronx, is an ex-football man and sprinter of Yale. Also, for the last sixteen days, he has been the proud father of a son. He was sitting with the infant in his backyard last night when he heard a stone whizz through the air and 412 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 strike the church wall next door. The small boys of the neighl)orhood have broken many windows in the church with stones and Dr. Lee has appealed to the police of the Alexander Avenue Station frequently to have the boys stopped. There is no policeman in the station who can catch one of the youngsters, however, so the stone throwing has gone along unchecked. The stone that struck the church yesterday evening aroused Dr. Lee more than any previous one had done, for now he felt that the life of his baby was threatened. When a second stone struck him in the face and a third sped past the basket in which the baby lay, he carried the child into the house, grabbed his hat, and ran into the street. A small boy ran at his approach, but within a block the ex-Yale athlete had overtaken him and dragged him, howling, back to the rectory. Then he telephoned to the police. By the time Policeman Long arrived Patrick Stratford, father of nine-year-old Bernard, Dr. Lee's prisoner, had reached the minister's also, and the trio accompanied Long to the station. There Dr. Lee said he didn't want the boy arrested, especially as his father had promised that he'd take his meals off the mantelpiece for a week. He suggested that Lieutenant McLaughlin lecture the youngster, and that accommodating official drew such a vivid picture of what happened to bad boys that Bernard left in tears. Mr. Walch, father of Vincent and Joseph Walch, whom Bernard implicated in the stone throwing, vis- ited the minister also, and Dr. Lee said last night that he guesses the Walch youngsters would find it more convenient to remain standing for awhile. AUTOBIOGKAPHIES 413 Eugene Heitler Lehman Instructor in Jewish Literature at Yale University, 615 Yale Station, New Haven, Conn. Bom September 5, 1879, in Pueblo, Colo., son of Moritz Lehman (died in 1889), who was in the tobacco business, and Rose (Heitler) Lehman. He is of German and Austrian ancestry, A cousin, Charles Heitler Studin, was graduated at Yale in 1897 and a brother, Louis Heitler Lehman, in 1910. Prepared at the Centennial High School, Pueblo, Colo., where he was a member of the Interscholastic Debating Team and manager of the football team. He attended the Univer- sity of Colorado, at Boulder, Freshman year, won the Griffin Debating prize and was a member of the Freshman baseball team. At Yale he won the DeForest medal Senior year, a second Ten Eyck prize Junior year, honorable mention in the John Addison Porter prize in American history Senior year, a second dispute Junior and a dissertation Senior appoint- ment. He was manager of the Debating Team and a member of the winning Interdepartment Debating Team. He married in the spring of 1912, Madeline T. Davidsburg, of New York City. He was one of the first to receive the Cecil Rhodes scholarship at Oxford, and since graduation has been engaged in educational work at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, the Free Synagogue in New York City and at Yale. During this time he has spent a year in study abroad and two years as a postgrad- uate student in New Haven. He received the degree of M.A. at Yale in 1909. He is Independent in politics. In 1911 he was head of the department of Biblical literature of the Benja- min Dean School and in 1912 president of the Asso- ciation of Jewish Religious School Teachers of New York. He has written articles for New Era and Home 414 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Progress, and published ''Curriculum for Jewish Religious Schools," ''The Junior Bible for Jewish Schools" (with Professor Kent), three volumes; Bloch's Cards for Coloring; and made numerous pub- lic addresses at Carnegie Hall and elsewhere, under the auspices of the Free Synagogue. He is a member of tlie Jewish Historical Society of America and of Verein fur Jiidische Geschichte und Literatur. Eugene has had a busy life. Here's what he says about it: "Immediately after graduation I started to study, under the direction of Dr. Felix Adler, to pre- pare myself for leadership in the Ethical Culture Society. Later I withdrew to enter the Jewish Theo- logical Seminary of America, in which institution I was at the same time appointed instructor of English. Soon, however, it appeared to me that hypocrisy abounded among the students and faculty, so I w^rote a series of letters of criticism to the board of trustees, as a result of which I was expelled from the institu- tion. About this time I was awarded, somewhat pre- maturely, a Cecil Rhodes scholarship from Colorado. I then began to offer courses of lectures on religious subjects in New York, until a call came from our Alma Mater to prepare myself for the position I now hold. Accordingly I returned to New Haven, pursued postgraduate work for two years, spent an additional year studying at the University of Berlin and at the Lehranstalt fiir die Wissenschaft des Judentums, and returned to New Haven to begin teaching in the fall of 1910. In 1907, Dr. Stephen Wise came to New York to found the Free Synagogue and invited me to become his assistant. I accepted and since then have been spending three days of the week in New York attend- ing to the synagogue duties. Aside from my year's AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 415 study in Berlin, I spent two summers abroad, travel- ing in England, Ireland, Scotland, France, Switzer- land, Germany and Belgium. For several years I have been offering courses of ten lectures each, deliv- ered in New York and vicinity, upon such subjects as : "The Prophets of the Old Testament"; ''The Priests of the Old Testament"; "Life and Teachings of Jesus. ' ' Much of my work in connection with the Free Synagogue keeps me busy lecturing and teaching in the slums of New York. I am now preparing for the press two works: (1) "Religious Education Among the Jews in the Days of the Mishnah"; and (2) an article on "Jewish Eeligious Schools," for the Encyclopedia of Sunday Schools soon to be issued. The main thing I am attempting to do is to lead people to live up to the teachings of the Hebrew Prophets. Jesus attempted to do pretty much the same thing, and so in my humble way I am trying to follow in the footsteps of the greatest man my race — any race — has pro- duced. ' ' Elisha Sears Lewis, M.D. Physician, practicing in Princeton, Mass. Born May 22, 1874, in Springfield, Mass., the son of George Smith Lewis, who recently completed fifty-five years of con- tinuous service with the Springfield Republican, where he is now librarian and obituary editor, and Ellen Maria (Sears) Lewis, who was graduated in 1863 at Miss Maria Payne's Young Ladies' Seminary in Middletown, Conn. He is of Welsh ancestry on his father's side; his mother is of English and Dutch stock. His Yale relatives are a brother, Dudley Payne Lewis, 1903, Class Secretary, and four cousins, Joseph Hendley Townsend, 1885 and 1887 M., Harold Sears Arnold, 416 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 1900 and 1903 M., Class Secretary, George Stanleigh Arnold, 1903 and 1906 L., and Argall Leroy Hull, 1905. Prepared at Phillips Andover, and before entering our Class completed, with the Class of 1899 S., the three-year course in the Sheffield Scientific School. He was a member of Chi Phi. While a member of 1902 he received a dispute appointment. He married on September 1, 1899, Jane Catharine Marsh, Vassar 1898, the oldest of the six children of Oliver Marsh, of Springfield, Mass. Mrs. Lewis, whose wide circle of friends increased during years of suffering, borne with won- derful courage and sweetness, died in Princeton, Mass., on April 26, 1910. One daughter, Jane Catharine Marsh, was born July 21, 1900, in Springfield, Mass. Dr. Lewis married on May 17, 1911, in Princeton, Mass., Emma May Hosley, daughter of Henry D. Hosley, a retired merchant and veteran of the Civil War, of East Princeton, Mass. On graduation he took the course in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore, receiving the degree of M.D. in 1905. He served as interne in the Springfield (Mass.) Hospital four months, leaving in the fall of 1905 for Vienna, where he studied medicine during the winter, continuing his studies in London and in Dublin during the spring. Since his return he has practiced in Princeton, Mass. He is a member of the following associations and clubs: The American Medical Association, the Massa- chusetts Medical Association, the Rutland Clinical Club, the Princeton Board of Health, the Princeton Grange and the Worcester Automobile Club. Pie is school physician of Princeton and medical examiner of the Wachusett Lodge, A. 0. U. W. AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 417 George Gould Lincoln Newspaper "Work with The Evening Star, Washington, D. C. Residence, 1747 Church Street, Washington, D. C. Born July 26, 1880, in Washington, D. C, the son of Dr. Nathan Smith Lincohi, a physician and surgeon, and Jeanie (Gould) Lincoln. He is the child of his father's second marriage. Of English ancestry. His Yale relatives are his great-great-grandfather, Hon. Uriah Tracy, 1778; great- grandfather, Judge James Gould, 1791 ; grandfathers, George Gould, 1827, and Rev. Increase Sumner Lincoln, 1822 ; uncle, George Vail Gould, 1873 Hon. ; great-uncle, William Tracy Gould, 1816; cousins, James Gardner Gould, 1845; James Reeves Gould, 1824 ; Charles Winthrop Gould, 1870. Prepared at the Friends' School, Washington, D. C, where he went out for baseball, football and track. In college he made the Freshman Crew and the Varsity Four-Oar and in Senior year coached the Freshman Crew, was a member of the Wigwam Debating Club, chairman of the Senior Prom Committee and the Class Supper Committee. He received second dispute appointments. His societies were Delta Kappa Epsilon and Wolf 's Head. He married on May 20, 1909, Hester Shepard, daughter of Judge Seth Shepard, justice of the Court of Appeals. They have one daughter, Hester Shepard, born December 13, 1910, in Washington, D. C. Journalism has been the type of work to which he has devoted most of the ten years since graduation, varying it "vvith a little mine prospecting in Canada, and an assistant superintendency of a tea plantation in South Carolina. He has been connected with the Times, Post and Star, all of Washington, and is a correspondent for the Grand Rapids News, Birming- ham News and other papers. He is an Episcopalian, though not a church member. He has published an article on the ''House of Rep re- 418 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 sentatives" in Munsey's Magazine, and several maga- zine stories. On December 4, 1912, he was elected sec- retary of the Yale Alumni Association of Washington. Rab gives us a few words only: ''Four months in Canada prospecting for nickel mine immediately after college. Returned to Washington and took up news- paper work. In fall of 1903, went to tea plantation near Charleston, S. C, as assistant superintendent, there until May, 1904. Broke my knee and had to come back to Washington. Went into newspaper work and have been in it ever since." Leroy Alton Lincoln Lawyer, practicing independently, 523 Ellicott Square, Buffalo, N. Y. Born August 18, 1880, in Little Valley, N. Y., the son of Charles Z. Lincoln, a lawyer, and Lusette (Bonsteel) Lincoln. His ancestry is American "since 1635." Prepared at the Albany High School, Albany, N. Y., and in college was a member of the Dunham Boat Club and received second dispute appointments. He married on September 6, 1905, Alary Stevens Moore, daughter of John L Moore (deceased), of Fredonia, N. Y. Mrs. Lincoln died April 21, 1908. They had no children. For one year after graduation he studied law in the Albany Law School and spent the summers of 1903 and 1904 with the United States Geological Survey. He studied law one year in Buffalo and was admitted to the New York State Bar in May, 1904, and then formed a partnership with George H. Smith, Colgate 1901, under the firm name of Lincoln & Smith, for the prac- tice of law in Buffalo, Charles Z. Lincoln acting as counsel. On November 1, 1910, this firm was dissolved and he has since practiced alone. AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 419 He is a Republican. He is a member of the Uni- versity, Lawyers and Park clubs, all of Buffalo. George Walter Lindenberg Secretary of the Columbus Brass Company, Columbus, Ohio Residence, 42 Auburn Street, Columbus, Ohio Born June 22, 1879, in Columbus, Ohio, the son of Philip Lindenberg and Clara (Kaumaeher) Lindenberg. He is of German ancestry. Prepared at Phillips Academy, Andover, arid in college was secretary of the Football Association in Junior year, treas- urer and a member of the board of governors of the Univer- sity Club, a second Wrangler and a cup man. He received a first colloquy appointment Junior year. He was a member of the Kraut Club, Eta Phi, Psi Upsilon and Scroll and Key. He married on March 7, 1905, in St. Louis, Mo., Amy Duke- hart Townsend, daughter of Henry C. Townsend, deceased. They have three children, all born in Columbus, Ohio: Ann Townsend, born December 26, 1905 ; George "Walter, Jr., born November 19, 1907 ; and John TowTisend, born October 16, 1909. He has been with the Columbus Brass Company, manufacturers and jobbers of plumbers' supplies, since graduation, his present position being secretary. Benjamin Robbins Curtis Low Member of the firm of Low, Miller & Low, lawyers, 30 Broad Street, New York City Residence, 58 Remsen Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Born June 22, 1880, in Fair Haven, Mass., the son of William Oilman Low, a lawyer, and Lois Robbins (Curtis) Low. The following relatives have graduated from Yale : a brother, William Oilman Low, 1897; and three cousins, Ethelbert Ide 420 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Low, 1902; George Cabot Ward Low, 1906, and Abbot Augustus Low, Jr., 1911. Prepared at St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H., and at Yale was a member of the Dunham Boat, Cross Country and Cor- inthian Yacht clubs, the Wigwam Debating Society, received a philosophical oration appointment in Junior year and an oration appointment in Senior year, took two year honors in history, was chairman of the Cap and Gown and a member of the Senior Promenade Committee, was president of the German Club and of Phi Beta Kappa, and was a member of Psi Upsilon and the University Club and, on its formation in 1903, was elected a member of the Elihu Club. He is unmarried. He received the degree of LL.B. from Harvard Uni- versity in 1905, and during his course was elected a member of Phi Delta Phi. On October 1, 1909, with E. I. Low and C. D. Miller, of our Class, he formed a partnership for the practice of law, under the firm name of Low, Miller & Low, at 30 Broad Street, New York City, which is his present address. He is a member and vestryman of St. Ann's Epis- copal Church of Brooklyn, and is chairman of the Laymen's Missionary Committee of the Diocese of Long Island. He is a member of the Yale and Harvard clubs of New York and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. In politics he is a Republican. He has published two poems in Scrihner's Magazine and has written a book. In regard to his recent life he writes that it has been one of ''hard work sprinkled with oases." Ben is as young at heart as ever and a pleasant greeting from him amid the rush of our United States is a treat to be looked forward to and not quickly forgotten. j AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 421 Ethelbert Ide Low Member of the firm of Low, Miller & Low, lawyers, 30 Broad Street, New York City Residence, 38 East Sixty-fourth Street, New York City Born April 25, 1880, in Brooklyn, N. Y., the son of Ethel- bert Mills Low, Harvard 1870, who was engaged in the ship- ping business (died in July, 1881), and Mary Louise (Ide) Low. He is of English ancestry. His Yale relatives are an uncle, George Edward Ide, 1881; two half-brothers, Lyman Northrop Hine, 1910, and Francis Worthington Hine, ex- 1915 ; cousins, William Gilman Low, Jr., 1897, Benjamin Rob- bins Curtis Low, 1902, George Cabot Ward Low, 1906, and Abbot Augustus Low, Jr., 1911. Prepared at St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H., where he went in for football and rowing. In college he was a sub- stitute on the Freshman Crew, vice-commodore and commodore of the Corinthian Yacht Club, also a member of the Race Com- mittee ; a member of the Wigwam Debating Club and received first colloquy appointments. He was treasurer of the Senior Prom Committee, a member of the University Club, Alpha Delta Phi and Wolf's Head. He married on June 9, 1904, Gertrude Herrick, daughter of Harold Herrick, president of the Niagara Fire Insurance Company, of New York City. They have two sons, both born in Lawrence, Long Island : Ethelbert Herrick, born April 26, 1906, and Francis Hine, born August 10, 1911. On graduation he entered Columbia Law School, where he joined Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity. Upon the completion of the course he commenced the prac- tice of law with DeForest Brothers at 30 Broad Street, New York City. Since October 1, 1909, he has been senior member of the firm of Low, Miller & Low, all three being Yale 1902. 422 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 He is a director in the following companies : Niagara Fire Insurance Company, J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company, Rush Creek Land Company and the Coal Run Land Company. He received the degree of LL.B. at Columbia in 1905. He is a member of the Church of Zion and Saint Timothy, being treasurer of the church committee of the Laymen's Missionary Movement and a member of the general committee of this movement. His clubs are the University, Yale, Church, Alpha Delta Phi, Rockaway Hunt Club, Country Club of West- chester, Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht, Down Town Association and the Hamilton Club. Bert says : ' ' I will write you that letter for the Class book when I can overcome my natural modesty. ' ' Well, be that as it may, I hope it will be eventually, even if not now. Arthur Crosby Ludington Doing special work for the Government for the Indian Bureau, care Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, D. C. Residence, 56 West Tenth Street, New York City Born March 6, 1880, in New York City, the son of Charles Henry Ludington (died January 1, 1910), a wholesale importer until 1868, and Josephine Lord (Noyes) Ludington (died April 17, 1908). He is of English ancestry with some Scotch, Irish and Welsh. His Yale relatives are two brothers, William Howard Ludington and Charles Henry Ludington, Jr., 1887, and many cousins : William Sargent Gilman Noyes, 1891 ; Daniel Raymond Noyes, 1905 ; Charles Reinold Noyes, 1905 ; Robert Hale Noyes, 1908 ; Charles Noyes Loveland, 1894, and Henry Perkins Moseley, 1894. AUTOBIOGRAPHIES " 423 Prepared at Black Hall and St. Paul's, Concord, N. H. At the former he edited the school paper and at the latter he wrote for the school paper, wrote a prize poem and a library- poem. In college he wrote for the Lit and Courant; won Lit prize essay and made Chi Delta Theta; sang on Freshman, Apollo and (in Senior year) University Glee clubs; was on the Sophomore debating team (Wigwam) ; took honors in English composition Sophomore year, made a high oration stand and Phi Beta Kappa. He was active in Dwight Hall for first two and a half years and head of Yale Hall in Junior year, chairman of the City Missions Committee in 1901 and of Foreign Missions Committee in 1902. Went in for rowing, tennis and golf — also a little for track athletics — but made no teams. He received Class vote for greatest sport. He was a member of Dunham Boat Club, University Club and the Pic- ture Committee. His societies were Kappa Psi and Psi Upsilon. He is unmarried. He worked for two and a half years in the bond department of Post & Flagg, New York City, but in 1905 went to Princeton to assist Woodrow Wilson in his political science courses. This was the line of work which he had wished to follow and in 1907 he went to Germany for further study along these lines. Serious illness in his family recalled him to this coun- try in 1908, and he has since been in political work with various organizations and has taken graduate courses at Columbia. In February, 1912, he went to Washing- ton to do special work for the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. He is a member of the executive committee and several other committees of the Citizens' Union of New York City; of the committee on election laws of the City Club of New York; of the Council of the National Municipal League; of the executive commit- 424 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 tee of the National and New York Short Ballot organi- zations ; of tlie executive committee of the Intercollegi- ate Civic League; of the executive committee of the New York Young Men's Republican Club; of the exec- utive committee of the New York Congestion Com- mittee. He is a member of the Madison Square Pres- byterian Church, was a deacon in 1904 and 1905, and head of the Boys' Club at the Madison Church House during the same years. He has written a book on ''American Ballot Laws, 1888-1910," published by the New York State Library in 1911; various magazine articles for the American Political Science Review and the South Atlantic Quarterly; read papers at the annual meetings for 1909 and 1911 of the American Political Science Association; was associate editor in 1911 of the National Municipal Review; has written various political pamphlets — mostly on primary and ballot reform. He is a member of the City Club of New York, Reform Club, Metropolitan Club of Wash- ington ; American Political Science Association, Amer- ican Academy of Political and Social Science, Ameri- can Association for Labor Legislation, National Civil Service Reform Association, New York Tax Reform Association and the New York Municipal Government Association. As I have used Art's letter for the above facts, I give only one quotation: ''My present plan is to continue in non-partisan political and social reform work — I am becoming increasingly interested in the latter — or to try for some permanent government position." AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 425 Huc-Mazelet Luquiens Artist Studio, 254 Lawrence Street, New Haven, Conn. Residence, 201 Bishop Street, New Haven, Conn. Born June 30, 1881, in Auburndale, Mass., the son of Pro- fessor Jules Luquiens, Ph.D. Yale 1873 (died August 23, 1899), head of the French Department, Yale College, and Emma (Clark) Luquiens. His ancestry combines Swiss, French, English and German. Besides his father, a brother, Frederick Bliss Luquiens, was graduated at Yale in 1897. Prepared at Hillhouse High School, New Haven, Conn. In college he served on the Record board and was president of the French Club. He received honors in English composition in Sophomore year, a high oration Junior and a philosophical oration Senior appointment. He was a member of Zeta Psi and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, of which he was secre- tary. He is unmarried. After graduation he entered the Yale School of Fine Arts, taking the "Winchester fellowship prize in 1904, which gave him two years of study in Paris, where he worked, for the most part, in the ateliers of Jean Paul Laurens and Bonnat. Since his return to New Haven, he has devoted himself to etching and portrait paint- ing. Among the Yale men whom he has painted are Professors Henry P. Wright, Samuel Johnson, Wil- liam D. Whitney, Thomas E. Lounsbury, William Lyon Phelps, George D. Watrous, Chauncey B. Tinker, Rev. Newman Smyth and Mr. William W. Farnam. He received the degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts at Yale in 1908. He is a member of Center Church ( Con- gregational), New Haven, the Graduates, Elizabethan and Paint and Clay clubs, all of New Haven. 426 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Only one of numerous comments on Hue's work is published : ''To the left of Mr. Fuller's 'Truth' hangs a portrait by Huc-Mazelet Luquiens, of Dr. Ne^^^nan Smyth. The picture itself is so finely reticent that one must look closely to discover why he likes it so well. Such words as subtle or clever are hardly worthy to indicate the skillful artistry which has accomplished so much by means so simple and direct. The drawing of the hands is delightfully sure. The color is very pleasing, rather low in key, rising to its highest pitch, of course, in the fine and very characteristic head. One need not be told that the likeness is a striking one — every detail is full of personality, the figure not less than the head. Slighter, though very interesting, is the costume por- trait called 'Guillermo,' which hangs at the right of 'Truth Triumphing Over Error.' Here again Mr. Luquiens 's gift of seizing essentials is evident, reveal- ing under an air and costume that might become a cynic philosopher, the personality of Will Hutchins, another of the exhibitors. Two admirable etchings by the same artist hang upon the left wall of the entrance way, piquing one to admit how much a few lines can say. Mr. Luquiens 's power of concision almost moves one to the frivolous wish to see him exercise his gift of characterization in rollicking caricature. ' ' And now we let him tell his own story in rollicking caricature. nca 428 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Willard Blackinton Luther Member of the law firm of Peabody, Arnold, Batchelder & Luther, 104 Devonshire Building, 16 State Street, Boston, Mass. Residence, 64 Canton Avenue, Milton, Mass. Born October 19, 1879, in Attleboro, Mass., the son of George Edward Luther (died October 20, 1897, in Providence, R. I.), a manufacturer, and Ella M. (Fisher) Luther. He is of English ancestry on both sides, his father's family coming to this country in 1636 and his mother's about 1640. A brother, Charles Fisher Luther, was graduated at Yale in 1908. Prepared at the English and Classical School, Providence, R, I., and was senior captain of the school battalion. In col- lege he was a member of the Wranglers, Sophomore Debating Team, New Haven Golf Club and Corinthian Yacht Club. He received high oration appointments, two year honors in social sciences, honors in English composition Sophomore year, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He was a member of Psi Upsilon and Elihu Club (honorary). He is unmarried. He studied in the Harvard Law School and was a member of Pow-Wow and the Choate Club (local branch of Phi Delta Phi). In 1905 he entered the firm of which he is now a member, the name then being Peabody & Arnold. He received the degree of M.A. in 1905 from Yale (work in English under Professor Phelps), and the degree of LL.B. in 1905 from Harvard. He is a Demo- crat. Though a nominal member of Beneficent Con- gregational Church of Providence, he sometimes at- tends the First Parish Church (Unitarian) of Milton. He is a member of the Milton Club, Oakley Country Club, Yale Club of Boston (secretary and treasurer), AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 429 Harvard Club of Boston, Harvard Musical Association, Nisi Prius Club (legal), Bar Association of Boston and the Anti-Imperialist League. Willard writes: ''You can always get my interest and sometimes get my money, but I doubt if you can ever get me to make a fool of myself, even for the praiseworthy end of entertaining 1902. Any made-to- order sketch that I might attempt to write wouldn't be a picture of me, it would be either the sad spectacle of a person trying to say something about nothing, or the sadder one of a man who ought to know better doing a little juvenile showing off. Note: I say this about myself, not about others who may be able to write glibly about anything. ''Perhaps this is not exactly the self-assertion that you are looking for, but it is all I care to display at present. When I really have anything to say you may be quite sure that I shall say it. ' ' Walter Lester Lyon Residence, 110 South Twenty-first Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Born April 24, 1881, in Berlin, Germany, the son of Dr. J. Fish Lyon, Brown 1870, M. D. Heidelberg 1880, and Louise (Miller) Lyon, He is the son by his mother's second marriage. He is of German descent. A cousin, William Howard Lyon, was graduated at Yale in the Class of 1908. Prepared at Columbia Institute and Dwight School, New York City. He was on the baseball team at both schools and at Dwight played basketball, was captain of the hockey team which never played a game and associate editor of Dwight School News. At Yale he tried for the Hockey Team in Fresh- man year, resulting in his nose being broken twice. He tried Freshman baseball one week but scholarship standing did not 430 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 allow him to continue. He also tried for the bicycle team. He was a member of the University Club and Zeta Psi. He married on February 1, 1911, Beatrice Cochran, daugh- ter of Henry Cochran, deceased. They have one daughter, Dorothy Erskine, born October 21, 1911, in Philadelphia, Pa. On graduation he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons, where he was a member of Omega Upsi- lon Phi, but after a short time gave up the idea of studying for professional work and went Avith J. H. Flagg Cutlery Company, later going to Wall Street with Clark, Grannis & Lawrence, where he remained until the panic. Since that time he has been in the New York office of the Russell & Erwin Manufacturing Com- pany, his last position being assistant sales manager. He resigned this position in May, 1912. He is a member of the Episcopal Church, Republi- can in politics, and belongs to the Yale Club and Zeta Psi Association of New York and the Atlantic City Country Club. Walter's letter outlines the rest: ''Most of my mis- deeds are known to you, but for the benefit of the records I will revise them. In the fall of 1902 I started in at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York and finished up by trying to stop the prosectors' elevator with my head; the lift won and I went down and out, together with the greater part of a desire to become a doctor. Having become used to handling knives, I next accepted a position with the J. H. Flagg Cutlery Company. Now considering my education complete, I entered Wall Street with Clark, Grannis & Lawrence, and left with them during the panic. I next used Canal Street as my commuting station, hav- ing joined the Russell & Erwin Manufacturing Com- pany, alias the American Hardware Corporation of AUTOBIOGEAPHIES 431 New Britain, Conn., lastly as assistant sales manager of the New York office. Having resigned May 1, 1912, to remove ourselves and belongings from Cedarhurst, L. I., to Philadelphia, I have opened negotiations with the Simmons Hardware Company to join their new office just being opened. At this writing we have not as yet come to an understanding. I am afraid that my plans will not allow me to rejoin you this June ; having attended both Triennial and Sexennial, I envy you your luck in being able to be present at this year's festivi- ties. Wishing you the best time of your life and hop- ing that if you are in the neighborhood of 106 South Chelsea Avenue, Atlantic City, N. J., this summer, you will drop in, and see, free of charge, our greatest achievement, the baby." Thomas Aloysius McAvoy Lawyer, 311 Main Street, Worcester, Mass. Residence, 30 Irving Street, Worcester, Mass. Bom April 28, 1869, in Worcester, Mass., the son of James McAvoy (died September 23, 1874), a mechanic, and Jane (Connolly) McAvoy (died March 31, 1900). He is of Irish ancestry. A cousin, Thomas Edward McEvoy, was graduated at Yale in 1890 and received the degree of M.D. in 1892. Prepared at the Worcester High School, where he main- tained a high stand and by himself. At Yale he received oration appointments, "debating some, defended the negroes against the wild Southerners, argued for the Irish and Catho- lics, missionary work for the Democrats, joked fellow students and some of the faculty, worked outside for a living; and mildly anticipated by criticisms 'Stover at Yale.' On the whole rather a quiet time for me for what I might have done. ' ' He was a member of the Yale Union. He is unmarried. 432 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 On graduation he entered Harvard Law School, where he thinks he helped give a university training to some of the Harvard callow youth. Since 1905 he has practiced law in Worcester, Mass., giving his attention to civil cases. He received the degree of LL.B. at Harvard in 1905. He is a Democrat and has made a few political speeches at city elections. He is a member of the Roman Catho- lic Church. Besides his political speeches he has made a few public addresses on Irish and Catholic topics, and a few more on patriotic and citizen subjects. He is a member of the Yale Club and the Ancient Order of Hibernians. Mac writes : ' ' I have made a living from the start, but have not as yet startled the world. I have attended very strictly to law but have made a few nice real estate deals for myself and others and made some money for them and me. I shall lead, for some time now, except as to law, somewhat of a hermit existence. I am not at all satisfied with present conditions in our country. I believe if all the working classes, the farm- ers, mechanics, clerks and laborers, together with the business and professional men deriving their support from these people, were to unite under sensible leaders, we could sweep the country and better conditions won- derfully. We need safe leaders. I am opposed to froth, folly and fallacies ; these are prevalent with the self-elected sons of destiny of today, both Democrats and Republicans of either hat or hue. "I love books and spend all the time I can spare in reading. And I love nature, to walk out in the fields and country roads. 'Be mine the philosopher's life, Away from the care and strife. ' AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 433 But I am in the strife every day. I am still hairless as well as heirless, but hope exists for both. Withal, life is quiet and peaceful enough with me. I have three sisters to look after home comforts for me. And if, like Tennyson and Cleveland, life is not yet ' one grand, sweet song, ' it may be later ; I can make laughs enough to sweeten some. * ' I hope I can say, if not ' I have come, ' at least, * I am coming,' meaning as to life and achievements, not the Decennial ; I would have put it in Greek, but know you have not your Hinds and Noble. ' ' Howard George McDowell Partner in the firm of Gt. H. McDowell & Company, manu- facturers of woolen underwear, Cascade Mills, Cohoes, N. r. Residence, 120 Saratoga Avenue, Cohoes, N. Y. Born August 28, 1880, in Cohoes, N. Y., the son of George H. McDowell, a manufacturer of underwear, and Elizabeth (Clute) McDowell. He is of North of Ireland and Dutch descent. His brother and classmate, John Clute McDowell, died November 18, 1903. Prepared at Egberts High School, Cohoes, Worcester Academy, and Cascadilla School, Ithaca, N. Y., where he played the role of "general disturber." At Yale he was a member of the University Club and brightened by his wit the life of everyone with whom he came in contact. He received the Class vote for wittiest man. He married on October 22, 1906, Margaret Laughlin Suther- land, daughter of Daniel M. Sutherland, a merchant, of Albany, N. Y. They have one daughter, Jean Gardiner, born August 7, 1907, in Cohoes, N. Y. 434 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 On graduation he entered his father's business, manufacturing woolen underwear, and on January 1, 1907, was admitted to the firm. He is a Republican in politics, ''except as to Roose- velt." He is a member of the Yale Club of New York City, the University Club of Albany, Albany Country Club, Mohawk Golf Club and Pafraets Dael Club of Troy, N. Y. A study of Mac is necessarily a rapid-fire affair. Every one of his letters contains some bright touch, but as they come often (praise Allah), it is impossible to put all in, much as I would like to do so. Here are just a few touches and you can read his article on "Side- lights on the Reunion" for ''the little more and how much it is. ' ' ' ' Entered the employ of my father in the fall of 1902. Put in four years learning the business, holding an office position meanwhile, and was admitted to part- nership in the firm on January 1, 1907. Had been married in the meantime, in 1906, and became a father in 1907. My diversions have been tennis and automo- biling, at which most of my time away from business is spent. Do a moderate amount of traveling on busi- ness, and my other travels have been a West Indies trip in the spring of 1910, and a trip to Cuba and California that winter, made necessary by an attack of pneumonia which nearly got me. The things I have accomplished may be summed up in wife, baby and job. I am attempting nothing more than to persuade people that our underwear is the best and to sell enough of it to render selling any more unnecessary. This includes my plans also, and my hopes are for ten years more of equally good things." "Just to notify you that the papers in the case have Ca.mkls Pkki'akim; iok Thkik Extkaxck into Yai.k Dining Hai.i. An Unisiai. Putikk Howard McDowell of Colioes, N. V., cauprlit when not talkiiis possibly considering which is tjest, "a tonic era tunic' AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 435 been forwarded to your New Haven address, even unto the income statistics, which for the past couple of years make a bum showing. However, be that as it may, I was at least truthful, and still thank God that my father was born before me, and in years like these, when underwear is worn but not bought, I consign myself to his care. The sample letter, from J. A. C. (guess who) was too good to emulate, so my account of my ten years' war is more descriptive than narra- tive, but I never was no Billy Phelps, nohow. Aside from that, I'll pull through. ''Have had encouraging reports from Waters and even Wylie, and others have written me that my mis- sionary work had been or would be productive of results that would soon reach you. Guess most of them think you should be bonded before they take a chance on you to the extent of sixteen seeds or 320 beers, which amounts to the same thing. However, I've vouched for you and maybe you'll get the money in time." *John Clute McDowell Died 1903 Bom January 1, 1879, the son of George H. McDowell, a manufacturer, and Elizabeth (Clute) McDowell. His brother, Howard George McDowell, was also a member of 1902. He attended the public schools of Cohoes until 1896 when he entered Worcester (Mass.) Academy. In 1897 he entered Cascadilla School at Ithaca, N. Y., graduating there in 1898. In college he received second colloquy appointments. He was unmarried. After graduation he entered the Albany Law School, but failing health in 1903 compelled him to abandon 436 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 his studies. He died on November 18, 1903, after but a few days of illness serious enough to confine him to bed. John won his place in our hearts at the beginning of our college course and will hold it permanently, A classmate writes : * * In college, as you know, John was of a quiet, retiring disposition, entering little, if any, of the activities that most of us went in for, and spent a great deal of time in reading, which, with the theatre, made up his favorite diversion. ' ' John Sample McKelvjs Jr. Lawyer, 1263 Frick Building Annex, Pittsburgh, Pa. Residence, 1100 Wood Street, Station D, Pittsburgh, Pa. Born October 25, 1878, in Wilkinsburg, Pa., the son of John Sample McKelvy and Eleanor McG. (Horner) McKelvy. His ancestors were Scotch-Irish. Prepared at the Pittsburgh High School, and at Yale, as a pitcher, was a member of the Freshman Baseball squad and of the Varsity Nine in Senior year. He received a second dispute appointment in Junior year and a colloquy appointment in Senior year. He was a member of Zeta Psi. He is not married. He received the degree of LL.B. from the University of Pittsburgh in 1905. During his three years in law school, with the exception of six months spent in the West in 1905, he also studied in the offices of Patterson, Sterrett & Acheson of Pittsburgh, and has been engaged in the practice of law since 1905, independ- ently since 1910. He is a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Wilkinsburg. In politics he is a Republican. He is a Jons CiATK McDowell AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 437 member of the University Club of Pittsburgh and the Edgewood Country Club. Honest John grows quieter as he grows older, but not one whit less substantial! James Nelson Mandeville Representative of Harris, Forbes & Company, in Western New York, 725 Ellicott Square Building, Buffalo, N. Y. Residence, 78 Inwood Place, Buffalo, N. Y, Born January 24, 1879, in Webster, N. Y., the son of New- man Dryer Mandeville (died in 1907), a farmer, and Barbara Ann (Maurer) Mandeville. His ancestors have lived in America for several generations. Prepared at the Webster (N. Y.) High School, where he was interested in baseball and debating. At Yale he received oration appointments Junior and Senior years. He married on April 5, 1912, in Rochester, N. Y., Pearle Evelyn Grover, a graduate of Southern College for Women at Petersburg, Va., daughter of Edmund C. Grover, of Irondequoit, N. Y. On graduation he taught three years in St. Paul, Minn., and then entered the bond business. Since Jan- uary, 1906, he has been with N. W. Harris & Company and their successors, Harris, Forbes & Company, rep- resenting them in Albany and vicinity, Central Penn- sylvania, and since 1909 in "Western New York. He is Independent in politics. His clubs are the Yale of New York City, Ellicott, University and Park of Buffalo, N. Y. Jim outlines a novel way of utilizing vacations for profit, so under danger of a little repetition we quote : "Taught Latin (1902-05) at the Central High School, 438 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 St. Paul, Minn. My 1903 summer vacation was spent with a survejdng party of the Northern Pacific Rail- way in North Dakota; the vacation of 1904 ^\ith the Park Row ofl5ce of the New York Life Insurance Com- pany in New York City. From June to December, 1905, I was in the credit department of Tibbs, Hutch- ings & Company, wholesale drygoods, St. Paul, Minn., as traveling adjuster. From October 1 to the end of 1905 was connected with a Boston (Mass.) firm of bond dealers and in January, 1906, entered the employ of N. W. Harris & Company, bond dealers. New York City, representing them for two years in the vicinity of Albany and Troy, N. Y., making my headquarters at Troy. In 1908, represented them in Central Penn- sylvania and Maryland, with headquarters at Harris- burg, Pa., and made occasional trips in their interests into Virginia, West Virginia and North Carolina. In 1909, took charge of their business in Western New York with office at 725 Ellicott Square, Buffalo. On the theory that a man should see his own country first, I have visited nearly all of our own states and all of the Canadian provinces. My material progress has been slow but steady ; the future, however, looks bright and like all good Yale men I am plugging hard all the time. ' ' Alfred Edgerton Manierre Architect, 112 West Adams Street, Chicago, 111. Residence, 100 Bellevue Place, Chicago, III. Born August 13, 1878, in Chicago, 111., the son of George Manierre, Yale 1868, a real estate dealer, and Ann Eliza (Edgerton) Manierre. His ancestry combines Scotch, English AUTOBIOGEAPHIES 439 and French. Besides his father his Yale relatives are three brothers, Louis Manierre, 1901, Arthur Manierre, 1903, Fran- cis Edgerton Manierre, 1907 ; and a cousin, Edgerton Swart- wout, 1891. Prepared at the University School, Chicago, III, and in college was a member of the Corinthian Yacht Club and the University Club. He married on March 20, 1907, June Griffin Parkinson, daughter of Robert H. Parkinson, Dartmouth 1870, a lawyer, of Chicago, 111. They have one daughter, Barbara D., bom August 24, 1908, in Chicago, 111. From September 15, 1903, to March 2, 1905, he worked as a machinist's apprentice on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, at Havelock, Neb. He then entered the district superintendent's office of the Pullman Company in Chicago. In 1908 he was secre- tary and sales manager for the Newsom Crushed Stone & Quarry Company of Nashville, Tenn., and in 1912 he is an architect, working independently. He received the degree of B.S. in architecture from the University of Illinois. It is good to hear, even though not from his own lips, that Al has taken up his pen once more, for we haven't quite forgotten his drawing abilities. Frank Tucker Mason President of the Pine Mountain Granite Company, 1012 Atlanta National Bank Building, Atlanta, Ga. Residence, Stone Mountain, Ga. Born April 26, 1880, in Chicago, 111., the son of William Mason, a manufacturer of silk, and Ella J. (Tucker) Mason. He is of English ancestry. 440 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Prepared at the Brooklyn High School and at Andover, where he went in for baseball and track athletics. In college he was a member of the Yale Bicycle Team four years and won his Y, captain of the championship Class Hockey Team in Senior year, and was on the scrub football teams in 1900 and 1901. He sang on the Bicentennial Chorus. He received first colloquy appointments Junior and Senior years. He was a member of Zeta Psi. He married on August 29, 1906, in Stone Mountain, 6a., Elizabeth Vernon Venable, daughter of William Richard Venable, deceased, formerly clerk of court, Fulton County, Ga. They have two children, both born in Atlanta, Ga. : Leila Eliza- beth Venable, born January 19, 1909, and Samuel Venable, born November 27, 1911. He spent the first five years after graduation on a plantation on the Isle of Pines, V^est Indies, and lias been a member of the firm of Mason Brothers, grow- ers and shippers of citrus fruits, since 1902. In 1907 lie gave up his active work on the plantation, and, returning to the United States, went into the stone business in Georgia, as secretary and treasurer of the company of which he is now the president, the Pine Mountain Granite Company. Since 1907 he has been a director of the Atlanta, Stone Mountain & Lithonia Railroad. He is a Unitarian and a member of the Third Unita- rian Church of Brooklyn, N. Y. He is a member of the Yale Club of New York City and the Graduates Club of New Haven. In 1909 Mace wrote: *' Regarding my doings since Triennial: In August of the next year I joined the Benedicts, marrying a girl from the sunny South. After spending another year in the Isle of Pines, I decided that the development of the fruit plantation, in which I hold a third interest, was far enough advanced AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 441 to turn over to my brother, so I came back to our dear old United States and settled down in Georgia. While in Cuba, business frequently necessitated my presence in Havana, where I occasionally had the good fortune to see our dear old college chum, Charles Gould, who was trying to climb into John D. 's shoes. ''By the way, if you want to hear a good Cuban near- war tale, get Charlie to tell you about the time he refereed a football game in Havana. I think the Spanish bull-fighters were playing the Cuban guagiros. Better get Charlie to tell it as my recollection is poor. However, I think Charlie was glad to escape with his life. * ' To come back to myself. I am called in the vernac- ular of this section a rock-knocker. However, I have done fairly well, so cannot complain. We have a small mountain of granite from which we get everything in the stone line from paving blocks to fine building stone. I have done everything in the business, from running our locomotive to sitting in the office with my feet on the desk, smoking good cigars. ' ' While in 1912 comes the following : ' ' The account of 'yours truly' career (1) runs somewhat as follows: Almost immediately after leaving college I went to the Isle of Pines, just south of Cuba, where my father had bought an old plantation. I stayed there with my brother for the greater part of five years, and in that time we developed a fine orange grove which has since proved a fine investment. While in that country I learned a good deal about the orange industry, saw a good deal of the Cuban jingoes, learned a lot more of their hatred of Americans, and saw several instances of the method of starting South American revolutions. "This period of expatriation was broken by several 442 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 trips back to New York, which only proved that there is no place like our dear old United States. ''In 1907 I had a good opportunity to enter the stone business, and have continued in this line ever since. I feel I have been instrumental in building up a firm which now stands in the front rank in its line in our locality. ''As for the rest, I have everything in life to be thankful for, the best of wives, and the sweetest of children. In fact, my only regret is that the distance from my present home to New Haven is so great that I cannot get up there oftener." Norman Howell Mason Advertising with George Batten Company, 381 Fourth Ave- nue, New York City Residence, Staten Island, N. Y. Permanent home address, Winnetka, 111. Born May 9, 1879, in Chicago, III, the son of Edward Gay Mason, Yale 1860, LL.D. Knox 1895, a lawyer and a member of the Yale Corporation from June 23, 1891, until his death December 18, 1898, and Julia Martha (Starkweather) Mason. He is of English ancestry. Besides his father his Yale rela- tives are three uncles, Henry Burrall Mason, 1870, Alfred Bishop Mason, 1871, Chauncey Clark Starkweather, 1874; nine brothers, Henry Eager Mason, 1889, Edward Hopkins Mason, 1892, Roswell Bertram Mason, 1895, Huntington Mason, 1899, Julian Starkweather Mason, 1898, Maurice Mason, 1901, Lawrence Mason, 1904, George Carrington Mason, ea;-1907, Frederic Ogden Mason, 1909; cousins, James Ruth- erford Trowbridge, 1894, Mason Trowbridge, 1902, Henry Giles Miller, 1895, William Southworth Miller, 1896, Roy ^lur- dock Mason, 1902, Elmer Brown Mason, ex-1902, and Mac- donell Mason, ex-1904. AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 443 Prepared at the Harvard School, Chicago, 111. In college he was president of the Yale Navy, assistant editor of the News in Junior year, editor Senior year, editor of the Pot Pourri, member of the Wigwam Debating Club and Corinthian Yacht Club. He received a second colloquy Junior appointment and a Townsend premium Senior year. He was a member of He Boule, Psi Upsilon and Scroll and Key. He is unmarried. On graduation he spent seven months in Mexico operating a farm in which his father was interested, but as the climate did not agree with him he returned to Chicago. He there engaged in the brokerage busi- ness for a short time and was later with the Chicago Daily News as solicitor in the advertising department. In 1904 he accepted a position with the State Mutual Life Insurance Company of Massachusetts and re- mained a year, then entering the advertising depart- ment of Colgate & Company. He has since been connected with this company or with those of allied interests. He is a Democrat and a member of the Presbyterian Church. Norm has been very hard to get much out of lately, so I will publish a letter to Gran, June 20, 1908. He wrote : ' ' In obedience to your circular, I write the fol- lowing : '^Left college June, 1902, for Mexico. There at Rancho Veritas, Juanita, State of Vera Cruz, I spent seven months in partnership with Roderick Potter, 1902, and with Roy Mason, 1902, occupying the adjoin- ing farm. The expected corn and cotton not develop- ing, and the malaria, food and climate too much devel- oping a chronic case of appendicitis, I came north to Chicago. 444 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 "There, as margin-clerk for Gillett & Dennison, stock and grain brokers, I earned a meager pittance until an operation for appendicitis, in the fall of 1903, coincided with the 'rich-man's panic' of that year and shook me out of the stock market with the rest. *' After a too short convalescence, I was induced to 'accept a position' as solicitor in the advertising department of the Chicago Daily News. After a year here I left for a position with the State Mutual Life Insurance Company, of Massachusetts. But the insur- ance disclosures in New York not permitting any startling degree of financial success, and the 'pounding the pavement' in search of 'prospects' seeming to aggravate some intestinal trouble consequent on my operation, I left the insurance business in the fall of 1905, in spite of the prediction that the 'best year the insurance business has ever knoAvn' was then before me. "While trying to get back into my old trade in the stock and bond business, was informed of a position in the advertising department of Colgate & Company, New York, where I have been employed to date in exploiting the 'magic wand of shaving,' and dodging the attentions of not too well-meaning friends. "Feel conscience-stricken to burden you with this record, but you asked for it. Have been as brief as possible, as I have a feeling that a good deal has been ignorantly said on the subject. But this is for j^our private ear only. No positions of trust — fiduciary or commercial — have been thrust upon me. My only for- eign journey has been in 'Manana' land. My only postgraduate work in the school of experience. No wife, no plans!" AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 445 Roy Murdock Mason With Parker & Bridge, publicity agents, 20 Broad Street, New York City Residence, 53 Washington Square, South, New York City Born April 3, 1879, in Riverside, 111., the son of Captain Roswell Henry Mason, a jury commissioner, and Mary (Brown) Mason. He is of English and French ancestry. In reply to the question, name all Yale relatives, he says : ' ' Good Lord! Well, here goes: Edward G., 1860; Henry B., 1870; Alfred B., 1871 ; Henry E., 1889 ; Edward H., 1892 ; Roswell B., 1895; Huntington, 1899; Julian, 1898; Maurice, 1901; Norman, 1902 ; Lawrence, 1904 ; George C, ea;-1907 ; Frederic 0., 1909; Calhoun, ex-1904; Macdonell, ea;-1904, and Elmer BrowTi Mason, ea;-1902; James R. Trowbridge, 1894, and Mason Trowbridge, 1902 ; Henry G. Miller, 1895, and William S. Miller, 1896. These are all that occur to me at the moment. May have missed five or six." Prepared at the University School, Chicago, 111., where he "studied." As for college we will quote his own statement. "I shared the Curtis prize with Stanley Wheeler in Junior year. I find my name in the list of second colloquies. I heeled the Lit, Courant and Record, and was the sixth man for the first two when they elected the five editors for each. Got a Minerva and a Triangle. I won two cups, the first when the only other man in a 220 fell down, and the second when I was the only man on a relay team to lose ground which my three speedy companions made up. I rowed bow on the Senior Class Crew, which prudently disbanded before there was any racing. One thing I like to look back on was getting the Class to march out to the football practice in a body the Monday after Columbia beat us in Sophomore year. Dor- rance Reynolds and I started it." He was a member of the University Club. He is unmarried. 446 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Since graduation he has spent one year in ranching in Mexico, a year and a half with the New York Sun, two years in charge of the advertising department of D. Appleton & Company, and contributed to Applet on' s Magazine; one year in charge of the financial adver- tising department of the New York Times; several years in general newspaper work. In 1912 he was advertising manager for Crocker-Wheeler Company, manufacturers and electrical engineers, but has re- cently gone with Parker & Bridge, publicity agents. He belongs to no political party, having had an un- fortunate experience when championing Roosevelt in his 1904 campaign, to wit, while speaking from the tail of a truck, some rude person hit him in the ear with a tomato can. He is a member of the Yale Club of New York City, the Vagabonds and the Technical Publicity Association. As for his literary achievements, let Roy speak for himself, nobody can do it better : * ' I have had stories in the Smart Set (August, 1901), the Metropolitan Maga- zine (October and November, 1901), the Illustrated Sunday Magazine (May 20, and June 6, 1909), the Associated Sunday Magazines (December 5, 1909), the People's Magazine (March, 1910), Van Norden's Magazine (March, 1910), the Illustrated Sunday Maga- zine (June 5, 1910), and scattering stuff in Appleton' s, the Yale Monthly Magazine and Hampton's Magazine. I have written several tons of Sunday newspaper stuff, reams of advertising, a history of a national bank, summer resort pamphlets (heaven forgive me!), press agent stories, and I had a novel entitled, 'When I Am Rich,' published by G. W. Dillingham & Company, July 4, 1909. I have worked for the New York Sun, D. Appleton & Company, the New York Times, Stuy- AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 447 vesant Fish, Parker & Bridge, Everybody's Magazine, the Review of Reviews and the American Land & Irri- gation Exposition. I am now advertising manager of the Crocker-Wheeler Company. I went to France and Switzerland in the summer of 1910. As soon as I get time I am going to write some of the best books that were ever written by anybody, anywhere, at any time. '*! spent the first year after I graduated in Mexico with Rod Potter and Norman Mason. My work as a newspaper man and for the magazines has taken me to the principal cities in thirty states, as far west as Ogden, Utah, and as far south as New Orleans, La. I have enjoyed it all immensely." This completely leaves out his largest and best work of all, gathering the photographs of the Civil War, but that being interesting as an article, it is published in this volume. Henry Sargent Mead Assistant Manager of Sales, Lake Superior Paper Company, Ltd., Dayton, Ohio Residence, 23 North Wilkinson Avenue, Dayton, Ohio Born August 4, 1879, in Dayton, Ohio, the son of Charles D. Mead, Yale ea;-1871 S. (died February 5, 1911), a paper manufacturer, and Sarah G. (Corwin) Mead. He is of Eng- lish ancestry. A brother, Robert Corwin Mead, was an ex- member of the Class of 1896 S. Prepared at the Hotchkiss School, where he went out for football and track. In college he was a member of the Track Team, Freshman and Sophomore years, as a hurdler, Dimham Boat Club, "Wranglers and University Club. He received a dissertation Junior and a dispute Senior appointment. He was a member of the Hogans, Kraut Club, Kappa Psi and Alpha Delta Phi. 448 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 He married on October 11, 1910, Gertrude Thomas, daugh- ter of Alfred A. Thomas, of Dayton, Ohio. They have a daughter, Jane Head, born October 28, 1911, in Dayton, Ohio. On graduation he entered the Mead Pulp & Paper Company, his father's business, where he remained until 1906, then going into independent business in mer- cantile brokerage, under the name of ** Henry S. Mead," dealing in oils and chemicals. From 1909 to 1912 he was in the purchasing department of the Speedwell Motor Car Company and in the fall of 1912 became assistant manager of sales with the Lake Superior Paper Company, Ltd. He is also secretary of Music Hall Company. Hen has this to say: ** Started my business career with the Mead Pulp & Paper Company immediately on leaving college. Stayed there until 1906, when a reorganization threw the controlling interest away from my immediate family. About that time I decided it was foolish to give the fruit of my labors to others, and embarked in mercantile brokerage for myself. This pursuit for the next two years I found very pleasant but not profitable and the year following took my leisure more pleasantly and less profitably. Then I became engaged and decided the thing for a serious- minded man to do was to work like hell, so I went to work for the Speedwell Motor Car Company and have worked like hell ever since. There has been little financial glory, but the years have been happy and not altogether unprofitable. I have a wife, the best in the world, and the finest specimen of infant life in captivity, and the big chance, which is probably what you are most interested in, appears at present to be about one jump away. ' ' AUTOBIOGEAPHIES 449 Graham Kingsbury Mellen New York Manager for the Keystone Coal & Coke Company, 10 Broadway, New York City Residence, 216 St. Johns Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. Born May 10, 1880, in Concord, N. H., the son of Charles S. Mellen, railroad president, and Marion B. (Foster) Mel- len (died March 27, 1892). He is of Scotch ancestry. Two cousins were graduated at Yale : Jule Murat Hannaford, Jr., 1908, and Foster Hannaford, 1908 S. Prepared at St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H. In college he received a second colloquy Junior appointment and a dis- pute Senior appointment. He was a member of the University Club. He married on April 24, 1907, Maude Walton Longmire, a graduate of the Brooklyn Heights Seminary, daughter of William George Longmire, of Brooklyn, N. Y. In July, 1902, he entered the accounting department of the Northern Pacific Railway in St. Paul, Minn. ; May to September, 1903, acted in the same capacity for the Minnesota & International Railway, returning to the Northern Pacific in the division superintendent's office. In February, 1904, he took up stenography and entered the president's office, New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, in August of that year as a stenographer. In February, 1905, he became agent for J. H. Weaver & Company, wholesale coal dealers of Boston, Mass. Since October, 1906, he has been with the Keystone Coal & Coke Company, representing them in New Haven two years and since then in New York City. He is Republican in politics. He is an Episcopalian. He is a member of the Railroad Club of New York, Whitehall Lunch Club, Montawk Club, Brooklyn, Cres- cent Athletic Club, Brooklyn, and Graduates Club, New Haven. 450 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Payson McLane Merrill Independently engaged in Real Estate and Insurance, 481 Fifth Avenue, New York City Residence, Cedarhurst, Long Island, N. Y. Born March 10, 1879, in New York City, the son of Charles Edmund Merrill, Dartmouth 1869, a publisher, and Lydia Wyles (Brown) Merrill (died in 1900). He is of French descent. An uncle, Payson Merrill, graduated at Yale in 1865, and a brother, Charles Edmund Merrill, Jr., in 1898. Prepared at Black Hall School, Black Hall, Conn., and at Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Conn. In the latter school he was chairman of the Hotchkiss Record, manager of the track team and president of the class in Junior year. In college he played on the scrub baseball team, was official scorer of Baseball Team Senior year, was associate editor of the News Junior year and editor Senior year, on the membership com- mittee of "Wigwam Debating Club, and a member of Univer- sity Club, Eta Phi, Psi Upsilon and Wolf's Head. He married on June 1, 1910, E. Dorothy Rand, a graduate of Farmington, daughter of the late George C. Rand, of Law- rence, Long Island. They have one son, Payson Rand, born November 20, 1911, in Cedarhurst, Long Island. He has engaged in the real estate business since graduation, being with Horace S. Ely & Company until April 16, 1906, when he opened an independent office. He is Independent in politics. He went abroad for a few months after graduation. He is a member of the Brick Presbyterian Church and of the Yale Club of New York City and the Rockaway Hunt Club. Stop in at the Yale Club any day at lunch and Pete will tell you a lot more about himself. AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 451 Charles Conrad Meyer Member of Meyer & Brenner, architects, 823 Paul Jones Building, Louisville, Ky. Residence, Tavern Club, Louisville, Ky. Born December 20, 1879, in Louisville, Ky., the son of Charles D. Meyer, an architect, and Annie M. (Sutro) Meyer (died March 10, 1910). He is of Swiss and German ancestry. Prepared at the Louisville High School, Louisville, Ky., and at Yale received an oration appointment in Junior year and a dispute appointment in Senior year, was a first Wran- gler, and a member of the Kraut Club and Alpha Delta Phi. He is unmarried. He has been engaged in the architectural business ever since graduation. He is a member of the Luth- eran Church, and of the Tavern and Pendennis clubs of Louisville. Pa always could boil things down. ''The ten years since graduation can be covered in two epochs," he says ; ' ' four years of trying to make a place for myself in the busy world, and six years holding down what I have gotten so that some one doesn't take it away." Christian Meyer, Jr. Residence, Brighton Station, N. Y. Born October 29, 1874, in Rochester, N. Y., the son of Christian Meyer, retired, and Rosina (Schreck) Meyer. He is of German ancestry. Prepared at the high schools in "Webster and Geneseo, N. Y., where he played baseball. He taught school three years before 452 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 coming to college. He received a first colloquy appointment Senior year. He married on August 12, 1908, in Penfield, N. Y., Mattie Avis Boardman, daughter of "Washington Boardman, of Pen- field, N. Y. They have one daughter, Dorothy Carol, born December 25, 1911, in Davenport, Iowa. He has lived in Davenport, Iowa, and taught history in the high school until June, 1912, when he decided to enter business life. He is a Republican, a member of the First Presby- terian Church of Davenport, Iowa, and is past master of Trinity Lodge, 208, Ancient Order of Free and Accepted Masons, and is past most excellent high priest of Davenport Chapter, 16. Chris writes: ''Practically all my time since grad- uation has been spent in the interests of education. With a few exceptions, the past ten years have been very pleasant ones to me. In 1908 I concluded that I was living a too selfish life, gave up my bachelorhood and married the best girl in the country. On last Christ- mas day, a baby girl came to enliven our home. This job she continues to hold down with perfect satisfac- tion to all concerned. Believing that I have contri- buted my share towards the education of the younger American citizens of Davenport and, contrary to the advice of many friends, I have concluded to sever my connections with the Davenport High School on June 21, and enter the business world. My keenest dis- appointment is my inability to take in Decennial, due to the fact that school is in session during that week. Although my body may be in Davenport, my thoughts will be in the City of Elms." AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 453 Charles Duncan Miller Partner in the law firm of Low, Miller & Low, 30 Broad Street, New York City Residence, Smithtown, Long Island, N. Y. Born June 10, 1881, in New York City, the son of Charles Addison Miller, Yale 1859, a banker (died December 29, 1897), and Mary (Ely) Miller. His ancestry is English, Scotch, Scotch-Irish and French. His Yale relatives besides his father are a brother, James Ely Miller, 1904 ; uncle, James Richard Ely, 1882; brothers-in-law, Wallace Percy Knapp, 1886, and Edward Swift Isham, 1891 ; various cousins. Prepared at the Berkeley School, New York City, where he devoted all his time to preparing for Yale examinations. At Yale he received a high oration Junior appointment and an oration Senior appointment, the Scott prize in French Junior year and an election to Phi Beta Kappa. He was a member of the Fencing Club, University Club and Corinthian Yacht Club. He is unmarried. On graduation he entered Columbia Law School, where he joined Phi Delta Phi. He was with the firm of Lord, Day & Lord for five years and is now asso- ciated in the firm of Low, Miller & Low. He received the degree of LL.B. at Columbia in 1905. He is an Anti-Roosevelt Republican. He is a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church. His clubs are the Union and University of New York City, and the Seawanhaka Yacht Club. He is a veteran of Squadron A, New York Militia, while his literary work is drawing briefs and checks. Few of us can condense our ambitions into such con- crete forms as Charlie's. As a model of condensation, not as a letter to your Class Secretary, I quote : 454 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 ''Went abroad in the summer of 1910 mth a 1902 Harvard man and discovered the 'East Pole.' Like happy nations I have no history. I am in partnership with two most congenial old friends and my ambition is to be a judge." Martin Peck Miller Business Address, 1550 Sherman Street, Denver, Colo. Residence, 646 Marion Street, Denver, Colo. Born December 29, 1879, in West Springfield, Mass., the son of Dr. Henry M, Miller, a dentist, and Sylvia (Clark) Miller. He is the youngest child by his father's second wife. He is of English ancestry. Prepared at the Westfield (Mass.) High School, where he was on the track team and played baseball. In college he tried for the Track Team but was never at college much in the spring except in Freshman year. He played baseball with the Tightwads. He received an oration Junior and a dispute Senior appointment. He married on May 22, 1907, Julia Erwin, a graduate of Miss Graham's School, daughter of Robert Gallaudet Erwin. They have had two children: Robert Martin, born March 1, 1908, in Hartford, Conn., who died September 5, 1912, in Denver, Colo., after an unsuccessful operation for the removal of a foreign body lodged in the esophagus, and Sylvia Rogers, born July 22, 1911, in Hartford, Conn. He has been connected with the Travelers Insurance Company of Hartford, Conn., almost since graduation, and until recently was manager of the liability depart- ment for Colorado and Utah. He is a member of the University Club of Denver. Mart writes: "I packed up my belongings the night after the boat race in 1902 (that is, what was left after Curt Sanford had helped himself — he took all my best AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 455 girls' pictures), and woke up in the southwestern corner of Colorado in the large city of Durango. Spent the summer on bucking bronchos that didn't buck, played ^vith Indians that never saw a scalping knife, caught trout too tame to know any better, carried a gun (shot a tin can once, six inches away), climbed several mountains (in a good big cow saddle on a good big horse), played roulette (seventy-five cents' worth), bought two bottles of beer (ask George Ward for fur- ther particulars — he was also there), hunted bear (also ask George about this) ; in fact, I was a regular whooping, fire-eating bad man from the bad lands. * ' Then I grew a beautiful hairbrush on my chin and taught everything from kindergarten to calculus in the high school. Either too much learning or too much hairbrush made me sick, so I quit and took a delightful horseback trip through the Cliff-dwelling region and the Navajo Reservation across the Desert to the Colo- rado River. From there to Hartford, Conn. Some jump! Took a job at three cents a week with the Travelers Insurance Company. *^ After awhile the old Rockies kept whispering in my ear. As I saw no other way to get there, I decided to have pneumonia, which I accomplished very easily, and asked for a vacation. So I spent the summer of 1907 hitting the trail again. **Say, Jim, did you ever curl up in your blankets in the middle of August with the thermometer hit- ting the low spots and listen to a mountain lion cry or a coyote bark? It's what you might call 'The Call of the Wild. ' It is very alluring, but you wish you were a bird. ''Well, I went back East and decided that three cents (no, it was four by this time) a week wasn't enough, 456 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 SO I got transferred to the liability department. Hence the answer — here I am, back in the old mountains once more, as manager of the liability department for Colo- rado and Utah. Haven't been asked to be president yet, but as they have a pretty good one at present, I suppose I can't kick." Malcolm Moore With F. Wallis Armstrong Company, advertising agents, North American Building, Philadelphia, Pa. Residence, 3009 Queen Lane, Germantown, Pa. Born September 27, 1880, in Catfish, Pa., the son of James S. Moore (died September 14, 1903), who was in the coal business, and Laura I. (Allison) Moore. His ancestors were Scotch and Irish. Prepared at the Buffalo Central High School, and at Yale was a member of the University Bicycle Team in 1899-1900 and 1900-01, and a member of the Dramatic Association, of which he was vice-president in 1900-01 and president in 1901- 02. He played the part of Lord Burleigh in "The Critic" and that of Philip in "High Life Below Stairs." He was a first Wrangler, received a second colloquy appointment in Junior year and was a member of Zeta Psi. He married on June 25, 1906, in Brooklyn, N. Y., Emma Tiffany Gillette, daughter of the late C. S. Gillette, formerly president of the First National Bank of Hartford, Conn. They have four children: James Gillette, born July 19, 1908, in Baltimore, Md. ; Jane Gillette, born May 4, 1910, in Sher- wood, Md. ; Malcolm, Jr., born August 28, 1911, in Sher- wood, Md., and Norman Gillette, born January 26, 1913, in Germantown, Pa. For a short time after graduation Moore was with the Union Metallic Cartridge Company. In October, AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 457 1905, he wrote the Class Secretary as follows: ''My conduct since graduation has been so uneventful in one sense that I have little to write about. I took charge of the advertising of the Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company of Hartford six months after Commencement, and rather expected to be on the job for the next forty-five years. A serious eye trouble, however, which robbed me of sight for some time, has kept me idle for two years. During this time I joined the Appendicitis Club. Got back in harness last week in pretty good shape as to the eyes, but have to exer- cise considerable care and am leading the life simple. ' ' In 1905 he became connected with the New York Edison Company. Since then he has been advertising and sales manager for William H. Beehler, manufacturer of umbrellas, and has served as manager of the pro- motion bureau of the Baltimore Sun. He has recently taken up work with the F. Wallis Armstrong Com- pany, advertising agents, in Philadelphia. He is a member of the Second Congregational Church of Hartford, Conn. Mac Moore and Bradley Welch, like Hastings and Hooker, have always been drawing together, and we now find them in the same business and in the same office. The comparison of their advertising methods is entertaining ; both are honest in a business that has many unprincipled men in it, but there the comparison ends : Bradley scintillates, then plays golf until another display of pyrotechnics is required and delivered; while Mac quietly and persistently, ten hours (some- times more) a day, works, works, works! What recreation Mac takes he finds largely in his books and at home with his family. 458 ACHIEVEMENTS OP 1902 Rodman Wister Moorhead Treasurer and General Manager of the Electric Specialty Manufacturing Company, Inc., 508 Hartje Building, Pittsburgh, Pa. Residence, 5311 Westminster Place, Pittsburgh, Pa. Born June 15, 1882, in Pittsburgh, Pa., the son of Major William J. Moorhead, Jefferson College, Canonsburgh, Pa., who was in the iron and steel business (died in September, 1908), and Emily Butler (Black) Moorhead. He is of Scotch- Irish descent. A brother, Samuel Wylie Black Moorhead, was graduated at Yale in 1891, and a cousin, James Moor- head Murdoch, in 1890 S. Prepared at Shadyside Academy, Pittsburgh, Pa. At Yale he played on the Basketball Team and baseball with the Tight- wads. He received a second coUoquy Senior appointment. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi. He married on November 26, 1907, Edna Pearl Grimm, daughter of Daniel Grimm, of Franklin, Pa. They have had two children, both born in Pittsburgh, Pa. : Lida Grimm, bom March 19, 1909, and died January 4, 1910 ; and Rodman, born January 20, 1911. He has been in the electrical business in Pittsburgh since graduation. Some of the companies with which he has been connected are the National Tube Com- pany, Clairton Steel Company, Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, Allegheny County Light Company and the Electric Specialty Manufacturing Company, Inc., of which he is treasurer and general manager. He is a member of Shadyside Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh, Pa., and has no politics. Rod is another believer in brevity as the soul of wit. He writes: ''Any account of my life since graduation must be AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 459 written in prose as there has been no poetry to it. The entire time has been spent in a mad attempt to earn a living, and while not overly successful, I have yet to miss my first meal. I have occupied various posi- tions and worked for numerous concerns, but never have I been employed outside of the Smoky City. ' ' Binnie Morison Partner in the Stock Exchange firm of Morison Bros., 60 Broadway, New York City Residence, 8 Melrose Place, Montclair, N. J. Born June 27, 1881, in Helensburgh, Scotland, the son of Andrew P. Morison, a broker, and Margaret (Binnie) Mori- son. He is of Scotch descent. Prepared at the Montclair High School, Montclair, N, J. He married on October 11, 1909, Clara Bradford, Smith 1903, daughter of Rev. Amory H. Bradford, pastor of the First Congregational Church of Montclair, They had one daughter, Cristal, born March 14, 1912, in South Orange, N. J. Mrs. Morison died March 18, 1912. On graduation he went with the Stock Exchange firm of Wardwell & Adams, but in May, 1906, formed a part- nership with his brother, Andrew Morison, under the firm name of Morison Bros., with the latter as the floor member of the Stock Exchange. He is a member of the First Congregational Church of Montclair, N. J, Binnie is a member of the lunch club at Robins, on Broad Street. Drop in some day and see Gus Schwab, Pop Collins, Herb Smith and others, and they will tell you about all financial matters. 460 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Herbert Edwin Morris With the Boston Fire & Marine Insurance Company, 137 Milk Street, Boston, Mass. Residence, 65 Mount Vernon Street, Boston, Mass. Born October 17, 1879, in New Haven, Conn., the son of William Greenwood Morris, who has retired from business, and Margaret Watson (Moore) Morris. He is of English ancestry. Two brothers also were graduated at Yale : William Greenwood Morris, Jr., 1891, and Charles Southerton Morris, 1896. Prepared at the Hillhouse High School, New Haven, Conn., and in college was a substitute on the Freshman Eleven, and received second dispute appointments. He married on May 15, 1912, Grace R. Ezekiel, a graduate of Rosemary Hall, daughter of E. M. Ezekiel, deceased, of Springfield, Mass. On graduation lie entered the insurance business with the Security Insurance Company of New Haven. For a number of years he has been with the Boston Fire & Marine Insurance Company. He is a member of the Episcopal Church. And that is all the Kid will say. George Guy Murphy Ranching in Montrose, Colo. Permanent home address, Bethany, Conn. Born January 19, 1878, in Portsmouth, Va., the son of John Henry Murphy, who has retired from business, and Mary Jane (Guy) Murphy. He is of Irish and English ancestry. Prepared at the Waterbury (Conn.) High School and in college played with the Freshman and College elevens. He received first dispute appointments. He is unmarried. AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 461 On graduation he started work with E. Clarence Jones & Company, New York bankers, where he remained until April 30, 1903, when he became a bond salesman for E. H. Gay & Company, a New York bank- ing firm. He later held a similar position with Farson, Son & Company, continuing in the same line of business until February, 1911. He then went West on account of ill health and is now running a small ranch in Colo- rado. He is a Republican. He is a member of the Catholic Apostolic Church. Frank Wells Nevins Residence, 605 West 151st Street, New York City Born December 12, 1882, at Lake Maitland, Fla., the son of Dr. Russell Henry Nevins, who has retired from practice, and Katherine (Brown) Nevins (died in 1907). He is of Scotch and English descent. A brother, Russell Henry Nevins, Jr., was graduated at Yale in the Class of 1901, and "bunches of cousins. ' ' Prepared at King's School, Stamford, Conn., and in college played hockey and dissertation baseball, was a Wrangler and a member of the Cross Country Club. He received a dissertation Junior and a colloquy Senior appointment. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi. He married on July 19, 1911, at Prouts Neck, Me., Rebecca Smith Norris, daughter of George Wormeley Norris, of Mitchells, Va. They have a daughter, Rebecca Norris, born September 12, 1912, in New York City. The summer after graduation he spent in Tennessee on government forest reserves, then went to Pitts- burgh, with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. In 1903- 04 he was with the Clairton Steel Company at Clair- ton, later with the United States Cast Iron Pipe & 462 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Foundry Company, in Scottsdale, Pittsburgh, Phila- delphia and New York, until 1910, when he resigned to accept a position with the Rotary File & Machine Company (Bart Yung's company), of which he became secretary in January, 1911, resigning in the fall of that year. He is a member of the Yale Club of New York City. Max has philosophized a bit on business: ''Since then (the fall of 1911) have been looking for a job. If you know of one, let me know. I have had no foreign travel except in Washington Square. It is rather hard to write a story of ten years, as it has been generally spent in a search for some work that would seem con- genial. My mistake, I think, was in not realizing sooner the eventual undesirability of a job 'on the road. ' I spent six years at that and will probably have to spend some little time rectifying the error. That is what I am at present trying to do. Matrimony, I suppose, has been my chief achievement and I consider that I could not have done better in that respect. My present ambition in regard to material things is to make a moderate amount of money, be a comparatively decent citizen — not so decent, though, that I will hurt anybody's feelings. My motto has been, 'If you must hurt somebody, hurt yourself,' and at times I have succeeded very well at that." News item: The last of September an informal dinner was held at the Yale Club: the toastmaster was Howard Mc- Dowell in rare form. Those present were Dick Board- man, John Callender, Henry Rogers, Beast Berman, Jim Wright. The evening was spent drinking standing toasts to Max's daughter. "The memory lingers along with the necessity for a tonic, not a tunic ! ' ' AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 463 Downer Hazen Newell Salesman for the American Writing Paper Company, 506 The Bourse, Philadelphia, Pa. Residence, 249 North Eighteenth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Born September 6, 1880, in St. Johnsbury, Vt., the son of Dr. Henry Clay Newell, Dartmouth 1860, M.D. 1864, a physi- cian, and Maria (Hazen) Newell. He is of English ancestry. Prepared at St. Johnsbury Academy, St. Johnsbury, Vt., and in college received a dispute Senior appointment. He is unmarried. In September, 1902, he became a reporter for the New York Times, and remained three months, when he changed for the manufacturing end of the paper business. He spent a year in a paper mill in Holyoke, Mass., six months in the mill and six in the office, and in December, 1903, became a salesman for the American Writing Paper Company in their New York office. He has continued with this firm and is now their Philadel- phia solicitor. He is a Republican. He attends the Congregational Church. Doc's interest in paper is entirely in the selling end; he uses none to write letters on — more's the pity. Robert Bruce Nisbet, Jr. Contract Manager, Bankers Service Corporation, 257 Broad- way, New York City Permanent address, 506 North James Street, Rome, N. Y. Born April 4, 1879, in Stokes, N. Y., the son of Robert Bruce Nisbet, a merchant, and Victoria E. (Williams) Nisbet. He is of Scotch, English and Welsh ancestry. A cousin, Wayne C. Nisbet, was graduated at Yale in the Class of 1902 S. 464 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Prepared at the Rome (N. Y.) Free Academy, now known as Rome High School, where he was a member of the base- • ball team and the debating society. In college he was a member of the Freshman and Yale Unions, only, unless replenishing an original $5.00 capital might be called a college activity. He received a Senior colloquy appointment. He married on October 8, 1910, in Warsaw, Ind., Edith Marjorie McAlpine, a graduate of Indiana State Normal School, daughter of Byron S. McAlpine, of Warsaw, Ind. Until September, 1905, he was engaged for long and short periods in a variety of kinds of work. He then accepted a position as contract manager with the Bank- ers Service Corporation, whose business is bank adver- tising, and in this work is sent to many parts of the United States, in the spring of 1912 his address being in Richmond, Va., and in the fall in Davenport, Iowa. He is a Republican. He is a member of the First Methodist Church of Rome, N. Y. Bob says: "Began in July, 1902, for a mercantile agency, gathering data for new commercial rating book ; neither the job nor the agency lasted long. Then, in rapid succession, worked in a law office, as traveling solicitor for an army record, sold patent medicines to trade, sold books, sold drugs till September, 1904, when I went to New York to start at the bottom and work up. Was with the Merganthaler Linotype Company for a year, still at the bottom. Net result up to Sep- tember, 1905 : board, clothes, experience. The road to anything like a comfortable living income in New York looked too long to me then and I left, taking up my present work. I am fairly well satisfied with progress since 1905. Will not list my various residences (about fifty) as they were temporary, covering most of tlie states from Iowa east, and from North Carolina north. AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 465 Outside the pursuit of the dollars I have nothing to tell, except a few fish and gun stories, with the usual attendant risks." Edwin Gates Norman Lawyer, 311 Main Street, Worcester, Mass. Residence, 240 Highland Street, Worcester, Mass. Born October 27, 1878, in Preston, Conn., the son of Thomas P. Norman, a farmer, and Martha (Peckham) Norman. He is of English descent. Two brothers also graduated from Yale : Hibbard Richard Norman, 1899, and Albert Chapman Norman, 1905. Prepared at the Norwich Free Academy, where he was on the editorial board of the school paper and a member of the football team. He received a first dispute Junior appoint- ment and a dissertation Senior appointment at Yale. He married on June 30, 1910, in Norwich, Conn., Louise Hayward Thresher. They have one daughter, Hope, born July 15, 1911, in Worcester, Mass. On graduation he entered the Harvard Law School, where he was a member of the Choate Law Club. In 1905 he opened an office for the general practice of law in Worcester, Mass. He is a member and director of the F. E. Reed Company, Crompton Motor Carriage Company, E. H. Raynor Fur Company and the Strat- ford Society. He received the degree of LL.B. at Harvard in 1905. He is a Republican and a member of the Republican City Committee. He is a member of the Central Con- gregational Church, superintendent of the Sunday School, treasurer of the parish and president of the Young People's Association. He is a joint author of ''Massachusetts Trial Evidence," and a member of the Worcester Economic Club, Worcester Society for 466 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 the Detection of Thieves, Rufus Putnam Memorial Association and Red Men. Many of us are selfish and do not put a true estimate on the hardships of others and their sacrifices. Accord- ingly I am publishing this letter and take responsi- bility for Ed's displeasure if he is foolish enough to have any over a history he can well be proud of. ''I have often thought of responding to your letters and announcements with a letter, and on receipt of the last one I sat down at my machine, and here I am, yielding to the impulse. What I have to say is con- fidential, but any facts that might be of interest you are at liberty to use in preparing your history. *'I began life in a Connecticut farmhouse in a house- hold where money was scarce. There was, however, an atmosphere of high thinking and all of us children read all we could and from various sources absorbed thoughts and dreams that blossomed into strong ambi- tions. ''At the age of fifteen I entered the Nor\vich Acad- emy, where I made some progress and might fairly have been considered a successful member of my class. The four years spent there were not without hardship. The first year I drove seven miles each day back and forth from school to home. That meant rising at 5 a.m., and as part of the time at home was spent in work, the opportunity for study was limited. The last three years I had a room in the Museum connected with the school, and slept among the pictures and plaster casts, receiv- ing my room and a small salary, for the presence of someone in the building was needed to satisfy the insurance companies. * * I entered Yale with about $100 cash and waited on table at a cheap place on Crown Street. It was most AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 467 disagreeable and often disheartening business. Part of the time I ran a club. I did some tutoring and a few odd jobs and managed to get along until my last year, when I got a legacy that put me on my feet. I became fond of Yale and through my period there I found myself. But much of the time I was so lonely. A natural shyness kept me from doing my best and trying for accomplislunents that I know were within my reach. Lack of money did the rest. I suppose I didn't make the average number of friends, for some of the poorer men there were not congenial, and those who were not I fancied didn't care for my intimate society. But, anyhow, Yale simply made me. I feel that I got ideals, some confidence, some valuable friendships, and an instinct for placing the proper values upon the things of this life. ''I entered the Harvard Law School in 1902 and graduated in 1905 with a fairly good record. That is, by the way, a fine place. I got many other things there besides a good legal foundation. "When I left I had no influence or prospects, so I came to Worcester where I didn't know a soul and started up. I have always been fairly honest, and put my best work in whatever I undertook. I should have no hesitation in exhibiting all my conduct and as a result I have made some impression on the community. My financial return has been pitifully small, but it is gromng. I have held many positions of trust, such as treasurerships, etc. I am married and have a pleasant though not wealthy home. I have one very attractive child aged nine months. I feel confident of the future and know I have a good foundation on which to build my life. 468 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 ''Shortly after I opened my ofl&ce, which I shared ^vith a Dartmouth man, we began to write a book on 'Evidence. ' We kept at it for four years and published a book that has been very successful. We had a hard time getting it started, for our publisher lost faith in it and we had to place it with a new concern. It has been a help to a slight degree financially, but to a large degree in giving us a standing. I am now working alone on a work on 'Damages.' Both of these books are for Massachusetts only. "I believe strongly in the future. I really must ask your pardon for running on so. I don't think I ever went into my experiences so much with anybody, but your communication hit me in this particular mood, and there was such a warm friendliness about it that I have responded as above." Robert Castle Norton Secretary and Treasurer of the Baker Motor- Vehicle Com- pany, West Eightieth Street, Cleveland, Ohio Residence, 7301 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio Born December 28, 1879, in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of David Z. Norton, president of the Citizens Savings & Trust Company and a member of Oglebay, Norton & Company, iron ore, and Mary Hamilton (Castle) Norton. His ancestors were French and English. A brother, Laurence Harper Nor- ton, 1910, and a cousin, William Castle Rhodes, 1891, have graduated from Yale. Prepared at the University School in Cleveland. At Yale he was a member of the Corinthian Yacht Club, was a Cup man, first Wrangler, member of the Sophomore German and Junior Prom committees, a governor of the University Club, AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 469 and a member of Kappa Psi (campaign committee), Alpha Delta Phi and Scroll and Key, He is unmarried. After spending about two years in the mining busi- ness, he became connected with the Baker Motor- Vehicle Company in Cleveland, being now secretary and treasurer of this company. He is also president of the Baker Electric Company of Missouri; vice-presi- dent of the Baker Electric Company of Michigan ; vice- president of the Baker Motor- Vehicle Company, Ltd., of Canada; treasurer of the Baker Vehicle Company of New York ; vice-president of the Electric Automobile Manufacturers' Association and president of the Gid- dings Kealty Company. He is a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church. The clubs of which he is a member are the Union, Uni- versity, Tavern, Hermit, Country, Automobile and the Chagrin Valley Hunt Club. He is a second lieutenant of Troop A, Ohio Cavalry. Bob says: ''Immediately after graduation I spent the summer in the iron mines of Lake Superior. After that, inspected mines in Cuba, and for the next eight- een months was located in Honaker, Va., on a mining proposition, official title, treasurer of the Clinch Val- ley Barytes Company. This proved a very bad finan- cial investment, but was rich in experiences, Honaker being a town of three hundred inhabitants in the moun- tainous district on the border of Kentucky, where moonshine, feuds and shootings were prevalent. Ego being the target on various occasions. This was the most exciting year of my life since Sophomore year in college. ''After thoroughly demonstrating that more money can be put into the ground in certain localities than 470 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 can be taken out, I became interested in the Baker Motor- Vehicle Company, both financially and actively, and was elected secretary and treasurer of this splen- did company, the oldest and largest manufacturers of electric automobiles in the world, and am still in the harness and expect to be for some time. ''Speaking of harness, although in the automobile business, my recreation consists entirely of affiliations with the horse. For nine years I have been a member of the famous Black Horse Troop A, Ohio Cavalry, escorting presidents and quelling night-riders and street car riots, and have recently been elected second lieutenant of this organization, all of whose officers and about one half of its membership now are Yale men. I am also an ardent devotee of fox hunting and follower of the elusive anise-seed bag. Maintaining a string of hunters for this purpose, and being a strong supporter of almost every club in town, has precluded my joining the benedicts, and doing my duty by our country, as Pick and Hal are doing. Here's hoping. ''Forgot to mention two trips to Europe, one 'en familW and the other with Black Jack Burrall. Haven't recovered from the strain of the last men- tioned trip yet." [On Christmas morning, 1912, he returned from a third, having spent three months in Europe.] It has been mentioned that Bob is a member of the Black Horse Cavalry of Ohio, but he never did any better riding in his life than he did at Decennial. In justice to him it must be said that he gave up an exceed- ingly docile camel to the Class Secretary so that the latter could get on and off him without being thrown, while Bob Norton spent the rest of the afternoon with a camel bucking in every conceivable way in his efforts AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 471 to remove Bob. Be it said for the latter 's horseman- ship, or camehnanship, that he remained unmoved. George Woodward Noyes Secretary and Treasurer of the Brunhoff Manufacturing Company, Ninth Street and Freeman Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio Bom May 23, 1879, in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of Joseph C. Noyes, a retired business man, and Alice (Hutchins) Noyes. Prepared at the Franklin High School and in college was a member of the Cross Country Club, secretary of the Univer- sity Baseball Association, manager of the College Baseball Team and a first Wrangler. He received colloquy appoint- ments, was a member of the Dramatic Association, University Club and Delta Kappa Epsilon. He is unmarried. Since graduation he has been engaged in the manu- facturing business with the Brunhoff Manufacturing Company, makers of metal and hardware specialties. His position is that of secretary, treasurer and director of this company. Noisy seemed to have grown very dignified at Decen- nial, and strolled around with a great display of savoir faire. Despite this, his appearance of coolness was rather shaken by the loss of his portmanteau early in the proceedings, but its rather tardy appearance made the smile appear again and all was well in New Haven once more. Clifford Herrick Owen Associated with Wise & Seligsberg in general practice of law, 15 William Street, New York City Born December 13, 1878, in Lincoln, N. Y., the son of Rev. Harvey J. Owen, and Esther Lucretia (Herrick) Owen. He 472 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 is of Welsh ancestry, though his family have lived in this country for several generations. A cousin, Owen Calvin Baker, was graduated at Yale in 1896. Prepared at Haverling Academy, where he was president of his class in Junior and Senior years. He took Freshman year at Syracuse University, entering Yale in the fall of 1899. He received a first dispute Junior and a dissertation Senior appointment. He is unmarried. On graduation he entered the Yale Law School, where he received the degree of LL.B. in 1905. He was then associated with the Title Guarantee & Trust Com- pany until January 1, 1908, when he went with Wise & Seligsberg, lawyers, his present connection. Andrew Dickson Packer, M.D. Physician, 262 Hicks Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Born August 30, 1879, in Brooklyn, N. Y., the sou of Wil- liam Satterlee Packer, Yale 1866 (died April 23, 1893), a lawyer, and Mary Keys (Jones) Packer. He is of Scotch, Irish and English ancestry. Besides his father, a brother, Wilham Satterlee Packer, Jr., graduated from Yale in 1898. He prepared at Hotchkiss School, where he was interested in baseball. He entered Yale in September, 1897, with the Class of 1901, but later joined our Class. He played base- ball on the Disappointments and was a member of the Fresh- man Glee Club for a while. He married on August 16, 1911, in Raleigh, N. C, Sophie Graham Booker, daughter of Rev. James Edward Booker, of Farmville, Va. After graduating from the Long Island College Hos- pital in 1907, with the degree of M.D., and serving as AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 473 interne at St. Vincent 's Hospital, he began the practice of medicine at his present address in Brooklyn. He is a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church. In politics he is Republican. An extract from Bill's letter follows: ''I have stuck strictly to the job ever since. I have had several hos- pital connections, viz.. Long Island College Hospital, Swedish Hospital, Bushwick Hospital, Brooklyn City Dispensary. For the last two years I have been physician in charge of the employees of Frederick Loeser & Company in Brooklyn. **0n August 16, 1911, I went South, and came home with a wife, and I advise all the rest of the class who have not done so, especially Wylie and Callender, to take this fact to heart and do likewise." Albion Gile Peirce Lawyer, Bay State Building, Lawrence, Mass. Residence, 15 Pleasant Street, Methuen, Mass. Born June 22, 1880, in Methuen, Mass., the son of Dr. James Peirce, New York Medical College 1874 (died August 25, 1902), and Ella Lucy (Gile) Peirce. He is of English ancestry. His Yale relatives are a brother, Clarence Apple- ton Peirce, 1909, and a cousin, Albion Lester Gile, 1901 Law. Prepared at the Methuen High School and at Phillips Acad- emy, Andover. In college he received a first dispute appoint- ment in Senior year. He is unmarried. On graduation he studied law at Boston University for two years and then commenced the practice of law in Lawrence, Mass. While in the law school he joined Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Gamma Eta Gamma, the 474 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 latter a legal fraternity. For a number of years he practiced under the firm name of Peirce & Wadsworth, but is now in independent practice. He received the degree of J.B. from Boston Uni- versity in 1905. He served on the school committee of the town of Methuen from 1905 until 1911. He is a member of the Baptist Church. He is an Odd Fellow, a member of the Canoe Club of Methuen, Home Club of Lawrence, and of the Merrimack Valley Country Club. Bemis says: ''Your appeal for a character sketch was received about October 19, and has remained unanswered until the present, thereby revealing as well as any long essay could, one of my own character- istics, namely : putting off as long as possible the doing of a thing which I do not know how to do. Like all the rest of the Class, I hope that you will be able to get out a great Class book and feel sure that I shall read with a great deal of interest the glimpses which each member of the Class gives of his own life and charac- ter, but I haven't seemed able, during the past month, to think of anything of sufficient interest to want to see it in print." '*P. S. The subject which you suggest for my description, namely: 'Preventing the Law's Delays,' is the last subject to put up to an attorney for discus- sion, as it is a well-known fact that most lawyers spend a great deal more time in prolonging the law's delays to the profit of their client and incidentally to their own profit, than in urging to greater speed the wheels of justice." i AUTOBIOGEAPHIES 475 Harry Alfred Peters Principal of the University School, Cleveland, Ohio Residence, 1911 East Seventy-third Street, Cleveland, Ohio Born August 4, 1879, in Lehighton, Pa., the son of Harry- Alfred Peters (died in 1879), who was in the drug business, and Abigail Catherine (Horn) Peters. He is of German ancestry. Two cousins, Norman Francis Peters, ea;-1909, and Wray Nathan Hoffman, 1912 S., have studied at Yale. Prepared at Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., where he played on the class baseball team, received the Means prize in speaking and was awarded a scholarship. At Yale he was a member of the Senior Baseball Team, received a high ora- tion appointment in Junior year and an oration appointment in Senior year, was keeper of the archives of Phi Beta Kappa, and during his course did some work for the Yale Alumni Weekly. He married on January 1, 1908, in Gilroy, Calif., Rosamond Katherine Zuck, daughter of James Clay Zuck, formerly United States Consul to Tien-Tsin and state senator of Cali- fornia, now a lawyer and rancher of Gilroy. They have one son, Richard Borland, born May 29, 1910, in Cleveland, Ohio. Since graduation he has been teaching in the Uni- versity School of Cleveland, and since 1908 has been principal of this school. He is secretary of the execu- tive committee of the Cleveland Boy Scouts and secre- tary of the North Central Academic Association of Chicago. He is a member of the University Club of Cleveland and the Headmasters' Association of New York and vice-president of the Cleveland Yale Alumni Associa- tion. He is a member of the Second Presbyterian Church of Cleveland. Harry's ideas on education will interest you fathers : **In September, 1902, I came to Cleveland to try 476 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 teaching for two years ; at the end of two years I had become so interested that I stayed right along for five years. In the summer of 1907 I accumulated typhoid germs in Lake Erie and started a nine months' siege in Yellowstone Park, finishing the winter in California as soon as health permitted and on May 1, was called back to Cleveland to become the head of University School. The work is delightful — 230 boys of unusual vigor and a fine community for home. * ' In 1904 I spent the summer in Europe ; in 1905 in the Canadian woods at Temagami ; in 1906 in Canada, Alaska and the Pacific coast ; three other summers and one winter in California; and one summer in Maine. A school man has, you see, rare opportunities for broadening his life and brushing out the cobwebs in the summer vacations. ''During the last four years I have been in New Haven once a year, looking for men for our work, and when I could get them have found that Yale men are pretty good specimens. A good percentage of our boys go to Yale and I find they are uniformly enthu- siastic. It is my hope that we may turn out a fine product of boys of ability and character, who will live useful lives in the service of the world — ^including my own boy, Yale 1932." Benjamin Judah Phelps Principal of the North Plainfield High School, North Plain- field, N. J. Residence, 27 Craig Place, North Plainfield, N. J. Born October 4, 1877, in "West Suffield, Conn., the sou of Judah Phelps, a farmer, and Ellen C. (Cannon) Phelps. He is of English ancestry. AUTOBIOGEAPHIES 477 Prepared at the Connecticut Literary Institute, Suffield, Conn., where he was interested in athletics. In college he played on the College Football Team Senior year, and re- ceived dissertation appointments. He married on September 1, 1909, Clarissa Jane Halladay, a graduate of Connecticut Literary Institute, daughter of Edmund Halladay, of Suffield, Conn. On graduation he began teaching Latin and Greek in Pennington Seminary, Pennington, N. J., serving five years in this position, and during the last two was also vice-president of the school. In September, 1907, he commenced his duties as principal of the North Plainfield High School, where he still continues. He attended the Yale Summer School in 1907, taking courses in pedagogy. He is secretary of the North Plainfield Business Men's Association and president of the Plainfield Council for Boy Scouts. He is a mem- ber of the Second Baptist Church of Suffield, Conn., and leader of the Men's Bible Class in Calvary Baptist Church, Plainfield, N. J. But Ben will say no more. Isaac Gray Phillips Member of firm of Pritchard, Allison & Lynch, lawyers, 615 Hamilton National Bank Building, Chattanooga, Tenn. Residence, 305 High Street, Chattanooga, Tenn. Born November 13, 1879, in Winchester, Tenn., the son of George Gray Phillips (died August 30, 1893), a banker, and Maria Grant (Moorman) Phillips (died in July, 1891). His ancestors were English and Scotch. Prepared at Winchester Normal College, Winchester, Tenn., where he was captain of the baseball and football teams, editor-in-chief of the college paper, and a member of the debat- ing team. At Yale he was a member of the Grub Street Base- 478 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 ball Team; received a Townsend prize in English composition in Freshman year, a high oration appointment in Junior year and an oration appointment in Senior year ; was a member of the Sophomore Debating Team against the Freshman, of the debating team against Harvard in 1902, and alternate against Princeton in 1901 ; was president of the Yale Union and of the Southern Club; a first "Wrangler, and a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Zeta Psi. He is unmarried. He has been engaged in study and practice of law in the South ever since graduation, first in Winchester, and now in Chattanooga, Tenn. From 1904 to 1910 he was secretary and manager of the Gramm Specialty Company, patent medicines, and since 1907 has been secretary of the Drake Flying Machine Company. He is a member of the Walnut Street Christian Church in Chattanooga. He has served as secretary of the Democratic Executive Committee of Franklin County, Tenn., for six years, has been chairman of campaign committees for various candidates for gov- ernor and United States senator, etc., in Franklin County, and has made political speeches all over the county. He writes that he has never held public office and doesn't want to. He is a member of the Calumet and Commercial clubs and of the Elks, and has been presiding officer of the Masons, Knights of Pythias and Odd Fellows (subordinate lodges). In 1904-05 he was editor of the Straight Democrat, Winchester, Tenn., and from 1905 to 1908, editor and owner of the Franklin County Truth. Ike says : * ' After graduation, read law privately in Winchester, Tenn., passed examinations and licensed to practice in January, 1903; worked in the office of Lynch & Lynch, attorneys, Winchester, Tenn., until AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 479 1905, then became a member of the firm of Lynch & Phillips, attorneys, until January 1, 1911, when I moved from "Winchester to Chattanooga, Tenn., and worked for Spears & Lynch, until April 1, 1911, when the firm name was changed and I was admitted to the firm of Spears, Lynch, Spears & Phillips. This firm dissolved January 1, 1912, and I entered the new firm of Pritch- ard, Allison & Lynch, organized then, with which firm I expect to remain permanently. During the nine years I have practiced law, I have been engaged in every sort of litigation that arises in the courts of Tennessee, but for the past year or so have made a specialty of defending damage suits against corpora- tions and life insurance suits. Have several clients in the state penitentiary and one only missed being hanged because the Supreme Court reversed the judge of the lower court (who had disregarded the jury's finding of mitigating circumstances and sentenced the man to death). Don't like criminal practice and hope not to have to do any more of it. ''My life, for the last ten years, has been for the most part uneventful and average, the one ever present problem of 'making ends meet' overshadomng all other considerations. Prospects, thanks to instinctive optimism, have always looked bright and still do. Have no other ambition than to make a success in my profession, and have no doubt of doing that." Later, on June 1, 1912, follows this : " 'The best laid plans,' etc., you know — the truth of which I am just now having impressed upon me most forcibly. It has just developed that I can't come to Decennial, in spite of all my plans and my confidence, including my arrangements to have the one glorious time of my middle young manhood. 480 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 ''The details are without interest, and consist sim- ply in the bitter fact that I have cases to be heard almost daily during the very time I was to have been at New Haven, without a chance to have them reset or to have them attended to by anyone else, without losing the benefit of the 'killing' I have begun and expect to complete this year. Political activity has caused a re- assignment of the dockets, just announced, and I am compelled to stay here to take things as I find them. I have resolved to become an anarchist. **0f course, I am grievously disappointed, but that doesn't get me any nearer New Haven." Jay Morse Pickands With Pickands, Mather & Company, iron, Western Reserve Building, Cleveland, Ohio Residence, Bratenahl Village, Cleveland, Ohio Born February 21, 1880, in Marquette, Mich., the son of Col. James Pickands, of Pickands, Mather & Company, and Caroline (Outhwaite) Pickands. A brother, Henry Sparks Pickands, was graduated at Yale in the Class of 1897 S. Prepared at the Union School, Cleveland, Ohio, and in college was a member of the Gun Club, a second Wrangler, chairman of the Cup Committee, a member of the University Club, and received second colloquy appointments. His socie- ties were He Boule, Alpha Delta Phi and Scroll and Key. He married on January 7, 1903, Alice M. Reynolds, daugh- ter of Josiah G. Reynolds, of the Du Pont Powder Company, of Marquette, Mich. They have one daughter, Jean, born January 25, 1908, in Cleveland, Ohio. After a three months' European trip he began work with the firm of Pickands, Mather & Company, with AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 481 whom he has continued, confining his attention to the pig iron end of the business. Just a bit from one of Pick's letters says : '* As I hope to continue in this concern the rest of my natural life, I cannot afford you any interesting reading matter." Howard Weidner Pierce Draughtsman for the United Engineering & Foundry Com- pany, Farmers Bank Building, Pittsburgh, Pa. Residence, 758 Hazelwood Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa. Born May 12, 1880, in New Brighton, Pa., the son of Eras- tus Eugene Pierce (died May 2, 1908), a manufacturer and inventor, and Libbie (Elizabeth) Caroline (Weidner) Pierce (died August 24, 1886). His father was a Connecticut Yan- kee and his mother (his father's second wife) was of German descent. Prepared at Greenwich Academy, Greenwich, Conn., where his activities were "passive voice, pluperfect indicative, third person singular. ' ' At Yale he received a dissertation appoint- ment in Junior year and a colloquy appointment in Senior year. His chief activity was Campus baseball. He is unmarried. After graduation he entered the Columbia Law School, and received his LL.B. degree from that school in 1905. He was one of the editors of the Columbia Law Review for a year and a half, other 1902 men on the board being Gardner Abbott, Charles D. Miller and Frank H. Sincerbeaux. He was admitted to the New York Bar in November, 1905, and for a while was in the office of Curtis, Mallet-Provost & Colt, of 30 Broad Street, New York City. Since leaving this firm he has been employed at the Edgar Thomson Steel Works of the Carnegie Steel Company and the United Engineering & Foundry Company, manufacturers of 482 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 rolling mill machinery, etc., where he is at the present time. He is a member of the Squirrel Hill Methodist Pro- testant Church of Pittsburgh, being superintendent of the Sunday school of this church. For President his first choice was Theodore Roosevelt, his second choice Woodrow Wilson. Shorty, honest as the day is long, tells a life story: "I needed Johnnie's 'live one' to start me to tell you the story of my life. For, strange as it may seem (truth is stranger than fiction, sometimes), I, too, was a con- temporary of J. P. Morgan, and I, too, found myself kicked out (partly by my own hoofs) in the memorable autumn of 1907 (I tell you I'll never again have any faith in 7's after 1907). I, too, spent the greater part of a year between nowhere and the next stop. ** After the deluge I, too, found the top of Mount Ararat, to wit: the draughting room at the Edgar Thomson Steel Works of the Carnegie Steel Company, Braddock, Pa. Only very recently, within a month, to come down to particulars, the flood further abated suffi- ciently to discover a second peak to which I forthwith set sail in my monoplane, to wit: United Engineering & Foundry Company. **For the rest, my lines have (in Pittsburgh) fallen in pleasant places, as you could, vnih second sight, see within the confines of 758 Hazelwood Avenue. ' ' William Wallis Piatt Lawyer, partner in firm of Stanley & Piatt, Austin Block, Alamosa, Colo. Residence, Alamosa, Colo. Born August 24, 1881, in Bath, Steuben County, N. Y., the son of William Alexander Piatt, Williams 1876, a newspaper AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 483 man, and Julia ]\Iaria (Hankinson) Piatt. His father's ances- try is chiefly English, with a strain of Scotch; his mother's French Huguenot. Both families have lived in the United States since about 1650. Prepared at the Colorado Springs High School, Colorado Springs, Colo., where he went in for oratory and cadet organi- zation. The first two years of his college course were spent at Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colo., and he con- tinued his interest in oratory and debating. At Yale his "activities were not noticeable. Slung hash to start on. Gave up a fair chance of track for scholarship and got stung on that with a high oration appointment instead of the philo- sophical needed to get Phi Beta Kappa. Went in for trials of debating and got nowhere. In debating societies and no good at that. One of the common people and too young for the crowd." He is unmarried. On November 16, 1912, he formed a partnership for the general practice of law with Fred D. Stanley, Har- vard Law School 1893. He is a ''dummy director of a lot of corporations, don't know what ones." He received the degree of LL.B. from Denver Uni- versity Law School in 1906. He is a Republican in politics. He is a Congregationalist, though not a church member. He is a member of the Denver Ath- letic Club, Denver Bar Association, Colorado Bar Asso- ciation, Yale Alumni Association of Colorado, Kappa Sigma, Fraternal Brotherhood, Denver Real Estate Exchange and Kopas Club. Senator writes: "Graduated June, 1902. Loafed one month in Maine and at home. On maintenance of way work, railroad, August to October, 1902, at Colo- rado Springs. Went to northern Arizona on land surveying trip October to December, 1902. Went to Southern Arizona on railroad survey, Phoenix and 484 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Eastern, till May, 1903. Came home to Denver to nurse seriously injured father, and played nurse in hospital three months, and here to take care of father ever since. Went to law school till 1906, doing odd jobs on the side, working for 'The Beast' (see Judge Lindsey), i.e., the Republican Party, in campaigns, which are pretty continuous in Colorado, and news- paper work, and so forth. In summers on survey trips, one in mountains for railroad work, 1905, and one on plains of Nebraska for U. S. Reclamation Service. Can give my opinion of ^he same and of actual work- ings of civil service law if desired. Entered law office of Hayt, Dawson & Wright in 1906, spring, and there till 1907. Entered law office of Milton Smith, January 1, 1907, and here ever since. Most of active work has been in connection with large irrigation enterprises, and have participated in considerable important litiga- tion. Also have been deputy county attorney, and as such in charge of that part of the population of north- ern Colorado who are crazy enough to lock up. We are also general counsel for the telephone trust (Bell inter- ests) in this office. Six years since graduation are largely a tale of sawing wood and not talking too much, with little to get my name into the papers about. ' ' Lucius Beverly Pond, M.D. Physician, 113 Main Street, Easthampton, Mass. Bom September 22, 1879, in Burlington, Conn., the son of Lucius Bradford Pond, Yale cx-1872, a farmer, and Ella A. (North) Pond (died October 31, 1894). He is of English ancestry. Two brothers have graduated at Yale: Bernard Wesley Pond, 1897, and Raymond Augustus Pond, 1909 S. m AUTOBIOGEAPHIES 485 Prepared at Williston Academy, Easthampton, Mass., and in college received a dissertation Junior appointment and a dispute Senior appointment and was behind the bat for the Tightwads and Dissertations. He married on September 3, 1912, Ruth Hilma Cook, Mount Holyoke 1905, daughter of James Cook, deceased. On graduation he entered the Harvard Medical School, where he was a member of the Boylston Medi- cal Club. In November, 1906, he entered the Worces- ter City Hospital, served as interne until August, 1908, when he took up the general practice of medicine in Easthampton, Mass. He received the degree of M.D. at Harvard in 1906. He is a member of the Unionville Congregational Church, the American Medical Association, Massachu- setts State Medical Society, the Yale Alumni Associa- tion of Western Massachusetts and the Pascommuck Club. Roderick Potter Real Estate, 656 Ellicott Square, Buffalo, N. Y. Residence, 50 Cleveland Avenue, Buffalo, N. Y. Born September 13, 1879, in Buffalo, N. Y., the son of George Stan Potter, a lawyer, and Frances Louise (Williams) Potter (died September 8, 1909). He says that his ancestry is of an "indescribable blend." Prepared at the Buffalo Central High School. In college he was secretary of the University Boat Club, 1900-01, presi- dent and manager Senior year; a member of the Athletic Financial Union {ex officio), Yale Field Corporation and auditing committee of the Athletic Subscription Fund. He was a member of the Wigwam Debating Club, Sophomore German and Junior Prom committees; received honors in 486 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 English composition Sophomore, a third Ten Eyek Junior year and a first dispute Junior appointment. His societies were Alpha Delta Phi and Skull and Bones. He married on July 1, 1905, Eleanor Benedict Hotchkiss, Smith 1901, daughter of William Henry Hotchkiss, of Buffalo, N. Y. They have a daughter, Mary Frances, born March 26, 1907, in Buffalo, N. Y. On graduation he went to Mexico with two class- mates, working on the Veracruz al Pacific© Railroad. In February, 1904, he returned to Buffalo, accepted a clerkship, later became advertising manager for J. N. Adam & Company, where he remained until 1906. He has since been in the real estate business as treasurer of the Ellicott Square Company and secretary and treasurer of the Holland Purchase Realty Company. He is a Republican. He is a member of the Ellicott Club of Buffalo. Rod writes: ''You could get a life history out of a stone. Would you take the collection of some awful bad accounts I know about? "From New Haven I set out with Roy and Norman Mason to seek adventure and wealth in Mexico on the Isthmus of Tehauntepec. Of fleas and adventure there was a plenty, but of wealth a scarcity ; so February of 1904 found me bank clerking at home. Shortly after a local department store, J. N. Adam & Company, called me to cheer its already bustling establishment. There I cheered until soon my astonishing grasp of the busi- ness made me advertising manager, where I inspired gigantic bargain sales, until in 1906 Buffalo's real estate field beckoned to me. Now various skinny inter- ests in an office building, some lots, mostly vacant, several antique but chaste rooming houses and the tax rate, contain nearly all my business hopes and fears. AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 487 **A small but amiable family enlivens my declining days. I find that you have a very agreeable time watching the world move, even if it doesn 't all go in the direction of your vacant lots, and T. R. hop up and down. This is one good town to live in. You have quiet or clamor, just as you choose. I take some of both and expect to continue same until you demand another ten years' accounting." Thomas Danford Potwin Publisher of the Perkins County Signal, Lemmon, S. Dak. Born September 12, 1880, in East Windsor, Conn., the son of Arthur E. Potwin, a farmer, and Adella S. (Bissell) Pot- win. He is of "pure Uncle Sam nationality." His father's ancestors came from England to Boston in the latter part of the seventeenth century, and on his mother's side, her great- great-great-grandfather was a captain in the French and Indian and Revolutionary wars. His Yale relatives are Thomas Potwine, 1751 ; Stephen Atwater Potwine, 1833 ; Thomas Stoughton Potwin, 1851, and Lemuel Stoughton Potwin, 1854. Prepared at the Enfield Public High School, where he par- ticipated in school athletics and debating. His activities in college were very modest, which he regrets. He received a dispute appointment Junior year and a colloquy Senior appointment. He married on January 23, 1907, Beulah Emma Sims, a non-graduate of Oberlin College, daughter of Alexander Wil- liam Sims, a banker, then of Linton, N. Dak., but now of Eugene, Ore. They have three children: Thomas Danford, Jr., born May 27, 1908, in Aberdeen, S. Dak. ; Arthur Sims, bom May 29, 1910, in Lemmon, S. Dak., and Florence Adella, born January 23, 1912, in Lemmon, S. Dak. 488 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Since graduation he has engaged in newspaper work, at Perth Amboy, N. J., until the summer of 1903, and since that time in South Dakota, at Aberdeen and Lem- mon. In August, 1911, he became a stockholder of Lemmon State Bank. Regarding his politics he says : "While I have never held or sought any office or emolument, I am active in South Dakota politics, being the member of the State Republican Central Committee for Perkins County. Am what is known in your effete East as an Insurgent Republican. When a resident of Aberdeen was editor of the leading Insurgent Republican paper of the state. Have campaigned the northern end of the state in its cause and still do the same stunt when necessary. Am a member of the Board of Education of Lemmon Inde- pendent School District and a member of the County Board of Education." He is a member of the board of trustees of the local Methodist Church, is president of the Lemmon Commercial Club, 1912-13 ; past chan- cellor of Lemmon Lodge, 92, Knights of Pythias and a member of South Dakota grand lodge. Here is Tom 's editorial : ' ' 'Tis as you say, a word to the wives is sufficient — for me. For no sooner liad my better half received that clandestine epistle than I was actually constrained to get busy on this Class book letter. I can readily see that there will be no peace of mind for yours truly until I shall have disclosed to you all the dark secrets of the past decade. Were I so disposed, I could to you a tale unfold that would make you tenderfeet of the effete East sit up and take notice of the vitality and freedom of the West — but I won't, for I do not want to make you dissatisfied with your environment. ''Immediately after being made a son of Elihu Yale, AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 489 I embarked, at Perth Amboy, N. J., upon the troubled waters of newspaper life — and there I have remained ever since, with the exception of a very brief period of time. I mean that I have been on the newspaper sea, ever since, but not at Perth Amboy. In July, 1903, I was possessed of a burning desire to see the West and being alone in the world I spent that summer and the next winter in roaming, during which I experienced ranch life west of the Missouri River in South Dakota. That spring I by chance journeyed to Aberdeen, S. Dak., and while there found a job awaiting me on the Aberdeen Daily News as city editor. There I remained for over two years. Then I became part proprietor of a new paper that was born after much effort and be- came its managing editor, where I remained until April 1, 1909, when I came to Lemmon and became the publisher of that great family journal. The Perkins County Signal. "Now this town is the center of that new territory that Standard Oil opened up when it built the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul extension from Evarts, S. Dak., to the Pacific coast. It is in the heart of the last West, which embraced the area lying between the Missouri River and the Montana line. Until that time this sec- tion was the home of the cowboy, pure and simple. Well, I became captivated with the outlook, sold out my interests in Aberdeen and here I have been ever since. Am taking part in the development of a new country and enjoy the work and am doing well. ''Lemmon is not half as sour a place as it sounds. In fact, it is just the reverse. Named after an old cow- puncher, who ruled this country for about twenty years. Has a population of nearly 2,000 — not large compared to New York, but quite a burg for these 490 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 parts, as people within a radius of a hundred miles make it their Mecca. Hope to grow up with the coun- try and think I shall manage to do so. Its only draw- back is that a fellow sees a Yale man only once in a long, long time. ' ' Robert Arthur Pritchard Lawyer with the firm of Tyler & Young, Ames Building, Boston, Mass. Residence, 10 Fremont Street, Brockton, Mass. Born August 14, 1880, in Brockton, Mass., the sou of Thomas J. Pritchard, a contractor (died November 28, 1898), and Anna (Roberts) Pritchard. He is of Welsh ancestry. A brother, "William Sumner Pritchard, was graduated at Yale in 1901. Prepared at the Brockton (Mass.) High School and in col- lege received oration appointments. His engagement has been announced. On graduation he entered the Harvard Law School, and on the completion of his course began the practice of law with the firm of Tyler & Young in Boston, Mass. He received the degree of LL.B. from Harvard in 1905. He is a member of the Congregational Church. His politics are non-Rooseveltian. I wonder if Bob still plays the piano and must prac- tice and not write? Laurance Blanchard Rand Real Estate and Insurance with Payson McL. Merrill, 481 Fifth Avenue, New York City Residence, Cedarhurst, Long Island, N. Y. (after May, 1913) Born February 13, 1881, in New York City, the sou of George Curtis Rand, a coffee merchant (died May 12, 1907), i AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 491 and Eugenia (Blanchard) Rand. He is of New England ancestry. Three brothers have attended Yale: Erving H. Rand, 1911; Curtis G. Rand, ea;-1909, and Gordon L. Rand, ex-1912. Payson McL. Merrill is a brother-in-law. Prepared at Pomfret School, Pomfret, Conn., where he was a member of the football and baseball teams and editor of the school paper. At Yale he was a second Wrangler, a member of the Corinthian Yacht Club, University Club, He Boule, Delta Kappa Epsilon and Scroll and Key. He married on July 2, 1907, Kate Stanton Richardson, daughter of Samuel William Richardson, of New York City. They have a son, Laurance Blanchard, Jr., born May 2, 1909, in New York City. In September, 1903, he went into business with Bar- ing, Magoun & Company, bankers, where he remained until September, 1906, when he became associated with Payson McL. Merrill, '02, in the real estate and insur- ance business. He is a member of the Episcopal Church. He is a member of the Yale and University clubs of New York City, Graduates Club of New Haven and the Eockaway Hunt Chib. Laurie writes : * ' On leaving college went abroad with B. C. Rumsey for three months. Sailed on July 30, 1902, aboard S. S. Kroonland (maiden trip) and spent three weeks bicycling around Holland, Belgium and the Rhine country. Returned to New York September 13, and went into business with Baring, Magoun & Com- pany, bankers. Left them September, 1906, and be- came associated with P. McL. Merrill, in the real estate and insurance business in New York City. Still there." 492 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Kersey Coates Reed Member of the law firm of Rosenberger & Reed, 1010 New York Life Building, Kansas City, Mo. Residence, 4310 Warwick Boulevard, Kansas City, Mo. Born November 15, 1880, in Kansas City, Mo., the son of Homer Reed, Michigan 1872, a dealer in real estate and bonds, and Laura (Coates) Reed. He is of English ancestry. His Yale relatives are two uncles, Arthur Chandler Coates, 1885 S., John Lindley Coates, ea:-1883 S., and a brother, Homer Reed, Jr., 1910 S. Prepared at the Central High School, Kansas City, Mo., where he was interested in debating. In college he won a first grade Berkeley premium in Latin composition, Robinson Latin prize in Sophomore year, a third Ten Eyck in Junior year, DeForest and Townsend prizes, philosophical oration Junior and an oration Senior appointment. He was a member of the Dunham Boat Club, Apollo Banjo Club, took part in the fifth annual Academic-Sheffield debate, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He married on November 25, 1911, Helen May Shedd, Smith 1905, daughter of John Graves Shedd, of Chicago, 111. He has devoted all his time since graduation to law, working in the office of J. C. Rosenberger, mth whom he is now in partnership, and studying in the Kansas City Law School, being admitted to the bar of Jackson County in June, 1904. He is a Democrat, but has only made a few speeches. He is a member of the Kansas City Country Club ( sec- retary for four years) and the University Club of Kansas City. Kersey gives these facts: ''Since graduation have devoted my entire time to the study and practice of the law. My efforts have been devoted to unearthing AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 493 fraud, winning cases, protecting my clients and making life look dark and gloomy for my opponents. In leisure moments I have read good books, played a little golf and caught some big fish. I was married last November and have been living happily ever after." Dorrance Reynolds Lawyer, 126 Second National Bank Building, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Residence, 92 South River Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Born September 9, 1877, in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., the son of [Edward] Sheldon Reynolds, B.A. Yale 1867, and M.A. 1872 (died February 8, 1895), formerly a lawyer of Wilkes-Barre, and Annie Buckingham (Dorrance) Reynolds (died October 5, 1905). His ancestors were English. Besides his father, numerous uncles and cousins have attended Yale, among them Pierce Butler Reynolds, 1904, and Eugene Beaumont Rey- nolds, err-1907 S., both cousins, and a brother-in-law, Barton Talcott Doudge, 1901. Some of the founders and early pillars of Yale are also forbears of his. Prepared at Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Conn., where he was interested in football, track athletics and debating. He entered with 1901 but joined 1902 Freshman year. At Yale he was a first Wrangler, was a member of the Dunham Boat Club, Kappa Psi and Delta Kappa Epsilon, and since grad- uation has been elected a member of the Elihu Club. He was married June 30, 1903, in New York City, to Mabel Doudge, a graduate of Miss Spence 's School in New York City, daughter of James R. Doudge, a woolen merchant. They have three daughters, all born in Wilkes-Barre: Constance, born October 25, 1905 ; Nancy Buckingham Dorrance, born Febru- ary 17, 1907, and Patricia, born March 26, 1910. 494 ACHIEVEMENTS OP 1902 Reynolds spent the summer after graduation abroad. The next fall he entered the Harvard Law School. After his marriage in June, 1903, he again went abroad for the summer, returning to Cambridge in the fall to continue his law studies. He received the LL.B. degree in 1905, and since then has been engaged in the practice of his profession in Wilkes-Barre. Since December, 1910, he has been a director of the Wyoming National Bank of Wilkes-Barre ; since Jan- uary, 1912, of the Wyoming Valley Cutlery Company of Wilkes-Barre; and since February, 1906, of the Dallas Water Company of Dallas, Pa. In February, 1911, he was made vice-president of the Luzerne Demo- cratic League and since March, 1912, has been colonel of the Ninth Infantry, National Guard of Pennsyl- vania. In religion he is a Presbyterian, although he is not a member of any church. He is a member of the Yale and Harvard clubs of New York City, the Westmore- land and Country clubs of Wilkes-Barre, the May- flower Society, the American Political Science, Ameri- can Historical and American Statistical associations, and the Wilkes-Barre Press Club. In February, 1907, he was Democratic candidate for mayor of Wilkes- Barre, but was defeated. In 1907 he visited England, France, Germany, Austria and Italy, and in 1908 spent some time in France. After persistent attacks on the part of Lope Fox, Dub was finally persuaded to come to New Haven for Decennial. Who can forget how, with grave dignity — truly military — from the back of his camel he observed the beatings of Fox, the rollings of Cushing, the legs of James and the bucking of Norton and beast (always i AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 495 together, perfect eamelmanship, indeed) ? Dignity and geniality beamed from every feature, and every now and then a quotation dropped from his lips. Dub, at least, has kept up his reading if not his writing (I wish we could have more of that). [Ed. comment.] Henry Suydam Reynolds Secretary and Treasurer of the National Gas Governor Com- pany, also practicing law independently, 103 Park Avenue, New York City Residence, 950 Madison Avenue, New York City Bom August 31, 1881, in New York City, the son of Edgar Laing Reynolds (died in 1894), and Alice Lewis (Burdett) Reynolds. He is of English and Dutch descent. Henry Wilson Harris, Yale ea;-1894, is a relative. Prepared at Cutler School, New York City. In college he "also ran" in the half-mile at the spring Track Meet in Freshman year, took the part of Madame Malingear in the French play ' ' La Poudre aux Yeux, ' ' given in College Street Hall in Senior year, member of the Dramatic Association and took the part of Mrs. Dangle in ' ' The Critic. ' ' He received an oration Junior and a dissertation Senior appointment. He was a member of the University Club. He married on May 22, 1909, Use G. Heinmueller, a grad- uate of the Normal College of New York City, daughter of Dr. John R. Heinmueller, of New York City. They have had one son, Henry Suydam, Jr., born August 15, 1910, and died December 4, 1910, in New York City. On graduation he entered the Columbia Law School and in 1905 became a clerk with Shepard & Houghton, and was admitted to the firm January 1, 1909. The following year he left this firm to practice law alone. In addition he has accepted a position as secretary and 496 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 treasurer of the National Gas Governor Company, engaged in the manufacture and rental of gas govern- ors. He received the degree of LL.B. from Columbia in 1905. He is a member of the West Presbyterian Church of New York City. His clubs are the Yale and Union League of New York City. Harry has been hiding his light under a bushel, as evidenced by the following verses : ''Upon graduation in Nineteen two I sought education in pastures new. **For three years more I studied the law. Was given degree Of LL.B. At Columbia Law School, N. Y. C. ^'Each year before o'er the seas I'd soar. Farewell Paree ! Adieu Vichy ! It now becomes a sad storee. * * In books well taught now work I sought. I was, what joy, Without alloy! Apprentice to the oflSce boy. ''With Shepard and Houghton I worked thus on. Tho' underpaid The plans were laid Till of the firm I was partner made. ^'Reasons diverse affecting my purse I made an end In Nineteen ten Of relations with those selfsame men. AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 497 "Uptown I moved and as it proved Held just as well My clientele With other work upon which I fell. "Said a company which wanted me To counsel lend And moneys tend, I ought the law with business blend. "I took a chair and still am there Making my way — But forgot to say The principal thing that makes life pay "Was in Nineteen nine, most memorable time, When I life began As a married man, And now for that do all things plan." George Irving Rhoda Cashier and Bookkeeper for the Western Newspaper Union, Phipps Power Building, Pittsburgh, Pa. Residence, Box 66, Coraopolis, Pa. Born July 21, 1878, in Gloversville, N. Y., the son of Wesley David Rhoda (died May 17, 1902), a manufacturer of gloves, and Ella A. (Proseus) Rhoda. He is of German descent. Prepared at Gloversville High School, Gloversville, N. Y., and in college received first dispute appointments. He married on October 12, 1912, Anna Dora O'Neil, daughter of Mrs. Harriet R. O'Neil. From the fall of 1902 until January, 1903, he worked for the Equitable Life Insurance Company in Pitts- burgh, when he became correspondence clerk for the 498 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Diamond National Bank, rising to position of receiv- ing teller, which he held six years. In August, 1910, he went to Baltimore as manager of the Fox River Butter Company branch, but in May, 1911, returned to the Diamond National Bank as paying teller. He gave up this position and is now cashier and bookkeeper for the Western Newspaper Union. He is a Republican. He is a steward of the Meth- odist Church and a Mason. George explains one of the reasons why there are lawyers in this world and why we need them : ' ' When I was bonded the last time in the bank, Mr. E. A. Woods, manager of the Equitable branch in Pitts- burgh, reported to bonding company that he had advanced me money that I had never paid back. The proposition was put up to me to pay him his claim or my bond would be cancelled. I denied the claim but at that time had no proof to sustain my point, so I lost my bond and position. Since then I have been able to show that I worked for a salary and not advancement and succeeded after some delay in getting my present position. It has practically resulted in my having to start at the bottom again and work at a great deal smaller salary than in my previous posi- tion. If things don't break my way pretty soon, I guess I will go to the country and live the simple life." Milo Barnum Richardson, Jr. Secretary and Assistant Treasurer of Barnum Richardson Company, iron manufacturers, lAme Rock, Conn. Born January 26, 1879, in Lime Rock, Conn., the son of Milo Barnum Richardson, a manufacturer, and Ellen Caroline (Miner) Richardson. His ancestors were English and Scotch. AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 499 Prepared at the Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Conn., and at Yale was a member of the Gun Club, University Club and Alpha Delta Phi. He married on December 28, 1909, in Brooklyn, N. Y., Edith Vanderlip, a graduate of St. Agnes' School of Albany, N. Y., daughter of Edward Cuyler Vanderlip, of Brooklyn. They have one daughter, Marjorie, born January 8, 1910, in Lime Rock, Conn. Since graduation he has been with the Barnum Rich- ardson Company, manufacturers of Salisbury char- coal, pig iron, car wheels and general castings. For several years he was assistant treasurer of the com- pany and during recent years has also been secretary. He is a member of the Episcopal Church. In politics he is a Democrat. Milo refuses even to lift his voice in explanation of his life purposes. Edward Hammond Risley, M.D. Physician, 527 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass. Born October 14, 1877, in Waterbury, Conn., the son of William Edward Risley, retired, formerly a manufacturer of silverware, and Maria Louise (King) Risley. He is of Eng- lish ancestry. Prepared at the Taft School, Watertown, Conn. In college he went out for track athletics and interappointment base- ball and received second colloquy appointments. He is unmarried. On graduation he entered Harvard Medical School and in 1906 became a surgical house officer at the Massachusetts General Hospital, serving two years as 500 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 interne and one year as instructor in surgery for the Harvard Medical School. In June, 1909, he opened an office for private practice. He is assistant surgeon to the Infants Hospital, clinical assistant to the Cancer Commission of Harvard University, assistant in anat- omy. Harvard Medical School, and assistant surgeon to outpatients, Massachusetts General Hospital. He received the degree of M.D. from Harvard in 1906. He is a Republican and a member of the Con- gregational Church. He is a member of the Univer- sity Club of Boston, Massachusetts Medical Society, New England Pediatric Society, ^sculapian Club and the American Society for Cancer Research. Ned is one of my best correspondents (I wish more would emulate him). ''To be exhaustively brief and unnecessarily mod- est," he writes, ''I will state that my purpose is to spe- cialize in surgery. Besides the effort to acquire a prac- tice, I have done considerable experimental work on the surgery of blood vessels and the transfusion of blood, and, for the past two years, special research work in cancer, being connected with the Cancer Commission of Harvard University. I am neither married nor have I children, but I have acquired a goodly number of near-nephews and nieces among my many more fortu- nate friends, who are struggling to make a record in reproduction rather than medicine. I am particularly interested in cancer and the surgery of infants and children : two widely divergent fields. I have also ac- quired a snug little piece of land and a snugger little cabin away off on a lone lake in the north of Maine, where I go 'when the Red gods call' — and that is often ; acquiring much calm and courage from this wild spot — my chief est 'hobl)y.' And to this same 'Little Cabaine' AUTOBIOGEAPHIES 501 I invite any of you who are weary of the world and need a rest. 'If you want to be an Eli — just come along with me. ' The practice of medicine as a starter is not lucrative, but it makes up in satisfaction for what it lacks in dividends and coupons." Harry Miller Robbins Vice-President, Clark-Nickerson Lumber Company, Everett, Wash. ; President, St. Paul Boiler & Manufacturing Company ; President, Minnesota Transfer Land Com- pany, 211 National German American Bank Building, St. Paul, Minn. Residence, 243 Summit Avenue, St. Paul, Minn. Born June 23, 1880, in St. Paul, Minn., the son of Daniel Miller Robbins (died July 18, 1905), a grain merchant, and Delia R. (Barton) Robbins. He is of New England descent. No Yale relatives except brothers-in-law. Prepared at St. Paul (Minn.) High School. In college he says he did nothing worthy of note, went out for track and cross-country running and rowed in Junior and Senior years on the Class Crew squad. He received first colloquy appoint- ments and was a member of the University Club. He married on January 6, 1912, Helena G. DriscoU, a grad- uate of Dobb's Ferry School, daughter of Arthur B. Driscoll, of St. Paul. He worked for the N. W. Elevator Company the first year after graduation and was then associated in busi- ness with his father for two years. Since the latter 's death he has been concerned with the administration of the estate and its interests. He is vice-president of the Clark-Nickerson Lumber Company, Everett, Wash., president of the St. Paul Boiler & Manufacturing Com- 502 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 pany, and president of the Minnesota Transfer Land Company. He is a member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church. His clubs are the Minnesota and Town and Country of St. Paul and the Lafayette of Lake Minne- tonka. Harry writes: ''Am now considering a new position with a manufacturing company. ".The most important thing that has happened to me since graduation, and the best in every way, was my marriage last January to Helena G. Driscoll. We went to Japan on our wedding trip and have recently returned after a most w^onderful time." [It should be added in due praise of Harry that he made no claim for the long distance trophy. Also I insist on adding an individual comment that as a host in St. Paul no one can beat him. Three days flew away as a tale that is told and there was nothing in the Twin Cities we missed, either. Drop in. I recommend him. J.W.] Charles Asaph Roberts With Cravath, Henderson & deGersdorff, lawyers, 52 William Street, New York City Born July 26, 1879, in Peking, China, the son of Rev. James Hudson Roberts, Yale 1873, and B.D. 1876, a missionary, and Grace Lilla (Howe) Roberts. His ancestors were English and Welsh. The following relatives have attended Yale: John Willard, 1849, a great-uncle; Albert Warren, 1867, a second cousin, and Willard Berthrong Roberts, <'a;-1872 S., an uncle. Prepared at Worcester Academy and at the Hartford (Conn.) High School. At Yale he received a philosophical oration appointment in Junior year and an oration appoint- AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 503 ment in Senior year, was awarded the Daniel Lord scholar- ship in Junior year, was chairman of the Information and Employment Committee of the Y. M. C. A., and was a mem- ber of Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi and of Book and Bond. While in the Law School he was a member of the Yale Law Journal board. He married on May 15, 1909, in Portland, Maine, Mary Florence Berry, Mount Holyoke, 1901, a student in the Yale Graduate School from 1903 to 1906 and in the Yale School of Fine Arts from 1903 to 1905, daughter of Melville R. Berry of Portland. They have one daughter, Alice Parsons, bom January 9, 1912, in New York City. During the first year after leaving Yale he taught in the high school in Kockville, Conn. The next year he entered the Yale Law School, receiving his LL.B. degree in 1906. Since then, with the exception of six months, he has been in the law office of Cravath, Hen- derson & deGersdorff. In 1908 he was assistant United States attorney for the southern district of New York. He is a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church of New Haven. During 1911-12 he was a trustee of Smith College. He belongs to the New York Yale Club. Politically he is a Kepublican. The rest of Windy 's wind is saved for high paying clients. Walter Farley Roberts Secretary of John A. Roberts & Company, merchants, Genesee Street, Utica, N. Y. Residence, 420 Genesee Street, Utica, N. Y. Born July 21, 1877, in Utica, N. Y., the son of John A. Roberts, a merchant and manufacturer, and Marion (Vos- 504 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 burgh) Roberts (died June 21, 1903). He is of Scotch ances- try. Prepared at Lawrenceville and Andover. At the former school he was business manager of the Lawrenceville Literary Magazine, member of the glee club, winner of second prize in declamation contest, captain of first hockey team and a mem- ber of the Philomathean Society. In Andover he was a mem- ber of the glee club, captain of first hockey team and was a Draper prize speaker. In college he was a member of the University Glee Club in Junior year. University Quartet (Foolish Four), and won a second elocution prize. He was on the Class Day and Senior Prom committees and was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon. He married on April 28, 1904, Mary Daisy Stewart, Vassar 1902, daughter of Joseph Alexander Stewart, deceased, of Atlanta, Ga. They have two sons, both born in Utica, N. Y. : John A., 2d, born October 1, 1905, and Walter Stewart, born August 5, 1907. Since graduation he has been associated in business with his father in John A. Roberts & Company, import- ers and retailers of dry goods in Utica. He is a member of Grace Episcopal Church. He is a member of Fort Schuyler Club, Yale Club, Sada- quada Golf Club, Sons of the American Revolution and a director of Associated Charities. Walter certainly believes brevity is wit's soul. He writes: "Just passed an eighth wedding anniversary, and am blessed with two sons. Not prosperous enough to cease responding to the early alarm, and my days are spent in toil — with the exception of those when I join my family in summer at the sea, and in winter. South. ' ' I I AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 505 Henry Alexander Rogers Salesman and Manager of the Country Department, Worth- ington Whitehouse, real estate, 6 and 8 East Forty-sixth Street, New York City Bom June 13, 1880, in New Haven, Conn., the son of Henry Rogers, LL.B. Yale 1862, a lawyer (died January 26, 1889), and Antoinette (Anderson) Rogers. He is of English, Dutch, Irish and Welsh ancestry. An uncle, Alexander D wight Anderson, graduated at Yale in 1866, and another relative, George Bigelow Bartlett Lamb, in 1894. Prepared at Hillhouse High School, New Haven, Conn. In college he received first colloquy appointments. He is unmarried. He was with the Whiting Paper Company, whole- sale stationery, from August, 1902, until February, 1904, and in the wholesale clothing business with Rogers, Peet & Company, February, 1904, until Sep- tember, 1905. He has since been in real estate broker- age with Whitehouse & Porter and the successor firm, Worthing-ton Whitehouse. He is a member of the campaign committee of assem- bly district, but mth natural reticence fails to state for which party. He is a Congregationalist and a member of United Church, New Haven. His clubs are the Yale of New York City and the Graduates of New Haven. Hen says: *^At an early age I arrived in the large city of New York where I took the first job offered, namely, that in a wholesale writing paper office and factory, but not being much of a letter writer myself, I could not see why I should try to persuade others to do so, and after a year and a half, I connected with another wholesale business, that of men's suits, but 506 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 after a little I found that this job didn't suit, although while at it I made a trip out West, stopping at all the big cities between here and Denver, and found many a Yale 1902 whom it was a great pleasure to see again — it was one of the most pleasant two months I have ever spent. ''Having found that 'it takes nine tailors to make a man,' I decided to try a shot at real estate brokerage and have stuck to that trade like a leech since Labor Day, 1905, and it looks to me as though it were apt to be my calling for the rest of my business career. ' ' Henry Pendleton Rogers, Jr. Member of the New York Stock Exchange, care Eugene Meyer, Jr., & Company, 14 Wall Street, New York City Residence, 35 West Forty-ninth Street, New York City Born November 14, 1879, in New York City, the son of Henry Pendleton Rogers, LL.B. Columbia 1875, a lawyer (died in 1904), and Mary Wallace (Shillito) Rogers (died June 13, 1911). He is of English and Huguenot descent. His Yale relatives are a brother, John Shillito Rogers, 1898 ; and cousins, Edmund Pendleton Rogers, 1905 ; Randolph Preston Rogers, 1907, and Henry Hopkins Livingstone, 1909. Prepared at Cutler's in New York City and the Groton School. He rowed on the winning fall Freshman Crew and was a substitute on the Freshman Crew in the spring, a mem- ber of the Intercollegiate Cross Country Team, Cross Country Club, Wigwam Debating Club, Corinthian Yacht Club, Uni- versity Club. He received a Senior colloquy appointment. His society was Psi Upsilon. He is unmarried. He has been interested in finance since graduation, spending several years with Strong, Sturgis & Com- I AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 507 pany, Kissel, Kinnicutt & Company, and as treasurer of the Heany Company. In January, 1910, he pur- chased a seat on the New York Stock Exchange and has his office with Eugene Meyer, Jr., & Company. He is an Episcopalian and a member of St. Bartholo- mew's Church. His clubs are the Knickerbocker, Rac- quet and Tennis and Yale and he is an honorary mem- ber of Squadron A. Pen has it all boiled down, this philosophy: "I have not many plans. I have found by experience that the best way to plan for the future is to attend to the present. ' ' Frederick William Roman Professor of Economies and Sociology, State University of South Dakota, Vermilion, S. Dak. Born November 19, 1876, in Sidney, Ohio, the son of Jacob Roman, a farmer, and Caroline (Willhouse) Roman. He is of German ancestry. Attended country schools and the Norman School at Leb- anon, Ohio, though he prepared chiefly by self-study. He entered college as a Senior by special examination and received a dissertation appointment. He is unmarried. From 1902 to 1903 he taught Greek and Latin in the Military Academy, Highland Park, 111. ; 1903 to 1904, history in the high school at Butte, Mont.; 1904 to 1905, student in the Yale Graduate School; 1905 to 1908, department of political economy and history. State Normal School, Bowling Green, Ky. In Decem- ber, 1907, he was appointed by Gov. Beckham to inves- tigate and report on the public school system of the German Empire. He spent two years on this work 508 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 and studying for a doctorate at Berlin. The year 1910- 11 was spent in study in Paris and then he returned to this country to accept a position in the department of economics and sociology at Smith College and in 1912 he was appointed professor and head of the economics department at the State University of South Dakota. He received the degree of M.A. at Yale in 1905, Ph.D. at Berlin in 1910. He is a Presb}i;erian. Cato has plans. "I have spent the last ten years," he writes, ''in further preparation for teaching and learning the world. In the summer of 1904, I worked as an ordinary laborer in the copper mines in Butte. ''While in Europe I traveled in all countries except Spain, Portugal, Norway and Sweden. "I have just been made head of the department of economics in the State University of South Dakota. In two years I shall return to Paris, where I expect to take the Doctor of Letters degree. In time I hope to get an executive position in a university." Albert Edward Roraback Pastor of the Church of the Evangel, Congregational, Bed- ford Avenue, corner of Hawthorne Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Residence, 114 Fenimore Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Born March 5, 1880, in Canaan, Conn., the son of Judge A. T. Roraback, judge of the Superior Court of Connecticut, and Minnie (Hunt) Roraback. He is of English ancestry. Prepared at Canaan Academy and Robbins School, Norfolk, Conn. He received oration appointments in college. He is unmarried. On graduation he entered Yale Divinity School and was one of the Commencement speakers in 1905. In the i, Tahi.kt is Hotki. Tait (in center of rotimclM floor) Maybe it was Roraback, maybe some one else, who sbu'ked suns, wound a rol)e around, inserted a red lisrlit, and— presto! a "tent in tlie wilderness." Lo, there were sweet songs, pleasant drinks and sleep, while Merry, the proprietor, watched, remembered and planted this tiblet as a permanent memorial of the greatest reunion ever! AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 509 summer of 1903 he had charge of the summer mission church at Mankato, Minn. In 1905 he immediately began work as assistant pastor in the Central Congre- gational Church, of Providence, R. I., and when the pastor, Rev. Edward F. Sanderson, severed his connec- tion with the church, he was acting pastor for a year and a half. In November, 1910, he became pastor of the Church of the Evangel, Brooklyn. He received the degree of B.D. at Yale in 1905 and M.A. in absentia in 1907. Bert conducted and arranged our memorial service at Decennial and it was a meeting not easily forgot- ten — impressive, sincere. ''Canaan, my birthplace and home," he writes, ''may have been the potter that moulded the clay; it was work done at the Yale Mission that made me feel that I would be happy in service. As the chair of ministry seemed to offer the best opportunity for that, I began my training at the Yale Divinity School, which isn't such a bad place as it seems from across the street. "After graduation I received a call from Provi- dence. I was there for five years, was an associate pastor a part of the time, a year and a half I was the only one to hold down the lid. I use the term advisedly, as there was a tempest in the teapot. My service there is perhaps summed up by the names of the streets I lived on. At first I lived on Hope Street, then on Angell Street, near which were Benevolent and Benefit streets. ' ' The part of the work that appealed to me most was done at a mission among Portuguese — ^men from Cape de Verde Islands. Their family was the result of an intermarrying of the convicts sent as colonists from Portugal and slaves brought from Africa. I was their 510 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 father, their priest, their doctor, lawyer, arbitrator of family jars, their merchant buying their coal, for otherwise they would have bought it by the basket and paid from fourteen to sixteen dollars a ton for it : ^vish I might relate some of my experiences stopping policy game, etc. *'Two years ago I came to Brooklyn, as you know, the city of churches, the least of which is not the Con- gregationalist that I am pastor of. We have here the largest church we have in the world; I have as co- workers such leaders as Hillis, Cadman, Waters, Boyn- ton and McLaughlin. I have the ideal church, in a growing neighborhood, a church that doesn't boast of antiquity but of activity, no ruts, no doing this because it always has been done, a church that is plastic; its future depends upon leadership." Bert is putting enthusiasm into his work and I must quote one of his church letters, for I cannot make out whether I got my epistolatory habit of attack from him or he from me. ''To the Members and Friends of the Church of the Evangel: ''The 'Block-hewing Bee' was a hummer — not all buzz — there was neither hammer or axe, nor any tool of iron heard in the house. Many whose hearts stirred them up, whose spirits made them willing, brought gold and an abundance of rubies. Of the $4500 mort- gage more than $4420 has already been pledged. It seems miraculous when we consider that, with the exception of the $1000 pledged by our splendid Woman's Association, the largest amount given was $100. It shows what can be accomplished by team work; getting together and pulling together. The AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 511 other mortgage is tottering ; its days are numbered ; the eleventh hour gifts will tackle that. The day of the building is at hand. "We have much to be thankful for. These are some of the achievements: two sections added that nearly doubled our seating capacity, to say nothing of the new carpet, electric lights, the commodious parlors, recently varnished by one of our generous laymen. We have also banished the assistance of the New York Home Missionary Society to the realms of the departed spirits. "You know of the increase in membership — over 100 added in two years. Our congregations are increasing, we now have more in the evening than in the morning. The last months' record shows an increase of 86 per cent over last year. "These are some of the milestones passed. With your co-operation 'The Best is Yet to Be.' " Bronson Case Rumsey Stock Raising, Cody, Wyo. Born January 11, 1879, in Buffalo, N. Y., the son of Bron- son Rumsey, a real estate broker, and Mary Cleveland (Coxe) Rumsey. He is of English ancestry. Prepared at Fay School and St. Mark's School, Southboro, Mass. In college he was secretary and treasurer of the Fresh- man Navy, captain of the Freshman Eleven, until he broke his leg, then acting as substitute, member of Crew in Junior year, Apollo Glee Club and secretary in Junior year, Univer- sity Glee Club, Gvm Club, Corinthian Yacht Club, executive committee of the Berkeley Association. He was a member of the Sophomore German and chairman of the Junior Prom committees, a second Wrangler and a member of the Univer- 512 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 sity Club. He received the Class vote for most popular and handsomest. His societies were He Boule, Delta Kappa Epsi- lon and Skull and Bones. He married on February 26, 1910, in Denver, Colo., Mrs. Anna Bowditch Perkins, daughter of Ebenezer Francis Bow- ditch, of Boston, Mass. He traveled abroad the summer following gradua- tion, taking a bicycle trip with L. B. Rand, '02. He taught at St. Mark's during 1902-03 and tutored in the summer of 1903 in Wyoming, remaining until January 1, 1904, when, after some traveling, he began teaching in the Florida-Adirondack School. During 1904-06 he again taught at St. Mark's, Southboro, and from Janu- ary to June, 1907, he was in the Columbia Law School. In September, 1907, he became engaged in ranching in Wyoming, with S. B. Camp and G. A. Lyon, Jr., Yale '00, H. L. Ferguson, Yale '04 S., and J. B. Wright, B.S. Princeton '99, as first partners. He is president of the Cody Garage Company, vice-president of the Home Oil & Gas Company, and president and manager of the Shoshone Creamery Company. He is a Free Thinker in politics. He was chairman of the Triennial and Sexennial committees, though his absence in the West prevented his attending the latter reunion. Bob loves the West and his life : here is what he is doing: ''Balance of time in Wyoming poisoning prairie dogs ; fighting Mormons and partners ; shearing sheep ; nursing lambs; rounding up sheep herders and 'booze-fighters'; 'breaking broncs'; branding 'dudes,' practicing obstetrics on horses, mules, cows and sheep. Performing likewise all trades, occupations and pro- fessions known to genus homo." I 1 AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 513 Charles Cooke Riiss Trust Officer, Hartford Trust Company, Drawer 40, Hartford, Conn. Residence, 117 Woodland Street, Hartford, Conn. Born November 26, 1880, in Hartford, Conn., the son of Charles Trumbull Russ, Yale 1875, insurance (died May 2, 1881), and Elizabeth Baldwin (Camp) Russ. His ancestry is mainly English, with some Dutch. Yale relatives besides his father are his maternal grandfather, Henry Bates Camp, 1831 ; uncle, Henry Ward Camp, 1860, and brother, Henry Camp Russ, 1902. Prepared at the Hartford Public High School, where he devoted himself to somewhat excessive studying, to the exclu- sion of everything else. In college he received a Berkeley premium in Latin composition, first grade, Hurlbut scholar- ship, philosophical oration Junior year and oration Senior appointment. He played on the Chess Team Senior year. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and was a member of the Uni- versity Society of Book and Bond. He is unmarried. In the fall of 1902 he returned to New Haven and entered the Yale Law School, where he was an editor of the Yale Law Journal in Junior year and chairman of the board in Senior year. On graduation in 1905 he entered the office of Schutz & Edwards, and in 1909 became a member of the firm. June 1, 1911, he was appointed trust officer of the Hartford Trust Company, a position which includes the work of supervising the administration of the bank's trust department. He received the degree of LL.B. at Yale in 1905. He is a member and treasurer of the Asylum Hill Con- gregational Church of Hartford. He is a member of the Hartford Golf Club, Connecticut Congregational Club, Hartford Society for the Prevention of Tuber- 514 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 culosis, etc., and the Ausable Club of Keene Valley, N. Y. Charles writes : ' ' Have lived in Hartford throughout the ten years, except for the fact that the greater part of the first three was spent at New Haven during my course at the Yale Law School. Spent one summer during those three years traveling in Europe with Louis and Gardner Talcott (the usual places only) ; also parts of two other summers in travel in this coun- try. In the fall of 1905, entered the office of Schutz & Edwards, attorneys-at-law ; was admitted to the firm in January, 1909, and resigned in July, 1911, to become trust officer of the Hartford Trust Company, my pres- ent position. My life, if pleasant, has been uneventful, and does not make good copy for a story. ' ' Henry Camp Russ, M.D. Physician, 31 Wethersfield Avenue, Hartford, Conn. Residence, 114 Woodland Street, Hartford, Conn. Bom October 2, 1879, in Hartford, Conn. For family history consult biography of brother and classmate, Charles Cooke Russ. Prepared at the Hartford Public High School where he was president and only member of the No-good Club. [So he says, but I know better. Ed. comment.] In college he received a philosophical oration appointment Junior year and was a member of the Intercollegiate Chess Team two years. He received elections to Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi and was a member of Book and Bond. He married on September 8, 1908, in Dover, Ohio, Clara •Gertrude Boesger, daughter of Henry A. Boesger, a cigar manufacturer, of Cleveland, Ohio. They have one daughter, Katherine Camp, born April 28, 1911, in Hartford, Conn. AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 515 On graduation he entered the Johns Hopkins Medi- cal School, where he was a member of the Pithotomy Club and the Vessalian Society, took the four-year course, and then served two years in the Lakeside Hos- pital, the second in laboratory research work. In 1909 he returned to Hartford, where he has continued to practice medicine. He received the degree of M.D. from Johns Hopkins in 1906. He is a member of the Congregational Church, superintendent of the Sunday school and a member of various committees. He has made various addresses on pathological subjects before the Cleveland Acad- emy of Medicine and the local medical societies, and has written articles on similar topics for current medi- cal literature. He is a member of the Hartford Medical Society, Hartford County Medical Society, Hartford Golf Club and Congregational Club. Hen writes : ' ' Being one of those that are living very ordinary, unexciting lives there is but little that I can enter under this heading. "After leaving Yale, I spent four years at Balti- more in order to see the big fire and incidentally accu- mulate an M.D. The next three were spent in Cleve- land, Ohio, as resident pathologist to the Lakeside Hospital and in special research work in the laboratory there. Came back to Hartford in December, 1909, but it was not until the following July that I swam the first really professional stroke as pathologist and clini- cal microscopist, with headquarters and laboratory at the Charter Oak Private Hospital. Since then I have found that every once in a while there is a chance to take another stroke. ' ' Two of the summers in the ten years were spent in Europe; 1903 in Germany and 1906 in travel." 516 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Ralph R. Ryan, M.D. Physician and Surgeon, Scarsdale, N. Y. Born May 4, 1880, in Pawling, N. Y., the son of Joseph J. Ryan, an undertaker, retired, and Flora A. (Wells) Ryan. He is of English ancestry. Prepared at Hotchkiss School where he went out for track athletics. In college he was a pole vaulter, a bicycle rider and received second dispute appointments. He married on September 2, 1909, Agnes C. Sherman, daughter of Walter A. Sherman, manager and treasurer of the Jersey City Stock Yards Company, of New York City. They have a daughter, Agnes Cecilia, born March 4, 1912, in Scarsdale, N. Y. On graduation he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia, spending his summer vaca- tions in hospitals. He won first place at Bellevue Hos- pital and was there two years; and at the New York Foundling Hospital a year before starting private practice in Scarsdale, N. Y. He received the degree of M.D. from Columbia in 1905. He is health officer of Scarsdale and visiting physician at the White Plains Hospital. He is a mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a member of the American Medical Association, New York State Medical Society and Westchester County Medical Society. Another of these brief doctors is Ralph. It's really the lawyers, who are supposed to be very careful what they say, who do a deal of talking and the doctors, who are supposed to be poor business men — for the most part don't talk at all. Here is all I could get out of Ralph : ' * Have a pretty home in Scarsdale, an auto- mobile and a good practice. I hope I may continue to keep what I have." AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 517 Charles Felix Samson Member of the brokerage firm of Carlisle, Mellick & Company, 20 Broad Street, New York City Residence, Dobbs Ferry, N. Y. Born April 27, 1881, in New York City, the son of Felix Samson, a woolen manufacturer (died in 1904), and Sarah (Spayer) Samson. He is of German ancestry. Two brothers- in-law were graduated at Yale: George Monroe Sidenberg, 1891 S., and Joseph William Sidenberg, 1904. Prepared at Morris Academy, Morristown, N. J., and at Andover. In college he received oration appointments and was a member of the University Club. He married on April 13, 1909, Madeline Sidenberg, daugh- ter of Henry Sidenberg, of New York City. They have a daughter, Mary, born December 19, 1911, in New York City. He has been connected with financial houses since graduation, starting as a clerk with Halle & Stieglitz, buying a seat on the Stock Exchange in 1906 and becoming a member of his present firm in 1908. He is a member of the Jewish Synagogue. He is a member of the Yale Club of New York City and the Century Country Club of White Plains, N. Y. Curtiss Aldrich Sanford "With the Otis Elevator Company, Eleventh Avenue and Twenty-sixth Street, New York City Residence, 536 West 111th Street, New York City Born October 12, 1882, in Yonkers, N. Y., the adopted son of Dr. Isaac Reed Sanford, Yale 1873, a physician (died February 15, 1892), and son of Kate (Curtiss) Sanford by her 518 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 first husband. He is of English ancestry. His Yale relatives are a brother, Selden Bradley Sanford, ex-1909 S. ; great grandfather, Selden Haines, D.D., 1826; an uncle, John Quincy Adams Johnson, 1878; cousins, John Quincy Adams Johnson, Jr., 1908, Alexander Johnson, 1911, Charles Adams Johnson, 1916, and William Curtis Johnson, ex-1906. Prepared at King's School, Stamford, Conn. In college he "tried to row and tried to run, but was uniformly unsuccess- ful as an athlete." He received an oration appointment Junior year and a dispute Senior appointment. He married on November 2, 1912, in "Westfield, Mass., Kath- arine Elizabeth Root Moseley, daughter of Mrs. Thomas Benton Moseley. He worked in the offices of the New York Central & Harlem River Railroad for about two years and then accepted a position in the auditing and accounting de- partment of the Otis Elevator Company, New York City. He is a member of the Episcopal Church. His clubs are the Yale of New York City and the Saegkill Golf Club. Well, Curt says : * * I really fear that my life history to date would prove rather disappointing to a person looking for a bit of exciting literature. I spent the first summer out of college loafing and in the fall offered my valued services to the New York Central & Harlem River Railroad and in return received the enormous sum of twenty dollars a month. I stayed with them for a little over two years and then left to make the Otis Elevator people believe I was worth a great deal as an expert accountant. While I have suc- ceeded in fooling them more than I was able to the railroad, I am still far from having accomplished even a small portion of my ambitions in this line. Have AUTOBIOGEAPHIES 519 lived in Yonkers, Brooklyn and New York City during the ten years, though the first seven years I was with the Otis Company I spent about half my time on the road as a traveling auditor, which may partially offset the disgrace of my Brooklyn residence. Am at present living in New York, have quit traveling and auditing to dally with the finances of the company as a sort of assistant to the treasurer.'* Hugh Satterlee Partner in the law firm of McGuire & Wood, German Insurance Building, Rochester, N. Y. Residence, 30 Thayer Street, Rochester, N. Y. Born October 16, 1880, in Rochester, N. Y., the son of Eugene Satterlee, University of Rochester 1867, a lawyer (died January 7, 1910), and Olivia Sanger (Moore) Satterlee. He is of English ancestry. Prepared at Bradstreet's in Rochester, and Phillips Acad- emy, Andover. In prep school he was treasurer of the athletic association and class prophet. In Yale he was assistant man- ager of the University Baseball Association in Junior year, president and manager. Senior year, an ex officio member of the Athletic Financial Union, Yale Field Corporation ; chair- man of the Boys' Club and Mission Funds committees of the Y. M. C. A. ; membership committee. Wigwam Debating Club; Freshman, Apollo and University Glee clubs, Corinthian Yacht Club. He received a third Ten Eyck prize, a philo- sophical oration Junior appointment and an oration Senior appointment, elected to Phi Beta Kappa and vice-president of the Yale Chapter. He received the Class vote for biggest fusser. He married on February 1, 1909, Helen Curtis Taylor, a graduate of Dobbs Ferry, daughter of Joseph W. Taylor, of Rochester, N. Y. They have one daughter, Nancy, born February 2, 1911, in Rochester, N. Y. 520 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Before entering the Harvard Law School in 1904 he spent two years in getting practical business expe- rience with the Ohmer Fare Register Company and the Stromberg-Carlson Telephone Manufacturing Com- pany. In the law school he was a member of the Kent Club and editor-in-chief of the Harvard Law Review, 1906-07. He practiced law one year in Rochester, two years in New York City and then returned to Rochester, N. Y. He received the degree of LL.B. from Harvard in 1907. He is an Independent Republican and an Epis- copalian. He is a member of the Genesee Valley Club of Rochester, Rochester Club, Friars Club, Rochester Tennis Club, Yale Club of New York City and the University Club of Salt Lake City. Hug gives a real chatty letter, so I quote in full: ''I had always expected to be a law>'er, but I was told to see something of business and other professional life before definitely deciding. So in the fall of 1902 I went to Dayton, Ohio, to work in a machine shop for the Ohmer Fare Register Company, making compli- cated carfare registers, something like cash registers. There were several hundred more parts than I can remember, but at last I put them together and grad- uated to the advertising department and then to the road, where I worked one horsecar towns through Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York. In April, 1903, the Stromberg-Carlson Telephone Manufacturing Com- pany of Rochester wanted an honest man (no business experience required) to supervise the spending of its money in the construction of a telephone plant in Utah. From then until the fall of 1904 I was honest and played golf in that near paradise for the young man, Salt Lake City, with an occasional pleasure excursion. AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 521 no more than tinged with business, to Spokane and Butte. When I die, give me Salt Lake in preference to Paris ! ^'But I still wanted to study law, and I went to the Harvard Law School. There I spent three highly instructive years, learning also to like the graduate life of Harvard. In fact, in the summer of 1906 I went abroad with a Harvard man. The summer of 1905 Salt Lake City drew me. "Immediately after my law graduation in 1907 I went into the office of Satterlee, Bissell, Taylor & French, my father's firm, in Rochester. After a year of the usual mixture of office-boy running and petty law which a freshly admitted clerk has before him in any but the largest cities, I got the New York fever. I 'accepted a position' with Cravath, Henderson & de Gersdorff and had the pleasure and sometimes the pain of working under Mr. Cravath for two years. It was a busy, exciting and generally fascinating life. But my father died in January, 1910, and in that summer I thought best to return to Rochester. For a time I opened an office of my own, receiving more book agents than clients, but early in 1911 Mr. Hiram R. Wood, the unretired member of the firm of McGuire & Wood, took me into partnership with him. Since then I have strug- gled for a living with hopes of a competence at some future date and with increasingly settled habits." John Joseph Scanlan Assistant Local Counsel for the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, 322 Hudson Street, New York City Residence, 133 St. Johns Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. Born May 3, 1881, in New Haven, Conn., the son of Nicholas Scanlan, retired, and Johanna (Crotty) Scanlan. He is of 522 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Irish ancestry. Dr. Thomas Joseph Bergin, Yale 1896, is a relative. Prepared at the Hillhouse High School, New Haven, Conn. In college he received an oration Junior appointment and a dissertation Senior appointment. He is unmarried. On graduation he entered the Yale Law School, where he received honors first year and the degree of LL.B. in 1904. He has since been connected with the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company as assistant counsel in New York City. He is a Republican and a member of the Roman Catholic Church. Out upon thee, Jack! This brief la^vyer writes: ''Have lived in Brooklyn and have been connected as above most of the time since leaving law school. Since graduation from the law school as aforesaid, I have been suffering with hallucinations and have been the victim of the auto-suggestion that I have been practic- ing law." Gustav Schwab Partner in the firm of Oelrichs & Company, commission mer- chants and steamship agents, 5 Broadway, New York City Residence, 1 Lexington Avenue, New York City Born July 28, 1879, in Summit, N. J., the son of Gustav H. Schwab, a merchant (died November 12, 1912), and Caro- line Ogden (Wheeler) Schwab (died March 9, 1911). He is of English and German ancestry. His Yale relatives are two uncles, Laurence Henry Schwab, 1878, and John Christo- pher Schwab, 1886; and many cousins, among them, William Wheeler, 1855; William Egbert Wheeler, 1866; Junius AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 523 Wheeler, 1892 ; Roland Werner Kliipfel, 1909 ; Alexander de Trofimoff Jones, 1900 S.; Ogden Trevor MeClurg, 1901 S.; Lawrence Raymond Wheeler, 1911, Prepared at Cutler School, New York City, where he studied mostly, though he played some hockey. In college he "managed to keep out of the Dean's office, and to get suffi- cient peace of mind to enjoy a cruise on the Sound during examination time, by doing a little studying pretty regularly. Got a Junior appointment of oration (Senior dissertation) and wish I had worked a little harder and got Phi Beta Kappa." He was substitute goal on the Hockey Team one year and goal on 1902 Class Hockey Team (which won the pennant). He was a member of Corinthian Yacht Club, University Club and Delta Kappa Epsilon. He married on September 30, 1911, in Norfolk, Conn., Alice Requa Clark, daughter of Cyrus Clark, of New York City. Since graduation he has been connected with his father's firm, Oelrichs & Company, commission mer- chants and steamship agents, though a great deal of his time has been spent abroad in the interests of the busi- ness. He is also secretary and treasurer of the Ogden Estate Company, secretary and treasurer of the Rey- nolds Ice Machine Company, vice-president of North German Lloyd Dock Company, and a director of Gar- field Worsted Mills, Manhattan Mining Company and Londonderry Mining Company. He is a member of Grace Church (Episcopal), New York City, is a trustee of Sheltering Arms and a mem- ber of the council of the University Settlement Society. He is a member of the Yale, Graduates, German, Union, City and Sleepy Hollow Country clubs. Gus, our beloved vagabond, writes: "Perhaps you would rather hear me sing, but never mind, here is the story of my life: After graduation I loafed till Jan- 524 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 uary, 1903, when I entered my father's firm, Oelrichs & Company, New York, as office boy. The following October I left for Germany and worked as 'volontaire' for five months in the office of Gustav Ebell & Com- pany, Berlin, w^ool merchants, and then for six months in a wool washing factory near Hanover, and then again in Ebell 's office, Berlin, for another six months. During the fall of 1904 my father and I took a vacation of six weeks or so in Greece, Asia Minor, the islands of the ^gean, etc. In December, 1904, I returned to New York and re-entered my father's office, remaining there until May, 1905, when I accompanied my mother to Nauheim, Germany, remaining there for six weeks or so and then joining a gentleman of our office for a business trip to Russia. We visited Moscow, Nijni- Novgorod, Rostov of Don, the Crimea, Sebastopol, Odessa, and returned by way of Budapest and Vienna to Genoa, where I embarked on a steamer in September (1905) for Australia, touching at Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Fremantle and Adelaide. I arrived at Melbourne thirty-five days later, where I attended wool auctions and in other ways tried to learn things appertaining to the wool business, an important part of my vocation-to-be. After visiting Sydney, I crossed to New Zealand and spent there two months of most enjoyable vacationing. (I want to say right here that of all the places I have seen New Zealand is the only one outside of the U. S. A. that I want to see again.) Then tagging Tasmania, I took a freighter and arrived at Durban, Natal, South Africa, twenty- three days later. It took five days by rail to reach the Victoria Falls, on the Zambezi, and five days back again, but I did it and am glad of it. Ask Harry Thacher about the rubber snake I brought back. After AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 525 about two months on the veldt, I took a boat for home via Southampton, arriving at New York in May, 1906, after a year's absence. I again re-entered my father's office, but departed once more in September, 1906, for South America, arriving at Rio de Janeiro, the most beautiful harbor on top of the earth, after a trip of three weeks from Cherbourg. I took a coasting steamer to Rio Grande do Sul, then another on to Montevideo, where I stayed a month or so, fooling with hides, wool and such-like. Buenos Aires then became my happy home for a short time, until I turned north- ward once more and got back to little old New York via Southampton in the spring of 1907. "By all this foolishness I missed Triennial, but I got to Sexennial all right, in spite of three hard-working weeks in the big timber, without a guide but with the medic Thacher. Otherwise I have managed to retain my hold pretty well on this side of the Enormous Wet, although I did go abroad for a very short trip last fall. In January, 1909, I became a member of the firm of Oelrichs & Company, the other two partners being my father and my great-uncle, Herman C. von Post. In the fall of 1909 I got a farm in Dutchess County, near Sharon, Conn., and have been broke and happy ever since. I hope, by dint of hard work and rigid economy, to be able to support that farm by and by. I saw the wisdom of the course of the Class majority and got married last September. * ' This, I think, completes the catalogue, and, my dear James, I beseech you, don't inflict it on helpless class- mates, unless for a good cause. For the rest, I shall try to fix it so that I can make a report in 1917 without too much cause for regret. ' ' 526 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 George Howard Sellers Lawyer, 346 Broadway, New York City Residence, 184 Lefferts Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. Born September 15, 1878, in Buffalo, N. Y., the son of George W. Sellers, deceased, and Martha (Weston) Sellers. He is a Vermont Yankee. Prepared at Buffalo Central High School, Buffalo, N. Y. His college accomplishment was "acquiring the degree of Bachelor of Arts." He is unmarried. On graduation he took the course in the University of Buffalo Law School, where he was a member of Phi Delta Phi. He then served two years in a Buffalo law office, and two years in New York. Since January 1, 1908, he has practiced independently in the latter city. He received the degree of LL.B. at the University of Buffalo Law School in 1904. He is Republican in politics. He is an Episcopalian. George writes: ''I was engaged as a clerk in a law office in Buffalo, N. Y., up to January 1, 1906, and in same capacity in New York City until January 1, 1908, since which time have held forth as practicing lawyer and am at present endeavoring to acquire a law prac- tice and find it no cinch in this great city. However, taking things as they come, it isn't half bad and you know there 's quite a stretch of time ahead. ' ' Henry Stoddard Sherman Secretary and Treasurer, Crowell & Sherman Company, con- tracting engineers, 3111 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio Residence, 1883 East Ninety-third Street, Cleveland, Ohio Born October 11, 1879, in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Henry Stoddard Sherman, Dartmouth 1866, a lawyer (died in 1893), and Harriette (Benedict) Sherman. He is of English ances- AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 527 try. His Yale relatives are a brother, George Benedict Sher- man, ex-1907 (died during Freshman year), and a cousin, Philemon Tecumseh Sherman, 1888 S. Prepared at the University School, Cleveland, where his chief activity consisting in being fired twice, and each time taken back the next day. In college "attempted Football Team and Crew spasmodically and failed utterly, due to prejudices of the coaches." He was on the membership com- mittee of the Wigwam Debating Club, and was a member of Kappa Psi, Delta Kappa Epsilon and Scroll and Key. He married on November 21, 1906, Edith Lydia McBride, daughter of John Harris McBride, of Cleveland, Ohio. They have two sons, both born in Cleveland, Ohio : Henry Stoddard, Jr., born May 31, 1908, and John, born April 25, 1910. He studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and then went into engineering work in Cleveland. He is secretary and treasurer of the Crowell & Sher- man Company, contracting engineers. He served in Troop A, Ohio National Guard, for a year and belongs to a few local clubs. Hal includes political philosophy with paternal prog- nostications : ' ' My life was a blank between graduating and getting married, as I spent it at Boston Tech some nineteen hours a day and in Cleveland afterwards real- izing how little I knew. When I got married, however, everything got rosy and I am now employed in raising the two best future Elis that ever were. I soon found that my best claim to fame would lie not so much in what I did myself, but rather in being the only father on record of two presidents of the United States. Even then I fear that the cold world won't give me proper credit but hand it over to my wife, where it belongs. At any rate, when the time comes you will find that they will both understand the fallacy of a third term, and that even in politics it pays to be decent. ' ' 528 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 William Richard Sidenberg Partner in the firm of G. Sidenberg & Company, importers and manufacturers, 116 Fifth Avenue, New York City Residence, 40 West Seventy-fifth Street, New York City Bom June 13, 1881, in New York City, the son of Richard Sidenberg, of the firm of G. Sidenberg & Company, until he retired in December, 1911, and Matilda (Schafer) Sidenberg. He is of German ancestry. A brother, Arthur Meyer Siden- berg, was graduated at Yale in 1911, and two cousins, George Monroe Sidenberg, 1891 S., and Joseph William Sidenberg, 1904. Prepared at Sachs Collegiate Institute, New York City, where he was interested in running, hockey and tennis. At Yale he was a member of the Cross Country Club and Univer- sity Club, received an oration Junior and a dissertation Senior appointment. He married on March 20, 1906, May Isabelle Hoffman, daughter of Joseph Emmanuel Hoffman, of New York City. They have a daughter and two sons, all bom in New York City : Marjorie May, born March 27, 1907 ; Richard William, 2d, born February 4, 1908, and Gilbert Hoffman, born Jan- uary 22, 1910. On graduation he entered the family business, G. Sidenberg & Company, importers and manufacturers, and after a few years was admitted to the firm. He is a member of the Yale Club and the Century Country Club. Bill, like other successful men, gives credit to his wife, in this way: '*I have delayed, hoping each day that I might make history the next. But, now, you apply to my wife, and she insists she will do her duty and permits me to delay no longer. After graduation, I went to work in my father's business (founded by my AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 529 grandfather) and some three or four years later was admitted to membership in the firm. At this job I am still plugging away today. In 1906 I married Miss Hoffman and we earnestly hope to make our daughter and two sons as staunch to Yale as we are. Remember- ing that I may expect a duplicate set of questions like these in 1917, I shall do my utmost to make these next five years so interesting and exciting that I may answer this question then \vith ease, speed and zest." Ralph Merriam Simonds New England Sales Manager for the Globe Register Company, 19 Pearl Street, Boston, Mass. Residence, 27 Marathon Street, Arlington, Mass. Born October 24, 1878, in "Westminster, Mass., the son of S. D wight Simonds, and Ida E. (Merriam) Simonds. He is of English ancestry. Prepared at Gushing Academy, where he went in for ath- letics of all kinds. In college he was on the Varsity Baseball Team in Freshman year until he ' ' threw his arm out ' ' pitching. He went south on the Easter trip that year, played first base on the Freshman Team, and the same position on the Class Team in Sophomore year. He played tennis some in Junior and Senior years. He received a Senior colloquy appointment. He married on September 20, 1906, in Allston, Mass., Zulma E. Lunt, a graduate of Gorham Normal School, daughter of George W. Lunt, of West Tremont, Me. They have a son, Ralph Merriam, Jr., bom June 10, 1911, in Arlington, Mass. On July 28, 1902, he entered the employ of the Graton & Knight Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of leather belting, Worcester, Mass., and spent some fif- teen months in different departments in the main ofiQce. 630 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 He was then sent to Philadelphia as assistant manager of the branch in that city, remaining one year. Seven months follo\^dng were spent traveling for the com- pany in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and Wash- ington, D. C, and then he returned to the Worcester office, entered the advertising department, being engaged in follow-up work. August 20, 1906, he went with the Sherwin-Williams Company, in their Boston office, and took charge of the promoting department. He remained in that position three years and then went with Wadsworth, Howland & Company, in Boston, in the same line of business, paints, varnishes and paint- ers' supplies. In February, 1910, he assumed his pres- ent duties as New England sales manager for the Globe Register Company, manufacturers of autographic registers. He is a Republican. Si gives an epitome of his life: ''Started at the bottom in a clerical position, worked my way along to assistant manager of a branch sales office, was on the road for a year as traveling salesman, put in three years as manager of a correspondence department engaged in working up new business in connection with a large force of salesmen, and for the past two years have been New England sales manager for the Globe Register Company of Cincinnati, Ohio." As to foreign travels, ''not fortunate enough, or in plain English, have not had the wherewithal." But per- sistency like this tells and it will be a different story in the next book, I am thinking. [Ed. comment.] AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 531 Frank Hiiestis Sincerbeaux "With Bowers & Sands, lawyers, 31 Nassau Street, New York City Residence, 140 Wadsworth Avenue, New York City Born July 12, 1874, in Kelloggsville, Cayuga County, N. Y., the son of Edward M. Sincerbeaux, a retired teacher, and Mary Elizabeth (Rooks) Sincerbeaux. He is of English de- scent on the maternal side and of Dutch on the paternal branch. His Yale relatives are a brother, Chauncey Milton Sincerbeaux, 1905, and a cousin, John Carroll Slade, 1905. Prepared at Moravia Union High School and Oneonta State Normal School, where he participated in amateur theat- ricals, debating, literary and oratorical contests. In college he was Class deacon, president of the Yale Union, member of the Wigwam Debating Club, member of the team which debated against Harvard in 1900 and Princeton in 1901; received honors in English composition in Sophomore year, second Ten Eyck Junior year, Thacher debating prize, 1900; Waterman scholar, 1899-1900, 1900-01. He received a philo- sophical oration appointment Junior year and an oration appointment Senior year, was Class Orator, Salutatorian, and elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He received Class vote for man most to be admired. His societies were Psi Upsilon and Skull and Bones. He married on June 30, 1903, in Edmeston, N. Y., Jessie Marion Batterson, daughter of Elmer E. Batterson, deceased. They have one daughter, Helen Frances, born June 18, 1906, in New York City. On graduation he entered Columbia Law School, where he was a member of the board of editors of the Columbia Law Review, 1904-05, Phi Delta Phi and Temple Court. During 1905-06 he was with Allied Real Estate Interests, and then entered the law office of Bowers & Sands, his present connection. 532 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 He received the degree of LL.B. at Columbia in 1905. He is a Republican. He is a member of the Methodist Church and interested in various fields of Y. M. C. A. work, particularly in the boys' depart- ment. He has addressed frequent boys' and men's meetings in New York City, Lowell, Fall River, New Bedford and Springfield, Mass., Hartford, Conn.; Providence, R. I., Schenectady, Troy and Niagara Falls, N. Y. For two years he was leader of the Men's Bible class at the West End Presbyterian Church, New York City. Frank sends a pleasant letter. Here it is in full: "I'm sorry I can't tell you all of the wonderful things that have come my way since getting educated. One of the biggest surprises of my life is to find myself a lawyer instead of a teacher or parson or something of the kind. During the last year at Yale, I couldn't have guessed it. But the fact is, here I am living in little old New York, and grubbing away at the rather gruelling business of the law. By the grace of rich men with sons who didn't love the acquisition of knowledge, I got an LL.B. from Columbia, and after a mnter of campaigning over New York State, settled down in one of those ancient machine shops of legal precedents located on Nassau Street. There the grind goes on day in and day out, its little variety being those joy rides at the beginning and end of the day in the subway. Perhaps you remember that I debated some at Yale. That reputation seems to hold among my old Yale friends. But of all the useless acquisi- tions I have — that has proved the most. ''Well, I'm married and have a kid in the kinder- garten. That's another story and a mighty good one, too." AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 533 Edward Levi Skinner Farming at the Walnut Hill Farm, Ottawa, Kans. Born January 23, 1877, in Westfield, N. Y., the son of John Arthur Skinner, a banker, and Jeannie (York) Skinner. A cousin, Alburn Edward Skinner, was graduated at Yale in the Class of 1895. Prepared at Phillips Academy, Andover. In college he sang on the Freshman Glee Club, was a Class deacon, a mem- ber of the Wigwam Debating Society and its membership committee, chairman of the Bible study committee, Y. M. C. A., 1901-02, a member of the executive committee of the Berkeley Association, received a Senior colloquy appoint- ment. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon. He married on September 2, 1907, Edith Goodin, daughter of Charles Goodin, a broker, of Ottawa, Kans. They have one daughter. On graduation he continued study at the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge for two years, and preached in Hingham, North Scituate and Rockland, Mass. In October, 1904, he went to Ottawa, Kans., where he was chosen rector of Grace Church, in July, 1905, being elected secretary of the Ottawa Chautauqua and editor of the Chautauqua Assembly Herald. He served in the ministry three years and was then forced to give it up on account of ill health. He has since operated a farm near Ottawa, having at present about 125 acres. He is a Republican. Why Ed doesn't say more no one knows, but he isn't as good a correspondent as he once was and it's too bad, for he's a good talker. 534 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Frank Joseph Sladen, M.D. Resident Physician, Johns Hopkins Hospital, and Associate in Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. Residence, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md. Bom January 6, 1882, in West Point, N. Y., the son of Major Joseph Alton Sladen, M.D. Bellevue Medical College 1872, United States Army (died January 25, 1911), and Martha Frances (Winchester) Sladen. He is of English ancestry. Prepared at the Bishop Scott Military Academy, Portland, Ore. In college he took the Oregon Alumxii Association prize for the highest mark on entrance examinations of men from Oregon ("only two entered"). He was a member of the Apollo Banjo and Mandolin clubs during Sophomore and Junior years, and the University clubs in Senior year, and was a member of the Cross Country Club. He received ora- tion appointments Junior and Senior years. His society was Zeta Psi. He is unmarried. On graduation he entered Johns Hopkins Univer- sity and has continued to make his residence in Balti- more since that time, serving in the hospital in various capacities and instructing in the University. While a student in the Medical School he was a member of Pithotomy Club, 1905-06, Alpha Omega Alpha, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, a member of Honorary Medical Society, and faculty adviser, 1906-12. He played on the banjo and mandolin clubs during his first years at the Medical School. He spent the year 1909-10 in Berlin and Breslau with Heubner, Esherich and Czriny. He is a Republican. He is a member of the Baptist Church. He has published numerous articles on medi- AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 535 cal subjects, most of which were first presented before medical societies or associations. Doc writes in his pleasant, competent way : ' ' Came to the sunny South the fall after graduation and entered medical department of Johns Hopkins University, determined to get to work. Russ, Burlingham, Thacher and Ingraham, '02 S., in the same class. Roomed with Ingraham. Relaxed with the banjo on the Hopkins clubs and played on the Hopkins baseball team, captained by Whipple, Yale 1900. Managed to stand high enough to pull an interneship in medicine in the Johns Hopkins Hospital. And here I have been ever since! Have been put through the various staff positions on the wards and in the laboratories, until now I am the resident physician — since December, 1910. Hold dual positions, teaching in medical school, assistant in medicine, instructor, and now associate in medicine. Do a great deal of teaching, like it very much, and hope to continue a university life with con- sultation work in internal medicine. Spent 1909-10 abroad, studying in Berlin, Vienna and Munich, with a loaf in France and England. These ten years have been broken by transcontinental trips to Portland, Ore., my home until recently. My future may be in Balti- more. It's hard to tell. I shall retain my present posi- tion for at least a year more. ' ' Aubrey Adam Smith President of the Smith National Bank, St. Edward, Neh. Born January 7, 1879, in St. Edward, Neb., the son of Pierson D. Smith, who attended the University of Chicago and Northwestern University, formerly president of the Smith National Bank, now in the grain business, and Martha Shaw 536 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 (McMillan) Smith. He writes that his ancestry is "mostly Scotch," An uncle, William Redding Smith, is an ex-member of the Yale Class of 1859. Prepared at Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, N. J., where he writes that he "played on house teams and made some kind of a speech Class day. ' ' At Yale he was a member of the Kraut Club, University Club and Psi Upsilon, He is unmarried. Since graduation he has been in the banking business in St. Edward, and has held the offices of vice-presi- dent and president (his position at the present time) in the Smith National Bank. He is a Republican in politics. In 1907 he was state representative, and in 1911 was elected state senator from the ninth district of Nebraska. He is a member of the Omaha and Omaha Racquet clubs, and is a Mason and an Elk. Allie sends but one sound, out of the West, and that the clink of one gold piece upon another, and despite his vocal silence, his money talks at every reunion, as those who have run them know. Charles Winslow Smith Treasurer of the Sherwood Shoe Company, 203 South Good- man Street, Rochester, N. Y. Residence, 8 Livingston Park, Rochester, N. Y. Born June 6, 1880, in Waterbury, Conn., the son of Edward Winslow Smith, who was in the insurance business (died in December, 1904), and Jane A. (Webb) Smith. He is of English ancestry. Prepared at Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Mass., where he was a member of the glee club, baseball team, basket- ball team, tennis champion and received a scholarship prize. AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 537 At Yale he sang on the Freshman, Apollo and University Glee clubs and was a member of the college choir for three years. He played scrub baseball on the Grub Street, Tight- wads and appointment teams. He received first dispute appointments. He married on September 28, 1905, Carolyn Augusta Sher- wood, daughter of Frederick Augustus Sherwood, president of the Sherwood Shoe Company, of Rochester, N. Y. They have two sons and a daughter, all born in Rochester, N. Y. : Sherwood Winslow, born October 18, 1908 ; Burton Cheney, born April 23, 1910, and Barbara Carolyn, born August 27, 1911. He was master of mathematics and music at the Hoosac School, Hoosick, N. Y., from 1902 to 1904, then moved to Rochester and entered the employ of the Sherwood Shoe Company, manufacturers. He was made treasurer and a director in 1907. He is a member of the First Presbyterian Church, superintendent of the Sunday school and a director of the Boys' Department at the Y. M. C. A. He is a director of the University Club of Rochester, member of the executive committee of the Rochester Lawn Tennis Club, member of the board of managers of the Infants' Summer Hospital and is treasurer of the Yale Club of Rochester. Charlie writes: "The chances are the story of my life since graduation will be of no interest to any of the Class except myself. My lot the last ten years has fallen into pleasant places, and I am grateful for much good fortune. ''Enjoyed the first two years after graduation as master of mathematics and music in Hoosac School, Hoosick, N. Y. ''In the fall of 1904 moved to Rochester, N. Y., and entered the employ of Sherwood Shoe Company, manu- 538 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 facturers. At that time we were getting out 1,200 pairs of ladies' shoes per day. Our business has prospered beyond all expectation and we are now making 6,000 pairs per day. Account for the growth by the fact that we make an honest article and one that is in demand at all times, no matter whether hard or good. **In 1907 was made treasurer and director of com- pany. Married in 1905, as per above, and will back my three young ones to the limit against any in their class. "My ten years since graduation have been quiet, but most pleasant and full of interest to me. " Herbert William Smith Lawyer, 32 Liberty Street, New York City Residence, Larchmont Manor, N. Y. Born June 15, 1880, in North Haven, Conn., the son of Herbert P. Smith, and Mary Jeannette (Johnson) Smith. He is of English and Scotch descent. His Yale relatives are : Ezra Stiles, 1746, former president of Yale College; Ells- worth Johnson Smith, 1900 S., a brother; Ernest Ellsworth Smith, 1888 S., and Harold Ellsworth Smith, 1911, cousins. Prepared at Hopkins Grammar School, "where youthful escapades and study occupied his attention." He "lived at home during Freshman year, for which great disadvantage did I reap, in that such conduct cannot promote one much in real Yale life and in meeting upper classmen, of vital importance in Freshman life. ' ' He was a member of the Uni- versity Glee Club Junior and Senior years, received a first colloquy Junior and a dispute Senior appointment. He married on September 4, 1906, Gertrude Louise Tooke, a graduate of St. Luke's Hospital Training School for Nurses, New York City, daughter of Benjamin Tooke, a manufacturer, of Montreal, Canada. They have two children, both born in AUTOBIOGEAPHIES 539 Larchmont Manor, N. Y. : Mary Parker, born July 7, 1908, and Herbert William, Jr., born May, 1911. He entered the Columbia Law School in the fall of 1902, and in 1906 began to practice law with John Brooks Leavitt. He is now in independent practice, and is president of the C. & D. Company of New York City. He received the degrees of M.A. and LL.B. at Colum- bia in 1905. He is a member of the Board of Health of Larchmont Manor, a member of the Protestant Episco- pal Church, the Yale Club of New York City, Horse- shoe Harbor Club and Larchmont Fire Department. Herb writes thus : * ' The Triennial Record published about Sexennial contains a brief of my record to approximate date of publication. Since then I have been a commuter between Larchmont and New York, for which I have to shell out eight beans per monat to Graham Mellen's father's railroad. Since Sexen- nial I have visited Porto Rico again and didn't get a bite or bitten. Have oscillated between New York and Montreal considerably. Sojourned with my better half at Geneva, Switzerland, last summer (1911). ''Am holder of championship record on Knicker- bocker Golf links, short-long course, with Dick Tilling- hast. Pop Collins and Binnie Morison close seconds." Keith Smith Rancher and Farmer, Linwood, Utah Born December 27, 1878, in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of Frank W. Smith, and Frances Meiggs (Keith) Smith. He is of Scotch and English ancestry. A brother, Sanford Minor Smith, was an ex-member of the Class of 1894 S. 540 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Prepared at Andover, where he managed the track team, was business manager of the Pot Poiirri, president of Forum, Inquiry and School, and a member of K. 0. A. At Yale he was president of the Freshman Football Association, and a member of the Wigwam Debating Club, University Club and Corinthian Yacht Club. He received a Senior colloquy appointment. His societies were Eta Phi (campaign com- mittee), Alpha Delta Phi (campaign committee) and Wolf's Head. He married on December 1, 1905, in New York City, Helen Alice Garrett, Bryn Mawr ej;-1905, daughter of Thomas Gar- rett, a manufacturer, of Staten Island. They have two chil- dren, both born on Staten Island, N. Y. : Keith, Jr., born September 1, 1906, and Susan Alice, born December 10, 1909. Since graduation he has been engaged in farming and ranching in the far West. In addition to his farm- ing interests he has been postmaster of Linwood since 1904, took over the management of a general store in 1907, is president of the Smith Dunton Sheep Com- pany, Inc., secretary and treasurer of Smith Brothers & Field, Inc., treasurer of Smith & Larsen Mercantile Company, Inc., and secretary and treasurer of Peoples Canal Company, Inc. He is a "strictly conservative Republican." He is an Episcopalian, though not a member of the church. He is a member of the Yale Club of New York City. Keith, as usual, underestimates, as follows: "Came out pioneering July after graduation and made camp in the sagebrush fifty miles south of Green River, Wyo., the western terminus of the Union Pacific. All ten years since have been taken up witli plowing, plant- ing, irrigating, harvesting and feeding the crops to cattle, horses, hogs, chickens and sheep, and the end is not yet in sight. Got a postoffice and was appointed postmaster of Linwood, Utah, in 1904, and am still it. AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 541 Took on a side line, consisting of a modest but healthy general store, in 1907, and in 1909, the cattle men's dead line being withdrawn, I annexed a band of range sheep. ''That is all, I believe, my marriage and two chil- dren 's births being mentioned above. I might add that I have found this ' return to nature ' a long, uphill game in some respects, mighty pleasant in others, and that as yet I see no prospect of a return to 'white men' and the arts of civilization. ' ' Scott Lord Smith, M.D. Physician, 33 Cannon Street, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Born October 23, 1878, in Morristown, N. J., the son of Edwin Everett Smith, M.D., Dartmouth 1868, a physician, and Janette (Lord) Smith. He is of English ancestry. Prepared at Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, and in college had "a mighty good time and somehow got through without con- ditions." He received a Senior colloquy appointment. He married on March 23, 1910, Mildred Gorham, a graduate of Dalhousie University, daughter of John William Gorham, of Halifax, Nova Scotia. They have one son, John Lord Gor- ham, born January 9, 1911, in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He took the course at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia, where he was a member of the Omega Club, and then served in a number of different hospitals. In 1909 he accepted an appointment as attending physician at the Vassar Brothers Hospital, Poughkeepsie, and began the practice of medicine in that city. He received the degree of M.D. at Columbia in 1906. He is a member of the Congregational Church, American Medical Association, County and State asso- ciations and the Yale Club of New York City. 542 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Here is Scotty's idea of becoming a doctor: "First four years were spent in medical school, living in one boarding house after another, engaged in one unending grind in the effort to 'make a hospital.' That finally culminated in an appointment to Roosevelt Hospital, beginning January 1, 1907, served there six months as ambulance surgeon and eighteen months on the medi- cal side, finishing as house physician in January, 1909. After three months at the Sloane Maternity Hospital, also in New York, I was offered the appointment of attending physician at the Vassar Brothers Hospital at Poughkeepsie, with the understanding that I would start a private practice in the town. I am still work- ing on that practice and it is grooving, but it needs everlasting looking after." Keith Spalding President of the Durand Steel Locker Company, 76 West Monroe Street, Chicago, 111. Residence, 2626 Prairie Avenue, Chicago, 111. Born October 7, 1877, in Chicago, 111., the son of Albert G. Spalding, an athletic goods manufacturer, and Sarah Jose- phine (Keith) Spalding (died July 10, 1899). Of English ancestry on his father's side and of Scotch on his mother's. Two cousins have graduated at Yale: Horace Spalding Brown, 1900 S., and Henry Boardman Spalding, 1908 S. Prepared at the Hill School, Pottstown, Pa. In college he was a member of the Fencing Team, treasurer of the Fencing Club in 1901 and president in 1902, University Glee Club and secretary in 1901, Kneiselet Quartet, first Wrangler. He received second colloquy appointments. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon. i AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 543 He married on December 29, 1906, Mrs. Eudora Hull Gay- lord, a graduate of Monticello Seminary, daughter of Morton B. Hull, a lumber merchant and banker, of Chicago, who died in 1895. He has divided his time since graduation between ranching in Colorado and California and manufactur- ing in Chicago. He is a Taft Eepublican. His clubs are the Uni- versity of Chicago, Chicago Athletic Club, and Midlo- thian Country and the Pasadena Country Club of California. Keith writes : ' ' Directly after leaving New Haven I went into the cattle business in Colorado, where I remained for about a year and a half, at the end of which time I went to San Diego, Calif., to take charge of my father's horse ranch there. **In January, 1905, 1 moved to Chicago and went into partnership with my step-brother, Durand Churchill, in the manufacturing of steel lockers, steel shelving and general steel factory equipment. My partner's health broke down early in 1907 and in the latter part of that year I incorporated the business under the name of the Durand Steel Locker Company, an Hlinois corporation, at the same time moving our plant from Chicago to Waukegan, HI. In the spring of 1910 this plant was burned to the ground. We were insured in full and bought an absolutely fire- proof plant at Chicago Heights, 111., where we are now located. "For the last several years I have been spending about half the year in California, managing a large citrus ranch in Ventura County. "The only foreign travel I have had since leaving college was a trip to Japan two years ago. ' ' 544 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Franklin Maynard Spear Buyer for William Filene's Sons Company, specialty outfit- ters, Boston, Mass. Born May 1, 1880, in Methuen, Mass., the son of Frederick Augustus Spear, of the American Pneumatic Company, and Laura A. (Stiles) Spear. He is of English ancestry. Prepared at Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. In college he was manager of the University Band for two years, played on the Yale Orchestra, went out for the track team in Junior year and was a member of the University Club. He is unmarried. From 1902 to 1906 he was with Forbes & Wallace, Springfield, Mass., taking a regular apprenticeship in the retail dry goods business. He was assistant man- ager and superintendent of the store of the Consoli- dated Dry Goods Company of Poughkeepsie for one year and then became connected with William Filene's Sons Company, specialty outfitters, of Boston, Mass. He is now buyer for the company. He has taken one trip to Havana and one to New Orleans. He is a member of the Boston Chamber of Commerce, Retail Trade Board, Boston City Club and the Yale Club of New York City. Frank has a purpose. **Ten years of good hard work," he writes, ''with short vacations and hours plenty long, but in a line of business that has the great- est future for college men, is intensely interesting, and has great possibilities. I hope to be able one of these days, through example or influence, to show the Y^ale fellows just what the Science of Merchandising is, and what there is in it. (Dartmouth is realizing it.) " AUTOBIOGEAPHIES 545 Lyman Spitzer Secretary and Manager of the Spitzer Building Company, Spitzer Building, Toledo, Ohio Residence, 448 "West Woodruff Avenue, Toledo, Ohio Born FebruaTy 2, 1880, in North Amherst, Mass., the son of Adelbert L. Spitzer, a banker, and Sarah E. (Strong) Spitzer. He is descended from New York Yankees. Two brothers are also Yale graduates: Carl Bovee Spitzer, 1899, and Roland Adelbert Spitzer, 1909. Prepared at Andover, where he was on the board of the school paper, the Phillipian. He was an associate editor of the News from 1899 to 1901, and editor in Senior year ; editor of the Banner (Bicentennial issue), and one of the under- graduate editors of the Alumni Weekly. He heeled the Track Team, more or less, the whole four years, was a member of the Cross Country Club and Corinthian Yacht Club. He received two year honors in English and economics and oration appointments for the course. He was a member of Zeta Psi. He married on September 19, 1906, Blanche Carey Brum- back, Vassar 1906, daughter of Hon. Orville Sanford Brum- back, Princeton, 1877, an attorney, of Toledo, Ohio. They have two daughters, both born in Toledo, Ohio : Lydia Carey, born October 7, 1909, and Luette Ruth, born July 25, 1911. Since graduation he has been with Spitzer & Com- pany, bankers, and the Spitzer Building Company, both of Toledo, Ohio. He is secretary and treasurer of the Carleton Building Company, a small family con- cern, and trustee of the Toledo Stock Exchange. He was a councilman from the Seventh Ward of Toledo for two years. He is a trustee of the First Congregational Church of Toledo, was a trustee of the Business Men's Club, later of the Toledo Commerce Club, its successor. He is a member of the Toledo and Toledo Country clubs. He has written several articles 546 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 on bonds. He has recently been appointed commis- sioner of parks of Toledo, the term of office being three years. Lyman's breezy letter follows: **I am neither an artist nor a poet, and my pen is not as nimble as when I heeled the News, so it is difficult to give you a graphic account of my life since graduation. How would it be if I sent you a batch of cancelled checks? These will show a year's residence at the Yale Club in New York while I was acquiring the rudiments of the bond busi- ness; then a year spent peddling bonds all over the State of Maine. The checks will then show a local cancellation stamp, as I returned to Toledo and went in the home office of Spitzer & Company, bankers and dealers in bonds. There will be nothing of special interest in these checks for a year or so, until 1906, when a sudden burst of checks drawn to furniture deal- ers, decorators, etc., indicate my marriage. Now you will notice a steady crescendo of checks, many written in a feminine hand, while an occasional reference to nurses or baby buggies shows that I have not forgotten my duty. This steady tide of checks is still rising, and if they and my family increase proportionately, will perhaps engulf me before our next Decennial. *'(0n second thought, I will not send those checks. They might scare some of the unmarried fellows.) ' * My past ten years have been happy, contented and uneventful. I left the bond business about four years ago and worked for the Spitzer Building Company; I am now manager. We have a ten-story office building with about 700 offices, so that I am busy keeping rooms painted, windows washed and tenants satisfied. My two brothers are still in the bond business, being part- ners in Spitzer, Rorick & Company. AUTOBIOGEAPHIES 547 ''Like many of the Class, I have tried an excursion into politics here at home. In 1907 1 ran for the Repub- lican nomination for councilman-at-large and did not get a look-in. In 1909 I tried for councilman from my own ward, was nominated and elected. My two years in the city council were very interesting and rather enjoyable. I ran again in 1911, but was defeated. I am afraid that I will never make a good politician. *'I have tried to take part in the civic and commer- cial life of the city and I think that I have done some good. This class of work demands considerable time and, on the whole, is rather disappointing in its imme- diate results. *'A wife and children bring contentment and com- fort; as Bacon says, they are 'hostages to fortune.' (Please notice this trace of a vanishing education.) One settles back into well-worn grooves ; the new and untried seem no longer alluring; the fine frenzy of youth is gone ; I believe I am getting old. ' ' Edwin Allen Stebbins Treasurer, Loomis, Wilding & Stebbins Company, wholesale merchants in apples, 401 Cutler Building, Rochester, N. Y. Residence, Clover Street, Brighton, N. Y. Born May 30, 1879, in Oswego, N. Y., the son of Rev. Henry Hamlin Stebbins, D.D., Yale 1862, and Julia Frances (Allen) Stebbins (died December 14, 1908). Besides his father, a brother, Henry Hamlin Stebbins, Jr., 1904, and a cousin, Alan Fox, 1903, have graduated from Yale. Prepared at Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. At Yale he received a second elocution prize, a colloquy appointment in Senior year, was Class deacon, vice-president of the Y. M. 548 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 C. A. in 1901 and president in 1902, was a member of the Wigwam Debating Club, the University Club, Kappa Psi, Psi Upsilon and Skull and Bones. He married on November 3, 1903, in Oswego, N. Y., Bessie deWolf Ward, daughter of General Thomas Ward, West Point 1863, of Washington, D. C. They have two children: Edwin Allen, Jr., born June 7, 1905, in Rochester, and Katherine deWolf, born March 19, 1908. After graduation he was general secretary of the Young Men's Christian Association of Yale College for a year. He was then engaged in the banking busi- ness in Rochester, until he became connected with the firm of which he is now a member. He is an elder and superintendent of the Sunday School of the Third Presbyterian Church of Rochester. Politically he is a Progressive Republican. He served on the Triennial and Sexennial Committees. Al will buttonhole you at any corner and tell you, very convincingly, too, why you should be Progressive. Have a care, my friend, that you are not persuaded too easily for you will miss a lot of entertaining argument. Porter Steele Partner in the firm of Steele, DeFriese & Steele, lawyers, 32 Liberty Street, New York City Residence, 33 Monroe Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. Bom December 12, 1880, in Natchez, Miss., the son of Judge Hiram R. Steele, a lawyer, and Mary E. (Porter) Steele (died May 25, 1910). He is of English descent. His great-great- great-grandfather, Rev. Stephen Steele, was graduated at Yale in 1717, two brothers, Roswell Hiram Steele, 1908, and Charles Messinger Steele, 1910, and a cousin, Albert Aston, 1905. AUTOBIOGEAPHIES 549 Prepared at Brooklyn Polytechnic Preparatory School, where he belonged to the musical clubs. In college he was leader of the University Orchestra and the University Band Junior and Senior years and a member of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra. He received second colloquy appoint- ments. He is unmarried. On graduation he entered the Columbia Law School, where he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and Phi Delta Phi. In 1905 he entered the law office of Steele, DeFriese & Frothingham, his father's firm, and in 1908 was admitted to the firm under the name of Steele, DeFriese & Steele. Aside from his profession he has continued to devote a great deal of time to music, composing instrumental and vocal pieces of both seri- ous and popular themes, and conducting musical plays. A complete list of his compositions will be found in the bibliographical notes. Since January, 1906, he has been a trustee for the Bondholders committee of the Arizona Water Company. He received the degree of LL.B. from Columbia in 1905. He is a Eepublican. He is a member of Christ Church (Episcopal), Brooklyn, N. Y. His clubs are the Yale of New York City and the Representatives Club (honorary member). Porter is giving, I am glad to say, more time to music. He writes : ' ' Have finished a course in harmony counterpoint and composition with R. Huntington Woodman, the composer, and expect to continue further with him in the theory of music. Expect eventually to give up the greater part of my time to composing. ' ' 550 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Melville Alphonse Stern Vice-President of Stem Brothers, dry goods merchants, 36 West Twenty-third Street, New York City Born April 27, 1880, in New York City, the son of Louis Stern, also of Stern Brothers, and Lisette (Strupp) Stem (died in November, 1905). A cousin, Robert Bernhard Stern, graduated from Yale College in 1910. Prepared at Dr. Chapin's and Dr. Sach's schools in New York, and at Yale received a first colloquy appointment in Junior year and a colloquy appointment in Senior year, and was a member of the Fencing and University clubs. He married on February 12, 1907, in New York City, Beatrice L. Hecht, daughter of David Hecht, of New York City. They have one son, Louis, 3d, bom June 27, 1909, in New York City. He has been in the dry goods business with Stern Brothers of New York ever since graduation. He is a member of the Temple EmanuEl, and belongs to the Yale, Aldine and Republican clubs of New York. Mel writes: "I am in receipt of your favor of the 18th inst., regarding the Class book. *'It is not on account of unwillingness that I have not complied with your request, but because my life, like so many others in a great city like ours, has been uneventful and, besides, the business I am in is one that can only interest ladies and not men." Henry Budington Stoddard Partner in law firm of Marsh, Stoddard & Day, 164 State Street, Bridgeport, Conn. Residence, 499 Washington Avenue, Bridgeport, Conn. Born April 15, 1880, in Bridgeport, the son of Goodwin Stoddard (died July 27, 1909), formerly a lawyer, and Julia AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 551 E. (Sanford) Stoddard. His ancestors were English. A brother, Sanford Stoddard, graduated from Yale College in 1899. Prepared at St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H., and at the Taft School, Watertown, Conn. At Yale he played third base on the Freshman Nine, was captain of the University Hockey Team, member of the Yale Record board, a second Wrangler, and a member of Psi Upsilon. He is unmarried. Stoddard is practicing law in Bridgeport, being a member of Marsh, Stoddard & Day. In 1908 he sent in the following account of his life : "My life since graduation has been quite conven- tional. Upon leaving college Dick Tillinghast, Walter Krementz, Holland Duell and I went abroad, dallying in foreign climes for three months. Upon my return I entered the Harvard Law School and spent a couple of years there. During the summer of 1904 I spent some time in the West — Arizona and California — and in the fall entered my father 's law office. In 1906 I was taken in as a member of the firm. The summer of 1906 found me abroad again, this time with Jack Burrall. ' ' He is a member of the Episcopal Church and a Bull Mooser. Hank is one of the bitterest opponents of the new Yale, giving as his reason, '' I live near the place and can see ! ' ' but as this remark was made after Wheeler (the Bridgeport quarter) had muffed some punts, when Hank had been rooting for him all season, why, there might have been another reason. Hank's chief recreations are automobiling and golf. 552 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Harold Stone Member of Stone & Stone, lawyers, 921 Onondaga County Savings Bank Building, Syracuse, N. Y. Residence, 213 Highland Avenue, Syracuse, N. Y. Born October 19, 1878, in Syracuse, N. Y., the son of Charles L. Stone, a lawyer, and Zilla (Sackett) Stone. His ancestors were English. Holland Duell, of our Class, is a cousin. Prepared at Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., where he was a member of the track team and the Mirror board. At Yale he rowed No. 2 on fall Freshman Crew that won the Regatta, was a member of the Corinthian Yacht Club and the University Bicycle Team, winning his Y in Freshman year, heeled the News, and a member of Eta Phi, Psi Upsilon, Skull and Bones and the University Club. As to his studies, Stone writes that he really wa^ good in mathematics. And after all this, he received Class vote for laziest. "It is to laugh!" He married on June 16, 1904, in Syracuse, N. Y., Anne Treadwell Babcock, daughter of John Babcock, of Syracuse. They have two children, both born in Syracuse : Charlotte de Sers, born April 21, 1906, and Carol Babcock, born September 7, 1908. After graduation he studied law at Syracuse Univer- sity and was clerk in a law office at the same time. Since receiving his LL.B. in 1904 he has been in busi- ness with his father. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church. In politics he is a Republican, is a member of several clubs and a director of various organizations in Syra- cuse. He has written once for the North American Review. AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 553 Hal says briefly this: ''I've only moved once and hope never to do it again. Same firm since graduation. Europe several times. **Main accomplishment in ten years is a happy home, almost enough to live on and a happy disposition. ' ' Rush Sturges Junior partner in firm of Green, Hinckley & Allen, lawyers, 49 Westminster Street, Providence, R. I. Residence, 79 Williams Street, Providence, R. I. Born August 19, 1879, in Providence, R. I., the son of How- ard 0. Sturges, a cotton manufacturer, and Alice Spring (Knight) Sturges. Two brothers, "Walter Knight Sturges, 1898 S., and Howard Sturges, 1908, and a first cousin, Philip Allen, 1890 S., have graduated from Yale. Prepared at St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H., and at Yale was a member of the Varsity Baseball and Class Hockey teams, the Corinthian Yacht Club, University Club, Eta Phi and Alpha Delta Phi. While in college he did considerable long-distance walking. He married on January 1, 1908, in Peace Dale, R. I., Elizabeth Hazard, daughter of Rowland Gibson Hazard, Brown 1876, a woolen manufacturer. They have two children, both born in Providence: Benjamin Rush, born December 4, 1908, and Elizabeth Peace, born May 11, 1910. After graduation, in company with Ives Goddard, he took a trip around the world. On his return he entered the Harvard Law School, receiving his LL.B. in 1906. During this course he was a member of the Thayer Law Club, ''The Wig." After his admission to the Rhode Island Bar he began practicing law in Provi- dence, since June 1, 1910, as a member of the firm of Green, Hinckley & Allen. 554 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 He is a trustee of the Providence Public Library and for the last two years has been one of the city com- mittee on summer playgrounds of Providence. He is a vestryman of the Grace Episcopal Church, is a member of the Hope Club, governor of the Agawam Hunt Club and a member of Battery A, Field Artil- lery, Rhode Island National Guard. Rush says: ''I am winded. If there is not enough above you will have to make it up. "(1) I have had a residence that goes with the travel of my case as indicated. '' (2) I have had no other business connections than as indicated, although I did not start in as a partner. "(3) Ives and I encircled the globe after gradua- tion and it was most interesting, especially for the inhabitants of the different countries who helped them- selves to our New England cash. ''Ten years are a long story, and yet you probably have the general run of affairs in the story like the one of John Callender's. If I were to be very boastful I would whisper in an audible tone of the reorganiza- tion of an historic military command, Light Battery A, in which I have had some part, and have at the present time the honor of being a lieutenant. I have also been interested as secretary of the Providence Playground Association for the past three years in trying to make a rotten condition of affairs better. ''If you don't believe all this wait until Decennial, when I can not only punch your head, but, as Col. Link- aby Didd said, ' I can prove it. ' "Addenda. I tried to run the Yale Alumni Asso- ciation of Rhode Island for three years as secretary- treasurer, but the strain was too heavy. Yale men are like inspiration; they are all right when they AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 555 arrive, but around here their stiff-necked New England muses about exhaust the patience of the player of the pipe. The above isn't fit to print, don't print it." [Yes, I will. Ed. comment.] Joseph Rockwell Swan Partner in firm of Kean, Taylor & Company, bankers, 30 Pine Street, New York City Residence, 1 Lexington Avenue, New York City Born October 21, 1878, in Utica, N. Y., the son of Joseph R. Swan (died in December, 1902), formerly a lawyer, and Emma (Mann) Swan (died in April, 1910). His ancestors were English. The following relatives have graduated from Yale : three uncles, Charles Addison Mann, 1856, James Andrews Swan, 1867, and Matthew Darbyshire Mann, 1867 ; and three cousins, John Henry Mann, 1883 S., Charles Neave, 1888, and Joseph Rockwell Swan, 1895. Prepared at the Groton School, and at Yale was a member of the Freshman Football Team, substitute on the Freshman Crew, member of the Varsity Football Team in 1901, received a second dispute appointment in Junior year and a dispute appointment in Senior year, was a member of the Wigwam Debating Club, served on the Promenade Committee, was president of the University Club and a member of He Boule, Psi Upsilon and Skull and Bones. He married on December 20, 1911, in New York City, Nathalie Henderson, a graduate of Barnard College, daughter of the late Charles R. Henderson of New York. The fall after graduation was spent in coaching the University Football Team. In December, 1902, he went to Albany and became secretary to the president of the National Commercial Bank. On January 1, 1905, he became associated with the Union Trust Com- pany of Albany, becoming treasurer of that company 556 ACHIEVEMENTS OP 1902 in May. In May, 1910, he severed his connection with the Union Trust Company and removed to New York, where he is now a member of Kean, Taylor & Company, bankers. He is a member of the Episcopal Church. In politics he is a Republican. Joe doesn 't talk any more about himself now than he did in the old college days, but is striding right along in the financial world. It was good to see how he enjoyed reunion and he entirely outclassed Daniel's friends by the fearless way in which he leaped through the bonfire at Decennial. Henry Lee Sweinhart Reporter on staff of the Associated Press, Washington, D. C. Residence, 1706 8 Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. Bom June 12, 1878, in Pottstown, Pa., the son of Isaac Sweinhart (died in January, 1893), formerly tie purchasing agent and inspector for the Philadelphia & Reading Railway, and Susanna (Pennypacker) Sweinhart. He states that he is three fourths German and one fourth Irish, "a fine combina- tion — three 'Hochs' and an 'Erin go Braugh.' " Prepared at the Hill School, Pottstown, Pa., where he was a member of one of the debating teams and played a violin in the school orchestra. He also took part in two oratorical contests, winning third prize in the first one and first prize in the second one. At Yale he won a Berkeley prize for special work in Latin composition in Freshman year; received the John Addison Porter prize for a historical essay and held a high oration appointment in Junior year ; received an oration appointment in Senior year, and was one of the Townsend speakers at Commencement, his subject being "Milton's Pamphlets." He received two year honors in English, and AUTOBIOGEAPHIES 557 was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He was "super" in the "Fair Maid of the West," presented by the Dramatic Asso- ciation, and sang in the Greek chorus at the time of the Yale Bicentennial. He married on June 30, 1905, in Boston, Mass., Mary Jose- phine van der Hoogs, daughter of Caleb Hoogs, deceased, formerly a commission merchant of Boston. He received the degree of M.A. from Yale in 1905 for work in absentia on the ** History of the English Novel," work done under the direction of Professor Phelps. After teaching for one year at Peddie Insti- tute, Hightstown, N. J., and working in the examining division of the United States Civil Service Commis- sion for three and a half years, he took up newspaper work, which is his occupation at the present time. He is a member of the First Baptist Church of Washington. He was one of the organizers and a charter member of the National Press Club of Wash- ington, and served on various committees which had to do with starting the club, and during the first year was on the house committee. In politics he is a Repub- lican. Concerning his literary achievements he writes as follows: ''As newspaper reports are not much more ephemeral than much of the literature (?) published in any of our fifteen-cent magazines, I may with due modesty be permitted, perhaps, to refer to numerous large and bulky newspaper volumes, reposing peace- fully in the Congressional Library, in which my arti- cles, varying in length from fifty words to a solid page, including illustrations, lie buried, waiting for the his- torian of a later day to come along and discover their beauty as gems of English and to embalm them and thereby glorify himself, as did Boswell, by commenting 558 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 on them to the extent of some six hundred pages of more of brevier. ' ' The call to Decennial found me with my first poem just accepted. It is to be published in an early number of the National Magazine (Boston). Title: *To the Washington Monument.' Sonnet. Price $3. Very low price for a poem on such a lofty subject as the Washington monument." Of his government work Harry says : ''My advice to young men : ' Stay out of the government service, unless it be in one of the technical positions where gradua- tion to something better is likely. ' ' ' "Since December, 1906," he adds, *' *in newspaper game,' in many respects the greatest, the most inter- esting, the most varied, the most broadening of any on earth ; furthermore, frequently being but the stepping stone to positions of importance in other professions. Ambition (not yet achieved) — Always to have enough money in my jeans to be independent of the business office, so that I can say to the managing editor, when- ever I should happen to feel like it, for any reason: 'Well, sir, I think I'll pull out for some other city and see something more of the world.' " John Taber Partner in the firm of Taber & Brainard, lawyers, 122 Genesee Street, Auburn, N. Y. Residence, 78 South Street, Auburn, N. Y. Born May 5, 1880, in Auburn, N. Y., the son of Franklin P. Taber, a law'yer, and Mary (Parker) Taber. He is of English, "Welsh and Dutch ancestry. Prepared at Auburn High School. In college he tried for the Track Team and was on two Class relay teams. He AUTOBIOGEAPHIES 559 received a second colloquy Junior and a first colloquy Senior appointment. He is unmarried. After graduation he spent one year in the New York Law School and then studied law in the office of Taber & Brainard. In November, 1904, he was admitted to the New York State Bar and in January, 1906, was made a member of the firm of Taber & Brainard. In August, 1902, he became secretary and a director of Whitney Point Water Company; in April, 1907, sec- retary and director of the Weedsport Water Company ; in November, 1911, treasurer of the Moravia Electric Company, and in 1912, secretary of the Auburn Thread & Twine Company. He is a Republican and has served as supervisor of the second ward. Auburn, 1906-07; special judge of Cayuga County, 1911, term expiring December 31, 1913 ; member of the Cayuga County Republican Gen- eral Committee, five out of the eight years past, and sec- retary, 1904-09. He is a member of St. Peter's Protes- tant Episcopal Church and of the Auburn City Club, Owasco Country Club and the Elks. John says: ''Have devoted my time almost entirely to my work. Outside of that and my more or less active connection with politics, I have very little of interest to report except that I attended the Triennial, Sexennial, Extra-ennial (1911) and Decennial reunions at New Haven. ' ' Charles Denison Talcott Junior partner in the firm of Talcott Brothers, woolen manufacturers, Talcottville, Conn. Born August 20, 1880, in Talcottville, Conn., the son of Charles Denison Talcott, a manufacturer (died in July, 1882), 560 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 and H. Maria (Freeman) Taleott. He is of English ancestry. His Yale relatives are H. Gardner Taleott, ex-1871, John Gardner Taleott, 1895, Louis Hart Taleott, 1902, and Morris Gardner Taleott, 1902. Prepared at Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. In college he received a first colloquy Junior appointment and a dispute Senior appointment. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi. He married on June 14, 1906, Jeanette Ela, daughter of Elwood S. Ela, editor and publisher of the Manchester Herald, of South Manchester, Conn. They have two daughters, both born in Talcottville, Conn. : Dorothy, born August 8, 1907, and Eleanor, born March 19, 1909. Since graduation he has been with Taleott Brothers, woolen manufacturers, of Talcottville, Conn. He is a member of the Talcottville Congregational Church and of the church choir. He was treasurer of the finance committee of the Vernon Centennial Cele- bration in 1908 and delivered a historical essay at the public anniversary exercises. Louis Hart Taleott Designer, Hockanum Mills Company, woolen and worsted manufacturers, Rockville, Conn. Residence, 17 Davis Avenue, Rockville, Conn. Born March 27, 1879, in Talcottville, Conn., the son of Morris Hathaway Taleott, a manufacturer, and Alice Louisa (Sparks) Taleott. He is of English ancestry. His Yale rela- tives are H. Gardner Taleott, ex-1871 ; a brother, Morris Gard- ner Taleott, 1902; cousins, John Gardner Taleott, 1895, and Charles Denison Taleott, 1902. Prepared at Rockville High School, Rockville, Conn. His Yale activities chiefly consisted in sessions in Phelps, Osborn, Alumni, Chapel and Commons. He received a high oration AUTOBIOGEAPHIES 561 appointment Junior year and an oration Senior appointment. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and was a member of Book and Bond. He married on October 24, 1911, Jessie Bence Goff, Welles- ley 1904, daughter of Robert S. Goff, vice-president and gen- eral manager of the Old Colony Street Railway Company, of Fall River, Mass. He has been interested in manufacturing since grad- uation, spending the first year in different departments of Talcott Brothers woolen mills. The summer of 1903 he went to Europe and on his return entered the Philadelphia Textile School, where he remained three years. In 1906-07 he was with the Southwark Mills Company, Philadelphia, 1907-10 with the Globe Woolen Company, Utica, N. Y., and his present connection is designer for the Hockanum Mills Company, Rockville, Conn. He says, ''I'm a T. R. — Taft Rooter." He is a mem- ber of the Congregational Church of Rockville. Lou writes: ''Going back a decade and noting the tracks I have made, it seems to have been of short duration, and they, of few dents — for such retrospec- tion not only shrivels up time, but most of one's premeditated accomplishments as well. "A few hours after graduation, I plunged into the textile business, my interest coming chiefly from hav- ing lived for twenty years in close proximity to such manufacturing. After a year of roughing it in all departments, and a summer in Europe, I rested in Philadelphia for four years — three in a textile insti- tution and one in a woolen mill. "From here I passed in at the gate of the Globe Woolen Company, Utica, N. Y., in 1907, and since that time have been incessantly trying to produce in fabrics 562 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 what appeals most to father and son — more frequently son, for there's no getting ahead of his insatiability and his fancy for Starin's. ''A year and a half ago, I came mth the Hockanum Mills Company — to get nearer to New Haven, and incidentally to grow in knowledge of the business." Morris Gardner Talcott Consulting Engineer, General Assets, Ltd., exploration and development of mines, care 0. N. Scott, Dominion Bond Building, Toronto, Canada Temporary address, Dome Lake Mines, Ltd., South Porcupine, Ont., Canada Permanent home address, Talcottville, Conn. Born July 20, 1880, in Talcottville, Conn. For family his- tory consult biography of brother and classmate, Louis Hart Talcott. Prepared at Rockville High School, Rockville, Conn. In college he received a first dispute Junior and a dispute Senior appointment. He was a member of Book and Bond. He married on December 26, 1906, Catherine Fredreka Knodel, "Wellesley 1903, daughter of Jacob Knodel, of Irving- ton-on-Hudson, N. Y, They have had two sons, both born in Morenci, Ariz. : Morris Gardner, Jr., bom October 19, 1907, and Theodore Knodel, born January 21, 1909, died December 19, 1911, in Morenci, Ariz, On graduation he studied mining one year in the Yale Graduate School and two years in Columbia. January 1, 1906, he became assistant engineer for the Arizona Copper Company, and remained in their employ until November, 1911, except for about a year when he worked for W. L. Austin, consulting engineer. On June 16, 1912, he was appointed consulting engi- I AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 563 neer to General Assets, Ltd., and on September 1, 1912, was made manager of the Dome Lake Mine, operated by General Assets, Ltd. He received the degree of Mining Engineer in 1905 from the Columbia School of Mines. He is a Repub- lican in national politics. He is a member of the Con- gregational Church of Talcottville, Conn. He was a member of Troop A, National Guard of Arizona, 1909- 12, and is a member of the American Institute of Engineers. Gard wrote in June, 1912: ''I have been unable to give you any of my recent history until today (June 2), which accounts for my delay in sending this to you. I came to Porcupine in a hurry, having left Arizona one week ago. I had hoped for enough time to take in Decennial, but I cannot make it now. I shall be here until the fifteenth, when I expect to return to Toronto. I may get East for one day of Decennial, but it is so doubtful I cannot plan for it." He added in October: ''My reason for not attending the celebration may be a bit more clear when viewed from the fact that on June 16 I was appointed con- sulting engineer to General Assets, Ltd., of Toronto. I have since then been at the Dome Lake Mine, oper- ated by General Assets, Ltd., and was appointed manager here on September 1. I shall be here for some time — at least through the winter." Alan McLean Taylor Clergyman, 22 Whitney Park, Mattapan, Boston, Mass. Born March 1, 1878, in Sidney, Ohio, the son of Captain William H. Taylor, of the National Biscuit Company, and Lavenia Adelaide (Thome) Taylor (died October 2, 1903). 564 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 He is of English ancestry. A relative, Frank Taylor Craw- ford, was graduated at Yale in 1900. Prepared at Phillips Academy, Andover, where he was a member of the glee club, manager of the musical clubs association, and a member of A. U. V. At Yale he was a member of the Freshman Glee Club, chairman of the mem- bership committee, Y. M. C. A., D wight Hall, and a first Wrangler. He was a member of Kappa Psi, Alpha Delta Phi and Skull and Bones. He is unmarried. He entered the Episcopal Theological School in the fall of 1902, was ordained a deacon June 7, 1905, and a priest May 6, 1906. He was assistant rector of St. George's Church, New York City, for three years and in 1908 became rector of the Church of the Holy Spirit, Mattapan Square, Boston, Mass. He received the degree of B.D. at the Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge, in 1905. He is a Repub- lican. He is a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. Hoot has summed up his history above but has failed to show out the genial spirit that pervades his every action. If he is working on the East Side, delivering a sermon or only having fun at a reunion, there is always the same pleasant manhood we like to see in our 1902 ministers and of which he is a shining example. Howard Frank Taylor Instructor in Latin, Shortridge High School, Indianapolis, Ind. Residence, 5455 Lowell Avenue, Indianapolis, Ind. Born February 26, 1879, in Manchester, Conn., the son of Frank Smith Taylor, a builder, and Mary (Avery) Taylor AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 565 (died in September, 1888). He is of English descent. A cousin, Walter Allen Sadd, was graduated at the Sheffield Scientific School in the Class of 1884. Prepared at the Hartford (Conn.) Public High School. He entered Yale in September, 1897, but graduated with 1902 as he was not in college during 1900-01. He received the Hurlbut scholarship and a Berkeley premium in Latin compo- sition, high oration appointments both Junior and Senior years and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He married on August 19, 1905, in Cleveland, Ohio, Wilhel- mine Catherine Klostermeier, a graduate of the Cleveland Normal School, daughter of Henry J. Klostermeier, a builder, of Marietta, Ohio. They have two children, both born in Indianapolis, Ind. : Paul Howard, born June 21, 1906, and Louise Wilhelmine, born April 29, 1910. On graduation he spent one year in business, but in the fall of 1903 gave this up for teaching. He took graduate work in the University of Chicago and since 1905 has taught Latin in Indianapolis, Ind., at the Shortridge High School. He received the degree of M.A. from the University of Chicago in 1906. He is a Congregationalist but is now a member of the Presbyterian Church. Frank writes as follows, giving at the end some valu- able educational queries : ' ' I spent six months in find- ing out what to do, one year in finding out what not to do, a year in getting ready to do what I had originally intended to do, and seven years in doing it. I am now teaching Latin in the Shortridge High School here. The first six months I spent in Hartford, learning the manufacture of leather belting from the sub-cellar up. This was good training for the olfactory nerve, as anyone who has worked in a belting factory can testify ! I spent a year in Cleveland, Ohio, for the company, and followed that by a trip to Europe. It 566 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 was the grand old ruins of the 'Eternal City' that revived my former interest in classical studies. I decided to become a teacher. On the Midway in the 'Windy City' I spent more than a year in the study of the classics and received my M.A. degree from the University of Chicago. My next degree was that of 'Benedict.' Since 1905 I have been in Indianapolis, helping to keep two supposed corpses alive. One is Greek. I fear that its last day is near at hand. The other is Latin. It is a very lively corpse. "My ambition has been, and is, to be a teacher. I wonder what we think of the 'elective system' as we look back over the ten years. I, for one, have my doubts. I hope we may get back to the solid educa- tional foundations and give up the 'fads and frills.' " Bernard George Teel With the Burroughs Adding Machine Company, Room 501, 20 Vesey Street, New York City Residence, 7 Harriet Avenue, Morsemere, N. J. Born June 4, 1881, in Waverley, Mass., the son of Rev. William H. Teel, Hamilton 1863, a retired Congregational clergyman, and Martha J. (Ross) Teel. On his father's side he is of Dutch ancestry, while his mother 's family is of Scotch descent. Prepared at the Hartford ( Conn. ) Public High School, and South Berwick Academy, South Berwick, Maine. At Yale he was the highest stand Y athlete in the Class, held Yale- Harvard two-mile record for several years, captain for two years of the Yale Cross Country Team, the only team outside of Cornell which has won the intercollegiate cross country championship in ten years. He received an oration Junior and a dissertation Senior appointment. He was a member of Zeta Psi. *i AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 567 He married on September 12, 1911, in Jamaica Plain, Mass., Anna Grace Patterson, daughter of Alexander Patterson, of Boston, Mass. He has been connected with various business inter- ests since graduation, the most important being the Burroughs Adding Machine Company and the Adder Machine Company. He is also proprietor of the Teel Specialty Company, patented specialties, which he operates on the side. He is a candidate for the presidential nomination on the '*Eura lia" ticket and says, ''My most effective speech has been 'My Opponent is a dashed crook, thief, charlatan, deceiver, kidnapper, pickpocket and murderer,' which I am confident will land me the coveted job." He is a member of the Central Congre- gational Church of Jamaica Plain, secretary of the Central Club and treasurer of the Parley Vale Tennis Club. Bernie writes : ' ' Dove into the maelstrom of business endeavor in September, 1902, with the "Western Elec- tric Company, New York. Stock clerk one week, corre- spondence clerk one year, assistant chief inspector of line material nine months. Tired of forcing diffident raises from a soulless corporation, I resigned to go with a manufacturer of line material. Finding it a stock peddling concern, I went to Europe for three months with my sister to recuperate (Mediterranean trip — Rome, Constantinople, Jerusalem, Karnak, etc.). On returning, decided to invade Wall Street, but soon tiring of my weekly insult of $10 I decided to 'go into business for myself scalping bond-swaps, but the scalps proved lean ($7 gross profit in six weeks). I grabbed frantically at the job of assistant salesman for the Burroughs Adding Machine Company at $25 568 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 a week, after six months of which I was given a terri- tory, where, in the one and one half years I had it, I sold twice as many machines as had ever been sold in this territory before, and cleaned up good money (cleared $960 net one month). In August, 1907, 1 took the position of vice-president and secretary of the Electro-Surgical Instrument Company, Rochester, N. Y., purchasing at par a block of stock which the pre- vious year had earned 40 per cent. The panic, how- ever, knocked the spots out of the 40 per cent and I went on the road for them for over a year traveling from Sidney, Nova Scotia, to New Orleans, Central Oklahoma and the Black Hills, and unloaded a ream of their cure-all electric sets onto unsuspecting physi- cians, having many interesting experiences, particu- larly in the country sections of Mississippi and among the 'red-necks' and 'hill-billies' of Arkansas. Second time around, however, I detected the presence of a large iceberg, as said doctors usually lost or failed to follow their instruction leaflets and then blamed me for the uncanny results obtained, so I hit the trail for the Hub to the bosom of the family and sold my electro- surgical stock at the purchase price. The rising stock market claimed my attention and I hit it for a $10,000 profit in eight months but overstayed (the old, old story), although every market 'analyst,' even the 'very conservative' with 'thirty years' successful market experience,' said they would surely go much higher. Saved $4000 of my profit, however, which I promptly loaned on the accounts receivable of a one-man con- cern with the option of taking a half interest in the business. Said one-man turning out to be a liar, thief and general crook, though highly recommended by all, I drew my money out through four months of sleepless AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 569 nights and general hell and set up as the Teel Specialty Company, where in the next six months I dropped $1000 on the lowest priced and, of course, best elec- tric vacuum cleaner on the market. After investi- gating some fifty business propositions and agencies I decided to return to my old love, the adding machine business, where I have now been over a year, with the Adder Machine Company, making the Wales Visible, and doing well. Am running the Teel Specialty Com- pany on the side, selling several patented specialties by mail, and in the stock market conservatively. ''Moral: Ninety-five per cent of speculative business propositions or new specialties are N. G. Find a good thing and stick to it like a leech. As to the stock mar- ket — buy outright when fairly low, sell when fairly high. Shut your eyes to market advice." Since writing the above, Teel has resumed his con- nection with the Burroughs Adding Machine Company, New York City. William Romer Teller Secretary and Treasurer, Sweet, Teller Hardware Company, 900 Main Street, Boise, Idaho Residence, 420 Franklin Street, Boise, Idaho Bom February 1, 1879, in Kingston, N. Y., the son of Myron Teller, a coal and lumber merchant, and Jennie F. (Romer) Teller. He is of Dutch ancestry. Prepared at Andover, and in college was a member of the Dunham Boat Club, Gun Club, University Club, second Wranglers, Kappa Psi, Delta Kappa Epsilon and Wolf's Head. He married on January 1, 1906, Adelyn S. Hardenburgh, daughter of Martin Julius Hardenburgh, a merchant of New 570 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 York City. They have three children, all born in Boise, Idaho: William Romer, Jr., born May 3, 1907; Margaret Louise, born November 24, 1908; and Jane Frances, born January 8, 1910. In 1903 he went into the hardware business \vdth his classmate, Frank Manson Eastman, under the firm name of Loree, Eastman & Teller Hardware Company, Ltd., holding the position of treasurer. This firm later became the Eastman, Teller, Howe Company, when he was secretary and treasurer. His present connection is as secretary and treasurer of the Sweet, Teller Hardware Company in Boise. He is a member of the Elks. Romer writes: ^'Autobiographies, when intended to emphasize the great modesty of the subject, should be brief. ''In early youth I was greatly impressed with the story of the rolling stone, consequently I came West in 1903 and have remained here, steadily hoping to become a 'moss back.' " John Ferguson Tenney Salesman for C. H. Tenney & Company, commission hat merchants, 8 Washington Place, New York City Residence, 528 Riverside Drive, New York City Bom October 19, 1880, in Methuen, Mass., the son of George W. Tenney, a retired shoe manufacturer, and Alzadia Maria (Tourtellot) Tenney. He is of English ancestry. Daniel Gleason Tenney, a cousin, was graduated at Yale in 1891. Prepared at Phillips Academy, Andover, where he was on the track team. In college he received colloquy appoint- ments and continued his track work. AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 571 He married on October 5, 1910, in Pieton, Ontario, Gena Branseombe, daughter of Henry William Branseombe. They have one daughter, Gena, born November 22, 1911, in New York City. On graduation he entered the Harvard Law School, and in August, 1905, opened an office for the practice of law in Seattle, Wash. In 1909 he gave up his pro- fession and came to New York, where he has since been in the employ of C. H. Tenney & Company, commission hat merchants. He received the degree of LL.B. at Harvard in 1905. He is a member of the Broadway Tabernacle (Congre- gational), New York City, and the New York Yale Club. Jack hasn't written. I, for one, am sorry. Henry Clarke Thacher, M.D. Physician, 20 West Fiftieth Street, New York City Residence, 567 Park Avenue, New York City Born June 30, 1881, in New Haven, Conn., the son of James Kingsley Thacher, Yale 1868, M.D. 1879, physician and pro- fessor of physiology in the Yale Medical School (died April 20, 1891), and Emily Baldwin (Foster) Thacher. He is of English ancestry. Among his many Yale relatives are a great- grandfather, Jeremiah Day, 1795; grandfathers, Thomas Anthony Thacher, 1835, and Dwight Foster, 1848; father; uncles, Thomas Thacher, 1871 ; Edward Stanley Thacher, 1872; Alfred Beaumont Thacher, 1874; John Seymour Thacher, 1877 ; Sherman Day Thacher, 1883 ; William Larned Thacher, 1887; Roger Foster, 1878; Burnside Foster, 1882, and Reginald Foster, 1884. Prepared at Hopkins Grammar School, New Haven, Conn. In college he made the Class Hockey Team and was a member 572 ACHIEVEMENTS OP 1902 of the Corinthian Yacht Club. He received a first DeForest Mathematical prize, a dissertation Junior, an oration Senior appointment and two year honors in natural sciences. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi. He married on October 21, 1911, Ethel Anderson, daughter of Joseph Longworth Anderson, of "Washington, D. C. He has devoted all his time since graduation to the study and practice of medicine. One year in the Yale Graduate School, three years in Johns Hopkins Uni- versity, two j^ears in Bellevue, one year in Germany, one year in Johns Hopkins Hospital and private prac- tice in New York City since 1911 sum up his work in brief form. He received the degree of M.S. at Yale in 1904 and that of M.D. at Johns Hopkins in 1906. Now what does Doc say: ''From 1902 to 1903 I was back in New Haven mixing in the religious atmosphere of East Divinity Hall the scientific spirit — and some laboratory animals — derived from the Sheff biological laboratory and the medical school. The mixture proved explosive and in June, 1903, I was propelled or com- pelled to change my abode and spent that summer in the tower of the laboratory itself. ''The following fall drove me further still — to Balti- more, where, entering the second year class of Johns Hopkins, I found Sladen, Russ and Burlingham. After three years of that, only enlivened by a couple of short services as substitute surgeon in the hospital and a summer at the Boston Infants' and Boston Children's hospitals, it was time to move along — this time to New York for two years of straight medicine in Belle- vue. I might add that there I never found but one Yale graduate to fish out of the alcoholic wards — '0 tempores, mores' I AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 573 "And thence to Germany. '0 Tuehingen, du Schone Stadt, ich bin dein Weisheit voll und sat!' Who wouldn't be? Seven months and saw one American in the whole of it!! An equal time in Munich went by like a week's vacation. It was nearly time to get home. The Germans took me for English or Italian — they hate both; the Austrians for a Magyar and the Hun- garians for an Austrian. It was safer to return to Maryland where one is only a damn Yankee. So 1909- 10 found me in the Johns Hopkins Hospital and with my wanderjahren behind — 1911 found me in New York City to stay. ' ' John Hudson Thomas Architect : First National Bank Building, Berkeley, Calif. Residence, corner Indian Rock Avenue and Shattuck Street, Berkeley, Calif. Born July 16, 1878, in Ward, Nev., the son of Frederick Folger Thomas, Yale 1863, Ph.B. 1865, MA. 1866, a minmg engineer, and Nora (Peck) Thomas. He is of English ances- try. Prepared at Andover, and in college played on the Apollo Banjo Club in Junior year. He entered with 1901 and joined us in Senior year. He married on September 2, 1909, Ida Robinson Wickson, daughter of Prof. E. J. Wickson, dean of the College of Agriculture in the University of California. They have one son, John Wickson, born March 27, 1912. For two years folloAving graduation he studied architecture in the University of California, Berkeley, Calif., and in 1910 was licensed to practice in the state of California. Since the latter date he has been engaged in the general practice of architecture, with offices in the First National Bank Building, Berkeley. 574 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Charles Seymour Thompson Assistant Librarian, Public Library of the District of Columbia, Washington, D. C. Residence, 1416 Chapin Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. Born November 8, 1879, in Orange, N. J., the son of Wilmot Haines Thompson, a teacher, and Laura Pamela (Garrigues) Thompson. He is of English or Scotch descent on his father 's side and of French on his mother's. His Yale relatives are two brothers, Wilmot Haines Thompson, Jr., 1898, and Elbert Nevius Sebring Thompson, 1900, and a cousin, Raymond Hil- liard Gage, 1891. Prepared at the East Orange (N. J.) High School. In Senior year he received first prize in competition for the John Addison Porter prize in American history, dissertation appointments and two year honors in history. He married on June 24, 1909, Elizabeth S. Howell, daughter of Thomas A. Howell, deceased, of Lawrenceville, N. J. They have one daughter, Olive Elizabeth, born February 24, 1912, in Washington, D. C. After one year in the Yale Graduate School he began library work and is at present assistant librarian of the Public Library of the District of Columbia. He is Independent in politics, ''but would be a Re- publican if it were not for the high tariff and the Con- tributing Editor. ' ' He is a Presbyterian, a member of the American Library Association and since 1911 sec- retary of the District of Columbia Library Association. Tommy definitely decided on his career in college, as the following shows : ' * In the fall f ollo^ving gradua- tion," he writes, ''though I had not abandoned my intention of entering library work, I entered the Yale Graduate School for work in history. In the follow- ing spring an opportunity was offered to enter the Brooklyn Public Library and I began work there May AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 575 1, 1903. From 1905 to 1911 I was in charge of the traveling libraries department of the library. In March, 1911, I left Brooklyn to become assistant libra- rian of the Public Library of the District of Columbia, which position I now hold. This is all there is to be said of my life since graduation, beyond the statistics given above. ' ' Norman Campbell Thome Instructor in Chemistry, Portland Academy, Portland, Ore. Residence, 841 Brooklyn Street, Portland, Ore. Born July 12, 1876, in Central Valley, N. Y., the son of Henry C. Thorne^ a store keeper (died February 21, 1890), and Barbara (Hall) Thorne. He is of English ancestry. Rev. James Hall, Yale eic-1885, is an uncle. Prepared at Siglar's Preparatory School, Newburgh, N. Y., where he pitched on the ball team and did the one quarter mile on the track team. He entered college with 1901 but stayed out a year and later joined 1902. He pitched on the Class teams in Freshman (1901) and Senior (1902) years. He received two year honors in natural sciences, was elected to Sigma Xi and received an oration Senior appointment. He married on February 4, 1905, in Portland, Ore., Clara I. Blakeney, daughter of Otis F. Blakeney, of Central Valley, N. Y. They have had two children: one stillborn and the second, a daughter, Barbara Jane, born December 26, 1909, in Portland, Ore. On graduation he received the Cuyler Fellowship and served as a laboratory assistant at Kent Chemical Laboratory from 1902 to 1904. He has since taught in Portland Academy, Portland, Ore. He received the degree of M.A. at Yale in 1904. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, one of the official board of the First Methodist Episcopal 576 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Church of Portland, and a teacher of the Young Men 's Bible Class, Teacher Training Class, Interdenomina- tional Mission Study and Teacher Training classes. He has given several addresses in connection with this work. Norman writes : * ' The first two years after gradua- tion I spent in graduate work in chemistry in New Haven. In September, 1904, I came to the Portland Academy as instructor in physics and taught physics five years. The last three years I have been teaching chemistry at the same place. Attended my Sexennial but was not able to convince the committee that Port- land was more distant than Frisco, so divided the cup with Godfrey. Am not going this year so that com- mittee may not have such a hard time. **My work has been pleasant and my colleagues have been very agreeable. Yale and Princeton equally rep- resented on the faculty have made the ball seasons of interest, playing over the old football games and argu- ing for success for each year. ''Teaching is slow in getting results, but I have had the satisfaction of sending some good men to colleges and hearing of their good work. Have persuaded some that Yale was the best place in the world and hope to be able to send a few more good men. ''When able to get away I go to the McKenzie River in the Cascade Mountains, which is famous for its big rainbow trout. I have been successful in luring a few from their hiding places. "A surprise in the nature of a visit from Godfrey was one of the pleasant experiences of the last four years and I would appreciate it if more of the members of the Class would call when in this section of the country. The latchstring is always out." AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 577 Richard Barber Tillinghast Lawyer, 55 Liberty Street, New York City Residence, 17 New England Terrace, Orange, N. J. Born December 25, 1879, in Evanston, 111., the son of Caleb Edward Tillinghast, an insurance agent (died November 15, 1901), and Mary (Reynolds) Tillinghast. He is of English ancestry. His Yale relatives are two brothers, Edward Mont- clair Tillinghast and Elbert Reynolds Tillinghast, both of the Class of 1888. Prepared at the University School, Cleveland, Ohio. In college he was a member of the Senior Golf Team, ''by the kindness of Hank Stoddard, ' ' the Whist Team and the Corin- thian Yacht Club. He received a second dispute Junior and a colloquy Senior appointment. He married on December 2, 1908, Gladys Tucker, a gradu- ate of Miss Schoonmaker 's School, daughter of Charles H. Tucker, of New York City. They have two children: Jean, born October 3, 1909, in East Orange, N. J., and Richard Barber, Jr., born December 25, 1911, in Orange, N. J. On graduation he entered the Columbia Law School, where he was a member of Phi Delta Phi legal frater- nity. After serving in a number of law offices he opened an office for the independent practice of law. He is secretary of the Wyoming Yarn Company. He received the degree of LL.B. from Columbia in 1905. He is a Baptist. In politics he is a member of the anti-Eoosevelt party. His artistic accomplish- ments consist in being very clever mth a Victrola. His clubs are the New York Yale, Graduates of New Haven, Essex County Country and the New Jersey Automobile Club. Dick writes : * * Upon leaving law school I was taken into the office of E. Lyttleton Fox, a graduate of 1902, 578 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 and a leader of the New York Bar. Being ashamed to take the large salary which I feared was due to Class loyalty, I left Mr. Fox for the office of Chas. S. Mac- Kenzie. However, I could never forgive Mr. Mac- Kenzie for having made two home runs for Princeton off Dutch Carter and left him to be law clerk for Mor- gan J. 'Brien, then presiding justice of the appellate division of the New York supreme court. Judge 'Brien was too kind-hearted to fire me so he resigned from the supreme court within a year. I then passed to Judge M. Linn Bruce. He also was too kind-hearted to fire me, and gave up his job. I then decided it was not a square deal to drive any more kind employers out of business and started out for myself. No large corporation having yet outbid me for my services, am still my own boss — that is, in the office. Do not care to give an account of my foreign travels and hope Kre- mentz, Stoddard and Duell will be equally discreet." Harry Warren Tompkins Cashier and Credit Man for the Capewell Horse Nail Com- pany, manufacturers, Hartford, Conn. Residence, 712 Farmington Avenue, Hartford, Conn. Born June 25, 1878, in Matteawan, N. Y., the son of Charles H. Tompkins, a manufacturer, and Hester (Cooper) Tomp- kins (died in 1910). He is of English ancestry. Prepared at INIount Hermon School for Boys, IMoimt Her- mon, Mass. In college he received second colloquy appoint- ments and was a member of Book and Bond, He married on November 8, 1909, Ella Virginia Hoge, daughter of Thomas Courtenay Hoge, of Hartford, Conn. For several years after graduation he was credit man and general manager for the wholesale grocery AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 579 house of Robert Hill in New York City. Later he became sales manager for the Americana Company of New York and is now cashier and credit man for the Capewell Horse Nail Company of Hartford. He is a member of the Congregational Church and of Masonic orders. Harry writes: ''Happy is the man whose history is brief, so here is mine. Busy in business lines.** Mason Trowbridge Partner in the firm of Trowbridge & Fox, lawyers, 50 Fine Street, New York City Residence, Port "Washington, Long Island, N. Y, Born November 8, 1877, in Riverside, 111., the son of Rev. James Hewett Trowbridge, Middlebury 1847, a Presbyterian clergyman (died January 8, 1887), and Alice Lindsley (Mason) Trowbridge. He is a son by his father's second marriage. His Yale relatives are a brother, James Rutherford Trowbridge, 1894; uncles, Edward Gay Mason, I860; Henry Burrall Mason, 1870; Alfred Bishop Mason, 1871; cousins, Henry Eager Mason, 1889; Roswell Bertram Mason, 1895 Henry Giles Miller, 1895 ; William Southworth Miller, 1896 Julian Starkweather Mason, 1898; Huntington Mason, 1899 Maurice Mason, 1901; Norman Mason, 1902; Roy Murdoch Mason, 1902 ; Lawrence Mason, 1904 ; Frederic Ogden Mason, 1909; Elmer Brown Mason, ex-1902; Macdonell Mason, ex- 1904, and George Carrington Mason, ex-l^Ql. Prepared at the North Division High School, Chicago, 111., where he was a member of the literary society. In college he was a member of the Yale Debating Team, and later coach, vice-president of the Yale Union, undergraduate treasurer of the Y. M. C. A. and on the membership committee of the Wigwam Debating Club. He won the first McLaughlin prize for English composition, Thacher prize, held a scholar- t 580 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 ship, oration appointments. He was fence orator and a Class historian. He received the Class vote for the man in 1902 who had done most for Yale. His societies were He Boule, Delta Kappa Epsilon and Skull and Bones. He married on June 26, 1909, in Glen Cove, Long Island. Helen Fox, daughter of Dr. George Henry Fox, of New York City, and sister of Howard Fox, Yale 1894, and Alanson G. Fox, Yale 1900. They have two children, both born in Port Washington, Long Island : Mason, Jr., bom April 5, 1910, and Harriet, born August 31, 1912. On graduation lie entered the Yale Law School, and during his course taught rhetoric in the college and coached the University Debating Team. He was a member of Corbey Court in law school. Since 1905 he has practiced law in New York City, in the district attorney's office, with two of his classmates, inde- pendently, and since April, 1911, with Alan Fox, 1903. He received the degree of LL.B. at Y^'ale in 1905. He is a Democrat. He has served as deputy assistant district attorney of New York County, assistant dis- trict attorney of Nassau County, and did a little cart- tail speaking for William T. Jerome in 1905 and for Otto T. Bannard, Y^ale 1876, in 1910. He is a Presby- terian by inheritance and membership, but has not been active in that church since he went to college. He is a member of the Yale Club of New York City. Mase writes : ' ' This response to your many appeals is sinfully late, but it may be the better for being written on the heels of the reunion. Three years in New Haven (July, 1902, to June, 1905) studying at the law school and teaching in the college in the rhet- oric department, with coaching of the University debating teams and, in the summer vacations, private tutoring — this accounts for almost one-third of the ten AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 581 years. In the fall of 1905 I entered a private law office in New York City as a clerk. On January 1, 1906, I was appointed a clerk and a couple of months later a deputy assistant on the staff of the district attorney of New York County. I lived in New York City until my marriage in June, 1909, upon which event I moved to Port Washington, Long Island, where there is more room for expansion and one may enjoy the pleasures of gardening, cutting the grass and commuting and live the simple life. ''Before leaving the district attorney's office, which I did on January 1, 1910, I had formed a partnership with one Guernsey and one Stone. This aggregation of 1902 talent broke up in September, 1910, when Cap received an invitation to become his father's partner in Poughkeepsie and could not resist the call of the -wild. The period from January 1, 1910, to April 1, 1911, was marked by wide areas of low pressure in the financial barometer. Consult any lawyer as to his first experiences out from under the protecting wing of a salary. On January 1, 1911, the job of assistant dis- trict attorney of Nassau County, where my residence is, was given to me under a new Democratic adminis- tration, and for about a year I straddled that and New York City practice, finally resigning in January, 1912. In April, 1911, Alan Fox, 1903, and I formed our pres- ent partnership and to date have prospered. "We shall be glad to welcome in our spacious and impressive offices any man in 1902, 1903 or any old class, or anyone who ever even aspired to a degree at Yale, though fortune or the faculty may have cut him down in the full bloom of his hopes. ''You ask what we have accomplished. My answer is a wife, a home and a baby. You ask what I am 582 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 planning for. I answer more babies — and our next reunion. ' ' Thomas Nugent Troxell Farming, Star Route 1, Alderson, Luzerne County, Pa. Permanent home address, 232 Wyoming Avenue, West Pitts- ton, Pa. Born October 25, 1880, in West Pittston, Pa., the son of Edgar Rudolf Troxell, Yale erc-1872, M.D. College of Physi- cians and Surgeons 1875, a physician, and Maria B. (Nugent) Troxell. He is of German and Irish ancestry. Besides his father two brothers have attended Yale: Edgar Rudolph Troxell, Jr., 1904 S., and George Steele Troxell, ex-1908 S. Prepared at St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H., where he went out for rowing, football and the gym team. At Yale he was a substitute on the Freshman Crew and won his numerals, also rowed on the Sophomore and Junior Class crews. He was a first Wrangler and a member of the Univer- sity Club and Delta Kappa Epsilon. He is unmarried. He has been in a number of different business inter- ests but is now engaged in farming in Luzerne County, Pa. In 1905 he was elected a director and secretary of the Pittston Opera House Company. He is a member of Trinity Episcopal Church and of the Yale Club of New York City. Trox writes: ''From 1902 to June, 1906, I farmed and managed a feed mill at Outlet, Pa. In June, 1906, I went to work for the Atlas Portland Cement Com- pany, having decided to learn the cement business. I worked for them in every position in the mill until December, 1908. The first year I lived in Allento\vn, after that in Catasauqua. At the time I left the com- pany I had been general foreman for about a year. AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 583 **In the last three years I've been interested in a number of different things, but nothing permanent. This spring I decided to go back to farming. I am now farming on a hundred-acre farm here at Alderson — raising Jersey cattle and sheep. I expect to do fairly well this year and better next year. '*You can mark me as not having answered your questions for the Class record or anything else you like, but if you publish the above I'll have your blood. I have your address and get to New York once in a while, so that your life will be extremely unsafe. "I'm sorry I missed the good time at Decennial." [May Allah protect me if our strong man makes good his threat. Ed. comment.] Willis Gaylord Tucker, Jr. Manager of the New York Offices of Wm. D. McJunkin Adver- tising Agency, 124 East Twenty-fifth Street, New York City Residence, 7 West Ninety-second Street, New York City Born January 20, 1881, in Albany, N. Y., the son of Dr. Willis Gaylord Tucker, a graduate of Albany Medical College (Union University), a chemist, and May (Newman) Tucker. He is of English ancestry. His Yale relatives are two uncles and two cousins : Luther Henry Tucker, 1855 ; Henry New- man, erc-1880; Luther Henry Tucker, Jr., 1891, and Carll Tucker, 1904. Prepared at the Albany Academy, Albany, N. Y,, where he was interested in football, the school paper and was a member of the Gates Literary Society. In college he received first dispute appointments. He married on June 10, 1905, Alice S. Woods, daughter of Judge Francis H. Woods, deceased, of Albany, N. Y. They have no children. 584 ACHIEV^EMENTS OF 1902 He resided in Albany until 1910, when he went to New York City. His business interests in these ten years have been two years as reporter for the Albany Argus, two years with the General Electric Company of Schenectady, four years in independent business as an advertising specialist, and two years manager of the New York office of the McJunkin Advertising Agency. He is a Presbyterian and a member of the Fourth Presbyterian Church of New York City. He is a mem- ber of Sons of Jove. Tommy is too busy to write. James Alden Valentine Banker, First National Bank, Breckenridge, Minn. Residence, Breckenridge, Minn. Born July 10, 1880, in Chicago, 111., the son of Ezra Gates Valentine, Beloit 1869, a lawyer (died August 19, 1905), and Bertha M. (Alden) Valentine (died in February, 1896). He is of English ancestry. A cousin, Joseph Alden Griffin, was graduated at Yale in the Class of 1875. Prepared at Hamline University, Hamline, Minn., and at the Harvard School, Chicago, 111., where he was interested in football and track. In college he won honors in Sophomore English, two year honors in social sciences, Cobden Club medal in political economy, philosophical oration appoint- ments and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, of which he was treasurer. He was secretary of the Yale Union Senior year and did some debating. He married on January 19, 1910, Mary Ellet Kendall, a graduate of Kenwood Institute, Chicago, daughter of Charles John Kendall, of Chicago, 111. They have had one child, born June 15, 1911, in Douglas, Mich., who died at birth; they adopted a son whom they have named Kendall Corn- stock, who was born June 14, 1911, in Chicago, 111. AUTOBIOGEAPHIES 585 He first studied shorthand and typewriting and in 1904 entered the employ of the Minneapolis Threshing Machine Company, a manufacturing company, but the following year went with the Union Investment Com- pany, a corporation controlling a large number of country banks. After three years in this work he decided to equip himself for scientific farming and spent three and a half years in the College of Agricul- ture at the University of Wisconsin, part of the time acting as instructor. He has been farming in Massa- chusetts. In 1905 he was a director of the First National Bank, Breckenridge, Minn., Campbell, Minn., and Barnesville, Minn., and vice-president of the Kent State Bank of Kent, Minn. He has written a couple of pamphlets. In 1913 he returned to banking in Breckenridge, Minn. Just a word from Val: '^By 1912 I was ready to do some real farming — not book farming. The East looked good — I came to investigate and stayed to rent Cherry Hill Farm, a large dairy farm near Beverly, Mass. **As to the future — I intend to stick to farming, but don't know just where — probably in the East, and probably for a while on a smaller farm than the one I am now operating. ** Greatest achievement of past ten years: Finding and marrying the right girl. ' ' Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt Investor, 546 Fifth Avenue, New York City Residence, Sandy Point Farm, Newport, R. I. Born December 19, 1880, in New York City, the son of Cornelius Vanderbilt, a capitalist, connected with the New 586 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 York Central & Harlem River Railroad (died in 1899), and Alice Claypoole (Gwynne) Vanderbilt. His Yale relatives are an uncle, Frederick William Vanderbilt, 1876 S. ; three brothers, William Henry Vanderbilt, 1893, Cornelius Vander- bilt, 1895, and Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, 1899; and three cousins, James Watson Webb, 1907, William Seward Webb, 1909, and Vanderbilt Webb, ea;-1913. Prepared at St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H. At Yale he was a member of the Fencing Club, Corinthian Yacht Club, secretary and on the governing board of the University Club, 1901, He Boule, Psi Upsilon and Scroll and Key. He received the Class vote for man most likely to succeed. He married on April 14, 1903, Cathleen Gebhard Neilson, daughter of Frederick Neilson, deceased. They have one daughter, Cathleen, born January 23, 1904, in New York City. He is prominent as a breeder and exhibitor of show horses. He is a director of the American Hackney- Horse Society, the National Horse Show Association of America, Ltd. He is a member of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He spends much time abroad. He is a member of the following clubs: Knicker- bocker, Brook, Metropolitan, Coaching, Turf and Field, Riding and Driving, Racquet and Tennis, Automobile of America (New York), Newport Reading Room, Newport Casino, Citizens' Business Association (New- port), Travelers (Paris), Meadowbrook, Four-in- Hand (Philadelphia), Massachusetts Auto, West- chester Polo, American Kennel, Dalmatian, Russian Wolfhound, American Fox Terrier, French Bulldog, Old English Sheepdog. He is a member of the Episcopal Church. Reggie can always be counted on, financially at least, when reunions come around. AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 587 Dorr Viele Partner in the firm of Sheldon T. & Dorr Viele, lawyers, 1022 Fidelity Building, Buffalo, N. Y. Born Au^st 25, 1880, in Buffalo, N. Y., the son of Sheldon Thompson Viele, Yale 1868, a lawyer, and Anna Porter (Dorr) Viele. He is of English ancestry. Prepared at Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Conn., where he went in for musical and literary clubs and athletics. In col- lege he was a member of the Cross Country Club, Apollo, Mandolin and Banjo clubs, secretary and treasurer of the Berkeley Association and president in 1902. He received oration appointments and was a member of the University Club. He is unmarried. On graduation he entered upon the study of law at the University of Buffalo Law School, where he was a member of Phi Delta Phi. While in the law school he also studied in the office of Lewis & Lewis. He was admitted to the bar of New York State in 1904 and began practice with a Buffalo firm. In 1908 he became associated with his father under the firm name of Sheldon T. & Dorr Viele, his present connection. He is also an examiner of title, being the first to be officially admitted by examination in the State of New York. He received the degree of LL.B. from the University of Buffalo Law School in 1904. He is a Democrat. He is a member of St. Paul's (Protestant Episcopal) Church and the University Club of Buffalo. D. V. says a word about land title registration which is of interest: ''July 4, 1902, closed college with the only Northfield bonfire I was ever at, and the third day after saw me installed as a law student in a Buf- falo office — not my father's — under a splendid chief, 588 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 a Williams grad. It had been destined for me for some years, and I took it all as matter of course. In 1904 I graduated from the local law school and left to take the State Bar exams, held in a neighboring city, and for a vacation trip for rest. In the month away I slept in twelve different places — Farmington, Cam- bridge (enjoying the first Class Day in the Harvard stadium), East Jaffrey, N. H., New London for the race. Shelter Island (how many's that?) and was duly admitted to the bar at the appellate division at Rochester before returning home. In the fall I accepted a change of office, as appeared to be my duty, because there was a salary attached to the offer, and found myself associated with one of the huge law firms of these latter days with detail duty to assist in the exam- ining of titles, at first merely by getting out big vol- umes in the county clerk's office and reading them aloud. Three years and a half passed in experiment- ing as to what my income at the office would obtain, and having splendid vacations — Triennial; sea trips between New York and Nova Scotia, and Providence to Baltimore; Muskoka, Boston, AVashington, etc. When even the last increase asked for seemed not enough to afford further variation of experience craved, I left my sheltered corner, the month before Sexennial, for an office with my father — and for the first time, having no further program provided me, began to feel for my own footing. That August a canoe and camping trip with three other fellows (two doctors and a lawyer) with no guides — and for self- dependence, fun, and re-creation that's the prescrip- tion — greatly helped to widen my views on what one can (and cannot) get on without and live. Glorious hours they are of hard work in the sim, nights under AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 589 the stars, and views from mountain-tops. That Decem- ber I chanced upon a reference in my 'Lawyer's Diary' to rules for admission to practice of official examiners of title in the State of New York, under the Land Title Registration Act. It seemed to mean me, so in April I went to New York for the first examination scheduled and was one of eight applicants to take the eight-hour test, and in due course was sworn in (May, 1909) and found myself the first examiner practicing in Western New York. Title registration has since been my study, pride and passion — and, I may add, largely my meager support. The scope of the new movement is too great to go into here. Massachusetts has had it since 1898. Some day you will know the story. * ' Decennial has come only too early for me — and yet can renewal of ideals and inspiration (as I know we shall experience, since Triennial and Sexennial) and the soul expansion in the warmth of old friendships ever come untimely? ''Suffice it to mention of a dinner-club of twenty fellows (The Uncommon Council) meeting monthly, of repeating the Adirondacks trip in 1910, seeing the tie with Harvard that fall, and of having been led by the obsessing subject of registration aforementioned to visit legislative halls at Albany, the land court in Boston, and to endure with satisfaction a six weeks' summer session at Columbia, under Dean Karchwey, where the ten-story dormitories, with elevators and huge club-like lounging rooms on the ground floor, offered an interesting comparison with the familiar walls of Yale. As time passes I feel, year by year, that I have really just begun to live. ' ' 590 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Joseph Hill Walker President of Marengo Farms, Demopolis, Ala. Born July 9, 1874, in Wartrace, Tenn., the son of Jo Walker, a farmer (died September 10, 1898), and Elizabeth (Lane) Walker. He is of English ancestry. Prepared at the University of Tennessee and entered Yale 1902, November 20, 1898. He won a second DeForest Mathe- matical prize in Sophomore year and second dispute appoint- ments. He is unmarried. On graduation he took the course in the Yale Law School and practiced law in Birmingham, Ala., four years, a part of the time as a member of the firm of Wynn & Walker. In 1909 he purchased a farm, which he has since continued to operate, at Demopolis, Ala. He received the degree of LL.B. at Yale in 1904. [I publish two letters, with apologies to Joe for mislaying one, even for a short time. Ed. comment.] He writes: *'I trust you will pardon my indifference or seeming neglect of your numerous effusions rela- tive to Decennial. I failed to answer because I knew an answer at that time, if given, would necessarily be in the negative. And hoping that something might turn up which would enable me to break away, I have delayed until the present time writing that I shall be unable to tear myself away from my pigs and goats and other farm, etc. I certainly regret muchly that I am unable to gather with the bunch and assist in add- ing a few curves, wrinkles (hence form and color) to the dazzling stunts of Triennial and Sexennial. *'I would dearly love to go into detail of my expe- riences of the past ten years, but fear for the Class book, shall therefore save same for some quiet evening AUTOBIOGEAPHIES 591 with a congenial bunch at the usual table, either in the big city or here in mj^ bachelor quarters on my farm. ''After my two years in Yale Law School, I spent four in the practice of law, one in travels and now I am located on a plantation two and one half miles south of this village — find it on the map if you are a relative of Sherlock. Eaising pigs, goats and alfalfa hay, incidentally enjoying life as a strenuous old bach- elor should, and I herewith extend a hearty welcome to any or all the boys who are in search of quiet; health or good whiskey — any or all are to be had here. " "Your touching plea and appeal of November 1 reached me in due course, and naturally I hasten to your rescue, although I am sure I mailed you this matter, along with a note stating that it would be impossible for me to attend the reunion. Mailed about ten days or two weeks before reunion. ' ' However, I am glad that you so readily pardon and 'forgive' me for the rush of reunion business having caused this valuable information to be misplaced. In the face of such a benign and benevolent spirit I can only promise that it shall not occur again. " Jimmie, I am farming down here, raising stock and alfalfa and incidentally having a good time. Bird (quail) shooting at this time of the year is particularly fine. Weather delightful. People the best on earth — the kind you read about. So any time you want a complete change with plenty of outdoor exercise and sport, put on your hat (that is all you need) and come along. "With kindest regards to any enquiring friend or friends. ' ' 592 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Louis Frederick Walton 333 West End Avenue, New York City Born December 27, 1876, in New York City, the son of William Thomas Walton, a merchant, and Eliza (Dennis) Walton. In college he was a member of Zeta Psi. He entered with 1901 and joined our Class in Sophomore year. He is unmarried. After graduation he entered the New York Law School, received the degree of LL.B. in 1904 and was admitted to the New York State Bar in January, 1905. In August, 1905, he incorporated the Walton Construc- tion Company. George Biirwell Ward Lawyer, Sage-Allen Building, Hartford, Conn. Residence, Bristol, Conn. Born November 6, 1878, in Bristol, Conn., the son of Joseph H. Ward, who is engaged in mining and real estate interests, and Clara May (Burwell) Ward. He is of English, Scotch and Irish ancestry. Prepared at the Bristol High School and at Phillips Acad- emy, Andover, where he went in for baseball, football and hockey. In college he played on the Freshman Nine, was captain of the Yale Second Nine Junior year and University Team Senior year, and played on the University Hockey Team 1901-02. He received the Class vote for the best all-round athlete. He was a member of Zeta Psi. He married on December 6, 1906, in New York City, Ber- nice L. Rockwell, a graduate of National Park Seminary, Washington, D. C, daughter of Albert F. Rockwell, of Bris- tol, Conn. They have two children, both born in Hartford, Conn. : Bemice Rockwell, born December 30, 1907, and Tren- with Rockwell, born January 20, 1911. AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 593 He studied in the Yale Law School, where he was a member of Corbey Court, and then began the general practice of law and patent soliciting in Hartford, Conn. From April 1, 1907, to April 1, 1910, he was a member of the firm of Ward & Joy, but has since engaged in independent practice. He is a Republican and a member of the Bristol Con- gregational Church. His clubs are the University of Hartford and Troop B, Connecticut National Guard. What, George a poet, too ! Well, I never ! ''Oh, there's no let up to our Secretary Jim, My mail box is full nowadays from him, And when we don 't hear from him through the mail It's into the office he comes with full sail. He knows all about my work and my cases. The youngsters know the stunts at reunion Dad faces From the pictures received on funny page postals Of our Class, the queer-shaped, bare-knee 'd mortals. Statistics, they say, cut no ice when we 're here. It's back to the Campus with a keg of good cheer." Henry Goodman Waters Real Estate, 104 Mulberry Street, Springfield, Mass. Born September 2, 1880, in Springfield, Mass., the son of Henry H. Waters, a manufacturer (died in 1901), and Clara B. (Goodman) Waters (died in 1902). He is of English ancestry. Prepared at Buffalo High School, Buffalo, N. Y. In college he was a member of the Corinthian Yacht Club and Univer- sity Club and did some wrestling. He received second collo- quy appointments. He married on June 28, 1905, Frances Tillotson Drake, a graduate of Ogontz, daughter of David S. Drake of Corning, 594 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 N. Y. They have two children: Frances D., born July 7, 1907, in Buffalo, N. Y., and Calvin G., born April 11, 1911, in Springfield, Mass. Having decided on law as his profession, he entered the University of Buffalo Law School. During his two years' course he supplemented his study by means of emplo>Tnent as a clerk in the law offices of Bissell, Gary & Cooke of Buffalo. He was admitted to the bar of New York and commenced the practice of law in Buf- falo. He was shortly afterwards appointed secretary of the civil service commission of Buffalo, continuing his practice of law in the meantime until his return to Springfield in 1909, where business and real estate interests compelled his attention, to the exclusion of his law practice. He is a director of the Chicopee National Bank of Springfield. He received the degree of LL.B. at the University of Buffalo Law School in 1904. He is Independent in pohtics and has served as alderman. He is a member of Christ Episcopal Church of Springfield and his clubs are the Nayasset and Country of Springfield, Mass. Bernie says: ''Have now abandoned law and am trying to live it down." We might add that Howard McDowell helps him every chance he gets. Bernie is keeping up his baro- nial ancestry from William the Conqueror and is now one of the largest individual taxpayers in Springfield. Arthur Yancey Wear Partner in Wear Brothers, dry goods commission, Columbia Building, Eighth and Locust Streets, St. Louis, Mo. Born March 1, 1880, in St. Louis, Mo., the son of James Hutchinson Wear, who was engaged in the wholesale dry AUTOBIOGEAPHIES 595 goods business (died in 1893), and Nannie E. (Holliday) "Wear. He is of Scotch-Irish ancestry. His Yale relatives are two brothers, Joseph Walker Wear, 1899, and James Hutch- inson Wear, 1901, and three cousins, Joseph Glasby Holliday, 1884, Samuel Newton Holliday, 1908, and Joseph Harrison Holliday, 1913. Prepared at Smith Academy, St. Louis, Mo. In college he was a member of the Freshman and University Baseball teams, secretary and treasurer of the Freshman Football Associa- tion; Wigwam Debating Club, University Club. He received second colloquy appointments. His societies were He Boule, Alpha Delta Phi and Scroll and Key. He is unmarried. On graduation he entered the bond department of the Germania (now the Commonwealth) Trust Com- pany, acting as assistant bond officer. Later he be- came a salesman for the Richard Hanlon Millinery Company, a wholesale house. In 1903 he went into the dry goods commission business with his brother, J. W. Wear, under the firm name of Wear Brothers. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church and belongs to several clubs. Art apparently reserves his writing for some later date. Bradley Agard Welch With F. Wallis Armstrong Company, advertising agency, 603 North American Building, Philadelphia, Pa. Residence, Bryn Mawr, Pa. Born May 20, 1880, in Torrington, Conn., the son of Judge Gideon Higgins Welch, Yale 1868, a lawyer, and Susan Church (Agard) Welch. He says his ancestry is "olla pod- rida." Prepared at Torrington High School, Torrington, Conn. In 596 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 college he was a member of the Dramatic Association and secretary in 1900-01, editor of the Yale Courant, financial editor of the Yale Literary Magazine, a member of the Bicen- tennial Committee and a Class historian. He won a second Ten Eyck prize and dissertation appointments. He was a member of Chi Delta Theta and Zeta Psi. He married on June 8, 1909, May Fern Faucher, daughter of Adolphus David Faucher, of Rochester, N. Y. They have one daughter, Suzanne Faucher, born January 16, 1912, in Brjm Mawr, Pa. He has been interested in the advertising business since graduation, being in that department of J. B. Williams Company and the Curtis Publishing Com- pany, before taking his present position with F. Wallis Armstrong Company, advertising agents of Philadel- phia. He is a member of the Congregational Church, the Merion Cricket Club, the Graduates Club and the Masons. Bradley gives an epitaph : ''Here is the most succinctest sense Of (thus far) my accomplishments. Think not that I would try to veil The things I've done since leaving Yale. Good sir, the promise of my youth Has caught it in the neck forsooth. I speak no raptures, write no rhymes In these commercial blatant times, Devoting all of me, myself. To bilk the merchant of his pelf. Yet put me in the blue-bound book. And say within that sheltered nook A few kind words — something-or-other, 'Twill please my wife, and eke my mother." AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 597 He writes good letters, too, about business. I wish they could all be published, but here, at least, is a sam- ple showing how firmly he holds the dollar in the hand that once so daintily held the pen. This written before Decennial reunion: ''Your letter of the first certainly is flattering, but I'll bet that few members of the Class have a smaller bank balance on the thirtieth of any given month than I have, and on mentioning the matter to Mrs. Welch, she assured me without hesitation that a $25 hat would do her more good than it would the glorious, if somewhat dissipated, Class of 1902. I don't blame you for not wanting to go in a hole; in fact, your altruism in doing all this work makes any- thing but a favorable answer rather embarrassing. Nevertheless, wouldn't it be fairer to allow $2 or $3 per capita for unforeseen expenses than to hold indi- viduals for $25? I suppose the average cost of going to one of these parties is $30 or $40. Do you think the extra $2 or $3 would make any difference? And if it did, you could make your refund to the attending mem- bers pro rata in case of any surplus. "But the fact is, I believe your letter is such a darn good one that I will be the only man not to come across. This will be a disgrace to be sure, but I am so generally disgraceful nowadays that I don't believe I will notice it. ''One thing I will do, and that is to spend some of this $25 on you if you ever get over to this burg and call on me." Paul Hamilton Welch Attorney for the Duluth, Missabe & Northern Railway Com- pany, Wolvin Building, Duluth, Minn. Born July 25, 1880, in Oil City, Pa., the son of Philip Henry Welch, deceased, formerly on the editorial staff of 598 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 the New York Sun, and Margaret "Welles (Hamilton) Welch. His Yale relatives are Timothy Collins, 1718, and Noah Wells, 1741. Prepared at the Brooklyn High School, and in college received a Senior colloquy appointment. He is unmarried. In July, 1902, he entered the office of his uncle, T. F. Hamilton, who was counsel for the Boston & Maine Railroad, and with the exception of one year, which he spent at the New York Law School, remained with him until his death in December, 1904. About April, 1905, he went with the Lawyers Title Insurance & Trust Company of New York City in the capacity of closing attorney, and stayed with them until July, 1907, when he *'felt the call of the West in his blood, and followed Horace Greeley's advice to a certain extent." He became attorney for various subsidiary companies of the United States Steel Corporation, including a mining company, a steel company and four railroads. He is at present attorney for the Duluth, Missabe & Northern Railway Company. He is a Republican and spent considerable time in 1908 stumping for Taft and local issues in Minnesota. He is a member of the Congregational Church. Paul writes: ''I forget whether it was W. Shakes- peare or 0. Henry who said that listening to some peo- ple's conversation was about as edifying and instruc- tive as listening to a leak in the roof dripping into a tin dishpan at the head of the bed when you were try- ing to sleep. Therefore, while the ultimate uplift that you get from this letter may be negligible, still I will try to make it a little more zestful than a tax receipt or a bill of lading. AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 599 ''When, in obedience to your instructions, I wrote Bob Gast to come to Decennial, in a spirit of brag- gadocio I used some stationery of the corporation which has the honor to command my services on which my name appeared writ in scarlet letters. (No, you needn't make the comment which is in your mind, Jim.) He answered by saying that he was coming East this June for the express purpose of finding out how I slipped it over on the D. M. & N. Ey. Co., whose shame I am unwilling to parade by printing the name in full. I hesitate to meet him because I don't know what to say. I like to believe that it is because they regarded association with me as a continual indulgence in the luxuries of capability, the canvas-back duck and nessel- rode pudding thereof, as it were, but the horrible fear always exists that they may wake up any day to the fact that I am conspicuous by the lack of those accom- plishments which are regarded as the hog and hominy, aye, the very corn beef and cabbage of utility. "This is how it happened. After Commencement, having successfully dodged the outstretched palms of the sweeps, I headed for New York, and, as I traveled via the New Haven road, you won't be surprised to hear that I didn't reach that thriving village for nearly three years. When at last I did get there noth- ing happened for some time ; the sun rose and set with sickening regularity, Tammany Hall went on electing its ticket without opposition, and the rubber plants continued to bud, flower and fade in Brooklyn, just as they did before. However, I kept on singing my siren song in the hearing of malefactors of great wealth until finally that particular Octopus which barks and wags its tail when the name United States Steel Corpora- tion is mentioned, having carelessly failed to follow 600 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 the example of Ulysses in reference to its ears, heard me. It immediately chortled with glee and with a dis- gustful pertinacity clung to me with its tentacles, swept me away from Bagdad and deposited me here among the sturdy Scandahoovians : Ay ban now in Mannesoota five year, Yimmie. 'And we hope you will stay there forever,' you say, wishing to end this ego- tistical prosing? Your desire is accomplished, for as Lady Godiva said as she approached the end of her memorable ride, 'I am nearing my close.' That is my story. The flippant narrative covers the usual expe- riences one meets as he walks up and down the world. It has not been all beer and skittles, thank God! but the measure of gall and wormwood which has been fed to me falls far short of obliterating the taste of the nectar and ambrosia which I have been permitted to absorb. Some class to that last, I guess." Henry Frank Wells Residence, 1 West Eighty-fifth Street, New York City Bom January 13, 1879, in Pottsville, Pa., the son of Charles Wesley Wells (died May 29, 1912), a lawyer, and Catharine (Zimmerman) Wells. He is of Dutch, German and English ancestry. Prepared at Westminster School, Dobbs Ferry, N. Y. (now located at Simsburyj Conn.), where his activities were "ath- letic, editorial, musical and presumably scholastic." In col- lege "my only result in athletics was a cracked, bent and generally mutilated nose in baseball Freshman year — my endeavors hereupon ceased. Was hardly a scholarly individ- ual, even though I did manage to get away with a sheepskin." He was a member of the University Club, Eta Phi and Delta Kappa Epsilon. AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 601 He married on December 26, 1907, Henrietta van Arnam Maxwell, daughter of Rev. James Lee Maxwell, Union (de- ceased), formerly of New York City. They have two children, both born in New York City: Kathryn van Arnam, born September 20, 1908, and Marguerite Wesley, born October 3, 1911. Although his legal residence has always been in New York City, he spent the first two years after gradua- tion in Lima, Ohio, studying the petroleum industry. He continued in this branch of business, associated with his father and independently, until the summer of 1911. He is not in business at present. He is a Republican but "could not make a speech if he tried. " He is affiliated ^\dth the Episcopal Church. He is a member of the Yale Club of New York City, Graduates Club of New Haven and the New York Yacht Club. Fuzzy writes, in brief, as follows: "Business connec- tions : Associated with my father, in charge of his own and his firm 's special interests in the petroleum indus- try in Ohio and Indian Territory; also actively asso- ciated in West Indian and European financial activi- ties for and with the same. In 1905, in addition to above, I entered the petroleum industry independent of associations above mentioned and retained same until summer of 1911. "Travels: Confined almost entirely to United States of America since graduation, with exception of sum- mer of 1906, when I motored abroad for some weeks. "The story of my ten years is neither lurid nor exciting — hardly of interest. I have had my successes, my failures and my disappointments — but I have learned and trust that, ere long, my accomplishments will amount to something worth the telling. ' ' 602 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 John Jared Welsh Teaching Mathematics at St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H. Permanent home address, 69 Arnold Terrace, South Orange, N. J, Born September 4, 1880, in South Orange, N. J., the son of "William Welsh, a gardener, and Matilda (Irvine) Welsh (died in 1907). He is of Irish ancestry. Prepared at the South Orange High School, and in coUege received first colloquy appointments. He is unmarried. In September, 1902, he began teaching in the South Orange High School, where he continued two years as instructor of mathematics and European history. In the summer of 1903 he attended the summer session at Columbia University, taking work in mathematics. In the fall of 1904 he commenced teaching at the Morris Academy, of Morristown, his subjects being German, French and mathematics. He spent the summer of 1905 traveling in the British Isles with his father. In 1907 he accepted a position at St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H. Homer Augustus Wessel, Jr. Vice-President of the Cincinnati Railway Supply Company, 13 East Second Street, Cincinnati, Ohio Residence, Walnut Hill, Cincinnati, Ohio Born March 21, 1881, in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of Homer Augustus Wessel, of the Cincinnati Railway Supply Company, and Louise (Meyer) Wessel. His ancestors were English, Dan- ish and German. Three first cousins have studied at Yale: Blakeman Quintard Meyer, ex-1904 ; Schuyler Merritt Meyer, 1907, and Alex Wessel Shapleigh, 1911. AUTOBIOGEAPHIES 603 Prepared at the Franklin School, Cincinnati, where he was a member of the football team and president of the athletic association. At Yale he was assistant manager and manager of the University Bicycle Association in 1900-01 and 1901-02, respectively ; was a member of the Yale Athletic Subscription Fund Committee; assistant editor of the Yale Daily News in 1901 and editor in 1902; and was a member of the Uni- versity Club, Corinthian Yacht Club, Eta Phi, Delta Kappa Epsilon and Scroll and Key. He married on October 24, 1911, in Cincinnati, Ohio, Kath- ryn Gaskill, daughter of George A. Gaskill, of Columbus, Ohio. After graduation he started to work for the Hazard Manufacturing Company, of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., manu- facturers of mre rope, copper and insulated wires and cables, etc., on October 1. He remained here until June 1, 1904, when he was sent out to the new office of this company in Chicago, 111., as assistant sales agent. In March, 1909, he resigned this position, and returned to Cincinnati, where he has since been with the Cincin- nati Railway Supply Company, manufacturers of steel, metals, wire rope, etc. He is a member of the Church of the Advent (Epis- copal) of Cincinnati. In politics he is a Republican. He is a member of the Cincinnati Country, University, Yale, Miami Boat and Automobile clubs of Cincinnati. Homer is probably one of the youngest looking men in our Class, and judging from the way he threw him- self into Decennial festivities, has lost none of the buoyancy of youth, either. Arthur Stanley Wheeler Postmaster and Poultry Raiser, Grove Beach, Conn. Born May 13, 1881, in New Haven, Conn., the son of Arthur Martin Wheeler, LL.D., Yale 1857, Durfee professor 604 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 of history, emeritus, Yale University, and Harriette Skinner (Staples) Wheeler. He is of English ancestry. A brother, Kenneth Knight Wheeler, is at present studying music at the Yale Music School. Prepared at Hopkins Grammar School, New Haven, and in college received honors in English composition in Sopho- more year, a third Ten Eyck and a first dispute appointment Junior year and divided the John Hubbard Curtis prize. In Senior year he won the Cook Poetry prize and the Jolin Hub- bard Curtis prize. He was a member of Zeta Psi. He married on April 30, 1906, in Washington, D. C, Edith A. Wiley, a graduate of the Sargent School, Cambridge, Mass., daughter of Alexander Wiley, of New York City. They have no children. Since graduation he has engaged in a number of different occupations, as teacher, insurance agent, book agent and journalist, but is now devoting himself to raising Eose Comb Rhode Island Reds. He is post- master of Grove Beach, Conn,, treasurer of the Menun- ketesuck Club, Inc., treasurer of the Grove Beach Im- provement Association, Inc., and vice-president of the Shore Line Poultry & Pet Stock Association, Inc. He is a Republican. He has written a book on poul- try and about thirty pieces of short fiction. Stan is very quiet about himself, and about all the Secretary has been able to discover is from his chicken circular. At any rate, he is the proud possessor of ''Reliable Jane" and ''can point with pride to her record, for she laid 256 eggs from December 8, 1911, to December 7, 1912. Jane is unquestionably a freak, since the average hen neither can nor ought to be expected to lay at such a rate." One can even have a sense of humor and be literary about chickens. AUTOBIOGEAPHIES 605 Byrd Earle White Vice-President of White & Company, bankers, Lancaster, Texas, and Lawyer in Dallas, Texas Residence, Lancaster, Texas Born June 16, 1878, in Lancaster, Texas, the son of William L. White, deceased, and Louisa (Francis) White. He is the child of his father's second marriage. His ancestors were Scotch and Irish. The following relatives have attended Yale : George Unangst Wenner, 1865, Uriah Jacob Omega Wenner, ea;-1871, and a cousin, George Unangst Wenner, 1903. Prepared at schools in Lancaster and Dallas, winning a medal for oratory in the school of W. U. Franklin of Dallas. He received the degree of B.A. from Baylor University, Waco, Texas, in 1900, where he was president of the literary society, representing it in oratorical contests ; editor-in-chief of a maga- zine ; captain of a military company and one of the speakers on graduation day. He entered Yale in the fall of 1901 and received a colloquy appointment in Senior year. He is unmarried. He received the degree of LL.B. from the State Uni- versity of Texas at Austin, in June, 1904. Since his admission to the bar he has been engaged in the prac- tice of law in Dallas, for a time under the name of White & Sergeant, but at present alone. He has also been in the banking business continuously since grad- uation, and is now vice-president of White & Com- pany. He is a director of the Citizens Cotton Oil Com- pany of Lancaster and of the Dallas Investment Company and is vice-president of the White Banking Company of Wilmer, Texas. He is not a member of any church, but writes that he is ' * inclined to the Baptist. ' ' He is a charter mem- ber of the Texas Yale Club, and is a member of the 606 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Knights of Pythias and the Masonic Lodge of Lancas- ter; the Scottish Rite Masons, Shrine Hella Temple, and the Pick\vick and Terpsichorean clubs of Dallas. He is a Democrat and has made numerous political speeches. He has served as secretary of the State Good Roads Convention. Byrd is able to speak for himself and he does : ' ' Not even engaged to be married. My life is most too busy, but hope to change records some of these days on the phonograph of time. ''Leaving Yale, I spent the summer in North Caro- lina and Tennessee and upon my return to Texas that fall I entered into our banking business, an institution owned by our family, and after about eight months sojourn I entered the University of Texas and doub- ling up on the work completed the law course by June, 1904. I immediately took the State Bar examination and making a splendid grade received my license to practice law, and now hold admission to practice before our State Supreme Court. Following my admission to practice law, I spent the summer on the Texas coast, and then departed for Poughkeepsie, N. Y., where I took a special course in banking, and, following my return to Texas with a few months ' connection mth the banking business, I entered the practice of law, with my office in Dallas, Texas. ''Experienced a very successful practice, but have had to surrender a portion of same on account of busi- ness interests demanding my time. Am at present connected with the legal department of the M. R. & T. Railway Company and the Dallas Southern Traction Company (an inter-urban railway). In the educational world I held the chair of medical jurisprudence in the Southwestern Medical College, Dallas, Texas, for sev- Chaui.es Deax White AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 607 eral years, resigning on account of business demanding my time. **I was president of the Board of Trustees for sev- eral years of Speer's School for Boys at Lancaster, Texas, a boarding school for boys which my Yale blood prompted me to establish for young boys, that their early training might be well directed. * ' My plans for the future are to make a success not only for my own sake and that of my country, but to be an honor to Yale. A welcome is extended and an invitation forwarded to all of the Class of 1902 to come to Texas." *Charles Dean White Died 1902 Born September 28, 1880, in Auburn, N. Y., the son of Ossian Charles White, a photographer, and Catherine Ann (Dean) White. His family is of English ancestry, the first of the name in this country being John White, who came from Wessex in 1632. Moses Clark White, M.D. 1854, and Caryl Fenelon Seeley White, M.D. 1881, are Yale relatives. Prepared at the Auburn Academic High School, where he was class poet, editor of the class paper and a commencement speaker. In college he was a member of the Apollo Glee Club, College Choir and sang in the Greek Chorus at Bicentennial. He was an active worker in the Y. M. C. A. and a teacher in the mission. He received an oration Junior appointment and at the time of his death was doing work of philosophical oration rank. In March of Senior year he contracted typhoid fever, which his constitution, undermined by overwork, was unable to withstand. He died at the New Haven Hos- pital on March 30, 1902. 608 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 He was a member of the Calvary Presbyterian Church, and it had been his intention to study for the ministry on graduation from Yale. Owing to his schol- arship rank he was enrolled, by vote of the faculty, as a graduate. *Percy Gardiner White Died 1906 Born September 16, 1878, in Gardiner, Maine, the son of Henry Gardiner White, Bowdoin 1874, a lawyer, and Alice (Bradstreet) White. Prepared at the Groton School, Groton, Mass., and in col- lege played on the College Nine (1901), sang on the Apollo and University Glee clubs, was a member of the Wigwam Debating Club, was a Class deacon and received a second colloquy Junior appointment. He was a member of Kappa Psi, Delta Kappa Epsilon and Skull and Bones. He was unmarried. On graduation he taught for a time at the Hill School and the Adirondack-Florida School. He then became a traveling secretary, going throughout the country in successful efforts to interest college men in the work of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew. He was a member of the vestry of Christ Church, Gardi- ner, Maine. He died February 22, 1906, at Jamaica Plain, Mass., from seepage of the heart, which brought on convul- sions, having never fully recovered from an attack of typhoid fever the previous spring. From a letter the following is quoted: '*To speak of things accomplished is entirely out of place in such a life — cut off almost at its very beginning. Yet this can be truly said, Percy Gardiner White gave to the world the legacy of a life in which the highest and noblest Pkrcv Gahdineu White AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 609 of ideals were constantly being translated into acts of daily service. More than this no man can do." Frederic Averill Whittlesey Pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Whiting, Kans. Born August 8, 1873, in Hotchkissville, Conn,, the son of Deming "Whittlesey, a farmer, and Huldah M. (Terrill) Whittlesey. His ancestors were English. A brother, Charles Terrill Whittlesey, graduated from the Yale Divinity School in 1887. Prepared at the Centenary Collegiate Institute, Hacketts- town, N. J. At Yale he received oration appointments in both Junior and Senior years. He married on September 11, 1902, in West Haverstraw, N. Y., Elizabeth Weiant, daughter of Edward B. Weiant, a decorator of West Haverstraw. They have one son, Edward Deming, born May 21, 1905, in Old Mystic, Conn. For two years after graduation he was a student at the Boston University School of Theology, and re- ceived the degree of S.T.B. from this school in 1904. From December, 1903, to March, 1906, he was pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Old Mystic, Conn. ; from April, 1906, to March, 1907, at Dunavant, Kans.; from April, 1907, to March, 1910, at Oakland, Kans., and since April, 1910, has been pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Whiting, Kans. He is a member of the Kansas Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics he is an Independent Prohibitionist. Before reunion Fred wrote : * ' I would like to be with you and renew our acquaintanceship, but it would take both too much time and money for a poor, busy, far- away Methodist preacher." 610 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 And he gives this glorious life purpose : *'I am trying to get people to quit sinning and to accept Jesus Christ as their Saviour and to live true, pure and noble lives, so that our loving Father may be glorified ; our fellow men may be blessed by their kind deeds, helpful coun- sel, and loving sympathy; and they themselves may most fully enjoy this life and have sweet assurance of Eternal Life when the days of the earthly life are numbered. ' ' Mark Skinner Willing Business address, 1114 Monadnock Block, Chicago, III. Born October 9, 1878, in Chicago, 111., the son of Henry J. Willing, a merchant, partner in Marshall Field & Company (died September 28, 1903), and Frances (Skinner) Willing. His Yale relatives are Richard Skinner, 1862, and Edward Swift Isham, 1891. Prepared at the Hotehkiss School, Lakeville, Conn., and the Hill School, Pottstown, Pa. At Yale he was a member of the Corinthian Yacht Club, chairman of the governing board and on the house committee in Senior year, a member of the Wig- wam Debating Club, Supper Committee. He received second colloquy appointments. His societies were Alpha Delta Phi and Ehhu Club (honorary). He married on October 2, 1905, Margaret Woodbridge Mc- Fadon, daughter of Robert Dean McFadon, Harvard 1878, a lawyer of Chicago, 111. (died November 3, 1890). They have one daughter, Margaret, born July 3, 1907, in Chicago, 111. He studied law at Columbia University and was ad- mitted to the New York Bar in April, 1905. He has been chiefly occupied with estate work. He spends considerable time abroad. Marcus will have to speak for himself at Quindecen- nial. AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 611 Samuel Dudley Woodhouse Wethersfield, Conn. Born August 10, 1878, in Wethersfield, Conn., the son of Samuel N. Woodhouse, a farmer, and Elvira (Dudley) Wood- house. He is of English ancestry. Prepared at Phillips Academy, Andover, and in college played baseball with the Disappointments and Grub Street teams, was a member of the University Club and Zeta Psi. He married on October 12, 1912, in Hyde Park, Mass., Edith May Jonas, daughter of R. Edwin Jonas. On graduation he began work in the advertising department of the Union Metallic Cartridge Company, and also served as a salesman, remaining from July, 1902, to June, 1904. The next six months he was pur- chasing agent for the Boer War Exposition Company at St. Louis, Mo. In January, 1905, he became presi- dent of the Woodhouse Hardware Manufacturing Com- pany of St. Louis, Mo. In the spring of 1912 he came East to take charge of his father's farm in Wethersfield, Conn. James Wright Finance: Vice-President and Secretary of VanDyck Estate, 331 Madison Avenue {corner Forty-third Street), New York City (Telephone, Murray Hill 182) Residence, 312 West 109th Street, New York City Born February 1, 1881, in New York City, the son of Andrew Wright (died December 24, 1886), a member of the firm of W. & J. Sloane, carpet merchants, and Sarah Kath- arine (Runk) Wright. He is of Scotch ancestry on his father's side. His mother's family, originally from Holland, have lived in America for generations. A brother, William Runk Wright, was graduated at Yale in 1894. 612 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Prepared at two private schools in New York City, Miss Reynold's and Cutler's. In the latter school he was a member of the Cutler Fortnightly board and the Banjo Club, played hockey and went in without success for track athletics. At Yale, in the fall of the first year, he rowed on the Freshman Crew that won the regatta and served on the Freshman Reli- gious Committee. He continued to row during the whole of the spring of Freshman year, but did not get to New London. In Sophomore year he ' ' heeled ' ' the News and after two com- petitions made the board, subsequently being elected assign- ment editor. In Senior year he studied medicine. He was a member of the Pippin Club, Wigwam and Delta Kappa Epsilon. He married on February 8, 1905, Helen Griswold Hough, daughter of Niles P. Hough, of Hartford. They have no children. On leaving college, finance proved attractive and after the last summer of thinking himself the greatest thing in the world, a Yale Senior, he descended rapidly to the grade of runner in the VanNorden Trust Com- pany. As an adjunct to his banking position, he joined with Mr. Edward S. Avery, trust officer, in incorporating first Onderdonk Estate, an investment company of $50,000 capital, next VerPlanck Estate, with $250,000, and finally, VanDyck Estate, with an authorized capital of $1,000,000. Then came the fall of 1907, the panic year, and a complete education in finance — high and low. In January following, he was elected assistant trust officer of the VanNorden Trust Company, but later decided to give all his time to the affairs of the estates and both he and Mr. Avery resigned. He is vice-president and secretary of Van- Dyck Estate and VerPlanck Estate and secretary of Onderdonk Estate. AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 613 His politics are Republican and he is a Presbyterian with Baptist annexation in the shape of a wife. He is a member of the Yale Club and Amateur Comedy Club of New York City; the University Club of Hartford and the Graduates Club of New Haven. He was for one year secretary of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Association of New York and in 1910 was elected Secretary of the Class of 1902, Yale College. He served on the Trien- nial and Sexennial Reunion committees, was chairman of the Decennial Committee and was elected chairman of the Quindecennial Committee. In the Comedy Club he helped in the first produc- tion of Austin Strong's ''The Drums of Oude," which Belasco has since put on the road professionally. He played the parts of Captain Sands in ''Miss Hobbs" and old Simon Ingot in "David Garrick." Jim writes: "Somewhere in the Bible there was a man who only had a little daughter, but he loved her very much. Well, I only have a little wife, but we are most congenial and have wandered about the United States with rare pleasure, everywhere finding the greatest advantage of a pre-Stover education at Yale was the friendships formed. Our wedding trip carried us to Florida, Nassau and Gardner Abbott, our later trips, to the coast and Canada, bumped us into the open arms of Albin, Bushnell, Strong, Cochran, Rob- bins, Carpenter, Farrel, G. Lincoln, Bob Fletcher, Campbell, Mac Moore and others. I believe a man should take a vacation more for his soul than for his body and every chance finds us in some new place. Last summer, in a sleepy old town by the sea, Annis- quam, I began to learn the secret of meditation. Action is not everything, much as Mr. Roosevelt once would have had us believe. There must be deep, persistent 614 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 thought back of it to make a life and character worth while. ''For six months I have been 'a little lighthouse in a sea of stationery!' I have 'wallowed in words,' in characters, in businesses — been happy over your ups and sorrowful over your downs and now the book is in press. God send it good passage, for it has my heart's blood in it. "One duty and ambition of all of us should be to knit our glorious Class together into a powerful unit for good in the community, not by every man calling his neighbor, who may disagree with him, a liar, a traitor or a thief, but by believing he is actuated some- where by a good purpose, and finding out what it is. Decennial certainly helped this work along, and I hope to see over 200 at our Quindecennial in 1917, and a spirit that sweeps New Haven off its feet. "To keep young, I act, play golf and tennis every chance I get, an average life in New York City and a very happy one. Of course there is an inside ambition, who hasn't one? But the Divinity who shapes our ends, alone can decide that." John Niel McLeod Wylie With Maclay & Mullally Brothers, general advertising agents, 60 Broadway, New York City Residence, 111 Union Avenue, Clifton, N. J. Bom May 10, 1879, in New York City, the son of Rev. William Wylie, a minister of the Reformed Presbyterian Church (died in July, 1910), and Susan L. (McLeod) Wylie (died in August, 1896). His ancestors were Scotch and Irish. In regard to Yale relatives he writes that ' * in spite of Prince- ton, Union, University of Pennsylvania, Lafayette and other influences I am the first to see the light and truth. ' ' Camki.s kv ihk Lkdvakd Fi.agstafk Spider Wylie explaiiiins to tlie youth of New Haven how a camel can ko oi!,'ht days witliuut a drink, and liow the Class of 1902 is superior to a camel ! ""lliumi: liiHiii i: cui .Mii. Cnii .\i"* Sayinj; (luietly to Lope Fox and Tom Ciishin^: ■"Tlu're is notliin;; old except the Desert, the I'yramids, and myself. .Ml the rest of the world is modern" AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 615 Prepared at the Dwight School, New York City, and at Yale was a member of the Cross Country Club, University Club and Zeta Psi. For other activities he bids us consult Jim Donnelly. He is unmarried. After graduation he was a clerk in the Knickerbocker Trust Company of New York for five years. Since that time he has been in the advertising business, first with the Bankers & Merchants Agency Company and now with Maclay & Mullally Brothers. He is a member of the First Reformed Presbyterian Church of New York City. In politics he is an Inde- pendent. Spider says: ''Was! ''Am! "Will be! "D. V.' Jacob Henry Yaggy Pastor of the Hill Memorial United Brethren Church, Bradford, Pa. Residence, 40 Kennedy Street, Bradford, Pa. Born October 25, 1873, in Blackhawk County, Iowa, the son of Boaz Yaggy, a farmer (died January 6, 1912), and Anna (Ballinger) Yaggy. His ancestry is Swiss. Two cousins, Edward Esher Yaggy, 1899, and Arthur Frederic Yaggy, 1901, have graduated from Yale. Prepared at the East Waterloo High School, Waterloo, Iowa, where he took first place in an oratorical contest. He also studied at Leander Clark College, Toledo, Iowa, receiv- ing the degree of B.A. in 1901. During his course in this college he was pastor of a church in a town near Toledo. He 616 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 entered Yale at the beginning of Senior year, and while with our Class sang in the Chapel Choir and received a disserta- tion appointment. He married on August 2, 1905, in Muscatine, Iowa, Mabel Anna Bitzer, an ex-member of Leander Clark College, daugh- ter of Martin H. Bitzer, deceased, formerly a grocer of Mus- catine. They have three children : Lael Weldon, born January 30, 1907, in Chariton, Iowa; Jason Harold, born August 6, 1908, in Bradford, Pa. ; and Mahlon Burgess, born January 16, 1912, in Bradford, Pa. After graduation from the college he pursued a course in the Yale Divinity School, receiving the degree of B.D. in 1904. During his last year in this school he entered a hymn and scripture reading contest, winning the first prize. In June, 1904, he took up the pastorate in the United Brethren Church in Chariton, Iowa, where he remained until he removed to Bradford, Pa. He received the degree of M.A. from Leander Clark College in 1904, and the D.D. degree from Otterbein University, Westerville, Ohio, in 1911. He is a member of the Brotherhood of American Yeomen (headquarters at Des Moines, Iowa), and of the Modern Woodmen of America (headquarters at Rock Island, 111. ) , and has written a number of articles on religious subjects. Jake touches a serious note and as these are auto- biographies it is published in full, though if he had been in New Haven he would have been proud of the right spirit throughout reunion. He writes: "Haven't lost my interest in Yale, though I feel a little more a part of the Divinity School, because I put in more of my time and life there. I have never regretted the time spent and work put in at Yale thougli I had to work my way entirely. I'm sure it has given mo a spirit of and desire for democracy which I could not AUTOBIOGEAPHIES 617 have had in so large a measure without attending at least some great institution, and Yale is good enough for me. I hardly know how the majority of the Class view the man of the cloth. Pardon me, if I say I have felt just a little reticent in taking up my part as a member of '02, but the notices have been so persever- ing, so impelling, I could refrain no longer from mak- ing something of an attempt to comply with the request of our most faithful and enthusiastic Secretary. A good reason I've always given myself has been my meager salary, which has hindered me from assuming a share in the financial work and hence I have felt like keeping quiet. But I've been made to feel that the democratic spirit of Yale men will not tolerate the silence of those who cannot measure their success in dollars and cents and thereby give a monopoly to those whom fortune has favored in the things of the world. But, brothers, I am proud, nevertheless, to be a Yale man, and the distinction does not lessen as the years go by. And I can truly say that I'm working hard to do such work as will be worthy of a son of Yale. ''"Will you permit a suggestion here? I know you will take it kindly. I know we divinity men are in the minority, but I'm sure we'll be heard with just as much respect, nevertheless. Now, I know much of it is jok- ing, too, but seriously, is it not true that the bacchana- lian song and spirit are too dominant in the annual and other gatherings? Does it not appeal to us that we can be genial and jolly and have a glad time without that which science has termed 'poison' and is inimical to the best and highest of our interests and the devel- opment of the intelligence and morality of men ? Notice, I like your suggestion of sitting under the 'Elm' and having a confidential talk. I'd rather have this con- 618 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 fidential talk with you in this quiet way than to throw a bomb of bitterness and virus at any of the fellows in a bunch, which would seem to result in misconstruing antagonism. I am glad for the opportunity of thus expressing my very heart. Col. R. P. Hobson says : 'Art and literature must be gradually remodeled to depict not the fancied joys, but the real torments and repugnance of bacchanalia. ' This is possibly all I should venture now upon this theme and all you 'd care to hear. But I simply ask, would it not add to the glory of Yale and the Class of 1902 to put beneath us the old-time custom because of what it is, and lift a higher standard regarding this great 'Destroyer' and foe of mankind? "I gladly recount that during the ten years my work has been gratifying though not as remunerative as even I could wish, who am supposed to be dead to glit- ter of the gold. But with this limitation my toil has been rewarded in other lines. In Iowa I added about $10,000 worth of property to our church in new build- ings. Here at Bradford at least $10,000 or $12,000 more has been added to the worth of our buildings; while in Iowa one church was doubled in membership in one year, while another entirely new church was organized of 100 members. Here at Bradford the church has at least doubled in membership and far more than that in general efficiency and increase in Sabbath school. "Possibly my line of life would be tame to most of the men in the Class, but it's a life that appeals to me for real usefulness. Now, if the fellows who are mak- ing good financially will give splendid support to such work as I am doing, we will be co-workers together in great good for our day and generation. ' ' AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 619 Bartlett Golden Yung Salesman in China for Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufac- turing Company of Hartford, Conn. Born January 22, 1879, in Hartford, Conn., the son of Yung Wing, LL.D., Yale 1854, and Mary Louisa (Kellogg) Yung (died May 29, 1886). Dr. Yung was born in Nam Ping, near Macao, China, and after receiving his education at Yale rose to the position of Mandarin of the second rank, serving his country in official appointments of importance and honor. In 1898, when the empress dowager gained control of the government, a price was placed upon his head, but the ban was removed in 1905. Since 1902 he had made his home permanently in Hartford, Conn., where he died April 21, 1912. An older son, Morrison Brown Yung, was graduated at Yale in the Class of 1898 S. Prepared at Hartford (Conn.) High School, and in college was a member of the University Banjo Club (secretary, 1901 ; president, 1902), Mandolin Club, Wigwam Debating Club (membership committee), received first colloquy appoint- ments. He was a member of Eta Phi, Delta Kappa Epsilon and Wolf's Head. He is unmarried. 620 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 He worked in an export house for one year and then went wdth the Rotary File & Machine Company of Brooklyn, N. Y., of which he became president, his classmate, Nevins, serving in the position of secretary. In 1912 he went to China as a salesman for Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company, leaving his brother, Morrison, to wind up his end of the busi- ness of the Rotary File & Machine Company. Through the courtesy of George A. Lewis, Yale '95, and his unfailing interest in the completeness of this book, these letters of Bart's have been produced from the archives of the "Lewis Club," an organization of genial gentlemen, with headquarters at the Yale Club, New York. In May, 1912, he wrote : '*To make a long story short, I got away from Hartford and made 'Frisco in four and a half days by the U. P., checking all my contraband through as personal baggage. At 'Frisco I discovered a way of getting cartridges aboard the Steamship Chiyo Maru open and above board as far as Yokohama, so I bought all the Spanish Mausers (which fit my gun) that then were in 'Frisco and away we sailed. At Honolulu there were eleven Elis to me known, and known to me to be Elis and who treated me royally. ' * The run to Japan was very delightful and if George Thompson had been along he would have doubtless become engaged to be married many times, as there were lots of pretty young things about (Avith money). In fact, I myself wasn't doing badly, posing as the handsome and wealthy young president of the Rotary File & Machine Company, traveling around the world for my health — till we got ^\athin about three days of Japan, when the fellow that sold me the cartridges in 'Frisco cabled to Japan as follows: 'Inform the Colt AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 621 firearms man who is a cabin passenger on the Chiyo Maru that I can supply him with a million rounds immediately. ' The Japs wirelessed this out to the boat and they paged me all over the ship. The result of this was that at Kobe the Japs came aboard and seized most of the cartridges Dr. Sun Yat Sen having just left for Canton, I cached my stuff and slipped back aboard the old Chiyo Maru the same day for Hong- kong. The Jap spy followed me all the way to Hong- kong, I believe, on a wild-goose chase. At Canton I had a good interview with Sun Yat Sen and a good time at Hongkong with my sisters-in-law, who showed me around in style. After a week I came back to Shanghai, where I ran into the bad news from home [the death of his father]. ' ' I then went to Nanking with my letters and secured a special military permit to import and freely pass through all customs and military lines my guns and ammunitions, signed by Generalissimo Wong Shing, also appointment to demonstrate at headquarters. '*My trouble now is that I haven't enough cartridges to risk a headquarters demonstration, though I demon- strated yesterday on a 34-gun Provincial deal, with great success, I believe. ''Therefore, I must sit helpless till they get some more ammunition to me from home. "There is sure a terrible mess out here, and the foreigners are very nervous. The Republicans are doing wonders, maintaining order in the bigger centers and holding the country together practically without money, while the six Powers are intriguing for the con- trol or partition of China, and, while forcing a baited hook in the form of a political loan down China's throat, scoffing and disparaging through the foreign 622 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 press at every patriotic republican effort to raise poor China's nose above the surface of the 'slough of despond.' **I don't think that American public opinion would support such a policy if the true facts were known — but the Washington government is itself the dupe of the rest. *'I believe they underestimate the national spirit gro\\dng in China, also the amount of money that can be raised amongst the Chinese when convinced that the old governmental graft is gone for good. * * I consider the effort being made by certain Powers to start a counter revolution here, while piously depre- cating Chinese inability to maintain order, quite on a par Avith the opium outrages. Well, boys, me for Peking and way stations as soon as I can lay hands on some more blessed cartridges." In October, 1912, he wrote: ''Inclosed find some 'contemptible' photos for your 'honorable distin- guished' attention, as we say in China (of course meaning vice versa). "Since writing you last I have been to Nanking, Nan Chang, Hankow, Peking, Suranfu, Suchow, Tient- sin, Moukden, Chu Cheon, Karfeng, Horanfu, Tung Kuan, etc., etc., on steamboat, railroad, Peking cart, horse, donkey, mule and afoot. I have met Yuan Shi Kai, Li Yuen Hung, Wong Shung, Sun Yat Sen and any God's quantity of Tutus generals, etc. "In spite of all that, I long for the fleshpots of New York City occasionally. "I have just got back from a three weeks' horseback trip to the Tung Kwan pass, where we sold the guerilla chiefs guns and ammunition and brought out silver bullion in chests. Quite interesting. Also had an inter- i AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 623 esting time in Moukden, where the Chinese authorities are arming vs. Russians and Japs. Tuesday am leaving for Canton via Hankow (where my brother is)." The China of May 16, 1912, says, in describ- ing *'a memorial service in honor of seventy-two martyrs now buried in Huang Wha Kiang in Kwang- tung province : '*Mr. B. G. Yung, son of Dr. Yung Wing, a pioneer Chinese educationalist, revolutionist and exile in America, who died a few weeks ago in the States, deliv- ered a few words acknowledging the honor conferred upon his father by including his name in the commemo- ration. He read a letter written by Dr. Sun Yat Sen in Nanking in reply to Dr. Yung Wing's letter of admo- nition and encouragement. Dr. Sun expressed his appreciation of his words of advice and informed him of the successful issue of the revolution and of the desire of the Chinese republicans to invite the vener- able exile back to the republic. Mr. Yung said : '' 'This is, of course, to me a very sad occasion and yet I am glad of the opportunity to be present here to represent, in some sense, my father's memory. I can only say in conclusion that as my father's thought and aim in life were the welfare of his countrymen and the upbuilding of China, his sons — my brother and my- self — should and do intend to take at least a humble part in the glorious work of preserving China for the Chinese.' " NON-GRADUATES Stephen Henry Abbey- Lawyer, Florence, Ariz.i Born January 1, 1882, in Kingston, N. Y., the son of Stephen LeGrand Abbey (died September 17, 1900), for- merly a grain merchant of Kingston, and Ida Helen (Good- rich) Abbey (died March 8, 1908). His ancestors were English. Prepared at Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., where he took second prize in the Means speaking contest and was a Commencement Day orator. He was with the Class through- out the course. He married on August 17, 1910, in St. Louis, Mo., May Furniss, formerly a student at Seaside Seminary, the daugh- ter of Joseph Furniss, of Southport, Conn. After leaving Yale he spent a year traveling through- out the United States, mostly west of the Rockies. He then entered the law office of George D. Beattys and Herbert L. Fordham, and in October, 1904 (while con- tinuing to work in the above office), began study at the New York Law School, finishing a two years' course there in June, 1906. In January, 1906, he was arrested on a charge of criminal libel as a result of the circulation in Kingston, N. Y., of an anonymous pub- lication called Around Town, with which he was con- nected. The charge was withdrawn before the action came to trial. In 1910 he went to Arizona, where he is now actively engaged in the practice of law, being a member of the Arizona Bar. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church. He was formerly a Republican in politics, but is now a Pro- -}- Italicized addresses are preferred for mailing purposes. AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 625 gressive Democrat. He has taken part in many politi- cal campaigns. He has written many newspaper and magazine articles on political and social subjects. Ross Stillman Bacon Buyer and Salesman for D. H. Bacon & Company, Derby, Conn. Residence, 46 Atwater Avenue, Derby, Conn. Bom July 21, 1880, in Derby, Conn., the son of Daniel Hungerford Bacon, president of D. H. Bacon & Company, printers, and Mary Knight (Stillman) Bacon. His ances- tors were Scotch and English. The following relatives have graduated at Yale: William Thompson Bacon, 1906, a brother ; Jonathan Knight Bacon, 1864 M., uncle ; William Thompson Bacon, 1837, grandfather; Leonard Bacon, 1820; Dr. Francis Bacon, 1853 M., cousin ; Professor Arthur Martin Wheeler, 1857, and Professor Eugene Lamb Richards, 1860, cousins by marriage ; and Professor Benjamin Wisner Bacon, 1881, Nathaniel Terry Bacon, 1879 S., Theodore Davenport Bacon, 1883 S., 1889 D., and Leonard Woolsey Bacon, 1888, second cousins. Prepared at the Derby High School, Derby, Conn., where he was a member of the baseball and basketball teams. He left college during Freshman year. He is unmarried. After spending several months in travel, he was salesman for the Armour Packing Company, and later for Smft & Company, in Kansas City, Mo. He re- turned to the East in 1909 and since that time has worked for D. H. Bacon & Company, printers and binders. He is a member of the Grace (Episcopal) Church of Kansas City. In politics he is a Republican. 626 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Ross writes: ''Leaving the 'summits old in story,' in December, 1899, I made my way South accompanied by Frank Elmes. We finally arrived in New Orleans, whence we embarked on a mule steamer for South Africa. On arrival in this foreign strand we joined the ranks of the British in their struggle vnth the hairy Boer. After dodging bullets for several months, I acquired a fever and was dismissed from the army on account of illness, and returned to Cape Town. Once there I worked my way back to my native land on a tramp steamer in the position of engineers' steward, in which position I acted as a general housemaid and nurse for the aforesaid gentlemen and incidentally made tea and toast for the bloomin' Britishers seven times a day. Returning to America, I proceeded in the fall of 1900 to Kansas City, Mo., where I resided for several years, most of which time I spent as a trav- eling salesman. Returning to the effete East in the spring of 1909 for a visit, I took root here, and since that time have maintained a full Nelson on a position with D. H. Bacon & Co., Derby, Conn., printers and binders (see adv.). If these few remarks be worthy of inclusion in your Decameron, I shall be greatly pleased." Armitt Brown Partner in the firm of Carstairs & Brown, bankers and brokers, 1424 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Residence, 317 South Twenty-second Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Born June 4, 1879, in Philadelphia, Pa., the son of Fred- eric BrowTi, a druggist, and Jane Elizabeth (Wells) Brown. He is of English ancestry. His Yale relatives are a brother, Frederick Zerban Brown, 1894 S. ; uncles, Henry Armitt AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 627 Brown, 1865, Alexander Lardner Brown, 1869, George Bron- son Farnam, M. D. 1869; cousins, Henry Famam, 1895, and Sydney Freeman Brown, 1910 S. Prepared at Lawreneeville and Hotchkiss schools. He entered with 1901 and left our Class during Sophomore year. He is unmarried. On leaving college he took a position with the Girard Trust Company of Philadelphia, where he remained four and a half years, leaving to become private sec- retary for Mr. A. C. Houston of Philadelphia. He was then bond salesman with C. D. Barney & Com- pany, New York, for a year and a half, and then became manager of the Philadelphia office of Shearson, Ham- mill & Company, New York. In 1909 he formed a part- nership with James Carstairs, Harvard 1902, to con- duct a banking and brokerage business. He is a Republican. He is a member of the Protes- tant Episcopal Church. His clubs are the Rittenhouse, Racquet, Philadelphia Country, University Barge, Orpheus and Merion Cricket. Damitt writes : ' ' Your letter is lying before me and it is only the absolute vacancy of my mind that pre- vents me from writing you a most interesting and lively account of myself. But there is nothing to say. Since I left college I've done very little but progress from one job to another in a quiet sort of way. They (i.e., the jobs) have all been connected with finance, although that is a very large word to use when I think of the size of the jobs I've held. Somehow I've man- aged never to be fired out of any of them, though I've often wondered why. I suppose it was easier to pay me my salary than to hurt my feelings. I never in the past would have believed that statement, but now that I'm that object of compassion (seldom received), 628 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 a boss, I have more faith. I watch other people draw their salaries and wonder why they get them and whether, when they have theirs, there will be any- thing left for me. So far I've been able to get enough to live on — but little more. ''I first went to the Girard Trust Company, one of the largest trust companies in Philadelphia, which was kind enough to support me for four years and a half in return for my services, which consisted principally of adding up long columns of figures, almost without ex- ception arriving at a wrong result. Someone was always there, though, to add them over again and somehow I wasn't fired. Then for a short time I was the private secretary of a gentleman who later became one of the partners of Chas. D. Barney & Company. I made him very angry several times but he controlled his temper and took me along as a bond salesman when he went to that firm. I was an emphatic success from the start at that business. I remember plainly how a very kind friend of mine bought four bonds from me, which netted a ten-dollar profit to the firm. That was my first sale, just six months after I started. After that, a year or so after, I, with Marshall Phillips, opened an office for Shearson, Hammill & Companj'-, of New York, over here and a couple of years later started in with my present partner for myself, or ourselves, I should say. ''So much for business. Aside from business, though, there is very little to say. Like everyone else, I've a few friends and a lot of acquaintances. Go out in the country in the summer time and stay in the city in winter. Play a little tennis in summer and a little squash in winter and the piano all the time. Take in all the theatres, concerts and operas my purse will SoMK Dkvii.tuv Bkixc. Pi.axnkd Upper row (left to right): Cuppy Wiley, John Callender, Max Nevins Lower row (left to right): Dainitt Brown, Howard McDowell Thk Poiti.ace SwAH.MiNf. Akiku Us « AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 629 allow me and run over to New York once in a while on a combination of business and pleasure. Rather fond of playing auction and always lose, but console myself with the thought that some day I may learn how to play the game. Never got married, as no one I wanted would have anything to do with me, besides I don't like to gamble for high stakes. Haven't seen any of my classmates to speak of, except at reunion, but have hopes that I will, now that they know I'm alive and in Philadelphia. That may sound paradoxical, but if anyone is in this town on a Sunday and is thirsty, let him call me up and I'll prove that the two assertions are not at all impossible to reconcile." What would Decennial have been without Damitt? Who will ever forget (who saw it) that four-handed piano concert by Bill Runyon, '92, and Damitt, while Bill sang in '97 headquarters at 3 a.m.? As Heaton says, ' * There were giants in them days ! ' ' Julian Burdick Secretary and treasurer of the West Penn Steel Company, Brackenridge, Pa. Residence, 4731 Bayard Street, Pittsburgh, Pa. Born November 7, 1878, in Newburgh, N. Y., the son of Joel Wakeman Burdick, president of the West Penn Steel Company, and Ella P. (Bartlett) Burdick. He is of English ancestry. Prepared at Phillips Academy, Andover, where he was a member of P. A. E. and played football two years. In col- lege he was substitute on the Varsity Football Team in Freshman year, chairman of the Sophomore German Com- mittee, member of the Junior Prom Committee, a second Wrangler, Kraut Club and a member of the University 630 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Club. He was a member of Kappa Psi, Psi Upsilon and Wolf's Head. He was with the Class during the four years. He married on April 26, 1905, Helene Frances Baldwin, a graduate of Abbott Academy, daughter of Eben A. Baldwin, of Andover, Mass. They have three children, all born in Aspinwall, Pa. : Frances, born April 15, 1906, Julian, Jr., born September 10, 1907, and Joel Wakeman, 2d, born Janu- ary 29, 1910. Since July, 1902, he has been employed in different firms, but has devoted his time and interests entirely to steel since the first year. He is a Eepublican. He is a member of the Epis- copal Church and of the Pittsburgh Athletic Associa- tion. Dick writes: "At the time of leaving college, my father was an oflficer of a railroad and, though he had no job to offer me, he lost no time in finding one for me with the Rand-Avery Supply Company of Boston, Mass. I appeared on the job July 1, 1902. The firm did railroad printing and it was my duty to enter in a book the orders for tickets. My writing was scandal- ous, but I was permitted to do this kind of work at $10 per week until April, 1903, when I resigned, as it began to look as though that would be the limit of my responsibilities and salary for at least a generation. "Right here I started out on my own hook to look for a job. Floated to New York, naturally, and found that my old friend, George Hull, had some voice in the management of the Chase Company, dealers in electrical supplies. George got me a job at $10 per week and I lasted two months — May and June, 1903. In the meantime I had heard that a steel mill out in Paterson, N. J., was looking for men and I made application. Found J. B. Cooke, Yale '93, treasurer AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 631 of the company, and I was given a job as timekeeper in the Passaic Steel Company of Paterson, N. J., at $12.50 per week. From July, 1903, to October, 1904, I occupied nearly every minor position in the mill and liked the work. In 1904 I was appointed selling agent on a commission basis for the above company, with headquarters at Albany, N. Y. I could not make enough to pay office rent and was glad to accept an offer from the General Electric Company to represent them as resident inspector of steel in the Pittsburgh district. Acted in this capacity for one year, from January, 1906, to January, 1907, when I was appointed chief clerk for the Interstate Steel Company of Brack- enridge. Pa. This position I quit in June, 1908, to assist in the organization of the West Penn Steel Company, of which I was elected secretary and treas- urer upon its final organization in November, 1908. I expect to remain in the steel business the rest of my life." William Francis Collins, M.D. Physician, 172 St. John Street, New Haven, Conn, Born January 15, 1882, in New Haven, Conn., the son of Thomas Collins, a grocer, and Bridget (Welsh) Collins (died January 23, 1911) . He is of Irish ancestry. Prepared at the Hillhouse High School, New Haven. He left the Class in 1900, entered the Yale Medical School in the fall and was graduated in 1904. He is unmarried. In 1904 he began substituting in several hospitals and served his interneship at St. Mark's Hospital, New York City. Since October, 1906, he has practiced in New Haven. 632 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 He received the degree of M.D. at Yale in 1904. He is a Democrat, He is a member of the Roman Catholic Church, Knights of St. Patrick and Knights of Columbus. Bill writes : ''Left the Class of 1902 in the year 1900. Entered Yale Medical School in the fall of that year and graduated with the Class of 1904, after success- fully enduring four years of the hardest kind of mental work. After graduation I substituted in several hos- pitals, until January 1, 1905, when I began my appoint- ment as interne in St. Mark's Hospital, New York City. I reluctantly left this institution (at end of my service) September 1, 1906, and started in private practice in New Haven about October 1, 1906. Since then I have led the ordinary, uneventful life of the average young doctor, without much influence, and a little doubtful of his professional abilities. During my five years of practice, I have met with fair success, although I have often met reverses and disappoint- ments. Periods of high elation and happiness have alternated with corresponding periods of depression, but in the end, I think that things have been pretty well evened up. In fact, I think that I am now fairly suc- cessfully established and ought to become more suc- cessful each year. I wouldn't care to endure those first five years again, and yet I wouldn't exchange their memories for any price." George Lewis Curtis President of the Curtis Lumber & Millwork Company, and Vice-President and Manager of Curtis Brothers & Company, Clinton, Iowa Born August 23, 1878, in Clinton, Iowa, the son of George Martin Curtis, who established the above lumber companies, AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 633 and Etta (Lewis) Curtis. He is of English ancestry. A brother, Eugene Judson Curtis, was graduated at Yale in the Class of 1909. Prepared at Williston Seminary, where he was interested in football, the school paper and debating. He left the Class in Freshman year. He married on May 16, 1900, Frances S. "Wilcox, Smith ea;-1900, daughter of Frederick Plumb Wilcox, deceased, of Clinton, Iowa. They have three children, all born in Clinton, Iowa : Elizabeth Wilcox, born January 19, 1902 ; George Mar- tin, 2d, born August 8, 1905, and Etta Louise, born May 14, 1910. On leaving college he went into the lumber business which his father had established in 1866 and incorpo- rated in 1881 under the name of Curtis Brothers & Company, manufacturers of sash, doors, blinds, mould- ings, etc. He is now vice-president and manager of this company and president of the Curtis Lumber & Millwork Company, which deals in investments in manufacture and distribution of doors and millwork. In 1909 he became a director of the McCloud River Lumber Company, of Minneapolis, and McCloud, Calif., in 1911 president of the Gem State Lumber Company, mth headquarters at Pocatello, Idaho; he is also a director and officer in the subsidiary companies of the Curtis Lumber & Millwork Company, Curtis & Yale Company, Curtis Towle & Paine Company, Curtis Sash & Door Company, Curtis & Gartside Company. He is a Presbyterian and a Scottish Rite Mason. George writes: ''Left college in 1899 and have been plugging at the millwork business thirteen years. Some little show of accomplislunent in that field but in nothing else except as an incident to the business." 634 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 *Frank Manson Eastman Died 1912 Born in Boise, Idaho, May 30, 1878, the son of Hosea Brad- ford Eastman, a banker, and Mary (Blackinger) Eastman. A brother, Ben Sherman Eastman, graduated from the Shef- field Scientific School in 1902. Prepared at Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., and at Yale was captain of the Gun Club, a first Wrangler, member of the board of governors of the University Club in 1901, the Corinthian Yacht Club, the Kraut Club, the Supper Com- mittee and Alpha Delta Phi. He received Class vote for best- natured man. He was married April 28, 1906, in Los Angeles, Calif., to Mabel S. Simpson, daughter of William Simpson, of San Francisco, Calif. They had two children, both born in Boise, Idaho: Elizabeth, born June 29, 1907, and Frank Manson, born in July, 1912. After leaving Yale Eastman formed a partnership with his brother, Ben S. Eastman, and Romer Teller, 1902, under the name of the Eastman-Teller Hardware Company, in Boise, Idaho. In April, 1906, he wrote the Secretary that he had been in California for a year and a half, living on climate and having a pretty good time, but that he would start for Boise in about a week, and then back to hard work. On returning to Boise he continued in the hardware business, but in 1908 gave his occupation as with the Boise Artesian Hot & Cold Water Company. He died in the hospital at Ontario, Idaho, on May 4, 1912, as the result of injuries received in an automobile accident. In company with several other men he was on his way to attend a convention of the Idaho Hard- ware & Implement Dealers' Association in Ontario, when the automobile struck some loose dirt and after Frank Manson Eastman i AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 635 skidding for a short distance turned two complete revolutions. Eastman was a Republican in politics. He was a member of the Elks. Harold Louis Ehrich President of the Ehrich Galleries, dealers in "Old Masters," 463-465 Fifth Avenue, New York City Residence, 50 West Seventy-seventh Street, New York City Born January 9, 1880, in New York City, the son of Louis Rinaldo Ehrich, Yale 1869, a dealer in "Old Masters" (died October 23, 1911), and Henrietta (Minzesheimer) Ehrich. He is of German ancestry. His Yale relatives besides his father are a brother, Walter Louis Ehrich, 1899 S., and three cousins, Manfred William Ehrich, 1898, William Joseph Ehrich, 1900 S., and Jerome Herman Buck, 1900. Prepared at Cutler Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. He left the Class in Freshman year. He is unmarried. Li 1903 his family resumed their residence in New York after having lived in Colorado since 1885 on account of his father's health. His father, on his return to New York, opened the Ehrich Galleries, dealing in ''Old Masters," and his son became asso- ciated with him and has continued the business since the latter 's death. He is a member of the City Athletic Club, New York, and the Woodmere Country Club, Woodmere, Long Island. 636 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Frank Atwater Elmes, M.D. Surgeon, 6 Elizabeth Avenue, Derby, Conn. Residence, 15 Atwater Avenue, Derby, Conn. Born November 27, 1879, in Derby, Conn., the son of William Forbes Elmes. He is of English, Scotch and Irish ancestry. Many cousins have graduated at Yale. Prepared at the Derby High School, where he was captain of the baseball team. He left our Class at the beginning of Sophomore year, but in 1901 entered the Yale Medical School, where he completed the course, was vice-president of the Class in Senior year and was a member of Skull and Sceptre. He is unmarried. After leaving the Class in the winter of 1899 he went on a bicycle trip through the South, shipped on a cattle steamer for South Africa with Bacon, enlisted in English Mounted Infantry and served with the Colo- nial troops for one year, was wounded twice and had the fever. He was invalided home, granted a pension and a medal in recognition of his service. In 1901 he entered the Yale Medical School and his time has since been devoted to medicine, particularly surgery. He served his interneship in the New Haven Hospital, later going to the Boston City Hospital and has since devoted considerable time to study abroad. He is attending surgeon at Griflfiin Hospital, is ex-health offi- cer and ex-medical inspector of schools in Derby. He received the degree of M.D. at Yale in 1905. He is a Roman Catholic. He is Secretary of the Class of 1905 Medical School, a member of the American Medi- cal Association, Connecticut Medical Society, New Haven County Medical Society, New Haven Medical Society and Yale Medical Alumni Association. AUTOBIOGEAPHIES 637 Franklin Escher Financial Editor of Harper's Weekly and other publications, 253 Broadway, New York City Residence, Englewood, N. J. Born June 19, 1881, in Brooklyn, N. Y., the son of Henry Escher, an importer, and Louise (Fasnacht) Escher (died in 1907). He is of Swiss ancestry. Prepared at the Brooklyn High School, where he was editor of the Recorder and captain of the debating team. He left the Class at the beginning of Junior year. He married on October 19, 1909, Mildred Gleason, a grad- uate of Rayson Seminary, daughter of John Blanchard Glea- son, of New York City. They have a son, John Gleason, better known as "Eliphalet," born September 18, 1911, in New York City. He was connected with various banks and invest- ment houses from 1900 until 1908. In January, 1909, he became financial editor of Harper's Weekly, and is now connected in a similar manner with several newspapers and magazines in the United States and abroad. In January, 1910, he started Investments, a magazine, and was in the same year appointed a mem- ber of the faculty of the School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance of New York University. In 1912 he was elected a director of the Alexander Hamilton Institute. He is a Progressive. He has contributed largely to magazines and has given many lectures. 638 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Floyd Howard Evans Purchasing Agent and Department Manager of Schuneman & Evans, department store, Sixth and "Wabasha Streets, St. Paul, Minn. Residence, 533 Summit Avenue, St. Paul, Minn. Born December 17, 1877, in Leavenworth, Kans., the son of Bambridge Howard Evans, a merchant, and Josephine (Daly) Evans. He is of Welsh and Scotch-Irish ancestry. Prepared at Phillips Academy, Andover, IMass. He left college at the end of the first term. He married on October 25, 1906, in New York City, Mar- guerite Spinning, a graduate of the Misses Ely's School, daughter of William A. Spinning, a merchant and banker, of Dansville, N. Y. They have one daughter, Dorothy, born December 20, 1910, in St. Paul, Minn. He spent about two years in Europe and then be- came connected with the department store of Schune- man & Evans, of St. Paul, Minn., where he has since continued. He is a member of the University Club, Town and Country, Automobile Club and the Sons of the Ameri- can Revolution. Floyd says : '* After leaving college I spent two years in Europe and Egypt, traveling most of the time. Went with Schuneman & Evans, department store, in 1902, where I have been ever since. Have never been arrested and have accomplished nothing startling. Appear normal and am just an average citizen. Ex- pect some day to lay aside enough to retire and enjoy a peaceful old age." AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 639 Harry Blackstone Farrar Partner in the Electric Equipment Company, electric con- struction, 703 State Street, Erie, Pa. Residence, 264 "West Ninth Street, Erie, Pa. Born January 24, 1879, in Erie, Pa., the son of William Tully Farrar, an electrician, and Elnora (Blackstone) Farrar. He is of English descent. Prepared at St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H. In college he was a member of the Dunham Boat Club and the Gun Club. He left the Class in Freshman year. He is unmarried. For a time after leaving college he was with F. B. Stevens Company, an advertising agency in New York City. He has been mth the Electrical Equip- ment Company since. Frederic Prescott Griswold Secretary of the Nut Products Company, manufacturers of fancy groceries, 180 Franklin Street, New Haven, Conn. Residence, 481 Broad Street, Meriden, Conn, Born April 16, 1880, in Guilford, Conn., the son of Dr. Frederic Pratt Griswold, M.D. Physicians and Surgeons 1876, and Caroline P. (Hull) Griswold. He is of English, Irish and French ancestry. His Yale relatives are Abra- ham Pierson, first president of the College, and Joseph Elias Morgan, Yale 1894. Prepared at the Meriden High School, where he was on the board of the school paper. In college he received a second dispute Junior appointment. He left the Class at the end of Sophomore year. He is unmarried. 640 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 From 1900 to 1905 he was assistant advertising man- ager of the International Silver Company of Meriden and since that time has been with the Nut Products Company, manufacturers of fancy groceries, of New Haven. He is Independent in politics and a Freethinker in religion. Fred writes : * ' It should be the wish of everybody to ameliorate a bit, perhaps, the graceless task of class secretaries, by at least falling in with their ideas. Though if one has done aught great, he can hardly be expected to mention it, and if he hasn't, hardly wants to. Yet to some, perhaps to most of us, very likely there is a spur in stopping to think it over and com- pare notes. And despite the diagnosis of young Dr. Johnson that things are going to hell or Yale (Poteat), college exists for the sake of most of us who will not do anything very great individually, yet who may easily enough be the ancestors of a genius, the college- cultivated soil from which it springs, on which it feeds. But no doubt Johnson has paid what he was owin'. ''Speaking of genius, it is the noteworthy fact that in English literature, a subject germane to academic departments, Yale's two leading lights, Fenimore Cooper and E. C. Stedman, are of that other\vise widely unknown body termed ' ex. ' For this my author- ity was either Professor Baldwin or Professor Phelps. I am only sure of the place and time, amid the cellar airs of Lyceum just before dinner, beguiled by the sculptcraft of Gould on that antique furniture. "Struck by this classroom splinter (please note, 0. J. 1), nor stereotyped by any too inclusive society AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 641 system or overmuch booklearning, one hearer solved the problem by becoming 'ex,' hoping still for genius. * ' 1900-05, assistant advertising manager of the Inter- national Silver Company, then tiring and retiring, entered business that can run itself." *Orrin Thrall Higgins Died 1912 Born May 14, 1879, in Rushford, N. Y., the son of Frank Wayland Higgins (died February 14, 1907), governor of New York State from 1905 to 1907, and Katherine (Noble) Hig- gins. He was of English ancestry. Frank Sullivan Smith, Yale 1872, is an uncle. Prepared at the Berkeley School, New York City; Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass; and Westminster School, Sims- bury, Conn. He was obliged to leave the Class during the winter of Sophomore year and go to the Adirondacks on account of incipient tuberculosis. He had hoped to return to Yale and finish work for his degree but feared to live in the Connecticut climate during the winter. While in college he was a member of the Gun Club. He was married April 17, 1902, in Denver, Colo., to Eliza- beth Marshall (Bransford) Fogg, daughter of Major John S. Bransford (deceased), of Nashville, Tenn. They had two daughters : Katherine Hapgood, born October 2, 1904, in Nash- ville, Tenn., and Lucia Cornelia, born July 25, 1906. They also had an adopted daughter, Elizabeth Bransford. Higgins wrote as follows of his life after leaving Yale: ''After remaining six months at Saranac Lake, I went to Redlands, Calif,, making my headquarters there and occupying my time with the growing of oranges and ranching. In October, 1901, I sold out and became interested in some mining prospects in Colorado and in the Boulder, Colo., oil field. My place of residence was Boulder, and I became a mem- 642 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 ber of the firm of Higgins & Ferguson and manager of the Olean Oil Company. ''In the fall of 1902 I removed to Denver, where I organized and owned the Automobile & Repair Com- pany. "In August, 1904, I sold my interests in Colorado and returned to Olean, N. Y., remaining there and in Albany, N. Y., while my father was governor of New York. At the expiration of his term of office in Jan- uary, 1907, 1 returned to California and have taken up my permanent residence in Redlands. My present occupation is growing oranges and the management of my father's estate. "I am a member of the Redlands University Club [president], Redlands Country Club, Southern Cali- fornia Yale Association, Hamilton Country Club, Sons of Colonial Wars, and Sons of the American Revolu- tion. He died of tuberculosis in Redlands, Calif., Septem- ber 12, 1912, and was buried in Olean, N. Y. In addition to the positions mentioned in the above account, Higgins was president of the Higgins Com- pany and the Higgins Land Company, of Olean, N. Y., and a director of the Guarantee Land Company, Olean Land Company and Wilson River Lumber Company. He was interested in timberlands and iron mines in Minnesota and in timberlands in Oregon. He was a Republican. Church. He was a member of the Episcopal OitniN riiii.Ai.i. Huuiixs i I II AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 643 Laurence Chaffee Holden Chief Clerk in Holden 's Bird Store, 25 West Twenty-third Street, New York City Residence, Slocum Street, Bochelle Heights, New Rochelle, N. Y. Born November 5, 1880, in Newburyport, Mass., the son of George Henry Holden, Yale ea;-1875, an importer of birds and publisher of books about birds, and Alice W. (Caldwell) Holden (died January 7, 1882). He is of Scotch-Irish ances- try, his ancestors having settled at Roxbury and Dorchester in 1634. Prepared at Irving School, New York City. He left our Class in February, 1899. He married on August 3, 1907, Laura Eugenia Finey, daughter of John A. Finey, of New York City. They have a daughter, Mary Alice, born July 8, 1912, in New York City. After leaving Yale he attended Williams College for a time and later the Columbia School of Mines. The summer of 1903 was spent in a trip across the con- tinent and to Alaska. Since 1904 he has been in the bird business with his father. He is part author of Holden 's New Book on Birds. He is a member of the Williams Alumni Society of New York. Herman Warren Knox Member of Knox & Brother, railway and mill supplies, 96 John Street, New York City Residence, Rumson, N, J. Born October 11, 1881, in Washington, D. C, the son of John Jay Knox, Hamilton 1848 (died February 9, 1892), 644 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 a banker, and Caroline Elizabeth (Todd) Knox. His ancestors were Scotch and English. A brother, Irving Gilliss Knox, graduated from Yale College in 1900. Prepared at St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H. At Yale he was a member of the Freshman and Apollo Glee clubs, the University Club, Eta Phi and Psi Upsilon. He was with our Class for two years, and then joined the Class of 1903 at the beginning of its Sophomore year. He left that Class in March, 1901. He is unmarried. After leaving Yale he was employed by Manning, Maxwell & Moore of 85 Liberty Street, New York City, for some time. About five years ago he became connected with the firm of Knox & Brother, manu- facturers of railway, steamship and machinists' tools and supplies, of New York City. William Paul Lanagan Keeper of stores and supplies for the L. L. Gilbert Baking Corporation, New Haven, Conn. Residence, 1281-2 Howe Street, New Haven, Conn. Born January 7, 1872, in Boston, Mass. His father was a teamster. His mother died at his birth. His ancestors were Irish. Prepared at Phillips Academy, Exeter, N. H., where he was editor of the Literary Monthly and the Pean (an annual) ; president of the Christian fraternity, and a class day officer. He left our Class during Freshman year. He is unmarried. Until 1909 he was manager of the Highwall Dormi- tory of Yale. Since then he has been with the L. L. Gilbert Baking Corporation of New Haven. r AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 645 He is a member of the official board of the Summer- field Methodist Episcopal Church of New Haven, mem- ber of the church property committee, assistant super- intendent of the Sunday school, teacher of a young men's Bible class, and sacramental steward of the church. He is a member of the Improved Order of Red Men. Bill writes: ''Among the many interesting accounts of the lives of our classmates, I am sure that mine is of no moment. However, since you have been so kindly persistent in the matter, I will say that up to three years ago I was connected with the Highwall Dormitory in a managerial capacity. Since that time I have held my present position, and for the future plan to become as efficient in the baking busi- ness as I may. At the present time the manner and process of bread manufacturing is intensely interest- ing and scientific, and contains room for a wide field of activity, which I would be pleased to show you if you have any time to spare while you are in New Haven. ' * Eugene Selden Leavell Lawyer, 404 Scanlan Building, Houston, Texas Born September 8, 1880, in Manchester, N. H., the son of William Hayne Leavell, D.D., LL.D., a clergyman, and Mary (George) Leavell. His ancestors were French Huguenot, Scotch-Irish, Welsh and English. His father is the sixth generation of his family to live in this country. He prepared at the Welch School in Houston, and at Albany Academy, Albany, N. Y. At Yale he received a third De- Forest Mathematical prize in Freshman and Sophomore years, and an oration appointment in Junior year. He left our Class at the end of Junior year. He is unmarried. 646 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 He received the degree of LL.B. from the Univer- sity of Texas in 1903, and practiced his profession in Houston and Dallas, Texas, until the summer of 1907, when poor health compelled him to abandon work. In the fall of 1908 his brother, R. H. Leavell, and he opened a preparatory school for boys at Cotesworth (near Carrollton), Miss. From December, 1908, to December, 1911, he was in Greenwood, Miss., and since that time has been practicing law in Houston. He is a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Dallas. In politics he is a Democrat. He is a member of the Thalian Club of Houston. Selden writes : * ' I have been a merchandise broker, law clerk, lawyer, turkey shipper, stenographer, cotton seed oil broker, school teacher and planter. Houston, Texas, to May, 1907. Dallas, Texas, to December, 1907. Houston, Texas, to March, 1908. Carrollton, Miss., to December, 1908. Greenwood, Miss., to December, 1911. Since then, Houston, Texas. Am contemplating going into the insurance business." Herman Wolfe Londoner Boston Manager of "Waite, Ranlet & Company, 80 Broad Street, Boston, Mass. Residence, 208 Winthrop Road, Brookline, Mass. Born April 11, 1881, in Denver, Colo., the son of Hon. Wolfe Londoner, ex-mayor of Denver and ex-governor of Colorado, a wholesale grocer, and Frances (Anthony) Lon- doner, a niece of Susan B. Anthony. His ancestors on his father's side were English and German, and on his mother's side English and Spanish. Prepared at Betts Academy, Stamford, Conn., where he was captain of the baseball team and a member of the foot- AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 647 ball eleven. At Yale he was a member of the Freshman Baseball Nine and He Boule. He writes that "unfortunately most of my activities were 'after hours,' causing me much unpleasant faculty notoriety and leading to my separation from the Class." He left college at the end of Freshman year. He married on April 11, 1902, in Boston, Mass., Gertrude Pierson, daughter of Mrs. Blanche A. Pierson of Brookline, and a descendant of Abraham Pierson, the first president of Yale. They have one son, Richard Pierson, born January 21, 1903, in Brookline, Mass. After working for his father in Denver for a few months, he went to Mexico with a silver mining expe- dition. The next year he was in South America, and on his return became connected with a steel mill in Pittsburgh. He has been in this business ever since, and is now Boston manager of Waite, Ranlet & Com- pany (American Sheet & Tin-plate Company), metals. He is a member of Trinity Church (Episcopal) of Boston. He is a Republican in politics, and is a mem- ber of the University Club of Denver and the Yale Club of Boston. Herman writes : "After Bancroft told me I could not return to New Haven the next fall, he offered to fix it so I could enter Harvard or Williams, but if I could not go to Yale I did not want to go to any college, so I went home to Denver to be met by father with the observation that I said I wanted to go through col- lege, and that I seemed to have gone through the back door. **I worked for father for four months, which was enough for both of us, and then I drifted into Mexico, with a silver mining expedition ; then to South Amer- ica, and the next year I went to Pittsburgh and went 648 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 into a steel mill, and have been in the business ever since. "Came to Boston in 1902, where I met my fate. Traveled out West for Wheeling Corrugating Com- pany, for five years, and when they went into the Big Company, I went to work for them, and have been with some of their agents ever since. '*My ambition is to be one of Mr. Carnegie's 'young men,' and to go back to Denver some day, 'with bells on.' " John Hart McAlarney Special representative of the United States Steel Products Company, 30 Church Street, New York City Residence, 30 West Forty-fourth Street, New York City Born May 8, 1881, in Harrisburg, Pa., the son of Mathias Wilson McAlarney, who attended Bucknell College, leaving to go to war (died December 5, 1900), a publisher, and Ada (Hoffman) McAlarney. His ancestry is Scotch-Irish. Prepared at the Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Conn. He was a member of our Class for one year and also took Fresh- man year with 1903. He is unmarried. From July to December, 1900, McAlarney was in charge of the Harrisburg Publishing Company, under the direction of his father, and after the latter 's death, until April, 1901, he took care of the estate's interests in the company. He received an appointment in the Internal Revenue Service for the Ninth District of Pennsylvania, but in February of the following year accepted a position in the traffic department of the Pennsylvania Telephone Company. In September, 1903, he became connected with the Harbison-Walker AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 649 Refractories Company of Pittsburgh, at their Cambria County plant. In March, 1905, he accepted a position with the Thomas Reese, Jr., Company, Inc., engineers and contractors, to take charge of the financial and business end of their Lebanon plant. In January, 1906, he entered the employ of the Carnegie Steel Com- pany in Pittsburgh and was transferred from their general sales department to the sales department of the United States Steel Products Company in New York City, in January, 1909. He is now special repre- sentative of this company. He is a Republican in politics and is a member of the Yale and Machinery clubs of New York. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Frank Eugene McGouldrick Superintendent of Schools, Fort Fairfield, Maine Born April 15, 1876, in Cherryfield, Maine, the son of Charles McGouldrick, a livery proprietor, and Mary A. (Kel- ley) McGouldrick. His ancestors were Irish. A cousin. Dr. Ernest Clare McGouldrick, graduated from Yale College in 1900. Prepared at Cherryfield Academy, Cherryfield, Maine, where he was captain of the baseball team, president of the Academy Debating Society, valedictorian of his class and winner of a gold medal awarded for highest scholarship. He left Yale in his Sophomore year. He married on July 22, 1908, in Bangor, Maine, Alice H. Mayo, a graduate of Stevens Academy, daughter of Eben "W. Mayo of Bluehill, Maine. They have no children. From 1906 to 1912 he was superintendent of the schools in the districts of Bluehill, Brooklin and Sedg- 650 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 wick, Maine. In July, 1912, he was chosen superintend- ent of schools for the Fort Fairfield-Easton district in Maine, which is his present position. In religion he is a Congregationalist. He is a Mason, and a member of the Red Men, Knights of Pythias, Daughters of Pocahontas, the Grange and Eastern Star. In politics he is a Republican. Elmer Brown Mason Forest Entomological Assistant in charge of South Atlantic and Gulf States, Bureau of Entomology, Washington, D. C. Bom September 30, 1877, in Deerlodge, Mont., the son of Captain Roswell Henry Mason, a Civil War veteran and one time surveyor-general of Montana, and Mary (Brown) Mason. His ancestors were English and French. For further facts regarding his family history see the biography of his brother, Roy Mason, 1902. Prepared at the University School in Chicago, and abroad. He took Freshman year with our Class and also spent one year with the Class of 1903. He then entered Princeton University where he received the degree of B.A. in 1903, and where he was a member of the Ldt and Princeton Tiger. He attended the Yale Forest School in 1909-10. He is unmarried. After graduating from Princeton he was engaged in the publishing business, first with Dodd, Mead & Com- pany, and later with Harper & Brothers. He then took up real estate brokerage in New York City. He is now connected with the Bureau of Entomology, United States Department of Agriculture, having charge of the South Atlantic and Gulf states. He is a member of the Princeton Club. He has writ- ten numerous magazine articles and stories, and during Howard Oi.cott jVIathkh AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 651 the year 1911 made forty-nine speeches on the subject of the Southern pine beetle from New Orleans, La., to Raleigh, N. C. A mighty interesting bit from Elmer follows : ''Have been in literary work, newspaper work, real estate, lumbering , forestry, and am now permanently in for- est entomology. Made a success of lumbering and forestry and am quite happy with bugs. My one and only real achievement was a campaign against the Southern pine beetle, which threatened to kill all the pine in the South last year. From July 1 to December 15, had a station at Spartanburg, S. C, where a cam- paign was carried on against said beetle. It appears to be under control this year. Emerge from the woods now and then to make an address on forest insects, but spend most of my time in the timber. "It's a fine life, extremely healthy, interesting and unremunerative. As one cannot spend any money in the woods, however, the college man's burden (i.e., debts) is gradually decreasing." *Howard Olcott Mather Died 1900 Born July 27, 1880, in Suffield, Conn., the son of William Henry Mather, Yale 1859 (died May 22, 1888), a physician, and Sarah Elizabeth (Beebe) Mather. His ancestors were English. Prepared at the Connecticut Literary Institute, Suffield, Conn., and at Yale received a first colloquy appointment in Junior year. He died December 12, 1900, at the Hartford Hospital, after a brief illness. The cause of his death was 652 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 appendicitis, for which he underwent an operation on December 4. He was a member of the Congregational Church. John Morgan, M.D. Physician, 47 Meigs Street, corner Park Avenue, Rochester, N. Y. Born May 20, 1880, in Rome, N, Y., the son of Leverette J. Morgan and Adelia D. (Babcock) Morgan. His ancestors were Welsh. Prepared at the Rome Free Academy. He left our Class during Freshman year and the following year was a member of the Class of 1902 in the Scientific School. He married on December 2, 1907, in Rochester, N. Y., Carrie A. Stone, daughter of Stephen Stone, of Rochester. They have no children. After leaving Yale he studied medicine at the Hahne- mann Medical College in Philadelphia (where he was a member of Phi Alpha Gamma), receiving the degree of M.D. from this college in 1904. He was then interne at the Rochester Homeopathic Hospital for two years, since which time he has been engaged in the practice of his profession in Rochester. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics he is a Republican. He is a member of the Western New York Medical Society and the New York State Homeopathic Society. [Ed.] With blushes covering my pleasant, manly face, I publish the following from John : ' ' I wish at the outset to state that Jimmy Wright is a genius at 'fol- low-up ' work. The letters and cards all came and were put aside until this morning, 'Each tells his tale to me, the Innkeeper,' came, and who ever attended Yale AUTOBIOGEAPHIES 653 without trying at some time to tell ye Innkeeper the story of his life? That got me, so here goes mine (expurgated edition). ''After leaving Yale 1902, I took up the study of medicine at Philadelphia Hahnemann Medical Col- lege (I pause to give thanks that there are no mathe- matics in medicine, for geometry, algebra and loga- rithms got me the only degree I never earned, 'Yale err- '02') in the fall of 1900 and received my sheepskin in May, 1904. Was interne at Eochester Homeopathic Hospital from October, 1904, to March, 1906, and started in practice on April 1, 1906, and say ! Some of you fellows who get chesty when you say you started out on your first job at $12 per week, go way, way back. There is nothing quite gets your nerve like starting in the pill business, as we all have to, with no patients, no income, and nothing to do but keep up the front, and keep the wolf from the door. The wolf didn't get me and things are certainly coming my way now. One doesn't have to go outside of the prac- tice of medicine to come into contact with every side of life and all the corners — there is no monotony — you go from one home where an old man is making a strong bid for a gold harp in Heaven, and every one is sad, to another where the stork has brought one from Heaven, and every one is glad. "After a very careful study of the case, I have decided that the bacillus Yalensius is one of the most favorable germs a man can take into his system, and, while I often regret the fact that I did not have a com- plete course, the Yale spirit is still in my blood. ' ' 654 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 William Thomas Mullally Member of firm of Maclay & IMuUally Brothers, general adver- tising agents, 60 Broadway, New York City Residence, 339 Highbrooke Avenue, Pelham, N, Y. Born March 3, 1877, in Pendleton, S. C, the son of Rev. Francis Patrick Mullally, D.D., LL.D., Washington and Lee 1822, and Elizabeth Keith (Adger) Mullally. He says that his ancestors were * ' Irish, thank God. ' ' Two brothers have grad- uated from Yale: Thornwell Mullally, 1892, and Mandeville Mullally, 1898. Prepared at the Dwight School, New York City, where he was captain and manager of the baseball team, president of the Dramatic Society and a delegate to the Chicago National Interscholastic Athletic Association. At Yale he was treas- urer of the Wigwam Debating Club and a member of He Boule. He did not return to college after the Christmas vacation in Sophomore year. He is unmarried. After spending a short time in the dry goods busi- ness, Mullally became a runner for the Knickerbocker Trust Company. He was twice promoted in this com- pany and then became secretary and treasurer of the Bankers & Merchants Agency Company of New York. Later he formed the firm of which he is at present a member. He is a Presbyterian, ** mildly active," he writes. He is a member of the New York Yale Club and the Pelham Country Club. In politics he is a Democrat. Bill writes: ''Walking out from the classic environ- ments of Yale, I plunged into the dry goods business with the jobbing firm of Dunham, Bulkley & Company, 340 Broadway. From there I was called to be entry clerk for the goods received for the Cuban Orphans, El.WOOD LlTHKH OllWIG, Jh. AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 655 said goods being disposed of at a fair held at the Metropolitan Opera House. Then I was summoned to Wall Street and began my activities by serving the Knickerbocker Trust Company as a runner, then as receiving teller, then as assistant loan clerk. From this important and strategic position I jumped to sec- retary and treasurer of the Bankers & Merchants Advertising Agency and afterwards became president. Then, seeking more worlds to conquer, I formed our present firm, viz., Maclay & Mullally Brothers, and now, fond reader, if you wish to know further details you must call at 60 Broadway, where I promise you a warm and hearty welcome. ' ' *Elwood Luther Orwig, Jr. Died 1901 Born November 13, 1881, in Pottsville, Pa., the son of Elwood Luther Orwig, a business manager connected with J. C. Bright Company, merchants of Lansford, Pa., and Lizzie Hesser (Frailey) Orwig. His ancestors were French and German. Prepared at Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., and held an oration stand while in college. He died at his home in Lansford, Pa., April 14, 1901, of typhoid fever. *Arthur Almeron Quinby Died 1900 Born June 15, 1879, in Orange, N. J., the son of Aaron Almeron Quinby, a cashier, whose address (in October, 1912) is 641 Park Avenue, East Orange, N. J., and Annie (Gee) Quinby. His ancestors were English. 656 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Prepared at the High School in Orange and at Newark Academy, Newark, N. J., where he was interested in football. At Yale he played on a Basketball Team. He died at Clinton Springs, N. Y., September 26, 1900, of typhoid fever. He had been ill for nearly a year. Joseph Lawrence Robbins In the retail lumber business in Rapid City, S. Dak. Born November 12, 1878, in Shenandoah, Pa., the son of Joseph Elmer Robbins, a merchant, and Dora (Hassler) Rob- bins. His ancestors were Dutch. Prepared for college in Grinnell, Iowa, and also attended the Sac City (Iowa) Institute before coming to Yale. He left the Class during Freshman year. He married on September 26, 1906, in Sac City, Iowa, Mabel Alice Hamilton, Oberlin College 1905, daughter of John N. Hamilton, a graduate of Small College of New York. They have had one daughter, Alice, born March 20, 1909, in Rapid City, died May 6, 1909. After leaving college he was in the flour milling busi- ness for some years, being manager of the Sac City Milling Company of Sac City, Iowa. He is now head of the J. L. Robbins Lumber Company of Rapid City, S. Dak. He is a member of the Congregational Church. He is a Mason, a Shriner and a member of the Elks. In politics he is a Republican. ArTUIK Al.MKIlOX QriNHV AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 657 Henry Moore Russell, Jr. Partner in firm of Russell & Russell, lawyers, 1421 Chapline Street, Wheeling, W. Va. Residence, Highland Park, "Wheeling, W. Va. Born July 6, 1879, in Wheeling, W. Va., the son of Henry Moore Russell, Georgetown University 1869, University of Virginia 1870, a lawyer, and Matilda (Heiskell) Russell (died in 1880). His ancestors were Irish, English and Dutch. Prepared at Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. At Yale he was a member of the Cross Country Club and the Univer- sity Club. He left the Class during Sophomore year. He was married April 25, 1905, in Wheeling, W. Va., to Eleanor Brice, daughter of S. L. Brice, of Wheeling. They have two children, both born in Wheeling : Jane Taney, bom May 8, 1906, and Ann Heiskell, born October 17, 1908. He received the degree of LL.B. from the University of Virginia in 1903. Since his admission to the West Virginia Bar he has been engaged in the practice of law with his father. George Washington Stewart, Jr. Special Freight Agent with the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company, 536 South Station, Boston, Mass. Born July 22, 1877, in Rutland, Vt., the son of George Washington Stewart, a farmer, and Laura Isabelle (Simonds) Stewart (died April 7, 1906). His ancestors were Scotch and English. A relative, Lucius H. Stewart, attended the Yale Medical School during 1893-98 and 1899-00. Prepared at the Rutland (Vt.) High School, and at Worcester Academy. He was with our Class but one year. He married on October 23, 1905, in Hingham, Mass., Elsie Corthell, daughter of G. P. Corthell of Hingham. They have 658 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 one son and one daughter : Harold Irving, born May 10, 1907, in Hingham, Mass., and Dorothy Corthell, born May 23, 1911, in Braintree, Mass. With the exception of six months spent in newspaper work, Stewart has been in the railroad business ever since leaving Yale. He is a member of the Congregational Church. He belongs to the Odd Fellows. He has written some music, although not for publication. Stew writes : ''To the Freshmen of the Class of 1902 : ''The path of duty to others was clearly defined and I consequently left college in the fall of 1899, expecting to return later. Since then the fortunes of war have cast me into the business world — there being no recall — and '02 was then beyond my grasp. An uninterest- ing life of devotion to study and work in the mastery of detail brought me through a period of employment by the Rutland Railroad, New York Central and New Haven roads, until about five years ago I was honored with an appointment as a traveling representative of the last road in the duties as above outlined. I was with the New York Central and Rutland people from 1900 until February, 1902, and the New Haven road since then to date. This brought my residence to Rut- land, Vt., and later to Boston and vicinity. My great- est ambition as a student at Yale — to obtain my degree and a scholastic or professional career — was never realized beyond Freshman year. My present ambi- tion is to maintain my beloved ones and have my son honor the family on the Old Campus and the daughter be a loving duplicate of her mother." AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 659 Frederick Harvey Strong Treasurer and General Manager of the Ladd Estate Company, 208 Spalding Building, Portland, Ore. Residence, 250 King Street, Portland, Ore. Born February 25, 1879, in Portland, Ore., the son of Dr. Curtis C. Strong, a graduate of Bellevue Medical College (died October 11, 1900), and Alice H. (Henderson) Strong. His ancestors were English. His grandfather and great- grandfather on the Strong side attended Yale, as well as numerous other relatives. Prepared at Portland Academy, Portland, Ore., where he was manager of different teams from time to time. He says that his activities in college are best described by the word ' * brief. ' ' He was a member of Zeta Psi. His course at Yale was terminated in the fall of 1900 by the death of his father. He was married October 10, 1905, in Freeport, 111., to Clara Myers Knowlton, Smith College 1901, daughter of Dexter Asa Knowlton, Williams College 1866 (died 1903). They have had one son and one daughter, both born in Port- land, Ore. : Dexter Knowlton, born September 21, 1907, and Melvin, born September 18, 1910, died October 25, 1912, in Portland. Until early in 1908 he was in the real estate and rental department of Ladd & Tilton, bankers, of Port- land. On the organization of the Ladd Estate Com- pany he became secretary and treasurer of this con- cern, and still holds that position. Since 1909 he has been secretary and treasurer of the Wauna Invest- ment Company; since 1910 secretary and treasurer of the Laurelhurst Company, president of the Lo^vnsdale Orchard Company, and a director of the Oregon Iron & Steel Company and the Salem Flouring Mills Com- pany; and since 1912 vice-president of the Central Building, Inc. He is also president of the Carlton 660 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Lumber Company and the Yamhill Timber Company, vice-president of the Park Investment Company, and secretary and treasurer of the Ladd Investment Com- pany. He is a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Portland. In politics he is a Republican, with a slight turn toward Socialism. He is a member of the Univer- sity, Arlington and Multnomah clubs of Oregon. Fred writes : * ' I have never written a book, but then, the story of my life for the ten years since 1902 would hardly fill a real book; it would better be called a storiette. "In the first place, my ten years have been twelve, for while home on my summer vacation after Sopho- more year my father died and I, being the oldest boy in the family, was not able to come back, but kept right on with the job that I had taken for the summer, with Ladd & Tilton, bankers. I have never been out of a job since I started on June 1, 1900, and during all that time have been on the same payroll; that is, on the payroll of the same interest. That sounds like smooth sailing and a bed of roses as I say it and as I look back on it, and as a matter of fact, it was, but still there were some waves and some thorns and a big pile of hard work. Until about four years ago I was with the bank, gradually working from the renting desk to the management of their properties and things not in the direct line of their commercial banking interest. On the organization of the Ladd Estate Company, I be- came treasurer and general manager. My duties have been largely along the line of finance and development and care of real estate belonging to the Ladd interest. The interests of the Ladd Estate Company, which is capitalized for $8,000,000, are so diversified that it is AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 661 hard to detail a day's work or a year's work. Prob- ably the largest constructive work has been the devel- opment and preparing for the market a large tract of land by converting a farm within the city boundaries into town lots. ' ' My travels have been limited Not an excit- ing record to read, perhaps. It is probably the history of the average man, but in the acting of it I cannot remember any dull or uninteresting periods. It is exciting enough and interesting in the acting. For six years I have owned my own hearth and fireside. I like that. I strongly urge everybody following my example in that respect. I am not overburdened with the desire to get rich at the expense of living. My twelve years have made me feel that there is some- tMng better for a man to do than to submit to the pres- sure of the modern business drive just for the sake of dollars and cents. ' ' Just one comment should be added. Fred is one of the most hospitable men on the Coast. Stop in and see him the next time you're in Portland, and you will say I'm right. [Ed. comment.] *John Wilson Died 1911 Born December 26, 1878, in Pittsburgh, Pa., the son of William W. Wilson and Bertha Bell Wilson. Prepared at Germantown Academy, Germantown, Pa., and left Yale in 1899. He married on November 27, 1907, in Philadelphia, Pa., Caroline Irmgarde Baker, daughter of Henry C. Baker, of Haddonfield, N. J. 662 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 After leaving Yale, Wilson spent three years in the University of Pennsylvania Law School, receiving the degree of LL.B. in 1902, and was then admitted to the bar, practicing his profession in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church. He died suddenly of heart failure in Philadelphia, Pa., June 2, 1911. ADDENDA Cole. — The engagement of Richard H. Cole has been announced. See page 220, last paragraph. Day. — David S. Day was married on April 30, 1913, to Miss Natalie Cornwall, of Bridgeport, Conn. Gould. — Charles Gould is now in New York and can be reached at the Yale Club until he decides on a permanent address. Jefferson. — Floyd W. Jefferson has transferred the cotton mill accounts which he controls to the dry goods commission house of Tatum, Pinkham & Greey, 40 Leonard Street, New York City, at which address he will have his office. Rogers. — The engagement of H. Pendleton Rogers has been announced. A PARTING WORD We've worked a little, Jim, my boy. And thumbed our primers through. And walked a bit, and talked a bit. And smoked a pipe or two. I'll not deny we've made mistakes, — And noticed some too late. (It's better to be honest, Jim, In adding up the slate.) We 've kicked our heels against the fence, And talked about the teams. And criticised the ways of Yale, About like most, it seems. We've had our glass with Louis, too, And sung our little song. And ended with our hearts — I hope — About where they belong. The shoulder-rubbing has been long, But, if we 've stood the test, It's taught us how to judge our friends By what sticks out as best. And if we haven 't learned to win, We 've learned at least to try. We've lots to thank the place for, Jim, Before we say good-bye. Lyttleton Fox. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES Bibliographical Notes Graduates Andel, Coleman Emanuel. How is our president elected? Donaud Publishing Co., 1912. 14 pp. Anderson, William Gilbert. Light gymnastics, A guide to systematic instruction in physical training. N. Y., E. Maynard & Co., 1899. 234 pp. Methods of teaching. Meadville, Pa., Flood & Vincent, 1896. 269 pp., plates. Physical education; health and strength, grace and sym- metry. N. Y., cop. 1897. Making a Yale athlete. Everybody's Magazine, XIII, 41-50, 1905. Physical training at Yale. Munsey's Magazine, XXXIII, 481-487, 1905. Observations on the results of tests for physical endurance at the Yale gymnasium. N. Y. Med. Jrl., LXXXVI, 1009- 1013, 1907. A prescription book of physical exercises, 4th edition. Yale Gymnasium, 1907-08. Gymnastic apparatus nomenclature chart, 3d edition. Yale Gymnasium, 1907-08. Chest weight charts for use in gymnasia, 4th edition. Yale Gymnasium, 1907-08. Comments on athletics and gymnastics among German uni- versity students. Am. Gymn., Jan.,1908. Physical basis of success. Diet & Hyg. Gaz., April, 1908. Physiological considerations underlying the selection of exercises. Diet & Hyg. Gaz., May, 1908. The use of oxygen in mountain climbing. Am. Phys. Edu- cat. Rev., XIV, 277-287, 1909. 668 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Beebe, Krebs. Advertising and selling and the commercial union. Print- er's Ink. Brougham, Herbert Bruce. Editorial writer for New York Times. Brown, James. The interaction of hydrochloric acid and potassium perman- ganate in the presence of ferric chloride. Cont. Kent Chem. Lab., Yale Univ., No. 132. Am. Jrl. Sc, Ser. 4, XIX, 31-38, 1905. Zs. anorg. Chem., 44, 145-153, 1905. Weitere Untersuchiing iiher die Einwirkung von Chlorivas- serstoffsdiire auf Kaliiimpermanganat in Gegenwart ver- schiedener anorganischer Salze. [Ubers von J. Koppel.] Zs. anorg. Chem., 47, 314-330, 1905. Some double ferrocyanides of calcium potassium and ammo- nium. London, Jrl. Chem. Soc, 91, 1826-1831, 1907. [Ab- stract.] London, Proc. Chem. Soc., 23, 233, 1907. BURLINGHAM, LOUIS HERBERT. The tent ward at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Med. & Surg. Jrl, CLVIII, 616, May 7, 1908. The out-patient department. Chapter in Aiken 's ' ' Hospital Management. ' ' 1911. (With Dr. F. A. Washburn.) A few problems of hospital organization. Paper read before the Hospital section of the American Medical Association. 1912. Callender, John Alexander. Durmiston's hearth stone. Story in Today's Magazine. Articles in Today's Magazine and Smart Set. Chamberlain, [Walter] Lawrence. Articles on finance in Banker's Magazine, Moody's Maga- zine, Rollins Magazine, Investments, Magazine of Wall Street, Trust Company Magazine, etc. The principles of bond investment. N. Y., Henry Holt & Co., 1911. 551 pp., illustrations. The work of the bond house. N. Y., Moody's Magazine Book Department, 1912. This was a series of articles origin- ally published in Moody's Magazine. BIBLIOGEAPHICAL NOTES 669 Chittenden, Simeon Baldwin. Articles on advertising for Printer's Ink, Printing Art, etc. Portrait. Ind., 65, 1329, Dec, 1908. Cressler, Alfred ]\Iiller. The historical development of gas-holder construction, a paper read before the Wisconsin Gas Association, 1905. Gushing, Gharles Gyprlan Strong. Nathan Hale of '73; a drama in four acts. New Haven, Gonn., Yale Pub. Assoc, 1908. 88 pp., illustrations. Prehistoric Mabel; an hysterical, evolutionary play in five ages, being all about ding, dong, bell. Hartford, Gonn., Press of Meyer & Noll, 1909. 96 pp., illustrations. Davis, Garl Willis. Lecture on cost accounting in printing. Business Adver- tising Gourse, Harvard, April, 1912. Davis, George Eugene. Addresses in several cities from Portland, Maine, to New York Gity, largely for gatherings of educational conferences and the like. Davis, William Edward, Jr. I have a little money: what shall I do with it? Book on investments, 1907. Building up a clientele among investors. Moody's Maga- zine, Jan., 1908. Deane, Sidney Norton. Article on classical art in Boston Museum of Fine Arts Bulletin. Translation of St. Anselm's Monologium and Prologium, Ghicago, 1903. Supplement to catalogue of casts of Greek and Roman sculpture in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1906. Boston Museum of Fine Arts and its service to classical teachers and students. Class. Jrl., 6, 79-83, Nov., 1910. Dev^y, George A, Commercial prospectuses, booklets, etc., for business. 670 achievements of 1902 Embree, William Dean, A guide to the correct spelling of Italian names. Booklet printed about 1909. Flora, Charles Paxson. (With Philip Embury Browning, Yale '89, Ph.D. Yale '92.) On eerie chromate. Cont. Kent Chem. Lab., Yale Univ., No. 114. Am. Jrl. Sc, Ser. 4, 15, 177-178, 1903. The use of the rotating cathode for the estimation of cad- mium taken as the sulphate. Cont. Kent Chem. Lab., Yale Univ., No. 139. Am. Jrl. Sc, Ser. 4, 20, 268-276, 1905. The use of the rotating cathode for the estimation of cad- mium taken as the chloride. Cont. Kent Chem. Lab., Yale Univ., No. 140. Am. Jrl. Sc, Ser. 4, 20, 392-396, 1905. Additional notes upon the estimation of cadmium by means of the rotating cathode, and summary. Cont. Kent Chem. Lab., Yale Univ., No. 141. Am. Jrl 8c, Ser. 4, 20, 454-455, 1905. Fox, [Edward] Lyttleton. Law of aerial navigation. No. Am. Rev., 190, 101-6, July, 1909. Granbery, Edwin Carleton. Triennial Record, Class of 1902, Yale University. Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., New Haven, 1906. Hall, Lewis Burton. Financial articles for Moody's Magazine, Banker's Maga- zine, The Ticker, Town and Country, New York Globe. Hastings, Wells Southworth. The man in the brown derby. Illustrated by Herman Pfeifer. Ind., Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1911. 346 pp. (With Brian Hooker, Yale '02.) The professor's mystery. Illustrated by Hanson Booth. Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1911. 341 PP- New little boy. Am. Magazine, 72, 295-303, July, 1911. Poems of childhood. Am. Magazine, 72, 576-577, Sept., 1911. That day. Am. Magazine, 72, 534-543, Sept., 1911. New little boy's Thanksgiving. Am. Magazine, 73, 113-120, Nov., 1911. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES 671 Pick-up. Everybody's Magazine, 25, 766-774, Dec, 1911. Incorrigible James. Hampton, 28, 298-302, May, 1912. Other stories in Adventure, Popular Magazine, Bed Book, Ainslee's, etc. Herrick, William Worthington. Tricuspid stenosis, with report of a cure. Arch. Int. Med., II, 291-294, 1908-09. (With Theodore C. Janeway, Yale '93 S.) Demonstration of the Trichinella spiralis in the circulating blood in man. Arch. Int. Med., Ill, 263-266, pi., 1909. Observations on the influence of the general dry hot air application upon the blood and circulation. Arch. Physiol. Therapy, II, 241-245, 1905. Clinical observations in heart-block. Am. Jrl. Med. Sc, n. s., CXXXIX, 246-256, 1910. A study of pneumoperitoneum with a means for its diag- nosis. Arch. Int. Med., V, 246-251, 1910. Peculiar elongated and sickle-shape red blood corpuscles in a case of severe anemia. Arch. Int. Med., VI, 517-521, 1910. Hewitt, Theodore Brow^n. Three or four short addresses before the Williams College Deutscher Verein. Hill, Alfred Reed. Editor of Minnesota Church Becord. Holt, Lucius Hudson. The Elene of Cynewulf. Translated. N. Y., Henry Holt &Co. Notes on Ben Jonson's Volpour. Modern Language Notes, 1905. Lac of Hedpastursse (Chaucer). A critical text. Jrl. of Eng. & Ger. Philol., 1905-06. (With Frederick W. Kilbourne, Yale '94 S., Ph.D. Yale '97.) Self -cover 'd in Lear. Nation, 87, 460, Nov., 1908. Hooker, [William] Brian. April noon; poem. Scrib. Magazine., 41, 604, May, 1907. Lilacs in the city; poem. Forum, 39, 120-121, July, 1907; also, Cur. Lit., 43, 338-339, Sept., 1907. 672 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Mother of men ; poem. Ind., 63, 1512, Dec. 19, 1907 ; also, Bookman, 26, 533, Jan., 1908 ; Cur. Lit., 44, 221, Feb., 1908. The right man. Illustrated by Alonzo Kimball. Ind., Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1908, 149 pp. Andante ; poem. Forum, 39, 406, Jan., 1908. Ars Longa; poem. Forum, 39, 405, Jan., 1908. Congratulations; poem. Harper, 116, 220, Jan., 1908. Songs and song-writing. Forum, 39, 417-429, Jan., 1908. Sketch por. Bookman, 26, 577-579, Feb., 1908. Old song; poem. Harper, 116, 608, March, 1908. Introspection and some recent poetry. Forum, 39, 522-529, AprH, 1908. Song; poem. Forum, 39, 574, April, 1908. Umbra; poem. Harper, 116, 734, April, 1908. Nunc et latentis — ; poem. Harper, 117, 64, June, 1908. From life; poem. Scrib. Magazine, 44, 120, July, 1908; also. Cur. Lit., 45, 222, Aug., 1908. In passing ; poem. Forum, 40, 52, July, 1908. Edric and Sylvaine. Harper, 117, 383-398, Aug., 1908. Retrospection ; poem. Forum, 40, 120, Aug., 1908. Love returning ; poem. Forum, 40, 204, Sept., 1908. Fairy tales. Forum, 40, 375, 84, Oct., 1908. Song; poem. Harper, 117, 661, Oct., 1908; also, Cur. Lit., 45, 575, Nov., 1908. Woman's song; poem. Harper, 117, 908, Nov., 1908. Ballade of the dreamland rose ; poem. Harper, 118, 123, Dec, 1908 ; also. Cur. Lit., 46, 105, Jan., 1909. Understanding of John Keats. Forum, 40, 584-590, Dec, 1908. Oneiros ; poem. Forum, 41, 185-188, Feb., 1909. Womanhood; poem. Harper, 118, 403, Feb., 1909. Man's song; poem. Harper, 118, 773, April, 1909. Only a little while ; poem. Forum, 41, 331, April, 1909. Rhythmic relation of prose and verse. Forum, 41, 424-437, May, 1909. Forsitan; poem. Forum, 41, 527, June, 1909; also. Cur. Lit., 47, 219, August, 1909. MoNA, Act II. "Thk Durin Ti:mi>i.k in- thk Forest" MoNA. Act III. Thi: Eimh; or thk Fokkst, Fkonti.nc. thk Ro.man Town BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES 673 Tracts limine; poem. Forum, 42, 6-7, July, 1909. Present American poetry. Forum, 42, 148-156, Aug., 1909. Waste. Forum, 42, 260-264, Sept., 1909. Offerings; poem. Forum, 42, 332, Oct., 1909 ; also. Cur. Lit., 47, 690, Dec, 1909. Popular element in literature. Forum, 42, 400-412, Nov., 1909. Recent volumes of verse. Bookman, 30, 465-470, Jan., 1910. Swanhild. Harper, 120, 197-206, Jan., 1910. Echoes; poem. Harper, 120, 519, March, 1910. Amulets: a song; poem. Hampton, 24, 590, April, 1910; also. Cur. Lit., 48, 568, May, 1910. Little boy's lullaby; poem. McClure, 35, 150, June, 1910; also. Cur. Lit., 49, 106, July, 1910. New poets and old poetry. Bookman, 31, 480-486, July, 1910. Ysobel de Corveaux. Harper, 121, 326-329, Aug., 1910. Fragrances ; poem. Hampton, 25, 412, Sept., 1910. (With Wells South worth Hastings, Yale '02.) The profes- sor's mystery. Illustrated by Hanson Booth. Ind., Bobbs- Merrill Co., 1911. 341 pp. University and American humour. Bookman, 32, 522-529, 580-588, Jan.-Feb., 1911. Later work of Kipling. No. Am., 193, 721-732, May, 1911. Narrative and the fairy tales. Bookman, 32, 389-393, 501- 505, June-July, 1911. In lighter vein. Por. Bookman, 33, 454-456, July, 1911. Character; poem. Scrih. Magazine, 50, 415, Oct., 1911. Books without writing. Bookman, 34, 611-613, Feb., 1912. Mona; an opera in three acts. Libretto. Music by Horatio Parker. N. ¥., Dodd, Mead & Co., 1911. 190 pp. Professor Parker's prize opera: Mona. Nation, 94, 295-296, March 21, 1912. Reputation and popularity. No. Am., 195, 404-413, March, 1912. Mona: a drama. Review. Ya/e Bev., n. s., 1, 519-522, April, 1912. 674 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Johnson's Stover at Yale. Bookman, 35, 309-312, May, 1912. Latest effort to achieve American opera : Mona. Illustrated. Cur. Lit., 52, 574-576, May, 1912. Poems. Yale Rev., n. s., 1, 527-532, July, 1912. Howe, Philip IVIead. A few local lectures on historical subjects. Hunter, Joseph Read. Editor of the Star Monthly until 1907. Hull, George Huntington, Jr. Article on railroad bill of lading problem for Freight, the Shippers' Forum, about June, 1906. Jackson, George Brown. Addresses before patriotic organizations and teachers' insti- tutions on ' ' Applied Patriotism. ' ' Memorial Day addresses in Iowa. Public address in Illinois. Jefferson, Floyd Welman. Short poems in several magazines. Jones, Paul. (In collaboration with Rev. Donald Kent Johnston, Yale '03.) Publishes a monthly magazine, The Portal, begun in 1906. Article for Spirit of Missions. Local public addresses. Speeches in non-partisan municipal campaign in 1911. The Bible and the Book of Mormon. Pamphlet. 1911. Kinney, Arthur Hurlburt. Addresses on religious topics before many churches and organizations, and at conventions of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew. Lee, Burton Howard. Sunday School Teachers' Manual. Lehman, Eugene Heitler. Addresses published under auspices of the Free Synagogue. MoxA, Act I. Moxa at Home in Akth's Hit, Buiton From left to ri^rlit: Qiihitns, Martin: Mono. Homer; Entja, Fornia; yUiU Reiss MoNA, AtT II. Bl.KSSING THE SwOUD Gloom, Hinsliaw; Mono, Homer; Ccirddoc, Murphy BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES 675 Articles in New Era and Home Progress. Bloch 's cards for coloring. Curriculum for Jewish religious schools. Jewish religious schools. For Encyc. of Sunday Schools. (With Prof. Charles Foster Kent, Yale '89.) The junior Bible for Jewish schools. 3 vol. Religious education among the Jews in the days of the Mishnah. Lincoln, George Gould. House of Representatives. Article in Munsey's. Senator Hale. Am. Magazine, 70, 462-464, Aug., 1910. Articles in other magazines. Journalism, Has been connected with the Times, Post and Star of Washington, and is correspondent for Grand Rapids News, Birmingham News, etc. Low, Benjamin Robbins Curtis. Hymn for the vigil-at-arms ; poem. Scrib. Magazine, 47, 361-363, March, 1910. The sailor who has sailed. John Lane Co., 1911. Fifty years after; poem. Scrib. Magazine, 51, 345, March, 1912 ; also, Lit. Dig., 44, 836, April 20, 1912. LuDiNGTON, Arthur Crosby. Illustrative cases to accompany Holland's "Elements of Jurisprudence." Princeton, 1906. Papers at meetings of the American Political Science Asso- ciation in 1909 and 1911. Associate editor of the National Municipal Review, 1911. American Ballot Laws, 1888-1910. N. Y. State Lib., 1911. Progress of the short ballot movement. Am. Pol. Sc. Rev., 5, 79-88, Feb., 1911. Ballot legislation of 1911. Am. Pol. Sc. Rev., 6, 54-60, Feb., 1912. Relation of county to city government in New York. Am. Pol. Sc. Rev., 6, sup. 73-88, Feb., 1912. McAvoY, Thomas Aloysius. Political speeches at city elections. 676 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Public addresses on Irish and Catholic topics; also on patriotic and citizen subjects. Mason, Roy Murdoch. Colorful Puerto Rico. Outing, 53, 458-462, Jan., 1909. When I am rich. N. Y., G. W. Dillingham & Co., July 4, 1909. 343 pp., front., 3 pi. Articles in Smart Set, Aug., 1901 ; Metropolitan Magazine, Oct. and Nov., 1901 ; Illus. Sunday Magazine, May 20 and June 6, 1909; Assoc. Sunday Magazine, Dec. 5, 1909; Peo- ple's Magazine, March, 1910; Van Norden's Magazine, March, 1910; Illus. Sunday Magazine, June 5, 1910; also in Appleton's, Yale Monthly Magazine, Hampton's, Circle, etc. Norman, Edwin Gates. (With Arthur Stillman Houghton.) Massachusetts trial evidence; including citations from Massachusetts reports, V. 1-205. 0. IX, 1123 pp., Baker, Voorhis, 1911. Phillips, Isaac Gray. Editor of The Straight Democrat, Winchester, Tenn., weekly. 1904-05. Editor and owner of Franklin County Truth, Tenn. 1905- 08. Political speeches all over county. PoTWiN, Thomas Danford. Publisher of the Perkins County Signal, Lemmon, S. D. Reed, Kersey Coates. A few speeches (Democratic). Russ, Henry Camp, Various addresses on pathological subjects before the Cleveland Academy of Medicine and local medical societies, and articles for current medical literature. (With Louis W. Ladd, Yale '95.) Wright's vaccine ther- apy, with report of cases. Cleveland Med. Jrl., VIII, 135- 142, 1909. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES 677 SiNCERBEAUX, FrANK HuESTIS. Addresses on "The Manliness of Christ," Men and Religion Forward Movement. Addresses at boys' and men's Y. M. C. A. meetings in New York City, Lowell, Mass., Hartford, Conn., etc. Sladen, Frank Joseph. (With F. Hinman.) Measurement of the coagulation time of the blood, and its application. Johns Hopkins Hosp. Bull, XVIII, 207-220, 1 pi., 1907. (With L. F. Barker) . On acrocyanosis chronica ansesthetica with gangrene; its relations to other diseases, especially to erythromelalgia and Raynaud's disease. Jrl. Nerv. & Ment. Dis., XXXIV, 745-756, 1907. (With L. F. Barker.) Some forms of acrocyanosis and the relation of acrocyanosis to Raynaud's disease, erythromelal- gia. Osier's disease and other conditions. Jrl. Nerv. <& Ment. Dis., XXXIV, 653-656, 1907. (With James H. M. Knox, Jr., Yale '92.) Hydrocephalus of meningococcus origin, with a summary of recent cases of meningitis treated by antimeningococcus serum. Arch. Pediat., XXV, 761-780, 1908. Also, Tr. Am. Pediat. Soc, XX, 31-42, 1908. (With James H. M. Knox, Yale '92.) Hydrocephalus of meningococcus origin, with remarks on the serum treatment. Am. Jrl. Ohst., LVIII, 362-364, 1908. (With H. Cushing.) Obstructive hydrocephalus following cerebrospinal meningitis, with intra-ventricular infection of antimeningitis serum. (Flexner.) Jrl. Exper. Med. X, 548-556, 1 pi., 1908. Results of the use of Flexner 's antimeningitis serum in the treatment of epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis. Tr. Ore- gon Med. Soc, XXXIV, 198-203, 1908. The results of the use of antimeningitis serum (Flexner) at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Old Dominion Jrl. Med. & Surg., Richmond, VII, 241-246, 1908. The serum treatment of meningitis. Jrl. Am. Med. Ass*n, hi, 1318-1321, 1908. 678 ACHIEVEMENTS OP 1902 (With L. F. Barker.) A small epidemic of jaundice with symptoms of gastro-intestinal catarrh. Johns Hopkins Hosp. Bull, XX, 310-314, 1909. Tr. Ass'n Am. Physicians, XXIV, 301-312, 1909. Case of acrocyanosis following cerebro-spinal meningitis. Johns Hopkins Hosp. Bull, XX, 22, 1909. Epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis and serum therapy at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Johns Hopkins Hosp. Rep., XV, 397-540, 1910. Spitzer, Lyman Strong. Industrial bonds. Yale Rev., Feb., 1903. Industrial bonds as an investment. Ann. Am. Acad. Pol. and Soc. Sc, 30, 374-383, Sept., 1907. Article in Life, 1904. Steele, Porter. Has composed the following music : For piano: Reminiscence. In an old fashioned garden. Cincinnati, John Church Co. L'Etoile de la mer. Petite serenade. Barcarolle. Septem- ber morning. La capricieuse. Un soir de Juin. Un poeme lyrique. N. Y,, G. Schirmer. Sevilla, valse Espagnole ; piano and orchestra. N. Y., Carl Fischer. Les sylvians. Porter Steele. At Longwood ; suite for piano : a. Morning ; b. Noonday rest ; c. Fireflies; d. Moonlight, Phila., Theo. Presser. Six children's pieces for piano: 1. A nursery tale; 2. Little waltz; 3. In ye olden style; 4. Slumber song; 5. Country dance ; 6. Little minuet. Op. 39, unpublished. At a lawn party. Op. 36. N. Y., Brooks & Denton. Turtle's brigade; humoresque. N. Y., Brooks & Denton. Lobsters' promenade. N. Y., Brooks & Denton. Vocal : Treasures. My brunette. I know a little girl. Phila., Theo. Presser. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES 679 Roses of June, My dream ship. Mississippi serenade ; quar- tet for male voices. N. Y,, Head Music Co. Album leaf. When love was bom. Ask if I love thee. Op. 31. N. Y., Brooks & Denton. Towards you. Little coleen 'o me. Voice of the clover wind. Dedication. At evening. Recently finished and unpublished. Matchless mother Yale; song for male voices. Op. 37. Unpublished. It's a long way down. Sung by Yale Glee Club. Op. 38, Unpublished. The dream ship. The message of the rose. Unpublished. Conducted "Marriage of Attainment," by Rebecca Lane Hooper and Porter Steele at Brooklyn Academy of Music, Stone, [Samuel] Harold, Postal savings bank — a suggestion. No. Am. 191, 456-464, April, 1910, SWEINHART, HeISTRY LeE. Impressionism in story writing. The Editor, Sept., 1906. The question of style. The Journalist, Oct., 1906. To the Washington monument. Sonnet to be published in an early number of the National Magazine. Talcott, Charles Denison. Delivered historical essay at the public anniversary exer- cises, Vernon Centennial celebration, 1908, Talcott, Louis Hart, The effects of alkali soils on the growth and strength of wool. Am. Wool and Cotton Reporter, June, 1906. Thacher, Henry Clarke, (With Professor Lafayette Benedict Mendel, Yale '91.) On secretin and lymph-flow, Proc. Am. Physiol. Soc, p, XV, 1903. (With Professor Lafayette Benedict Mendel, Yale '91.) The paths of excretion of inorganic compounds. 1. The 680 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 excretion of strontium. Am. Jrl. Physiol. Soc, XI, 5-16, 1904. A report of two cases of utero-vaginal prolapse [in dogs]. Johns Hopkins Hosp. Bull, XVI, 184-186, 1905. Comparative surgery : with illustrative cases by C. M. Faris, H. C. Thacher, J. F. Ortschild and F. C. Beall, and an introduction by H. Gushing. Johns Hopkins Hosp. Bull., XVI, 179-199, 1905. The effect of experimental acute insufficiency of the right heart upon the volume of the organs. Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol, d- Med., VI, 111, 1908-09. (With C. G. L. Wolf.) Protein metabolism in Addison's disease. Arch. Int. Med., Ill, 438-445, 1909. JJeher den Einfluss cardialer Stauung auf die Blutverteil- ung in den Organen. Deutsches Arch. f. klin. Med., Leipz., XCVII, 104-131, 3 pi., 1909. Thorne, Norman Campbell. The precipitation of barium bromide by hydrobromic acid. Cont. Kent Chem. Lab., Yale Univ., No. 131. Am. Jrl. Sc, Ser. 4, 18, 441-444, 1904. Die Pdllung von Baryumhromid durch Bromvasserstoff- saiire. (Uebers.) Zs. anorg. Chem., Hamburg, 43, 308-313, 1905. Addresses given in regard to men's Bible classes, missions and teacher training. Valentine, James Alden. Bankers handbook; booklet. 1908. Farm accounts; pamphlet. 1911. Wheeler, Arthur Stanley. Profitable breeds of poultry. N. Y., Outing Publishing Co., 1912. 134 pp. Twenty-five or thirty pieces of short fiction. Yaggy, Jacob Henry, Articles in Religious Telescope, Dayton, Ohio. Editor of a church paper, The Hill Memorial Review. I bibliographical notes 681 Non-Graduates Elmes, Frank Atwater. Article on health and school inspection. EscHER, [Alfred] Franklin. Elements of foreign exchange ; text book. Series of financial articles in Boston Transcript, 1908. Financial editor of Harper's Weekly since 1909. Series of financial articles in Harper's Weekly since 1909. Numerous articles in Dun's Review and the New York Times. FINANCIAL REPORTS Financial Reports SEXENNIAL REUNION, YALE 1902 Dr. Costumes, 162f $ 994.49 Band, fare and services, including 25 men with leader and books of songs . . . . 316.60 Lodging . . . . . . . . 47.50 Dining, drinks, cigars and cigarettes (see credit account) 599.46 Fireworks 250.00 Baseball game, 180 tickets at 75 cents . . . 135.00 Cup, trophies, badges . . . . . . 76.65 Printing, postage, stationery . . , . 129.25 Services 19.00 Miscellaneous expenses ..... 107.10 Return of subscriptions . . . . . 76.00 $2751.05 1758.50 Cr. From Triennial Reunion, $86.38; $63.72, adjustment with Dean Wright for broken wagon . . $ 22 . 66 Subscription money, $1659.50 (127 men) ; room rent, $99.00 From Class Secretary's account, $122.49; from James Wright, $734.52 Fence around Campus, collection other classes Interest on account, 19 Ward .... Perfectos returned ...... From extra sale of baseball tickets 857.01 50.00 1.88 55.00 6.00 $2751.05 t This number were expected but did not materialize. 686 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 DECENNIAL REUNION, YALE 1902 De. Costumes, 175, Eaves Costume Co., $794.47; cr $1.70 adj. with Eaves .... Band, 7th Regiment, 26 and leader, $461.00; trans portation, $82.54 ..... Anderson Gymnasium, not used Bridgeport party, tips, transfer of baggage, dinner 'bus, etc, ...... Yale Dining Club, lunch and dinner for Class and band ....... Tabard Inn, shore dinner .... Charles & Co., wines, liquors, cigars and cigarettes Camels, 5, price $125, transportation, etc. Rooms, Kent Hall and vicinity Printing, stationery, typewriting, telephone, etc. H. I. Cain & Son, In Memoriam programs . Dieges & Clust, trophies and buttons Insurance, J. E. Leaycraft & Co. . James Wright, expenses .... T. M. Clark, services, $100; miscellaneous bills paid Trips to New Haven ..... C. A. Moeller, beer, $52; Strecky, Christmas beer sandwiches, $27.50 .... Headquarters clerks, Lowell and assistant Yale Athletic Association, 192 tickets . Yale University for Class tree N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., special car . P. Thompson, 3 photos of Class day . Class Secretaries Bureau, damage to chairs . Getting men back, cash paidt $ 792.77 543.54 50.00 142.55 567.35 153.00 299.91 233.00 408.00 313.70 8.50 70.50 9.20 198.87 386.26 12.30 79.50 50.00 144.00 21.20 52.00 3.00 2.75 135.00 $4676.90 t In addition, subscriptions were waived in whole or part for 12 men, making a total used for this purpose of $202. «i FINANCIAL REPORTS 687 Subscription, room rent and Tabard Inn, 174 present $4312.19 Champagne collections . . . . .122.00 Dean Wright FundJ 93.15 Class Secretary Fund, $125; Yale 1902, $16.75 . 141.75 Interest, Guaranty Trust Co. . . . . 7.81 $4676.90 Granbery's report of December 30, 1906, showed $1329.56 Spent for Class expenses, books, etc. . . . 693.36 Turned over to James Wright $ 636.20 James Wright, Chairman. CLASS SECRETARY'S ACCOUNT FROM JANUARY 16, 1911, TO OCTOBER 3, 1912 De. Class Dinner, February, 1911, received, $385.30 payments, $327.10 Informal Reunion, June, 1911 To Warner Bailey for Sexennial costumes Decennial Reunion Association of Class Seeretar Interest on notes Printing Postage Portfolio, leather Typewriting, telephone, etc, es, dues 58.20 107.33 122.49 145.75 2.00 24.50 79.33 45.90 10.25 42.31 $ 638.06 % Some funds were collected toward a fund for a Dean Wright entry. They were so small that the donors were asked if they wished them sent back or kept. The $93.15 was the balance left to be utilized toward Decennial. 688 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Cr. Eeceived from Granbery . . . $ 600.00 Received from Granbery . . . 31.10 From sale of envelopes . . . . 5 . 10 $ 636.20 Interest 1.86 $ 638.06 CLASS FUND, YALE 1902, FROM AUGUST 7, 1912, TO JANUARY 15, 1913 Cb. Total received from 72 men $ 571 . 00 From Decennial Reunion . . . . . 10.64 $ 581.64 Db. To James Wright on account $700 Sexennial debt $ 280.00 To typewriting, telephone, postage, etc., at New York office 36.26 To stationery, typewriting, exchange, etc. . . 19.17 $ 335.43 Balance $ 246.21 STATISTICS Statistics THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR AND ITS DISTRIBUTION AMONG US To unduly emphasize the value of riches is not the purpose of this article, nor to persuade anyone, were it possible, that they are not a good thing. College graduates claim no monopoly, however much they may covet it; still, in a materialistic age, desiring this vol- ume to be complete, I have become an interested observer of the All American Race for the Almighty Dollar. Won't you join me I We would scarcely be human if we were uninterested in the degrees of suc- cess of our classmates. Accordingly, here are three tables, based on returns from 50 per cent of the Class, a goodly number, who anonymously gave their incomes earned, exclusive of inherited fortunes. As a body, we have prospered better than many of us, ten years back, could have asked or thought probable; as indi- viduals there are several surprising figures, but I think it was Bill Bailey who told us in making statis- tics to exclude the extremes, and this has been done. Whether figures lie or not is a question that can be answered both ways. 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X 09 fl c Ol 05 .2 6C "o .4^ CO <5 bS >5 ^ • la. O <» (^ ; t> CO fl OC c a .g • <5 o o O I a V a CO S 1 to 1 m i 2 cd t c a c ■5 c 1 cd £ 1 I a ■4 7 I cc 1 c z a 1 c a & t: e: a a J "a [3 "3 'S § e 0) a (- is < p: ^ u. a ! 1— -♦- _ ^ t 1 £ (§ 0) " a o I. a 2 eg Xj " > 41 S -a » a 3 00 ij :2 a s i o -a If ll AJ 9 S o & ■« ^ 2 ?-. ^ O^ S a *- 2 o .9 > 5^- a > m 5 Si .a Business men, inelnding Advertisers, Bankers and Brokers, Manufacturers, 69 67 69 69 70 69 62 Merchants, Publishers and Real Estate and In- $736 $1,422 $2,137 $2,635 $3,230 $3,805 $4,164 surance Agents. Professional men, includ- ing Authors and Journal- ists, Engineers, LaAvyers, 95 77 SI 86 85 87 84 Ministers, Physicians and Sui'geons, Teachers and Oflficials in Schools $946 $1,167 $1,612 $1,738 $1,933 $2,355 $2,761 and Colleges. In Table C we have brains (as such) arrayed against cash, professions against commerce, shomng a very- definite contrast: $2,761 for professions, $4,164 for commerce. Of course, we must consider that the pro- fessional man gets a rather late start, must build up his practice gradually and cannot, advertising his o^vn talents, go forth into the marketplace and buy and sell and get gain. How much happiness all this money has been re- sponsible for who can tell? for "wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it." Other facts eyes brighter than mine will no doubt ferret out, and any who find their incomes measurably below the average may remember that Euripides said: ** Silver and gold are not the only coin. Virtue, too, passes current all over the world." STATISTICS 695 MARRIAGES AND CHILDREN Graduates Only [In this table are given the names of the graduate members of the Class who, on March 1, 1913, were reported to be married, together with the date of marriage and the number of sons and daughters reported born to each up to that date. When the sex of a child is not known the number has been enclosed in parentheses in the first column; the asterisk indicates the decease of a child.] Name F. Abbott G. Abbott Ackley C. H. Adams E. Adams Albin Anderson Armstrong Arnold Babcock Barnes Barnett Baxter Baylor Beckwith Beers Bissell Boardman Bourn Brougham I. V. Brown J. Brown Burnham Bushnell Carpenter Chamberlain Chamberlin Chapin Chittenden A. B. Clark P. D. Clark Children Date of Marriage Boys Girls June 1, 1907 1 October 16, 1912 April 3, 1907 1 August 15, 1905 2 December 4, 1905 2 August 26, 1903 3 1 1 991 1 2 October 9, 1907 September 20, 1911 February 7, 1906 2 April 10, 1907 2 1 June 5, 1909 1 1 September 25, 1906 1 November 24, 1905 2 1 October 9, 1907 1 December 31, 1907 2 October 17, 1906 2 May 19, 1908 2 August 22, 1906 2 1 April 24, 1905 1 September 4, 1904 1 1 October 21, 1911 January 4, 1911 October 18, 1909 June 8, 1908 January 3, 1902 1 June 2, 1909 January 1, 1907 1 October 16, 1906 2 June 30, 1903 1 1 December 2, 1903 1 696 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Children NaM£ Date of Marriage Boys Girls Clegg June 11, 1910 C. H. Cochran October 2, 1907 1 Collins November 7, 1908 Cory March 28, 1911 C, W, Davis June 14, 1911 •J W. E. Day December 14, 1912 Deering March 19, 1908 Delafield October 1, 1904 2 Dewey June 30, 1902 1 Dix June 29, 1904 Donat August 27, 1906 Dudley February 12, 1908 Duell September 29, 1904 3 2 M. H. Duncan November 26, 1902 ♦1 1 W. W. Duncan October 5, 1904 1 Easton June 8, 1904 2 4 Ely June 11, 1904 *1 Embree March 9, 1912 Evans October 21, 1903 1 Evarts October 19, 1909 2 Fanton August 21, 1912 Ferguson October 29, 1902 1 1 Flora November 5, 1906 1 Foote April 30, 1907 1 1 Foster October 8, 1906 3 Fox September 19, 1905 1 3 N. K. Francis June 30, 1904 Galpin October 16, 1909 1 Garnsey June 1, 1905 2 1 Garrett June 26, 1907 Gast May 16, 1908 1 Goddard July 15, 1908 1 Godfrey February 7, 1906 1 Gott April 10, 1907 1 1 Gould January 31, 1906 Granbery October 2, 1907 1 1 Griffing October 23, 1907 1 Haines June 1, 1909 1 A. B. Hall October 18, 1910 1 J. E. Hall June 8, 1909 1 L. B. Hall, Jr. January 17. 1905 1 Ilammond November 28, 1905 2 1 4 l> I STATISTICS 697 Children Name Date of Maeibiage Boys Giels Hart April 17, 1906 *1 Hastings June 28, 1902 1 3 Heaton October 17, 1911 Herrick June 15, 1910 1 W. A. Higgins November 26, 1907 1 HUl June 13, 1905 Hitner June 28, 1906 1 Holt June 18, 1903 2 B. Hooker August 18, 1911 1 P. M. Howe June 16, 1903 1 S. H. Howe February 6, 1904 1 J. W. HubbeU January 17, 1907 2 Hughes June 25, 1906 1 HuU June 15, 1910 Humiston June 8, 1911 Hunter September 21, 1909 1 Hyde (1) December 6, 1905 2 (2) April 4, 1911 1 F. F. W. Jackson May 10, 1905 1 G. B. Jackson December 26, 1905 James April 11, 1908 1 Jefferson June 14, 1904 1 1 E. A. Jones June 18, 1911 Kimball June 30, 1906 Kinney November 29, 1906 Krementz April 25, 1906 3 Lancaster August 30, 1908 Laws April 29, 1905 1 Lee June 27, 1902 2 Lehman Spring of 1912 Lewis (1) September 1, 1899 (2) May 17, 1911 G. G. Lincoln May 20, 1909 L. A. Lincoln September 6, 1905 Lindenberg March 7, 1905 2 1 E. I. Low June 9, 1904 2 Lyon February 1, 1911 H. G. McDowell October 22, 1906 Mandeville April 5, 1912 Manierre March 20, 1907 F. T. Mason August 29, 1906 1 1 Mead October 11, 1910 698 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Name Mellen Merrill C. Meyer, Jr. M. P. MUler Moore Moorhead Morison Morris Nevins Nisbet Norman Packer Peters Phelps Pickands Pond Potter Potwin Rand Reed D. Reynolds H. S. Reynolds Rhoda Richardson Robbins C. A. Roberts W. F. Roberts Rumsey H. C. Rubs Ryan Samson Sanford Satterlee Schwab Sherman Sidenberg Simonds Sincerbeaux Skinner C. W. Smith H. W. Smith K. Smith Date of Makruge April 24, 1907 June 1, 1910 August 12, 1908 May 22, 1907 June 25, 1906 November 26, 1907 October 11, 1909 May 15, 1912 July 19, 1911 October 8, 1910 June 30, 1910 August 16, 1911 January 1, 1908 September 1, 1909 January 7, 1903 September 3, 1912 July 1, 1905 January 23, 1907 July 2, 1907 November 25, 1911 June 30, 1903 May 22, 1909 October 12, 1912 December 28, 1909 January 6, 1912 May 15, 1909 April 28, 1904 February 26, 1910 September 8, 1908 September 2, 1909 April 13, 1909 •November 2, 1912 February 1, 1909 September 30, 1911 November 21, 1906 March 20, 1906 September 20, 1906 June 30, 1903 September 2, 1907 September 28, 1905 September 4, 1906 December 1, 1905 Children Boys Gibls STATISTICS 699 Name S, L, Smith Spalding Spitzer Stebbins Stern Stone Sturges Swan Sweinhart C. D. Talcott L. H. Talcott M. G. Talcott H. F. Taylor Teel Teller Tenney Thacher Thomas Thompson Thome Tillinghast Tompkins Trowbridge Tucker Valentine Vanderbilt Ward Waters B. A, Welch Wells Wessel Wheeler Whittlesey Willing Woodhouse Wright Yaggy Children Date of Marriage Boys Girls March 23, 1910 1 December 29, 1906 September 19, 1906 2 November 3, 1903 1 1 February 12, 1907 1 June 16, 1904 2 January 1, 1908 1 1 December 20, 1911 June 30, 1905 June 14, 1906 2 October 24, 1911 December 26, 1906 •1 1 August 19, 1905 1 1 September 12, 1911 January 1, 1906 1 2 October 5, 1910 1 October 21, 1911 September 2, 1909 1 June 24, 1909 1 February 4, 1905 •(1) 1 December 2, 1908 1 1 November 8, 1909 June 26, 1909 1 1 June 10, 1905 January 19, 1910 *(1) tl April 14, 1903 1 December 6, 1906 1 1 June 28, 1905 1 1 June 8, 1909 1 December 26, 1907 2 October 24, 1911 April 30, 1906 September 11, 1902 1 October 2, 1905 1 October 12, 1912 February 8, 1905 August 2, 1905 3 t Adopted. Total number married, 192 Total number children, 235 (2) *5 114 *3 111 700 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 OCCUPATIONS Graduates Only [In this list the men are classed according to their present occupations or, in the case of deceased members, according to the occupations in which they were last engaged. The classification has followed the general plan of listing a man under the occupation of the company with which he is connected, with the exception of engineers and lawyers, who are listed under their respective professions, regardless of a firm 's business. Names of men who are engaged in two occupations are included in parentheses under the occupation which seems less important and these names in parentheses are not included in the totals given for the various occupa- tions.] Art, Architecture and Music : F. Abbott, Hewett, Luquiens, Man- ierre, C. C. Meyer, (Steele), Thomas 6 Education: Anderson, Bancroft, E. J. Brown, J. Brown, Gushing, G. E. Davis, Deane, Dix, Donat, M. H. Duncan, Evans, FitzGer- ald, Foster, N. R. Francis, Garrett, Hance, Hewitt, Hitner, Holt, P. M. Howe, H. M. Hubbell, G. B. Jackson, Lehman, *J. C. Mc- Dowell, Peters, Phelps, Eoman, H. F. Taylor, Thompson, Thome, Welsh, *C. D. White, *P. G. White 33 Engineering: Albin, Arnold, Bissell, Bourn, Bushnell, Evarts, Fan- ton, Gould, Heaton, J. W. Hubbell, Hudson, Pierce, Sherman, M. G. Talcott 14 Farming and Ranching: I. V. Brown, Carpenter, Gardner, Hunter, F. F. W. Jackson, Murphy, Rumsey, Skinner, K. Smith, (Spald- ing), Troxell, Walker, Wheeler, Woodhouse . . . .13 Finance: E. Adams, Barnes, Beckwith, *Boder, Brush, Campbell, Chamberlain, (A. B. Clark), Clegg, Cole, Collins, W. E. Davis, Jr., W. E. Day, Delafield, Ely, Ferguson, Frisbie, Galpin, Gran- bery, Haines, A. B. Hall, J. R. Hall, L. B. Hall, Jr., Hammond, W. A. Iliggins, Hull, (F. F. W. Jackson), Mandeville, Merrill, Morison, Morris, Nisbet, Potter, Rand, Rhoda, H. A. Rogers, H. P, Rogers, Jr., Samson, A. A. Smith, Swan, Vanderbilt, Valentine, Waters, (B. E. White), Wright . . . .42 Government (permanent civil or military service): Chase, (Luding- ton) 1 Journalism and Letters: Brougham, Callender, Hastings, B. Hooker, G. G. Lincoln, Potwin, Sweinhart .... 7 STATISTICS 701 Law and Judiciary: G. Abbott, Andel, Baylor, Burnham, Chapin, *P. B. Cochran, Colton, Creevey, D. S. Day, Deering, Dewey, Dresser, Duell, Easton, Embree, Fleming, Fox, C. B. Francis, C. D. Francis, Gast, Gott, Griffing, Guernsey, Hamlin, J. C. Higgins, H. S. Hooker, Hughes, Humiston, Hyde, Johnson, E. A. Jones, Keator, L. A. Lincoln, B. E. C. Low, E. I. Low, Luding- ton, Luther, McAvoy, McKelvy, C. D. Miller, Norman, Owen, Peirce, Phillips, Piatt, Pritchard, Eeed, D. Eeynolds, (H. S. Eeynolds), C. A. Eoberts, C. C. Euss, Satterlee, Scanlan, Sellers, Sincerbeaux, H. W. Smith, Steele, Stoddard, Stone, Sturges, Taber, Tillinghast, Trowbridge, Viele, Ward, P. H. Welch, B. E. White, Willing 67 Manufacturing: Ackley, Babcock, Beebe, Beers, Boardman, Brain- ard, Burrall, Chamberlin, Chittenden, P. D. Clark, Clifford, C. H. Cochran, Cox, Cressler, C. W. Davis, W. W. Duncan, Farrel, (Ferguson), Flora, Garnsey, Garvan, Goddard, Goodwin, Hart, Johnston, Kimball, Krementz, (Laws), Lear, Lindenberg, Mc- Dowell, F. T. Mason, E. M. Mason, Mead, Moorhead, Newell, Norton, Noyes, Pickands, H. S. Eeynolds, Eichardson, Eobbins, Sanford, Sidenberg, Simonds, C. W. Smith, Spalding, C. D. Tal- cott, L. H. Talcott, Teel, Tompkins, Wessel, Yung . . .51 Medicine: Burlingham, Herrick, Lewis, Packer, Pond, Eisley, H. C. Euss, Eyan, Sladen, S. L. Smith, Thacher . . . .11 Mercantile Business : C. H. Adams, Armstrong, *Baer, A. B. Clark, Cory, Dudley, Foote, Godfrey, S. H. Howe, Jr., James, Jefferson, Kinney, Laws, N. H. Mason, Mellen, Moore, (Eobbins), W. F. Eoberts, Schwab, Spear, Spitzer, Stebbins, Stern, Teller, Tenney, Tucker, Wear, B. A. Welch, Wylie 28 Ministry: Bamett, Hill, P. Jones, (Kinney), Lee, Eoraback, A. M. Taylor, Whittlesey, Yaggy 8 No Occupation: Alsop, Baxter, Lancaster, Lyon, C. Meyer, Jr., M. P. Miller, Nevins, Wells 8 Occupation Unreported: Blumenthal, Walton .... 2 291 702 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 LOCALITY INDEX Including Graduates and Non-Gbaduates ALABAMA Gro\'e Beach: Demopolis : Wheeler Walker Hartford : ARIZONA Brainard Floeence : Chapin Cole Abbey Frisbie CALIFORNIA Garvan Berkeley : Goodwin Hart Thomas Hyde San Francisco: C. C. Euss Godfrey H. C. Russ Tompkins SiMi: Ward I. V. Brown Lime Eock: COLORADO Richardson Alamosa : Meriden : Piatt Griswold Denver : Milford : C. H. Adams A. B. Clark M. P. Miller New Haven: Pueblo : Anderson Gast Campbell Newman W. F. Collins Foster CONNECTICUT N. E. Francis Ansonia: Galpin Farrel H. M. Hubbell Avon : Kinney Lanagan AIsop Lehman Bethany : Luquiens Murphy Noroton : Bridgeport : Delafield Day Eockville : Stoddard P. M. Howe Danbury : L. H. Talcott Brooks SiMSBURY : Derby : Cashing Bacon Talcottville : Elmes C. D. Talcott FitzGerald M. G. Talcott Farmington : Waterbury : B. Hooker Burrall Wethersfield : Woodhouse DIST. OF COLUMBIA Washington : Colton G. G. Lincoln E. B. Mason Sweinhart Thompson GEORGIA Atlanta : Chamberlin F. T. Mason Sandersville : Garrett Savannah : Hammond IDAHO Boise : Teller Emmett: Hunter ILLINOIS Chicago : Beebe Burnham A. B. Hall Manierre Spalding Willing Highland Park : Chittenden Winnetka: Johnson INDIANA Fort Wayne: Cressler Indianapolis : J. Brown W. E. Day H. F. Taylor STATISTICS 7C IOWA Brockton : MISSISSIPPI Cedar Rapids: Pritchard Vaiden : Ely Brookline : MeConnico Clinton : Londoner MISSOURI Armstrong Chelsea : Curtis G. E. Davis Kansas City: Red Oak : Easthampton : Beers James P. D. Clark Pond Reed KANSAS Lawrence : St. Louis: Ottawa : Peirce C. B. Francis Skinner Milton : Wear TOPEKA : Luther MONTANA Dudley Northampton : Billings : Whiting : Deane Garnsey Whittlesey Princeton : NEBRASKA KENTUCKY Lewis Omaha: Lexington : Springfield: Evarts Lancaster Waters St. Edward: Louisville : Watertown : A. A. Smith Babeock W. W. Duncan Hewett Flora NEW HAMPSHIRE C. C. Meyer West Somerville: Concord : MAINE Weeks Welsh Bangor : Williamstown : NEW JERSEY Hopkins Hewitt East Orange: FoET Fairfield: Worcester : Fanton McGouldrick McAvoy Krementz MARYLAND Norman Englewood: Baltimore : MICHIGAN Cory Detroit : Escher Sladen A. M. Potter Maplewood : MASSACHUSETTS MINNESOTA Gardner Andover : Breckenridge : MONTCLAIR : Bancroft Valentine J. W. Hubbell Arlington : Duluth: MORSEMERE : Simonds Donat Teel Boston : P. A. Welch Newark : Arnold Burliugham Minneapolis : Hill Baylor Morris Orange : Risley Spear St. Paul: Clifford Tillinghast Stewart F. H. Evans North Plainfield: A. M. Taylor H. M. Robbins Phelps 704 ACHIEVEMENTS OF ]902 Tbenton : Brougham Sidenberg Dix E. J. Brown Sincerbeaux Brush Steele NEW YORK Callender Stern Albany : Chamberlain Swan Chase Cox Tenney Easton Auburn: Taber Brighton Station: Creevey W. E. Davis Deering Dewey Ehrich Thacher Trowbridge Tucker Vanderbilt Walton Wells Wright C. Meyer, Jr. Embree Ferguson Brooklyn : Foote Wylie Hudson Fox Owego: Mellen Packer C. D. Francis Gould Andrews Eoraback Granbery Pelham Manor Scanlan Gruner J. E. Hall C. H. Collins Buffalo : L. B. Hall, Jr. Penfield : Bissell T. R. Hall Baker C. H. Cochran Hance Haines Hastings POUGHKEEPSIE : L. A. Lincoln Herrick Guernsey Mandeville J. C. Higgins S. L. Smith B. Potter H. S. Hooker Viele S. H. Howe, Jr. RrVERHEAD : Canandaigua : Hull Humiston GriiBng Hamlin Jefferson Rochester : COHOES : Keator Morgan H. G. McDowell Knox Lee Satterlee C. W. Smith Fairport : B. R. C. Low Spencer Batson E. I. Low Stebbins Goshen: Ludington McAlamey Rome: Nisbet Gott N. H. Mason Larchmont Manor: H. W. Smith R. M. Mason Merrill C. D. Miller SCARSDALE : Ryan Middletown : Morison Syracuse : Heaton Mullally Nevins Stone New Rochelle: Nicoll Utica : Holden Owen W. F. Roberts New York City: Ackley Rand H. S. Reynolds C. A. Roberts West Point: Holt E. Adams H, A. Rogers White Plains: Andel H. P. Rogers, Jr. Bourn Barnes Baxter Samson Sanfnrd Hughes Blumenthal Schwab YONKERS: Boardman Sellers Duell STATISTICS 705 NORTH CAROLINA Germantown : TENNESSEE Greensboro : Lear Chattanooga : W. A. Higgins Moore Phillips OHIO Harrisburg : Knoxville : Cincinnati : C. W, Davis Kimball Laws Lancaster: N. Chattanooga: Noyes J. F. Baer W, A. Evans Wessel Philadelphia: Cleveland : A. Brown TEXAS G. Abbott Lyon Houston : Clegg Newell Leavell Norton B. A. Welch Peters Pickands Sherman Lancaster : Pittsburgh : F. Abbott Johnston B. E. White UTAH Columbus : McKelvy LiNWOOD : Lindenberg Moorhead Pierce K. Smith Dayton : Logan : Mead P0TTST0V7N : Hitner P. Jones Toledo : WASHINGTON Beckwith Scran TON : North Yakima: Spitzer E, A. Jones F. F. W. Jackson OKLAHOMA Pauls Valley: West Pittston: Troxell Seattle : Albin M. H. Duncan Wilkes-Barre : Bushnell OREGON D. Reynolds Elvin Medford : RHODE ISLAND Tacoma: Carpenter Providence : G. B. Jackson Portland : Dresser WEST VIRGINIA Strong Goddard Sturges Fairmont : Thome Fleming PENNSYLVANIA SOUTH DAKOTA Wheeling : Brackenridqe : Lemmon : Russell Burdick Potwin WYOMING Bradford : Mitchell : Cody: Yaggy Barnett Rumsey CORAOPOLIS : Rapid City: FOREIGN Bhoda J. L, Robbins COUNTRIES Erie: Vermilion : China : Farrar Roman Yung 706 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 RECAPITULATION Connecticut 45 New Hampshire .... 1 Maine 2 Rhode Island 3 Massachusetts 24 Total in New England States, 75 District of Columbia ... 5 New York 119 Maryland 1 Pennsylvania 21 New Jersey 11 Total in Central Eastern States, 157 Alabama 1 North Carolina 1 Greorgia 4 Tennessee 3 Kentucky 4 West Virginia 2 Mississippi 1 Total in States of the South, 16 Arizona 1 Texas 2 Oklahoma 1 Total in States of the Southwest, 4 Illinois 8 Minnesota 7 Indiana 4 Missouri 5 Iowa 4 Montana 1 Kansas 3 Nebraska 2 Michigan 1 Ohio 13 Total in States of Middle West, 48 California 3 South Dakota 4 Colorado 5 Utah 2 Idaho 2 Washington 5 Oregon 3 Wyoming 1 Total in States of Far West, 25 China 1 Total in foreign countries, 1 Total men reported in this index, 325 STATISTICS 707 ROLL OF THE CLASS Graduates Franklin Abbott, Darlington Road, Schenley Park, Pittsburgh, Pa. Gardner Abbott, 1310 Schofield Building, Cleveland, Ohio. Oliver Sidney Ackley, 111 Broadway, New York City. Clarence Henry Adams, 1547 Market Street, Denver, Colo. Ellis Adams, 481 Fifth Avenue, New York City. » George Waugh Albin, 1610 Hoge Building, Seattle, Wash. John deKoven Alsop, Avon, Conn. Coleman Emanuel Andel, Yale Club, 30 West Forty-fourth Street, New York City. William Gilbert Anderson, M. D., Yale University, New Haven, Conn. Roscoe Whalen Armstrong, 235 Fifth Avenue, Clinton, Iowa. Anthony Brown Arnold, 92 State Street, Boston, Mass. George Wheeler Babcock, 1564 Story Avenue, Louisville, Ky. *Charle8 Seiser Baer. Died 1906. PhiUips Bancroft, Box 282, Andover, Mass. Courtlandt Dixon Barnes, 67 Park Avenue, New York City. Rev. Francis Blackman Barnett, 212 Third Avenue, West, Mitchell, S. Dak. Charles Houghton Baxter, 37 Liberty Street, New York City. Raymond Vreeland Baylor, 156 Belleville Avenue, Newark, N. J. Laurence Baldwin Beckwith, 2336 Scottwood Avenue, Toledo, Ohio. Krebs Beebe, 500 Dearborn Avenue, Chicago, 111. Frederick Beers, Twenty-first and Central Streets, Kansas City, Mo. Raymond Bissell, 49 Saybrook Place, Buffalo, N. Y. [Ferdinand] William Blumenthal, 193 William Street, New York City. Dixon Boardman, 50 Church Street, New York City. *Louis Frederick Boder. Died 1912. William Gates Bourn, 19 Chestnut Hill Avenue, White Plains, N. Y. Newton Case Brarnard, 141 Pearl Street, Hartford, Conn. Herbert Bruce Brougham, New York Times, Times Square, New York City. Eugene Jacob Brown, 2441 Seventh Avenue, New York City. Irving VanDuyne Brovni, R. F. D., Simi, Ventura County, Calif. Prof. James Brown, Ph.D., 5372 East Washington Street, Indianapolis, Ind. Graham Brush, University Club, 1 West Fifty-fourth Street, New York City. Louis Herbert Burlingham, M.D., Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, Mass. Frederic Burnham, 1426 East Fifty-first Street, Chicago, HI. John Booth Burrall, 16 Church Street, Waterbury, Conn. 708 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Leonard Theaker Bushnell, 208 Columbia Street, Seattle, Wash. John Alexander Callender, Yale Club, 30 West Forty-fourth Street, New York City. Frederic Wells Campbell, 100 Whalley Avenue, New Haven, Conn. George Boone Carpenter, The Foothills, Medford, Ore. [Walter] Lawrence Chamberlain, 141 Broadway, New York City. Harry Baldwin Chamberlin, Woodward Lumber Company, Box 1115, Atlanta, Ga. Terry Joseph Chapin, 50 State Street, Hartford, Conn. WiUiam Lyman Chase, State Civil Service Commission, Albany, N. Y. Simeon Baldwin Chittenden, Jr., 239 Central Avenue, Highland Park, 111. Arthur Bryan Clark, Milford, Conn. Philo Douglas Clark, Eed Oak, Iowa. William Edward Clegg, Guardian Building, Cleveland, Ohio. Oliver Morton Clifford, 1103 Pioneer Press Building, St. Paul, Minn. Clement Hale Cochran, Washburn-Crosby Company, Buffalo, N. Y. *Percy Bayard Cochran. Died 1908. Richard Huntington Cole, 106 Woodland Street, Hartford, Conn. Charles Harold Collins, Pelham Manor, N. Y. Henry Elliott Colton, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. Robert Haskell Cory, Englewood, N. J. Harry Burrows Cox, 41 Union Square, West, New York City. William Stickney Creevey, 100 William Street, New York City. Alfred Miller Cressler, 501 West Berry Street, Fort Wayne, Ind. Charles Cyprian Strong Gushing, Simsbury, Conn. Carl Wniis Davis, Box 655, Harrisburg, Pa. George Eugene Davis, 9 Garland Street, Chelsea, Mass. William Edward Davis, Jr., 20 Broad Street, New York City. David Sheldon Day, 164 State Street, Bridgeport, Conn. William Edwards Day, 1628 North Meridian Street, Indianapolis, Ind. Prof. Sidney Norton Deane, Smith College, Northampton, Mass. James Rogers Deering, 45 West Fifty-fourth Street, New York City. Edward Henry Delafield, Noroton, Conn. George Allen Dewey, 1937 Broadway, New York City. William LeRoy Dix, High School, Trenton, N. J. Walter Scott Donat, 152 West Faribault Street, Duluth, Minn, Robert Bartlett Dresser, Edwards & Angell, 1102 Union Trust Building, Providence, R. I. Guilford Dudley, 901 Tyler Street, Topeka, Kans. Holland Sackett Duell, "Ardenwold," North Broadway, Yonkers, N. Y. Marcus Homer Duncan, Pauls Valley, Okla. William Wheeler Duncan, 15 Upland Road, Watertown, Mass. Edward Easton, Jr., 148 State Street, Albany, N. Y. Henry Sturges Ely, 2063 KnoUwood Drive, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. STATISTICS 709 William Dean Embree, Criminal Court Building, New York City. William Abraham Evans, Sumner Street, North Chattanooga, Tenn. Harold Chester Evarts, Nebraska Telephone Company, Omaha, Neb. Willard Horace Fanton, 237 South Burnett Street, East Orange, N, J. Alton Farrel, Ansonia, Conn. Alfred Ludlow Ferguson, 15 William Street, New York City. Edward FitzGerald, 7 East Ninth Street, Derby, Conn. Allison Sweeney Fleming, Fairmont, W. Va. Charles Paxton Flora, 65 Marshall Street, Watertown, Mass. Sterling Thompson Foote, 567 Park Avenue, New York City. Charles Ring Foster, Yale Station, New Haven, Conn. [Edward] Lyttleton Fox, 136 East Seventy-second Street, New York City. Charles Broaddus Francis, Pierce Building, St. Louis, Mo. Charles Driver Francis, 55 Wall Street, New York City. Nathan Roscoe Francis, 873 Yale Station, New Haven, Conn. Edward Wiley Frisbie, 136 Collins Street, Hartford, Conn. Henry Lamed Galpin, 200 Livingston Street, New Haven, Conn. Samuel Warren Gardner, Maplewood, N. J. William Smith Garnsey, Jr., 304 South Thirty-fifth Street, Billings, Mont. WiUiam Thomas Garrett, Sandersville, Ga. John Stephen Garvan, 236 Farmington Avenue, Hartford, Conn. Eobert Shaeffer Gast, Pueblo, Colo. Eobert Hale Ives Goddard, Jr., 50 South Main Street, Providence, R. I. William Benjamin Godfrey, 268 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. James Lester Goodwin, 880 Asylum Avenue, Hartford, Conn. Percy Van Duzer Gott, Goshen, N. Y. Charles Gould, 30 West Forty-fourth Street, New York City. Edwin Carleton Granbery, Pine and William Streets, New York City. Robert Perkins Griffing, Riverhead, N. Y. Raymond Gano Guernsey, 75 South Hamilton Street, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. William Potter Haines, 812 Auburn Avenue, Buffalo, N. Y. Arthur Benedict HaU, 1675 Old Colony Building, Chicago, HI. John Raymond HaU, 5 Nassau Street, New York City. Lewis Burton Hall, Jr., 36 Wall Street, New York City. Henry William Hamlin, Canandaigua, N. Y. John LeRoy Hammond, John L. Hammond & Company, Savannah, Ga. William Hance, High School of Commerce, New York City. John Babinger Hart, Room 426, Connecticut Mutual Building, Hartford, Conn. Wells Southworth Hastings, The Players, New York City. Laurent Heaton, 90 Linden Avenue, Middletown, N. Y. 710 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 "William Worthington Herrick, M.D., 31 West Forty-seventh Street, New York City. [George] Ainslie Hewett, 958 Third Avenue, Louisville, Ky. Theodore Brown Hewitt, Williams College, Williamstown, Mass. James Crane Higgins, 27 Washington Square, New York City. William Alvin Higgins, Greensboro, N. C. Eev. Alfred Reed Hill, 1928 Portland Avenue, Minneapolis, Minn. George Washington Hitner, The Hill School, Pottstown, Pa. Lieut. Col. Lucius Hudson Holt, Ph.D., United States Military Academy, West Point, N. Y. Henry Stewart Hooker, 52 Wall Street, New York City. [William] Brian Hooker, Farmington, Conn. Philip Mead Howe, 93 Union Street, Eockville, Conn. Samuel Henry Howe, Jr., 630 West 139th Street, New York City. Harry Mortimer Hubbell, 31 Livingston Street, New Haven, Conn. James Wakeman Hubbell, 5 Warren Place, Montclair, N. J. Brewster Terry Hudson, 860 Ocean Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. John Joseph Hughes, 45 Greenridge Avenue, White Plains, N. Y, George Huntington Hull, Jr., 25 Pine Street, New York City. Howard Donald Humiston, 165 Broadway, New York City. Joseph Read Hunter, Frozen Dog Ranch, Emmett, Idaho. Alvan Waldo Hyde, 37 Charter Oak Place, Hartford, Conn. Frederick Francis Whitney Jackson, North Yakima, Wash. George Brown Jackson, 4210 North Stevens Street, Tacoma, Wash. D. L. James, 1114 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Mo. Floyd Welman Jefferson, 56 Worth Street, New York City. [John Alden] Stewart Johnson, Winnetka, 111. Leslie Morgan Johnston, 235 Water Street, Pittsburgh, Pa. Edgar Allen Jones, 136 South Main Avenue, Scranton, Pa. Rev. Paul Jones, St. John's House, Logan, Utah. Frederic Rose Keator, 583 Riverside Drive, New York City. James Cuyler Kimball, 511 Jacksboro Street, Knoxville, Tenn. Arthur Hurlburt Kinney, 188 Dwight Street, New Haven, Conn. Walter Martin Krementz, 182 Harrison Street, East Orange, N. J. Merritt Proctor Lancaster, 646 East High Street, Lexington, Ky. Harry Langdon Laws, 1405 First National Bank Building, Cincinnati, Ohio. George Lear, 2d, School Lane Apartments, Germantown, Pa. Rev. Burton Howard Lee, 338 Alexander Avenue, New York City. Eugene Heitler Lehman, 615 Yale Station, New Haven, Conn. Elisha Sears Lewis, M.D., Princeton, Mass. George Gould Lincoln, The Evening Star, Washington, D. C. Leroy Alton Lincoln, 523 Ellicott Square, Buffalo, N. Y. George Walter Lindenberg, 42 Auburn Street, Columbus, Ohio. % STATISTICS 711 Benjamin Bobbins Curtis Low, 30 Broad Street, New York City. Ethelbert Ide Low, 38 East Sixty-fourth Street, New York City. Arthur Crosby Ludington, 56 West Tenth Street, New York City. Huc-Mazelet Luquiens, 201 Bishop Street, New Haven, Conn. Willard Blackington Luther, 64 Canton Avenue, Milton, Mass. Walter Lester Lyon, 110 South Twenty-first Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Thomas Aloysius McAvoy, 311 Main Street, Worcester, Mass. Howard George McDowell, Cascade Mills, Cohoes, N. Y. *John Clute McDowell. Died 1903. John Sample McKelvy, Jr., 1100 Wood Street, Station D, Pittsburgh, Pa. James Nelson Mandeville, 725 EUicott Square Building, Buffalo, N. Y. Alfred Edgerton Manierre, 100 Bellevue Place, Chicago, 111. Frank Tucker Mason, 1012 Atlanta National Bank Building, Atlanta, Gra. Norman Howell Mason, 381 Fourth Avenue, New York City. Eoy Murdock Mason, 53 Washington Square, South, New York City. Henry Sargent Mead, 23 North Wilkinson Avenue, Dayton, Ohio. Graham Kingsbury Mellen, 216 St. Johns Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. Payson McLane Merrill, 481 Fifth Avenue, New York City. Charles Conrad Meyer, 823 Paul Jones Building, Louisville, Ky. Christian Meyer, Jr., Brighton Station, N. Y. Charles Duncan Miller, 30 Broad Street, New York City. Martin Peck Miller, 646 Marion Street, Denver, Colo. Malcolm Moore, 3009 Queen Lane, Germantown, Pa. Rodman Wister Moorhead, 5311 Westminster Place, Pittsburgh, Pa. Binnie Morison, 60 Broadway, New York City, Herbert Edwin Morris, 137 Milk Street, Boston, Mass. George Guy Murphy, Bethany, Conn. Frank Wells Nevins, 605 West 151st Street, New York City. Downer Hazen Newell, 506 The Bourse, Philadelphia, Pa. Robert Bruce Nisbet, Jr., 506 North James Street, Rome, N. Y. Edwin Gates Norman, 311 Main Street, Worcester, Mass. Robert Castle Norton, West Eightieth Street, Cleveland, Ohio. George Woodward Noyes, Ninth Street and Freeman Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio. Clifford Herrick Owen, 15 William Street, New York City. Andrew Dickson Packer, M.D., 262 Hicks Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Albion Gile Peirce, Bay State Building, Lawrence, Mass. Harry Alfred Peters, University School, Cleveland, Ohio. Benjamin Judah Phelps, 27 Craig Place, North Plainfield, N. J. Isaac Gray Phillips, 615 Hamilton National Bank Building, Chattanooga, Tenn, Jay Morse Pickands, Western Reserve Building, Cleveland, Ohio. Howard Weidner Pierce, 758 Hazelwood Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa. William Wallis Piatt, Austin Block, Alamosa, Colo. 712 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Lucius Beverly Pond, M.D., 113 Main Street, Easthampton, Mass. Roderick Potter, 656 EUicott Square, Buffalo, N. Y. Thomas Danford Potwin, Lemmon, S. Dak. Robert Arthur Pritchard, 10 Tremont Street, Brockton, Mass. Laurance Blanchard Rand, 481 Fifth Avenue, New York City. Kersey Coates Reed, 1010 New York Life Building, Kansas City, Mo. Dorrance Reynolds, 92 South River Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Henry Suydam Reynolds, 950 Madison Avenue, New York City. George Irving Rhoda, Box 66, Coraopolis, Pa. Milo Barnum Richardson, Jr., Lime Rock, Conn. Edward Hammond Risley, M.D., 527 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass. Harry Miller Robbins, 243 Summit Avenue, St. Paul, Minn. Charles Asaph Roberts, 52 William Street, New York City. Walter Farley Roberts, 420 Genesee Street, Utica, N. Y. Henry Alexander Rogers, 6 and 8 East Forty-sixth Street, New York City. Henry Pendleton Rogers, Jr., 35 West Forty-ninth Street, New York City. Prof. Frederick William Roman, Vermilion, S. Dak. Rev, Albert Edward Roraback, 114 Fenimore Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Bronson Case Rumsey, Cody, Wyo. Charles Cooke Russ, 117 Woodland Street, Hartford, Conn. Henry Camp Russ, M.D., 114 Woodland Street, Hartford, Conn. Ralph R. Ryan, M.D., Scarsdale, N. Y. Charles Felix Samson, 20 Broad Street, New York City. Curtiss Aldrich Sanford, Eleventh Avenue and Twenty-sixth Street, New York City. Hugh Satterlee, German Insurance Building, Rochester, N. Y. John Joseph Scanlan, 133 St. Johns Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. Gustav Schwab, 5 Broadway, New York City. George Howard Sellers, 346 Broadway, New York City. Henry Stoddard Sherman, 3111 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. William Richard Sidenberg, 116 Fifth Avenue, New York City. Ralph Merriam Simonds, 27 Marathon Street, Arlington, Mass. Frank Huestis Sincerbeaux, 31 Nassau Street, New York City. Edward Levi Skinner, Walnut Hill Farm, Ottawa, Kans. Frank Joseph Sladen, M. D., Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md. Aubrey Adam Smith, St. Edward, Neb. Charles Winslow Smith, 203 South Goodman Street, Rochester, N. Y. Herbert William Smith, Larchmont Manor, N. Y. Keith Smith, Linwood, Utah. Scott Lord Smith, M.D., 33 Cannon Street, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Keith Spalding, 2626 Prairie Avenue, Chicago, 111. Franklin Maynard Spear, William Filene's Sons Company, Boston, Mass. Lyman [Strong] Spitzer, Spitzer Building, Toledo, Ohio. Edwin Allen Stebbins, 401 Cutler Building, Rochester, N. Y. STATISTICS 713 Porter Steele, 32 Liberty Street, New York City. Melville Alphonse Stern, 36 West Twenty-third Street, New York City. Henry Budington Stoddard, 164 State Street, Bridgeport, Conn. [Samuel] Harold Stone, 921 Onondaga County Savings Bank Building, Syracuse, N. Y. Rush Sturges, 49 Westminster Street, Providence, R. I. Joseph Rockwell Swan, 30 Pine Street, New York City. Henry Lee Sweinhart, 1706 S Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. John Taber, 78 South Street, Auburn, N. Y. Charles Denison Talcott, Talcottville, Conn. Louis Hart Talcott, 17 Davis Avenue, Rockville, Conn. Morris Gardner Talcott, Talcottville, Conn. Rev. Alan McLean Taylor, 22 Whitney Park, Mattapan, Boston, Mass. Howard Frank Taylor, 5455 Lowell Avenue, Indianapolis, Ind. Bernard George Teel, 7 Harriet Avenue, Morsemere, N. J. William Romer Teller, 900 Main Street, Boise, Idaho. John Ferguson Tenney, 8 Washington Place, New York City. Henry Clarke Thacher, M.D., 20 West Fiftieth Street, New York City. John Hudson Thomas, First National Bank Building, Berkeley, Calif. Charles Seymour Thompson, 1416 Chapin Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. Norman Campbell Thorne, Portland Academy, Portland, Ore. Richard Barber Tillinghast, 17 New England Terrace, Orange, N. J. Harry Warren Tompkins, 712 Farmington Avenue, Hartford, Conn. Mason Trowbridge, 50 Pine Street, New York City. Thomas Nugent Troxell, 232 Wyoming Avenue, West Pittston, Pa. Willis Gaylord Tucker, Jr., 124 East Twenty-fifth Street, New York City. James Alden Valentine, Breckenridge, Minn. Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt, 546 Fifth Avenue, New York City. Dorr Viele, 1022 Fidelity Building, Buffalo, N. Y. Joseph Hill Walker, Demopolis, Ala. Louis Frederick Walton, 333 West End Avenue, New York City. George Burwell Ward, Sage-Allen Building, Hartford, Conn. Henry Goodman Waters, 104 Mulberry Street, Springfield, Mass. Arthur Yancey Wear, Eighth and Locust Streets, St. Louis, Mo. Bradley Agard Welch, 603 North American Building, Philadelphia, Pa. Paul Hamilton Welch, Wolvin Building, Duluth, Minn. Henry Frank Wells, 1 West Eighty-fifth Street, New York City. John Jared Welsh, St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H. Homer Augustus Wessel, Jr., 13 East Second Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. Arthur Stanley Wheeler, Grove Beach, Conn. Byrd Earle White, Lancaster, Texas. *Charles Dean White. Died 1902. •Percy Gardiner White. Died 1906. 714 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 Eev. Frederic Averill Whittlesey, Whiting, Kans. Mark Skinner Willing, 1114 Monadnock Block, Chicago, 111. Samuel Dudley Woodhouse, Wethersfield, Conn. James Wright, 331 Madison Avenue (corner Forty-third Street), New York City. Telephone, Murray Hill 182. John Niel McLeod Wylie, 60 Broadway, New York City. Rev. Jacob Henry Yaggy, Bradford, Pa. Bartlett Golden Yung, care of Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Campany, Hartford, Conn. [Salesman in China.] Total graduates, 291 Living, 285 Deceased, 6 Non-Graduates Stephen Henry Abbey, Florence, Ariz. Thomas Earl Andrews, 104 McMaster Street, Owego, N. Y. Ross [Hamilton] Stillman Bacon, 46 Atwater Avenue, Derby, Conn. John Frederick Baer, John Baer's Sons, Lancaster, Pa. Frank Maurice Baker, Penfield, N. Y. Frank Henry Batson, Fairport, N. Y. Samuel Leon Brooks, 43 Elm Street, Danbury, Conn. Armitt Brown, 317 South Twenty-second Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Julian [Winsor] Burdick, Brackenridge, Pa. William Francis Collins, M. D., 172 St. John Street, New Haven, Conn. George Lewis Curtis, Curtis Brothers & Company, Clinton, Iowa. Helmer Duncan. *Frank Manson Eastman. Died 1912. Harold Louis Ehrich, 463-465 Fifth Avenue, New York City. Frank Atwater Elmes, M.D., 6 Elizabeth Avenue, Derby, Conn. Rev. James Elvin, Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle, Wash. [Alfred] Franklin Escher, Englewood, N. J. Floyd Howard Evans, 533 Summit Avenue, St. Paul, Minn. Harry Blackstone Farrar, 703 State Street, Erie Pa. Frederic Prescott Griswold, 481 Broad Street, Meriden, Conn. Otto Harry Gruner, 20 Broad Street, New York City. Tom Roland Hall, 250 Fifth Avenue, New York City. *Orrin Thrall Higgins. Died 1912. Laurence Chaffee Holden, Slocum Street, Rochelle Heights, New Rochelle, N. Y. Charles. Sterns Hopkins, 27 Broadway, Bangor, Maine. Herman Warren Knox, 96 John Street, New York City. William Paul Lanagan, 128^^ Howe Street, New Haven, Conn. STATISTICS 715 Eugene Selden Leavell, 404 Scanlan Building, Houston, Texas. Herman Wolfe Londoner, 208 Winthrop Road, Brookline, Mass. John Hart McAlarney, 30 West Forty-fourth Street, New York City. Samuel Edward McConnico, Jr., Vaiden, Miss. Frank Eugene McGouldrick, Fort Fairfield, Maine. Elmer Brown Mason, Bureau of Entomology, Washington, D, C. •Howard Olcott Mather. Died 1900. John Morgan, M.D., 47 Meigs Street, corner Park Avenue, Rochester, N. Y. William Thomas Mullally, 60 Broadway, New York City. Alexander NicoU, M.D., 222 West Seventy-second Street, New York City. Samuel Newman, Fourth and Custer Streets, Pueblo, Colo. *Elwood Luther Orwig, Jr. Died 1901. Arthur Morse Potter, Lozier Motor Company, Detroit, Mich. •Arthur Almeron Quinby. Died 1900. Joseph Lawrence Robbins, Rapid City, S. Dak. Henry Moore Russell, Jr., 1421 Chapline Street, Wheeling, W. Va. George Kennedy Smith, Roger Allen Spencer, 1361 Drury Avenue, Rochester, N. Y. George Washington Stewart, Jr., 536 South Station, Boston, Mass. Frederick Harvey Strong, 250 King Street, Portland, Ore. William Robinson Weeks, 19 Faii'mount Avenue, West Somerville, Mass. •John Wilson. Died 1911. Total non- graduates, 49 Living, 43 Deceased, 6 716 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1902 EX-MEMBERS WHO ARE NOW AFFILIATED WITH OTHER CLASSES Charles Roberts Aldrich, who was with the Class during Freshman year, graduated with 1903. Martin Henry Bergen, who was with the Class during Freshman and Sophomore years, graduated with 1903. *Sidney Sewall Boardman, who was with the Class during Freshman year, was affiliated with 1901. He died March 23, 1908. Frederick William Brooks, Jr., who was with the Class during Freshman year, is affiliated with 1901. Henry Edwards Burgess, who was with the Class during Freshman and Sophomore years, graduated with 1904 S. Henry Lyman Foote, who was with the Class during Freshman and Sophomore years, graduated with 1904. Thomas Jefferson Gaines, Jr., who was with the Class during Freshman year, graduated with 1903. Francis Spencer Goodwin, who was with the Class during Freshman year, graduated with 1903. Francis Joseph Handel, who was with the Class during Freshman year, graduated with 1903. Henry Osborne Havemeyer, who was with the Class during Freshman year, is affiliated with 1900. Roswell Bishop Hyatt, who was with the Class during Freshman year, graduated with 1903. Charles Herbert Jones, who was with the Class during Freshman year, is affiliated with 1901. Allan Wilkes Judd, who was with the Class during Freshman year, is affiliated with 1901. Edward Spring Knapp, who was with the Class during Sophomore year, is affiliated with 1901. Norman Wicklow LeVally, who was with the Class during Sophomore year, is affiliated with 1901. Dudley PajTie Lewis, who was with the Class during Freshman year, graduated with 1903. Charles Arthur Moore, Jr., who was with the Class during Freshman and Sophomore years, graduated with 1903. John Frank O'Callaghan, who was with the Class during Freshman year, graduated with 1904, having changed his name to Frank Callahan. Norman Day Otis, who was registered with the Class in Senior year, was granted his degree and enrolled with 1898. George Emanuel Stansfield, who was with the Class during Freshman year, graduated with 1904. STATISTICS 717 Lyndon Blaine Tewksbury, who was with the Class during Freshman year, is affiliated with 1900. WiUiam Butler Tyler, who was with the Class during Freshman year, graduated with 1903. Samuel Dwight Ward, who was with the Class during Freshman year, graduated with 1903. William Alfred Warner, who was with the Class during Freshman year, graduated with 1904, having changed his name to William Hyde Warner. Theodore Harry Wickwire, Jr., who was with the Class during Freshman year, graduated with 1903. *Thomas Edward Wilde, who was with the Class during Freshman year, was affiliated with 1903. He died February 23, 1901. George Edward Woodbine, who was with the Class during Freshman year, graduated with 1903. •Arthur Peter Wright, who was with the Class during Freshman year, was affiliated with 1901. He died September 1, 1906. A BREAKFAST CHAT ''Well, Bun, the Class book has gone to press!" ''Thank God for that," says my wife, "now we'll have time to go out every night instead of five nights a week, and maybe you will give more time to business. You know I wanted to go to Europe and I believe you had some plans yourself ! ' ' "To tell you the truth, I had," said I, relapsing into a Bernard Shaw harangue, "but I have momentarily forgotten them and you. It has been a jolly job, my book making, and I don't regret any of the many hours I have spent, for it has taught me how necessary you women are. Whenever I wrote to a wife to stir up her husband into answering my appeals she made life so miserable for him he was forced to reply. You are positively indispensable. Why, you officiate at our very beginnings as mother and nurse. You dance into our lives as our first sweetheart; you cause our first gloom when the particular one eludes us; you're always starting something ; you fix our politics as well as our homes ; real or fancied we dream about you and, finally, we find the only indescribable she, and life is complete. I would be less gallant, my dear, than I naturally am, if I didn't invite you to dinner at once, this evening." I did. And after half of the cocktail I accomplished this toast: "To the last and most perfect work of God, without whom life itself would be impossible — the capricious, charming companion — woman. Here's to My Wife and my 1902 Wives." James Wright, Class Secretary. 'i I I (EUsBt % bank, attd itma ti;^ tab All uttfintBlyfli. it ia b^fit: Insljtfr fattrg tmll twt fail ^o relate tl;0 r^Bt. I m^''