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The Paper and Envelopes are put up with Bands ( Hie same 'manner as the finest descriptions of Irish Linen) had of all Stationers ; and, Wholesale only, of and bear Name and Trade Mark. May MARCUS WARD &c CO., JLiimited. LONDON, AND 734 BROADWAY, - NEW YORK st#^ Jn^eAJ^fz: President 1871-1886. THE YALE '86 Civ ASS BOOK COMPILED BY FREDERICK W. MOORE. JUNK, 1886 NEW HAVEN : TUTTLE, MOREHOUSE & TAYLOR, BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS. 18 8 6 CLASSMATES: Rollicking, happy years these have been to us of '86, these four since "as Freshmen first we came to Yale." No happier than the years enjoyed by classes gone out or yet to follow, perhaps ; it would be selfish to wish them so ; but of all the years passed by all the classes at dear old Yale these are the all in all to us. Whether we came to college with the inten- tion of studying or the intention of having a good time, there is no reason to doubt and everything to prove that, plans or no plans, all have studied and all have had a good time. There is no getting through Yale without both. Your appointing me Class Statistician, I have construed as a commission to present the facts of our course, historical and statistical, in as valuable and readable a form as possible. The experience of former Statisticians, the sug- gestions of friends, and chiefly my own taste and judgment have decided the form and order which the matter has taken, and I must take the responsibility of it. It is quite probable that omissions and mistakes have been made ; if any, they are of an unimportant nature and made, the compiler being ignorant. The college publications of the past four years and the answers to the Statistician's questions have been thoroughly gleaned, and that matter worked up which had a value in itself, which the class would be proud of, or which would arouse hu- morous reminiscences of individuals and customs. The advertising department of the book has been conducted by Frank E. Wing. Thanking the class for the honor of the appointment given me and for the very satisfactory assistance given in the answers to the numerous statistical ques- tions, I present the result of my efforts to you. Frederick W. Moore. 7' yOkE! 'ClGl^iy-JIX! HISTORY OF THE COURSE. As an event marking the close of a cycle in the history of Yale College there stands against the date of '36's graduation the resig- nation of President Porter. As a matter of fact and of history the event deserves notice first on the pages of this book. Of his per- sonal and professional qualities others will speak better than would be possible here, and more suitably. It only remains to notice the growth of the college under his administration, and particularly during the last four years. Durfee and Farnam were just being finished in '71. Since have been built West Divinity and North Sheffield Hall in '74, Peabody Museum and Battell in '76, Win- chester Observatory and Sloane Physical Laboratory in '82, Dwight Hall and Lawrance in '86. The Law School has been re-organized, and the Kent Chemical Laboratory is soon to be erected. Much money by gift and bequest has fallen to the college, and many professors have been added to the corps of instructors. A number of them have died, among them Prof. James Hadley ; and no less than four have been made presidents of other colleges : President Carter ('81), of Williams; President Gilman ('72), of Johns Hop- kins; President Walker ('81), of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ; and President Northrop ('83), of the University of Minnesota. Though the criticism doubtless remains that the new buildings and funds have not kept pace with the demands of the college, in the curriculum changes have been made at once radical and wise. In '76-7 the first option in studies was allowed. In '84, twelve-fifteenths of the work of Senior year and eight-fifteenths of the work of Junior year were made optional. The change called down criticism both from those who thought it too radical and from those who wanted it carried further. But in two years the 2 to Vale '86 wisdom and judgment of its originators has been manifested by experience; and its most fulsome praise, in a word, is the belief of those who have enjoyed it that now it is good, carried fur- ther it would grow weak. While acting as president, Dr. Porter has continued to instruct his classes in Mental and Moral Science, and has written two books, Elements of Moral Science (1885), and a review of Kant's Kritique of Practical Reason (1886), which are used by his classes. In the fall of 1885 he gave notice that he should resign at the May meeting of the corporation. At its annual meeting, May 20, 1886, that body received the following communication from him : Yale College, May 20, 1886. Gentlemen of the Corporation : In accordance with the announcement made to you at your last session, I hereby resign the office of President of Yale College, to which I was elected some fifteen years ago. I resign with the understanding that the resignation shall take effect at the inauguration of my successor, and I propose to retain the Clark Professorship of Moral Philosophy and Metaphysics, to which I was elected in the year 1846. My reason for resigning this honorable office is my age, which must necessarily soon disqualify me for the satisfactory discharge of some of the duties, if it does not already — at least in the view of those who for any reason are disposed tc judge the college or myself unfavorably. The labors and cares incident to the office are also steadily increasing. I think I can measure and appreciate their better than any man living, and I cannot expect to perform them with comfort 01 self-respect under any added disadvantage. My family and near relatives unani- mously and urgently approve of my decision. I can say very sincerely that I assumed the duties and honors of the office wit! no special elation or satisfaction, but rather as an act of loyal devotion to 1113 alma mater and the great interests and the solid principles for which Yale College is loved and honored in all this land. These interests and principles I have en deavored to enforce and defend within and without her walls, in no uncertain o; faltering words. The duties of my office, various and incessant as they have been, I have sought to discharge with little regard to my convenience or healtr or life, and in so doing have foregone many personal interests and enjoyments I desire to express my grateful sense of the value of the sympathy and patience and aid which I have received daily and almost hourly from your Treasurer anc Secretary. I hardly need say that in my future relations to the institution I hope to serve it in the same loyal spirit, as long as my health and life shall be spared. Noah Porter. His resignation was accepted and Prof. Timothy D wight, tc whom so much of the success of the Theological school is due, wa3 unanimously elected to be his successor, and will be inducted intc office July 1, the day following Commencement. Class Book. ii Five prominent professors have died during our course : Wil- liam A. Norton, M.A., Professor of Civil Engineering (September 21, 1883); S. Wells Williams, LL.D., Professor of the Chinese Language and Literature (February 16, 1884) ; Lewis R. Packard, Hillhouse 'Professor of Greek Language and Literature (Octo- ber 26, 1884); Benjamin Silliman, Professor of Chemistry (Janu- ary 14, 1885); Thomas A. Thacher, Professor of the Latin Lang- uage and Literature (April 7, 1886). In the death of each of these men the college suffered a great loss, for they were espe- cially eminent in their chosen departments. Tutors Cooper, '72, Tighe, '79, Merrifield, '77, and Hall, '80, have left and Tutors Waters, '78, Reynolds, '82, Nichols, '80, Bridgeman, '81, Whit- ney, '82, McLaughlin, '83, Abbott, '82, Price, '83, Seaver, '80, and Gruener, '84, have been added. Wilcox, '78, has come and gone. Mr. Bendelari has been made assistant professor of Mod- ern Languages. Mr. Hadley, '76, has been advanced from in- structor in German to Professor of Political Science. Mr. Ripley, '78, came as tutor of German in 1883 and has been made assistant professor. F. A. Gooch (Harvard), is Professor-elect of Chemistry, in charge of the construction of the Kent Chemical Laboratory. Prof. Terry has been called in place of Prof. Phelps, who is ab- sent in England. FRESHMAN YEAR. Our entrance examinations were held in New Haven, Chicago, Cincinnati and Andover, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, June 29, 30 and July 1, '82. On the 28th, Yale defeated Amherst at base ball, 21 to 8 ; and having beaten Princeton, 9 to 5, the day before, in a game which was to decide the tie for the championship in the probable contingency of Yale beating Amherst, the blue had again won at base ball. On Friday, the 30th, occurred the race at New London, which was lost to Yale by three seconds. But that process of evolution by which one hundred and sixty odd youth gathered indiscriminately from all parts of the United States were to be amalgamated into the class of '86 and grow to be Yale students, was begun on the Grammar School lot, Sept. 14, 1882. It was highly successful for '86, so the News said, as they won both rushes, two falls in the wrestling out of three and the fourth a draw, kept the sidewalk and sat on the Freshman fence, "an act of unprecedented buccal development." On Friday, the 16th, at 4 in 12 Yale '86 the afternoon, we assembled in chapel, and were assigned our seats, our divisions and our lessons. Adler and Darling went into the choir. Clarke, G. Fellows, F. W. Moore, Scott and G. Smith were monitors. The next morning we began to make the acquaintance of our instructors, and soon spoke of them familiarly as " Digamma," " Dicky," " Beebe," " Qavaros" and "Tiggee." We were at once invited to join the Yacht Club, Dunham Boat Club, Hare and Hounds, and the newly formed Canoe Club. We soon had representatives in all. Before the end of the year, An- derson, Anthony and Appleton were on committees of the Yacht Club, and Merrill, in the Ripple (cat-boat), won the spring regatta ; and from the start, Goodrich and S. Phelps comprised the execu- tive committee of the Canoe Club. With generosity which was customary but scarcely appreciated, the Sophomores helped us to elect our base ball, foot ball and boat club officers. They were : Base ball — Bremner, president ; Goodlett, secretary and treasurer ; Stewart, captain. Football — Bremner, president; Kelley, treas- urer ; Goodlett, captain. Boat club — Wilcox, president ; Ransom, treasurer ; Appleton, captain. Before the end of the year, Bailey and Cowles succeeded Wilcox and Ransom respectively. We played four games of base ball, and lost them all. The closest was the short game umpired by Ike, which was stopped when the Sophomores had made two runs and we had only one, but were in imminent danger of making another. In the rush which followed, our honors were well sustained by Paul Ames. The players on the ball nine were : Bremner, c; Odell, p.; Stewart, i b. ; Peters, 2 b.; Carter, s. s.; Young, 3 b.; Corkery, 1. f . ; Brigham, c. f.; and Wilcox, r. f. The fall races were rowed on Lake Saltonstall for the last time until the successful return to the lake in our Senior year. The crew which won the race from the ShefT. Freshman against whom we were matched, was : bow, Sprague ; 2, E. Phelps ; 3, Taylor; 4, Morley ; 5, Hyde ; 6, Cowles ; 7, Kellogg; stroke, Ap- pleton ; cox., Goodwin. Time, 6 m., 50 sec; distance, 1 mile. Meanwhile the foot ball men were practicing on Hamilton Park for the game with the Harvard Freshmen, Saturday, Dec. 2. The team played the following games : Oct. 28, Yale '86, one goal from touchdown, Andover, one goal from field ; Nov 4, Yale '86 vs. Williston, score 2 goals to 1 safety ; Nov. 11, Yale '&6 vs. Wesleyan '85, o to t touchdown. The game at Cambridge was evenly played and resulted in a tie, one goal each. Our team was : rushers, A. Colgate, Cowles, Stewart, Peters, Kimball ('85 S.), E. Phelps, and Class Book. ij Goodlett (captain) ; quarter back, Harding; half backs, Young, Brig- ham; back, E. Lambert ; Lang, '85 S., and Odell, substitutes. The University team was more successful. Princeton beat Columbia, Harvard beat Princeton, and Yale beat them all, the total score being 14 goals, 8 touchdowns, to one goal from field by Princeton. The team consisted of : rushers, Hull, '83, Slocum, '83, Knapp, L. S. Camp, M. S., Tompkins, '84 (captain), Farwell, '84, Peters, '86, Hyndman, '84, Beck, '84 ; quarter back, Twombly, '84 ; half backs, Richards, '85, Terry, '85 ; back, Bacon, T. S. Miscellaneous events of the fall term were the issue of the Yale Songs by F. B. Kellogg, '83, and Prof. Shepard ; the visit of Herbert Spencer, Oct. 21 ; the Transit of Venus, which was successfully observed Dec. 6. Beardsley, Nason and Hall were appointed Freshman editors on the News, Cotirant and. Record respectively. Goodrich, Peet and Reid were the class deacons. Gamma Nu had the following officers : Day, president ; Shipman, vice president ; Hyde, secretary ; and Brown, treasurer. The class showed its orig- inality by petitioning for the use of Linonia for a debating society which held meetings through the year ; K. M. it was called. The first officers of it were : P. Ames, president ; N. Adams, vice pres- ident ; Griggs, secretary ; E. L. Smith, treasurer ; Hellier, Lewis and N. Adams, executive committee ; and there were 38 members. We came out of the Christmas semi-annuals literally curtailed, having lost the trio, " Wotkyns, Wyeth, Young." The celebrated Indian chief, Red Cloud, visited the college, the guest of Prof. Marsh. Prof. Northrop addressed us on the day of prayer ; and on Feb. 17 and 18 the Intercollegiate Christian Association met at Yale, there being delegates from five colleges. The promenade concert of the Glee Club was given Jan. 29 ; the following program was rendered : Part I. — 1, Come, Rally ; 2, a Polly Wolly, b Drinking Song*; 3, Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep* (Woodward, '83, and Club) ; 4, a Lorelei* (German words), b Ching-a-ling (Messrs. Cromwell, '83, Jones, '84, and Club) ; 5, Youman's Wedding Song (Knowlton, '83) ; 6, Summer Night, Buck; 7, a Lauriger, b College Days*; 8, 'Neath the Elms. Part II. — 9, Bill of Fare,* Zollner; 10, Dormi Pure (Griggs, '83; 11, Fatinitza* (Jones, '84), Suppe; 12, George Washington, Ryley; 13, a Swanee River, b Jolly Life* (Adler, '86, and Club); 14, Hiittelein (Jones, '84, and Club), Beschnitt; 15, a Pope*, b Peter Gray ; 16, Waltz Song (Solo, Jessup, '84). * New, or newly arranged. j 4 Yale '86 We had fair success at flag raising. A little one staid at the peak of the flag-pole on the Insurance Building until 9:30 ; but the others, two cloth and two iron, succumbed to the vigilance of the Sophomores. Washington's birthday dawned bright, and we cele- brated with our bangers to such an extent that the President pre- pared a lecture specially for us. The prize speaking at Gamma Nu was contested by Brown, Capron, A. Colgate, Hyde, Peet, Shipman, Stiles and Woollen. The recitations were interspersed with music by the quintet, and by the Gamma Nu song, words and music by Hard. The campaign committee consisted of Bates, Brown, Churchill, Crapo and Ship- man. Griggs, Bidwell, Davis, N. Adams and Holcomb were rated among the ten most successful Hare and Hounds runners of the college, and Griggs was rewarded by an office. On May 16 was held the first regatta on the harbor ; '86 contested with the Juniors and Sophomores. It was sunset before the water was in condition to start. Our crew went in behind Long Wharf first, and then had to wait for the Northam to pass before it could row to the finish. But on a technicality the referee decided " no race," and on June 6 we raced the Juniors and defeated them — a great victory, and we were happy ! Our Freshman nine consisted of Bremner, c. ; Lang, '85 S., 2 b.; Brigham, 1. f. ; Dutcher, 3 b.; Morley, r. f. ; Corkery, c. f. ; Stewart, 1 b.; Oliver, '85 S., s. s.; Odell, p. Twelve games were played, as follows : Yale '86 vs. Consolidated, April 14, 9-9 ; Yale '86 vs. H. G. S., April 18, 10-5 ; Yale '86 vs. Consolidated, April 21, 4-10; Yale '86 vs. Princeton '86, May 5, 6-1 ; Yale '86 vs. Westfield Firemen, May 9, 12-17 '■> Yale '86 vs. Worcester Tech. Inst., May 12, 14-2 ; Yale '86 vs. Harvard '86, May 19, 8-1 ; Yale '86 vs. Bridgeport, 4-16 ; Yale '86 vs. H. G. S., 9-5 ; Yale '86 vs. Monitors (Waterbury), 1 1-6; Yale '86 vs. Monitors, 12-0; Yale '86 vs. Harvard '86, June 9, 9-16; Yale '86 vs. Harvard '86, June 22, 6-4. These games call for little comment here. Harvard '86 had a strong nine. Allen, c, Nichols, p., and Smith, 1 b., played the same positions on the University team. But Odell struck out 15 of them in the "fence game," May 19, and we won by a handsome score, took the fence, produced our Glee Club, — a good one, too, — 1st tenor, Adler, Bates, Darling, Hall, Stiles; 2d tenor, Beadle, Cowles, Judd, '85 S., Odell; 1st bass, Adams, Goodlett, Leland, Pierson, Reid; 2d bass, W. Brandegee, Kelley, Schwab, Carter and Hyde, — and were photographed by Pach, May 31. June 19, Petrikin accepted the fence from the Sophomores in behalf of the class; and on the 22d, Class Book. T r after our last annual was over, we went to Springfield to play the third game with Harvard '86 in the championship series. Suffice it to say, we came back singing, — " Here's to 'Eighty-six, Drink her down ; For we beat them four to six, Drink her down, drink her down ;" and marched up State and Chapel streets, making all the noise we could. The University nine lost only one, its last, game with Princeton. The total score of the series was, Yale, 36 runs; opponents, 15. But again the crew rowed a stern chase. Yale's representatives were— crew : bow, Flanders, '85 ; 2, Parrott, '83 ; 3, Hull (captain), 'S3 ; 4, Guernsey, L. S. ; 5, Peters, '86 ; 6, Hyndman, '84 ; 7, Rogers, '8^ ; stroke, Folsom, '8^ ; cox., Tucker, '83. Ball nine : Hubbard, 'S3 S., c. (captain) ; Griggs, '8^, s. s.; Hopkins, '84, 3 b.; Childs, '83, 1 b.; Terry, '85, 2 b. ; Jones, '84, and S. Booth, '84, p.; Souther, '84, c. f.; Tucker, '84, r. f.; Carpenter, L. S., 1. f. SOPHOMORE YEAR. In the fall of Sophomore year we defeated the Juniors on the harbor. But with that race our boating supremacy ceased ; we were beaten by the Freshmen in the Spring. The '86 crew in the Fall race was : bow, Robbins ; 2, E. Phelps ; 3, P. Ames ; 4, A. Colgate ; 5, Stewart ; 6, Cowles (Capt.) ; 7, Cooley ; stroke, Ap- pleton ; cox., Goodwin. In the spring Morley rowed in place of Stewart and E. Phelps was captain, as Cowles was training with the University. In base ball we tied '84 and '85 for the Class Championship. The foot ball team for the Fall of '83 was : rushers, Tompkins, '84 (captain), Hull, L. S., Hyndman, '84, Bertron, '85, Peters, '86, Knapp, L. S., Farwell, '84; quarter-back, Twombly, '84; half- hack, Richards, '85, Terry. '85 ; back, Bacon, T. S. Cowles, '86, was a substitute. The score by the new rules was reckoned by points and is, Yale 122, opponents (Harvard) 2. Hamilton's growing reputation on the bicycle and Knapp's skill with the racket were our chief athletic boasts. Shipman, how- ever, won the class tennis championship with Knapp second, but later Knapp won the College championship from Thome, '85 S. 16 Yale '86 During the year Lord Coleridge and Matthew Arnold both paid visits to the college. During the Christmas vacation the Cabinet building was injured by fire ; and the Glee Club on its western trip met with an accident near Louisville, which resulted in long illness to Strong, '85, and compelled Crehore to remain out of col- lege a year. The class held a number of very enjoyable germans during the year, led by E. J. Phelps, S. Phelps, E. Lambert, Brown, Ludington, F. J. Winston, Leland, Hall, Stewart, Knapp and Cooley. This year witnessed the organization of the second Glee Club under the direction of F. B. Kellogg, '83 ; the introduction of the popular course of lectures by Mr. Tighe, which have since been continued as the Phi Beta Kappa course, and the revival of that society by '84 ; the starting of a comic paper, Quip; the navy ben- efit, consisting of a minstrel entertainment and a burlesque, " The Baker's Daughter," given by the Glee Club, assisted by other stu- dents ; the organization of State clubs ; the trip of the American Lacrosse Team, on which Cottle, '84, played, to England. In the spring, the nine tied with Harvard for the championship, and played off the tie successfully in Brooklyn, June 27, Odell pitching ; score, 4 to 2. The nine consisted of, Hopkins, '84 (cap- tain), 3 b.; Terry, '85, 2 b.; Souther, '84, c. ; McKee, '84, r. f.; Brig- ham, '86, 1. f.; Oliver, '85 S., s. s.; Booth, '84, p.; Stewart, '86, 1 b. ; Bremner, '86, c. f. ; Odell, '86, p. The famous '84 crew consisted of, bow, Storrs, '85 ; 2, Hobbs, '85 ; 3, Patten, '86 S.; 4, Cowles, '86 ; 5, Peters, '86 ; 6, Parrott, L. S. ; 7, Scott, '84 ; stroke, Flanders, '85 (captain) ; cox., Cadwell, '86 S. The winning time was 20 m. 31 sec. JUNIOR YEAR. With our return in the fall of Junior year, a new line of duties and ambitions opened before us. Junior promenade, Junior ap- pointments, Junior exhibition, Lit. election, the appointment of the Senior boards of editors to the other papers, and the elections of officers for the various athletic associations, would follow in close succession, and make the year one of constant ambition to do our best. On September 27 our promenade committee was elected. The gentlemen were : Darling, chairman ; Lambert, floor manager ; Arkell, A. Colgate, Cooley, Cowles, Day, Knapp, S. Phelps and Shipman. Shipman resigned. The promenade was given with Class Book. jy more than usual success, Feb. 10. The weather was wintry and crisp through it all— Glee Club concert, promenade and germans. It was a happy time for us and our guests. The promenade was voted the best ever held, for many improvements had been made upon the plans of former committees, though the supper arrange- ments were still left for future committees to improve. Meanwhile Junior appointments had been given out — 84 of them ; other classes had had more, but thus the faculty decreed, and we could only submit. Philosophical Orations. — Brown, Dickey, Dutcher, Eliot, Lewis, F. G. Moore, Parks, Pierson, Reid. — 9. High Orations. — Buck, Corkery, Davis, Goebel, Goodrich, Jag- gard, C. Moore, A. Phelps, Schwab. — 9. Orations. — N. Adams, W. Adams, H. Ames, Beadle, A. Fellows, G. Fellows, Griffith, Hard, F. W. Moore, Scott, Shipman, Stiles, Whitmore, Woollen. — 14. Dissertations. — Bidwell, Capron, Cannon, Clarke, Connor, Crapo, Edgar, D. Lambert, D. Moore, Nichols, Painter, Peters, Sewall, G. Smith, Stebbins, Waterman. — 16. First Disputes. — Adler, Bates, Bishop, E. Brandegee, Knapp, McElroy, Nason, Washington, Wing, F. Winston. — 10. Second Disputes. — Anthony, Morgan, Roache, Robbins, E. L. Smith. — 5. First Colloquy. — P. Ames, W. Brandegee, Cooley, Day, Hord, Hungerford, Mosle, E. Phelps, F. R. Smith, Tyler. — 10. Second Colloquy. — Arkell, Bixby, Churchill, Cornwell, Gallup, Goodwin, Griggs, Lee, Ryce, E. C. Smith, Stewart.— 11. 84. Of these, the first 18 philosophical and high oration men were initiated into #. B. K., and later elected these officers : chairman, Dutcher ; secretary, Buck ; treasurer, C. Moore ; executive com- mittee, Goodrich and Pierson. Only nine of the class had contributed to the Lit: E. Phelps, Lewis, Woollen, Pierson, Shipman, Brown, S. Phelps, Waterman and Wing ; but the last three were not candidates for an editor- ship. The election was held January 14, in 176 Lyceum, and the election of the first five in order was confirmed by the '85 board. At a subsequent meeting the Board was organized as follows : h. Phelps (chairman), Notabilia; Lewis, Portfolio ; Woollen (financial manager), Memorabilia Yalensia ; Shipman, Book Notices ; Pier- son, Editor's Table. The other papers soon appointed their incoming boards, and 3 i8 Yale '86 by the first of April they were all fairly installed and the '85 boards had retired. Beardsley, who had been an editor on the News since early Freshman year, resigned. The new board consisted of Crapo (chairman), Griggs, F. W. Moore, Mosle, Peet (financial editor), and Peters. The new Cow-ant board was Anderson, Nason, Schwab and Wing (chairman). The Record appointed Bidwell, Eliot, S. Phelps (chairman), Waterman and Anthony (financial editor). Officers to the various athletic associations from '86 were — Uni- versity Tennis Club : Knapp, president. University Boat Club : P. Ames, president ; Cooley, student member of auditing com- mittee ; Cowles, captain. University Foot Ball Association : Good- lett, president ; Peters, captain. University Base Ball Club: Sewall, president ; C. H. Matthews, treasurer ; Stewart, captain. Upon these officers, in the face of defeats in base ball and rowing, and a technical defeat in foot ball, devolved the responsibility of conduct- ing the athletics of '86's Senior year. Other elections were — Class Historians : Anderson, Bates, Nason, Vernon, Wing ; Vernon has resigned, and Schwab will fill his place. Picture Committee : A. Fellows, F. W. Moore, G. Smith. Miscellaneous incidents were : the lecture by Edmund Gosse, Jan. 24 ; the death of Osborne Allston ; the political campaign of the fall, and Chauncey M. Depew's speech ; the inter-class championship in base ball, won by '86 in the fall ; the intro- duction of semi-annual examinations ; Moody's visit, May 3 ; the appointment of Prof. Phelps as Minister to the Court of St. James; foundation of the Co-operative society ; the gift of the Cleveland Alumni Association cup, and the opening of the Yale Field for constant use for track athletics, foot ball, base ball and tennis. The nine was : Terry, '85 (Capt.), 2 b. ; Marsh, '86 S., c. f.; Stagg, '88, 3 b. ; Bremner, '86, c. ; Merrill, '85 r. f. ; Stewart, '86 1 b. ; Hickox, '86 S., s. s.; Sheppard, '87, 1. f. ; Willett, '88, p.; Odell, '86, and Morley, '86, substitutes. Crew : bow T , Dodge, '85 ; 2, Storrs, '85; 3, Patten, '86 S.; 4, Hobbs, '85; 5, Cowles, '86; 6, Parrott, L. S.; 7, Peters, '86; stroke, Flanders, '85 (Capt.); cox., Cadwell. Foot ball team : Rushers : Goodwin, '88 ; Robinson, '85 ; Coxe, '88 ; Peters, '86 ; Flanders, '85 ; Bertron, '85 ; Wallace, '88. Quar- ter back : Bayne, '87. Halfbacks: Terry, '85 ; Richards, '85 (Capt.) Back : Marlin, '85 S. Class Book. icj SENIOR YEAR. With the fall of '85 we came back to Yale from the several ways of our vacation, realizing at last that the reputed dignity of Senior vear was not a myth, but a fact, a growth, and that upon us in a great measure lay the responsibility for the success of Yale, both in athletics and studies, and in particular the honor of our class. First in order of mention was the enthusiastic regatta again held on Lake Saltonstall. The only race in which '86 men were entered was the Cleveland Cup race, one and one-half miles with turn, won by Appleton, '86, in 11 m. 47 sec; Bolton, '86 S., second; Cooley, '86, third ; and Hellier, '86, fourth. Again in the spring the races were successfully held at the lake ; four eight-oared crews, includ- ing the university, finished the two-mile race within 9 seconds of each other, '87 leading in 11 m. 34 sec. Hellier won the college single scull championship ; Cooley, second ; Day, third. The Intercollegiate Tennis Tournament on the courts of the New Haven Lawn Club were successfully held, considered both as to the quality of the playing and as to Yale's final triumph. Knapp and Shipman won the doubles and Knapp the singles, against Chase and Pratt of Amherst, Brinley and Paddock of Trinity, and Duryea of Williams. Eight colleges sent representatives. Foot ball under the captain from '86 already has a wide reputa- tion from its misfortune. Graduates and undergraduates alike praise Captain Peters, and are proud of the foot ball team he de- veloped out of raw material. But Lamar's lucky opportunity and fleet running, or " How we lost the game to Princeton," will remain a fireside story in the annals of Yale's athletics. The eleven con- sisted of : rushers, Peters, '86 (captain), Woodruff, '87, Lux, '88, Car- ter, '88 S., Hamlin, '87 S., Wallace, '88, Corwin, '87 ; quarter back, Beecher, '88; half backs, Watkinson, '89, Bull, '88 S. ; back, Burke, '87. Score with Princeton, one goal from field to one goal from touchdown, 5 points to 6. The Glee Club under W. Brandegee achieved success greater than that of any previous club during our college course. The Christmas trip included visits to Chicago, St. Lous, Cincinnati, Louisville, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Wilkes-Barre and Brooklyn. The members of the club are: W. Brandegee, '86, president; G. Woodward, '87, business manager; first tenor, Beadle, '86, Georger, '87 S., Ford, M. S., Covell, '88, Sage, '89 ; second tenor, Adler, '86, Darling, '86, Bates, '86, Diehl, '87; first bass, Crehore, , 86 > Good- 20 Yale '86 lett, '86, Sheffield, '87. Conner, '89, Brown, '88; second bass, W. Brandegee, '86, G. Woodward, '87, Hinkle, '87, Van Buren, '86 S. The club was assisted by Jones, '84, and Tourtellot, '87 S. Besides the western trip, the club has given concerts in New York, Boston, Hartford, Waterbury and New Haven, assisted by the Banjo Club; Ryce, '86, president, Kendall, '87, secretary and treasurer, Alvord, '88, Cheney, '88, Cook, '88, Hinkle, '87, Ronalds, '87 S., Wood- ward, '88. The program at the promenade concert Feb. 8 was : Part I. — 1, Come, Rally To-night (warble by Adler) ; 2, The Long Day Closes, Sullivan; 3, Mazurka (whistle by Jones) Shepard ; 4, Sunday-school Scholar (Hinkle and Club); 5, Good Night, Buck j 6, Selections from " The Mikado" (Banjo Club). Part II. — 1, Constantinople (Darling and Club) ; 2, Serenade (Tourtellot and Club), Tourtellot j 3, a Eli Yale, b Schneider (Cre- hore and Club) ; 4, Cruel Cuckoo, Koschat ; 5, Wine Galop, Kuntze ; 6, British Patrol (Banjo Club), Georg Arch. Part III. — 1, " Fatinitza " Medley (Whistle by Jones) Suppe $ 2, Serenade (Georger and Club), Beschnitt ; 3, \ \ \ f, * * * ; 4, R. R. R.; 5, Bright College Years (words by Durand, '81), Paine. During the fall, the class of '86 met, and elected Woollen, class orator ; Lewis, class poet ; and F. W. Moore, statistician. Again, after the festivities of '87's promenade were over, the class met and completed the list of commencement week and other officers by electing : Senior Promenade Co?nniittee, Richardson (chairman), Bates, Churchill, Goodlett (floor manager), Francke, E. C. Smith, J. C. Adams, Brinton and Stiles ; Class Day, McElroy, Goodwin, Hellier, Washington, Davis and Hyde ; Class Supper, Wing, Hord, Ander- son, Morgan, Griggs : Ivy, Dickey, Dutcher, E. L. Smith ; Class Cup, Arkell, E. C. Lambert, Sewall ; Class Secretary, Goodrich. During the month of March the '86 editorial boards gave up the several papers to the '87 boards whom they had appointed — the News first, and last the Lit. Editorially, '86's year has been very successful. First, the Lit. has improved in the style of topics treated and the general readableness of the leaders and Notabilia, and in the quality of the Editor's Table. The " quadruple alli- ance " managing the Courant have maintained its popularity over the Record ; while that humble periodical, despite the changes rung on its "bright conceits in meter," has had another new cover, developed " Owlisms," a very pretty department, and prepared the way for an illustrated paper at Yale. The News board have suc- cessfully raised the standard of the paper, and made it a respected Class Book. 21 and reliable means of communication between the faculty and the students. The record of our Senior year must end somewhat abruptly with the championship in base ball and in boating, undecided. The ball nine are: Stagg, '88, p.; Bremner, '86, c. f. ; Marsh, '86 S., i b. ; Stewart, '86 (captain) 2 b.; Cross, T. S., 3 b.; Noyes, '89, c. f.; Brigham, '87, r. f.; Sheppard, '87, 1. f.; Dann, '88 S.,c. ; Winston, '86, Kellogg, '87 S., and Osborne, '88 S., substitutes. Crew : bow, Appleton, '88; 2, Farrington, '86 S.; 3, Middlebrook, '87; 4, Stevenson, '88; 5, Woodruff, '89; 6, Cowles, '86 (captain); 7, Hartridge, '87; stroke, Caldwell, '87; cox., Cadwell, '86 S. This year a Freshman race will be rowed with Harvard on the Thames. Professor Richards has vigorously undertaken to carry through the project for a new gymnasium to be built by subscription among the Alumni. One gentleman, Mr. Johnes, '73, of New York has contributed $5,000 to pay the architect's bills, and G. and W. Kingsley have contributed $500 each to the student's subscription fund. It is proposed to erect the building on the corner of Elm and High streets. CLASS APPOINTMENTS. Class Monitors. — Freshman year, Charles F. Fellows, F. W. Moore, Scott and G. Smith. Sophomore year, Clarke, G: Fellows, F. W. Moore, Scott and Woollen. Junior year, Clarke, G. Fel- lows (Scott), and Roache. Senior year, Clarke and G. Fellows. Natural History Society. — Eighteen members; '83, Bishop, secre tary ; '83~'84, Bishop, president, Robbins, secretary ; '84-'85, Rob- bins, vice-president, Washington, secretary and treasurer ; '85-'86, A. Fellows, secretary and treasurer. Bethany Mission School. — Brown, superintendent, Eliot, librarian, Broadway. — Dickey, assistant superintendent. North Church. — E. L. Smith, librarian. Berkeley Society. — Hard, organist ('84-'85), Schwab, secretary ('85- '86), Schwab, president. Y. M. C. A. — '83-'84, Goodrich, secretary and treasurer; '84-'85, Reid, vice-president ; '85-'86, Goodrich, president, Dickey, secre- tary. Membership 256. Delegates to Amherst, Feb. 1-4, '84, E. L. Smith, Goodrich ; to Bristol, Oct. 2-5, '84, Dickey ; to Harvard, 22 Yale '86 Feb. 20-22, '85, E. L. Smith ; to New Britain, Nov. 14, '85, Dickey ; to Brown, Feb., '86, E. L. Smith, A. Phelps. Y. U. B. C/ul>.— '84— '85, H. S. Ames, secretary, P. K. Ames treasurer ; '85-'86, P. K. Ames, president, Cooley on auditing com- mittee. Dunham. — P. K. Ames, president, Hellier, captain, G. Kingsley, treasurer. Y. U. B. B. Club. — '84-85, Lewis, secretary ; '85-86, Sewall, president, C. H. Matthews, treasurer. Y. U. F. B. Club. — '84-'85, Goodlett, secretary and treasurer; '85-'86, Goodlett, president. Peters, president, Intercollegiate Association. Tennis Club. — Catherwood, secretary and treasurer, '83-'84 ; S. Colgate, president, Shipman, secretary and treasurer, '84-'85 ; Knapp and Thorne '85, representatives in the Intercollegiate tournament and winners of doubles. Knapp winner of singles. Knapp, president of Intercollegiate Tennis Association. '85-'86, Knapp, president. Thacher, '87, Ludington, '87, Shipman, Knapp, repre- sentatives in Intercollegiate tournament. Knapp and Shipman, winners of doubles and Knapp of singles. Bicycle Club. — '83-'84, Crawford, lieutentant, Hyde, bugler ; '84- '85, Crawford, captain; '85~'86, Hamilton, president, Crawford, captain ; '86, Bidwell, lieutenant. Yale University Club. — '84~'85, governing board: Catherwood, president, Anderson, vice-president, H. S. Ames, secretary, Bailey, treasurer ; Vernon, Brooks and Morgan ; '85~'86, governing board : Bailey, president, Anderson, Ames, Morgan, Darling. Second Glee Club. — Hyde, business manager ; 1st tenor, Stiles, Hall, Hyde ; 1st bass, Pierson ; 2d bass, Sprague, Schwab. Campaign Clubs and Officers, — Cleveland Club — -F. J. Winston, sec- retary and treasurer; aide, Peters; captain, Sewall; lieutenant, Dougherty. Woolsey — S. Phelps, secretary and treasurer, Morley, captain, Lewis and Day, lieutenants. Supper Committee for Entertaining Harvard, May 19, '83. — Bailey, E. Lambert, D. Winston. California Club. — Membership 19. Minnesota Club. — Membership 10. New York City Club. — F. J. Winston, president ; membership 69. Andover Club.— Beard si ey (secretary, '84-85), president ('85-86) ; executive committee, E. Phelps, Stewart ; membership 66. St. Paul's Club. — Anderson, president ; membership 2>Z- Class Book. 21 Members of Yale Field Association. — Ex-officio, F. Winston, Sewall and Goodlett. Church Committee (temporary). — Goodrich, Peet, Reid ; (perma- nent) Dickey, Goodrich, Reid, Brown (Dec, '85). Choir. — First tenor, Adler, Beadle ; 2d tenor, Bates, Darling, Hyde; 1st bass, Crehore, Dickey, Goodlett ; 2d bass, D. Moore. Committee on Resolutions on Death of Dyer. — Dickey, E. Phelps and F. Winston. On Death of Reid. — Brown, Goodrich and E. Phelps. Cooperative Society. — Membership 390. Peters director. Banner (published annually by the Yale Literary Magazine). — Woollen and Dickey, editors. Pot-Pourri. — Eliot and Nason, editors. Lit. — Editors, Lewis, E. Phelps (chairman), Pierson, Shipman and Woollen. Courant. — Editors, '82-'84, Nason ; '84-'85, Nason, Wing ; '85- '86, Anderson, Nason, Schwab, Wing (chairman). Record.— '82-84, Hall ; '84-85, Bidwell, S. Phelps, '85-86, Bid- well, Eliot, S. Phelps (chairman), Waterman, Anthony, financial manager. News.— '82-84, Beardsley; '84-85, Beardsley, Mosle, Peet (Cath- erwood, S. Colgate) ; '85-86, Crapo (chairman), Griggs, F. W. Moore, Mosle, Peet (financial editor), Peters. Fence Orator. — '83, Petrikin ; '84, Wing. Courant Prize for greatest number of published poems. — An- derson. For best published sketch. — Beardsley, "Ensenore.'' Record Prize for best published humorous sketch — Dutcher, " The Princetonian's Idea of the Game." Lit. Prize Medal. — Pierson ('85), Nichols ('83). Psi Upsilon Campaign Committee. — C. L. Bailey (Chairman), Good- rich, Knapp, Stewart, Shipman. Psi U. Delegates. — To Hartford, 1885, May : P. Beardsley, C. Dickey ; to Bethlehem, Pa., 1886, May : P. Beardsley. A. K. E. Campaign Committee. — D. Winston (Chairman), A. Col- gate, Crapo, Darling, Day, F. Winston. A. K. E. Delegates.— To Rochester, i88j : F. R. Cooley, E. J. Phelps ; to Middletoion, 1886 : E. Lambert. 24 Yale '86 RECORD IN ATHLETICS. Our record in athletics has been : Officers, '8^-84, Anderson, executive committee. '84-85, Waterman, secretary ; Brooks, pres- ident Intercollegiate Athletic Association, on executive committee of same and captain of Mott Haven team. Winners of events have been: — Fall games, '82: 2 mile bicycle, Hamilton, 7 m. 15-J sec. Winter games, '8j : rope climbing, G. Fellows, 8-|s.; feather-weight wrestling, Peet. Spring Class games, '8j : 100 yards, Odell, 10-J s. ; 220 yards, Odell, 25! s.; 440 yards, F. R. Smith, 59^ s.; | mile, Shipman, 2 m. 18 s.; 1 mile walk, Schwab, 8 m. 56! s.; 1 mile bi- cycle, Hamilton, 3 m. 20 s. Spring games, '8j : 2 mile bicycle, Ham- ilton, 6 m. 49^ s. Intercollegiate games, '8j : Brooks, '85, 220 yards, 23I s.; Baker, H., 2d. Fall games, '8j, Athletic Grounds : 220 yds. (h'dc'p), Odell, 24 s.; ^ mile, F. R. Smith, 2 m. 13 s.; hurdle race, Robbins, 2 if s.; running high jump, Robbins, 5 ft. 1^ in.; running broad jump, Ludington, 15 ft. 2-J in. Winter games, '84: running high jump, Brown, 5 ft. if in.; light weight sparring, Goodlett ; rope climb- ing, G. Fellows, 7 s. Spring Class games, '84 : 100 yards, Ludington, 11 s. ; 220 yards., Ludington, 25-J s. ; 440 yards, Goodlett, 1 m. 1 s.; \ mile, F. R. Smith, 2 m. nf s.; 1 mile run, Davis, 5 m. 42 s.; 120 yards hur- dle, Ludington, 20J s.; running broad jump, Leland, 15 ft. 11^ in.; running high jump, Brown, 4 ft. 11. Spring games, '84: 220 yards, Brooks (scratch) and Odell (12 yards), dead heat, 23^ s.; 120 yards hurdle, Ludington, 19J s.; 2 mile bicycle, 6 m. 57! s.; running high jump, Brown, 5 ft. ij in. Fall games, '84: 100 yards, Odell, iof s.; 220 yards, Odell, 25 s.; 2 mile bicycle race, Merrill, 7 m. 30 s. Intercoltegiate games, '84: 100 yards (Brooks, '85, 10 J- s., Baker, H., 2nd); 2 mile bicycle, Hamilton, 5 m. 48^ s.; 220 yards (Baker, H., 22-f), Brooks, 2nd. Winter games, '85: Standing broad jump, Goodlett, 9 ft. 6 J in.; high kick, Vernon, 8 ft. 4^ in.; standing high jump, Goodlett, '86, Mitchell, '86 S, tie, 5 ft. f in.; rope climbing, G. Fellows, 7-J s. Spring games, '85: 100 yards, Odell, n| s.; 220 yards, Odell, 25-f s.; 2 mile bicycle race, Hamilton, 7 m. 15 s. Fall games, '85: Running high jump, Goodlett, 5 ft. 3-£ in.' Intercollegiate games, '8j : Two mile bicycle race, Hamil- ton, 7 m. 29 s. Winter games, '86: High kick, Brown, 8 ft. iof in.; club swinging, A. Fellows (ex.) ; fencing, Brinton. Spring games, '86: One-half mile run, F. R. Smith, 2 m. 4| s. Intercol- legiate games, '86 : One-half mile run, F. R. Smith, 2 m. 4! s. Be- sides these, Hamilton has won more than twenty prizes with his bicycle, and Knapp has played in most of the Summer Lawn Ten- nis Tournaments successfully. ! Class Book. 25 BIRTH, FAMILY AND ANCESTRY. Through fathers who are honorable men, and grandfathers, some of whom were famous men, we trace our ancestry back to princes and rulers, to those who in " remarkably early times ex- changed prosy arboreal existence for luxurious life in caves," "to Noah the shipbuilder " and " Adam the farmer," to " the dust of the ground (Gen. ii. 7)," and "the old original and only proto- plasmic unit." But in more modern times, heraldry, with its signs and mysteries, and the chroniclers, who dealt in dark allusions and meager details, indicate that many of us, of a truth, are illus- triously descended. Foreign blood, however, is not our only nor our dearest boast ; we are Americans and Yalensians, the descend- ants of colonial and national heroes and of college and civil wor- thies. Charles Francis Adams, — born at Westport, Conn., Mar. 3, 1864. — Father is a retired business man, now residing in Westport, Conn. — The family records trace back to 1690. — Two brothers have grad- uated from Yale, and one is an undergraduate now. John Charles Adams, — born at Oakland, Cal., Jan. 19, 1862. — Father is a capitalist. Norman Ilsley Adams, — born at Hyde Park, Mass., Feb. 16, 1864. — Father is cashier in the Boston Post Office, and has been repre- sentative in the Massachusetts Legislature. — Family records trace back to 1640. Warren Austin Adams, — born at Skaneateles, N. Y., Sept. 14, 1861. — Father is a farmer in Skaneateles. —The Adams family traces back its ancestry to the Mayflower ; the Austin family, to England, 1598 (written up), and claims descent from St. Augustine. Joseph Lincoln Adler, — born at Cairo, 111., June 20, 1865. — Father is a manufacturer in Cincinnati, O.; graduated from a Ger- man university. Zachariah Nelson Allen, — born at Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 12, 1865. — Father is a merchant. — Three brothers have graduated from Yale. Arthur Nathaniel Ailing, — born at New Haven, Conn., Jul) 1, 1862. — Father was a lumber dealer. — The family descends from Roger Ailing, who came from England in 1638. 4 26 Yale '86 Henry Semple Ames, — born at St. Louis, Mo., March 4, 1863. — Father was a pork packer ; graduated from Cincinnati College. — The family records run back to the 13th century. Paul Kimball Ames, — born at Oldtown, Me., Sept. 7, 1862. — Father is a lumber contractor and dealer in Bethel, Me.; has been a member of the Maine State Legislature.— The family was founded by the Courtenays and Leightons before the time of the May- flower. William Burrall Anderson, — born at New York City, Dec. 2, 1864. — Father is a lawyer ; graduated from Williams in '45. — The family traces its records back to the middle of the 16th century, and includes Roger Williams and Sir William Burrall, an English baronet. — One brother has graduated at Yale, and another is an undergraduate. Benjamin Harris Anthony, — born at New Bedford, Mass., Aug. 1, 1863. — Father is a printer and publisher [New Bedford Standard). — " Family is an old one. Our branch came from London, seven or eight generations ago. Am also connected with Miles Standish." Robert Appleton, — born on Staten Island, Sept. 30, 1864. — Father is a publisher (D. Appleton & Co.). — The family had a home- stead in England in the time of Cromwell. Bartlett Arkell, — born at Canajoharie, N. Y., June 10, 1862. — Father is a flour-sack manufacturer ; has been a State Senator. — Josiah Bartlett is one of the family ancestors. Edward Sawyer Bacon, — born at Dover, N. H., March 8, 1863. — Father is a merchant. Charles Lukens Bailey, jr., — born at Harrisburg, Pa., June 26, 1864. — Father is an iron manufacturer ; ex-member of the Pennsyl- vania State Legislature. — Family records run back to 1613. — Two brothers are graduates. Harvey Brown Bashore, — born at West Fairview, Pa., July 31, 1864.' — Father is a physician. Everett Alanson Bates,— born at Danielsonville, Conn., Sept. 14, i860. — Father is a retired manufacturer ; has held borough offices. John Beadle, — born at Montclair, N. J., July 4, 1862. — Father was a manufacturer of cutlery. Porter Beardsley, — born at Auburn, N. Y., March 16, 1863. — Father is an ex-lawyer, and secretary and treasurer of the " Oswego Starch Factory." — Among the family names are Gov. John Win- throp of Massachusetts, Gov. Saltonstall of Connecticut, and Jon- athan Edwards. Class Book. 27 Eli Beers, — born at Bridgewater, Conn., June 12, [856. — Father is a farmer, and ex-representative in the State Legislature. Daniel Doane Bidwell, — born at East Hartford, Conn., Aug. 7, 1866. — Father is a farmer; has held town offices. —The family records have been traced back to 1500 and earlier, when the name was " Beered-well." Louis Bennett Bishop,— born at Guilford, Conn., June 5, 1865. —Father is a physician in New Haven.— The known family records date back nearly to 1500. Theophilus Eaton was a member of the family. George Hathaway Bixby, — born in San Juan, Monterey Co. [now San Benito Co.], Cal., July 4, 1864.— Father is a ranchman, residing at Los Angeles, Cal. — " One of my ancestors was Kenelm Winslow, brother of Governor Winslow, who came over to the Plymouth colony in the second voyage of the Mayflower. Am also descended from a brother [and consequently the father | of Locke, the great philosopher, who is father of English philosophy, and step-father to " The Human Intellect." Hence by an associa- tion of ideas, it is easy to see why psychology is a sort of second nature with me. It must be admitted that my ancestors were, in the main, only brothers of illustrious men." Edward Newton Brandegee, — born at Berlin, Conn., March 28, 1865. — Father is a physician ; graduated at Yale in '33 ; and — William Partridge Brandegee, — born at Brooklyn, N. Y., April 16, 1864. — Father is an importer residing in Elizabeth, N. J.; grad- uated at Yale in '43. — The family descended from the Huguenot Gallaudets and has been traced back to 1320. Samuel Kimball Bremner, — born at Boxford, Mass., July 28, 1864. — Father is a clergyman ; an ex-State Senator ; graduated from Dartmouth in '48. — The family has been traced back to 16th century. Joseph Sharswood Brinton, — born at the family residence, "Hardwicke," near Lancaster, Pa., March 25, 1865. — Father was a lawyer ; graduated from Yale in '48. — The family ancestry has been traced back to the time of William the Conqueror. Cornelius Gardner Bristol, — born at Milford, Conn., Oct. 13, 1863. — Father is a banker ; ex-State representative and town offi- cer. — The family descended from Lord Thomas Stowe an English- man of the early part of the 17th century. Henry Stanford Brooks, Jr., — born at Chinese Camp, Tuo- lomne County, Cal., August 28, 1861 — Father is a miner.— " My 28 Yale '86 G. G. Grandfather was Sandy Armstrong of Gilkocky Hall, the celebrated Scottish border king (told of in ' Wilson's Tales of the Borders')." William Adams Brown, — born at New York City, Dec. 29, 1865. — Father is a banker ; graduated at Columbia in '59. Carl Darling Buck, — born at Orland, Me., Oct. 2, 1866. — Father is a lumber dealer (formerly a clergyman) residing in Bucksport, Me.; graduated at Yale in '52. — "There is a tradition that the fam- ily descended from the god Thor." Wilson Lee Cannon, Jr., — born at Dover, Del., Aug. 22, 1865. — Father is a (retired ship-builder) farmer ; ex-State Senator. — Philip Barratt, friend and associate of Caesar Rodney, Delaware's Revolutionary hero, was an ancestor. William White Capron, — born at Albany, N. Y., Jan. 15, 1865. — Father is a grain merchant. Theophilus Ransom Carter, — born at Erie, Pa., Nov. 14, 1861. — Father is in general business. — Family has been traced back to the beginning of the 16th century. Wilson Catherwood, — born at Philadelphia, Pa., May 7, 1862. — Father has retired from business. Francis Asbury Christian, — born at Canandaigua, Ontario Co., N. Y., Dec. 18, 1863. — Father was a lawyer. Lawrance William Churchill, — born at Oswego, N. Y., Sept. 7, 1862. — Father is a lawyer ; ex-member of Congress ; justice of the Supreme Court of New York ; graduated at Middlebury College, Vt. Charles Franklin Clarke, — born at Columbia, Conn., Feb. 6, 1859. — Father is a farmer ; has held town offices. — The family records have been traced back to 1600 ; a grandfather of Benjamin Franklin belonged to the family. Charles Nelson Codding, — born at Collinsville, Conn., Dec. 21, 1861.— Father is a banker ; ex-State Senator and representative. — The family has been traced back to William Coddington, founder and first governor of Newport. Austen Colgate, — born at Orange, N. J., Aug. 12, 1863 ; and Sidney Morse Colgate, — born at Orange, N. J., Sept. 1 1, 1862. — Father is a manufacturer. — Family dates back to the 13th century ; Jedidiah Morse was an ancester. — One brother has graduated from Yale. Michael Francis Connor, — born at Vassalboro', Me., April 27, 1863. — Father has retired from business. Class Book. 2Q Francis Rexford Cooley, — born at New York City, Nov. 21, 1863. — Father is president of the National Exchange Bank, Hart- ford ; ex-State Senator. John Joseph Corkery, — born at Norwich, Conn., March 20, [863. — Father is a saloon-keeper. Gibbons Gray Cornwell, — born at West Chester, Pa., Aug. i, *T, S. & K. 9 23 177 5- -10 4i 'H BovWy, *r., w.n. 6 28 168 5- 10.} 35 ez, H4>, *T, Scroll & Key. 10 29 136 5- 36 TN, AKE, Skull & Bones. 9 160 6- I? 40 ez, H*, Scroll & Key. 20 128 5- -\\ 34 TN, ez, 'H Bov/y, ¥Y, S.K. 3 22 160 5- ioi 4 162 5- -io| 35 ez, HO). *Y, Scroll & Key. 10 30 148 5- 8 37 9 16 I50 5- H 39 FN, AKE. 11 26 141 5- 8 38 AKE. 3 14 135 5- 7i 34 f H Bovfo), *Y, Wolf's Head 18 145 5- 6 33 10 23 144 5- 81 3A\ TN. 25 140 5- 8i 33 11 26 155 5- 9 38 AKE. 3 2 170 5- 10 38 TS. 2 14 156 5- 9 37 TN, 'H Bovlr), AKE, W.H. 11 2 160 5- "i ez, f H Bov?i>), *T, S. & P. 3 5 126 5- 8i 34i TN, AKE, Wolf's Head. 8 17 145 5- 10 33 10 2 180 6 -3 40 h$, AKE, Skull ,\: Pones. 6 1 158 5- io| 36 TN, AKE, 4>BK, S. & Key. 8 28 136 5- 7 36 AKE, *BK. 10 8 i62i 6- if 35f 5 15 138 5- 54 35 TN. 7 16 155 5- 9 1 23 168 5- io| 41 Bo »■//). AKE. 6 12 165 5- io4 35 9 23 125 5- 2i 37 4 24 160 6- I 38 6 9 142 5- u 35i 10 18 186 5- ioi 39 TN, 11*. AKE, Sc. & Key. 9 19 143 5- 7i 36 H*, AKE, Scroll cS: Key. 2 3 156 5- 9 39* 7 9 169 5- lo£ 3S* TN, 41 BovAf), AKK, S. & K. Corkery 23 3 10 Cornwell 24 10 12 Cowles 21 5 25 Crapo 21 o 17 Crawford 21 7 19 Crehorc 22 4 25 Darling 23 1 1 Davis 21 8 2 Day 21 10 17 Dickey 23 5 18 Dougherty 23 8 29 Du tcher 23 6 12 Edgar 21 3 20 Eliot 22 o 29 Fellows, A. L. . . 21 7 29 Fellows, G. O. . . 24 2 9 Francke 22 9 12 Gallup 23 1 27 Goebel 23 3 8 Goodlett 24 2 9 Goodrich 21 7 13 Goodwin 22 5 19 Goodyear 21 7 18 Grant 21 5 3 Graves 21 1 n Griffith 23 4 8 Griggs 21 7 2 Hamilton 21 o 23 Hellier 21 n 22 Hickox 19 8 12 Hord 20 10 3 Hungerford 21 6 28 Hunt 21 7 13 Hyde 22 10 6 Jaggard 21 5 9 Jeffras 21 10 25 Kingsley, G. L._. 22 o 2 Kingsley, W. L. . 2o % o 2 Knapp 22 10 23 Knight 27 4 2 Lambert, D. D... 23 10 23 Lambert, E. C. _. 23 I 21 Leavitt 21 it 14 Lee _ 21 5 n Lewis 20 3 26 McElroy 21 3 26 Mathews, C. T._. 23 2 30 Matthews, C. H._ 23 o 3 Moore, C. A... _ 21 11 24 Moore, D. A. 21 6 26 Class Book. #* 138 5- H 371 4>BK. 155 5-10 38 AKE. 180 6- r± 40 6Z, ll-K *r, Skull & Bones 137 5-io 34 TN, AKE, Skull & Bones. 126 5- 6 37 AKE. 146 5- 9 AKE. 155 5- 6* 40 AKE, Scroll & Key. 140 5-io 36 $BK. 155 5-"l 35* TN, 'II Bovlr), AKE, S. & B. 126 5- 71 364 *T, *BK. 137 5- 7 37i 138 5- 9* 34 TN, r H Boi^r), AKE, *BK. 133 5- 9 354 143 5-i 1 36 *T, *BK, Scroll & Key. 144 5- 7* 37 150 5- 9i 38 157 6- 40 6Z, 'H BovTir/, AKE, W.H. 150 5- 8 37 159 5-ioi 39* 4»BK. 140 5- 8* AKE, Wolf's Head. 137 5- 7 34 *Y, $BK. 117 5- 6 32 *T. 140 5- 9 36 175 6- 384 AKE. 135 5- 6 35 *T. 140 5-ioi 34 168 6- 36 *T. 151 5-ni 38 140 5- 9* 38 AKE. 145 6- 37 120 5- H -- AKE. 140 5-6 36 147 5- 8i 34 175 5- 7* 37 EN, 'H Bov?irj, AKE. 146 5- 8 37 $BK. 138 5- 94 38 165 6- 5.1 36 AKE. 187 6- 4 f 39i AKE. 1604 5- 8 38i ez, 'ii iw//, *y, s. & b. 140 5- 64 35 AKE, 4>BK. 152 5- 9* 364 160 5-10 374 0Z, H*, AKE. 133 5- 7 36± 165 6- 04 38 174* 6- 04 39i *Y, XAG, I!K. S. & B. 135 5- 36 AKE. 169 5- S 39 *T. 152 5- 8* *Y, Wolf's Head. 145 5-ii 37 *Y, *BK. 180 5-ii 384 'H Bo«H AKE, Wolf's H'd. 4-2 Yale '86 Moore, F. G 20 Moore, F. W. 22 Morgan 23 Morley 22 Mosle 21 Nason 20 Nichols 22 Odell 22 Painter . 21 Parks 21 Peet 23 Peters 23 Phelps, A. S 23 Phelps, E. J 23 Phelps, S. 21 Pierson 22 Redfield 21 Richardson 21 Roache 23 Robbins 21 Rollins 24 Ryce 20 Schwab 21 Scott 24 Sewall 21 Shelden 24 Sherman 54 Shipman 21 Smith, E. C. 21 Smith, E. L 21 Smith, F. R. 20 Smith, G. C. 22 Sprague 21 Stearns 26 Stebbins 21 Stewart 21 Stiles 22 Strauss 20 Truslow 21 Tyler 21 Vernon 22 Washington 19 Waterman 23 Whitmorc 22 Wing 21 Winston, D. 22 Winston, F.J 21 Woollen 21 X; Average 22 w 9 5 131 5- 8f 33i 8 12 141 5- H 35 6 12 152 5-ioi 344 2 16 175 5-ii 40 5 15 152 5-1 1 36 10 17 135 5- 9 344 10 3 150 5-io£ 36 11 12 152 5- 6f 374 5 170 5- 8i 39 7 24 123 5-i 1 36 9 25 135 5- 5 36 10 12 187 5-"i 39 5 7 157 6- 36 2 12 170 5-io 39 11 6 154 5-ii 384 1 27 150 5- 8 354 11 149 5-10 39 10 23 165 5-io4 394 5 12 U5 6- 04 39 10 25 i55i 5-io| 364 7 1*7 155 5-io4 36 9 12 156 5- 8* 37i 2 29 183 6- 39 6 25 160 5-iii 40 8 17 147 5-10 334 13 148 5- 8 36* 4 2 150 5- 9 -- 7 11 153 5- 74 38 4 19 153 5- 6 38 2 24 i34i 5- 9i 35 28 145 5- 9f 38 7 9 145 6- -- 8 20 155 5- 8 38i 5 2 130 5- 5 33 26 157* 5- 9 36 5 3 175 5-io4 4i 8 19 175 5- 9l 39i 8 27 140 5- 54 36i 9 27 155 5-iof 35 9 22 160 5- 94 37 11 13 185 5-10! 39 5 15 147 5-io4 38 10 22 130 5- 6 3 24 115* 5- 6f 33 3 155 5-ioi 36 20 153 5-10 35i 10 21 140 5- 5 36 7 2 155 5-94 1 5- 9-26 37 8 13 152.03 38f $BK. *Y, Wolf's Head. f H Bw^,-*T, Wolfs Head. TN, f H Bovl?/, *Y, S. & K. TN, AKE, Scroll & Key. 2E, AKE. f H Bova.?/, *Y. AKE. 4)BK. FN, AKE. *Y, Skull & Bones. 4>BK. 0Z, H4\ AKE, X9A, S. & B. 07, 'H Bovat), AKE, S. & B. *Y, 4>BK, XAO, S. & B. AKE. TN, *Y. OZ, AKE, Wolf's Head. TN, AKE, 4>BK, S. & B. AKE, Wolf's Head. H<1>, AKE, Scroll & Key. TN, H4>, "TT, XA9, S. & K. "FT, Wolf's Head. ez r H4», *Y, Skull & Bones. FN. AKE. FN, *H BovM?, AKE, W.H. AKE. 6Z, IM>, AKE, S. & K. ¥Y. <>Z. IH>, AKE, S. ,S: B. OZ, 'II Hor///. AKE, S. & K. XAO, *Y. Class Book. 43 The following table furnishes the means of comparing the foregoing figures with those of all the classes that have published similar statistics : Oldest. Youngest. Average. Tallest. Shortest Average. Heavi- est. lbs. Light- est. lbs. Av- erage. yr. mo. d. yr. mo. d. yr. mo. d. ft. in. ft. in. ft. in. lbs. '66 28- 1-20 I 8-1 i- 6 22-3-26 6-2i 5-1} 5-8.85 203 115 147.86 '67 28 -8- 1 19- 0-22 22-2-28 6-1 5-2 *5-7-64 I8 7 115 I4304 '68 29- 8- 19- 0- 22-4-17 6-1 5-3* 5-8.76 182 109 142.95 '69 26- 9- 1 19- 4-14 22-0- 8 6-5 5-3i 5-8.66 208 124 146.76 '70 27- 6- 3 19- 5-24 22-6-14 6-2 5-3* 5-8.9 222 117* I48.63 '7i '72f '73 29-10-24 18- 0-15 22-8- 3 6-4* 5-2 5-8.47 I6 5 117 143-25 28-11- 6 19- 5-i6 22-0-16 6-2* 5-0 *5-7-Q4 203 92* 148.25 ,74 30- 5- 2 18- 4-17 22-3-25 6-if 5-o* 5-8.16 I90 I2 4 f 151-94 '75 26-10-19 19- 3-14 22-3- 6-2| 5-3* 5-8.63 200 115 150.38 '76 27- 8-18 19- 2-26 22-0-29 6-2J 5-4 5-9-25 206 98 I49.O3 '77 28- 0- 9 19- 4-23 22-6- 6 6-2 5-of 5-8.63 2IO no 149.94 '78 30- 5- 2 19- 3-20 22-7-10 6-2 4-10 *5-8.i6 225 107 I5I-47 '79 32-10- 1 19- 7-18 22-6-15 6-2 5-2* *5-8. 192 119 148.50 '80 29- 4-24 19- 6-14 22-7-23 6-2 5-i* 5-9- 5 194 no 149-56 '81 32- 1-13 19- 3-25 22-9-26 6-2 5-4* *5~9.20 206 115 I49-38 '82 32- 5- 8 20- I-IO 22-8- 4 6-2* 5-2* *5-8. 4 o 200 115 146.32 '83 27-10-22 19- 6-23 22-5-28 6-4 5-4 *5~8.6 208 105 149-53 '84 28-11- 8 19- 4-20 22-5-21 6-5 5-o *5-7-5 2IO no 150.12 '85 39- 3-13 19- 7-23 22-7- 1 1 6-if 5-2 *5~9.i2 2IO 122 152.02 '86 54- 4- 2 19- 5-15 22-8-13 6-5 A 5-o *5~9.26 235 "5* 152.03 * Measured in stockings. f No statistics were published. There is an old ditty : "Little head, little wit ; Great head and not a bit." The application of it does not seem very apparent, but it is meant for an allusion of the "heads I win, tails you lose" genus, to the size of your chum's hat, and so it is given here. The average size is 7 T ^. Appleton (6§) and Hungerford (6f) wear the smallest. Painter (8 J) and W. L. Kingsley, Lewis and Morgan (7$) wear the largest. Thirty-nine wear a 7, and 22 a 6f . The average size of collar is 15. Thirty-seven wear a 14I, 41a 15, and 33 a 15^. Bishop, Graves, Hamilton, McElroy, F. G. Moore, Nason and Parks wear a 14, and H. Ames, Cowles and Peters a 16^. Leavitt wears a 4^ shoe, Anthony a 5, D. Moore, G. Fellows, H. Ames and Appleton wear a 10, and Cowles an 11 shoe. The most common size is 7, which 24 use ; and 21 use an 8. These measurements are for normal conditions of temperature and atmospheric pressure, and do not allow for swelled and bruised heads, boils on the neck, corns, or sprained ankles. 44 Yale '86 The following cuts will serve to give a comparative view of the ages (No. i) of the class, estimated to the nearest three months, and of the height (No. 2), estimated to the nearest half inch. The old- est is Porter Sherman ; the youngest, Washington. The tallest man is G. Kingsley ; the shortest are Anthony and McElroy. The heavy weight is H. S. Ames, and the light weight Whitmore. mwmwawmvm IHBMfeM No. 1. immm wmmwx ■■■■■■■■ IB BBMBBflflBI ■■■ ■■■ Si ■IlllffilMffiH ■iiBirfflinm luraaiiatiaijiii ■■■■■■ ■ ■■1 !■■■ IMI ■■ ■ ■■■■ sis mos.6 0606060606060606 o 6 yr. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 . . 30 . . . 54 ■■■■■■■■■■■■ILIHHBMBHLIVIII ■■■■■■■■■■■MBHHHI I1VII1BI ihiiihbi 19! Ml in. o ft- 5 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 io 11 o 6 Class Book. ^ PREPARATION AND PURPOSE. The members of the class prepared for the entrance examinations in 59 different schools ; and in 32 of these there were one or more Yale graduates among the instructors. Hopkins Grammar School leads with 6 ; Russell's C. C. I. has 5 ; Hartford High School and Norwich Free Academy each have 4. The Fifth Avenue, N. Y., School, where Schwab prepared, and the Denver High School, where Morgan prepared, each have 3. Seven other schools have 2 each, and 18 have 1 each. The class were prepared as follows : Williston— C. F. Adams, J. C. Adams, Arkell, Bates, (Codding), Dutcher, Goodlett, Knight, Leavitt, Nason, Odell and Ryce (11). Phillips Andover — (Bailey), Beardsley, Beers, Bremner, (Cod- ding), Hungerford, Jaggard, Morley, E. Phelps, Roache and Stew- art (9). Hopkins Grammar School — Ailing, Bishop, Davis, Goodrich, Goodyear, Hamilton, (Mathews), Nichols and S. Phelps (8). Phillips Exeter — P. K. Ames, Bacon, Churchill, Goodwin, Peters and Pierson (6). Hartford High School — Bidwell, Cooley, Day, A. S. Phelps, Shipman and Stiles (6). Norwich Free Academy — A. and S. M. Colgate, Corkery, A. L. and G. O. Fellows, and Gallup (6). Hillhouse High School — Beadle, D. Lambert, E. Lambert, Peet, Scott and Whitmore (6). St. Paul's — (Anderson), Appleton, Bailey, Brown, Catherwood and (Mathews) (4). Everson's, 6th Ave. and 42d St., N. Y. City— Brooks, Mosle and F. Winston (3). Hughes High School, Cincinnati, Ohio — Adler, Dickey and Goebel. Albany Military Academy — Capron and McElroy. Russell's C. C. I. — Bristol and Washington. Friend's Academy, New Bedford — Anthony and Crapo. Berkeley School, N. Y. City — Lewis and Redfield. Columbus, ()., High School— C. A. and F. G. Moore. Brooklyn Polytechnic School — Allen, Robbins and Truslow. 4-6 Yale '86 Harvard School, Chicago — Cowles and Grant. Siglar's, Newburgh, N. Y. — Edgar and G. C. Smith. Morgan School, Clinton, Conn. — Eliot and Parks. Dr. Pingree's, Elizabeth, N. J. — W. P. Brandegee and Hyde. Ailing, Davis and Clarke studied partly by themselves ; Wash- ington studied some with his father ; Painter fitted entirely alone in eight months at home ; G. L. and W. L. Kingsley, Knapp, Lee, Jeffras, Crawford, Codding, Anderson, D. A. Moore, E. C. Smith and Matthews fitted with a tutor for a year or more before com- ing ; H. S. Ames studied at Hanover, Germany ; Paris, France; Lausanne, Switzerland ; Smith Academy, St. Louis, and with a tutor ; and Wing fitted at Smith Academy, Hatfield, Mass. (branch office of Smith College). The others fitted singly at local sem- inaries and high schools. Not less than fifty distinct and definite reasons are given for coming to college, and for preferring Yale to other institutions. Some are worth mentioning for their general application ; others for the serious thought they contain ; and others for their epigram- matic turn. Family influence determined twenty or thirty ; sev- eral were "brought up on Yale in connection with the bottle;" " Yale was the first word I was taught to utter;" " didn't come : was sent ;" " to keep up the family succession." Yale's athletic reputation attracted three. Her popularity in certain sections, and the reputation and influence of her alumni, led a dozen more to cut the "proper caper." " Chicago is strong for Yale ;" "the institution most thought of in the west ;" " the large number of prominent graduates living in my neighborhood," and "the manly character of the graduates I knew ;" " attraction of gravitation and education ;" "natural consequences of environment." Ten vote it the "best," as many more "the largest," "nearest," "most demo- cratic," "most thoroughly American," "solid and conservative." Its "system," "discipline and incentives to moral life," "social and educational advantages," "good fellowship," "the cheer," offered attractions to some. " Father wanted me to go to Har- vard ; mother, to Princeton ; I wanted to go to Columbia ; so we compromised on Yale." " Matter of expediency; should have preferred Harvard." " Because my friends praised Princeton ad nauseam, and I saw enough of Harvard at Exeter. Besides, I determined in childhood to go to Yale, because its name was so unique." " I came to Yale because I believed that the best educa- could be secured there, not in books, but in men." But one of Class Book. 47 our number was riot allowed the privilege of a choice. A docu- ment which was properly probated in the town of East Haddam, and which a lawyer had sworn faithfully to execute, willed and bequeathed " that my son William Ebenezer shall be educated at Yale," faculty to the contrary notwithstanding. Fifteen came to college solely for an education " and an A. B.;" 4 came " to have a good time," " to study and enjoy four years," " to meet ' Balls ' and study Logic ;" 8 came to lay the foundation for a profession. " To lay up capital for future investment;" " to seek the highest good ;" "to get a start in the pursuit of knowl- edge ;" " to get culture of the soul;" "to be able to work on a higher plane than otherwise ;" " to learn to read, write and cipher ;" "to get book learning and grow bald," have been to various ones of us the objects of our ambition and the sources of our inspiration. " Fondness for study in general and of the classics in particular," brought one. " I believe that a college education, together with its associations, will contribute to my enjoyment and give me greater influence among men," one says. And the remark of another in the same line : " I now believe in a college education for all, because 1 it is likely to add enormously to the finer pleasures of a prosper- ous career.' The mere utilitarian view of education is the weakest argument in its favor," should not be scorned for its aestheticism. Eighty-six of the class were examined in Alumni Hall in '82, 4 in '84, 5 in '83, 4 in '81, 2 in '80, and 1 in '79 ; 10 were examined in Chicago in '82 and 1 in '81, 9 in Andover, and 5 in Cincinnati. Brown took a special examination in May, '81 ; F. Winston in April, '82. The Kingsleys were examined in "June, '82, in Alumni ; passed work of Freshman year in June, '83, at Alumni ; passed work of Sophomore year in September, '84, at Alumni, and entered the class as Juniors." Crawford, C. A. and F. G. Moore (Marietta College, O.), A. S. Phelps (Brown), Rollins ('85), joined us during Sophomore year. Ailing (formerly '84), Brooks ('85), Catherwood ('85), Crehore ('85), Hunt (Olivet College, Mich.), G. L. and W. L. Kingsley, Mathews ('85), Nichols ('84), Stearns (Wooster College, O.), and Vernon ('85), joined during the Junior year. Beers ('87), Christian ('85), Colgate ('85), Knight (Amherst), and Sherman, pursued Senior year with us. Knight left Amherst on account of sickness. The others who changed colleges, did so for family reasons, and the attractions of a larger institution and eastern methods. 4.8 Yale y 86 In the spring of 1863, Sherman entered the last term of Junior year of the class of '64, upon examination with one condition, natural philosophy ; remained but one term, and became superin- tendent of public schools at La Porte, Ind., the next year. He returned in the fall of 1864, and joined the class of '65, and left again from sickness during the first term. He was a student at Hillsdale College in '58— '59, and received a diploma from that institution while at Yale in 1863. Beers was examined at Andover in '83, recited with '87 during their Sophomore year, and entered '86 at the beginning of their Senior year. N. I. Adams, W. A. Adams, Adler, Anderson, Anthony, Bacon, Beadle, Bidwell, Bishop, Bristol, Brown, Cannon, Connor, Cooley, Corkery, Cowles, Crapo, Davis, Day, Dickey, Dutcher, Edgar, Eliot, A. Fellows, G. Fellows, Francke, Gallup, Goebel, Goodrich, Goodwin, Grant, Hungerford, Jaggard, Jeffras, Knapp, Lewis, D. A. Moore, F. W. Moore, Mosle, Peters, E. J. Phelps, Pierson, Roache, Ryce, Schwab, Scott, Shelden, Shipman, E. C. Smith, F. R. Smith, G. C. Smith, Sprague, Stebbins, Stewart, Stiles, Strauss, Truslow, Washington, Waterman, Whitmore, Wing, F. Winston (62), were admitted without conditions. The remainder received 25 conditions, distributed from 1 to 12 to each man. About half of these, however, were passed off in September. Brooks, who took the examinations in San Francisco, June, '81, received " six conditions, and took the second prize of the Yale Club of Pacific Coast, $100 ; three men tried, and one got left." The following have at some time been members of the class : Irving Baldwin — left Yale in the fall of '82, and entered Wil- liams, '86, with which he will graduate. William Sinclair Brigham — left in December, '84 ; will gradu- ate with '87. Ellis Henry Roberts Brooks — left at the end of Junior year ; will graduate with '87. James William Calderwood — entered from Bowdoin at the be- ginning of Sophomore year ; left during Junior year ; is now at Mitchell Bottom, Neb. Schuyler Casemate Carlton — left after a few weeks ; will grad- uate with '87. George Elias Carter — left during Junior year ; was married Dec. 5, 1885, to Miss Woodwell, and spent the winter in Cuba ; has since returned to Chicopee Falls, Mass. Class Book. /j_g James Moffatt Condit — left during Sophomore year ; in the mer- chandise brokerage business, Indianapolis, Ind. Dixi Lyman Crosby — entered during Sophomore year, and left at the end of the same year ; is teaching at Saratoga Springs, N. Y. Hugh Kirkman Drouillard — left during Sophomore year ; study- ing medicine at home, Nashville, Tenn. Daniel Meta Dull — was in the class during Sophomore year ; is preparing for business, Harrisburg, Pa. Oliver Dyer — died March 14, 1884. Henry Flarsheim — left at the end of Freshman year ; book- keeper with Sandusky & Co., St. Joseph, Mo. Charles Eugene Grant — left in Freshman year ; studying law in his father's office, Chicago. George Henry Guernsey — since the end of '86's Sophomore year has been teaching and farming ; expects to graduate with '88. Edwin Trowbridge Hall — left at the end of Junior year ; in Eu- rope, located at Dresden, studying German and teaching English. Henry Earl Hard — left at the end of Junior year ; teaching in St. Paul's School, Garden City, L. I. Henry Mills Harding — left after a few weeks ; clerk and sales- man for F. Ahlborn & Co., wholesale meat and provision dealers, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. William Pirtle Herod — left at the end of Junior year ; reading law, Indianapolis, Ind. Edward Avery Hine — left at the end of Sophomore year ; Hine and his brother (Yale '77 ) own and work a cocoanut plantation on Long Key, Fla.' His P. O. address is. Key West, Fla. Albert Holcomb— left at the end of Freshman year ; was in Amherst in '83-84 ; is now with C. T. Hovey & C, 33 Summer St., Boston. Henry Ivison, jr. — left during Sophomore year ; will graduate with '87. Frank Harrison Kelley, jr. — left during Sophomore year ; for a while in the commission business, New York City ; has since given it up on account of poor health. Edward Russell Kellogg — left at the beginning of Junior year ; after traveling in California, located in New York to study art and house decoration ; but is now in Europe, studying. Paul Augustine Kunkel — entered the class of '86, F. & M. Col- lege, Lancaster, Pa., in the fall of '83, and graduates this spring. 7 SO Yale '86 Edward Bowman Leaf — spent some time in Trinity '86 ; then taught in a military school ; is now at home, Birdsboro', Pa. William Leland — left at the end of Sophomore year ; in the employ of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern R. R. Co., Cleveland, O. Walter Hale Little — left after a few weeks ; was for a time in '88 ; is now in employ of Denny, Rice & Co., wool merchants, 132 Federal street, Boston, Mass. William Howard Ludington — left during Junior year ; will graduate with '87. Charles Putnam Merrill — left in December, '84 ; in mercantile business. Address, 87 Warren street, N. Y. City. William Agustus Otis — left at the end of Freshman year. After spending some time in the Adirondacks, and after some travel in Texas and Old Mexico for his health, last September he went on to a ranch at Unaweep, Mesa Co., Colorado. His health is much improved. Harry William Petrikin — left at the end of Freshman year. In March, '86, he was admitted to the bar in Huntingdon, Pa. John Leslie Russell Pratt — was in the class only a few weeks ; after spending three years in Union College, Schenectady, he re- turned to Kansas City, Mo., and is now studying law in an office. Gurdon Mumford Ransom — left at the end of Freshman year. He is in the Boston branch of Whitall, Tatum & Co., dealers in druggists' glassware and sundries, New York. Address, 41 Broad street, Boston. Henry Thayer Safford — left at the end of Sophomore year ; in a cotton commission broker's office in New York City. Address, 24 Spring place, Brooklyn. Thomas Blythe Scott, jr. — left in the winter of '82-83, an( * en- tered Harvard, where he has since been. Edward Blake Seeley — left at the end of Freshman year. He is living at Berkeley, Cal., and doing business in San Francisco. Frank Clifton Smith — was in the class a few months during the winter of Freshman year ; will graduate with '87. Frank DeWitt Smith — left in February, '85. Frank Asher Southworth — left after a week or two ; senior partner of Southworth, Bulkiey & Co., wholesale paper dealers, Philadelphia. Sylvester Howe Taylor — left in the spring of '84 ; is in the Bat- opilas Mines, Mexico. Class Book. 5/ Elford Parry Trowbridge — left at the end of Junior year ; will graduate with '87. James Palmer Waring — left at the end of Sophomore year ; is secretary and treasurer of the John T. Waring Hat Sizing Machine Co., Yonkers, N. Y. Frank Urquhart Wilcox — left after a few weeks. Charles Rothchild Williams — left during Sophomore year ; is traveling salesman for Speyer Bros., wholesale dealers in notions and millinery, Wheeling, Va. Roger Sherman Wotkyns — left in December, '82 ; for two years and a half was in '87 ; is now in the lumber business in Chicago. Richard Horner Wyeth — left at the same time ; has since been in '87, and later studied medicine in New York City. George Hurlbut Young — left at the same time ; will graduate with '87. The class entered in the fall of '82 with 164 men (Ryce joined in November, too late to be in the catalogue) ; in Sophomore year there were 153 names in the catalogue ; in Junior year, 149 ; and in Senior year, 141. Reid having died, and D. Winston having gone to Persia as secretary in the Persian Legation, with his father, who is U. S. Minister to Persia, and Sherman having joined the class, 140 will graduate. During the four years, 49 names have dropped from the roll and 25 have been added. Two have died. ACADEMICAL HONORS AND PRIZES. Freshman Year. — Woolsey Scholarship : Parks. Hurlbut Scholarship : Lewis. Third Freshman Scholarship : Dyer. Berke- ley Premiums for Latin Composition : 1st grade, A. Fellows, Lewis, Parks, Pierson, Schwab; 2d grade, Bidwell, Brown, Dickey, Dyer, Jaggard, Reid. Mathematical Prizes: 1st prize, Pierson, Whit- more; 2d prize, Bidwell, Lewis ; 3d prize, Dutcher. Sophomore Year. — Bristed Scholarship : Parks. Premiums for English Composition : 1st term, 1st prizes, Brown, Lewis C. Moore, F. G. Moore, E. Phelps, Pierson ; 2d prizes, Griggs, Schwab, Shipman, Wing, Woollen ; 3d prizes, Eliot, Goebel, Good- rich, Morgan, Reid; 2d term, 1st prizes, Brown, Lewis, C. Moore, F. G. Moore, E. Phelps, Pierson ; 2d prizes, Eliot, S. Phelps, Reid, Shipman, Wing, Woollen. Prizes for Declamation : 1st prize, E. 52 Yale '86 Phelps ; 2d prize, Bates ; 3d prize, Shipman. Mathematical Pre- miums : 1st prize, Bidwell ; 2d prize, Parks ; 3d prizes, Hamilton, Stebbins. Junior Year. — Junior Appointments; see "Events of Junior Year." Scott Prize in French: Pierson. Winthrop Prizes: 1st prize, G. Fellows ; 2d prize, Parks. Junior Exhibition Premiums : 1 st prize, Crapo ; 2d prize, Goebel, Hard, C. Moore, Nichols, Schwab, Woollen. Senior Year. — Senior Mathematical Prize : G. Kings ley. Townsend Prizes : Brown, Goebel, E. Phelps, Peters, Stewart, Woollen. DeForest Medal : Woollen. Prizes yet to be awarded are: Special Honors, Commencement parts and appointments, Four Scholarships, Cobden Club Medal, Astronomical Problems Prizes, Scott Prize in German, Valedictory and Salutatory. INSTRUCTORS AND COURSES OF STUDY, The instructors whom- we have met, with a statement of the subjects pursued, follow. Freshman Year. — First term : Prof. Seymour, Homer's Iliad ; Mr. Cooper, Herodotus ; Mr. Tighe, Cicero de Amicitia ; Prof. Richards, Euclid ; Prof. Beebe, Graphic Algebra. Second term : Prof. Tarbell, Plato's Apology of Socrates (1st division), Herodo- tus (2d and 3d divisions) ; Mr. Cooper, Odyssey ; Mr. Tighe, Livy, Latin Composition, Roman History (tracts) ; Mr. Amundson, Cice- ro's Second Philippic ; Prof. Richards, Chauvenet (continued) ; Mr. Hill, Club-swinging. Third term : Mr. Amundson, Alcestis of Euripides ; Mr. Tighe, Horace's Satires and Epistles ; Prof. North- rop, Rhetoric ; Prof. Richards, Trigonometry ; Prof. Phillips, An- alytical Geometry (dictation). Sophomore Year. — First term : Prof. Tarbell, Ajax of Sopho- cles, Hist. Greek Literature ; Mr. Reynolds, Demosthenes' Ora- tions ; Prof. Wright, Horace's Odes and Epodes, and selections from Catullus; Mr. Tighe, Terence and Plautus ; Prof. Richards, Trigonometry and Chauvenet (continued). Second term : Prof. Tar- bell, Frogs and Clouds of Aristophanes ; Prof. Wright, Agricola of Tacitus; Mr. Cooper, Cicero's Letters; Prof. Richards, Spherical Geometry and Trigonometry (concluded) ; Mr. Bostwick, Mechan- ics. Third term : Prof. Seymour, Prometheus Bound of Aeschylus ; Class Book. 5j Prof. Wright, Juvenal's Satires ; Mr. Cooper, Lucretius and Mar- tial ; Prof. Phillips, Map Projection ; Prof. E. S. Dana, Mechanics. Junior Year. — Fall term : Astronomy, 3 hours, Prof. Newton, 144 ; Physics, 3 hours, Prof. E. S. Dana, 144 ; Chemistry, 1 hour, Prof. A. W. Wright, 144. — History of Roman Empire, 2 hours, Mr. Tighe, 64. — German, 3 hours, Mr. Ripley, 101 ; Advanced German, 2 hours, Mr. Ripley, 10 ; French, 3 hours, Prof. Bendelari, 79 ; Italian, 3 hours, Prof. Bendelari, 2 ; French, 3 hours, Prof. Knapp, 9 ; English Literature, 3 hours, Mr. Whitney, 96 ; Anglo-Saxon, 2 hours, Prof. Beers, 1 ; Spanish, 3 hours, Prof. Knapp, 3. — Tacitus, 3 hours, Prof. Peck, 4 ; Horace, 3 hours, Prof. Peck, 4 ; Latin Com- position, 2 hours, Prof. Peck, 8 ; Plautus, 2 hours, Prof. Wright, 5 ; Phaedo of Plato, 2 hours, Prof. Seymour, 13 ; Pindar, 2 hours, Prof. Seymour, 10 ; Homer, 2 hours, Prof. Seymour, 13. — Zoology, 4 hours, Prof. J. K. Thacher, 10. — Differential Calculus, 4 hours, Prof. Richards, 8; Projections, 2 hours, Prof. Phillips, 7. Winter term ; Physics, 4 hours, Profs. A. W. Wright and E. S. Dana, 144; Logic, 3 hours, Prof. Tarbell, 144 (j4 term). — Psychol- ogy, 3 hours, Prof. Ladd, 144; Geology, 3 hours, Prof. J. D. Dana, 144; Physics, j4 hour, Prof. E. S. Dana, 144 (% term). — Greek His- tory, 1 hour, Prof. Tarbell, 22 ; Hist. Middle Ages, 2 hours, Prof. Bendelari, ^8; American History, 2 hours, Prof. Dexter, 44. — Ger- man, 3 hours, Mr. Ripley, 96; Advanced German, 2 hours, Mr. Ripley, 11 : French, 3 hours, Prof. Bendelari, 76; Italian, 3 hours, Prof. Bendelari, 2 ; French, 3 hours, Prof. Knapp, 12 ; English Lit- erature, 3 hours, Mr. McLaughlin, 72; Anglo-Saxon, 2 hours, Prof. Beers, 1 ; Spanish, 3 hours, Prof. Knapp, 6. — Lucretius and Vergil, 3 hours, Prof. Peck, 9; Cicero and Quintilian, 3 hours, Prof. Peck, 7; Latin Composition, 2 hours, Prof. Peck, 7; Republic of Plato, 2 hours, Prof. Seymour, 6; Pindar, 1 hour, Prof. Seymour, 5; Ho- mer, 2 hours, Prof. Seymour, 4; Greek Inscriptions, 2 hours, Prof. Seymour, 3; Theocritus, 1 hour, Prof. Seymour, 8. — Botany, 2 hours, Prof. Eaton, ^^ ; Chemistry, 4 hours, Dr. Smith, 1. — Calculus, 4 hours, Prof. Newton, 9; Projections, 2 hours, Prof. Phillips, 2; Theoretical Astronomy, 2 hours, Prof. Beebe, 2. Senior Year. — Fall term : Psychology, Prof. Ladd, and Moral Science, President Porter, 3 hours, 142, — Locke and Berkeley, 2 hours, President Porter, 22; Physiological Psychology, 2 hours, Prof. Ladd, 21 ; Hist. Philosophy, 2 hours, Prof. Ladd, 28; Politi- cal Economy (short course), 3 hours, Prof. Sumner, 51; Political Economy (long course), 2 hours, Prof. Sumner, 88. — American Col- 5^ Yale '86 onial History, 2 hours, Prof. Dexter, 1 ; History of New England, 2 hours, Prof. Richards, 10; Modern European History, 4 hours, Prof. Wheeler, 95 ; Early English Constitutional History, 2 hours, Prof. Wheeler, 45. — German, 3 hours, Prof. Ripley, 66; German, 2 hours, Prof. Ripley, 12 ; German, 1 hour, Prof. Ripley, 1 ; (a) Ger- man, 3 hours, Mr. Nichols, 1 ; (b) German. 3 hours, Mr. Nichols, 1 ; French, 3 hours, Prof. Knapp, 12; (a) French, 3 hours, Prof. Ben- delari, 3 ; (b) French, 3 hours, Prof. Bendelari, 20 ; (a) Spanish, 3 hours, Prof. Knapp, 2; (b) Spanish, 3 hours, Prof. Knapp, 5; Ital- ian, 3 hours, Prof. Bendelari, 3 ; English Literature, 3 hours, Prof. Beers, 84. — Horace, 2 hours, Prof. Peck, 3 ; Pliny's Letters, 3 hours, Prof. Peck, 10; Latin Composition, 2 hours, Prof. Peck, 1 ; Plautus, 2 hours, Prof. H. P. Wright, 5 ; Cicero Pro Cluentio, 2 hours, Prof. Thacher, 8; Aeschylus, 2 hours, Prof. Seymour, 5; Thucydides, 2 hours, Prof. Seymour, 4; Greek Testament, 1 hour, Prof. Seymour, 14; Lysias and Demosthenes, 2 hours, Prof. Tarbell, 11 ; Sanskrit, 4 hours, Prof. Whitney, 1. — Practical Astronomy, 4 hours, Prof. Loomis, 1; Geology, 2 hours, Prof. J. D. Dana, 11; Mineralogy and Crystallography, 2 hours, Prof. E. S. Dana, 7 ; Physics, 2 hours, Prof. A. W. Wright, 20; Pteridology and Bryology, 2 hours, Prof. Eaton, 6. — Differential and Integral Calculus (short), 3 hours, Prof. Newton, 3; ditto (long), 3 hours, Prof. Newton, 3; Integral Calcu- lus and Mechanics, 3 hours, Prof. Newton, 3 ; Vector Analysis, 2 hours, Prof. Gibbs, 3 ; Geodesy, 2 hours, Prof. Beebe, 1 ; Theoretical Astronomy, 1 hour, Prof. Beebe, 1 ; Descriptive Geometry, 2 hours, Prof. Phillips, 4. Winter term : Moral Science and Butler's Analogy, 2 hours, lec- tures, 1 hour, Pres. Porter, 141. — Theory of Philosophy, 3 hours, Pres. Porter, 15 ; Physiological Psychology, 2 hours, Prof. Ladd, 21 ; Hist. Philosophy, 2 hours, Prof. Ladd, 26. — Political Economy, 2 hours, Prof. Sumner, 109; Political Economy Problems, 2 hours, Prof. Sumner, 41 ; Municipal Law, 2 hours, Prof. Terry, 77 ; Inter- national Law, 1 hour, Prof. Terry, 51. — History of the United States, 2 hours, Prof. Dexter, 5 ; History of New England, 2 hours, Prof. Richards, 7 ; Early English Constitutional History, 2 hours, Prof. Wheeler, 39 ; Constitutional History of England, 3 hours, Prof. Wheeler, 41. — German, 3 hours, Prof. Ripley, 62 ; German, 2 hours, Prof. Ripley,n; German, 1 hour, Prof. Ripley, 2; German, 3 hours, Mr. Nichols, 3; French, 3 hours, Prof. Knapp, 5 ; (a) French, 3 hours, Prof. Bendelari, 7; (b) French, 3 hours, Prof. Bendelari, 19 (a) Spanish, 3 hours, Prof. Knapp, 1 ; \J?) Spanish, 3 hours, Prof, Class Book. 55 Knapp, 7 ; Italian, 3 hours, Prof. Bendelari, 3 ; English, 3 hours, Prof. Beers, 76. — Latin Composition, 2 hours, Prof. Peck, 2 ; Cicero and Tacitus, 2 hours, Prof. Peck, 4 ; Terence and Martial, 2 hours, Prof. Peck, 13 ; Early Latin. 2 hours, Prof. Peck, 5 ; Euripides, 2 hours, Profs. Seymour and Tarbell, 9 ; Plato, 2 hours, ditto, 5 ; Soc- rates, 2 hours, ditto, 3 ; Aristotle's Politics, 1 hour, Prof. Tarbell, 3 ; Modern Greek, 2 hours, Mr. Bridgman, 1 ; Sanskrit, 4 hours, Prof. Whitney, 1 ; Linguistics, 1 hour, Prof. Whitney, 15 ; Hebrew, 2 hours, Prof. Day, 2. — Meteorology, 2 hours, Prof. Loomis, 22 ; Geology and Petrography, 2 hours, Profs. J. D. and E. S. Dana, 5 ; Mineral- ogy and Crystallography, 2 hours, Prof. E. S. Dana, 6 ; Physics, 2 hours, Prof. A. W. Wright, 17; Chemistry, 4 hours, Dr. Smith, 13. — Differential Calculus, 3 hours, Prof. Newton, 4; Integral Calculus and Mechanics, 3 hours, Prof. Newton, 3; Higher Trigonometry, 1 hour, Prof. Richards, 5 ; Theoretical Astronomy, 2 hours, Prof. Beebe, 1 ; ditto (advanced), 1 hour, 2 ; Advanced Map Projection, 1 hour, Prof. Phillips, 2 ; Algebra and Curve Tracing, 2 hours, Prof. Phillips, 3. Comparative Table of Optional Courses, Hours and Students. JUNIOR YEAR. History, Modern Languages, Classics, _. Natural and Physical Sciences, Mathematics, SENIOR YEAR. First Term. Mental and Moral Science, Political Science, History, Modern Languages, Classics and Linguistics, Natural and Physical Sciences Mathematics, 18 2 20 18 4 6 4S 6 5 10 33 22 12 16 94 bo < 64 27 6l IO 15 71 139 151 2IO 62 35 17 128 88 131 40 46 *3. 4 142 329 492 616 122 92 4i Second Term. 2.9 48 113 15 6 52 6 7 9 30 24 12 15 o cl. - 104 270 49 34 13 bc° 186 8l6 IOI 70 44 '8-45 62 124 173 510 92 224 196 57o 118 152 38 2.3 * Average No. hours per man. 5<5 Yale '86 THE OPTIONAL SYSTEM. Too much cannot be said in praise of the optional system. It is "Utopia almost realized." Nine-tenths of the class are specific in stating their conviction that less option in the choice of studies would be illiberal, and that the extension of the system over the first two years would be questionable policy. Introduced in our Junior year, the comparative tables of our studies shows its growth since that time. One of the desirable changes which has not yet followed its introduction, except so far as the new Special Honors shall even- tually supplant it, is a change in the marking system for the last two years. There is evidently much room for growth and perfec- tion still, and the bunching of recitations is one of the necessary evils. A larger faculty, too, it is thought, could administer the system with a proportionately greater success. As one puts the social view of it — and Yale men are wont to estimate highly their social life : under the optional system, " the first two years we are kept together; the last two we have opportunities for giving atten- tion to individual specialties." But that very advantage lays the system bare to the strongest Yale charge that has yet been brought against it: " It destroys class feeling and class unity." For this, however, the common recreation hour is a pretty successful anti dote, and -will, no doubt, be more successful next year in maintain- ing that good fellowship of which Yale is justly proud. RANK AND DEPORTMENT. While the class was divided according to stand — after the first six weeks of Freshman year, up to the spring term of Junior year — the following were always in the first division: W. A. Adams, N. I. Adams, Ailing, H. Ames, Bates, Beadle, Bidwell, Bishop, Brown, Capron, Clarke, Corkery, Connor, Crapo, Crehore, Davis, Dickey, Dutcher, Eliot, A. Fellows, G. Fellows, Goebel, Goodrich, Hunt, Jaggard, G. Kingsley, W. Kingsley, Knapp, D. Lambert, Lewis, McElroy, C. Moore, D. Moore, F. G. Moore, F. \V. Moore, Nason, Painter, Parks, A. Phelps, Pierson, Schwab, Scott, Sewall, Class Book. 5 7 Shipman, G. C. Smith, Stearns, Stebbins, Stiles, Washington, Waterman, Whitmore, Woollen. Adler, P. Ames, Anthony, E. Brandegee, Cornwell, Edgar, Hungerford, Mosle, Peters, Robbins, F. R. Smith and F. Winston have been in the first with the exception of one or two terms. Thirty have been in the first, more or less. C. F. Adams and E. C. Smith have been constantly in the second division, and Allen, Bailey, Graves and Jeffras have generally been there. Four have been constantly in the last division. Eighty-one of the class have never received a condition in col- lege. Sprague has received 19, and several, " too many to enume- rate." So far as classified, conditions were given : in Greek — by Prof. Tarbell, 15 ; Prof. Seymour, 12 ; Mr. Cooper, 14 ; in Latin — by Prof. Wright, 5 ; by Mr. Tighe, 1 ; by Mr. Cooper, 1 ; Trigonom- etry — by Prof. Richards, 8 ; in Mathematics — by Prof. Richards, 6 ; Prof. Beebe, 3 ; Astronomy — Prof. Newton, 7 ; Mechanics and Physics — by Prof. E. S. Dana, 10; Chemistry — by Prof. Wright, 1 ; in Logic — by Prof. Tarbell, 14 ; Roman History — Mr. Tighe, 2 ; Mediaeval History — Prof. Bendelari, 2 ; American History — Prof. Dexter, 1 ; English — Mr. Whitney, 1 ; Mr. McLaughlin, 4 ; Prof. Beers, 2 ; Italian, 1, French, 2, Prof. Bendelari ; German, 14, Prof. Ripley ; and 1 " in base ball and boating given by Plato and Soc- rates." Reconditions have been 4 in Logic, 8 in Greek, 4 in Trig- onometry, 3 in German, 2 in Mediaeval History, and 1 each in Geometry, Astronomy and Roman History. Five men have been suspended nine times for marks (4), for un- passed conditions, and for (alleged) exploding fire-crackers on the campus. Four men have been dropped from higher classes into '86 for low stand. One experienced a previous dropping for haz- ing. Two were dropped at the Christmas examination in Sopho- more year, but were reinstated at the June annuals. The studies arranged in the order of the number of persons to whom they have given most pleasure, beginning with the highest number, are : Political Economy (including the Problems course), 48 ; English Literature, 16 ; the several History courses, 13 ; Physics and Electricity, 12 ; Ethics, 4 ; French, 4 ; Geology, 4 ; German, 4 ; Greek, 4 ; Logic, 4 ; Mathematics, 4 ; Latin, 2 ; Classics, 2 ; Astron- omy, Botany, Descriptive Geometry, Meteorology, Mineralogy, Modern Languages, Philosophy, Physiological Psychology, Psy- chology and Zoology, 1 each. The studies which have been hardest or least pleasant, similarly j8 Yale '86 arranged, are : German and Psychology, 17 each ; Astronomy and the several courses in Greek, 15 each ; mathematics as a science, 12 ; and Algebra, Analytical Geometry, Map Projection, Geometry and Trigonometry, 11 more ; Chemistry, 10 ; the Latin courses, 4 ; Eng- lish Literature, 4 ; Ethics, History of Philosophy, Mechanics and Mediaeval History, 3 each ; Botany, Logic, Linguistics, Law, and Club Swinging, 1 each. The arrangement of the years of the course in the order of the degree of their difficulty suggests a problem in permutations and combinations. Forty-two found Freshman year most difficult, and each one in order of seniority less difficult than its predecessor. Forty-one arrange them thus : Sophomore, Freshman, Junior, Sen- ior. All the other possible combinations of the four years are made by three men each on the average. We offer it as a Senior Mathe- matical Prize problem to calculate how many answered this ques- tion. For favorite professor, the vote stands : President Porter, 48 ; Prof. Sumner, 26 ; Prof. E. S. Dana, 17 ; Prof. A. M. Wheeler, 10 ; Profs. Peck and Phillips, 4 ; Profs. Beers, Knapp, Richards and Tarbell, 3 ; Profs. H. P. Wright and Ripley, 2 ; Profs. J. D. Dana, Eaton and Bendelari, 1. The vote for favorite tutor is : Mr. Tighe, 96 ; Mr. Reynolds, 16 ; Mr. Amundson and Mr. Whitney, 2. It has been easiest to recite to President Porter for 92 ; to Prof. E. S. Dana for 6 ; to Profs. Beers and A. W. Wright, 5 ; Prof. Bendelari, 4 ; Prof. Eaton, 3 ; Prof. Knapp, 3 ; Prof. Richards, 3 ; to Mr. Amundson, Prof. Beebe, Prof. Ladd, Mr. McLaughlin, Profs. Phil- lips, J. K. Thacher, H. P. Wright, and Mr. Whitney, 1 each. It has been hardest to recite to Prof. Richards for 47 ; to Prof. Wheeler, for 30 ; to Prof. Tarbell for 18 ; Prof. Beebe, 7 ; Prof. E. S. Dana, 5 ; Prof. Newton and Prof. Ripley, 4 ; Mr. Cooper, 3 ; Profs. Ladd, Loomis, Seymour, Sumner, and Mr. Reynolds and Mr. Tighe, 1 each. Eighty-six of the class have had letters sent home for marks, and 27 for low stand and conditions. Sprague has had 8^ sent home ; Ryce, as many as their are occasions provided in the regu- lations ; Day and Bixby are reported for marks " every term with perfect regularity." Eight have been summoned before the faculty and received sentence of 20 marks, suspension and dropping. Fifteen men have received warning from time to time for marks, and 45 have been warned more or less v for low stand ; some only once, one man 8 times, and two " regularly every term since enter- ing." Class Book. $g " Equo ne credite" quoth Vergil, and nine '86 men never used a "horse." The story about yoking the horse and ass together, told to us, innocent Freshmen, by Prof. Seymour, troubled one man so that he used a trot but seldom. Five others used a " trot " " two or three hours in all," and " on reviews ;" and 34 irregularly as " safe- guard against flunks," "as far as common sense would let me," " never rode bareback," and one confesses even "beyond proper limits." Buck used a "horse" in Latin a little, but never in Greek. Sixty-three have " trotted all the way," " because it is easier to ride than to walk, and you 'get there all the same,'" "could not get along without it," "to save time," "for expediency," "language is my bane," " my tutor justified me," and " on account of marking system." One man is so confident as to assert, " if rightly used, the easiest and most beneficial way of getting out a lesson." More- over, there is good precedent to support the use of the "trot." E. Brandegee has a translation of Demosthenes which he discov- ered among the college books of his father, who graduated in '32. At about that period a change was made in the recitation of the classics, which up to that time had usually consisted of merely translating the text. The instructors began to question the stu- dents on points of syntax and grammar, because of their growing reliance on the translated texts. As to the morality of cribbing, 52 believe it morally wrong and have practiced what they believe. Fifteen both excuse cribbing and have practiced it "regularly;" and 20 indulge " to a limited extent," " not as a practice," and " in ethics." One man asserts, " I think it right to get the better of the faculty in any way possible." " Cribbing is excusable if it is necessary in order to graduate ;" " ethically wrong, practically expedient under the marking sys- tem." " It is wrong only in men who are trying for honors and prizes in cases where it would injure innocent parties." " If the faculty applies the ' spy system ' — tacitly taking for granted that a man will crib if he can get a chance — I don't consider that, as far as one's relations to the faculty are concerned, one does wrong in cribbing. I do not think it right to crib, but under the spy system I consider the wrong done is done to one's self, not to the faculty. I believe that examinations should be conducted on the honor of the men examined." "Think it is just as wrong to deceive the faculty as to deceive anyone else ; cribbing is one of those cases which Prex. speaks of as ' being permitted by the particular code of honor of a certain community, though morally wrong.' ' 6o Yale '86 The present marking system, 6 think "admirable;" 20, " good enough;" "an incentive to thorough scholarship, and though it may often discourage special or original investigation, it produces a higher average scholarship than any other system would ;" while another asserts that it directly antagonizes good scholarship ; 10 call it a* relic of barbarism, and a poor means to an end ; 17, useless, should be abolished ; in a word, " the marking system depends, as far as recitation goes, upon the personal character of the instruc- tors, their disposition, judgment and general ailment they are subject to ; none the less mischievous because unintentional or uncontrollable. As for marking attendance and deportment, more justice can prevail. Instructors in colleges are chosen more often for what they know than for what they can teach or feel." Twenty- five consider it a necessary evil, until the millennium comes and fellows will study without any incentive except what is within. Several suggest that examinations only should be marked ; and another predicts that " while retained substantially as at present for the first two years of the course, during the last two, under the optional system, it will be replaced " by the special honor system, perhaps. RELIGION AND MORALITY. Sixty-eight, or 48.5 per cent, of the class, are church members, and 38.57 per cent, in addition specify their denominational prefer- ences. The following cut (No. 3) will illustrate their distribution among various denominations. The black space indicates the per- centage of communicants, and the shaded the number preferring the respective denominations. The whole cut approximately repre- sents the class. Ten have attended Trinity regularly, and 6, other Episcopal churches. Twelve attend churches of four other denominations, and the rest " have always received their Sunday droppings from the eaves of the sanctuary at Battell chapel." Dickey has been absent from only four or five prayer meetings during the four years ; 21 have attended regularly ; 23 irregularly ; 4 attended during Freshman year ; 7 only a few times ; and about 25 have attended less than five times. About 60 have never been at all. . Class Book. 61 No. 3. Ten have taught Sunday-school in the Bethany Mission, and an equal number have taught in the Broadway Mission and other schools. A number of the class have at times supported entry meetings. Four have united with the church during their course. A. Phelps has preached on four or five occasions. P. K. Ames is superintendent of Sunday-school at the Church of the Messiah, and on the prudential committee of said church. The vote on the question of compulsory chapel is too decided to need comment ; of 128 votes, 98 favor compulsory chapel and 30 condemn it. It may be gathered from the comments made to some of the answers that by many, the compulsory chapel is re- garded favorably, not as a religious service, but as a social and educational institution. Three think more chapel " cuts " should be allowed. The statistics upon the subjects treated in the pages following (61 to 66) are incomplete, and in many respects unsatisfactory. So much as could be gathered from the answers has been faith- fully given. There are 54 who claim not to be addicted to swear- ing ; 54 who do not bet ; 74 who do not gamble ; 45 who do not smoke; and 41 who do not drink, though the majority of those 62 Yale '86 who do would explain that they "drink only beer, and generally very little of that." License is favored by 50, no license by 29, and high license by 16. One believes only in " license to preach and dog license." AMUSEMENTS. There is no end to the variety of card games the members of the class can play. Morgan refers to Hoyle, H. Ames is limited to " 900 " games, E. Phelps to " 800 odd," and D. Moore to " 200." Bremner played whist one night from 9 p. m. to 6 a. m., and Scott played 700 games of whist in one week, winning two-thirds of them. Sixty-nine play whist and 45 call it their favorite, and 24 mention poker. Chess is played by 21, and checkers by 4. To go through the list down to " clap in — clap out" would be tiresome. None have serious objections to the games mentioned, but several think them a waste of time that might generally be better employed. Scott is the most inveterate theatre-goer in the class, averaging four times a week, though 12 others often go two or three times in a week; n go frequently; 8 once a week; 25 occasionally; 21 when there is a good show and a healthy pocket-book ; and the rest average only one or two theatres a month. The editors go " as often as their turn comes round for tickets;" and the News chairman objects to theatres on the ground that "it diverts the editors from their work." Of other objections held against the theatre, some are as " flippant " as the variety shows themselves ; but only one or two refrain from patronizing the theatre or attack it as boldly as these : " Balance of influence of the theatre, taken as a whole, is rather degrading than elevating ; dangerous place for weak imaginations." " I believe that the moral influence of a large majority of the plays and of the theatre throughout the country is decidedly pernicious. Besides, I do not wish to help in the support of an institution which, with few exceptions, employs men and women of immoral character, and which seems to exert a contaminating influence on most persons, however pure at first, who go on the stage." Booth is the favorite actor, getting 36 votes. Irving has 20 admirers ; Salvini, 10 ; Jefferson, 7 ; Barrett, 5 ; and a host other tragic, comic and variety actors have a few votes each ; among these should be singled out for special mention : Joe Vernon, Dickey Class Book. 6j " the bon-ton society girl," Chart. Lewis, " Miss Tommy Day," and " M'me. H. S. Ames as Rosalind." Among the well-known actresses, the choice of favorites is quite as various. Mary Anderson is the preference of 39 ; Modjeska of 9 ; Ellen Terry of 7 ; Margaret Mather, 5 ; Ristori, Ulmar, Ada Rehan and others are the choice of 3 or less. The objections to dancing are tersely stated : " It is a waste of (1) health, (2) time, (3) money, and (4) religion." " I think that the influence of round dancing is opposed to the highest delicacy and refinement." But the constituency holding these strict opinions, honest and conscientious though they be, is small. Twelve give no answer to the question ; 29 do not dance, but a number of them wish they did, or at least have no objections to the amusement. Morgan objects only because " I can't learn the confounded sci- ence." One hundred do dance, of whom 85 prefer the waltz ; and here are some of their reasons : " Ah, there ! as all the world goes the waltz ; it exhibits the best combination of the poetry of time and motion." "It embodies bright conceits in meter." "It takes more of an 'artiste' to dance it, and it gives more pleasure to the number of foot pounds of work expended." " Because your part- ner can't talk." " Because of the pleasant sensation while twirling around." " Because of the thrill of pleasure that darts through my whole frame." "Because I am pure-minded." " It embraces more good points than any other." And for " mis(s)cellaneous reasons." Twenty of the class learned at New Haven ; as one says, at the "Temple of Music, under the careful and experienced direc- tion of Professor A. M. Loomis." Outside of the Glee Clubs, which are spoken of elsewhere, the class makes little pretension in singing. Hymns in the class prayer-meetings are managed very well, but the introduction of hymn books into the chapel service did not brace up the singing of the class much. Only the Freshmen sing hymns by note. But in crowds at the fence, over the flowing bowl, and in small parties anywhere, there are few who cannot come within half an octave of the proper note, and everybody tries to. But when they attempt a solo, they do it alone, " because they are soon left alone when they sing." Adler is " dead stuck " on music. Bidwell will sing either " D(e) part," "3rd bass," or "short stop." One man likes "to hear Anderson sing his alliterative rhymes to original music ;" others also quite enjoy to hear him. Austen Colgate's voice, the Bixby method, and Tom Darling singing "The Shepherd's complaint," 64 Yale '86 also have admirers. Operatic, sentimental, and male quartette singing are most popular, and from that the variety runs down to " the steam heater when it's mad," and "my own," which 2 prefer. Instrumental music can be produced, so it is claimed, on the piano by 20 ; on the organ by 4 or more ; on the banjo by 16 ; violin, 7 ; guitar, 11 ; jewsharp, 11 ; flute, 4 ; drum, 5 ; and on the gozoo, xylophone, foghorn, calliope, whistle (three chords), har- monica, cornet, tambourine, clappers, bass drum, bass fiddle, and hand-organ. Hyde professes the greatest accomplishment, being competent to discourse harmony from the piano, flute, drum, fife, occarina, guitar and banjo. Piano music is most popular with the class (39 votes), and Dan Moore is the most popular pianist. Violin (18), banjo (13), organ (9), 'cello (4), and a dozen other varieties, find admirers. " Ryce on the banjo and chum's Mikado on the bass viol " have a reputation more than local. " Why, Mr. , how could you ! Of course I don't paint ! You horrid thing ! Do not draw (except draw poker) nor sketch !" However, Brown, Davis, Mathews, Painter and Redfield paint, draw and sketch, and a few others have some degree of accom- plishment in one or another of these arts. Other essays in this line are thus described : " I never paint, but my room-mate some- times paints the town." "Sketch 'the embodiment of bright con- ceits in meter' (?) when four columns short" (Bidwell). "Draw skeletons of frogs, muscles, arteries, etc." " Yes, sketch an outline of my college life to my sister betimes, but I never fill it in." SPORTS AND RECREATIONS. Tennis is the most popular out-of-door sport. So great is its popularity that batting tennis balls over the benches in front of Durfee and against the tower of Old Chapel has interfered with marbles, tops, and "nigger baby." Sixty-six play tennis and like it because it gives "the best exercise ;" "for its indescribable fas- cinations," "because girls can play it," "because it combines the benefits of all other sports and has not the objections of any." Foot ball, " the Yale game " — " so manly and exciting, necessitat- ing long and cool heads, as well as physical capabilities," is played by 39 men from whom it receives high praise. " Without doubt foot ball is the finest game in the world. Moreover, from the Class Book. 63 nature of the game, it can reach its perfection only in American colleges. Long may it uphold its supremacy !" Thirty-four play baseball ; 26 row ; 12 enjoy track athletics ; 5 play lacrosse ; and boxing, wrestling, and fencing, have a few devotees. Travel through the States has been pretty generally limited to trips to and from college, and little of interest can be said on the subject. Thus the States along the main lines of railroad between Connecticut and the Mississippi have been traveled most, the Southern States least. Shelden, Nichols and Hyde have traveled in all. Parks has not been out of Connecticut. The New England States have been visited most for pleasure and sight-seeing; then Washington, D. C, and the Western States. Thirty-one have been abroad, and nearly all of them have trav- eled thoroughly through the British Islands and the continent. C. T. Mathews was abroad in 1863, '68, '69, '70, '72, '73 and '84. H. Ames in '76, '79, '8^ and '85. Allen, H. Ames, Anderson, Brown, A. Col- gate, Darling, Edgar, Hickox, Mathews, Morgan, Mosle, Nason, Waterman, F. Winston and D. Winston have been abroad since entering in June, '82. Thirteen have been in the British Provinces. Robbins and Bishop spent several weeks in New Brunswick, after birds' eggs, etc., in the summer of '85, and have since described their experiences and successes before the Natural History Society, of which they are active and efficient members. Brooks and Nich- ols have traveled in Mexico, and Peet in China and Japan. These customs of visiting Freshmen and rushing have suffered sadly in reputation. The Freshman supposes that he must endure the former and believes that unless he enters into the latter he will never quite be a genuine Yale man. At least the Juniors tell him he must of all things support his class, and he would not doubt that all this was so, were it not that some people think the customs are "brutal," " tyrannous," and "not to be endured," and that the sensational reporter has accordingly so described them. Eighty- six " ought to know ;" for she has been visited, and in turn visited and rushed well. Eighty-one " received ;" five spent $5, each in entertainment, a few lost bangers and scanned prose. Dickey and E. L. Smith made acquaintances which were pleasantly continued. Scott was called upon by 20 men at one time. Sixty-three made calls in Sophomore year. Eighty-six favor the custom, as one says, "if the Freshmen do not have to pay for anything," because " it makes the Freshmen less conceited, and promotes class feeling." Only 31 oppose the custom. 9 66 Yale '86 Likewise of the rushes. Thirty-seven have participated in all they could get into, except that they were " not with Moses in the bulrushes," and 64 have been in a part of the class rushes. Losses and gains were too numerous to mention and none very valuable. During '87*s initial rush on the Grammar School lot, Paul Ames made some practical fun, on his own account, by appearing in the crowd dressed in a blue coat and brass buttons, and apprehend- ing a number of the Freshmen as well as some of his own class. He retired from the field of glory a turn-coat, lest he might be apprehended for masquerading in a policeman's uniform. " Pro- vided they are not carried to excess " — a very general limitation — rushes are looked upon by '86 as " indicating how much sand the Freshmen have, stimulating a healthy class feeling, calculated to bind the class together and likely to do little harm to anybody." But 14 dissent because it is " puerile " and " bad for the college ;" and Beardsley's non-participation will be immortalized by a joke : " Have always endeavored to be eccentric in this matter — that is, I was concentric on none of the various occasions when '&6 figured as rushers." Eighteen have been arrested. Bon-fires, trespass, disturbing peace, assaulting police, stealing signs, "singing badly," and "carrying an unlicensed breath" were the offences, and the costs and fines were $125. E. Phelps and Appleton hired a truckman to bring up some boxes for a bonfire one night during Freshman year, but the load Was intercepted by a cop who took them for Medics on a body- snatching raid. They were released on a promise not to go a- snatching that night. The next night they had their bon-fire. H. Ames, Brinton and N. I. Adams posed as heroes one after- noon in the Fall of Sophomore year. The class races were to be rowed on the harbor and several hundred students gathered in the vicinity of Belle Dock to see the finish. The best position for seeing the race was the roof of the freight house, which was soon occupied by a hundred or more. Upon this party, the police made a raid and captured six or seven ; of whom Ames, Brinton and Adams were three. An exasperating ride to police headquarters and a nominal fine were the only casualties, and they were back on the dock in time to see the '86 crew defeat the Juniors. One man is still ambitious to become eligible to membership in the criminal club and asserts that " no man ought to go through col- lege without being jugged once" by the New Haven police; and Class Book. 6y as for this other fellow, Bidwell, it was a case of ill-judged clem- ency that he was not sentenced to the reform school for wicked boys : " Have been arrested (in the act of getting off a gag) for humanitarian principles. A fine, result." AS NEWSPAPER READERS AND WRITERS. The circulation of the college papers has been as follows : Freshman year — Lit., 90 ; Courant, 97 ; Record, 81 ; News, 81. Soph- omore year — Lit., 91 ; Courant, 99 ; Record, 79 ; News, 92. Junior year — Lit., 96 ; Courant, 100 ; Record, 82 ; News, 98. Senior year— - Lit., 103 ; Courant, 98 ; Record, 87 ; News, 98. Thirty-six have taken all the papers every year. Seventy-one prefer the Courant to the Record, and 20 on the contrary value the Record most. Ten have kept files of them all ; 31 have files of the Lit. pre- served ; 22 have files of the Courant ; 23, of the News j and 14, of the Record. Fifty-two have contributed to one or more of the college papers. Thirty-three have written for publication in the News ; 17, for the Lit.; 16, for the Courant ; and 15, for the Record. Twenty-two have written poetry for publication : 6 having had articles in the Courant ; 10, in the Lit.; and 8 in the Record. Wash- ington contributed to " St. Nicholas ten years ago ;" Goodyear to the H. G. Critic; Vernon, to a Brooklyn paper; Woollen, to an Indianapolis paper ; A. Phelps, to the Christian Secretary (Hartford, Conn.) ; Wing, to Life, the Springfield Republican, and Detroit Free Press ; S. Phelps and Waterman, to the New York and other papers ; and Beardsley, to Life. Twenty-nine others have contributed to secular papers. P. Ames has written for the New Haven papers some, and for the Harvard Crimson; Appleton, for the N. Y. Times a year ; S. Phelps reported for the Tribune one summer; Bidwell, for no less than seven Hartford, New Haven and other papers; Bristol, for the Register, three months ; Cooley had an article in the North Amer- ican Review ; Dougherty for the Register, and Eliot also slightly ; F. W. Moore also for the Register and for the Palladium during Senior year. Nason obtained considerable reputation for several articles published before entering college, but modesty has pre- vented his continuing them. Nichols at* one time printed a boys' 68 Yale '86 paper, and has corresponded for the city papers at times. Peet and E. L. Smith correspond for the Boston papers. Peters re- ported college news for the Register a while, and Ryce for the Morning News during Senior year. Strauss did regular reporting for the Journal and Courier for a while in the winter of '86. The vote of the class for the most popular New York daily, New Haven daily, the most popular weekly and monthly, is as follows: New York daily — Times, 71 votes; Tribune, 26; Herald, 15 ; Post, 10 ; World, 10 ; Sun, 1. New Haven daily — Register, 83 ; Palladium, 17 ; Courier, 14; News, 8. Weekly — Harper's, 41 ; Life, 20 ; Nation, 15 ; Scientific American, 4 ; /W£and Independent, 3 each ; Fliegende Blatter, 2 ; Sporting Weekly, L. A. W. Bulletin, Frank Leslie's, LitteWs Living Age and Youth's Companion, 1 each. Monthly — Cen- tury, 75 ; Harper s, 24 ; Atlantic and Popular Science Monthly, 1 each. NICKNAMES. What with individual peculiarities and the " idiocy of our friends," we have obtained the usual number of nicknames. N. I. Adams — N. I. W. A. Adams — Wa-wa. Allen — Zach. Alling — Jack, Johnny. H. Ames — Pa, papa, father, Hero. P. Ames — Paul- lus, Paully, P. K., Pi-que, O. K., Alder Bursch (German), Old Man, Pet, Prexy. Anderson — Andy. Anthony — Commodore, Mark, Tony, Old Salt, Shorty, Benthony, Bitchy (B. H. A.). Appleton — Bob, Shorty. Arkell — Rhena, Cassey, Little One. Bacon — Ed, Ned, Sawyer, Ted. Bates — Batesy, Bats, B., Lansing. Beadle — Bickham, Bede, Gov. Beardsley — Port, P. B. Bidwell — Impe- rials, Swipesy (owing to an incomprehensible impression held by a few cranks), D. D. and Denial. Bixby has sometimes been called " Nibsey, old boy," and " m'deah fellow," by chum, subscription men, and the circle of his most intimate friends, but he has no idea why they should be so irreverent. Bremner — Sam, Brenxner. Brinton — Brint, Sharsey. Bristol — Buster. Brooks — Lengthy, Shorty, Spinetta, Spinola. Brown — Weely, Goat. Capron — Cape. Carter — Tom, "Tom" Carter. Catherwood — Billy. Church- ill — Judge, Bill and Billy, Otsego, Bullet. Codding — Cod, Pete. A. Colgate — Sting, Mucklet, Au, Mud. S. Colgate — Kid. Cork- ery — Jack, Cork. Cowles — Cowlesy, Pavey, Alf, Al, Fred. Cre- hore — Crohow, Crower, Bilins. Crapo — Stan, Pot. Darling — ! Class Book. 69 Tom, Tommy, T. Thos. Davis — Brawny Cop. Day — Fol-de-rol (from the song fol-de-rol-lol-a-day), Tommy Day. Eliot — Ellie. A. Fellows — A. Bid, Link, Kid. G. Fellows — G. Gotis. Francke — Dick, Club-foot. Goodlett — Nick. Goodrich — Deak, C. D. = Chief devil in Hades. Grant — Agamemnon. Graves — Pee-wee. Griffith — Josh, Jack. Griggs — Jerry. Hord — "Tommy." Hun- gerford — Hungy, old boy, Hungry. Hunt — Professor, "Chump." Hyde — Fatty, Bottle-ass. G. L. Kingsley — King, Lengthy, Little one, Shorty, Lyon. Knapp — TJioi. Knight — Governor. D. Lam- bert — Lampertie. E. Lambert — E., Elio, La. Leavitt — Dud, Dude. Lewis — Charlt, Chart, Carl, Tony, Louis, Philippe, Chippy. McElroy— " Mac." C. T. Mathews— Duke, Mascotte. C. H. Mat- thews — " Bob." C. A. Moore — Grandpa, Lengthy, Natural Selec- tion. D. A. Moore — Denial, Pouch, Danae, " Apajune" the water sprite (the latter from a ducking he got in Lake Whitney ; " De- nial," from the story of " Denial " and the Lions, as told by Joe Vernon). F. W. Moore — Dude, Mc5po£. Morgan — Morgue, John, Johnny. Morley — " Bob," Mystery. Mosle — Mole, Tuffy. Odell — Ode, C. F., Prince, Samson. Peet— Deacon. Peters — Pete, Dick, Peter, Pe-ty, Pedro, Don Pedro, Richard. E. Phelps — Trotty, Pheeps, Gripes. S. Phelps — Phipps, Ted. Redfield — Rob, Bob, Reddy, Birdy. Richardson — Alphonzo, Puss Arlie Digutt, Puss, Rich. Roache — Jack, Rubellio, Ruby. Robbins — Bobby, Robbie, Robe, Gormandizer, Billy. Schwab — Phormio (derived from the Latin play "Phormio or the scheming parasite," which we read with Tiggee in Sophomore year ; because the phre- nologist told him he was a schemer), Jake, Squab, Jay-Eye-See, John, Rats, Professor, Dutchman. Scott — Georgy, Georgie, Scotty, Great Scott ! ! ! Sewall — Bricktop, Sewie, Suky, Prexy. Ship- man — Ship, Shippy, Rat, Jedge. E. C. Smith — Smitty, Smut, Billy bow-legs. Sprague — Tim, Jo-Jo. Stewart — Governor, Phil, Philip Battell Chapel. Stiles — Stilus. Strauss — Billy, Horns. Truslow — Freddie, Trus. Tyler — Rusher (R-Usher), Roll, Tyl. Vernon — Seraph, Jo-Jo. Washington — George, G. W., Jack, Halibut. Waterman — Moke. Wing — Ala, Herr Fliigel, Sot, Bloated Sot, Yam-eater, White Wings, Wingus. D. Winston — Dude, Violets, Dudelet, Dudine, Pavey, Doctor, Jakey, Fierstein, Einsten. F. Winston — Lengthy, Shorty, Runt, Freddie. Woollen — Wooley, Wool. 70 Yale '86 PERSONAL APPEARANCE. The vote of the class for handsomest man was scattered over sixteen candidates. Stewart has 42 votes ; Cowles, 35 ; Appleton, 12 ; Goodrich, 8 ; J. C. Adams, Day, and D. Winston, 4 each ; Goodyear, 3 ; Morley, 2 ; and the rest of the candidates had one (their own ?) vote. Dan. Bidwell leads in the vote for the homeliest man, having 48. Beadle and F. R. Smith contest with the statistician (who also had four votes for handsomest man) for second place, each having 9 votes ; Hungerford, Parks and D. Lambert have 7, 6 and 5 votes respectively ; and Ailing, W. Adams, Hord and Jeffras have 2 each. There is such a diversity in the descriptions of our individual personal appearance, and the descriptions are couched in such " pretty " phrases withal, that the class must be adjudged vain of its good looks, unless, as we suspect, 140 of us know the ideals of 140 respective " best girls," and have wished ourselves into the actual belief that we really do look " so." Therefore 6 have eyes " piercing black." Thirty-eight pairs of eyes are blue; 27 are "gray" or "grey ;" ^3 are brown. Five pairs that are green and 10 that are hazel, with some that are " changeable" and " bewitch- ing," complete the list. Seventy-one wear moustaches; a dozen very flourishing, the others more or less invisible. Sixteen wear side whiskers, and one a full beard. Our hair is dark brown (6), black (25), light brown (12), brown (56), dark at present, getting gray fast (Matthews), mouse color, clay top, tow color, dust color, dark and dreary, red, and beautiful ; and some have "no hair" of any color. Twenty-eight have light complexion, the same number have dark, 4 are florid, 8 are fair ; 4 are brunettes and 7 blondes. Two are sallow ; others have com- plexions that are a mixture ; red, azoic, exquisite, moldy, mottled, olive, Italian, spotted, alabaster, like an old saddle, sun-kissed, and that comes and goes in recitation-room, a more accurate indicator of our ability to recite than the etchings on the page of the profes- sor's marking-book. For styles of beauty, read: "Am not beautiful, but modest." " Sylph-like form, D. Webster brow, Apollo hair, faery feet, 18th Class Book. Jl century calves, and a good paunch." " Pouting ruby lips, dimpled cheeks, rosebud mouth, small features, including feet and hands." " I look like a beer-guzzler, but looks are deceiving." And so on ad infinitum', blondo-brunette and brunetto-blonde, Indo-European, classic, Grecian, Roman, Moorish, Gascon, quite English, Circas- sian, Antique, Romantic, Eastlake, Apollo Belvidere, T. Willie Rockingham, strawberry (both crushed and uncrushed) blonde, angular and flat, indescribable, becoming, ravishing, excellent, the kind the class will vote for, custard pie, budding moustache, "peachblow." INSTROSPECTIVE. "These psychological questions always puzzled me." — Morgan. The greater part of the class are content to be what they are, making what improvements they can on the original. A few have definite ideals of happiness, comfort, good fortune, and ambition attained. Some such are : Pres. Porter or Prof. Ladd, "Balls," W. M. Evarts, C. M. Depew, T. F. Bayard, "G. Washing- ton or any other angel," an alumnus, C. M. Lewis, Goodrich (5), Prince of Wales, Venus von Milo, Vanderbilt, the valedictorian, my father ; " the man with the greatest head, the most money and most power on the earth ;" " Phil. Stewart, Mary Anderson, Al. Cowles, Bismark, Gladstone, Queen Victoria, Cleveland, Phillips Brooks;" " Shakespere, or that brilliant commentator, Tutor Mc- Laughlin;" " Hotchkiss, the Atlas of the campus;" "somebody who never had to get ads. or answer statistic questions ;" " ' Billy ' Sumner, because then I could give the Cobden Club medal to whom I liked ;" " Tiggee Tighe, I know I should feel well, sure ;" "D. Winston (3), he is so self-satisfied." Asked to state their most prominent characteristic, 15 reply "laziness," 5 say "nose," and 3 " mulishness." Other replies, char- acteristic of the men who make them, are "melancholy," "amount of work I am capable of," " modesty," " fondness for ladies' soci- ety," " combativeness," " methodicalism," "slowness," "amourous- ness," "extravagance or admiration of the nude in art." Two think the class as a whole " wanting in good fellowship ;" one thinks it " lacks dignity ;" and three find it " cliquey to the last degree." On the contrary, others find highly commendable characteristics to be most prominent. " Its general moral tone and 72 Yale '86 the harmony existing between all sets of men, causing the class to pull together much better than any other I know of." " '86 shows a peculiar unity and freedom from cliques." " Its united condition and its high moral tone with respect to the ordinary forms of dis- sipation." " Due appreciation of the advantages of a college edu- cation." "Morality" (7), " beauty " (3), "brains" (4), "good fel- lowship" (10), "superiority over others" (3), "literary ability." " General contempt of ' digs ' and men who recite mechanically." "Noise," "lack of foot-ball material" (Peters), "a great society class." "The class is most remarkable for the large number of ' those few immortal names, that were not born to die,' — I mean the Smiths, of course." But this is an imputation against the Adamses and Moores. There were at one time six Smiths in the class, but they have dwindled down to four. On the contrary, the Moores have increased, and the Adamses are flourishing. Thus the class of '86 has gone through college pretty well satis- fied with the opinions others have formed of it, and with a good opinion of its own merits collectively and individually. A few pessimists there are, but their opinion of themselves would not be maintained by their classmates, and their lugubrious croakings serve by contrast to brighten the happier thoughts of others. First, the pessimists : " I am one of the most worthless creatures cumber- ing the face of this planet ; a fossil chump ; a poor stick " (Ship- man). "Lazy, footless, and lacking in push." "Vindictive, mean, and jealous." " Selfish, egotistical, impulsive, stingy, changeable, boastful, revengeful, worthless, cheeky, unsquelchable " (Odell). " In a word, I am too quick-tempered ; that lies at the foundation of all my sins." " Inclined to be over-sensitive, fairly clever, good literary sense, a dilettante, yet ambitious " (S. Phelps). " My great- est fault is supersensitiveness ; next, poor judgment and lack of application. My best point is loyalty to friends " (Bidwell). " I satisfy myself, and generally succeed in satisfying nobody else " (F. R. Smith). "I'm long and slim, tall and spare; I tried to get fat (drinking beer), but never got there " (Roache). " I'm awfully modest and awfully shy " (Brinton). " I have been told so often that I am a daisy, that I begin to believe it" (F. Winston). "Too great self-consciousness renders me so bashful as to make it diffi- cult for me to get well acquainted with persons in a short time, and, I suppose, gives them wrong opinions and conceptions of my- self ; thus making company, except to intimate friends, unpleasant to both parties. This is offset, however, by so ' hopeful ' a temper- Class Book. jj ament as to make me look on the bright side of everything, and to be disturbed by scarcely a care or trouble. A strong will, a love of the original, and a gradually decreasing distaste for female soci- ety, are other peculiarities. (For further information see the phre- nologist) " (A. Phelps). "Particularly magnetic to the fair sex " (Davis). " A very, very good boy " (Hunt). " I think I have great abilities, which are commonly not recognized, and for this reason I shall never be President of the United States " (Ailing). " I think I shall make a big success " (Schwab). " Words would be powerless to describe it ; imagination too dwarfed ; even Prof. Ladd could form no concept of it " (Christian). " Subjectively considered, I am a mighty fine fellow ; objectively considered, I sometimes chump myself" (Graves). "I confess myself to have one of those dull souls, that doth not perceive itself always to contemplate ideas — Locke" (Bristol). "However, it may not be entirely superfluous nor altogether out of place to state in this connection, that, having reflected upon myself, or rather I will state the question in another form, having turned my sentient soul inward and having cognized myself, i. e., I the identical ego, a material and psycho-physiological entity, or as some affirm a physio-psychological entity, having con- sidered myself, I repeat, both as a subject-object and as an object- object, — both as a primary-secundo and as a secundo-primary object, — a priori, a posteriori, and a fortiori, and having duly and carefully considered apropos of the subject the excellent (though in some minor points erroneous) works of Sir William Hamilton, Berkeley, Hume, Dugald Stewart, J. S. Mill, and N. Porter, on the Asitwereness of the Whatyoumightcall, I am now prepared to affirm and to maintain at length and with argument that I am a physiological, psycological, metaphysical, moral and intellectual somewhat which is permanently space-filling, and tangible, visible and audible (also getfullable), ' or rather I will state the question in another form,' as the celebrated ethicist, Noah Porter of Yale College says, and say what in its essential bearings, attributes and qualities, I said a moment ago, namely, that I am prepared to ex- claim with my friend, young Richter : 'I am I ' " (Wing). In man we admire : " first, manliness, comprising honesty, in- dependence, self-respect, modesty, and firmness of friendship ;" I manliness as made up in part by integrity, morality, unassuming manners, and an unswerving determination in whatever is under- taken ;" " ' nerve,' brains, ability to read men and keep others from reading him ;" will, strength of body and intellect, good fellow- 74 Yale '& ship, moral courage, honest convictions, affability, originality, refinement, self respect, capacity for work, Yale sand ; " genius, perseverance, and attention to the feelings of others ;" " Christian devotion ;" " loyalty and resolution ;" " vim, courage, generosity ;" ''honesty and power." In woman: " beauty without affectation, purity and intellect; like best a blonde, medium height and rather slight, graceful and stylish, with large blue eyes which can speak for themselves, and a pretty foot and pretty walk " (Sewall) ; " rounded figure, rather slight, good walk, face needn't be very handsome but must have the charm of lovableness, also that entreating look which some girls possess naturally ; I don't mean any affectation " (Shipman) ; loyalty, devotion and amiability ; " Maiden with dark brown eyes, In whose orb a shadow lies, Like the clouds in summer skies ;" noble and true dignity ; wit, constancy ; good conversational pow- ers ; a reasonable amount of intellectuality ; gentleness, sympathy, strength of intellect and body ; " the strong and graceful, out-of- door kind, which must be, however, entirely free from anything coarse or masculine" (Pierson). For style, 29 admire brunettes and 11 blondes; other specifications are, "divine form, any ordi- nary sort of face will do;" "'Mater Dolerosa ' in features, in everything but sadness." SOCIETY AND MATRIMONY. Sixty of the class have been in New Haven society to some extent. One man indulged " once and a half ; the half was when I went in for a good time and came out before I finished." Twenty- five pronounce it good, and the usual number, "swipes." But this opinion given in one answer : " I think it is most maligned by those who know least about it ; and that we owe it more than it owes us," was so well borne out by a careful inspection of the answers to the two questions, " To what extent have you been in it," and " What do you think of it," that only the opinions of those who have entered it largely are given at length. " If a fellow has time to go into it, he will find as pleasant people as anywhere ; perhaps the society is a little close, but that follows from New Haven being Class Book. 75 one-horse and Yale College being the horse" (Schwab). "Gene- rally hospitable to students, and rather slandered in return " (Mc- Elroy). " Very pleasant, but necessarily superficial ; very few men become well acquainted with the young ladies ; surprisingly few young ladies in a city of the size of New Haven ; remarkable scar- city of men, in fact hardly any besides the college men " (Knapp). " New Haven girls are somewhat spoiled by the disproportionately large number of fellows " (Goodrich). " New Haven society has dealt kindly by me " (Stewart). " Has some individually most charming girls, but the social atmosphere is not conducive to trust and friendship ; it is therefore unsatisfactory " (S. Phelps). " In the first place, it is too cliquey ; but still I suppose we have to have it so. On the whole, I advise a man if he can, to go out in New Haven Society ; it will do him no harm, certainly " (D. Moore). " Refined and high-toned in true sense ; stiff to new comers, but really cordial when once an entrance is gained" (Shipman). " Think it above the average of provincial towns ; it has an abun- dance of public spirit and a deal of genuine culture " (Nichols). " I think it extremely pleasant, in spite of the necessary disadvan- tages under which it labors" (Brown). " My opinion of New Haven society is unique. The girls are daisies, most of them ; but don't you trust 'em with a wooden toothpick" (E. Phelps). For a class that has been so popular in society as '86 has, the mat- rimonial prospects as recorded by the statistician are rather dark ; though one tries to put a bright light on it : " My matrimonial pros- pects are very dark at the present outlook ; but still I am not going to worry, as I am not yet an old bachelor. On the whole, you may put me down as one that's sure to go" (D. Moore). The majority are waiting to find the right girl, — rich, loving, congenial, " an angel with 144 lbs. of flesh," are some of the specifications that bidders should notice. Sherman was married in '59, after a year's engagement. One was engaged Dec. 25, 1883 ; whose was the Christmas present, or was it only a philopena ? Another chose Jan. 1, 1886, to 'pop the question.' Two were engaged in 1884, one of whom expects to be married within a year ; the other is " not a candidate for the class cup." A prospective " loving husband" made the preliminary contracts last summer. Another who should answer " yes," draws a very black line through the question. Besides these seven, two are in doubt ; one who answers, " I say not, she says I am ; it will be necessary to await develop- ments ;" and another, who says : " Don't know ; depends upon her 76 Yale '86 father's strength and the courage of his pup ; I forget the date, sometime last year ; never shall marry if I can help it." We are satisfied to take their word for it, and promise them our sympathy, if the matter comes to a lawsuit for breach of promise. Another is not engaged yet, but considers his prospects " healthy," and intends to marry within three years. Another wants to wait five years be- fore he allows any girl to " cotton " to him for (i keeps." A dozen others will wait five to ten years, until they have an income of $2,000 yearly, or are able to support a wife "according to her sta- tion in life." There is a trio, one of whom mourns, " I feel that I am destined and fitted to be a bachelor to the end of my days." This same man had a fair brunette at the '86 promenade, whom the gossips say has been captured by another. One has "always been successful in love ;" a second is threatened with the necessity of emigrating to Salt Lake City, that he may not be obliged to disap- point his numerous fair admirers. But the climax is the case of the man who on a certain St. Valentine's day received a long letter from a frequent correspondent, commenting on the charms of married life, and accepting in all apparent seriousness an offer of marriage which he had never made ! RETROSPECTIVE. On the campus, 152 rooms have been occupied by members of '86 for some period of their course. They are divided among the eight dormitories as follows : in South, 11 ; in South Middle, 21 ; Lyceum, 5 ; North Middle, 22 ; Old Chapel, 9 ; North, 27 ; Farnam, 34 ; Durfee, 24. Twenty-nine have roomed on the campus four years ; 50 for three years ; 30 for two years ; 8 one year ; and 3 never. Twenty-one have roomed in West Divinity for a year or more. The preference of 46 is for a room in Durfee ; of 18, for a Farnam room ; of tj, for South ; of 7, for North, though Lawrance now cuts off the view from the front of North, and makes the rooms in it less desirable ; 2 prefer a South Middle room, and 10 a room in Lawrance. The "happy families" deserve to be recorded for recollection's sake. In the list which follows, the number indicates the room occupied during Senior year, and the names in parentheses have dissolved partnership. Class Book. 77 These have roomed together four years : H. Ames, D. Moore, 166 F. Anderson, Appleton, 232 D. Anthony, Crapo, 105 N. Ar- kell, Nason, 222 D. Bacon, Peters, 168 F. Bailey, Brigham, '£7, 231 D. Bates, Dutcher, 31 S. Brown, Ludingtoii, '#/, 170 F. Coo- ley, Shipman, 176 F. Eliot, Sewall, 106 N. A. and G. Fellows [Bristol, three years], 181 L. Gallup, E. L. Smith, 26 S. E. Phelps, Stewart, 173 F. Richardson, E. C. Smith, 204 D. Three years: Allen, Hyde, 219 D. P. Ames, Dickey, 103 N. Beardsley, Morley, 239 D. Bixby, Hellier, 29 S. W. Brandegee. Day, 235 D. Bremner, F. Winston, 139 F. Buck, Hungerford, 211 D. A. Colgate, Goodrich, 174 F. Cornwell, Robbins, 132 F. Cowles, (D. Winston), Schwab (six months), 177 F. Knapp, Mosle, 206 D. Lee, G. C. Smith, 57 S. M. Lewis, Pierson, 108 N. C. H. Matthews, Morgan, 163 F. C. A. and F. G. Moore, 104 N. Two years : (C. Adams, Leavitt). W. Adams, Edgar, 134 F. Beers, Hudson, '88, 63 S. M. Bidwell, Tyler, 164 F. Bishop, Ca- pron, 214 D. E. Brandegee, Stiles, 101 N. Brinton, Churchill, 159 F. Carter, Sprague, 224 D. (Churchill, Goodwin). Clarke, Peet, 30 S. Codding, Hamilton, {2% years), 221 D. (Connor, Corkery). Crawford, Goodlett, 238 D. Darling, Lambert, 143 F. (Francke, Hall). Goodwin, Ryce, 25 S. Griffith, Jaggard, 169 F. Griggs, Stebbins, 216 D. G. and W. Kingsley, 234 D. McElroy, Washington, 213 D. (Odell, Redfield). (Peet, Stiles). S. Phelps, Waterman, 180 L. (Reid, Schwab), 148 F. One year : C. Adams, Jeffras, 28 S. J. C. Adams, Truslow, 218 D. Adler, Wing, 227 D. Catherwood, Vernon, 212 D. S. Colgate, Brooks, 228 D. Connor, Gaffney, '87, 47 S. M. Crehore, Strong, L. S., 6 S. Dougherty, Leavitt, 144 F. R. Francke, L. Francke, '89, 237 D. Goodyear, Nichols, 217 D. Graves, Trowbridge, '87, 215 D. Hunt, Stearns, 119 N. Parks, Roache, 65 N. M. Redfield, Broo&s, '87, 140 F. Scott, Torrey, '87, 113 N. Alone : N. I. Adams, 54 S. M. Ailing, 52 S. M. Bashore, 87 N. M. Beadle, 137 College st. Cannon, 100 N. Christian, 217 York st. Davis, 285 Orange st. Goebel, 116 N. Grant, 160 F. Hickox, 175 F. Hord, 167 F. Knight, 118 York st. D. Lambert, 163 Bradley st. C. T. Mathews, 72 W. D. F. W. Moore, 133 F. Odell, 137 F. Painter, 155 F. A. Phelps, 44 High st. Rollins, 1079 Chapel st. Sheldon, 180 F. F. R. Smith, 38 S. M. Strauss, 39 S. M. Whitmore, 147 Bradley st. Woollen, no N. " Plug " hats, once the delight of our Sophomoric hearts and now an emblem of our Senioric dignity, are worn by 65 ; not to men- 78 Yale '86 tion the white, soft felt hats worn on Junior society election nights. Three, Catherwood, Nichols and S. Phelps, have kept horses in New Haven, and two or three more have rented horses to a large extent. But horses, guns and dogs are "vacation luxuries " to the majority. Twenty-six have owned or do own dogs ; and 50 have guns, of whom 20 are fair to good shots. A quarter of the class have preserved general memorabil., con- sisting of theatre checks and programs, champagne corks, cat- alogues, examination questions, certain papers signed " Yours truly, H. P. Wright," " the axe used to batter down Prof. Tarbell's door in June, '85," " general collection of '85 shirts, advertising dodgers, faculty notices, term-bills, isometric projections, and prayer-meeting cards," " the iron flag hung up by 'S6 in Freshman year," and Cowles preserves "a remembrance of Tiggee's grunt." For most pleasant amusement, some common and a few unique answers were these : yachting, dancing, tennis, in society or in ladies' company, listening to music or playing, reading, theatre- going, card playing ; " delving in the library " (Beardsley); " saying pants to George" (Lewis); "having nothing to do with females ;" "to wander among -mountain woods, listening to the music of the winds, alone with one's self and nature;" "an evening, winter storm outside ; inside, myself, sweet meerschaum, a good book, hard cider, a roaring wood fire" (Washington); "a quiet time with a good companion ;" "athletic sports;" a glass of beer and a song at Gus's ; watching handsome women in Broadway and Fifth avenue ; taking photographs; reading Pi'incetonian ; getting grinds off on our E. C.'s ; making rushes to Prof. Richards ; riding in a carriage with a good horse ; and the usual girl-hammock- moonlight-rowing combination. Washington boasts of his abilities as a scientific lecturer and an arguer on the origin of the human species, etc. Robbins is an expert at blowing eggs, and his latest achievement in the interest of natural science is raising a litter of flying squirrels on the bottle. D. Moore is quite competent to play the " bullophone." A. Fellows, Washington and H. Ames have each saved a fellow mortal from a watery grave. Ames pulled D. Moore out of Lake Whitney, into which he had fallen from a boat ; whence the name to the one of " Hero," and to the other of " Apajune, the water-sprite." Bidwell is proud of having sent a young mucker to " Ball's " room to get employment at reading trot. The following is from a Hartford paper in an account of a local bicycle tournament : " Mr. Bidwell Class Book. 7p was present ; he got out of Yale College ' to attend the funeral of his grandmother.' " "Yale's most pressing need is available funds with which to ex- pand and improve the various parts of the University, into which the different departments of the college are now fast becoming blended. To particularize : Yale needs a new gymnasium ; a larger library building ; another dormitory ; more and better recitation- rooms ; more professors, and larger salaries for those now here ; and other things which need not be mentioned." Seventy-seven reiterate the need of 'wealth.' Other " most pressing needs" are, a clear-sighted business pres- ident ; concentration of scattered energies ; a large Freshman class ; a good instructor in rhetoric ; musical instruction ; more alumni influence on the corporation ; less conservatism ; fewer ministers ; harmony ; advancement in methods of instruction ; theodolite ; a crematory for policemen ; more ladies in the Art School ; most ' pressing ' need, coeducation. Thirty-two consider English literature, including rhetoric, ora- tory and composition, to be the weakest branch in the Academical department ; modern languages is considered weakest by 18 ; nat- ural and physical science, 13 ; mental and moral philosophy, 4 ; the classics under the tutor system, 4 ; physical culture, 2 ; math- ematics, political economy (?) and German, 1 each. The Medical College is considered the weakest department by 24.- Though the vote of the class for president was taken before the selection of Professor Dwight by the corporation, its announce- ment at this late date comes as a harmless afterclap ; nevertheless, the vote is interesting as showing the opinion of undergraduates on that important question. Several will vote for anybody but a Congregational minister. Stewart says, " any successor who has energy and is a beggar." The vote is as follows : Professor Tim- othy Dwight, 40 ; General Francis A. Walker, 22 ; President Daniel C. Gilman, 17 ; Prof. W. G. Sumner, 6 ; Prof. E. S. Dana, 6 ; President Cyrus Northrop, 4 ; Prof. E. J. Phelps, 4 ; Ex-President Andrew C. White, 1 ; Prof. H. P. Wright, 1 ; Professor A. T. Had- ley, 1 ; Rev. Phillips Brooks, 1. The present " crowded," "helter-skelter" appearance of the campus affords opportunity for no end of criticism. The most important is that Dwight Hall should not have been located on the campus, and least of all where it is ; but being built it will always be an ornament. The most pertinent criticism is that the 8o Yale '86 buildings have been put up in accordance with no particular plan, and some will have to be destroyed before order can be produced. The idea of a second quadrangle given contemporaneous promi- nence by a careful article in the Lit. of April, 1885, written by Beardsley, is well received by the class. Toward the gradual ac- complishment of this plan, it is recommended that the old wooden buildings between the Art School and the Library be taken down immediately ; "some of the brick row should always remain if only for association's sake ;" and the other interior buildings should be demolished. But "the quadrangle must not spoil the old fence corner ;" nor should it interfere "with the elms, the glory of New Haven." " Open fire-places " would be popular, and a quadrangle with iron gates to keep out " micks, muckers and cops." Another? says, "there is nothing to remark, except the poverty-stricken appearance of things." HEALTH. Glasses have been worn by 28 at times, and by 18 constantly. Nearsightedness is the cause in 12 cases, astigmatism in 4 and far- sightedness and gunning accident in 1 case each. Four cases are hereditary. Twenty others have suffered from weak eyes caused by over-study, night reading, etc. In the spring of Junior year, pink-eye set in, and no less than 20 had it. Churchill suffered from it three times, and A. Colgate five ; cause chiefly, spring weather and much wind and dust, combined with study. Seventy have been absent from recitations on account of illness. Bidwell, E. Brandegee, Capron, Darling, Edgar, Goodrich, and E. L. Smith had typhoid fever, and N. I. Adams and Brown were threatened with it. P. Ames, Anthony, Bremner, Crapo and Lee have had malaria ; W. A. Adams, typhoid malaria ; W. Kingsley, pneumonia. During Junior year, Goodyear, and during Senior year, S. Phelps and Waterman, lost much time from frequent ill- ness. Four have been laid up with sprained ankles, A. Colgate three times ; and three have had the mumps. Ailing and Nichols each lost two years on account of illness, and S. Colgate, Crehore and Knight each lost a year. Sprague says, " If you mean genuine sickness, no; have had about 50 paper illnesses." And Ryce, " ' Always succumbs to the prevailing epidemic,' ' Baldy ' says." Class Book. 8r The most sickness in the class occurred in Junior and Sophomore years, and the least in Freshman year. The periods of absence ranged from a few days to four months. Eighteen have lost three weeks or more by illness, and five of them have been absent that length of time on two or three occasions. The hour for retiring varies with different men from 9 o'clock to 2, and even later. Within these limits there is "a large stock of assorted hours on hand, any of which can be purchased at a low rate." Fourteen make a practice of retiring at 10 p. m.; 19 at 10:30; 45 at 11:00 ; 13 at 11:30 ; 10 at 12 o'clock. Two sit up till 1, and 3 till 2. Sprague's hour of retiring varies with the number of his marks. Strauss retires between 11 p. m. and 3 a. m., except when he "sits up and waits for chapel." Thirty-five practice rising at 7 o'clock ; 11 at 7:15 ; 36 at 7:30 ; 13 at 7:45 ; and half a dozen later still. Twelve rise regularly be- fore 7. Hunt retires at 9 and rises at 5:30 ; Grant, at 10 and at 6 ; Painter, at 10:30 and at 6 ; Beers, A. Phelps and Richardson, at 10:30 and at 6:30. Thirty-five have worked regularly in the gym. during their course, and 48 have worked steadily for short periods in addition to the club-swinging practice which all had to take in Freshman year. Sixty-two have relied on walking, and 24 on tennis, in its season, for exercise. Six take their "constitutional" on a bicy- cle, 5 riding and driving. Two fence for exercise and two take " domestic " exercise with apparatus in their own rooms. A. Phelps has the class record for long distance walker, having walked 36 miles at one time, and 40 at another, at the average rate of 4^2 miles per hour. FINANCE. A careful estimate of the expenses of the course on the basis of 104 answers, shows the following facts : Average per year per man, ..... $960.65 Average Freshman year, ..... 800.00 Average Sophomore year, ..... 900.00 Average Junior year, ..... 1,000.00 Average Senior year, ...... 1,100.00 Highest amounts for one year (Jr. and Sr.), . . \ J ( 3,500.00 11 82 Yale '86 Lowest amounts for one year (Fr. three men), Highest individual averages, . Lowest individual averages, Estimated total for 140 men, 4 years, . No. averaging annual expenditure of $400 or less do. above $400, not exceeding $500, . above $500, not exceeding $600, above $600, not exceeding $700, . above $700, not exceeding $800, above $800, not exceeding $900, . above $900, not exceeding $1,000, above $1,000, not exceeding $1,100, above $1,100, not exceeding $1,200, above $1,200, not exceeding $1,300, above $1,300, not exceeding $1,400, above $r,400, not exceeding $1,500, above $r,soo, not exceeding $2,000, above $2,000, do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. j $150.00 { 200.00 { 2,750.00 ( 2,700.00 206.25 220.00 297,694.00 9 6 7 6 The information obtainable in regard to the amount of sub- scriptions to athletics during the four years may be tabulated as follows : No. giving fairly accurate estimates, Total amount thus subscribed, Average amount thus subscribed, No. subscribing a total of $10 or less, do. above $10, not exceeding $25, do. above $25, not exceeding $50, . do. above $50, not exceeding $75, do. above $75, not exceeding $xoo, do. above $100, not exceeding $150, do. above $150, not exceeding $200, do. above $200, not exceeding $500, do. above $500, 101 $12,481.25 124.57 12 14 9 13 19 12 7 n 4 largest amounts were given by Arkell and Morgan Kingsley ($600.75), Shelden The six ($500), G. Kingsley ($573-5°), W ($700), and Hyde ($95o-$i,ooo). Eighty-seven give careful estimates of the amount they have spent in furnishing their rooms. The average per man is $185.56. Ten spent $50 or less; 15 spent $100; 12 spent $150; 19 spent $200 ; 11 spent $500. The others spent odd amounts. The largest amount was $900 — $t,ooo, expended by S. Phelps, much Class Book. 8j of it for costly and valuable works of art. Forty-three have employed a private sweep to care for their rooms. The object originally was to keep the room in better order than the regular sweeps would and to black boots ; but as the result of experi- ence, other reasons are assigned ; to %t cuss," " to help get rid of my tobacco and to furnish intellectual treat," " to wake me," and "to read the Scriptures to me before I get up." The price paid for board has ranged from $21.00, paid by 3 for a few weeks, down to $2.50, which 2 have paid. Six have paid from $2.50 to $3.00 ; 45 have paid $3.00 to $4.00 ; 20 have not paid less than $5.00, and 14 not less than $5.50 ; 5 have not paid lower than $6.50, and 3 never lower than $7.00. Three have never paid more than $3.50 ; n never more than $4.00 ; and 2 never more than $4.50 ; 8 have not paid more than $5.00 ; 16, not more than $5.50 ; 18, than $6.00. Forty have paid $7.00, and 10 have paid $8.00. Twenty-three have earned money for their own support during their college course, tutoring, teaching, waiting on table, managing clubs, and otherwise ; not to mention Glee Club men and editors who expect dividends. Dutcher's tutoring has been worth $1,000 for the four years, and Woollen by a variety of means has earned $1,400. A number of others have earned above $500, though the amount cannot easily be stated in figures. Before entering, nine worked to earn money to support them- selves while in college. Clarke taught school nine terms. The others have taught, been clerks, farmers and printers. Bates went through the " bone-picking, junk collecting period," and A. Colgate " raised chickens." Fifty of the class have been on the war-path with a subscription book, and with a few exceptions have succeeded fairly well. Class organ, praise service, orphan asylum, class base ball, foot ball and crew, university base ball, foot ball and crew, the Yale Field, the promenades and the papers, have been the objects, the needs of which were fluently, persistently, overbearingly sometimes it is said, presented. " I was the worst subscription man in college ; hadn't it in me to bulldoze anybody," says Lewis. At the other ex- treme, Woollen has canvassed the college, " I venture to say, more than any man in the class;" although P. K. Ames, as treasurer and president of the Navy has collected $4,000 from the college. Peet canvassed for the Yale Field until it was set upon a firm basis. " I believe canvassing the best way to reach the students " (!) f Have been called a swindler and a thief " (Arkell). " I obtained 84 Yale '86 little cash, and a true sense of the hollowness of college friend- ships when brought to the scratch ; recommend it to government as a substitute for ten years at hard labor in penitentiaries " (Good- rich). " I find that there is a certain set of men who support the class in subscriptions ; outside of this set it is almost impossible to get money, by fair means or foul. The subscription business is the meanest, most thankless task a man ever took up " (D. Winston). " I met one Freshman who refused to subscribe, on principle, unless I would let him pay at once. These cases are very rare " (Griggs). " Have been mistaken for the president of the Navy. Stuck a Freshman's mother for a subscription, as she staid in the room to protect her darling from possible Sophomoric visits '.' (Bidwell). " If there is any one thing more damnable than another, it is to be sure that a man is in his room and have him refuse to answer your knock. Selah !" (Cowles). POLITICS. Fifty-seven indulged in the enthusiasm of the presidential cam- paign of 1884 by parading for Blaine and Logan under the banner of the Woolsey battalion, and 26 paraded in the Cleveland battalion nearly every time, including the parade on Saturday evening, Nov. 6. Eight sacrificed principle to fun, and bravely tramped through dust and mud up to the refreshment halls in New Britain and Bridgeport for the honor of both parties. Sixteen voted for Blaine : Ailing, Bacon, Beadle, Beers, Clarke, Codding, A. Col- gate, Dutcher, Gallup, Hyde, D. Lambert, Nichols, Peet, A. Phelps, Scott and Stiles. Six voted for Cleveland : Bristol, Dar- ling, Dougherty, E. Lambert, F. W. Moore and Odell. Sherman voted for Fremont in '56, Beers, Clarke and Knight for Garfield in '80, and Knight for St. John in '84. Ailing, Cornwell, Griffith and G. C. Smith have been made electors since '84, and have voted at local elections. Politically, the class is thus divided : Republican. Protectionists : C. F. Adams, N. I. Adams, W. A. Adams, Adler, Ailing, Arkell, Bailey, Beadle, Beers, Bidwell,* Bishop, W. Bran- degee, Bremner, Buck, Capron, Cathenvood, Churchill, Clarke * Mugwump. Class Book. 8$ Codding, A. Colgate, S. Colgate, Cooley, Crapo, Dutcher, A. Fel- lows, G. Fellows, Gallup, Grant, Graves, Griggs, Hamilton, Hel- lier, Hickox, Hungerford, Hyde, Jaggard,* Jeffras, G. Kingsley, D. Lambert, E. Lambert,* McElroy, C. H. Matthews, C. A. Moore,* D. Moore, Morgan, Nason, Nichols, Painter, Parks, Peet, A. Phelps, S. Phelps, Robbins,* Shelden, Sherman,* Stewart, Vernon, Waterman, Whitmore. — 59. Fr.ee Traders: Allen,* Anthony, E. Brandegee, Brinton, Can- non, Carter, Cornwell, Cowles, Dickey,* Francke, W. Kingsley, Knight,* Lewis, F. G. Moore,* Peters,* Pierson, Redfield,* Roache, Scott, Stiles. — 20. Undecided : J. C. Adams, P. Ames,* Appleton, Bacon, Brooks, Christian, Goodrich, Goodyear, Knapp, E. Phelps,* Richardson, Shipman, E. L. Smith, G. Smith, Stearns. — 15. Neither: Morley, Woollen. — 2. Total, 96. Democrats. Protectionist : Bates. — 1. Free Traders : H. Ames, Bristol, Connor, Corkery, Davis, Eliot, Goodlett, Goodwin, Griffith, F. W. Moore, Mosle, Odell, F. R. Smith, Sprague, Stebbins, Strauss, Tyler, Washington, D. Winston. — 19. Undecided : Dougherty, Goebel, Hord, E. C. Smith, F. Winston. — 5- Tariff Revision : Sewall. — 1.. Total, 25. Independent. Free Traders: Bixby,* Brown (R.), Edgar (R.), Schwab (D.), Truslow (R.), Wing. — 6. Undecided: Beardsley, Day. — 2. Total, 8. Prohibitionist. Protection ist : Hunt. — 1 . Undecided in Politics. Protectionists : Bashore, Darling, Leavitt, Lee. — 4. Free Traders : Anderson, Crawford, Crehore, C. T. Matthews, Rollins, Ryce. — 6. Total, 10. Of the 51 free traders, 17 formed their opinion in college ; and of the 65 protectionists, 23 formed their opinion in college ; and in at least a dozen instances on either side, the opinion, was strength- ened during the course. * Mugwump. 86 Yale '86 CHOICES OF PROFESSION AND OCCUPATION. The choices of profession and occupation, and the plans for the future are classified below, and the list is as accurate as it is possi- ble to make it at the time of our going to press : Law. — At Columbia L. S. : P. Ames, Churchill, Codding, G. Car- ter, A. Colgate, Goodwin, Nason, Redfield, G. Smith and Strauss. Robbins will study law at Columbia, or go into business in the South on account of his health. F. Winston is undecided between Columbia and Harvard. — n. Yale L. S. (and the graduate course in Political Science) : E. Brandegee, (Cooley), (Crapo), Day, Gallup, (Griggs), (Lewis), (F. W. Moore), Nichols, Peters, E. Phelps, Pierson, Schwab, Shipman, and Woollen. Hellier and Knapp are undecided between Columbia and Yale ; circumstances will determine. — 17. Harvard L. S. : J. C. Adams, Anderson, Crawford, Goodlett, Morgan ; and Beardsley and Stebbins, unless they study in an office. Rollins is undecided between Harvard and Boston Law Schools. — 8. University of Pa. : Bailey, Brinton, Cannon and Painter. — 8. Cincinnati L. S. : Adler and Jeffras. St. Louis L. S. : H. Ames. Hastings L. S., San Francisco : Bixby. Union L. S., Chicago : Grant. Univ. of Va. or Mich. : Griffith. U?iiv. of Mich. : Hord. Albany L. S. : McElroy. Sherman has attended the Univ. of Mich. L. S. and will practice law in Kansas City, Mo., immediately. — 9. Christian, Corkery, Darling, Dougherty, Richardson, Shelden and Stewart are undecided or will study in offices at home. Hun- gerford will study in an office in New Britain. — 8. Total, 57. Medicine. — At College of Physicians and Surgeons : W. Brandegee, Carter, G. Kingsley and Leavitt. Harvard M. S. : Bacon, Bates, Bremner. Yale M. S. : Bishop, Roache. Univ. of Pa. : Bashore. Undecided : Davis. Total, 11. Ministry. — Clarke, Peet and A. Phelps will enter the Yale The- ological School; Bristol, the Berkeley Divinity School, Middletown, Conn. ; Beers will enter the Andover Theol. Seminary later, and Goodrich will probably prepare for the ministry somewhere. — 6. Civil Engineering. — Crehore, Hamilton and Jaggard will study at the Troy Polytechnic, and A. Fellows at Sheff. Sprague will prepare for mechanical engineering. — 5. Class Book. 8y Teaching.— C. F. Adams (Portland, O.), W. A. Adams, Beadle, Beers, Dutcher (Norwich, Conn.), D. Lambert, C. Moore, Parks, Scott, E. L. Smith (Easton, Conn.), F. R. Smith, Stearns, Stiles and Whitmore. — 14. Buck (Greek), Eliot (English Lit.), Hunt (Classics), Schwab (Political Science), and Washington (Chemistry) will fit for in- structors. Morley will attend the Case School of Applied Sciences in Cleveland to prepare for business. Waterman will study archi- tecture. Ailing and Washington will study at Sheff. Eliot, G. Fellows, Hunt, F. G. Moore and Wing will also be at Yale next year. F. W. Moore will prepare to take up journalism, and Griggs probably. Lewis intends to take up some department of English literature for a profession. Business. — N. I. Adams, Boston; Anthony, in the counting room of the New Bedford (Mass.) Standard ; Appleton, in New York ; Arkell, in the manufacture of flour sacks, Canajoharie, N.Y. ; Bidwell, in Conn, or New York City ; Brooks; Capron, grain busi- ness, Albany, N. Y. ; Catherwood, Philadelphia ; Cooley in New York, Chicago, or Hartford; Crapo, R R. business in Mich.; Dickey, Edgar, Francke ; Goodyear, mining in Mexico; Hickox ; Hyde, banker ; E. Lambert, in New York ; Lee, insurance business ; Matthews, Mosle, commercial and exchange business, New York City ; Nichols, at home ; Odell, lumber and coal, Tarrytown, N. Y. ; S. Phelps, ranching in Texas, where the family own an interest in lands ; Sewail, paint and glass business, Kansas City, Mo. ; E. C. Smith, wholesale mercantile business, St. Joseph, Mo. ; Truslow, importer and manufacturer, New York City; Vernon. — 27. Allen, Brown, S. Colgate, Connor, Cornwell, Cowles, Goebel, Graves, W. Kingsley, Knight, C. T. Matthews, D. Moore, Ryce and Tyler are undecided as yet. — 4. 88 Yale '86 POST OFFICE ADDRESSES. Class Secretary — Chauncey William Goodrich, New Haven, Conn. Charles Francis Adams, Westport, Conn. John Charles Adams, P. O. Box 346, Oakland, Cal. Norman Ilsley Adams, care H. S. Adams, Boston Post Office, Mass. Warren Austin Adams, Skaneateles, N. Y. Joseph Lincoln Adler, 340 West 4th street, Cincinnati, O. Zachariah Nelson Allen, 52 South Oxford street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Arthur Nathaniel Ailing, 120 Sherman avenue, New Haven, Conn. Henry Semple Ames, Elsah, Jersey County, 111. Paul Kimball Ames, care Dr. H. H. Kimball, Harrison Bl'k, Minneapolis, Minn. William Burrall Anderson, 24 Gramercy Park, New York City. Benjamin Harris Anthony, New Bedford, Mass. Robert Appleton, care D. Appleton Company, Publishers, New York City. Bartlett Arkell, Canajoharie, N. Y. Edward Sawyer Bacon, Dover, N. H. Charles Lukens Bailey, 31 S. Front street, Harrisburg, Pa. Harvey Brown Bashore, West Fairview, Pa. Everett Alanson Bates, Danielsonville, Conn. John Beadle, 137 College street, New Haven, Conn. Porter Beardsley, 194 Genesee street, Auburn, N Y. Eli Beers, Bridgewater, Litchfield County, Conn. Daniel Doane Bidwell, East Hartford, Conn. Louis Bennett Bishop, Box 235, New Haven, Conn. George Hathaway Bixby, 103 Fort street, Los Angeles, Cal. Edward Newton Brandegee, Berlin, Conn. William Partridge Brandegee, 332 North Broad street, Elizabeth, N. J. Samuel Kimball Bremner, Boxford, Mass. Joseph Sharswood Brinton, 114 South 22d street, Philadelphia, Pa. Cornelius Gardner Bristol, Milford, Conn. Henry Stanford Brooks, 458 Guerrero street, San Francisco, Cal. William Adams Brown, care Brown Brothers & Co., 59 Wall St., New York City. Carl Darling Buck, Bucksport, Me. Wilson Lee Cannon, Dover, Del. William White Capron, Menands, Albany, N. Y. Theophilus Ransom Carter, 19 East 8th street, Erie, Pa. Wilson Catherwood, 1708 Walnut street, Philadelphia, Pa. Francis Asbury Christian, Canandaigua, Ontario County, N. Y. Lawrence William Churchill, 118 West 4U1 street, Oswego, N. Y. Charles Franklin Clarke, Columbia, Conn. Charles Nelson Codding, Collinsville, Conn. A listen < Jolgate, Orange, N. J. Sidney Morse Colgate, Orange, N. J. Michael Francis Connor, Box 499, Chicopee, Mass. Francis Rexford Cooley, tig Farmington avenue, Hartford, Conn. Class Book. 8c, John Joseph Corkery, care of J. C. Corkery, 46 Franklin street, Norwich, Conn. Gibbons Gray Cornwell, West Chester, Chester County, Penn. Alfred Cowles, Jr., 1805 Michigan avenue, Chicago, 111. Stanford Tappan Crapo, New Bedford, Mass. William Randall Crawford, care H. Crawford, 2000 Calumet avenue, Chicago, 111. William Williams Crehore, 1046 Prospect street, Cleveland, O. Thomas Darling, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Benjamin Joseph Davis, 285 Orange street, New Haven, Conn. Thomas Mills Day, Jr., 2 Farmington avenue, Hartford, Conn. Calvin Dickey, Fairmount, Cincinnati, O. Frank Thomas Dougherty, 70 N. Main street, Waterbury, Conn. Judson Shultz Dutcher, Norwich, Conn. Percy Edgar, Meeker, Garfield County, Col., via Rawlins, Wyoming Territory. George Edwin Eliot, Jr., Clinton, Conn. Abraham Lincoln Fellows, care of Will A. Fellows, Ansonia, Conn. George Otis Fellows, care of Will A. Fellows, Ansonia, Conn. Richard Thomas Francke, 120 Front street, New York City. William Morgan Gallup, Lock Box 1417, Norwich, Conn. Arthur Goebel, Covington, Ky. Chauncey William Goodrich, New Haven, Conn. Nicholas Minor Goodlett, 221 Chestnut street, Evansville, Ind. William Burton Goodwin, Lock Box 42, Biddeford, Me. Willis Horace Goodyear, 86 Park street, New Haven, Conn. Louis Moen Grant, 28 Portland Block, Chicago, 111. Walter Greenwood Graves, 101 Grove street, New Haven, Conn. John King Griffith, Cynthiana, Ky. Charles Jared Griggs, 10 Cottage Place, Waterbury, Conn. Lewis Birely Hamilton, care of D. B. Hamilton, Waterbury, Conn. Charles Edward Hellier, 85 Union street, Bangor, Me. Ralph Hickox, 557 Madison avenue, New York City. Henry Ewing Hord, Indianapolis, Ind. Frederick Buell Hungerford, New Britain, Conn. Washington Irving Hunt, Columbus, Mich. Charles Livingston Hyde, Titusville, Penn. Herbert Armstrong Jaggard, Altoona, Penn. Charles Henry Jeffras, Summit avenue, Mt. Auburn, Cincinnati, Ohio. George Lyle Kingsley, Rome, N. Y. Willey Lyon Kingsley, Rome, N. Y. Wallace Percy Knapp, 9 East 77th street, New York City. Frank Henry Knight, East Hartland, Conn. David Denison Lambert, 163 Bradley street, New Haven, Conn. Elliot Cowdin Lambert, 2 East 37th street, New York City. Dudley Leavitt, 31 South street, Pittsfield, Mass. James Wright Lee, Jr., Cleveland, O. Charlton Miner Lewis, care of Charlton T. Lewis, 34 Nassau St., New York City. William McElroy, 21 Clinton avenue, Albany, N. Y. Charles Thompson Mathews, Norwalk, Conn. Charles Hale Matthews, room 5, 153 La Salle street, Chicago, 111. Charles Albert Moore, 122 E. State street, Columbus, O. 12 go Yale '86 Daniel Agnew Moore, 118 St. Ange avenue, St. Louis, Mo. Frank Gardner Moore, 122 E. State street, Columbus, O. Frederick Wightman Moore, Box 245, New London, Conn. Edward Broadbent Morgan, care of S. B. Morgan, Denver, Col. Charles Rockwell Morley, 728 Prospect street, Cleveland, O. George Rudolf Mosle, care of Mosle Brothers, 52 Exchange PL, New York Cit) Henry Townsend Nason, Troy, N. Y. William Ebenezer Nichols, East Haddam, Conn. Charles Fredrick Odell, Tarrytown, N. Y. John Henry Painter, Kittanning, Armstrong County, Penn. William Henry Parks, Clinton, Conn. Edward Wright Peet, West Haven, Conn. Frank George Peters, Syracuse, N. Y. Arthur Stevens Phelps, 44 High street, New Haven, Conn. Edward Johnson Phelps, Andover, Mass. Sheffield Phelps, Englewood, Bergen County, N. J. Charles Wheeler Pierson, Florida, Orange County, N. Y. Robert Latimer Redfield, 68 W. 48th street, New York City. Arleigh Dygert Richardson, Ilion, Herkimer County, N. Y. John Frederic Roache, North Andover Depot, Mass. William Alfred Robbins, 178 Garfield Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. Harry Leighton Rollins, Wellesley, Mass. Lucius Chester Royce, 61 Edwards street, Hartford, Conn. John Christopher Schwab, care Gustav Schwab, P. O. Box 137, New York City. Samuel Washington Scott, 1275 Broadway, New York City. Frederic Norris Sewall, c. Campbell & Cutler Paint and Glass Co., Kansas City, Mo Henry Dusenbury Shelden, 196 Fort street, West Detroit, Mich. Porter Sherman, Kansas City, Mo. Arthur Leffingwell Shipman, 33 Charter Oak Place, Hartford, Conn. Edward Colhoun Smith, Hall street, St. Joseph, Mo. Edward Lincoln Smith, Montpelier, Vt. Floyd Robinson Smith, 267 4th street, Jersey City. George Clark Smith, 16 Montgomery street, Newburgh, N. Y. William Cromwell Sprague, Ogdensburg, N. Y. Thomas Calhoun Stearns, Tipton, Maniteau County, Mo. Walter Gay Stebbins, 204 N. Main street, Springfield, Mass. Philip Battell Stewart, Middlebury, Vt. Edgar Crane Strauss, 559 Main street, Hartford, Conn. William Martin Stiles, 125 Academy street, Poughkeepsic, N. Y. Frederick Cumings Truslow, 783 St. Mark's avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. Rollin Usher Tyler, Tylerville, Middlesex County, Conn. Francis Joseph Vernon, 201 Lafayette avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. Henry Stephens Washington, New Haven, Conn. Thomas Glasby Waterman, 50 Washington avenue, Detroit, Mich. John Whitmorc, 147 Bradley street, New Haven, Conn. Frank Edward Wing, Conway, Mass. Dudley Winston, Chicago, 111. 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