Glass J^^L^^L B()uk_/£7£^ PRESENTED BY eecord of the Class of Seventy-six princeton BOARD OF EDITORS HENKY L. HAEEISON, Secretary and Treasurer W. J. HENDEESON EDWAED D. LYON HENEY M. EUSSELL NUMBER VIIL— 1876-1906 CONTENTS Class Officers and Committees, . r Circular of Inquiry, vi Preface, vii Personal History Graduates, Academic, 1 Graduates, School of Science, . 113 Non-Graduate Members, Academic, . 119 Non-Graduate Members, School of Science, 139 Marriages, 141 Births, .... 145 Necrology, .... 158 Eecapitulation, 160 The Tricesimal Eeunion, . 161 The Dinner, 165 The Speeches, . 169 Treasurer's Statement, 180 The Story of the Cups, 181 '76 and the Princeton Lake, . 191 '76 and Eace Decline, . 196 The Class of '76 Prize Debate, . 198 The Preceptorial System, . . 201 Faculty Notes, . . 204 Baseball Scores, . 205 Football Scores, . 207 Debates, .... . 207 The Class Eoll with Addresses, . 208 ILLUSTRATIONS The Fitz Eandolph Gateway, Class Group, .... George Washington, General View of West Campus, . Prof. William A. Packard, . Interior of Alexander Hall, Prof. Henry C. Cameron, . Hikoiehi Orita and Children, . The New Gymnasium, Prof. Theodore W. Hunt, . The New Gymnasium, Interior . Prof. Cyrus F. Braekett, . Class of '76, School of Science, . Prof. Henry B. Cornwall, . Class of 1879 Dormitory, '76 on University Field, June 9, 1906, '76 at Mrs. McCosh's, '76 Headquarters and Championship Fire, .... The Loving Cup, The Legend of Captain James McCarthy, 190 and 191 Plan of College Grounds, . . Facing page 214 Frontispiece Facing page 1 (( 12 e< 26 i( 38 (( 50 i( 62 a 73 a 80 (( 88 a 96 « 104 a 113 i( 130 u 140 iC 162 ii 164 a 170 ii 183 CLASS OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES President Egbert Edwin Bonner Vice-President Henry E. Davis Secretary and Treasurer Henry L. Harrison Executive Committee Egbert E. Bonner Wm. Allen Butler^ Jr. Henry E. Davis John A. Hegeman Henry L. Harrison Charles E. Smith Record Committee Henry L. Harrison Edward D. Lyon William J. Henderson Henry M. Eussell THE CIRCULAR OF INQUIRY '76 PEINCETON 1876-1906 His head, Not yet by time completely silver'd o'er, Bespoke him past the bounds of freakish youth, But strong for service still and unimpaired. COWPEB. 1. Name with all titles. Address in full. 2. Personal history (fully) since last reported: a. professional or business. b. literary, publications. c. political. d. philanthropic, charitable, reform move- ments interested or engaged in. e. church membership, offices held, work en- gaged or interested in. f. honors received. g. club membership, 3. If married since last report, give, date and maiden name of wife. 4. Children : a. names and dates of birth. b. if any have died, give date. c. college or school attended and course pur- sued. d. marriage, with date. 5. Grandchildren, names and dates of birth. 6. Can you suggest anything that will improve the so- cial or moral condition of students at Princeton? PREFACE TWO things will, it is believed, appear from a perusal of the reports here gathered : the splendid "work in the world" that the Class is doing in various de- partments of activity and influence, and the deep affec- tion felt by its members for the Class and for the dear old college. One of them is moved to "wonder if any of the other classes entertains the same loyalty of feeling and affection for each other as "76 does/' There is no other explanation available of the return to Princeton last June of so large a number of the Class, a number larger than in any previous Commencement week. The remark of an alumnus of another university is pertinent: "It speaks volumes for Princeton class spirit that its organization holds thirty years after graduation." As heretofore, reticence marks many reports, so that it is not possible to answer accurately the question fre- quently propounded at the Eeunion: "How many grandchildren are there?" Thirteen have been reported, but it is quite certain that there are more. Princeton University is growing; the tutorial system is attracting the attention of the educational world; its buildings increase in number and dignity. But with all the changes since 1876 it still holds to the faith of the fathers, to the value of liberal culture, to the necessity of a broad and solid foundation. Never was our Alma Mater more worthy of our affection and loyal support. PERRON ' - -.: imer No report, in st. ro ■^ u-)\0 l-^OO '!f^.'lf^ii^trM _, .._ <; Li; :x, cj ix -'o PERSONAL HISTORY DUDLEY S. ANNESS, 215 Herkimer Street, BrooMyn, New YorJc. No report;, in spite of earnest solicitation, HON. J. FEANK BALL, office, 838 Market Street; residence, 1019 Park Place, Wilmington, Delaware. Bloody is practising law in Wilmington, and has a few subsidiary jobs to fill out his spare time. He is a trustee of the Workhouse, a member of the Board of Associated Charities, of the Advisory Board of the Del- aware Industrial School for Girls, of the Board of Managers of the Ferris Industrial School, and of the Board of Trustees of the Central Presbyterian Church. " I am still married to the same wife as formerly, thank God," he says. He has two children living, Frances Ethel and Hannah Dorothy. Ethel is a graduate of Wilson College in the class of 1906. She took the full classical course, just as her father did before her. Dor- othy is at the Friends' School in Wilmington, and will enter college in the class of '08. Bloody has not yet acquired grandchildren. In regard to the undergrad- uates he says, "Let them adopt the manners and cus- toms of '76 and be natural." Bloody's report was so laconic that this is about all that could be got out of it. The rest of the boys, however, will be glad to know 1 that their classmate changes very little and that he is the same good fellow that he always was. EEV. JAMES MOREISON BARKLEY, D.D., IJfO Hancoch Avenue West, Detroit, Michigan. Bark calls the circular an examination paper, and answers the first query with this : " Latch-string out for all '76 hoys." " My personal history since the last inquisition has been but a continuation of what it then was, I am still pastor of the Forest Avenue Presbyterian Church, now well on into my twentieth year. It is such a jealous mistress — is this pastoral office — that it has left me no time for literary pursuits or productions, save such as are evoked in the ministry. Politically, I am still of the same way of thinking as of yore. I am much in- terested in some of our local philanthropic, charitable and reform movements, but not in a way to be worth special mention, save such as is implied in answers to later questions. My church membership, etc., is suffi- ciently indicated above. There are rumors of certain honors to be conferred in the near future. But they are yet an X quantity. TsTo other ^semi-lunar fardels.' I am a member of the Detroit Presbyterian Men's Club and of the Detroit Municipal League, a civic reform organization in our city. 3. ''In just one month we two shall complete twenty- seven years of happy wedded life. No need to be 'mar- ried since last report.' "Children are: "Earl Con well. Health compelled his abandonment 2 (class of '04) when about one-third through the course in classics. He took a special chemical course in the M. A. C, and is now within one year of the degree of D.D.S. in the Detroit Dental College. He was a mem- ber of the Triangle Club at Princeton and is now a fine baritone soloist, much in request. "Marjorie Agnes is a graduate of the Detroit Young Ladies' Seminary; also post-graduate work, same insti- tution. Studied at Michigan Young Woman's Semi- nary. Has been in editorial work on Detroit dailies, and has contributed several stories to leading magazines and is now on the staff of one of these publications. She was married Sept. 26, 1905, to Franklyn Evans McClure, M.D., Parsons College, '99, and Eush Medi- cal, Chicago, '04. "Mary Gladys is now in her second year in the Classical Course, Detroit Central High School. "Grandchildren? What! A young fellow like me! 0, no. General. 6. "Well, no, not at this distance. Am not closely enough identified with dear old Nassau to say intelli- gently what could improve the situation. I have some opinions on the subject, but they may be wide of the mark, so will not venture them." Jim's concluding remark is : "God bless dear old '76 !" His reference to honors possibly to be conferred in the future was an allusion to his candidacy for the post of Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. Bark Avas not elected, but he made a fine run. His portraits, printed in many Western papers, show that he is much better and younger looking than he 3 was thirty years ago. He owns a cosy summer cottage at Lake Orion noW;, and in answer to a query as to whether it was true that he was to seek fresh field and pastorate new, answered: "No, sir, I have not re- signed. Was called unanimously to Bay City, Mich., First Church, but declined the call. People here seemed pleased. Our work prospers here and we are happy." Barkley received first prize from The Church Econo- mist, of New York, for an article on "How I Would Spend $1,500,000 in Developing Princeton Theological Seminary." The Interior says that during Barkiey's "pastorate of nearly twenty years in Detroit, he has gathered into the church almost a thousand members, of whom there re- main to-day more than five hundred to make up one of the most aggressive and intense Christian bodies in the Michigan metropolis." EEV. SYLVESTER W. BEACH, 26 Library Place, Princeton, New Jersey. "Variety" came back from Paris to America last De- cember to become pastor of the old First Presbyterian Church of Princeton. Here is his own story: "Shortly after my last report in the Eecord of 1901, I was treated to a surprise in a call to Paris. Two thousand American students in the Latin Quarter made an irresistible appeal, and a leave of absence for six months, generously granted by . the First Church, Bridgeton, N. J., developed into a residence of four years in Paris. 'The Students' Atelier Reunions' proved a most successful expedient for interesting the 4 students in religion and establishing a national and so- cial solidarity among them. Sunday evenings our stu- dio, seating three hundred and fifty, was crowded to the doors. These weekly reunions formed a center of moral and religious influence reaching out into every part of the Quarter; and there are few persons in the American colony who have not in some way borne wit- ness to the importance and usefulness of the movement. But the Sunday evening meetings opened the way to direct and personal work among the students, more in- teresting and fruitful. Nowhere can there be found men of finer qualities of brain and heart than among the Americans of the Latin Quarter, Paris. But one must know them well to recognize and appreciate the best that is in them. Personal and close contact in all the offices of friendship and sympathy lay at the bottom of what success I had in the Paris work. The other side of the Seine made claim upon part of my time and energy, as I was associated in the pasto- rate of the American Church on Eue de Berri. I also served on the Executive Committee of the McAll Mis- sion, v^^hich involved a long business seance once a week. But in the natural course of events the duty of return- ing to America became imperative, and the transition from Paris to Princeton was as congenial as it was un- expected. Had human events been subject to my own control, I would not have ordered otherwise. It was indeed the greatest wrench of my life to leave the Paris students and all the work and associations that endeared us to the place and people. But the 'kindly Light' that has led me back to Princeton has also led another into my place and work in Paris, and the interests there seem to suffer no loss in the change. "If so much egotism as this recital involves is justified by the order of our great and good 'General,' who is al- ways saying 'Be personal,' I am quite sure that I will be pardoned one further personality. It is to say that in Paris, as everywhere and always, the gentle and gra- cious helpfulness of my wife has been the largest hu- man factor in whatever success has crowned my labors. Her wise counsel and unfailing sympathy and trust have been my inspiration and strength." Charles Wagner, author of "The Simple Life," wrote thus of Beach's Paris work: "One place where I shall see American youth, and which I intend to visit often, is the 'Students' Atelier Eeunion,' of Pastor Sylvester W. Beach, Boulevard Montparnasse. I mention this rendezvous on purpose, for all America is interested in it, and in the course of the year I shall have occasion to speak of it from another point of view. America sends annually to Paris thousands of youths and young girls, there to per- fect themselves in the fine arts. Almost all of them live in the Latin Quarter, of which a part close to the Boulevard Montparnasse might be called the American ■Quarter. Painters, sculptors, musicians, architects — "these young people live here often alone. Their inex- perience has much need of support. Pastor Beach, originally a Philadelphian, represents to them the ab- sent fatherland. He interests himself in them, tries to group them, and every Sunday evening gets them to- gether in an immense studio rented from a painter for 6 the purpose. Imagine a studio under the roofs, a sort of large and comfortable loft sheltered from the noises of the street. There you may hear hymns sung, good music and a healthy and consoling doctrine preached in the short sermons, in which Mr. Beach excels. Many young hearts, and often hearts that have drifted away from the church, have found there salutary contact with the better life. Great good is done in this loft. Young people are happy to meet each other among children of the same country. They fete the souvenirs of the fatherland at Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc., and create a comer of America in the heart of Paris .'^ 'Tariety^' was called to the First Presbyterian Church of Princeton in November, 1905, was received into the Presbytery of New Brunswick in January, 1906, and was installed February 28, 1906, "B." Greene assist- ing in the service. At the annual meeting of the American McAll Asso- ciation, held in Minneapolis, May, 1906, Beach deliv- ered an address, sketching in a most lucid manner the various steps that have led to a separation of Church and State in France, and showing the effect it will have upon Protestanism and Catholicism in that country. HENEY PUSH BIDDLE. Died January 3, 1877. [See Eecoed No. IV., page 27.] LIEUT. JONATHAN WILLIAMS BIDDLE. Died September 30, 1877. [See Eecoed No. IV., page 28.] 7 EGBERT EDWIN BOKNEE, office, 26 Cortlandt Street; residence, 563 Madison Avenue, New York City. The Czar of the Class accounts for himself as follows : "In the fall of 1901 I retired from the publishing business, and in the spring of 1903 I became the Secre- tary and Treasurer of the Pennsylvania Cement Com- pany, the works of which are situated at Bath, Pa., and the sales offices at 26 Cortlandt Street, New York City. "In politics I am still a Eepublican. However, I do feel that our legislators need a little enlightenment on the tariff question. The absurd duty on art is a great detriment to our artists, especially young artists. If foreign art could be admitted free our artists would not have to go abroad to look at it; nor can I see any ra- tional ground w^hy Canadian wood should not come into this country free, or practically free, and thus save the devastation of our own forests. "I am still a member of the Fifth Avenue Presbyte- rian Church, of which good Dr. John Hall was the pastor for many years. "I am a member of the University, Princeton, Lotus and Fulton Clubs, and also the Knollwood Country Club of Westchester. In Princeton I am an associate gradu- ate member of the Ivy Club and a member of the Nas- sau Club. "The status of my family is the same as last reunion, namely : a wife, three boys, the oldest twenty, the next sixteen and the next fourteen, and a daughter eleven years of age. "Now, as to question No. 5. Our Siecretary has al- ways been very polite, deferential and modest, and just why he should put such an impertinent question I can not understand. No, sir, I am not a grandfather, and I do not expect to be for some time to come. "During the present year at Princeton there has been a very beneficial work started in organizing an efficient system of properly feeding the refreshment class. The present Curator, Mr. Bunn, has this matter in charge, and I am sure if he successfully carries out his ideas it will greatly tend to improve the social, moral and physi- cal condition of each succeeding refreshment class." Bonner was on hand for the Eeunion from its first minute to its last, and he presided over everything with his customary efficiency. HAEEINGTON BEOWK, J^875 Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, California. "Micky" answers the questions in due order. "Micky is my only title. a. "Oil refining, increased from two to five and a half acres, from 200 to 600 barrels a day. b. "Not any. Treatise on asphalt and best kind for paving, which, when learned of by the trust, drove it to high timber, thus obviating the necessity for publica- tion. c. "Always been a Baptist and will be till I die, 'fed, you know, on Baptist pie.' f. "Short. Honors uneven. "University, Princeton and George Washington Uni- versity Alumni Clubs, Los Angeles Country and Tam- 9 many. The name of the latter has been changed to Democratic. 3. "Thank God;, same old wife. 4. "The same fine children as at last report, all alive and kicking. The eldest graduated three years ago from the Marlborough School. The other two girls at- tend the same school, from which Lucie will graduate this year. The two boys attend public school. 6. "Yes, secret societies and more strenuous foot- ball." While two of Harry's daughters, the Misses Adelaide and Eleanor, were driving in the afternoon of July 5, 1906, the clanging bell of a street car frightened the horses and caused them to run away. Both young la- dies were thrown out and Miss Eleanor was so badly injured that she died while on the way to the hos- pital. JOHN P. BROWN, care of Charles Scribner's Sons,, 153-157 Fifth Avenue, New York City; residence, YonJcers, N. Y. Jai Brown, as usual, is retiring. He writes : "I do not see how I can help you further for the Class Eecord than I have done already. My line of work does not permit of anything spectacular, nor am I particu- larly burdened with having honors thrust upon me. Steady employment, with moderate progress and con- genial surroundings, about cover the conditions. You have the record of all my children except the youngest, Eleanor Beattie, who was born July 6, 1901." 10 HON. OREN BEITT BEOWN, Dayton, Ohio. "Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the Second District of Ohio. "1 have been on the bench since July, 1896. My present term expires next November, and I am requested by the bar and the citizens generally to accept another term. This I have not determined. "The answers to the different sub-heads arranged alphabetically are about the same as in my former report; I doubt if any would be of particular in- terest. "Same wife — still living — both of us happy together. "No children. "No grandchildren. 6. "I have no suggestions to make, but keep in touch with the President and some of the faculty of Prince- ton. "Last summer Mrs. Brown and I took a European trip for about four months. I was very sorry to have missed 'Variety' Beach in Paris. We stopped at the same hotel at which he lived and found a number of his friends. He had just left for America. Saw 'Eeddy' Bonner a few minutes on my return — sorry to have missed you. Had a couple of days' visit with 'Big Van' in Philadelphia last winter." "Oby" was to have attended the Eeunion, but in cranking his automobile he received a blow on the nose which put him out of business for the time. He was not seriously hurt, but was not pretty enough to leave home. He was greatly missed by the boys. 11 WILLIAM ALLEN" BUTLEE, JE., ofjice, dli- Wall Street; residence, 30 East Seventy- second Street, New York City. "I have continued in the practice of the law since the last Eecord. Owing to the death of my father in 1903, I have come into new responsibilities. My law firm is now Butler, Notman & Mynderse. I am Presi- dent of the Law^yers' Club, 120 Broadway; member of the University, Princeton, Shinnecock Hills, Meadow and Southampton Clubs, of the American Bar Associ- ation and of the New York City and State Bar Associ- ations. Director of the Employers' Liability Assurance Corporation of London, director and member of the Finance Committee of the Hanover Fire Insurance Company of New York, the Century Building Com- pany, and Sanitary Building and Inspection Company; President of the Board of Trustees of Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, Treasurer of the Church Exten- sion Committee of the Presbytery of New York, Chair- man of Admiral Taylor's Section U. S. Navy League, Fellow of the American Fine Arts Society, member of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and American Mu- seum of Natural History. 4. "William Allen is in the freshman class, '09, at Princeton; Lyman and Charles are at the Hill School, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, preparing for Princeton. All are taking the academic course. "My grandchildren are not causing me any anxiety as yet." Billy emphatically denies the report of his death, pub- lished in the Alumni WeeTcly of Feb. 6, 1904, 12 George Washixcitox EEV. AETHUK B. CHAFFEE, A.B., A.M., D.D., Marshall, Texas. "Much the same old thing. Have been President of this school for five years." "This school," it appears from an accompanying cir- cular, is Bishop College, which has the following de- partments : theological, college, academic, normal, gram- mar, industrial, nurse-training, music. It was es- tablished in 1881 by the American Baptist Home Mis- sion Society of New York for the training of colored boys and girls in Christian living, scholarship, and good citizenship. About 5,000 students have gone from it to help their race. Starting with a few acres of land and a small building, it now has twenty-two acres and six brick buildings used exclusively for school purposes, be- sides a steam plant, laundry, barns, shops and several dwellings. The faculty numbers twenty-seven, about half being colored. There are about six hundred stu- dents. "Children: Harold Putnam, A.B., Denison Univer- sity, Granville, Ohio, will graduate from the Eochester Theological Seminary in 1907. "Eleanor Harriet is at present a junior in Denison University and Secretary to the Dean of Shepardson College, of the same University. "James Foster graduated at Denison with the degree of A.B. in 1905, and during the past year has been with the Western Electric Company. "Arthur B., Jr., is a junior at Denison and joint edi- tor of The Denisonian. 13 "Laurence Eric is in Doane Academy, Denison Uni- versity." EEV. WILLIAM NESBITT CHAMBEES, Adana, Turkey-in-Asia. {Address for hooks, pa- pers, etc., British Post-office, Constantinople, Turkey. ) "Since my last report I have continued in connection with this station (Adana) of what is designated 'The Mission to Central Turkey.' The territory of the Mis- sion corresponds largely with what Paul, in Acts 15 :41, designates as 'Syria and Cilicia.' Antioch, where the disciples were first called Christian, is just across the Gulf of Issus from us, and Tarsus, the birthplace of Paul the Apostle, is about twenty-five miles to the southwest of us. I am the only male missionary resid- ing in Adana, and have in supervision the work of the station and so the superintendence of ten churches and the schools connected with them. Dr. Christie resides in Tarsus and has in charge St. Paul's College, of which I am one of the directors. "Historically this district is most interesting. It is bounded on the west and north by the Taurus Moun- tains, which are pierced by the celebrated Cilician Gates Pass, on the east by the Amanus Mountains, between which and the sea, which bounds us on the south, lies the other celebrated pass called the Syrian Gates. One of the great trade routes from the East to the West leads through these passes, so that this district has re- sounded once and again with the tread of the armed hosts of Xenophon and Alexander, of Cyrus and Xerxes, 14 of Eoman and Saracen, of Armenian and Crusader, of Egyptian and Turk. It has also re-echoed the thrilling words of the great Apostle Paul as he proclaimed the gospel of life to its people. "The modern growth of evangelical Christianity is illustrated by this: the evangelical church in this city is to celebrate its semi-centennial this year in April. It was organized with five members in a congregation of twenty people. It now has 363 members in a com- munity of nearly 1,000, and over 400 pupils in schools. It contributes $1,600 a year for the support of its work. This indicates the growth in this city. I have no sort of doubt that Cilicia will resound with the gospel mes- sage once again as it did in the days of Paul, "Our son, Talcott, was attending school in Switzer- land during the winter of 1901-2. In the Easter vaca- tion he went on a tramp with a school-companion — a young Swiss of his own age. Why they took the road they did will never be known, but, attempting the im- possible, they fell from an icy path over an Alpine prec- ipice on April 9, 1902. Their bodies were recovered nine days later. I used to have fond visions of my boy at Princeton. He entered a higher university, and I have no doubt is increasing in knowledge and all the graces that make humanity sublime. "Kate is making her college preparation in Miss Ir- win's School in Philadelphia. She had opportunity of visiting Princeton the other day. I was interested to hear her opinion, to the effect that Princeton 'is all right.' She is looking forward to Bryn Mawr, having passed her entrance examinations in June. She also 15 took the foils at the fencing tournament at Drexel in Philadelphia recently. **Most cordial salutations to all the fellows." Chambers arrived in this country August 22, 1903, on a year's furlough, during which he met a number of the Class, and saw a Yale-Princeton football game at New Haven. EEV. CHAELES B. CHAPIN, A.M., D.D., 588 West Avenue, Rochester, New YorTc. *^hen my last report was given, I was the pastor of the Hamilton Grange Eeformed Church, New York City. Two years ago I resigned that charge and ac- cepted a call to the pastorate of the Westminster Pres- byterian Church, Eochester, N. Y. "I have written some for the religious press. "I took the chief part in the organization and devel- opment of the Guild for the Crippled Children of the Poor in New York City. "A year ago I organized the Eochester Lawn Tennis Club and became its President. It is now a large and flourishing organization. Last summer I beat the under- graduate champion of Cornell — a pretty good record for an old fellow! "My one son is now a freshman in the Eochester Uni- versity, taking the pre-technical Scientific Course." Charley was pastor of the Hamilton Grange Ee- formed Church for eleven and a half years, where he did a noble work, contending with serious difficulties, but keeping his congregation together and adding to its numbers, and at the same time interesting himself in 16 the work of his denomination and in charitable enter- prises. Keports from his new field are very gratifying, as during his first year there he received 109 new members, more than half on confession and the ma- jority adults. This last spring Chapin suffered the loss of his wife, who died May 17, after a prolonged illness. He has the sincere sympathy of all in this great bereavement. EEV. HAEEISON CLAEKE, A.B., A.M., North 26th Street, Boulder, Colorado. Clarke writes briefly : "Since last report I have been living here, and for the past three years have been en- gaged in the fruit-growing business. I am a member of the Presbytery of Boulder. Children the same as at last report. Grace Darling, the eldest, was gradu- ated from the State Preparatory School in 1904 and was the Greek salutatorian in a class of forty-four. She is now studying for an A.B. degree in the class of '09, State University of Colorado. Harrison Barnes, our third, is taking the classical course in the State Prepar- atory School, class of '09. I should like to see dear old Princeton once more, and also the boys, that we might speak face to face. But this is among the impossi- bilities." W. A. CLELAND, A.M., 532 and 534- Chamber of Commerce Building, Portland, Oregon. "There is nothing noteworthy in my personal history 17 since the date of my last report. I have continued in the practice of the law and as yet am not in the circum- stances mentioned in the last paragraph of your circu- lar letter. As Secretary of the Portland Commercial Club, which office I held last year, I had the pleasure of renewing my acquaintance with John G. Miller, of Chicago, and during a very pleasant — though too brief — visit with him heard much of interest as to the mem- bers of '76. "I had expected that the Lewis & Clark Fair here last year w^ould attract at least some of the members of '76, but, if so, they did not make themselves known to me. "Under sub-divisions 3, 4 and 5, matters still remain in statu quo. 6. "Too far removed by lapse of time and distance to offer suggestions." EEV. AETHUE B. CONGEE, Rosemont, Pennsylvania. Arthur Conger is still with the same church, and is happy in his work. He sent a far too brief report. His record is, however, pretty much the same as it was the last time. His son, Arthur McCrea, is taking the clas- sical course at Princeton, class of '09. Conger is a member of the Merion Cricket Club, and since the last Eecord has put forth two works, "Eeligion for the Time" (1903) and "The Christian Altar" (1904). In commenting on the first of these two books the Chris- tian Intelligencer said : "This book contains six conferences on natural relig- 18 ion, and four appended essays on those subjects which modern attack has emphasized, such as higher criticism, inspiration and catholic dogma. The book is an ear- nest and scholarly defence of the fundamental positions of Christianity against the attacks of modern material- istic philosophy and agnosticism. The clear thought and well-defined position and the graceful style and an occasional gleam of humor make it interesting reading as well as profitable. But many of his readers will not be able to follow him in his advocacy of the sole author- ity of the Anglican Church as an interpreter and trans- mitter of the word of truth." ALFEED C. COUESEN, Huntington, Long Island, New York. "I gave you a full report last time, and as I do not change the essentials of my life every five years, I really have nothing to add. My business and prospects never were so favorable and altogether satisfactory, and as the milk of human kindness will permeate the toughest skin at fifty, I am smiling rather better than formerly. "But I gave the Class my message, and it had as be- nign an effect as a drop of water upon a duck's back. I was terribly sincere about it, and if they do not 'see it' I merely prefer to expend my energies upon those to whom some slight good may result. The college, the church, the press — all of the great motors of capitalist civilization — ^naturally are adjusted to the interests of their owners. I condemn them utterly. A social gath- ering at Princeton, to one of my understanding, would be as a symposium of hell. I have talked with your 19 Workers' man (I forget his name, the one who teaches 'sociology'), and he is tommyrot. Every avenue and feature of it is of a piece — 'Let us keep to ourselves the mental, spiritual and physical good of this life, and let us charitably contribute of these stolen advantages a small percentage to ameliorate the condition of the dis- inherited.' The ergo of this is writ large, and we have our McCurdys on the one hand and starvation of hu- man beings from India across the continent to your own door. The whole thing is sulphurous, the revolt of humanity is well upon us, and I welcome the final cataclysm as I would anticipate the smiling dawn after a black night of hideous storm. "May your God, if there is one, bless you, and may He put His almighty heel upon the face of your civiliza- tion." BEYANT 0. COWAN, 5035 Grand Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois. Cowan, with his customary brevity, writes : "A short horse is soon curried and a brief tale soon told. In April, 1901, I accepted the position of Assistant Secre- tary of the American Shorthorn Breeders' Association, and am still holding that position. I sold my herd of shorthorn cattle and my farm in Missouri and am now at 5035 Grand Boulevard, Chicago. "I have no literary ability and no political ambition, hence no honors to report. The names of my three daughters were given in a former report. The two liv- ing are Cora E. and Florence J. The former has just finished five years of study at the Chicago Art Insti- 20 tute, and the latter is now a freshman in Chicago Uni- versity." SAMUEL CEAIG COWAET, Central National Banh Building, Freehold, New Jersey. "As to my personal history since last reported, in my professional career I have been reasonably successful, and, in fact, have about all the work that I can com- fortably attend to. I have been able to impress upon the courts of this State the justice of the claims of my clients, with the result that I have won a number of important cases. "My literary publications have consisted entirely of legal briefs, whose chief characteristic was their length. "In political life I continue in the ranks of the Re- publican party, and have been a faithful supporter and admirer of Theodore Eoosevelt and his policies. "As to reform movements, I have taken an active in- terest in organizing an Anti-Bribery League, which pro- poses purifying the political atmosphere in this State, while at the same time making it unhealthy either to buy or sell votes. "In church work, I have been several times elected an active elder, and also superintendent of the Sab- bath-school, of the Pirst Presbyterian Church of Free- hold. Our church has the rotary system and elects an elder for a three year term of active service. "I have three times represented the State of New Jer- sey in the National Congress of the Society of Sons of the American Revolution. The only club of which 21 I am a member is the Freehold Golf and Country Club^, of which I am one of the Board of Governors. "In the winter and spring of 1905, I went on a three months' tour to the Orient, visiting the Madeira Is- lands, Spain, Algeria, Malta, France, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Palestine, Egypt, England, Ireland and Wales. I traveled about sixteen thousand miles and gained a fairly good idea of the countries mentioned and of the customs and peculiarities of the people. One of the most interesting parts of the trip was a horseback ride from the Sea of Galilee to Jerusalem, through the most picturesque mountains and valleys of Samaria and Gali- lee. We were six days in the saddle. My traveling companion was Col. Charles J. Wright, Principal and owner of the New Jersey Military Academy, in Free- hold." BEODIE JACKMAN CEAWFOED. Died July 27, 1883. [See Eecord No. IV., page 39.] CLAEENCE CUNINGHAM, . Charleston, South Carolina. No report. A request to the postmaster of Charles- ton brought this reply, which shows a lofty standard of oflBcial honor: "Eespectfully returned, with the information that all mail arriving at this office for Mr. Cuningham is sent to his address, vi^hich, being records of the Government, we are unable to disclose." The following letter will doubtless be of interest : 22 South Carolina's N"eed. Tq the Editor of the New Yorh Times: While as a citizen of South Carolina, with her inter- ests very much at heart, I am glad that her recent move- ment toward bringing about immigration into the Com- monwealth is attracting attention in other parts of the Federal Union, I am sorry that the true purport of this movement is not exactly understood beyond her doors. From a few observations reproduced from your jour- nal by this morning's Charleston News and Courier I conclude you have not fully grasped the meaning of our immigration policy. In speaking of the difficulties that will confront us in securing immigration you say: "Probably the chief obstacle will be the fact that agricultural work has so largely fallen into the hands of the blacks. They form the largest body of workmen on whom the farmer immigrant must depend, and the prejudice against the race will necessarily tend to repel white immigrants of the farm labor class." We do not expect the farmer immigrants we hope to bring among us to depend upon the blacks as their workmen, for we expect the class of immigrants we bring here to do their own work, and that is the chief reason we seek to bring them. While I am ready to concede that even the people of the Eastern States, not to speak of the people of the other parts of the Union, are prejudiced against the negro, I am not ready to ad- mit that the tillers of the soil in Europe are. After some years' sojourn abroad, I concluded that the coun- try people there knew nothing of the Southern negro, except as some sort of a superior being about whom 23 somebody went to war, and as to a prejudice against him, it was always for him. It is well that the world should understand that we do not want white immigra- tion among us in order to supplant the negro ; we want it merely to supplement him. . "Another trouble," you say, "will be the fact that there is no foreign country whose people are inclined to emigrate, with any considerable number of men fa- miliar with the raising of cotton, which will be for a long time the staple product/' We do not want the new settlers to come to our State as cotton planters; we have negroes in sufficient num- bers to plant all the cotton the State need raise; and should the new settlers find it to their interest to culti- vate cotton, it is so simple a matter they will compre- hend the whole subject in one season. Unfortunately South Carolina has not much public land, but she has many thousand acres of virgin soil, as well as of fine abandoned lands — abandoned for want of labor to work them — to be bought at equitable prices and on easy conditions. It is these lands we want to people with intelligent, hard-working, sober, thrifty, ingenious husbandmen, who will turn them into fields of grain, into orchards, into pastures, and into truck farms, and who will also plant trees in places where the forests have been depleted. True, cotton is our staple product, but we do not get enough in cash for it to enable us to buy in return all the breadstuffs, meats, horsepower, and implements we are obliged to have and for which we are obliged to go to other parts to get at a high price even though they could be produced at home 24 at small expense. Our great need is diversified crops and industries, and the only way to effect this is to bring in a foreign labor that has the genius, inclination, apti- tude for such. Money seeking investment could not be more profit- ably placed than in the purchase of such lands as I de- scribe. It would secure a higher rate of interest than it now secures through the usual modes of investment in the great money centres. We have a variety of re- sources as great as, if not greater than, Texas, and are much better watered, and have better water. You ad- vise us to go to Texas to get the newly imported German cotton raisers of that State to come among us. Texas needs her own. Should, however, those you mention choose to come here, we will gladly receive them, but it is urgent upon us to go to the great Northwest or to Europe to get the immigrants we need. Clarence Cuningham. Charleston, S. C, Nov. 20, 1903. HON. HENRY EDGAE DAVIS, LL.D., office, Jenifer Building; residence, The Concord, Washington, District of Columbia. «A.B. Princeton, 1876; A.M. Princeton, 1879; LL.B. Columbian (now George Washington) University, Washington, D. C, 1878; LL.M. same, 1879; LL.D. National University, Washington, D.C., 1898. "I have continued the practice of the law exclusively. In connection therewith I was professor of Common Law and Equity Pleading and the Law of Evidence in the National University, Washington, D. C, until the 25 close of the year 1904, when I resigned after a contin- uous professorship of fifteen years in the Columbian and National Universities on the subjects named, and, in addition, Common Law Practice and the History of the Law. "Since the last report I have written some fugitive articles, and in June, 1904, delivered the annual address to the Pennsylvania Bar Association at its tenth an- nual convention at Cape May, New Jersey, my subject being 'The Law Spirit: Its Sources and Its Sway/ Besides the tremendous impression which my address naturally and necessarily made, the most conspicuous feature of the meeting was found in the large number of Princeton men on the Pennsylvania bench in attend- ance. "From the first nomination of 'The boy orator of the Platte' and 'peerless' custodian and watchdog of the interests of the nation, to wit, William Jennings Bryan, in 1896, down to the nomination of the present impe- rial ruler of the Eepublic and general overseer of the world at large, in 1904, I affiliated with the Eepublican party, but I went into the campaign of 1904 as that party's opponent. My present political attitude may be characterized, in the language of the hustings, as 'Where are we at ? And if not, why not ?' "My philanthropic and charitable efforts have been ex- clusively along private lines, although I realize that true economy in those directions consists in more or less conspicuous association, chiefly under official guise, with professional, not to say ostentatious, organizations. The only reform movement in which I have been con- 26 ,/ li^$m // <1 1-1 \. S > ^/i• cerned has been aimed at trying to make my acquain- tances recognize the fact that entirely too much trouble is taken about too many things. "Nominally I am a member of the Protestant Episco- pal Church, having been admitted to its communion at the mature age of twelve. I was baptized a Eoman Catholic; was reared an Episcopalian; was educated at a Presbyterian college; married a Unitarian wife; and am now a member of the well-known Cosmos Club of this city, noted for its absolute freedom from adhesion to or countenance of anything denominational. I sup- pose, therefore, that I may be considered a very good specimen of the theological club-sandwich. "Since the last report I have received no honor ex- cept that of being permitted to pursue, undisturbed, the even tenor of my way. "1 am a member of the Metropolitan, Cosmos, Uni- versity and Chevy Chase Clubs of this city. "The lady whom I honored with my hand in matri- mony, in the language of the late Lew Wallace, 'still abides with me.' 4. " 'Nameless here forever more.' 5. "Ditto, only more so. 6. "As I do not know the present social or moral con- dition of students at Princeton, I file an exception to the inquiry on this point." At a dinner of the University Club of Washington to Secretary Taft in February, "Jeff" got back at one of the speakers in fine style. This speaker, a son of Old Eli, said that Mr. Taft had been made Governor of the Philippines because he was a Yale man. "Jeff" 27 declared that this was unquestionably true, because it had been deemed wisest to introduce the civilization of the United States into the islands as gradually as possible. EEV. PEOF. COLLINS DENNY, Vanderhilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. "In addition to the usual claims on my time there have been many extra and heavy drafts during the last few months. I have not written in answer to your printed inquiries solely because I had nothing to write. I am fully in the Apostolic succession in one respect, 'silver and gold' of interesting, particularly personal, information, 'have I none'; and I am out of the said succession because I cannot add, 'such as I have give I unto thee.' "My life for the past few years has gone on quietly, without special incident. I have five children, the youngest seven years old; the eldest, finding another man whose home she seems to have had more interest in adorning than in continuing to ornament mine, has left me for that other man. My two oldest children have finished their courses here, having taken their B.A. and M.A. degrees. One took in addition her B.S. degree, and the other made Phi Beta Kappa. A third has a year of preparatory w^ork before entering the university. "Nearly every summer I take a church during vaca- tion. This year I have McKendree Church in this city. I greatly enjoy preaching, particularly when I have anything to preach. "I am at a point where honors mean responsibilities, 28 and the former are sunk in the latter. I also find it increasingly embarrassing to write about myself, there are so many other really good subjects, and life is short. I have not forgotten, nor have I lost interest in, the old boys of Princeton, nor in the college that did so much for me." REV. ELLIOTT LAURENCE DRESSER, Genoa, Cayuga County, New YorJc. "In September, 1902, I resigned my charge at Diver- non, Illinois, and moved to Oberlin, Ohio. I have been engaged in evangelistic work in Ohio and New York State since. I took charge of the churches of Genoa and Five Corners, New York, April 1, 1904. "Nominally I am a Republican, independent in senti- ment. I am interested in the usual reform movements connected with the ministry, especially temperance. "My son Laurence took two years in Blackburn Col- lege, and is at present in the Chase Art School, New York City. The other three children are in school and college and conservatory at Oberlin." Dresser was at the reunion, the first he has attended, and enjoyed every minute of it. During this summer his family wil\ move to Ithaca, New York, and thus be near his field of work. JOHN FLETCHER DUFFIELD, M.D. No report. John's son Barry has been teaching Eng- lish in the American Protestant College, Beirut, Syria, and was expected home July 30, 1906. He may con- 29 tinue teaching or go into business. John's daughter Elizabeth would have entered Smith College this fall but for a severe attack of appendicitis last spring. She has passed most of the entrance examinations, and ex- pects to enter in September, 1907. FEAFK DUNKING, University Club, New York City; Valley Home, Warwick, Orange County, New York. Frank writes: "I still reside at Warwick, where I spend about half my time, the rest in travel. My city address is the University Club, New York. I have not married since last report. Am anxious to see how the boys answer your fifth question." Jealous old thing! He continues: "Once more you omit a question con- cerning bachelor life. A grave mistake, as there is so much in its favor." That is the way Ed. Lyon used to talk, too. The fellows who could not be at the Eeunion will be glad to know that Frank does not look forty, that he is the same genial, jolly, witty and companionable man that he was in our early days. He contributed greatly to the happy spirit of the gathering of the Class. i E. A. EDWAEDS, Peru, Indiana. Edwards is still in the banking business, and writes as follows: "I regret very much that I haven't some startling change or great achievement to report which would be of interest to some of the boys. The fact is I 30 am moving on in the same old channel, working hard and enjoying life. "My sons are both in business, one in Chicago, where he is managing the sales department of our lumber com- pany, and the other in Peru, where he is acting as teller in the First National Bank. I have two daughters in school, one in Vassar and the other in Boston. It had been my hope to get to Princeton at the time of the Commencement this year, but June is a very busy time and I failed to get away. I was represented there, however, by one of my daughters, who came down for the dance on Monday night. She brought me vivid descriptions of scenes pertaining to our trigintennial and commiserated me very strongly on my misfortune in not being there.'' THOMAS IRELAND ELLIOTT, office, 55-56 Maryland Life Building; residence, 2026 Mount Royal Terrace, Baltimore, Maryland. Elliott — ^who responded so eloquently to the toast of "The Bachelors of '76" at our former Reunion in 1901 — has forsaken the "Old Guard" and joined the "Bene- dicks" and his report is therefore made up of an ac- count of the "grand, sweet song." "We append a clip- ping from a Baltimore paper of June 1, 1903 : "Mr. Thomas Ireland Elliott, of the Baltimore bar, will be married at Chestertown, Maryland, on June 3, to Miss Corirme Bruce Vickers, of that place. The cere- mony will be performed at the Chestertown Methodist Episcopal Church by Rev. M. Roberts, the pastor. The couple will sail from Boston for Naples on their wed- 31 ■ding trip, which will include a tour of Europe. After their return to this country they will reside at 2026 Mount Eoyal Terrace. Miss Vickers is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harrison W. Vickers, of Chestertown, and a granddaughter of the late United States Sena- tor George Vickers, who represented Maryland in the Senate from 1868 to 1873.'^ They have one daughter, Clara Vickers Elliott, born June 5, 1904. Elliott is one of the Vice-Presidents of the Princeton Alumni Association of Maryland. KEV. EDWAED C. EVANS, Remsen, Oneida Couniy, New York. "I have nothing new to add since my last report. I am living quietly in the same place, and am engaged chiefly in the same work of the gospel ministry and en- joying ordinary good health and prosperity. "My eldest son, Edward E. Evans, 22 years of age, graduated with honors in the class of 1905 at Hamil- ton College. Afterward he entered in the fall the Col- lege of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City, in- tending to qualify himself for the medical profession. The other son, Arthur L. Evans, 16 years of age, is pre- paring to enter college next year, and afterward (D. V.) intends to qualify himself for the legal profession. "The movement to increase the number of instructors at Princeton seems to me to be in the right direction, and if properly carried out will help to improve so- cially and morally the students by bringing them into closer intercourse with their teachers." 32 GEOEGE FIELDING FICKLEN. Died May 10, 1877. [See Eecord No. IV., page 51.] LIEUT. LEIGHTON FINLEY. Died February 12, 1894. [See Eecord No. VI., page 36.] CHAELES D. FOWLEE, lJk20 M Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia. "Sooner^' sends two answers, the second one telling of his inability to be present at the Eeunion, matters arising at the last minute to prevent him coming, and expressing his keen regret at such condition and wish- ing in his usual happy way "good luck to all the men of '76." He still follows his profession of law, and has gathered no titles since last report. Is "not mar- ried AS yet/'' has no children, and says, "I do not feel equal to suggesting anything that will improve the so- cial and moral condition of students at Princeton." He is a member of the University Club of Washington. EEV. ALBEET ANDEEW FULTON, D.D., Canton, China. "Your call to 'please to recite,' sounds loudly, and herewith a few items. "During the past five years my time has been given chiefly to the work of itineration, and superintending the many churches and chapels under my care in the Province of Kwong Tung, Southern China. In this province there are about thirty millions of inhabitants, 33 and they are among China's most progressive and en- lightened subjects^ and it is from the Four Districts in this province that the large proportion of the Chinese in the United States come, "My country work is confined to the Four Districts mentioned. During the past four years I have received more than 2,000 converts, and these are gathered into eleven churches. I have also thirty other chapels under the care of native preachers, and through these workers tens of thousands yearly hear the gospel. In the city of Canton I have in charge the work in connection with the First Church, which is situated in a wealthy and in- fluential part of the western suburbs, and is closely affiliated with the Woman's Medical College, and David Gregg Hospital for Women and Children, all under the care of the Presbyterian Board of Missions. "China presents to-day the grandest field for mission- ary enterprise ever offered to the Christian churches of the world. The nation is struggling towards the light. The Japanese victory has made a profound impression upon the Chinese mind, and they are closely investi- gating the causes that enabled so small a nation to achieve so great a victory over the big nation that threatened to bestride China like a Colossus. There is fear lest in their eagerness to attain results they may be unwilling to comply with the conditions by which Japan reached a place among the great nations. "There is a great demand for schools and colleges, but there is a deficiency in capable teachers, which time alone can supply. China's bitterest need is good men, and these Christianity alone can supply. The vast mass 34 of the people are among the most industrious, economi- cal and persevering that can be found in any part of the world, and need only honest and just rulers to en- able them to take a very high place among the greatest nations. Magnificent resources await development, and it is absolutely essential to China's industrial and com- mercial expansion that this Empire should have long years of profound peace. With that peace will be af- forded splendid opportunities for laying the founda- tions of a Christian civilization, which alone can keep China from becoming a menace, which would follow in the event of military aspirations dominating and con- trolling the Imperial authorities. "The most cordial relations should be maintained be- tween our land and China, as they have always re- garded us as their best friends, and the recent un- pleasant incident reminds us that we must not again needlessly offend a nation with whom we must always have a very close relationship. I trust thousands of the Chinese scholars may go to the United States, and this would be of utmost importance in bringing about the great change that must take place in judicial and administrative reform, and thus ultimately open the way for constitutional government. The outlook is ex- ceedingly hopeful, and while some dangers will be in- curred in the work of transition, the results that will be achieved by moral renovation will be of unspeakable value both to China and to the world. "I have written many articles for papers, and have corrected my book, 'Progressive Lessons in Cantonese,* which is now in its third edition. 35 "Without any knowledge on my part, the University of Wooster, Ohio, took upon itself the responsibility of conferring upon your classmate the degree of Doctor of Divinity. I suppose there is no way of escaping the load without legal action, and as there is no ^76 lawyer here, in the interests of peace I must go my way, sub conditione. "Children : Edith M. has been at Wooster University and The Western College for Women, at Oxford, Ohio, and will graduate in June, 1907 ; Theodore Cuyler is at Wooster University, Harold and Ralph are at the Pre- paratory School, Winona Lake, Indiana, and Grace is at school in Wooster. "Now as to attending the Reunion. I would walk many miles to be with you, but cannot get over the big pond. It was a great disappointment that I could not be there in 1901, but I certainly shall be there, if alive, in 1909. It would be a great joy to see any one of the Class who may decide to take in Canton on a health journey. "It is a delight to think how many fine men there are in old '76; we need never be ashamed of our record, and we will show by our earnestness, courage, and pluck in the big race that our fine opportunities at our glo- rious old university were not unimproved. Love to you all.' From other sources we learn that Fulton now has un- der his care more native helpers and more chapels than any other missionary in the Chinese Empire. His pol- icy is to train native helpers, work largely through na- tive agencies, plant mission stations in market-towns 36 from which tours to surrounding villages may easily be made, and to strive to make churches and schools self- supporting at the earliest possible day. His sister, Dr. Mary H. Fulton, has under her care, in Canton, a Wom- an's Medical College, the David Gregg Hospital, and a Nurses' Training School. The college is the only one of its kind in the Empire, is self-supporting, and for lack of room has had to turn away nearly as many stu- dents as it accommodates. "Dutch" throws this side-light on present conditions in China: "There is a strong desire to imitate Western learn- ing, as it is styled ; schools are in great demand, and the missionaries are called upon to supply teachers. All the young men who graduated from our school here in the city have been offered large salaries, compared with what the Mission could pay, and the officials are at a loss what to do. The old system of examination in Chinese classics has been abolished by a stroke of the Imperial pencil, and orders have been sent to all prov- inces to establish colleges after the model of foreign countries, which is easy to order but mighty hard to do. So old China will have to begin from the foundation. There are finest opportunities now in the hands of the missionaries to mould teaching along right lines. Edu- cational institutions are being opened by almost every large denomination, but not along sectarian lines. I would like much to start a library and reading-room in one of the cities in my field, where all the best books on modern science that have been recently translated into Chinese may be seen." 37 ALEXANDEE B. GILLESPIE, Garrett, Albany County, Wyoming. "I am engaged in ranching and stock business. No change in family since my last report." SAMUEL BAETOW GEEENE, after graduation, returned to his home in Buffalo, New York, and took up the study of law in his father's office, being in due time admitted to the bar. He remained in Buffalo for a number of years, and in 1889 he was married to Miss Jennie Lee Niven, of Monticello, New York. For ten or twelve years he resided in Monticello, when domestic troubles arose which led to a divorce, after which Greene married Miss Elizabeth Ball and moved to Stony Ford, New York. On May 10, 1904, he shot himself in the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York City, expiring almost immediately. H. L. H. EEV. PEOF. WILLIAM BEENTON GEEENE, JE., D.D., Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey. "I have been fulfilling as well as I could my duties as Professor of Apologetics and Christian Ethics in the above institution. "I have published a small volume on 'Christian Doc- trine' for Normal Class students, two papers in the Princeton Theological Review, on 'The Practical Im- portance of Apologetics' and on 'Broadchurchism,' and several articles in the weekly papers. "I am interested in the Princeton 'Society for the 38 William A. Packard, Ph.D., D.D. Prevention of Cruelty to Animals/ and the ''New Jersey Society for Providing Homes for Homeless Children/ I am a Trustee of the First Presbyterian Church of Princeton. "I should like to see athletics at Princeton put on what I conceive to be a rational basis." Greatly to his regret, Greene was unable to attend the Eeunion, owing to the serious illness of a member of his family. He writes : "My prayers go up that the Eeunion may be in the very best sense a happy one." Those who were there will agree that his prayers were answered. COENELIUS CUYLEE GEEGOEY traveled far- ther to attend the Eeunion of 1901 than any classmate excepting Cuvellier. He derived the keenest enjoyment from the days he spent at Princeton, reviving old memories and renewing old friendships. Early in the following November, at his home in Fargo, North Da- kota, he was compelled to undergo a severe operation on the nose. A few days later he had an attack of the grippe and an abcess formed back of the drum of the right ear, making another operation necessary. Com- plications arose and typhoid seemed to threaten, but by the first of December the efforts of the physicians, coupled with assiduous nursing, gave promise of re- covery. On the second of December facial paralysis intervened, with difficulty in speaking, and Gregory sank rapidly, passing away December 4, from apoplexy. After funeral services in Fargo, the remains were taken to St. Paul for interment. 39 Quiet and unassuming, yet fond of congenial spirits and with a genius for friendship, "Pope" Gregory was known and liked by his classmates generally and loved deeply by those who knew him intimately. Of more than usual ability, he stood well in his studies, and after graduation taught with success for three years at Lin- coln University. He then entered upon a business ca- reer, which later took him to St. Paul. For upwards of ten years before his death he resided in Fargo, N. D., representing in that section a prominent St. Paul house. Gregory was a man of sterling integrity and the high- est character, his life was one of fine uprightness and purity, a clean life through and through. While per- haps he might have been considered undemonstrative, he was in no sense a selfish man, but was continually doing little and big kindnesses for others. For many years he had been a member of the Presbyterian Church, active in various departments of its work. His widow survives him. H. L. H. EEV. HIRAM PHILETUS HAMILTON, after act- ing for twenty-six years as the agent of the American Bible Society for the Eepublic of Mexico, on August 30, 1905, laid down his earthly labors and entered into the Joy of his Lord. But his works do follow him, and who can tell how long his influence will abide, or how much light it was his privilege to let shine into the dark places ? On graduation from the Union Theological Seminary "Hite" was appointed, May 15, 1879, to represent the Bible Society in Mexico and arrived in the capital city 40 May 30. From that time until his death Hamilton had the entire republic for his field. In his twentieth an- nual report, published in 1899, he says: "It was early in 1879 that this agency was estab- lished. One colporteur was employed, and one consign- ment of books placed with a correspondent. After the agent had visited most of the mission centres and had come to know the workers, a system of colportage was introduced, employing from fifteen to fifty men, an average of about thirty during the twenty years : twenty years of continuous effort for one sole object — to afford to every Mexican who will improve it the opportunity of reading the Holy Scriptures. They have been years of conflict, because the dominant church is bitterly op- posed to the free use of the Bible by the humbler classes ; has constantly exercised its authority to prevent its use by prohibition through edicts and sermons, and has kept its hold on the people by a countless store of highly colored traditions, attractive legends, and almost daily festivals. Outside the priesthood, fanatical publica- tions have tried to make Catholicism synonymous with patriotism. They have charged us with fostering an- nexation schemes and working for political ends, but have failed to injure us, because the Mexican Prot- estant is of the most loyal type. A good government, maintaining peace for twenty years, has made progress always possible. It has not hindered, nor has it in any especial manner helped our work; it has taxed us as booksellers, and has protected us as such. The Eoman Catholic clergy have prospered in this period of peace, and are now making extensive repairs in numerous 41 old churches, but their sway over soul and conscience seems to be diminishing, and they have to be satisfied with an outward obedience, which will last as long as the papal system is tolerated by the rich," And in bis last report there occurs this: "Glancing backward over twenty-six years of Bible distribution by the American Bible Society in Mexico, we find much to inspire us to look hopefully into the future. Yearly gains have been slow but steady, and with but two ex- ceptions each year has meant increased distribution, as well as deeper interest in the work." Since the establishment of the agency 533,039 copies of the Bible, New Testament and portions of the Scrip- tures have been put in circulation. One of "Hite's" no- table characteristics v^as his intimate acquaintance with the life and labors of his colporteurs, for he not only directed their movements in all parts of the country, but he knew the circumstances and needs of their fami- lies, and was a patient, loyal friend to them in all their labors and trials, sympathizing with them in their joys and sorrows, always ready with wise counsel in their perplexities and discouragements. Mrs. Hamilton writes: "It is nearly eight years since Hiram's health first broke, a severe attack of grippe being followed by nervous prostration. The grippe has returned every year, and each year has left him weaker. For the last two years he has suffered with Bright's disease, and for the last few months the suffering has been almost unbearable. But he has fought bravely on, determined not to give up, and the days have been few when he has not gone to his office. 42 Two days before the end, though he had spent a ter- rible night and was nearly exhausted in the morning, he was about to start for the office, when I detained him until the doctor, for whom I had sent, should arrive. He assured Hiram that he was a very sick man and should go at once to the hospital. Hiram thought it all nonsense, but finally consented to go, saying it might do him good to 'loaf a few days." The family spent that afternoon with him, and left him in ex- cellent spirits, determined not to be ill. The next day there was a change for the worse, dropsy set in, the heart was seriously affected, and soon after midnight **he slipped quietly away into another life." Since "Hite's" death Mrs. Hamilton has been in charge of the agency, maintaining it in the high state of efficiency to which he had brought it. Besides Mrs. Hamilton, three children survive: Albert Edward, now nearly nineteen ; Harold Webb, fourteen, and Elizabeth, twelve. H. L. H. A quiet, scholarly and Christian gentleman was the late Eev. H, P. Hamilton, agent in this country for more than a quarter of a century of the American Bible Society. He was broad and liberal in his views, with- out sacrificing convictions which he earnestly felt to be essential. His character had rugged strength conjoined with great kindliness which, frankly manifested, won him many warm friends. Mr. Hamilton was an excel- lent Spanish scholar, and he took pleasure in the liter- ature of Spain. His passing into the Beyond leaves a void among his circle of friends, by whom he was ap- 43 predated for his manly qualities, his genial nature, and his cultivated mind. A large number of the most representative people in the American colony attended the funeral services yes- terday afternoon. The chapel of the American hos- pital was not large enough to hold all of the friends. A most impressive funeral service was conducted by Eev. W. E. Lawson. He spoke of the virtues of the dead man, reviewing his long and useful career in Mexico, and spoke words of encouragement to the family which survives the husband and father. Despite the fact that poor health during the last sev- eral years has kept Mr. Hamilton out of public affairs, it was fully demonstrated yesterday that he had not been forgotten by his friends. Great heaps of flowers and floral designs covered a large space around the casket. The interment took place in the new American cem- etery. A number of the friends accompanied the body to the grave, where the regular burial service was con- ducted. — Mexican Herald, Aug. 22, 1905. EEV. EOBEET WILSON" HAMILTON, M.A., The Fort Manse, Lishurn, Ireland. "I have little to record since the last account. I am interested and active in many things and there is much to be thankful for. "My boys are both at college and getting on satisfac- torily ; both taller than myself." A year ago "E" wrote that there was a chance of his 44 coining to this side of the water this suaimer, but the plans did not mature. HENEY L. HAREISON, 20 East Fiftieth Street; residence, 69 East Fifty- fourth Street, New YorTc City. "I am in much the same state as several others of the Class in that I have 'nothing new to report/ The Cutler School claims most of my time for three-fourths of the year, and we continue to send many boys to Princeton, Harvard, Yale and Columbia, with now and then one to smaller colleges. "ISTo publications other than those connected with the Class of '76. "My ecclesiastical . affiliations are with the Eef ormed (Dutch) Church, and for a dozen years or more I have held the office of Deacon in the Collegiate Church, the oldest church organization on Manhattan Island, which comprises four churches and a number of chapels. I am also superintendent of the Sunday-school of the Collegiate Church of St, Nicholas, and besides am inter- ested in mission work on the west side of the city. 'Tlubs : Princeton, Century, Barnard." CHAELES HAETEIDGE. Died November 23, 1882. [See Eecoed No. IV., page 62.] WILLIAM JAMES HENDEESON, Editorial Rooms, New YorTc Sun; residence, Hotel Gerard, 125 West Forty-fourth Street, New York City. "Since my last report I have shifted from The New 45 Yorh Times to The New York Sun. Cause, urgent re- quest of the latter paper with a substantial increase of the filthy lucre. I went toThe Sun in September, 1902, and am music critic as heretofore. I continue to write for various periodicals, occasionally doing some pure literary work, such as story or verse. I do a good deal of musical lecturing, and have been appointed lecturer on the Development of Vocal Art in the new Institute of Musical Art, Kew York City. "Publications since last report: 'Eichard Wagner, His Life and His Dramas' (Putnam), 1901; 'Modern Musical Drift' (Longmans, Greene & Co.), 1904; and 'Pipes and Timbrels,' a volume of verse (The Gorham Press), 1905." Billy's list of publications is much longer than this, but the prevailing '76 modesty got the better of his evi- dent intent to give them. However, we add that he is the author of the official textbook of the Naval Militia of the United States on Navigation, the book having been selected by the Navy Department as such, also of three volumes of nautical fiction. A new book is also expected from the press in September, "The Art of the Singer." "Club membership: Princeton Club of New York, Nassau Club of Princeton, and Hollywood Golf Club, West End, New Jersey. "May 9, 1904, married Miss Julia F. Wall. "Only children those of first marriage, as before re- ported. Neither of them is yet married, and I'm no grandpop — ^not by a long shot. 46 6. "No, I think they are about up to the general university standard, and a heap higher than those in some other places." HON". BAYAED HENRY, office, lJf38~Ji.8 Land Title Building, Philadelphia; residence. West Walnut Lane, Germantown, Penn- sylvania. Bayard sends a report full of interesting news, sug- gestions and views, and we print it in full : "Practising law. "No publications. "Interested in politics ; Eepublican. Active in move- ment for honest elections and good government in the city of Philadelphia, and Commonwealth of Pennsyl- vania. "Trustee of Princeton University; President Young Men's Christian Association, Germantown, having served in that capacity eighteen years. "Member and Secretary of Board of Trustees of First Presbyterian Church in Germantown since 1877. "Director: United Eailroads and Canal Co. of New- Jersey, Philadelphia & Erie Eailroad Co., Insurance Co. of North America, Eeal Estate Trust Co., Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co., Tradesmen's National Bank, Key- stone Warehouse Co., Buffalo, Lexington Traction Co., Fort Wayne & Wabash Valley Traction Co., Castner Electrolytic Alkali Co., Niagara Falls; President: Johnsonburg Eailroad Co. "Member of Princeton, Eittenhouse, Union League and Penn Clubs, of Philadelphia; Cricket and Young 47 Republican Clubs, of Germantown; Nassau Club, Princeton; University Club, New York, and Buffalo Club, Buffalo. "I use none of these clubs very often, except the Cricket Club. There I play tennis daily through the summer, and I would like to play any member of the Class for class championship at our Eeunion in June, or at our next Eeunion in 1911. "No change in report as to children, excepting that Howard H. Henry, Princeton, '04, President of his class, was married to Miss Mae Drexel Fell, Camp Hill Hall, Fort Washington, immediately after his gradua- tion. "One grandchild, Sarah Drexel Henry, born March 29, 1905. "Suggesting what would improve the social or moral condition of the students at Princeton University is a task which it is difficult to perform. There are many things, however, which are needed at Princeton — a large endowment more than anything else. The greatest ad- vance made in many years towards securing good order and serious work by the students at Princeton was brought about by the Preceptorial System, which has already created marked changes in the undergraduate life. There are still many things which might be done for Princeton. We should have large funds, more pro- fessors, more clubs and a better system of Commons. At present, the matter of supplying good, wholesome food to the students, especially to the underclassmen, is a serious problem, which must be met at an early day. The recently acquired land about to be taken into the 48 campus, all the way from the tmiverHit}' buildings to Carnegie Lake_, and the walks and driyes which will Boon be laid out and opened throu^ that portion of the grcands. and the lake it&elf^ •vrill make greater changes in Princeton life than anything else which has happened in ottr day and generation. The prospect for a brilliant, solid and substantial furore for Princeton UniTersitT was neTer brighter, and it should l>e a matter of satisfaction to our Class that the group of m^en in. Princeton about our time, traiued by the great HcCosh, had considerable to do with establishing our Alma Mater in such a splendid and notable pcKition.*^ Bayard is a mjember of the Committtee of Fifty ap- pointed to raise funds for Princeton. HOy. .JA3IES C. JEXKIXS, Ling ay en^ Philippine. Idands. JenMns is a Judge of the Court of First Instance, Third Jvdicisl Thsvrict, Lingayen, Phflippinfi Iglands: **By iiie KHpinos I am giTea variofas titles mid ad- dzeeeed in sundry ~iy= : ugqally as Honorable, Bomi&- inneg as Mr. or Ser y ;: :h^: tim^ as Don, oeeaaon^ ally as Esq., and frr, ;^:i:ly r^o c^ tii£se; and I hare reoeived lettiers addieeeed: Honorable Don Mr. Seoor Juez de Juzgado de Tnmersi InBtancia. 2. 'TThis question is in part ansirered r,y th^ fore- going. Being in tlie judieiaiy, I am our o: ;::.'.?.; and I fear I never iras mudi if TetigUHL, it- - ^■:. : r-. earfy manliood I have been a member sociation, which position he has held for the past four years. Politically he favors prohibition, and gives his influence accordingly. His report as to children is as follows : Lorraine J. graduated at the State Normal School, Clarion, Pa., and took the classical course at Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, for one year. Albert J. graduated at Marietta College, Marietta, Ohio, in 1905, and is taking his first year in the Theo- logical Seminary at Hartford, Connecticut. Parshall M. died August 17, 1901. The twins, Frank L. and Florence E., are in the High School at Harlansburg. FEANKLIN" BUCHANAN SMITH, M.D., Court Square, Frederick City, Maryland. "I have been working hard with reasonable success in my professional field, but nothing startling. Nothing literary except a few magazine articles on medical sub- jects, and papers read before medical societies and asso- ciations. "My only son, F. Buchanan, aged twenty-three, died in November, 1903. He had been prepared at Mercers- burg for Princeton, and was admitted to the freshman 87 class in 1903. He never entered, but began the study of medicine at the University of Maryland." PEANK SAFFOED SMITH died September 19, 1903, at Warwick, Orange County, New York, after a long illness due to valvular heart trouble. For over ten years he had been a resident of Warwick, having gone there in the hope that the climate would prove bene- ficial to his health, not then rugged, as he had been suffering recently from nervous prostration. As the appended article from a Warwick paper indicates, Frank took an active part in the varied interests of the town, and he was highly esteemed by his fellow citizens. He was in Princeton at the Sesquicentennial, October 22, 1896, greatly enjoyed meeting the members of the Class then present, and regretted that he had not been able to attend more of the reunions. At Warwick, "Blondy" had as a neighbor Frank Dunning, who was constant in his attentions during his illness, and at the funeral acted as one of the pallbearers. H. L. H. After a tedious and distressing illness of many months Frank Safford Smith died at his home in this village Saturday night, at 10.30 o'clock. He v^as the son of the late George W. Smith and Ellen M. Walton, and was born at Lawrence, Mass- achusetts, November 26, 1852. He attended a private school in Newark in his youth, and before entering Princeton College he spent eighteen months abroad, traveling through Germany with a private tutor. Grad- Theodore W. Hunt, Ph.D., L.H.D. iiating from Princeton in 1876 he soon afterward went into business, taking a position in the accounting de- partment of the John Hancock Life Insurance Com- pany, which was managed by his father. Failing health compelled him to give up business for a time, however, and in 1892 Mr. Smith came to War- wick, where he has since resided. Although not in vigorous health, Mr. Smith loved to be employed, and his natural talents and education peculiarly fitted him for the keeping of accounts and the computation of figures. For several years he was a valued employee of the accounting department of the Lehigh & Hudson Eailroad, and was also for a time the manager and bookkeeper of the Warwick Valley Light and Power Company. He was chosen Police Justice of the village by a popular vote for several terms ; he was also Secre- tary of the Warwick Athletic Association and of the Warwick Club. In all his business relations Mr. Smith was prompt, accurate, and painstaking. His friendships were extensive and lasting, and he was held in high regard by the community as a man who tried to do his duty on all occasions. Mr. Smith was a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church and served for several years as a Vestryman and for a time as Treasurer of Christ Episcopal Church of this village. In the year 1885 Mr. Smith was married to Miss Henrietta F. Horrie, daughter of the late Eev. J. Wes- ley Horrie, of Southport, Connecticut, who, with three children, survive. The funeral was held yesterday afternoon at Christ 89 Church and interment made in Warwick Cemeteiy. — [Warwick, September 33, 1903.] KEV. J. A. LIVINGSTON SMITH, 325 East King Street, York, Pennsylvania. "The past ten years have been devoted largely to the education of my children and to such ministerial labors as my feeble health permitted me to render to the churches of this city and vicinity. Much of my time has been given to the supplying of vacant churches and to the promotion of the cause of Missions by lectures and correspondence. The cause of Home Missions among the Mormons of Utah has engaged much of my time, and I have found a large field of usefulness in acquainting the churches of the various denominations with the peculiar doctrines, polity and practice of Mormonism as the basis and the incentive of missionary effort on behalf of its deluded victims. At no time since my en- forced retirement from the Mission field in 1896 has my health permitted my return, nor the performance of the duties of the pastorate ; but for much of the time the Lord has blessed me with the opportunity and the ability to render a service that has been full of Joy and recompense, and, in many respects, fully as important and as fruitful as that of any part of my missionary experience. In fact my ministry on behalf of Missions in later years has been rendered possible only by ex- peiience in Missions in former years and an abiding zeal on their behalf. My acquaintance with polygamous neighbors for fifteen years in Utah has been a factor in preventing my marrying again 'since last report.' 90 The best reason is that the best wife any man ever knew has been spared to me since I reported my ma- trimonial experience many years ago. "Children : Mary and Ethel are graduates of the Business College and are professional stenographers. Maud and Hodge are graduates of our local High School, and the latter is now a freshman in the Penn- sylvania State College, and Maud will enter Park Col- lege next year." To the sixth question "Jai" answers : "Eealization on the part of the officials, and especially of the faculty, that the soul of a student is of infinitely more value for time and eternity than his brawn or his brain, and that there is no education that is either safe or sane that neglects the symmetrical discipline and culture of the whole man — body, mind and soul. "The crime of college education is the comparative neglect (if not utter disregard) of the student's higher — moral and spiritual — nature, and the failure to provide the oversight and discipline that are absolutely indis- pensable to prevent the moral ruin of a large propor- tion of our boys, who are thus prematurely deprived of parental care and counsel and the safeguards of the home during this crucial period of their lives. There is no conceivable excuse in any college for the tolera- tion of vice and immorality in the form of drinking and betting and gambling and carousals that would be deemed disgraceful in the homes and in the commun- ities from which the students come, and be restrained by both law and public sentiment anywhere outside of college walls. Until the college authorities recognize 91 the flagrancy of their dereliction in these fundaments of social and moral culture^ It would seem superfluous to suggest anything further by way of improving the social and moral conditions of students at Princeton, or elsewhere. My heart's desire and prayer for Prince- ton is that the moral culture reform may begin within her walls and sweep the land." M. ALLEN" STARR, M.D., Ph.D., LL.D., ScD., 5 West Fifty-fourth Street, New York City. Professor of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University. Publications: "Tumor of the Brain, with Success- ful Removal"; "Tumor of the Spinal Cord, with Suc- cessful Removal," Presbyterian Hospital Reports, 1903; "The Vanderbilt Clinic," Columbia University Quar- terly, March, 1901; "The Toxic Origin of Neurasthe- nia," iVew YorTc Medical Record, June, 1901; "The Causation of Multiple Neuritis," The Medical News, January 2, 1902 ; "Tumor of the Spinal Cord, with Re- moval," Philadelphia Medical Journal, February 2, 1902; "Arterial Sclerosis as a Cause of Nervous Dis- ease," New YorTc Medical Record, July, 1903 ; "Organic Nervous Diseases," pp. xiv., 751. Lea Brothers & Co., Philadelphia, July, 1903, second edition in prepara- tion; "The Results of Surgical Treatment of Brain Tumors," Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, July, 1903; "The Diagnosis of Brain Diseases: Reference Hand-book of Medical Science," Wm. Wood & Co., pp. 14; "The Diagnosis of Spinal Cord Diseases," Wm. Wood & Co., pp. 13; "Cases of Double Consciousness," 92 Journal of Philosophy and Psychology, January, 1904; "Is Epilepsy a Functional Disease?" Journal of Ner- vous and Mental Disease, March, 1904; "Lectures on Diseases of the Nervous System," pp. 90, October, 1904. "I am consulting neurologist to the Presbyterian Hos- pital, St. Vincent's Hospital, New York Eye any Ear Infirmary, St. Mary's Free Hospital for Children, Muh- lenburg Hospital. Am Treasurer of the West Side Day Nursery. "In politics I am an Independent. "Am a member of St. George's Episcopal Church. "I was made corresponding member of the Societe de Neurologic, Paris, in 1901, also corresponding mem- ber of the Society of Neurology of the United Kingdom, London, 1903 ; was given degree of Doctor of Science by Columbia, October, 1904. "University, Century Association, Princeton, Tuxedo, Ecwanok Golf and Bedford Golf Clubs. "Children : Allen Egbert Starr, born January 19, 1903 ; Katharine Eunice Starr, March 1, 1904." Starr's election to a corresponding membership in the Society of Neurology of the United Kingdom was in recognition of his contributions to the advanced study of nervous diseases. Dr. S. "Weir Mitchell is said to be the only other American who has been thus honored. Early in 1904 Starr was appointed Chairman of the Section of Abnormal Psychology of the International Congress of Arts and Sciences, which was to meet at the St. Louis World's Fair in September, 1904. Princeton conferred the degree of Ph.D. in 1885 and 93 of LL.D. in 1899. Columbia gave the degree of Doctor of Science at the one hundred and fiftieth anniver- sary of the foundation of that university. EEV. ALEXANDER EUSSELL STEVENSON, D.D. 6 Union Street, Schenectady, New York. "Since my last report I have simply continued as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Schenec- tady, N. Y. I came here April 1, 1888, and so have been here about eighteen years. This church is famous for long pastorates. Eev. Timothy G. Darling, D.D., was here fifteen years, 1873 to 1888, and Eev. Jona- than Trumbull Backus, D.D., was here forty years, 1832 to 1872. Schenectady as a city has grown wonderfully and our church colonized four years ago, and its daugh- ter, the Union Presbyterian Church, bids fair to be as vigorous and successful as the old church. "Children: Thomas Kennedy graduated as a civil engineer at Princeton, in the class of 1905, and is at present taking a students' course in practical mechani- cal engineering in the Schenectady Works of the Amer- ican Locomotive Co. and living at home. The other two boys are enthusiastic candidates for Princeton." EEV. GEOEGE BLACK STEWAET, D.D., LL.D., 182 North Street, Auburn, New Yorlc. a. "President Auburn Theological Seminary. b. " "^An Advanced Course of Sunday-school Lessons in the life of Jesus.' Editor of Auburn Seminary Record. Occasional articles. 'Normal Class Outlines.' 94 f , "LL.D. from Washington and Jefferson College, of Washington, Pa., at its centennial, October, 1902. "My eldest child, Helen, was a member of the class of 1902 at Bryn Mawr, but, on account of an attack of typhoid fever, had to leave in junior year. My second child, Harris Bates, graduated from Princeton in 1903, and will graduate from Auburn Seminary in May, 1906, and becomes assistant pastor in the Second Presbyterian Church of this city. My third child, George B., Jr., graduates from Princeton in 1906. The fourth child, Weir, is in the Grammar School of this city. None of my children are married." "Paley" was made Chairman of the Sunday-school department of the Eeligious Education Association in August, 1903. After a prolonged illness his wife died July 2, 1903. HENEY C. SYMMES, M.D., Cr anbury. New Jersey. Eeports that he was chagrined to receive the — usual — second notice from the Committee, and of course blames it on his calendar. He says he has received no titles since his last report, and that his life has been uneventful ; he has been very busily engaged in his pro- fessional work. He is an elder in the First Presbyterian Church ; has no children, and hence no grandchildren. He asks the Committee to give him as high a grade as possible on his paper, and to remember him as a loyal member of the Class of '76. 95 JOHN MADISON TAYLOE, A.B., A.M., M.D., 150J{- Pine Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. "Fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadel- phia, Fellow of the American Academy of Medicine, Associate Editor of the Monthly Cyclopedia of Practical Medicine, etc. "The most that can be said of me professionally is a large increase in my respect for the wide realm of things I don't know. I am swayed by an intense de- sire to learn several things yet unknown in physiology and the fundamental principles of my craft. "My chief ambition is to be able to take a period of special studies abroad, or here, to clear up uncertainties and to add a few thoughts and one or two facts. "My book on 'Diseases of Children,' second edition (joint authorship with Wm. H. Wells), has been trans- lated into Italian by Mario Flamini, of Rome, and pub- lished in Turin, Italy. "A distinction has been conferred upon me by Prof. Joseph Jastrow, of Madison, Wis., in dedicating to me his recent book, *The Subconscious.' "Politically I always stood for high-grade Republi- canism as exemplified by my friend and aforetime ranch companion (1886) Theodore Roosevelt, in whom from my earliest acquaintanceship I have had an increasing confidence. "Of course I hear a lot of sneers and worse from many of my oldest friends, but on scrutiny they usually stand revealed as in some way personally involved in the Trust business, directly or indirectly. They will now get over it. Fortunately I am clear of all that — poor and cheer- 96 ful — with nothing to conceal^, and but little to invest. "I am always attracted by sound, honest reform, espe- cially on medical lines, and as editor endeavor to abet this in all rational ways. Civic reform has come my way, too, and Vve done my little best. Made quite a few speeches in the Weaver campaign, wrote some ap- peals to the lay press, etc., here and elsewhere. "The cause of the oppressed and down-trodden child appeals to me, too, especially the child of defective men- tality. In the recent National Conference of Charities and Correction I made a long address on 'difficult boys,' which I hope may do some good. "Clubs interest me when they serve a purpose — and I am busy on the governing board of several clubs and societies. "My children remain the same except that my young- est daughter, Mabel, is married to Gilford A. Cochran and lives in New York. "My son Percival is a full-fledged mechanical engi- neer and busy in successful professional work. "I am emphatic in my desire to see the students of Princeton amplify their collective control over indiscre- tions committed by the student body. They already have been doing noble work by their self-constituted committees. May they be encouraged and upheld in their initiative." PEOF. HENRY ALFEED TODD, Ph.D., 82J^ West End Avenue, New York, and ''BrocMe- hanlc," NorfolJc, Connecticut. "Professor of Eomance Philology, Columbia Univer- 97 sity, New York; President of the American Modern Language Association (for the meeting to be held at Yale University in December, 1906) ; Speaker on the Present Problems in Eomance Philology, Congress of Arts and Science, Universal Exposition, St. Louis, 1904; Editor-in-chief for French, Appleton's Twentieth Century Series of College Text-books; Trustee and member of Executive Committee, Independent Club, New York. "Member : American Philological Association ; Amer- ican Oriental Society; American Dialect Society; Amer- ican Dante Society; National Geographic Society; Civil Service Eeform Association; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Municipal Art Society; Century Association of New York; Fourth Presbyterian Church, New York. "Life member: Societe des Anciens Textes Fran- gais; Hispanic Society; American Numismatic and Ar- chaeological Society; American Bible Society. "Family record the same as in last report." EGBERT NAIENE TGDD, Hurlock, Dorchester County, Maryland. "I am living now in Dorchester County, Maryland, and am engaged in mercantile business and insurance, as for the last four years, and I am doing very well." "Toddy" wrote that it would not be possible for him to attend the Eeunion, as the demands of business at that time of the year were very exacting. However, he did appear Monday afternoon, June 11, for perhaps an 98 hour or two, to disappear as suddenly, just as he did five years ago. AETHUE BALDWIN TUENUEE died Good Friday, April 13, 1906, at his home, 109 East Seventy-first Street, New York, from pneumonia, after two days' ill- ness. He was born in New York City, the only son of David M. and Mary (Baldwin) Turnure, and a nephew of Lawrence Turnure. After his graduation at Prince- ton, he studied law and was admitted to the bar, but he practiced for but a short time. While at the law school he had acted as correspond- ent for several metropolitan dailies, and in 1878 he founded and became Editor of The Art Interchange, the first applied art journal in this country. Having sold •this journal in 1881, he began The Art Age, and formed a partnership with a firm of printers, printing in 1886 our Class Eecord. In all these publications Turnure aimed at a high standard of art as applied to the pub- lishing business, and in 1891 and 1892 he was with Harper & Brothers, in charge of their art department, during which period he produced a richly illustrated edition of General Lew Wallace's "Ben-Hur," very highly praised by critics. Carrying out the same idea of the advancement of art in the publication of books, Turnure aided in the or- ganization of The Grolier Club, designed to bring into closer touch the makers and publishers of books, and to exhibit statedly to book-lovers fine examples of printing and binding. Leaving the Harpers, he established Vogue, a fashion periodical, of which he was editor, 99 publislier and the largest stockholder. To its produc- tion he applied the same high standards of art in publi- cation that had marked his preceding enterprises, and in addition produced a magazine clean in tone, enter- taining, and authoritative as to all the interests that pertain to its peculiar sphere. In the latter part of 1905, Turnure threw himself with energy into a movement for reorganization of the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. He was a member of the Princeton, Calumet, Grolier and Meadow Brook Hunt Clubs and of the Architectural League. He is survived by his widow and one son, Da- vid, aged seven. As an undergraduate Turnure was a founder, and chairman of the first board of editors, of the Bric-a- Brac, and it was largely due to his efforts that the first number of that publication was such a success, giving singular prophecy of the ideal that he strove to attain during all his subsequent years. A man of the high- est integrity, a wise and sympathetic counsellor to strug- gling artists and writers, he leaves a vacancy that will be hard to fill. He was a member of the Episcopal Church. The last paragraph of Turnure's report in the Eec- ORD of 1901 is even more striking now than then : " 'Observations on Life' — a most enticing trap for the unwary ! "I observe that the twenty-five years have passed as a 'watch in the night' ; that the future still has the allure- ments of hope; that one's judgment on others grows gentler as years mellow ; that old friends are dearer and 100 the simple virtues are still the most enduring, the most potent; that kindness, courage and truth yearly rise higher in our esteem, and that the rarest of all virtues, loyalty, grows still rarer; that he has the most capacity for enjoyment whose appreciations include most, and that no man need live in a fog of commonplace if he but practice rising above his own petty horizon; which is but saying that one's ability to rise above one's nat- ural horizon is the greatest blessing derived from a uni- versity education." EEV. ALBEET VAN DEUSEN. Died January 10, 1886. [See Eecord No. IV., page 110.] JOHN SKILLMAN VAN DIKE, JiO East State Street, Trenton, New Jersey. "Van" reports no change in events of life worthy of comment. He has been attending strictly to the prac- tice of his profession, the law. He has a boy, John Leroy, who is attending the Eand Collegiate School in Trenton, in the academic course. He says : "It seems to me that the new departure in the methods of instruc- tion should be the very best means of improving the social and moral condition of the students at Prince- ton, because of the closer personal relations between teachers and taught, which have been so noticeably ab- sent for many years." WILLIAM B. VAN LENNEP, M.D., 11^21 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. "Big Van" writes as follows: "I have read my ac- 101 count in the last Class Book, 1901, and that about fills the bill for 1906. I am older, happier, more prosper- ous, wiser, and glad I am alive. I love my Class and Princeton more than ever." The boys greatly regretted that "Van" was called away and could not remain through the Class Dinner. On the 5th of December, 1903, a dinner was given to "Van" by his colleagues of the medical profession at the Bellevue Hotel, Philadelphia, in celebration of his fiftieth birthday, and a handsome silver punch-bowl was presented to him. "Van" is a member of the Graduate Advisory Com- mittee on Athletics at Princeton, first Vice-President of the Union League Club of Philadelphia, member of the American Institute of Homoeopathy, Philadelphia County Medical Society, Pennsylvania State Medical Society, Philadelphia Clinical Society, etc., etc. LAPSLEY GEEENE WALKEE, Chattanooga^ Tennessee. "Yap" Walker sends in response to the Committee's circular the following: "My name is the same as it was in the days of '76, although I register now from Chattanooga, Tennessee, and not from Eogersville. Since my last report noth- ing has happened to me except the pleasurable prosecu- tion of my editorial duties. I was promoted in 1903 from Managing Editor to Editor-in-Chief of The Chat- tanooga Times, which position I now hold. "My professional duties have been too exacting to per- 102 mit of any outside literary work, although I have found time to write a few skits, which, while finding publish- ers, have brought me neither fame nor fortune. I have had some satisfaction, however, in the assurances of those who have had opportunities to judge that my work has been satisfactory and not altogether without influ- ence in the circle in which it has been directed. "I have had no political ambitions, but have had the pleasure of declining several offers of public oflSce. I have declined them not so much because I do not like the public service, but because I can best serve the public, as well as myself, by attending strictly to my professional duties. "As I told President Wilson at the dinner given him by the Tennessee Alumni Association at Nashville, I have nothing to suggest for the improvement of condi- tions at Princeton except that it would rejoice me al- ways to feel that Princeton turned out none but manly men, with honesty of purpose written all over their characters and whose chief aim in life is fidelity to the highest ideals of good citizenship and American man- hood — for in my judgment the time is not far off when the country will need that sort of men and need them badly. "I have been greatly interested in promoting techni- cal education in the South, and have succeeded in arous- ing public sentiment in my own State to an extent, I think, that will bear fruit. I have likewise been active in advocacy of reformatories for juvenile offenders and youthful incorrigibles and have been measurably suc- cessful in the creation of a healthy public sentiment 103 that, I think, will eventuate in the founding of a State institution. This, I believe, is a feature of public serv- ice the importance of which the average citizen does not appreciate. By segregating youthful offenders from ad- ult criminals and misdemeanants we go a long way toward depopulating the jails and penitentiaries of the future. "I am a member — I might say an enthusiastic mem- ber — of the Chattanooga Golf and Country Club, the only social organization to which I find time to belong." "Yap" has recently been elected Grand Captain- General of the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar in Tennessee. "Yap" declined election to the Board of Public Works of Chattanooga. He was formerly the Chairman of that Board and President of the Hamilton County Elec« tion Commission. In a recent issue of Newspaperdom his portrait ap- peared, and a sketch, from which the following is taken : "He has always been in the forefront of political action, championing honest elections and good government for a quarter of a century. His work is distinguished by stern loyalty to conviction and singleness of purpose, while in controversy no rancor nor bitterness mars the effects of his labors — a mind in perfect harmony with all that tends to public welfare and the betterment of mankind." LEWIS MALPORD WALKER. Died May 10, 1878. [See Record No. IV., page 119.] 104 Cyrus F. Brackett, M.D., LL.D. EEV. DE LACEY WAEDLAW, Bell Buckle, Tennessee. "1 taught in the High School in Bell Buckle, 1901-03. Then I had grippe and appendicitis, and went to the plains in Western Texas in the spring of 1903, remain- ing in Texas eighteen months. I returned with health restored, lectured, preached some and did various things and had much interesting experience. "No ecclesiastical connection. I am heretical, quoad some fundamental doctrine of each denomination. In- tellectually I am a Presbyterian. "I am a member of fraternal societies only. "My family have remained in Bell Buckle, where my children have prepared for college at Welb's School. The last is now taking the course. Securing their edu- cation has been our chief business. "Children : Virginia, after finishing school, taught in Tennessee, in the mountains of Kentucky, in Texas and Mexico. She taught in New York City last year. She lives at a Deaconess Settlement in New York, works in a Spanish mission, and also acts as an interpreter. "Blanche Lewis was educated at Welb's School, taught in Nashville one year, next was in charge of a Settle- ment, now is in a training hospital for nurses. She wished to go as a missionary, but I knew she was too young and had not yet been tried at home, my experi- ence being that half of the women missionaries should never have gone, that none should go under twenty-five, and these only after they have been well tried and have learned to do something at home. Blanche has also 105 had one summer working in 'Bloody Breathitt' in the Kentucky mountains. "Eloise prepared for college and took the Vanderbilt University examinations. She is now teaching and may go to the university next year. She wants to be a mis- sionary, but has only had one vacation trial in Home Mission work in the mountains. She also is too young and unprepared. "I think missionary work at present is the most need- ful, important and the highest calling for a professing Christian, but for that reason it needs the best men and women and the highest possible training, so I am trying to hold the children down to that. "Caroline is now at school, and will take two more years to be ready for college." SPENCEE WEAET, 76 Montgomery Street, Jersey City, New Jersey. "There is nothing to report as of special interest con- cerning myself. I still live in my native city and am practicing law, with due regard to my health, at 76 Montgomery Street, Jersey City. "Last summer (1905) it seemed to me that without any legal right the automobile drivers were appropri- ating the highways in the country parts of New Jersey ; to give a note of warning I wrote a letter to the Somer- set County Board of Freeholders; this appeared in the county paper and I was visited at my home by some of my neighbors and the result was the formation of the Highway Protectors' Association, which conducted the automobile discussions which attracted such wide atten- 106 tion in the legislature last winter. I send the Associ- ation's literature, which yon will find interesting as reading-matter, and as you like to keep in touch with what might be called the unusual activities of the Class, it may be a matter of interest to know my connection with a timely protest." From the Little One's contribution to this literature we present his remedy for the driving of automobiles at high speed on public roads: "I would suggest as a remedy that on the macadam roads in the country districts at every half-mile a de- pression be made deep enough to break the machine that goes over it at terrific speed, and that at such places a turnout of macadam be made on each side of the road with a sufficient radius to permit vehicles driven by horses to keep on at the ordinary speed at which horses are driven, which is the only speed that should be tol- erated on our public roads." HENRY HORACE WEBSTER. Died January 17, 1891. [See Record No. V., page 85.] REV. IRVING ELISHA WHITE, Port Chester, New YorTc. "Since my last report I have been preaching the same blessed gospel to which my earlier years were devoted. In 1886 I removed from Hobart, New York, where I commenced my ministry, to Peekskill, New York, where I was installed pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church. There I continued till the spring of 1896, when, because of failing health of both Mrs. White and 107 myself, I resigned and we took a year of rest. In May, 1897, we removed to this place and I became pastor of the Presbyterian Church here. For several years I was stated supply, but was installed as pastor in 1902, and so continue. "Mrs. White, after a long illness, dating, indeed, from the time of our removal from Peekskill, died April 23, 1903. "I have been busy during the year with such cares as naturally fall to a country pastor. My honors have been such only as a kind and affectionate people have been able to confer. I love my life work and have been favored with good success in each of the pastorates I have filled. I have contented myself with the member- ship in the Church and the Alumni Association of Union Theological Seminary.^' "Si" was a delegate to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church that met at Des Moines last May. WILLIAM H. WHITTLESEY, in care of Charles F. Whittlesey, Esq., Seattle, Washington. Billy's brother, Charles F. Whittlesey, '74, has kindly furnished the following information: "He has been in Alaska off and on for four or five years past, and is now at Seward with some position on the Alaska Central Eailroad, which is heading from Seward into the Tanana mining district. He was for a Mobile Recorder of the Kayak mining district, and later on Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for that dis- trict." 108 EEV. EOBEET DICK WILSON, D.D., Princeton, New Jersey. "Bob" still holds the professorate of Semitic Phi- lology and Old Testament Criticism in Princeton Theo- logical Seminary. He reports as follows : "My only boy, Philip Howard, has passed for entrance to Princeton this coming September. "Since my last report I have brought out a new edi- tion of my 'Notes on Hebrew Syntax,' and I have now in press a 'Hebrew Textbook for Beginners,' which will be ready by September next. "Outside the class-room, my labors have been in the lines of lecturing and writing articles. I have had the honor of speaking at all of the annual meetings of the ■' American Bible League, and for the last five years I have been lecturing on Old Testament themes in many of the principal cities and at some of the leading Con- ferences and Summer Schools of the country. My lec- ture on 'Babylon and the Bible' and my series of articles on 'The Titles of Kings in Antiquity' have gained for me a world-wide recognition which has been very grati- fying. "Perhaps some of the boys might be interested iii the new department at Princeton Seminary of which I am at the head. Its design is to prepare men for the criti- cism of the Bible bj giving courses in all the languages in which the Scriptures were written, or which are cog- nate to Hebrew, or into which the Bible was translated before 600 A.D. — also in Egyptian. Seminary courses in Textual and Higher Criticism are given be- sides." 109 The work of this department is said to be successful, and it seems to meet a decided want. EEV. SAMUEL GEAHAM WILSON, D.D., Tabriz, Persia (via Berlin). "I have continued as a missionary, engaged chiefly in educational and evangelistic work among Armenians and Moslems. As Principal of the Memorial Training and Theological School, I have organized, since the last Eecord^ a department for Persians, attended by the sons of the nobility, v^hose increasing desire for education has brought to them liberty to pursue it. "I continue to be Treasurer of the Mission, have been its Moderator and was its delegate to General Assembly in 1905. I am President of the Anti-Alcoholic Society of Persia. I expect soon to attend a Conference on Missions to Moslems, to be held in Cairo, and will visit the Holy Land at the same time. "I had the notoriety of being the first person to come under the surgeon's knife for appendicitis in this part of the world. As the operation was critical and fully successful, it excited much curiosity among the Per- sians, even the Crown Prince sending repeatedly to in- quire as to the progress of the case. "I am sorry to miss the Class Eeunion, but my visit to America in 1905 gave me a chance to admire the new Princeton. I also took in the St. Louis Exposition, the first opportunity I have had for such a sight since we 'boys of '76' crowded around the grand-stand at the Centennial. "During my furlough, I wrote a story for young peo- 110 pie, entitled, 'Mariam : A Eomance of the Persian Missions/ which was published as a serial and will shortly appear in book form. My 'Persian Life and Customs' has been translated into German by Countess Grueben, and has also been translated into Kussian. I have published a number of articles, as 'The Armenian Church and the Eussian Government,' in the North American Review; 'The Atoning Savior of the Shiahs,' in The Presbyterian and Reformed Review; 'Babism: A Failure,' and other articles in The Missionary Review. "I have never voted, but may be classed as a Demo- cratic Prohibitionist. "Children born : Annie Ehea, June 15, 1901 ; Eobert Graham, July 26, 1903. Children died: Esther Fos- ter, June 16, 1901; Andrew Wilkins, Jr., October 9, 1902." A letter of later date, written on the steamship Oren- oque, in the Dardanelles, says : "I have had a splendid visit to Egypt, Palestine, Syria and parts of Turkey, and go back now to Persia." "Sam" received the degree of D.D. from the Western University of Pennsylvania. His book, "Mariam," is a tale of the Armenians in Persia, which, while portraying the manners and cus- toms, the oppressions and problems of the people of that land, brings out the value and need of mission work, its trials and successes. HON. JOSEPH MILLIKEN WOODS, Lewistown, Pennsylvania. "Jimmie" followed the active practice of the law up 111 to October, 1903, when the Governor of Pennsylvania appointed him President Judge of the Twentieth Judi- cial District of Pennsylvania, to fill an unexpired term. In November, 1904, he was nominated by the Eepub- lican party for the same office, and the Democrats made no nomination in opposition, thus electing him unani- mously for the full term, which expires January 1, 1915, "I am an elder of the Presbyterian Church and Clerk of the Session, also superintendent of the Sunday- school." He succeeded his father, who had held that position for fifty years. Children: Catharine T., graduated from Holyoke College; James S., graduated from Annapolis, and is in the Navy; Margaretta M. is at Mary Baldwin Semi- nary, Staunton, Va. ; William J., at Blair Hall, Blairs- town. New Jersey. The others at school at Lewistown, Pennsylvania. "Jimmy" says he does not know enough about the so- cial or moral condition of students at Princeton, "but I do earnestly hope that a stop will be put to the beastly way in which some of the graduates act, who return to Commencement for the purpose of disgracing them- selves and the college." WAEEEN WOODWAED. Died December 3, 1881. [See Eecord No. IV., page 131.] EEV. WILLIAM H. WOOLVEETON, StocMon, New Jersey. ''Billy" writes : "I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground, agrostologist ; would I and all of us weie 112 ^.„^ 1 "..' 1 L 1 ^^ ^ ■^-> > 1 ■PBIHHK ^^ 1 ^ r ^ l-l L ^:|^I*- ^^ * ^ F^^^-j? mm m^ ^^WKKS^M^Wff'' m f e- ..... - '■-:. • .C :. .. i> m h- 1 ^ I o o Pi o i/2 o E^ prophets — of the Highest. Our world^s most pressing need is 'the open vision/ " He has written a few fugi- tive verses "not appearing in The Ladies' Home Journal, and not yet pronounced literary by our crack critic, 'Billyh Henderson, or his coadjutor, Hamilton Wright Mabie. "I am an uncollared Cleveland-Eooseveltian Demo- crat.'^ He is still "fighting the Old Adam and the San Jose scale/' He has received "one lone honor — the Presidency of a local Burying Ground Association — which is a live or- ganization. Wait till you read Harrison Clarke's 'El- egy written in Billy Woolverton's Country Graveyard.' " His daughter Primrose graduated from Vassar Col- lege in 1906, an honor girl of her class, receiving the Phi Beta Kappa ; she was also Spade Orator on her Class Day. As to student conditions at Princeton he says : "Why the clique social clubs? Why these and not the more cosmopolitan fraternities? Why not a return to old- time solidarity and democratic simplicity? "Bless dear old Princeton for her happy, hopeful Tu- torial System, child of brightest promise, crowning glory of her riper years." SCHOOL OF SCIENCE HOWAED BUS SELL BUTLEE, {after JojtivMry, 1907), Studio Building, corner Sixty-sixth Street and Lexington Avenue, Nevj York City. "Since my last report I have withdrawn from business 113 with the intention of devoting my future to art work — I have served as President of Carnegie Music Hall for nine years. I am now painting coast scenes (at present on the California Coast);, with an occasional portrait. "There is one piece of work in which I am still inter- ested and hope soon to see completed and to which I have given much time and energy for nearly four years — viz., the creation of Princeton Lake. The execution of this project was placed in my hands by the generous donor, Mr. Carnegie. It originated from a haphazard remark made to him in February, 1902, w^ithout any intention of asking for a lake. The seed, however, fell on good soil. It is alluded to here only because it makes the lake indirectly due to '76. The undertaking has not been as easy as hoped for. Thirty-odd pieces of land had to be secured, and the engineering involved many difficulties. Contracts were made for excavations and embankments, for building the dam, bridges at Harri- son and Washington Streets and for much road-building. I have been ably assisted by Alexander E. Gulick, '89, and by the Princeton Lake Committee, C. C. Cuyler, '79, Chairman; Wm. Allen Butler, Jr., '76, and Moses Taylor Pyne, '77. It is now rapidly nearing comple- tion, and at this writing my hope is that it will be fin- ished in time for our thirtieth. (See fuller account in the latter part of this book.) "(b) None. "(c) Still an Independent. I believe that our only hope in this age of corrupt machines hangs on an in- telligent independent vote. 114 "(e) Cannot brag of much accomplished in these ex- cellent lines. "(f) Medals for paintings at Paris, Philadelphia, At- lanta, Buffalo and St. Louis. "(g) Century Club, Lotos Club, University Club, Society of American Artists, National Academy of Design, Architectural League, New York Water-Color Club. "Howard Eussell Butler, Jr., born November 5, 1896. Expects to go to Princeton, class of 1917." JOHN G. CECIL, B.S., M.D., 1537 Fourth Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. "I have practiced and taught medicine solely and con- tinuously since 1879. In practice I have secured a goodly share and enjoy a fair reputation among my neighbors. As a teacher I have been honored several times by different local medical colleges, and have al- ways had the attention and respect of my classes. I sometimes delude myself into believing that I can really teach medicine, but at the final examinations of my stu- dents grave doubt as to my ability as a teacher is re- flected in the horrible answers given to my questions, and I am no longer sure. "The only literary work that I indulge in is of a purely professional character. I generally publish five or six papers in medical journals yearly. "Politically. Born a Democrat, I voted with that party until Bryan came to the front as a leader. I couldn't stand for Billy, so I have since voted the Ee- 115 publican ticket in National politics and the Independ- ent in local and State governments. I am an enthusi- astic adherent of Eoosevelt and his ideas of doing things. "I have no time for philanthropy and charitable movements^, except as I have daily opportunity in the work of my profession. I have recently been much in- terested in mimicipal reform, especially in city elec- tions. "I have always been a Presbyterian, and have held the office of elder in the Second Presbyterian Church of Louisville for several years. "In October, 1905, I was elected Professor of the Principles and Practice of Medicine and of Clinical Medicine in the University of Louisville. "I am a member of National, State and local medical societies and of the Pendennis Club (social) in Louis- ville. "No change in marital relations since my last re- port. "Four children living. My oldest son, Stuart E., is now a senior in Princeton (academic) ; my youngest daughter, Martha B., a freshman in Wellesley College, Massachusetts. "My oldest daughter, Mary E., was married to J. Van Dyke Norman (a lawyer) in October, 1904. "I have one grandson, J. Van Dyke Norman, Jr., born August 39, 1905. I hope to have him graduate from Princeton in 1926. "I think the alumni could set a better example to the undergraduates during Commencement week. The 116 'tents' and open houses for carousing could be abol- ished with credit and advantage for all." FEANK DAYENPOET COOK. Died December, 1887. [See Eecoed No. V., page 102.] JOHN AYCEIGG HEGEMAN, M.D., 170 Broadway, New York City. "Tap" has no change to report, excepting that after a long illness his wife died, February 2, 1905. During the past five years the family have traveled quite exten- sively through this country and in Europe. "Tap" is a member of the Princeton and University Clubs of New York. During last spring he and "Slim" Eussell were particularly busy in connection with two loving-cups, whose history "Tap" gives in the latter part of this book. At the Class meeting held in June "Tap" was added to the Executive Committee, of which he has long been an unofficial, frequently consulted and highly valued member. EOBEET HASELL McKOY died about four years ago. Frequent appeals have obtained no date nor in- formation regarding the death. W. B. McKOY, Wilmington, North Carolina. No report. 117 CHAELES K. SMITH, business address, Menaslia, Wisconsin; residence, Neenah, Wisconsin. "Since the last Eecoed I have^, as heretofore, devoted myself entirely to the business of banking, manufac- turing, and buying and selling timber lands in the United States and Canada. "I am Trustee of two Western colleges, and a mem*ber of the University Club of New York City and a few minor clubs. "My boys are preparing for Princeton." WILLIAM PAXTON STEVENSON, 30 Broad Street, New York City; residence, Bo- selle. Union County, New Jersey. "Business. "I have been a member of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America for the past nine years. Treasurer of Synodical Home Missions of the State of New Jersey. "I am a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Eoselle, New Jersey, a ruling elder in it and super- intendent of Sunday-school. "I am also President of the Board of Trustees of the Lake George, New York, Presbyterian Church. "Down Town Association, National Arts Club. "My daughter graduated at Vassar in 1904, and my son at Princeton in 1905. "Do away with the drunken orgies at class reunions, such as I saw at Princeton last year." 118 NON-GRADUATE MEMBERS EEV. THOMAS CUMING BEATTIE, Pasadena, California. "For two years I have been associate pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Pasadena." CHAELES FEOOMB BEAGG. Died February 22, 1893. [See Eecoed VI., page 111.] JOHN KEEFOOT BEYDEN, 201 Times Building, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. "Since I left college over thirty years ago, I have led a strenuous business life, and I am now anxious to get back to the simple life, as I think I deserve a good long rest. "Since the last report (1901) I have sold out all my steel interests and have been devoting my time to the bond business and operating a number of water and light plants, located in different States reaching from Pennsylvania to the lower part of Texas. I am proud to say they are all successful properties, and I enjoy watching them grow. In the fall of 1903 we sold our large steel mill at South Sharon, Pennsylvania, to the United States Steel Company, and I was thus relieved of a great amount of work and responsibility. I was very proud of our mills, as they were the second largest steel mills in the United States, outside of the great Trust — and I was one of the original builders of them. We employed over 8,000 men, made over 1,200 tons of finished steel per day, and on an average 3,500 kegs of 119 steel nails per day. We also built a town with a popu- lation of 10,000 people and paved the streets, put in water and light plants and good sewers, and, in fact, made it an up-to-date little city. All this was com- pleted in about four years. "In politics I have always been a Eepublican, believ- ing that it is better to keep the mills running than the soup houses^ to build up, not tear down, and as our be- loved President says, 'Give every man a square deal.' "I take great pleasure in doing charitable work, and always try to help those who are unfortunate and worthy, and I stand for reform at all times. "I am a member of the Episcopal Church, and have been a vestryman for over twenty years. My good wife looks after the most of our church work and nothing in this line is neglected." Easter Sunday, 1906, Jack gave to St. John's Episco- pal Church at Franklin, Pennsylvania — ^his old home — three beautiful art glass windows costing $1,500 each, in memory of his mother; he had previously given to the same church its fine mahogany pulpit. "I am a member of about seven clubs, but a very poor member; my home is very attractive to me, and as soon as my office closes I make a break for it. "I was married June 11, 1903, to Miss Margaret An- derson, and my friends say I beat all records (even the old patriarch Jacob's) to a standstill in courting, it hav- ing taken me fourteen years to win out; but 'nothing succeeds like success' and perseverance, and all I can wish to the other members of the Class of '76 is their married lives may always be as happy as mine. 120 "We have no children ; borrow a few from our friends once in a while. "I can suggest nothing that will improve the social or moral condition of the students at Princeton. I would think, from what I have seen of the life there, that it would be simply grand." JOHN CONGER, 25 Broad Street, New York City. Jack is engaged in business as a broker, and is un- married. BERNARD CHARLES CUVELLIER died May 8, 1905, in Oakland, Cal. Born in New Orleans, February 20, 1854, he was "a direct descendant of Pierre Soule, at one time United States Senator from Louisiana and subsequently United States ambassador to the Court of Spain, commissioned by President Franklin Pierce to negotiate for the purchase of Cuba by the United States. The Soule duels with the Duke of Alva and the French ambassador, the Marquis de Turgot, in both of which Soule came out victorious, are matters of history and possibly account for the strain of aggressiveness in Cuvellier's disposition." His father was a lawyer in New Orleans, his mother was born in Louisiana, but spent her childhood and received her education in France. At the time of her son's death she was still living, being nearly seventy- five years of age, and that she was of great intellectual vigor is evidenced by the fact that two years before she 121 took up the study of Italian while living in Italy for a few months. When about fifteen years old "Cooley" entered the Mount Pleasant Military Academy, at Sing Sing, New York, and was there prepared for Princeton. Early in his college course, his father having suffered reverses in business, "Cooley" left for home, and, not desiring to follow the law, entered journalism, in which he was de- cidedly successful. In 1874 his father died, and after attending to the settling of the estate, Cuvellier went to Florida, engaged in farming and again in journalism, and June 5, 1876, he was married to Marie Antonia Toffiez, of Louisiana. The next year, after an attack of yellow fever, his mother urging him to join her in Cali- fornia, he took his family in December to San Fran- cisco, and secured a position in the Quartermaster's De- partment, U.S.A., besides doing some reportorial work. For more than two years Cuvellier served the Gov- ernment, and left an enviable record for ability, faith- fulness, and courage in his dealings with, and final over- throw of, a clique of dishonest contractors, when in February, 1882, he entered the employ of James de Fremery & Co. With them he remained for twenty-two years, leaving to become Vice-President of the house of A. Vignier & Co. Commercial affairs alone could not absorb all of Cu- vellier's time and attention, and soon after he had gone into business he began to direct his thoughts to politics, particularly to municipal affairs in Oakland, where he had his home, and he continued his active interest as long as he lived, striving especially, and with consider- 122 able success^ for the demolition of boss rule, honesty and economy in the administration of the government, im- proved educational facilities, and, within carefully cir- cvimscribed limits, the municipal ownership of public utilities. In 1897 Cuvellier was persuaded to accept a nomina- tion for Councilman-at-large, and he was elected. After serving his term of two years he was re-elected in 1899, and again in 1901 and 1903 by steadily increasing ma- jorities, in the last two elections receiving the highest number of votes cast for any nominee. He declined to run for higher office. Cuvellier's oldest son, Eene, was married April 14, 1903, to Florence Eay, one child, Carmelita Florence, blessing their union, but living only nineteen months. Mrs. Cuvellier died July 6, 1904, her health having been impaired by a series of accidents, the most serious of which was a severely dislocated hip, induced by a fall, which medical skill seemed powerless to help. After the death of his wife Cuvellier was never very well, and for a time suffered from nervous prostration. Grief and failing strength seemed to prey upon his mind, and May 8, 1905, undoubtedly in a fit of mental aberration, he went to the roof of a high building and with a revolver put an end to the struggle. In 1901 Cuvellier came east to attend the Eeunion, his first visit to Princeton since 1873. His enjoyment was of the keenest, and his daughter writes that this trip "was one of the happiest times in his life, and he always said that if possible he would certainly go again to the next one.'^ For many years Cuvellier was 123 a member of the Episcopal Church; latterly his leaning seems to have been more towards Unitarianism. H. L. H. AUGUSTUS H. DELLICKEE, Hackettstown, New Jersey. No report. Numerous appeals remain unanswered. We hear that "Gus" is now engaged in civil engineering more than in the practice of his profession, the law. JAMES SEAES DICKEESON. Died February 26, 1876. [See Eecokd No. IV., page 141.] E. S. ELY, No report. Nothing knov^n regarding him. EEV. CHAELES PAGE EMEESON. Died January 19, 1887. [See Eecoed No. V., page 111.] CECIL C. FULTON, Dover, Delaware. Fulton writes that there is no change of importance to report, but sends some facts concerning his children, as follows : "Edith, the eldest, took a course at Friends' Central School, Philadelphia, afterwards graduated from the Library School of Drexel Institute, Philadelphia, and now has a position in the University of Pennsylvania library; Cecil C, Jr., graduated in June, 1906, from Delaware College; James A. is at Mt. Hermon Boys' School, and after his preparatory course expects to go to Princeton." 124 WILLIAM W. GEEEN, 120 Broadway, New Yorh City; residence, Engle- wood. New Jersey. No report. He graduated from Yale in the class of 1878, and is a lawyer, with offices in the Equitable Building. He is a member of the University, New York, and Manhattan Clubs. EDWAED P. HOLDER, Mutual Life Insurance Company, New Yorh City; residence, Madison, New Jersey. "1 enclose a tardy reply to your subpoena. You know, in these days of investigation we have to take the sub- poenas in order. "I have to report no change in politics, religion, or business. "In religious work my offices are : elder in the Pres- byterian Church, superintendent of the Sunday-school, Secretary of the State Executive Committee of the Young Men's Christian Association of Kew Jersey. My only public office is that of President of The Madison Public Library. "Children : Margaretta Webb, Vassar, 1903 ; Eleanor Sanford, Barnard, 1906 ; Edward Packard, Jr., Prince- ton, 1906; Elizabeth Cebra, Vassar, 1909. "I am glad that the Preceptorial System has been in- troduced. My son's experience would indicate that it will prove stimulating and helpful. I wish he might have had the benefit of it earlier." 125 HAERY BACKUS KAUFMAN. Died December 27, 1883. [See Eecoed No. IV., page 147.] ALLEN TAYLOE KYLE. Died April 5, 1889. [See Record No. V., page 113.] EEV. WASHINGTON E. LAIED, Ph.D., West Chester, Pennsylvania. He is pastor of the large and flourishing First Pres- byterian Church of West Chester, where he has been located for fourteen years, and "finds the work very pleasant and his people exceedingly kind." He has re- ceived a diploma and degree for a post-graduate course in philosophy from Gale College, Wisconsin. Also has been President of the Pennsylvania Sabbath-school As- sembly for ten years; and is Chairman of the Presby- terial Committee on Evangelistic Work. He says: "Our Presbytery has its own evangelist working with wonderful results." He has published pamphlets on religious subjects. Laird was a commissioner to the General Assembly last May. M. P. LEAS ON, Kittanning, Pennsylvania. No report. A year ago he wrote : "I believe there is nothing new in my life. I am still engaged in the prac- tice of law, and find it agreeable and much easier than it was twenty-five years ago." 126 JOHN G. LYON, 805 Keystone Building, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. "I am now living in Pittsburgh, my native city, hav- ing returned here in 1905, and hope to spend the rest of my days here. My home address is 5711 Elgin Ave- nue, and my business address as above. "In my various wanderings I have never found any better place to live in than Pittsburgh. I am engaged in the paint business, making paint from ^eef blood. I suppose I can't tell you what a great paint it is, as I might be suspected of trying to work an 'ad' m on the Eecokd. . . „ "There have been no deaths nor marriages m my tam- ily since I last wrote you. Two of my boys, aged 23 and 18, are each about five inches taUer than the old man,' and the third, aged 14, promises to keep up with the others. "The oldest boy is in business, and the next one has just been graduated from Mercersburg Academy." _ "Jai" has apparently joined the movement for simpli- fied spelling, for he drops the final letter from the name of his native city. JOHN G. MACKY, o.-7 ^r t.- Room 207, U20 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; residence. Media, Pennsylvania ^ John is private secretary to Charles 0. Baird, at the above office address. In politics he is an Independent Eepublican. Is ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church at Media, Pennsylvania, superintendent ol the Sabbath-school and also President of the Delaware 127 County (Pennsylvania) Sabbath-school Association. He is a member of the Lincoln Club, Media. His children were educated at preparatory schools, but none entered college, and none are married. He thinks the subject of improving the condition of Princeton students too big a one for him to tackle. HAEOLD MANN. Died July 31, 1889. [See Eec- OED No. v., page 117.] '/ LIEUT.-COL. HAMILTON MAEKLEY. Died April 4, 1900. [See Eecord No. VII., page 144.] LINCOLN WOOD MAESTON, JE. Died November 16, 1873. [See Eecord No. IV., page 153.] JOHN MILLS, JE. No report. CHAELES TALBOT MITCHELL. Died September 13, 1887. [See Eecoed No. VI., page 132.] DAVID JAY MUEPHEy, JE. Died July 4, 1880. [See Eecord No. IV., page 157.] HENEY DUNCAN OLIPHANT, Trenton, New Jersey. "I was born at Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsyl- vania, June 6, 1855, the fourth son of the late General S. Duncan Oliphant, who died on October 23, 1904, after having served thirty-four years as Clerk of the 128 United States Circuit Court for New Jersey. I have succeeded him in that office. In 1867 we moved to Princeton. ''I left Princeton to take a position as Clerk in the United States Circuit Court in the spring of 1875, which I occupied until October 18, 1880, when I was appointed Deputy Clerk of the said court, an office I filled until I was promoted to the clerkship of the court, by order dated October 39, 1904, by United States Cir- cuit Court Judges Acheson, Dallas and Gray, taking the oath of office November 1, 1904. "I was appointed a Standing Examiner of the Court June 15, 1897, and have been prominently before the greatest lawyers of the country, notably in the famous shipbuilding case. "I am an elder and trustee of the First Presbyterian Church of Trenton, and a member of the Masonic order, belonging to Loyal Lodge, No. 181, and of the Chapter. "My son Alfred Dayton is now taking a special course at Lawrenceville in order to enter the classical course at Princeton next fall, and Duncan is preparing for business at the Chestnut Hill Academy, Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania." WILLIAM PEAESON, Uarrisburg, Pennsylvania. He is Prothonotary of the Supreme and Circuit Courts, as last reported. In politics he is a Eepublican. He is a member of the Country Club of Harrisburg, Dauphin County Bar Association, State Bar Associ- 129 ation of Pennsylvania, and the Historical Soeietvof Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He is not marris, HON. ANDEEW PEICE, Thibodeaux, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. No report, though appealed to several times. MAETIN EALPH, Jf-l East Seventieth Street, New YorTc CitypQsi- dence, Jf-S Flushing Avenue, Jamaica, Long Mdnd, New Yorh. "1 have spent nearly ten years past inviting th^©n- eral public to improve their opportunities, and eotdib- ute their money to hospital charities. During thad:itae have been an Assistant Secretary with the PresbTtaan Hospital, jSTew York City. "As a member of the rank and file, I would clafaiiy- self as an independent Eepublican, and a stron ad- mirer of 'Teddy as President. "I hold membership in the Presbyterian Cnrch, while temporarily affiliating with the Dutch Chuic: and interested in it as a Sunday-school teacher. "Children: John Joseph, born February 28,-385; Henry William, born March 4, 1886; Edward imiel, born November 26, 1900; Martin Nathanie] born February 7, 1904. "John J. completed the freshman year at Cori^i Col- lege in June, 1904, in the Mechanical Engisering Course. "Henry W. completed sophomore year at Primron in June, 1904." 130 Hexey B. Coenwall, E.M., Ph.D. JOHN P. EOBEETS, Columbus, Wisconsin, or Post-office Box 182, Cam^ bria, Wisconsin. "I have not much new to report. For the greater part of the year my work is tuning, repairing and adjust- ing musical instruments, and along with that I fre- quently run half a dozen side-shows, such as photograph- ing (views, generally), printing, repairing of clocks, watches, sewing-machines, etc. "I do not have time for much literary work, yet send an occasional article to the Welsh papers and the home English papers. In politics I do little, though much interested, for since 1886 I have been a .925 pure Pro- hibitionist, the balance being fond remembrance of the Eepublican party. "At present I am connected with the Congregational Church, though circumstances may before long bend my thoughts to another, "I am not married; reasons? Ask her. "I would like to attend the reunion and see Prince- ton. Please tell the Class that I send to all my best re- gards and good wishes." JAMES A. EOBINSOIT, 60Jf Monongahela Banlc Building, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Ko report, in spite of numerous appeals. JOSEPH M. EOSEBEEEY, Belvidere, New Jersey. "I have been very busy, too busy to attend the Ee- 131 "union of '76 ; I know well how pleasant a social contact with the fellows of '76 would have been, and I often regret that I had not gone to have a day's good time with the boys. "I am practicing law and looking after my business affairs, and I take all the time I can spare in roaming over my woodlands. There is nothing more enjoyable than this nor more fraught with healthful gain. I have splendid health without ache or pain, with hair un- mixed with gray and eyes undimmed. "I am teaching an expected Princetonian athletics, and the repeated query is, Tapa, how much longer do I have to stay?' "I have one child, a boy nine years old; my wife is living, and we have no complaint and are reasonably happy, as far as the bearers of human ills can be. I am now weighed down with that gloomy retrospection of a lost opportunity in meeting my old chums of '76. I think of the old fellows and wonder how I could have stayed away; I suppose it was due, in part, to the fact that I visited Princeton with my brother, a graduate, last summer. "As I write this a spirit of recklessness longs for one of those old-time, won't-go-home-till-morning escapades. I am happy in my domestic affairs, and take the world's bumps with a rubber's reaction." "Joe" says nothing of his political views, but we hear he became infected with Bryanism on the appearance of that silver-tongued orator, and has since aligned him- self with the Democratic party. 133 THOMAS EANDOLPH SHEETS, 157 Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. No report. The Secretary called at the address given by Sheets ten years ago, but could get no trace of "Ean- nie." The Chicago Directory has "Thos. E. Sheets, 157 Mich. Av.," and a letter sent there has not been re- turned. OSCAE A. SLOAN, Monticello, Florida. No report. The postmaster writes : "Oscar A. Sloan is a resident of Monticello, Florida. Farming is his present occupation. He is a very nice gentleman and has a very interesting family." Notice the difference between this postmaster and the one who receives Cuniugham's mail. Query: Has this one proved recreant to his oath of office? W. McB. SMITH, Jfl-JfS Gay Building, St. Louis, Missouri. "In April, 1903, I disposed of my business in Belton, Texas, and moved to St. Louis, investing in the manu- facturing business with the Macgowan & Finigan Foun- dry & Machine Co., and was elected Secretary of the Company. I am doing well and have had no cause to regret the move. "I am a member of the Brank Memorial Presbyterian Church, South, and was elected to the eldership last fall. Eockwell G. Brank, a graduate from the Prince- ton Seminary in May last, is our pastor, I am actively 133 engaged in the Sunday-school work of the cnurch, and take great pleasure in it. What is your life worth to the world unless some good has been accomplished bj your having lived in it? "I have not had any honors thrust upon me, and do not belong to any clubs, not even the Princeton Club of the city. I am devoting eight or nine hours per day to my business, and the rest of my time is devoted to my family and church work. "Children — same as last report. No marriages and I am thankful to say no deaths in my household. "My oldest son, Lygon Corbin, graduated from Austin College, Sherman, Texas, in June, 1903. His diploma would have admitted him to the senior class, Princeton, where he intended to go, but a good position was offered him in the Commonwealth Trust Company, of this city, and he accepted it, and is with them. His promotion has been rapid, and he is now holding a splendid posi- tion. My other son, Oliver Carey, graduated from the same college in June, 1905. He is now with W. H. Markham & Co., fire insurance, of this city, and doing well. Both boys took great interest in athletics, and even made quite a reputation in Texas in the baseball field. Each left the college as Captain of the baseball and football teams." "Macbeth" was seriously ill last spring, but has since recovered. He writes: "The latch-string hangs out- side day or night to any '76 men. I saw Major Eichard W. Johnson often while he was in the city in charge of the Army Medical Exhibit at the Fair. I recognized him at once, after twenty-seven years of separation. He 134 was sitting behind me at church when I first saw him, and I came near shouting, I was so glad to see him." JOEDAN STOKES, Bass Block, Nashville, Tennessee. "Jerry" is engaged in the practice of his profession, the law, with his son, Jordan, Jr., and writes that he has closely followed that work and has not sought dis- tinction in outside fields. In politics he is independent, voting the Eepublican ticket in National affairs, in re- cent years, and in State affairs generally voting the Democratic ticket. He is a member of the M. E. Church, South, and it has often honored him with high and responsible positions. He has four living children, three of whom are mar- ried ; and his youngest, a son, is now attending Vander- bilt University, but will enter Princeton next year. He is "Grandpa" five times, as follows : Henry Clinton Parrent, August 6, 1902; Marie Par- rent, December 4, 1903; Prances Stokes, February 19, 1904; Mary Lindsey, April 12, 1905; Jordan Stokes, third, December 4, 1905. He is a member of the University and the Golf and Country Clubs of Nashville, and looks forward to the Eeunion as "u^hen in childhood I counted the days and hours until Christmas." JONATHAN E. SWEET. Died June 3, 1893. [See Eecord No. VII., page 153.] 135 BEVERLEY WAENER, D.D., LL.D., 2115 Chestnut Street, New Orleans, Louisiana. "I am still rector of Trinity Church, although I re- signed in December, 1904, on the invitation of St. Ste- phen's, Philadelphia, where I went and remained a short time. They were most kind and generous, but I found I was too wedded to the South, and had become too much identified with the community to leave here, so I am at the old stand." When the call to Philadelphia became known pub- licly The New Orleans Picayune said : "Dr. Warner is one of the most scholarly, erudite and progressive minis- ters in this city. When he came to Trinity Parish from Bridgeport, in 1893, he at once took a place as a citizen of New Orleans, ready and willing and fully compe- tent to take hold of and to lead to successful conclusion the various public questions which are in the life of a great city. He identified himself with every movement, whether religious, charitable, social, or ethical that was worthy of his co-operation and support, and when once interested, he brought into play his resourceful and ver- satile endowment of heart, mind and hand, which sel- dom failed to crown with success any undertaking in which he was one of the factors. * * * "In the religious life of New Orleans Dr. Warner occupies a prominent position. He is President of the Standing Committee, which is the Executive Commit- tee of the diocese. He is Examining Chaplain to the bishop, Vice-President and Chaplain of the Children's Home, and Deputy General to the Convention. * * * "Dr. Warner is the founder of the Trinity Woodyard 136 and Lodging-house, and the Dispensary for Food and Clothing. The principle of both of these organizations is to provide work for people, men and women out of employment, and pay them in clothing and board and lodging. This was the first establishment of this kind in the South under a church jurisdiction. Dr. Warner was also founder and President of Kingsley House, now Kingsley House Settlement Association, under the con- trol of a Board of Directors, whose last achievement was the opening, this day, of a public playground, the first of its kind in the South." Immediately prominent citizens, including the forev most bankers, merchants and professional men, among whom were many of the faith of Israel, signed a peti- tion, begging him to remain as rector of Trinity. Sev- eral rabbis assured Dr. Warner that if his contemplated change was a matter of money, they would see that all financial considerations were satisfactorily settled. "Three books am I guilty of since last report: 'The Young Woman in Modern Life,' ''The Young Man in Modern Life,' and 'Famous Introductions to Shakes- peare's Plays,' all published by Dodd, Mead & Co., New York." Bev. has also written "The Facts and the Faith," and "English History in Shakespeare's Plays." "I am President of the Kingsley House Social Settle- ment in this city, and frequently speak and write at and for such work here and elsevi^here. "Tulane University gave me an LL.D. in March, 1906, and the University of Chicago made me a Uni- versity preacher the same year. 137 "I am President of the Eound Table Club, New Or- leans. "No change in the children, except that Jack, the youngest, has just entered Sewanee Grrammar School, and in passing through Chattanooga 'Yap' gave him his stamp of approval. "Do give my love to the old fellows. Those I have seen seem to be holding their own and doing good ser- vice to their kind. Stokes, Denny and I dined together at the former's house last year and recalled old days. Jack Taylor, B. Henry and old Van Lennep were very cordial in welcoming me to Philadelphia, and last week 'Yap' Walker and I sat up late to recall the old days and the old times. It was good to see them, and I wish I might be able to get to the Eeunion." In the summer of 1897, it may be recalled, New Or- leans was visited by yellow fever. Bev. was north at the time, taking his vacation, but he hurried home to the aid of those in need, and while visiting the sick and burying the dead he was stricken with the disease. When yellow fever again appeared, in the summer of 1905, Bev. again hastened south and offered his services. The health officers were working on the theory that the mos- quito carried the infection, and efforts were made to eradicate the insect, organizations in each ward where the disease had not yet become prevalent looking after their own section. Bev. was made General Superin- tendent of the Auxiliary Ward organizations, and to the work of purging the city of the stegomyia mosquito he gave himself without stint. The result of the cam- paign is well known. 138 On Christmas Day, 1905, a delegation of representa- tive Jewish citizens waited upon Dr. Warner and pre- sented to him, in recognition of his services, a hand- some set of dining-room furniture of English oak, carved with fruits and flowers and gargoyle heads, also a chandelier and a large rug. During his presentation speech, Mr. Isadore Newman said : "You are not merely a minister of the Episcopal Church in this city, you are a minister of the whole community, a man who works for the whole city irrespective of faith." April 8, 1906, a reception was tendered Bev. in the St. Charles Hotel, when his friends made him the re- cepient of a silver set of seventy-two pieces in testimony of the estimation in which he is held. One of the speak- ers, Eabbi Leucht, remarked that Dr. Warner was not simply a stegomyia killer, he was a destroyer of walls; he had laid low many a partition that had separated man from man, and there was no wall too high for him to look over and to recognize his friend, the man on the other side. SCHOOL OF SCIENCE ISAAC WELLING COOLEY, 91Jf Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. "I am at present, and have been for some years, in the insurance business with the Alta Friendly Society. "For a number of years I was not in very good health, but at present, and for a few years past, I have been remarkably well. I am not at present engaged in, or particularly interested in, anything excepting the in- 139 surance business. I have never married. I still live in West Philadelphia, 3939 Powelton Avenue." HON. EOLLA WELLS, Mayor's O^ce, 8t. Louis, Missouri. His Honor the Mayor writes from his summer home at Wignetonsing, Michigan, as follows : "Not being an alumnus, I feel that I have no place in the Class Eecord^ and therefore hesitate to partici- pate even to the extent of furnishing data concerning myself. "My life has been a happy one, some also say suc- cessful. "I have a wife and five children, two boys and three girls, and two grandchildren, a boy and a girl. My eldest son is a graduate of old Princeton, my second is now^ in his senior year. I have, therefore, I believe, done well by the college in this particular. "My public career has principally consisted of one four-year term as Mayor of the city of St. Louis, and I have been honored with re-election to a second term, which I am now serving. "Owing to an important bond election at that time, I was unable to attend the Eeunion." 140 o p Oi ?>• 00 o O MARRIAGES GRADUATE MEMBERS Anness — Ida L. Garrison, October 11, 1882 Ball— Ida M. Perkins, October 13, 1881 Barhley — Mary E. Conwell, May 27, 1879 Beach — Eleanor T. Orhison, August 10, 1882 ionner — Kate Helena Griifith, October 20, 1880 1 — Brown, H.— Minnie Toland Glassell, December 13, 1882 Brown, J. P. — Minnie Evans Wheeler, November 7, 1888 — 'Brown, 0. B. — Jeannette Geihart, June 12, 1883 -^Butler, W. A., Jr. — Louise Terry Collins, October 1, 1884 Chaffee — Laura C. Putnam, May 14, 1879 Chamlers—mary F. Bliss, May 20, 1880; Cornelia P. Wil- liams, May 7, 1884 Chapin — ^Florence Adelaide Johnson, April 5, 1888 Clarice — Mary Frances Barnes, January 1, 1885 Conger, A. B. — *Mary Stockton, June 8, 1880 Coursen — Sophie Chester Johns, January 12, 1886 Cowan — Julia Nutting, November 20, 1878 ^Cowart — Florence Shepherd, April 30, 1891 -^Davis — Harriet W. Riddle, January 17, 1882 Denny — Lucy Chase Chapman, July 5, 1881 Dresser — Genevieve Tyler, November 22, 1881 Duffield— Madge Cecil Wall, November 21, 1882 Edwards — Mary Alice Shirk, January 1, 1880 ■^Noble—Mary Hays, April 14, 1881 Orita — Satoko Ononye, August 1, 1878 Parker— Mary Hunt Bedle, April 30, 1890 ^^Patterson — Elizabeth Stewart Johnston, November 28, 1882 Perrine — Elizabeth Wyckoff Conover, November 29, 1900 *Plumley — Mrs. Mary S. {nee Cann) Trask, December 25, 1876 Pugh — *Nettie S. Frisbie, November 16, 1880; Mary F. Doyle, September 6, 1902 ♦Deceased 142 Rico — Rilla Hays, June 1, 1882 ^t^Riker — Mallie Blair Snyder, October 15, 1891 Riley— Beta M. Hard, August 27, 1878 Rudy — Cecilia Baer, August 25, 1883 *Schenck — *Minnie P. Hollister, August 30, 1881 ; Mary A. Smith, February 26, 1884 Scudder — H. Helen Damarin, November 20, 1879 Shoemaker — Emma J. Coulter, January 1, 1878 Smith, F. B.—*Charlotte P. Dennis, October 29, 1879; Anne Grahame Dennis, September 21, 1892 *Smith, F. S.— Henrietta F. Horrie, March 24, 1885 Smith, J. A. L. — Mary Louisa Johnson, August 26, 1879 ^fo^tarr — Alice Dunning, June 8, 1898 Stevenson, A. R. — Mary Margaret Kennedy, April 11, 1882 Stewart — *Mary Adeline Thompson, June 18, 1879 Symmes — Hattie M. Sutphen, May 9, 1882 Taylor — Emily Heyward Drayton, October 15, 1879 Todd, H. A.— Marian Oilman, July 30, 1891 Todd, R. N.—Tryphena Phelps, December 27, 1892 *Turnure — Elisabeth Harrison, May 20, 1890 Van Dike — Henrietta Spaulding Murray, December 27, 1888 .._^FoM Lennep — Clara Reeves Hart, April 28, 1886 Walker, L. G. — Adele Branham, September 12, 1883 Wardlaw—Mary Hoge, July 29, 1880 Weart— Clara S. Pendexter, April 17, 1888 White— *Mary E. Lamb, September 22, 1882 Whittlesey — Lili Marion, February 27, 1887 ♦Deceased 146 Coursen Gladys, July 15, 1888 Donald Chester, July 15, 1888; *July 15, 1888 Konald Chester, December 2, 1893 Cowan Cora E., September 20, 1879 Florence J., January 26, 1885 Lillie, August 12, 1886; * in infancy Denny Margaret Collins, April 10, 1882 Elizabeth Chapman, January 7, 1884 William R., Jr., September 12, 1888 ; *March 24, 1890 Edith Allen, December 21, 1890 Lucy Chase, January 21, 1893 Collins, Jr., June 10, 1899 Dresser Laurence Tyler, September 11, 1882 Genevieve, May 18, 1886 Eloise, May 11, 1889 Marie, December 9, 1890 Chandler, July 3, 1896 Duffield George Barry, March 1, 1884 Elizabeth Fletcher, March 30, 1889 Edwards Richard Elbert, October 8, 1880 Milton Arthur, December 10, 1882 Mary Alice, February 10, 1884 Clara Ellen, July 27, 1885 Florence Esther, June 17, 1887 Elliott Clara Vickers, June 5, 1904 Evans Edward Richard, March 31, 1884 A boy ; d. in infancy Arthur Lewis, February 26, 1890 *Finley Marietta Davis, November 28, 1891 Fulton, A. A. Edith Mary, June 3, 1884 ♦Deceased 147 Fulton, A. A. Theodore Cuyler, July 20, 1886 Harold Wishard, July 21, 1888 Ralph Whittier, July 28, 1891 Grace, January 23, 1893 Horace H., March — , 1899 Gillespie Annie Virginia, March 25, 1882 ; * January 17, 1886 Kenneth, January 22, 1884 Alexander, November 23, 1885 Harriett Perrie, June 27, 1888 Calloway. November 4, 1891 Joseph j George Yeakle, December 6, 1893 Eugene, September 20, 1897 ^Hamilton, H. P. Albert Edward, December 28, 1887 Harold Webb, January 20, 1892 Elizabeth, January 15, 1894 Hamilton, R. W. Eben Stuart Burt, March 30, 1886 Robert Victor, November 12, 1888 Henderson Henry AVarner, h ebruary 24, 1881 Florence Vaulx, June 30, 1883 Henry Howard H. Caroline Mary Snowden Jenkins James Caldwell, Jr., May 31, 1883 Welling Field, September 23, 1884 Eleanor Marjorie, August 24, 1886 Lydia Louise, October 10, 1888 Theodore Dwight, October 16, 1890 Mary Eunice, July 17, 1894 Susan Lodema, November 30, 1898 Katharine, April 1, 1901 Johnson, Richard W. Richard W., Jr., April 23, 1906 *Deceased - 148 Johnson, Boht. W. Anna Julia, July 15, 1880 Ella Brock, July 26, 1882 William Fell, August 18, 1884 Katharine Barker, October 7, 1885 Robert W., Jr., June 3, 1891 J. P. Brock, September 3, 1894; *September 29, 1896 Jones, D. B. Gwethalyn, August 18, 1880 Catherine, April 30, 1885 Herbert, May 16, 1888 Winifred, November 1, 1889 Owen Barton, June 28, 1894 Kaufman, W. T. ^\^f \ April 8, 1884 Gladys J Knox Harriet Elizabeth, May 'A, 1881 Martha Elda, October 28, 1884 ; * July 1, 1895 Alexander Williams, March 18, 1886 Florence Anna, October 22, 1888 George Crozier, March 11, 1891 Samuel Edgar, February 22, 1892 Helen May, December 4, 1893 Harry Gaylord, February 22, 1895 Esther Lydia, July 22, 1899 Liston Margaret Lapsley, April 27, 1897 Robert Todd Lapsley, December 10, 1898 Sarah, October 6, 1900 Mary Theresa, August 25, 1903 Long Olive Pauline, December 5, 1879 Marion Olive, September 27, 1881 Stephen Stacy, May 29, 1884 Joseph Jay, March 22, 1886 Lytle Julia Arnold, July 15, 1882 Sophie Ridgley, August 25, 1884 ♦Deceased 149 Lytle Florence Rebecca, December 28, 1885 Scott Harrison, June 27, 1889 Richard Ridgely, Jr., July — , 1891 Mann. J. M. Peter Carter, February 4, 1884 Joseph Francis, December 2, 1890 Markoe Francis H., Jr., June 11, 1884 *Marquand Alice Ogston Elizabeth L. Son deceased *Martin Frederick Perry, May 8, 1882 Margaret Helen, November 12, 1888 McKittrick Seward, November 21, 1890 Marjorie, , ; ^September 3, 1893 Milhurn Joseph Woodvpard, November 21, 1881 Mary Eleanor, December 14, 1882 John Rudisill, December 25, 1884 Martha Page, November 23, 1887 ; *November 26, 1888 Emily Snowden, January 10, 1890 William Ryland, July 28, 1891 Page, Jr., May 23, 1896 Miller George Scudder, July 21, 1880 Evelyn, October 21, 1881 Katherine, June 10, 1886 Nolle Minnie Hays, December 12, 1883 Earl, June 10, 1886 Orita Aritsune, May 16, 1879 Aritomo, September 12, 1881 Arihiko, December 10, 1883 Teruko, April 1, 1886 Ariyoshi, September 12, 1891 *Deceased 150 Orita Arinobu, March 15, 1893 Aritada, April 3, 1894 Tayeko, July 6, 1899 Parker Robert Craig Bedle, August 29, 1895 Edward Gummere, January 2, 1902 Patterson William Johnston, October 3, 1883 ; *January 7, 1894 Joseph, April 12, 1885 Robert Wilson, Jr., October 19, 1887 Sara Stewart, June 12, 1890 *Plumley Howard, November 22, 1878 Marion Stuart, January 9, 1881 Gardiner Spring, January 15, 1883 Mary Sanger, October 19, 1885 Margaret Lovell, June 11, 1890 Sarah Goodenough, September 25, 1893 Pugh Mary Louise, November 1, 1882 Charles F., February 7, 1884 ; *March 4, 1894 John C. L., Jr., December 7, 1886 Rice Charles Herbert, December 10, 1884 Helen, December 29, 1890 Paul Harper, October 23, 1893 William Hays, November 24, 1896 Mabel, August 6, 1898 Biker Gertrude, February 14, 1895 Two girls and a boy Riley Alden K., Jr., June 22, 1879 Albert G., December 3, 1882 Robert H., June 23, 1886 Rudy Thomas Edward, November 25, 1884 ; *Novemb€r 28, 1884 James Hannibal, October 29, 1885 ♦Deceased 151 Rudy Susan Penelope, February 8, 1889 Alma, November 28, 1890 *8chenck Elsie Mercein, March 27, 1887 ; *August 18, 1905 Clinton Stewart, October 14, 1888; *October 21, 1889 Scudder Charles Damarin, October 21, 1883 Shoemaker Loraine James, December 22, 1878 Albert Jesse R., November 23, 1882 Parshall Morse, January 9, 1887; *August 17, 1901 Mary, July 18, 1888; *October 4, 1889 Frank Lebbeus ) i -.cno TT, 111, V December 1, 1892 Emma Florence | Smith, F. B. Franklin B., Jr., August 28, 1879 ; *November, 1903 Alice McPherson, April 5, 1885 Charlotte Patterson, November 9, 1886 *Smith, F. S. Eleanor Stafford, March 28, 1886 Gladys Walton, June 6, 1887 ; *February 22, 1889 Mildred Walton, November 7, 1890 Julian Tuzo, April 20, 1894 Smith, J. A. L. Eleanor Patton, May 29, 1880 ; * June 28, 1893 Allan Johnston, May 16, 1881; *August 21, 1889 Mary Louisa, December 30, 1882 Maud Rae, December 9, 1884 . Sampson Hodge MeCullough, August 20, 1880 Ethel Wishard, February 11, 1888 Starr Allen Egbert, January 19, 1902 Katharine Eunice, March 1, 1904 Stevenson, A. R. Thomas Kennedy, November 10, 1883 Caroline Paxton, March 5, 1888 ; *November 28, 1895 Alexander Russell, Jr., May 28, 1895 Stuart Riddle, November 14, 1896 ♦Deceased 152 Stewart Helen, March 21, 1880 Harris Bates, May 26, 1882 George Black Jr., November 6, 1884 Weir, December 14, 1893 Taylor Edith, August 11, 1880 Percival Drayton, September 8, 1882 Mabel Hayward, November 10, 1884 Todd, H. A. Eliza Oilman, April 22, 1892 Martha Clover, March 5, 1894 Henry Wallingford, August 2, 1897 Paul Wallingford, November 15, 1899 Todd. R. N. Robert Nairne, Jr., October 10, 1893 Agnes May, October 8, 1896 Tryphena E., October 29, 1899 Francis S., October 29, 1899; *September 11, 1900 *Turnure David, November 20, 1899 Van Dike John Edward, December 12, 1889 ; * January 6, 1891 John Le Roy, April 2, 1891 Van Lennep Rebecca Reeves, February 19, 1887 WardlaiD Virginia Randolph, August 1, 1881 Blanche Lewis, August 6, 1883 Eloise Mary, June 4, 1886 Carolina Cunningham, July 19, 1891 Whittlesey Walter Bell, February 20, 1886 Cedric Fauntleroy, March 24, 1889 Raynor Doyle, December 12, 1892 Wilson, B. D. Philip Howard, April 19, 1890 Eleanor Stewart, June 21, 1892 Sara Bruce, May 17, 1894 ♦Deceased 153 Wilson, B. D. Annie Elizabeth, November 10, 1896 Jane Pope, December 23, 1898 Julia Roy, May 19, 1901 Wilson, 8. G. Samuel Rhea, March 6, 1890; *November 23, 1891 Mary Agnes, September 10, 1892 Rose Dulles, July 25, 1894 Esther Foster, September 21, 1897; *June 16, 1901 Andrew Wilkins, Jr., August 13, 1899; *October 9, 1902 Annie Rhea, June 15, 1901 Robert Graham, July 26, 1903 Woods Catharine T., March 10, 1882 James S., August 24, 1883 Margaretta M., May 20, 1886 William J., December 11, 1888 Marianne W., April 17, 1890 Sarah E., September 1, 1892 Joseph M., Jr., June 6, 1896 Woolverton Primrose, March 7, 1886 Dorothy, August 13, 1895 SCHOOL OF SCIENCE Butler, H. R. Helen Hays, September 7, 1891 ; *August 1, 1893 Howard Russell, Jr., November 5, 1896 Cecil Mary Robinson, November "16, 1883 Stuart R., November 20, 1884 Lucy P., May 5, 1886 ; *December 26, 1894 Martha B., February 1, 1888 John G., Jr., September 5, 1889 ; *June 20, 1891 Russell H., February 4, 1892 *CooJc Edmund Garretson, November 9, 1885 Hegeman Lucy Moyer, April 17, 1880 Aletta, October 30, 1883 ♦Deceased 154 *McKoy, R. E. Mary Hasell, April 23, 1880 Louis Brown, April 30, 1883 Robert Hasell, Jr., June 7, 1885 Adair Morey, February 23, 1888 Douglas Hart, July 7, 1894 McKoy, W. B. Elizabeth F., December 14, 1887 William Ancrum, May 29, 1890 Henry Bacon Francis Kelton Smith, (J. R. Mowry, August, 1891 Carleton R., August, 1892 Sylvia W., September, 1895 Stevenson, W. P. Walker Woods, September 9, 1882 Margaretta Faxton, September 1, 1883 NON-GRADUATE MEMBERS *Cuvellier *Vivian M. W., August 26, 1877 ♦Charles, December 24, 1878 Rene William, November 3, 1879 Toffiez Charles, November 10, 1882 Lydia Jeannette, May 10, 1884 Harold Raymond, June 20, 1887 Carmelita Henrietta, July 9, 1889 Delliclcer Mary W., April, 1880 Fulton. C. G. Edith, April 23, 1884 Cecil C, Jr., Oc-tober 12, 1886 James A., August 18, 1889 Green, W. W. Helen R., October, 1889 ♦Deceased 155 Holden Margaretta Webb, July 12, 1880 Eleanor Sanford, March 12, 1882 Edward Packard, Jr., January 9, 1884 Elizabeth Cebra, December 3, 1885 Laird Roberta, July 2, 1881 Renwick S., March 7, 1885 Robert B., August 25, 1888 Harold S., August 8, 1891 Olive F ) Paul A f October 25, 1893 Leason Mary Laird, April 16, 1881 Jefiferson Reynolds, August 11, 1883 Helen Ross, January 5, 1889 Judith Dull, July 5, 1891 Myroine T., January 1, 1895 Lyon, J. G. James B., 3d, October 3, 1883 Prescott L., July 25, 1888 Lowell Thayer, May 3, 1892 Machy Helen Hoopes, June 26, 1879 Henry Ewing, August 23, 1880 Lucy Walker, June 24, 1883 Alice Thompson, November 19, 1888 ; *December 3, 1889 *Mann, H. Ethel Margarite, December 29, 1879; *August 19, 1880 Emma, January 13, 1882; *February 28, 1882 Oliphant Alfred Dayton J ^^^^^^^ ^gg^ Duncan ) Elizabeth Vanderveer, November 11, 1891 Ralph, John Joseph, February 28, 1885 Henry William, March 4, 1886 Edward Daniel, November 26, 1900 Martin Nathaniel, February 7, 1904 ♦Deceased 156 Rotmson, J. A. Louise Alexandra, October 23, 1892 Letitia, October 6, 1893 Roseierry Joseph White, April 29, 1897 Sloan Eva, September 1, 1887 Annie May, May 9, 1890 Smith, W. McB. Lygon Corbin, August 17, 1882 Oliver Carey, July 2, 1885 Ethel Pickens, January 11, 1890 Stohes Martha, September 5. 1878 Anna, January 13, 1880 Jordan, Jr., August 3, 1883 James, October 28, 1887 *Swe€t Charles Thompson, March 8, 1889 Ruth Murray, November 25, 1890 Warner Kingsley, June 30, 1881 ; *March 2, 1885 Alice Gertrude, April 24, 1883 Philip Beverley, March 2, 1885 John McConnell, February 21, 1892 SCHOOL OF SCIENCE Wells Maud, November 1, 1879 Erastus, March 7, 1881 Lloyd P., March 9, 1885 Jane H., October 15, 1891 Isabella, June 24, 1895 *Deceased 157 DEATHS 'Tis sweet as year by year we lose Friends out of sight, in faith to muse How grows in Paradise our store. — Keble. Henry Rush Biddle, January 3, 1877 George Fielding Ficklen, May 10, 1877 Lieut. Jonathan Williams Biddle, September 30, 1877 Lewis Malford Walker, May 10, 1878 Robert Jacob Ross, April 10, 1879 Samuel Davis Melton, December 10, 1880 Warren Woodward, December 3, 1881 Charles Hartridge, November 23, 1882 Brodie Jackman Crawford, July 27, 1883 Frederick Alexander Marquand, December 20, 1885 Rev. Albert Van Deusen, January 10, 1886 George DuBois Parmly, M.D., December 29, 1889 Henry Horace Webster, January 17, 1891 Lieut. Leighton Finley, February 12, 1894 George Burnham Martin, April 29, 1896 Rev. Harris Rogers Schenck, June 21, 1898 Rev. William Edgar Plumley, May 14, 1901 Cornelius Cuyler Gregory, December 4, 1901 Frank Safford Smith, September 19, 1903 Samuel Bartow Greene, May 10,' 1904 Rev. Hiram Philetus Hamilton, August 20, 1905 Arthur Baldwin Turnure, April 13, 1906 SCHOOL OF SCIENCE Frank Davenport Cook, December — , 1887 Robert Hassell McKoy, — , 1902 NON-GRADUATE MEMBERS Lincoln Wood Marston, November 16, 1873 James Sears Dickerson, February 26, 1876 158 David Jay Murphey, Jr., July 4, 1880 Harry Backus Kaufman, December 27, 1882 Rev. Charles Page Emerson, January 19, 1887 Charles Talbot Mitchell, September 13, 1887 Allen Taylor Kyle, April 5, 1889 Harold Mann, July 31, 1889 Charles Froome Bragg, February 22, 1893 Jonathan Robert Sweet, June 3, 1897 Hamilton Markley, April 4, 1900 Bernard Charles Cuvellier, May 8, 1905 In five year periods the deaths have been as follows; Ending '76 '81 '86 '91 '96 '01 '06 Deaths 2 7 6 7 3 4 7 159 RECAPITULATION The total membership of the Class is 157, distributed as follows: Graduates, Academic, 110; School of Sci- ence, 8; non-graduate members. Academic, 37; School of Science, 2. Deceased : Academic, 22 ; School of Science, 3 ; non- graduate members. Academic, 12. Total, 36. The living members of the Class number as follows: Academic, 88 ; School of Science, 6 ; non-graduate mem- bers. Academic, 25; School of Science, 2. Total, 121. Eeports have been recived for this Eecoed from graduates, Academic, 85 ; School of Science, 5 ; non- graduate members, Academic, 17 ; School of Science, 2. Total, 109. Of those not reporting there are but five of whom nothing is known. For the Eecord of 1891 there were received 115 reports; for that of 1896, 120; for that of 1901, 115. There have been married : ■ Graduates, Academic, 89 ; School of Science, 8 ; non-graduate members, Academic, 28 ; School of Science, 1. Total, 126. The children of the Class, as reported, number 384 (of whom 45 are deceased; to graduates. Academic, were born 293; School of Science, 25; non-graduate members. Academic, 61 ; School of Science, 5. Of these children the marriages reported number 18. The grandchildren reported number 13. 160 THE TRICESIMAL REUNION '76 continues to lead all classes in the number in attendance at reunions;, and in its last has surpassed its own previous efforts, as the tabulation beloW;, culled from the Eecords, indicates : '77 '79 '81 '86 '91 '96 '01 '06 In Princeton — 53 37 — 24 41 48 53 At Dinner 21 43 18 50 34 39 47 46 The arrivals on Friday, June 8, were nearly twice as many as at any preceding gathering, vv^hile a larger number than usual remained until Wednesday after- noon, one or two even staying until Thursday, Scudder seems to have been the first to appear. Then Friday morning President Bonner arrived and, with the aid of several assistants, proceeded to decorate the Headquar- ters, No. 31 University Place, with American flags, a '76 banner, and a profusion of orange and black bunt- ing. Ours was the best location in town, our house the best decorated, and attracted much attention, with fre- quent cheers from classes marching past. Later Friday trains brought H. Butler, Dunning, Miller, Hegeman, Kaufman, Harrison, Kenneth Bonner, C. Smith, J. A. L. Smith, Chapin and Elliott. Being a resident. Beach was already on hand. Every Saturday train had '76 men as passengers: Perrine, Walker, Lytle, Woods, Macky, Dresser and son 161 Laurence, M. N. Johnson, Ball, Stokes, Henderson, Parker and son Eobert, Weart, C. C. Fulton, Henry, J. Conger, Bryden, Cowart, Symmes, Patterson and son Eobert and a friend, Mann, Holden, Taylor, F. B. Smith, H. Todd, Noble and son Earl, Cecil, E. Lyon, Eussell, Stewart, Davis, A. B. Conger and Van Dike. THE BALL GAME At two o'clock p. m. our band arrived from Cran- bury, and, forming into line, the Class, each man carry- ing an orange and black '76 flag, marched through the campus to the University Field, and after making a circuit of the grounds along with other classes, took the seats reserved for it. To provide for the Class, members of the families and for friends, more than one hundred seats had been reserved. The game between Princeton and Yale on June 2, at New Haven, had gone to the former by a score of 3 to 2. The game June 9 was exciting enough to arouse the enthusiasm of the oldest graduate. Yale scored two runs in the third inning, Princeton one in the fourth, and so the score" remained until the last half of the ninth inning. Then came the sensational ending. There were runners on second and third, two out, Harlan at the bat with two strikes and two balls, and two runs were needed. The last chance had come. The excitement was intense. It was up to Harlan, and he made good with a clean, hard hit to right field which won the game. It was Harlan who made the hit that won the game the week before. Pandemonium then 162 broke loose. The field in a moment was overrun by a wild, shrieking mob, from which the reuniting classes gradually extricated themselves and withdrew toward the campus. The return to Headquarters was accomplished in good order just in time to escape a shower, and rain contin- ued to fall for several hours, but did not prevent a large number attending the performance of Tabasco Land by the Triangle Club in the Casino that evening. SUNDAY SEEVICES Sunday was warm but as perfect a June day as Princeton can produce. Some went to Alexander Hall to hear Dr. Van Dyke, '73, deliver the Baccalaureate sermon, others attended the First Presbyterian Church and listened to a fine discourse by "Variety" Beach, the pastor, on "Liberty and Limitations," from Genesis 2 :16, 17. After service all the Class present stopped to meet the pastor's wife and daughters, also Mrs. McCosh and Mrs. John T. Duffield. Incidentally it may be stated that the First Church is prospering under Beach's min- istrations, and that he has the hearty support of a large congregation. An innovation at class reunions, but one that will not be intentionally omitted by '76, it is safe to say, at any similar gathering hereafter, was the prayer-meet- ing held at Headquarters Sunday evening, with nearly all who were in town present. Chapin presided at the piano, Kaufman led the singing, Beach opened^ the meeting with the reading of a passage of Scripture and 163 a few well-chosen words^ after which a dozen men spoke or offered prayer, told of their beliefs and doubts, their joys and trials, of the influence of classmates and col- lege professors gone before, of the successful labors of our missionaries, and of the common faith in God and the hereafter which binds us in a union of life and purpose. It was a communing of veterans during a lull in the combat of life from which all went away strength- ened. Forsan et haec olim meminisse juvahit. Many felt that the high-water mark of the Keunion was reached at this prayer-meeting. On Monday, Professor Cameron was a guest at lunch- eon. As he was retiring, the boys cheered him, and in acknowledging the salutation he remarked that he was of the class of ^47 and that at our twenty-fifth anni- versary there were forty-seven men at dinner. He said he derived much pleasure from following the career of former students. In his dealings with men in college he had always tried in every way to be absolutely fair and honest, and he could remember but one occasion when he had done a student a wrong. For this he had apologized, first privately, then publicly. Monday's arrivals were Van Lennep, E. Todd, Pugh, Liston, W. A. Butler, D. B. Jones, Milburn and his son John Eudisill. By previous arrangement, Mrs. McCosh was "at home" to the Class at half-past four. About forty men marched to the house, where Mrs. McCosh, who had completed her eighty-ninth year April 30, and seemed 164 '76 AT Mrs. McCosh's as vigorous as ever, received us with all her wonted cordiality and hospitality. "Jeff" Davis, in a few ap- propriate words, expressed the respect and affection felt by the Class for Mrs. McCosh and Dear Old Jimmie. Proceeding thence to the steps of Old North, we posed for our photograph, singing "Captain James McCartee" and other old favorites while Eose marshalled us into focus. The result is seen in the frontispiece of this book. Eesuming the march, the Class went to 26 Library Place, the First Church parsonage, to the reception ten- dered by the Eev. and Mrs. Sylvester W. Beach. The pastor's wife and three daughters were assisted in re- ceiving by Mrs. Cowart, Mrs. Elliott and Mrs. Harri- son. Here again "Jeff" acted as spokesman, and told, in his customary felicitous manner, how highly the cour- tesies extended were appreciated by the Class and how heartily all rejoiced in "Variety's" splendid work in Princeton. THE DINNEE By reason of alterations made in the house, it was possible to have the Class Dinner at Headquarters, and soon after eight o'clock the following assembled about the board : Ball, Beach, Bonner, Bryden, H. E. Butler, W. A. Butler, Cecil, Chapin, J. Conger, Cowart, Davis, Dresser, Dunning, Elliott, C. C. Fulton, Harrison, Hegeman, Henderson, Henry, Holden, M. N. Johnson, D. B. Jones, Kaufman, Liston, E. D. Lyon, Lytic, Macky, Mann, Milburn, Miller, Noble, Parker, Patter- son, Perrine, Pugh, Eussell, Scudder, C. E. Smith, J. A. 165 L. Smith, Stewart, Taylor, H. A. Todd, Van Lennep, Walker, Weart, Woods and Kenneth Bonner. A brief business meeting was held, resulting in the re-election of the oflBcers and committees, with the addi- tion of Hegeman to the Executive Committee. Grace was said by Beach, and "Old Nassau" was sung from copies of the song bearing the autograph of Lang- lotz, the composer, and presented to each by our worthy President with his autograph and good wishes. The following menu was then discussed : Menu Grape Fruit with Eum and Maraschino Cherries Clam Soup with Whipped Cream ■Salted Nuts Olives Eadishes Soft-shell Crabs, Sauce Tartare Spring Lamb, Mint Sauce New Potatoes Green Peas Asparagus, Hollandaise Sauce Broiled Squab Lettuce and Tomatoes Ice-cream and" Strawberries Cake Toasted Crackers Port de Salut and Camembert Cheese Candies and Fruits Coffee Before the speaking began the dinner-cards were passed around the board, and signed, so that each man 166 bore away as a souvenir not only "Old Nassau" but the autograph of every one present. Toasts and Responses Egbert Edwin Bonner, President Henry M. Eussell, Toastmaster " There are no friends like old friends, And none so good and true ; We greet them when we meet them As roses greet the dew." — French. " At first and last the hearty welcome." — Anon. " Bach hour of the past lends its tribute to this, Till it blooms like a bower in the Garden of Bliss." — Holmes. 1. Alma Mater, - - Egbert E. Bgnneb " We'll unite to shout and sing, Long life to Old Nassau." 2. Classmates Gone Before, - - In Silence " Deposited upon the silent shore of memory. That shall not die and cannot be destroyed." — Wordsworth. 3. Our Noble Selves— Old '76 - Henry E. Davis " Not what we sing or what we say Can make us dearer to each other. We love the singer and his lay. But love as well the silent brother." — Holmes. 4. The Preceptorial System and Work of the Trustees George B. Stewart " Above all Greek, above all Roman fame." — Pope. 167 5. Surgical Operation — "Cupping" Henry M. Eussell " Certainly this is a pleasant duty." — Wesley. 6. Princeton in the Southwest, John G. Cecil "Oh ! for a beaker full of the warm South." — Keats. 7. Poem, _ - . William J. Henderson " Blessings be with them and eternal praise The Poets, who on earth have made us heirs Of truth and pure delights by heavenly lays." — Wordsworth. " We will bid our old Harper sing on till he dies." — Holmes. 8. Presbyterianism from the Latin Quarter to the Old First Church, - Sylvester W. Beach " 'Twas Presbyterian true blue." — Butler. 9. College Men in Public Life, 0. Britt Brown " The heart to conceive, the understanding to direct, the hand to execute." — Junius. 10. Married Brothers, - Thomas I. Elliott " It happens as with cages ; the birds without despair to get in And those within despair of getting out." — Montaigne. 11. Princeton in the Northwest, David B. Jones " Let our brothers of the West Write smiling in their flowing pages." — Holmes. 12. New Jersey — the Home of Old Nassau, Spencer Weaet " Where'er we tread 'tis haunted, holy ground." — Byron. 168 13. The Committee, - Henry L. Harrison " Men of most renowned virtue." — Milton. 14. The Ladies, - - - J. Frank Ball " We admire them for their beauty ; respect them for their intelligence ; adore them for their virtue and love them because we can't help it." — Anon. " Fill up the lonely glass and drain it In memory of dear old times." — Thackeray. " A health to our future — a sigh for the past — We love, we remember, we hope to the last." — Holmes. " A sudden thought strikes me — let's swear eternal friendship." — Frere. " Joy so seldom weaves a chain Like this to-night, that, oh ! 'tis pain To break its links so soon." — Moore. The Speeches * In responding to the toast, "Our Alma Mater," Bon- ner said that he had never felt so inadequate to an occasion as to this one, but that the man who had spent four years in Princeton and could hot say any- thing must be dumb indeed. He told the boys why he had presented each one at the Eeunion with a copy of the new edition of "Old Nassau." He recalled to their memories the remark of Josh Hartwell, the famous Yale football player, that he knew it was all up with his team as soon as he heard the Princeton rooters singing that confounded Presbyterian hymn of theirs. Bonner 169 asked the boys to remember the power of the Scotch in- fluences in the history of Princeton. In 1768 Wither- spoon became President of the college. Just a hundred years later came McCosh. These dates marked two periods in the development of the institution. In con- clusion Bonner declared that in these days some alumni were not properly recognized in the award of degrees. If Dr. McCosh were alive, he asserted, this would not be the case. He then gave the boys some account of the work of the Class Officers' Association, calling attention to its successful labors in reforming some abuses com- mon at class reunions among the younger alumni. Eussell gave the next toast, "Classmates Gone Be- fore," which was drunk in silence, after which "Jeff" Davis responded to "Our Noble Selves, Old '76." "Jeff" referred to our visit to the First Church on Sunday and spoke feelingly of the inspiration there of Beach, Mrs. McCosh, and Mrs. Duffield. Then he touched upon the emotions awakened by the presence of Professor Cameron at luncheon. "Cam" said to him as he was departing, "You're the best class in loyalty and Prince- ton spirit that ever went out of the college." "Jeff" had been down to see Mr. Cleveland and the former Presi- dent, rejoicing in his own Princetonianism, threw the gauntlet at other colleges by saying, "We beat them in two things — our campus and our alumni spirit." "Jeff's" main point was the steadfastness of the faith of the Class. He recalled to us how we had been shaken by the philosophy of Tyndall, Huxley and their contempora- ries. He told how he had gone to "Jimmy" for aid in settling his own mind. "Jimmy" said to him, "The 170 '76 Headquarters The CiiAMPioxsiiir Fire trustees and the faculty don't want me to notice these things in my teachings, but I must do it. Either they are wrong or they are right. If they are wrong, I must show it. If they are right, we must accept what they say. It is in the hands of God how we work out." The Class, declared "Jeff," was the beneficiary of "Jimmy's" impreg-nability in this matter, a sentiment which the boys cheered. In responding to the "Preceptorial System and the Board of Trustees," "Paley" Stewart explained the na- ture of the new system of instruction and paid a warm tribute to the work of the Alumni Trustees. "Slim" next called upon himself for "A Surgical Op- eration — Cupping," and on behalf of the Class presented silver loving cups to Bonner and Harrison in recogni- tion of their years of devotion to the interests of the Class. His speech will be found in connection with "The Story of the Cups." Bonner was quite overcome, but responded with much feeling in a few pertinent words. The General was equally moved, and made a reply which was so grace- ful that it quite took the bo3^s by storm. Then the less emotional speech-making continued. Cecil, in his response to "Princeton in the South- west," aroused great enthusiasm by announcing that he had recently joined the Ancient and Independent Order of Grandpaps and had a grandson entered for the class of 1926. Cecil had not been back for thirty years, and he had something to say about the changes he found in Princeton. Then he turned his attention to the glori- fication of Kentucky and read the boys a poem clipped 171 from a newspaper telling how everything was better in. Kentucky than anywhere else. Henderson, at the request of the committee, had pre- pared some verses for the occasion, and these came next on the list. Here they are: NoN MoRiTUKi Salutamus Te So rest we here some moments on the steep, That from youth's valley slopes up to the skies; The cloudy veil of years we backward sweep, And look once more each other in the eyes. How is it with you, brother? And with you? Have you grown weary on the climbing way? How is it with you, brother? Is it rue That twines about your brows, or is it bay? How is it with you, brother ? Is there rust Upon the triple armor of your soul. Or are you still in shining courage trussed To answer trumpet call and war drum's roll? How is it with you, brother? Has the world Crushed out the faith of thirty years ago. Or does the banner that you then unfurled Still fling its message wide to friend and foe? How is it with you, brother? Are you tired. And do your eyes flame low, like burnt-out wicks. Or are you still Time's master, filled and fired With blazing spirit of young Seventy-six? 172 I answer for you, I who read your eyes. Your years reach not the given threescore ten ; And some are bold and some are passing wise, And some are swift and all of you are men. You joy for that there still is work to do; Upon the buried past you shed no tears; But forward, forward, valiant men and true, You march to meet the yet oncoming years. Some heads are gray — oh, yes,— and some are white ; But Time shall touch the thinning locks in vain ; The snows shall ward the winter wheat aright Till harvest moon shall gild the ripened grain. Oh, Alma Mater, at whose tender breast We drank the fountains of our manhood's birth. Receive to-night thy sons from East and West To tell thee now they know what all was worth. Non morituri salutamus te ! We bow before thy temples and thy towers; Our banners flaunt, not ended is our day ; To thee we consecrate anew our powers. How is it with you, brothers? Do you stand With hearts of brass to meet the coming strife : Then grip to grip shut close each loyal haud, And pledge our mother what is left of life. 173 Perchance the sight may waver and grow dim. But still our eyes upon the stars we fix ; Lo, where they kiss our mountain's hoary rim; Climb upward still, ye men of Seventy-six ! Beach was next called upon and before he could speak "Jeff" called for three cheers, which were heartily given. Beach was asked to talk about "Presbyterianism from the Latin Quarter to the Old First Church/' and he said it was a far cry from Paris to Princeton. He told how he went to Paris to take up his work there, and gave an interesting account of the labor imposed upon him. He delighted the boys by telling them that the first financial aid received from America came from our Class President. He then descanted on the strength of the aid given by the members of the Class to each other and begged the boys not to forget that the work in Paris was in the hands of a good man and still needed their assistance. Bonner arose and promised that the Class would send $1,000 to aid the work, "even," he added, "if I have to underwrite the whole amount myself." But as $435 of it was subscribed on the spot, it looked as if "Eeddy" would come out all right. "Oby" Brovra. was to have been the next speaker, but he was kept away by a slight accident and "Yap" Walker was called upon in his place to respond to the toast of "College Men in Public Life." "Yap" declared that the Class of '76 was a glorious host of men, and these men were his inspiration. When he felt blue or dis- couraged he always took out his photographs of the boys 174 and looked them over. That put heart into him again. The Class made him feel a pride in his own work. It would never do to have Seventy-six ashamed of him. He wanted the Class to be proud of him. "Yap" in con- clusion stirred up the assembly by declaring that Sev- enty-six was not only the best class that had ever gradu- ated, but the best that ever would ! Tommy Elliott responded for the "Married Brothers." At the last previous reunion Tommy talked for the un- married, but in the meanwhile he had instituted an era of reform, and he brought the fair young graft with him to Princeton to show why he did it. No one blamed him, except Eddie Lyon, and he is incorrigible. Elliott apologized for staying among the lonely for so many years, and he expressed his sorrow for those who had not seen the error of their ways as he had. He paid a pretty tribute to the noble women who had been so fortunate as to join the Class before Mrs. Elliott did. D. Jones responded to the toast, "Princeton in the Northwest." He expatiated on the splendor of our aca- demic background. Princeton, he said, goes everywhere with the Princeton man. He roasted Frank Dunning by telling how Brackett got back at him away back in Soph year. Then he entered upon an argument against the routine re-election of Alumni Trustees. He believed that they ought not to be re-elected as a mere matter -of course, but that the Board should be kept fresh by the continual infusion of new blood. He vowed that he would not serve again. The boys did not appear to think that he would be allowed to have his own way in the matter. 175 In responding to "New Jersey, the Home of Old Nas- sau/' Weart told about a dozen good stories that had nothing to do with his subject, and then related how "Polly" Parker's talk at home about the boys of Seventy- six had made Little Tin's name known to Governor Par- ker, so that when the latter was a judge he had helped Weart out of a trying position in the trial of a case. Weart paid a warm tribute to the Princeton men at the New Jersey bar. "General" Plarrison, called upon to speak for the com- mittee, was exceedingly brief. He read a card from Professor Hunt expressing his appreciation of the at- tention shown by the Class in sending cards to his resi- dence to manifest sympathy for the loss of his wife. The "General" told the boys what was doing in the way of preparing this Eecokd. Bonner read letters from men of Seventy-five who had been guests of the Class, and then "Bloody" Ball made his customary tear in re- sponding for "The Ladies." He declared that all that was best in the men of the Class was attributable to the women, whereupon bad boy Eddie Lyon shrieked, "You can't prove it." "I don't have to," answered "Bloody," "I'm talking to a packed jury," Bonner called on Howard Butler to say a word about the new lake and Howard told how he had put the notion of giving the money into the capacious head of Andrew Carnegie. Then we adjourned. It was near the dawn, but time had sped lightly. We had all had a goodly dose of the sort of instruction described by "Yap," and we went to bed with renewed convictions that we were mighty for- tunate to belong to that Class. 176 An important feature of Tuesday is the Alumni luncheon, given in the Grymnasium. Several classmates had found it necessary to leave town in the morning, but '76 was well represented. When coffee and cigars came round, Jacobus, '77, presiding in the absence of President Wilson, introduced "Paley" Stewart, who read the following: "We, the Alumni of Princeton University, assembled at the 159th Commencement, beg to express our great joy that our prayer for your speedy and complete recovery is being answered, and we assure you of our unceasing desires for your good health and the long continuance of your valued service to our Alma Mater." After representatives of '56, '61 and '71 had sounded the praises of their classes, Henderson spoke for '76. He said that '76 was only thirty years old, therefore in the prime of youth. He had no reminiscences to give, but a promise and a pledge. "You shall continue to hear from us. There is lots of fight left in us. The spirit of '76 is the embodiment of the spirit of Prince- ton, which is summed up in the words faith and love. When we say '^Por Princeton,' that means 'For God, for country, and for mankind.' " In view of the fact that Princeton had won two straight games of baseball from both Harvard and Yale, and thus the intercollegiate championship, there was a "championship fire" about the old cannon Tuesday even- ing, when several hundred dollars' worth of combus- tibles went up in fiame and smoke. As '76 had a twenty-five-dollar share in it, and other reuniting classes 177 were probably similarly favored, perhaps it might better have been called a "championship and alumni fire." On Wednesday appeared Bob Wilson, who had preached the baccalaureate sermon at the Kiskeminetas School on the preceding Sunday, and had been kept away from the dinner by other engagements. On this day Liston received his A.M. at the Commencement ex- ercises. In the afternoon a delegation of a dozen saw the University of Pennsylvania defeat Princeton by a score of three to two. Then the Headquarters were dismantled and late af- ternoon trains bore away the remnant, excepting one or two who stayed until Thursday. The universal testi- mony was that this was our best Eeunion. Surely there could not have been a better. As Billy Kaufman re- marked afterwards, "I do not see how I could have stood a better time," and the sentiment finds response in the hearts of all participants. Benovata est ut aquila juventus nostra. The following were in town during Commencement Week for a longer or shorter period, but were not there Monday evening for the dinner : A. B. Conger, P. B. Smith, Stokes, Symmes, E. N. Todd, Van Dike and E. D. Wilson. H. Brown came from Los x4ngeles, Cal., for the Ee- imion, but on his arrival at Washington, D. C, he was taken ill and was compelled to remain there. 0. B. Brown met with an accident the evening he was to have started for Princeton, and his physician forbade his traveling. 178 Oliphant was kept away by sickness. Stokes was pre- vented from attending the dinner by an engagement in Montreal for that evening. Symmes' practice interfered with his attendance at the dinner. The Faculty took advantage of the gathering to give Beach the honor of acting as judge at the Junior Ora- torical Contest Saturday morning, and Bonner a simi- lar honor at the Lynde Prize Debate Tuesday evening. Through the initiative of '76 men the Trunk Line Association sold tickets to Princeton for Commence- ment at the rate of one-and-one-third railroad fare for the round trip. 179 TEEASURER'S REPORT Eeceipts 1901 January 1, balance $33 . 96 Surplus from Eeimion of 1901 21.33 Subscriptions for Eecord of 1901.... 295.03 Contributions to meet deficit 472.10 1902. Use of half-tone plates 4.00 1903. From baseball tickets 4.25 1904. Use of half-tone plates 15 . 00 1905. December 31, deficit 17.78 $863.35 Expenses 1901. June, to secure Headquarters $25.00 Eecoed of 1901, Illustrations 274.75 Printing, binding and mailing. . 450.80 Circulars, postage, etc 47 . 75 1902. Circulars, postage, etc 12.77 1903. Circulars, postage, etc 15.00 Princeton Alumni Weekly sent to Class 8.18 1904. Circulars, postage, etc 6.35 1905. Circulars, postage, etc 22.75 $863.35 180 THE STOEY OF THE CUPS In the latter part of March of the present year, the Executive Committee of the Class met at the Princeton Club in ISTew.York City, adjourning after some prelim- inary discussion to the residence of William Allen But- ler, Jr., for the purpose of taking up matters in connec- tion with the Eeunion of the Class in June. When the meeting adjourned, and those elements of constant fric- tion, our President and Secretary, had made themselves welcome by their absence, a few, who retain something of their owly habits which always had a tendency to lead them into trouble, took up the discussion of past re- unions and their success. It was the unanimous opin- ion that those successes, as well as the close knitting to- gether of the Class, for which '76 is noted, were due to the earnest labor of two men, Ed. Bonner and "General" Harrison. "Slim" Eussell, with his usual keen, ponderous and calm insight into all that is philanthropic and pertain- ing to "man's dutj^ to man," remarked that the Class had been out of college for thirty j^ears, and had never made a suitable acknowledgment of all "Eeddy" and the "General" had done for us ; that he thought the Ee- union in June was a fit and proper occasion for the Class to express its sense of obligation to and warm regard for these two men in the shape of a souvenir, either loving cups, engraved with suitable sentiments, 181 or something of that kind. The idea was heartily en- dorsed, and after enjoying the benefit of "Slim's" bril- liant intellect and profound wisdom, each one thought it remarkably strange that the idea had occurred to no one before. After some discussion of ways and means, how best to carry out "Slim's" happy thought, it was decided to issue a letter to every member of the Class who was within reasonable reach. This did not include those who were in foreign countries, and who could not re- spond before our meeting in June. It was thought best, so that the movement might present itself as coming from the Class and not as emanating from any locality or from a few, that the consent of a considerable num- ber from different parts of the country should be ob- tained to the signing of their names to such letter. In every case there was a prompt and cordial assent. In this way the letter was issued over some fifteen names, with William Allen Butler, Jr., Chairman. One hun- dred letters were sent out and sixty-six responses re- ceived. It was the desire that every member should take part, and to that end the self-appointed committee asked for small subscriptions only. The response to the letter was so prompt that the first reply was received before the letter had been in the mail twenty-four hours, and answers continued to be received by the treasurer of the fund in every mail up to and including the meeting of the Class at Princeton. They came from every quarter of our great country, from Los Angeles to the Atlantic, from Seattle to New Orleans, and although the committee largely expanded their original idea, 182 The Loving Cup there was every prospect of "an embarrassment of riches." After all their efforts to meet the conditions the committee found themselves with an over-subscrip- tion, which they had to turn into the general Class fund. The financial was the least weighty part of these re- sponses, they all contained so deep an appreciation and fond regard, that the committee, fearing, hereafter, their inability to approach the Class officers, concluded it better to withhold them, and embody their sentiment in the inscription on the cups. The selection of the cups was left to "Slim" and the treasurer, who, after a careful search, bought them from The Whiting Manufacturing Company, though the cups were made by the Gorham Company of iSFew York. They are exact duplicates, standing eight and a half inches high and twenty-one inches in circumference, with three handles, and engraved alike, with the excep- tion that Bonner's reads, "twenty years as President," and Harrison's "thirty years as Secretary." The full inscription reads : June 28th, 1876, Presented hy the Class of '76, Princeton College, To Robert Edwin Bonner, In token of the esteem of his Classmates and their deep appreciation of his faithful, indefatigable and loyal services as President of the Class for Twenty years. June 11th, 1906. 183 This is surrounded by a wreath of olive leaves. On the General's cup the inscription is the same with the exception noted above and the substitution of Henry L. Harrison for Eobert Edwin Bonner. On both cups are engraved the seal of the College of New Jersey, the old seal used in our time, and the mon- ogram and motto of the Class. J. A. H. THE CUP COMMITTEE'S WORK After deciding that loving cups were to be the token of our esteem, "Tap" was appointed by the Committee to undertake the work of bringing about the desired re- sult. With his usual prompt and businesslike action he at once sent out requests for signatures to the general letter to the Class. Upon receiving them he prepared the letter which was sent to all the members who were not in foreign lands. Then came the more arduous and careful task of se- lecting the cups and deciding upon the inscription and engraving. He visited Tiffany, Gorham, Whiting and various other silversmiths, and after tiring out two men at Tiffany's and putting another out of business at Gor- ham's, finally came upon what he wanted at Whiting's. The selection met the unanimous approval of the Com- mittee, and then he tackled the engraving. He thought the old college coat-of-arms of our day and not the present university one was more appropri- ate, and again the Committee agreed. The search foi- the college arms proving unsuccessful, he pressed "John- nie" Johnson into service and they finally purloined 184 one : this is the only sad feature of the cups. In a state of joyous exultation "Tap" "dashed off" the inscription which adorns the cups, and then worried the life out of the engraver till all was finished, which was only at the last moment. The work was thoroughly done and he procured as fine a result as it was possible for the silversmith's art to turn out, and one of which the Class may well be proud. The Committee takes this opportunity of thanking him for his labors. The cups were taken by hand -to Princeton on Friday and carefully stored away in "Tap's" room, where all the boys except "Ed" and "Gen- eral" were invited to inspect them. There they reposed till the night of presentation, when "Charlie" Smith and "Tap" brought them into the dining-room under their coat-tails and kept them hid till they were called for. ' H. M. E. THE PRESENTATION SPEECH Thirty years ago this month there passed through the portals of "Old !N"assau" a band of young history-mak- ers. They were firm of tread, lofty of bearing and strong in heart. Together they composed "the largest and finest class that has ever graduated from me col- lege," as dear old "Jimmie" said, and for once, and probably the only time, we agreed with him. Needless for me to state that such a magnificent aggregation of brains and enthusiasm could be no other than our glo- rious old '76. For four years we had struggled and played, laughed and sorrowed together, and were now 185 about to go forth into that unknown "wide, wide world" and take up the settling of all the vast problems that seemed to disturb and fret this poor old globe and its greybeards. At least we thought we were going to do so. To-day, after a generation of battle with the world, we have come back to visit again that dear old Alma Mater, from whose dugs, as "Doc" Dunning so classi- cally and eloquently translated it, we drew our early nourishment and the inspiration of our young manhood, and to pledge anew to her our undying love; to give each of the "old boys" the hearty handclasp; to hear again the cordial "God bless you, old fellow," to toast our noble selves, and incidentally to perform a little operation of cupping upon a couple of our members. Cupping is defined as "an operation by which cups are applied to the body for the purpose of extracting hu- mors," and that is what we are going to try to do to- night. Through all parts of our broad land the boys have come trooping back and still the same old '76, even after a generation has sped its length. But to what changes in environment are our eyes in- vited ! When you went forth, thirty years ago, your bodies were thin and your hair was curly, to-night it is your hair that is thin and your bodies are curly; in place of the foaming glass of "Hankin's Best" the stu- dent now goes to the Inn and luxuriates in the stein of imported Hofbraii; in place of the steady, even-going steeds of Dyke Gulick that "Billy" Kaufman and "Jack" Miller used to drive on their trips to Kingston and Eocky Hill, we see the gay and festive automobile 186 dashing furiously along the streets or making frantic efforts to cross the walk and climb one of the elms on the campus, — ^you know nothing so lively as that would have done for "Jack'^ and "Billy" on those trips; they wanted something they could drive with one hand; in the place of the old canal, where we used to swim and where "Yap" Walker had his clothes impounded by the bridge-keeper's wife, we behold the elaborate swimming- pool and its accessories; no longer do the boys figure up what their "drawbacks" on coal will be at the end of the term, for the steam-pipes have taken the place of the old stoves and the "exhaust" is the only drawback on the steam; you now receive from your boys the same kind of letters our fathers used to receive, asking for further remittances on account of the heavy dues of the literary societies and new books. Are you as dead easy to the "touch" as your father, or has the "old man" grown wise in his day and generation? The gray has commenced to show a little on the temples. You brush nervously the long hairs over that increasing bald spot, you wear your waistcoats a little looser, the chest line has diminished a bit while the waist line has increased, and your forehead is pushing onward to claim acquain- tance vi^ith the nape of your neck. Those dear old halls ! What a debt we owe to them ! How many a frolic to Trenton and Philadelphia, and how many a symposium at Carl Hellerman's they paid in our day, and are still paying with their tremendous dues, no one can tell. If for no other reason than this, let their memory ever be bright and green with us! Change is the order all around us ! In our student days 187 "Hendy" was the one -upon whom we relied to court the muse and sing us sweet lays. But alas ! how fickle is fame and how fleeting ! For a rival has appeared in "Polly" Parker, who, after spending years in courting the girls, has taken to courting the muse also and now appears as the steady contributor to the "Poets' Corner" of the Monmouth County Democrat; in fact, he is the "whole push," And another proof of change, "Bloody" now comes straight through to Princeton and doesn't stop off at Trenton. Yet, with all these changes and innovations, we find ourselves the same old boys at heart, and we join in the old choruses as of yore, and match up a good round of old-fashioned cheers against the new-fangled short and locomotive cheers of to-day, in sturdy '76 fashion. We have kept in touch with each other and followed each boy's doings during those thirty years, rejoicing as we have read of their successes. But all this has not been brought about by luck or any stroke of chance. It has been accomplished by persistent and painstaking effort on the part of the Committee in charge of the class afi'airs, and especially, and almost solely, of our President and Secretary, Bonner and Harrison. They have labored long, earnestly and faithfully, and we have received the benefit of their labors. So to-night we pro- pose to tender them a little testimonial of our esteem and appreciation, and to me has been given the honor of presenting these tokens; and I fully appreciate the honor, I assure you. Just what form our token should take was quite a puzzle for the Committee. One pro- posed that we should cane them ; but as they are too old 188 to have the cane put on them, and are not old enough to put themselves on the cane, that idea was given up. "Bev'^ Warner suggested "spotted coach-dogs or beauti- fully embroidered chest-protectors." These struck the Committee most favorably ; but after a long and careful search "Tap," who had been appointed a committee to investigate, reported that he had been unable to find coach-dogs embroidered beautifully enough, or chest- protectors with a sufficient number of spots, and so we were obliged to take refuge "in our cups." In giving you these cups we do not seek to repay you for your labors ; that cannot be done. You have la- bored long, faithfully and loyally and have given freely, even lavishly, of your time, strength and means. ISTo part of the work has been too great and no detail too trifling for you to attend to ; but all has been done care- fully, unselfishly, and in love for the Class, and we have enjoyed the fruit of your labors. And you also may be proud to serve such a Class ! Its record is a noble one ; and wherever they may be, from Maine to the golden shores of stricken California, from "where rolls the Oregon" to the sun-kissed waves of the Gulf, from the Occident to the Orient, they are all doing their duty, as God gives them to see that duty, earnestly and man- fully ! They are bearing in mind and living up to our class motto, "Palame arete," "the crown to the worthy." The Vi^orld is better for the lives of the boys of '76. To be officers of such a body of men is no mean, no trifling honor. You two have shown how highly you prize that honor in the manner in which you have filled your positions and labored in the interest of the Class. 189 As a token of our love and esteem for you, personally and officially, we present you with these loving cups. Take them and receive them with hearts as full as the hearts of those who give them! Prize them as among your choicest possessions ! Place them in your homes where you can see them and be cheered by them ! And when the dark and blue days shall come, as come they do to all, let your eyes rest upon their glowing sides; read their inscription, and calling to mind the love and confidence of the "old boys" — a love as sterling as the silver of which they are made — the clouds will pass away and you will come forth refreshed and strength- ened, and, filled with a new draught of the "spirit of '76," will go forth, as of yore, with high heart and in- domitable courage to your life's struggle. " And, when the stream Which overflowed the soul was passed away, A consciousness remained that it had left, Deposited upon the silent shore Of memory, images and precious thoughts That shall not die and cannot be destroyed." 190 CAPTAIN JAMES McCARTHY ^^ 1 We VI All But V NOM Rn O N 'G old Nassau for a few days" rest and recuperation. On the town of Trenton and the city of Philadelphia, an with a bunch of army officers who sang for them this officers occured in Trenton or Philadelphia was not mi lapses of memor}^ during their absence. Fortunately, ; allow the youths to memorize the words of the song, al ^312:3" ^ i m ffi ^3 |!q5T f^rrr FF For 'twas Captain James McCarthy And Sergeant Donohoe, They made us march and toe the mark In the ree'lar armv — oh ! t out to fight tlT2 In-di-ans, the yellow mud, didn't get sight of an In-di-an, turnip, nor a spud. lin — For 'twas Captain, etc. And if a war should break out And devastate the land, We'd hire Eyetalian substitutes And tell them to be . Refrain — For 'twas Captain, etc. 'he Legend of Captain James McCarthy beautiful October afternoon some thirty odd years ago, Pey" M. and "Slim" R. deserted the classic shades of dear leir return it was learned from them that they did visit also that at some time during their journey they met ow famous "76 song. Whether this meeting with the e plain by the travelers, as there seemed to have been )wever, there was one lucid interval sufficiently long to 1 this is how Capt. James McCarthy came to Princeton. '76 AND THE PEINCETON LAKE Howard Eussell Butler addressed tke Prineeton Club of New York on the evening of April 20th, on the history of the Lake, the circumstances of its inception, its engineering and landscape features, and the purpose of Mr. Carnegie in making the gift. In beginning his address, Mr. Butler referred to his experiences as cox- swain of the Princeton crew of 1874, and said that he realized then that the canal was no place for rowing. He said the lake project was born thirty years ago, but that it had always slumbered. "Early in 1902," he continued, "I happened to go to Princeton with Mr. Carnegie. He wanted to call on ex-President Cleveland. As the branch train crossed the trestle at Stony Brook, I said to him, pointing down to the meadovi^s, 'We once had an idea of flooding all those marshes to make a lake for Princeton College.' His reply was, 'That seems like a good idea. Why didn't you carry it out?' To which I replied, 'Because we couldn't raise the money.' "Gentlemen, I disclaim that I had any intention of asking for a lake, or any merit in obtaining it. I was not fishing for the lake, much as I hope to fish in it in time to come. But the seed had fallen on good ground. Mr. Carnegie had been engaged in loch building in Scotland. He had already completed several lakes and 191 he was evidently longing to build another, and he asked me to consult with friends of the University and obtain estimates." The speaker then told of consultations with M. Taylor Pyne, '11, C. C. Cuyler, '79, William Allen Butler, Jr., '76, and other alumni, and of a meeting at Mr. Carnegie's house in New York, at which, besides Mr. Carnegie and himself, John W. Aitken, '69, Dr. J. J. Garmany, '79, and President Wilson, '79, were present. He continued : "After some general discussion Mr. Carnegie pro- posed to build the lake for the benefit of Princeton Uni- versity, and asked President Wilson and all of us if it would be a good thing. As all agreed that it would be, he said he would do it, and that he would want me to attend to the detail of the work, by and with the ap- proval of an advisory committee of Princeton friends. He subsequently executed a power of attorney to me covering the purchase of the lands and the building of all constructions." Mr. Butler described in detail the purchasing of the land to be flooded and part of the adjoining properties, and explained the long delay occasioned in reaching an agreement with the Pennsylvania Eailroad concerning the tow-path of the canal. Finally : "All the needed property has now been acquired ex- cept one piece. Counting this piece at the offer last made, the total cost of all the properties amounts (in- cluding the farms) to about $103,000, of which $34,000 has been taken off Mr. Carnegie's hands, and he has paid out about $69,000. Of this, $22,000 represents the mill at Kingston, the balance, $47,000, represents 193 the cost of the lake bottom, shores and a few isolated buildings thereon. "Tlie length will be three and one-half miles; its width from 400 to 1,000 feet. Starting at the college property with a width of about 400 feet, it soon reaches a width of 850 feet at a point where a number of islands occur and where the swimming pools will be located. "Passing Harrison Street, the lake will occupy the entire width of the valley, that is, between the tow-path and the hill. At Harry's Brook, which runs down through the Gulick property, it will be 1,000 feet wide. It narrows again on the Ferguson property, until the dam is reached, where it is 650 feet wide. There will be ample room for a three-mile course, of which the fin- ish will be in front of the college land. "The only bridges traversing the main lake are at Washington Street and Harrison Street. "The lake channel, 300 feet wide, will have a depth at the upper part of the lake of about 3 feet 5 inches. The lower part of the lake channel will reach a maximum depth of six feet at the dam. "The river channel depth will be about six to eight feet at the head of the lake and twelve feet at the dam. . . . "The natural scenic effects of Princeton Lake are go- ing to be very beautiful. A view from the foot of Washington Street will be especially so. Looking toward the east from that point you will get the benefit of the wide stretch, well wooded on the Princeton side, with the several islands in view, and there is a fine out- line presented against the sky, of the rapidly descend- 193 ing northern slope. We have wished to plan a beauti- ful driveway surrounding the lake. This cannot be car- ried out absolutely, but by making use of the present roads and building others, a seven-mile drive can be made, which I believe will become the drive of Princeton. "Suppose we start from the foot of Washington Street. We propose to build a shore road along the lake forming the edge of the embankment at that point. It will enter the Olden woods and will in general follow the line of the old cart track, whicn some of you may have discovered. It continues through a portion of the Lombard place, skirting the shore to the foot of Harri- son Street. The drive will then cross the Lake by one of the new steel bridges to be erected by Mr. Carnegie, and following the new line of roadway will skirt the edge of the Lake at Aqueduct meadows, where it will cross the meadows on the old steel bridge which is now at Harrison Street. The drive will then again skirt the lake, following the present road except at the distil- lery, where the land is low, and we have purchased a strip bordering the canal higher up than the present road. This will give a view over the canal to the lake. After passing the low land the present road will be again reached and the drive will continue around by Kingston, following the high road, crossing the bridge, and by Nassau Street back to the college. Nearly four miles of the drive will be close to the lake. The con- tract calls for macadamizing all the new and some of the old portions of the road for a width of fifteen feet. This problem means a study of all the region lying be- 194 tween Princeton and Kingston on both sides of the lake. "The artistic side of this great work greatly appeals to me. I have also found a high degree of satisfaction in this opportunity to work for my University." — The Princeton Alumni Weekly, April 29, 1905. At the Dinner, June 11, the Class voted to send the following message : "Andrew Carnegie, Esq., "Skibo Castle, North Britain. "Class of '76, at thirtieth anniversary dinner, drink your health in grateful appreciation of unique and far- reaching advantages you are preparing for university in constructing Princeton Lake. "Hareison", Class Secretary" This reply was received : "Clashmore, Scotland, June 13, 1906. "Harrison, Secretary, Princeton: "Deeply appreciate action Class '76. Great pleasure to help Princeton. Many thanks. Carnegie." 195 '76 AND RACE DECLINE The class secretaries of the class of 1876 in Harvard and in Princeton have recently exchanged the reports which each had made up for the twenty-fifth anniver- sary of graduation, and comparison of these reports shows some interesting differences. The Princeton class had 157 members, of whom 123 married and had 370 children. The Harvard class had 303 members, of whom 136 married and have had 393 children. That is to say, 78 per cent, of the Princeton men married, and only 67 per cent, of the Harvard men. Harvard graduates of twenty-five years ago seem to have been less readily domesticated than their Princeton coevals, or possibly they were less successful in making a living, or less ready to settle down on such a living as they could make. At any rate, comparison of these two groups of statistics leaves the advantage with Princeton. — San Francisco Argonaut, May 26, 1902, reproduced from Harper s WeeTcly. An article on "Eace Decline," published in the Popu- lar Science Monthly, June, 1903, Avhich used the statis- tics contained in the Princeton '76 Eecoed of 1901, pre- sented several interesting comparisons. Marriage rate: Princeton, '76 (graduates), 80.4 ^ Yale, '60-'79, " 78.4 " Harvard, '72-'80 " 71.09" 196 Native-born male population of Massachusetts, . . 79.03% Foreign-born ditto, . . 83.46" Average number of children born : Princeton, '76, .... 3.2 '^ Yale, '60-'80, . . . . 2.55" Harvard, '72-'80, . . . 2.07" Native-born Massachusetts 2.7 " Average number of surviving children : Princeton, '76, . . . 2.7 " Yale, '60-'80, . . . . 2.28" Harvard, '72-'80, . . . 1.86" Native-born Massachusetts 1.9 " Number of surviving children to each graduate mem- ber of class, married and single: Princeton, '76, . . . 2.3 % Yale, '60-'79, . . . 1.79" Harvard, '72-'80, . . . 1.32" From these and other statistics presented, the writer of the article reaches the conclusion that "the college graduate does more towards reproducing the population than does the native American of other classes, but it is not true of Harvard, with its lower marriage rate." — 197 THE CLASS OF '76 MEMO- EIAL PRIZE DEBATE At the Class reunion in 1886, this prize was estab- lished, under the following regulations: The debate should be held on Washington's Birthday of each year ; there should be four contestants, one from each class; the subject debated should be one of current interest in American politics. It was further arranged that the Professor of Political Economy should each year select the subject and announce it at least two months pre- vious to the time of the debate ; that the Faculty should appoint three men to act as judges and award the prize. Subscriptions were obtained and the money was in- vested, from the income of which $50 was paid each year to the winner in debate. In 1891, the Class voted to increase the prize to $100, but sufficient money was not secured for this until 1895, since which time the prize awarded has been $100, or the income derived from the securities held by the University for the purpose. The total subscription amounted to $2,263.01. The debate was held in the old chapel on the even- ing of Washington's Birthday until 1895, when the con- test was transferred to Alexander Hall and held in the morning, before the other customary exercises of the day, which are given in the gymnasium. Originally each debater was allowed twelve minutes 198 for his first speech and eight minutes for rebuttal, but of late years these have been reduced to nine minutes and five minutes respectively. Following are the subjects and names of debaters since 1901. Those having the affirmative side of the question are placed at the left, the negative at the right : 1902 Resolved, That Congress should continue to exclude Chinese immigrants. Wm. Coleman Freeman '05, Pa. Philip A. Moore '04, Pa. Robert Candee '03, 111. Richard Ely '02, N. Y. Prize awarded to Eichard Ely. 1903 Resolved, That experience has shown the feasibility of maintaining the Munroe Doctrine. Granville Lindsay '06, Ky. Alroy S. Phillips '05, Mo. Geo. S. Hornblower '04, N. T. John Ewing Steen '03, Pa. Prize awarded to George S. Hornblower. 1904 Resolved, That the Government of the United States was warranted in the recognition of the Eepublic of Panama. Kenneth M. McEwen '06, N. T. Norman M. Thomas '05. Arthur B. Scott '04. Charles P. Deems '07. Prize awarded to Kenneth M. McEwen. 199 1905 Resolved, That immigration should be further re- stricted by law. Henry J. Van Dyke, 3d, '08. Robert J. Sterritt '07. Walter S. Davison '06. Norman M. Thomas '05. Prize awarded to Walter S. Davison. 1906 Resolved, That the action of President Koosevelt in March, 1905, in response to the request of the President of Santo Domingo, was justifiable. John C. Cooper '09, Fla. Thomas S. Clark '08, N. Y. Robt. S. Sidebotham '07, Mich. Granville L. Burton '06, Ky. Prize awarded to Eobert S. Sidebotham. 200 THE PKECEPTORIAL SYSTEM In the educational world nothing for a long time has aroused so much interest as the preceptorial system in- troduced in Princeton in the fall of 1905. The indica- tions already are that other institutions will, in the near future, adopt it in one form or another. The fol- lowing account of it is condensed from articles by Presi- dent Wilson and Librarian Collins: In the spring of 1905 forty-seven men, specialists in their particular lines of study, were appointed precep- tors, to devote themselves exclusively to private confer- ence with the men under their charge upon the reading the latter are expected to do in their several courses. The preceptor is to act as guide, philosopher and friend. In each department of study each undergraduate who chooses the department, or is pursuing the courses of- fered in it in his year, is assigned to a preceptor, to whom he reports and with whom he confers upon all of his reading in those courses. The preceptor meets his students at frequent inter- vals, singly or in small groups, usually in his own pri- vate study or in some one of the smaller rooms of the University, and uses any method that seems to him most suitable to the individuals he is dealing with to give 201 their work thoroughness and breadth; the work they do with him is not preparation for examination, but is based upon books chosen as carefully as possible for the purpose of enabling them to cover their subjects intelli- gently. Now the reading of subjects, not intermittent study for examination, is the real work of the Univer- sity, and the amount of work done by the undergradu- ates has increased amazingly. But it is not the amount of work done that pleases the faculty so much as its character and the willingness and zest with which it is undertaken. As an indication of the working of the system it is reported that of the required and collateral books each student, during the first four months of the year, read on an average more than one and one-half volumes each month. At the same time the general circulation of the library declined only five per cent., while the circu- lation of over-night books — chiefly books of reference — increased more than three per cent., the most significant advance being in the historical sections, where the cir- culation jumped to three times the figures of the year before. The horse in undergraduate disguise has been led to water and made to drink. At some of the clubs complaint has arisen that too much shop is being talked at table, and it is a common thing for men to declare that they are too busy to do this, that or the other thing. There is nothing specially original in the whole thing; it has been done in various ways and places for years. But it is the systematic carrying out to a logical end that gives the Princeton system its value. Here 202 are the long-proposed professors of reading, the living library guides to the best reading, and they keep one so close to definite lines that aimless, useless reading is re- duced to a minimum; and one cannot graduate unless he has done his share of good reading. 203 FACULTY NOTES Eev. Henry Clay Cameron, Ph.D., D.D., was made Professor of Creek Language and Literature, Emeritus, two or three years ago. Eev. William Alfred Packard, Ph.D., D.D., was made Professor of Latin, Emeritus, during the past year, after a service of thirty-five years. He is a beneficiary of the Carnegie Eoundation, established to provide re- tirement pensions for professors in universities, colleges and technical schools in the United States and Canada. Prof. George Macloskie, of the Department of Biol- ogy, retired last Commencement after thirty-two years of active service and was elected Professor Emeritus. Charles A. Young, Ph.D., LL.D., appointed Professor of Astronomy in 1877, Emeritus 1905, is another bene- ficiary of the Carnegie Foundation. Still in active work at Princeton are Professors Brackett, Cornwall, McMillan and Hunt. Eev. P. P. Dalrymple, in the fall of 1902, accepted a call to the Presbyterian Church of Shawnee, Pa. 204 BASEBALL The Eecord of 1901 contained (page 204) a complete list of the scores made by Princeton and Yale in base- ball from 1896 to 1901. Since then the following gamea have been played: 1902 1903 Princeton Yale Princeton Yale 6 10 1904 1 3 8 5 <( 10 1 4 5 C( 10 4 1 2 1905 18 2 10 6 0 O be •30 = ^ re _ > E 1-3 — ca^O c '■ £"52 3 c « ti so — t/1 K 5 >,= iS-a^ I- — a, g= o 5 tucbxi'-n « c c — ^22cc „'5'3 >.o'- — 32 03 "H •- . — o .5 ^ S ii '-^ £ i5 '5 rt '^ o 5 S c > .2 .t; a b ^ rt TVO f^OO 0^ O M