K.JUL. Gi><lJ»^. 
 
AN ACCOUNT 
 
 MEETIIGS OF THE CLASS OF 1849 
 
 YALE COLLEGE, 
 
 TO&ETHER WITH THE 
 
 SECRETARY'S REPORT 
 
 PRESENTED JULY 28, 1852. 
 
 PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE CLASS. 
 
 NEW HAVEN: 
 
 J. H. BENHAM, PRINTER. 
 
 1852, 
 
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YALE. 
 
 CLASS OE 1849 
 
 , The Class of 1849 met, for the first time after graduation, on the 
 College grounds, at 6 1-2 o'clock, P. M., August 16th, 1849, imme- 
 diately upon the closing of the Commencement exercises. Morris 
 was called to preside, and, after the unanimous election of Timothy 
 Dwight as Class Secretary, and a resolution to meet in this city three 
 years from that time, at the Commencement season, in the year 1852 
 the meeting adjourned with parting cheers for the Class, and the giv- 
 ing each to each of the parting word. 
 
 On the 15th of August, 1850, forty-seven of the graduated members 
 
 of the Class being in town, it was thought desirable that they should 
 
 assemble together, and accordingly, at 10 o'clock, A. M., of that day, 
 
 thirty-seven met in the Hall of the Brothers' Society. Mr. Fisk was 
 
 called to the chair. The meeting was occupied mostly with business 
 
 < ' not important to be mentioned here, excepting so far as regards a 
 
 '^= movement originated by Mr. Hurlbut, on behalf of the Editors of the 
 
 ^ Yale Literary Magazine, for the purpose of relieving them from the 
 
 ^ debt, with which they were burdened at their graduation, and which 
 
 -^ resulted in the payment of $75.00, mostly from the members who 
 
 were present ; a sum with which the Editors expressed themselves 
 
 satisfied. 
 
 , ' On the 31st of July, 1851, twenty-five members of the Class as- 
 
 \ sembled again at the same place, (there being three others in town, 
 
 but not present at the meeting.) The meeting was similar in its 
 
 ^ "t character to the one which was held the preceding year. Mr. 
 
 Waring was the presiding officer. After the reading of the Secreta- 
 
4 CLASS MEETINGS. 
 
 ly's report, Messrs. Fisk, Waring and Brandegee were selected as a 
 Committee to provide a supper for the triennial meeting, the Class 
 being well assured from past experience, that, having intrusted their 
 interests to the hands of such persons, there was no danger that the 
 physical nature would suffer want upon that occasion. To this Com- 
 mittee also was assigned the purchase of the Silver Cup, — inasmuch 
 as it was ascertained that there were already two candidates for this 
 honor presented by Messrs. Henson and Gordon. Messrs. Wood- 
 ruff, Fisk and Dwight, were appointed a Committee on the subject of 
 procuring an index for the Daguerreotypes, which were taken of the 
 Class previous to their graduation, and which had been deposited in 
 the College Library. 
 
 Attention was also called at this meeting, to the first death, in which 
 the Class, as it graduated, was especially interested, — that of Mrs. 
 Caroline S. Gordon, who died at Fairfield, Ct., on Wednesday, July 
 16th. 1851, at the age of eighteen years and ten months. She had 
 been married at the same place, on the 5th of June, in the preceding 
 year. A brief and simple expression of sympathy was immediately 
 presented, and the Secretary was directed to communicate it to Mr. 
 Gordon, in the name of each and every member who was present ; 
 a melancholy office, which he endeavored afterwards to perform, with 
 the hope that he himself and all might remember that our own num- 
 ber must very soon be diminished by the departure of some one to the 
 world of spirits, and with the earnest prayer that that one might be 
 " not lost, but gone before," to a brighter world, to begin the unbro- 
 ken circle there. 
 
 The meeting then adjourned — each person present pledging him- 
 self to be present at the next meeting, and likewise to see that every 
 other member of the Class should then return to visit the scenes of 
 College days. 
 
 We now come to the triennial gathering at the recent Commence- 
 ment. On Wednesday, July 28, 1852, a large number of the Class 
 met, upon notice by the Secretary, at 12 o'clock, M., in the Theolog- 
 ical Lecture Room under the Trumbull Gallery. At the suggestion 
 of the Secretary, Charles G. Came was appointed the Chairman of 
 the meeting, and also to preside at the ceremonies in the evening. 
 The Committee upon the supper and the Silver Cup being called 
 upon, reported through their chairman, Mr. Fisk, who stated that the 
 Class were invited to assemble at the New Haven Hotel, at 10 o'clock 
 
GLASSMEE TINGS. 5 
 
 P. M. He also stated that the Silver Cup had been purchased by the 
 Committee, but as a doubt existed in the minds of some members of 
 the Class, as to who was entitled to it, he wished the opinions of those 
 present upon that subject. Mr. Dwight was called on to state the 
 votes and facts in the case. The Secretary said that no vote had 
 ever been taken on the subject, but that his understanding, and he 
 presumed that of most of the Class, had always been that the Cup was 
 to be given to the first son. This he believed to have been the cus- 
 tom with preceding Classes, except the Class of 1848, which had 
 passed a distinct resolution to bestow this honor upon the first child. 
 The facts in the case were briefly these : Mr. Henson had a daugh- 
 ter, born on the 27th of June, 1850 ; Mr. Gordon a son, on the 16th 
 of July, 1851. Of course, if the first child was to receive the gift, 
 Mr. Henson was without question entitled to it, but if it was to be 
 presented to the first son, Mr. Gordon's claims were equally undoubt- 
 ed. After some further remarks from several members of the Class, 
 especially from Mr. Hutchins, who strongly urged the claims of John 
 Hopkins, of South College memory, — it was decided by a nearly 
 unanimous vote to give the Cup to Mr. Gordon, for his son. 
 
 A report was also given by Mr. Woodruff, in respect to the Da- 
 guerreotypes, stating that he had obtained the proposed index, and 
 had had them arranged in alphabetical order, and that he had commu- 
 nicated with those whose faces were not to be found in the number, 
 but had not yet been able to procure them. This had been done at 
 an expense often dollars. The Secretary was requested lo estimate 
 the necessary expenses of the Class, and to assess accordingly, at the 
 next meeting. The Class then adjourned to meet at the same place 
 at 9 1-2 P. M., to proceed thence to the Hotel. 
 
 Wednesday Evening. The Class met, pursuant to adjournment, at 
 the Trumbull Gallery, and at ten o'clock took their course in proces- 
 sion to the New Haven Hotel, where, after a few moments delay, they 
 found supper prepared. Mr. Came was invited to the chair — having 
 on his right hand the Secretary, and the Chairman of the Supper Com- 
 mittee on his left : rather an unfortunate position as some of his class- 
 mates might think. In a few moments all were gathered around the 
 table, and, after blessing had been asked by the Rev. Edward D. 
 Morris, the gentlemen present, fifty-seven in all, including Mr. Ludden 
 of the Class of 1850, who was an invited guest, began to do justice 
 to the eatables placed before them. The following are the names of 
 
6 CLASSMEE TINGS. 
 
 those who were at the meeting : — Messrs. Arnold, Atkins, Bannan, 
 H. Barnard, R. P. Barnard, Benedict, Bishop, Bisseli, Bradley, 
 Brandegee, Brent, Buck, Bull, Came, Chandler, W. B. Clarke, 
 Couper, Durkee, Dwight, Eliot, Fenn, Finch, Fisk, Galpin, Gordon, 
 Green, Hanes, Harrison, Henson, Hollister, Hough, Hubbard, Hurl- 
 but, Hutchins, Jessup, Kirby, Lee, Lockwood, Mitchell, Moore, 
 Morris, North, Oakey, Peck, Peters, Robinson, Rowell, Skinner, 
 Talbot, Upson, Walker, Ward, Waring, Wilson, Wodell and Wood- 
 ruff. Mr. J. L. Willard was also in town, but was absent on account 
 of sickness. It may not be uninteresting to mention here, that, at the 
 gathering in 1850, there were present, or in town, twelve members 
 of the Class, who were not in New Haven at our triennial meeting, 
 namely — Messrs. Barnes, Beecher, Bourne, Colegrove, Douglas, 
 Goodrich, Hall, Haskell, Miles, Poole, Starr and J. Willard, and in 
 1851, Mr. Murray, making seventy in all, who have been present at 
 some season of re-union since our graduation. As the Secretary, as 
 might naturally be expected by all who know him, concluded his re- 
 past some time bef )re the rest, the exercises were pleasantly varied 
 by his calling on each member for $1.25, for the purpose of paying 
 for the publication of the Class Report, &c., &c., a sum which was 
 paid with a great deal of delight apparently by all, so much so that 
 Mr. Ives, the good proprietor, followed the Secretary's example a few 
 moments afterwards, and found " forty-nine," as usual, ready for every 
 good deed. 
 
 After the wants of the animal nature had been attended to, Messrs. 
 Woodruff, Ludden, Lockwood and Hough, favored the meeting with 
 the following song, written for the occasion by Mr. Finch, who was 
 also the author of the other two songs, which will be referred to here- 
 after : 
 
 SONG. 
 
 (Am. — " Lutzow's Wild Hunt.") 
 
 Af the soldier returns, when the battle is o'er, 
 To ths hamlet that nourished and armed him. 
 
 As the sailor hies home from the billow-lined shore 
 To the eye that enchanted and charmed him. 
 
 Gaily we gather from hill and dale, 
 
 'Neath the elm-tree domes of our beautiful Yale. 
 
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 From the land of the mountain, the vale of the vine. 
 From the prairie and storm-fiirrowed ocean. 
 
 From the far-leaping torrent and gold-flashing mine, 
 Unchanged in our boyish devotion. 
 
 Gaily we gather from hill and vale, 
 
 'Neath the elm-tree domes of our beautiful Yale. 
 
 With a smile for the rock and the sun-tinted bay. 
 
 For the lawn with its carpet of beauty. 
 For the silent old walls, moss-covered and gray. 
 
 Where we mingled pure pleasure and duty, 
 Gaily we gather from hill and vale, 
 'Neath the elm-tree domes of our beautiful Yale. 
 
 Thus ever amid the wild tempests of life. 
 When the soul is o'ershadowed with sorrow, 
 
 In calm and in storm — in silence and strife— 
 When fortune gilds brightly the morrow. 
 
 May our hearts all gather from hill and vale, 
 
 'Neath the elm-tree domes of our beautiful Yale. 
 
 The Secretary then read the record of the last annual meeting, 
 which was accepted. He then rose and presented his Report of the 
 past three years. This Report has, for reasons which will be obvious, 
 been here placed at the end of this account of the Class-meetings. 
 
 After the reading of the Secretary's Report, which occupied nearly 
 three-quarters of an hour, cheers were proposed for his benefit, and 
 it was moved that an expression of the thanks of the Class be pre- 
 sented him for his past services, and that he be requested to continue 
 in the same office in future, which motion was carried without any dis- 
 senting voice, and the cheers were accordingly given, somewhat, 
 doubtless, to the discomfort of the goodly strangers who were en- 
 deavoring to sleep in the rooms above. 
 
 The gentlemen previously mentioned then gave us a song, which 
 introduced the names and some of the peculiarities of each member 
 of the Class, whether present or absent, but which, for this reason, it 
 has been thought improper to insert where it might fall under the no- 
 tice of others besides the friends of '49. 
 
 The presentation of the Silver Cup was next called for, and Mr. 
 Waring, as one of the Committee on that subject, rose, and with a 
 few words of congratulation, offered the cup to Mr. Gordon, bearing 
 the following inscription ;— " To George S. Gordon — from the Class- 
 mates of his father— July 28, 1852,"-— and below—" Class of 1849." 
 
8 CLASSMEETINGS. 
 
 Mr. Gordon replied briefly, expressing his thanks in behalf of the 
 youthful representative of the next generation, and closing with the 
 following sentiment : — " The first daughter of the Class of '49 — 
 Though the letters of her name, which would have graced this cup, 
 have by a trick of the mail (male) miscarried^ may she in life reach a 
 happy destination." Mr. Henson was then called upon to express 
 his sentiments upon the occasion, but was found to have left the room. 
 
 This ceremony being finished, the roll was called, and every mem- 
 ber of the Class who was present gave an account of his life since 
 leaving college, and declared his strong attachment to the Class of 
 1849. A tone of deep feeling and solemnity pervaded the meeting, 
 especially as some alluded to the changes which had come over their 
 views and course of life since graduation, as the hopes and aims of the 
 Christian had dawned upon them, and as others brought before their 
 Classmates the dark scenes of trial and affliction through which they had 
 passed, during the three years which were just drawing to their close. 
 Each member seemed to feel that, by wonderful mercy on the part 
 of a kind Providence, we had been permitted to assemble once more 
 at old Yale, and that soon death must call for some of us — for many, 
 doubtless, before we should meet again. 
 
 When all had answered to their names, and those gentlemen who 
 had begun to experience the joys of connubial bliss, had generously 
 invited all their classmates to visit them at their own homes, as they 
 passed from place to place, where they might chance to reside, the 
 following closing song was sung, the chorus being united in by all 
 the Class, with an earnestness which reminded us of our undergradu- 
 ate days : 
 
 SONG. 
 (Am — Auld Lang Syne.) 
 
 The praises of our noble class. 
 
 This eve we gaily sing. 
 While swift the cheerful moments pass. 
 
 And social pleasures bring. 
 
 The Class of " Forty-Nine," my boys, 
 
 The Class of " Forty-Nine," 
 Proud, pleasant memories round it cling, 
 'The Class of " Forty-Nine." 
 
CLASS MEETINGS. 
 
 When we were " Fresh," we whipped the " Sophs," 
 
 Upon the foot-ball ground, 
 Despite their taunting sneers and scoffs. 
 And words of empty sound. 
 
 The Class of" Forty-Nine," my boys. 
 
 The Class of " Forty-Nine," 
 Proud, pleasant memories cling around 
 The Class of" Forty-Nine." 
 
 And whdn old EucUd slept in death,* 
 
 Though tutors warning gave. 
 And wasted much forbidding breath, 
 We bore him to his grave. 
 
 The Class of " Forty-Nine," my boys, 
 
 The Class of" Forty-Nine," 
 Proud, pleasant memories round it wreath, 
 The Class of " Forty- Nine." 
 
 We courted all the city girls. 
 
 We made them wedding vows, 
 We toyed four years with glossy curls. 
 
 Then made our parting bows. 
 
 The Class of " Forty-Nine," my boys, 
 The Class of" Forty-Nine," 
 
 A bird-like memory round it whirls. 
 The Class of " Forty-Nine." 
 
 The dragons, throned in boarding schools. 
 
 Looked on us with disdain. 
 We kissed their pupils, broke their rules. 
 They veiled their maids in vain. 
 
 The Class of " Forty-Nine," my boys. 
 
 The Class of " Forty- Nine," 
 
 We ne'er shall see its like again. 
 
 The Class of" Forty-Nine. 
 
 We shouldered many a barber's pole, 
 
 We tolled the College bell. 
 Till Freshmen to the Chapel stole, 
 
 And found an empty shell. 
 
 * The Secretary would remark here, that hi3 well-known musical powers suddenly fail- 
 ed him as this verse was sung. The reason of the phenomenon he must leave others to decide 
 upon. The vote of the Class, however, has compelled him to publish it. 
 
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lO CLASS MEETINGS. 
 
 The Class of " Forty-Nine," my boys, 
 
 The Class of" Forty-Nine," 
 We love its pleasant memories well. 
 
 The Class of " Forty-Nine." 
 
 And when, at last. Commencement came. 
 
 New honors crowned our shrine. 
 For " First Orations," boys, we claim. 
 
 Were born of" Forty- Nine." 
 
 The Class of" Forty-Nine," my boys. 
 
 The Class of" Forty-Nine," 
 Proud, pleasant memories round it twine. 
 
 The Class of " Forty-Nine." 
 
 Then shout and sing, till morning pale. 
 
 For oak and climbing vine. 
 The soaring sons of proud old Yale, 
 The men of "Forty-Nine!" 
 
 The Class of "Forty-Nine," my boys, 
 
 The Class of " Forty-Nine," 
 Proud triumphs grace its festal shrine. 
 The Class of " Forty-Nine." 
 
 The Chair then requested the Class to be seated for a momentj 
 and the Secretary proposed that a meeting should be held after the 
 exercises of Commencement ; also, that all the members of the 
 Class, who should be in New Haven at each Commencement season, 
 should assemble together, that we might have a yearly meeting, 
 though perchance a small one. He then, after expressing his thanks 
 to the Class, for the manner in which his services had been noticed, 
 and alluding to the value of College friendships, and the increased 
 strength and preciousness which they acquire, as the friends of our 
 earlier youth pass into the unseen world, requested that, in gratitude 
 to our Heavenly Father, for the preservation of the lives of all our 
 number, the meeting might be closed with prayer. Mr. Buck then 
 led in a very impressive and beautiful prayer, after which the meet- 
 ing adjourned at 4^ o'clock A. M. of Thursday. 
 
 Thursday, July 29th, 6^ P. M. The Class met again at the 
 Trumbull Gallery. The Secretary took the Chair. A motion was 
 made and passed, that the two songs which did not allude to the dif- 
 ferent members of the Class, should be published with the Secre- 
 tary's report. The deaths of George Haskell, who left the Class 
 
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 during Freshman year, and of Cornelius Sterling, who left about the 
 middle of Junior year, were mentioned by the Chair, and a resolution 
 was offered, that copies of the Secretary's report should be sent to 
 the families of the dead, as well as to the friends of those who died 
 during our College course — A. J. Douglass and Wheeler. This res- 
 olution was adopted by a unanimous vote. Haskell left us so early 
 in our course, that he was intimately known to but very few of those 
 who were connected with the Class at graduation ; but as the loss of 
 Sterling was referred to, all felt that a warm-hearted friend and brother 
 had gone down to the grave, who, though he went forth from our 
 number when we had passed but half our time of sojourn here, 
 would yet be ever remembered as one of that band of Classmates, 
 whose faces and characters will remain deeply impressed upon the 
 mind, so long as the memory of the Class of 1849 continues among 
 those who composed its happy circle. 
 
 After discussion, it was voted, that the next regular meeting of the 
 Class should be held seven years from that day, at the Commence- 
 ment season in 1859 ; but that all who should be present, should 
 meet every year, that no gathering of the Alumni might pass without 
 a meeting of the Class of 1849. The Secretary gave notice that 
 his report would be published in a few weeks ; and, after some other 
 unimportant business, the Class removed to the front of the building, 
 where, after " three times three" for " Forty-nine," and a general 
 shaking of hands, we separated until the year 1859. 
 
SECRETARY'S REPORT. 
 
 YALE COLLEGE, JULY 28, 1852. 
 
 The Secretary of the Class of 1849, at the triennial meeting of the 
 Class, would beg leave to offer his report in respect to the duties 
 and business of his office. 
 
 My Classmates : 
 
 Three College years ago to-morrow night, we met for the first 
 time to give each other the hand of friendship, as graduates of old 
 Yale — pledging each other to meet again, if life should be spared, 
 when this Commencement season should remind us of the past and 
 of the future. Three College years have gone, carrying with them all 
 our generation of students forth into the world, until now the Fresh- 
 men of our Senior days are just bidding farewell to the old scenes — 
 looked upon by the expiring and the rising Freshmen of to-day, with 
 something of the same reverence with which they themselves re- 
 garded us in that " dim shadowy period" of the past. We meet to- 
 night — fifty-seven of that blessed ninety- four — nay, all of that ninety- 
 four — for they are all with us in spirit at this hour — a band unbroken 
 by death — to look back upon the hours spent together here in our 
 second home. And, first of all, in presenting before you, as your 
 official servant, the way in which we have been led, since we uttered 
 the parting word, let me remind you of the gratitude we owe to Him, 
 who rules above, that this joyful season finds us all still among the 
 living. We have mourned over the loss of friends — some of us over 
 each other's friends — but we assemble to-night without a tear for a 
 Classmate lost, with the assurance that all of the absent ones are 
 looking with sympathies and warm feelings to us who are so favored 
 as to be gathered here. 
 
SECRETARY S REPORT 
 
 13 
 
 In carrying out the duties of the office which you assigned me at 
 our graduation, I have watched, with some degree of care, from year 
 to year, the progress of each member of the Class. At our first 
 meeting in August, 1850, it may be remembered that we assembled 
 forty-seven, or one -half of our whole number, on College grounds, 
 and at the last Commencement, nearly thirty met again. I felt then, 
 that the spirit of " forty-nine" was reigning with its old power over 
 the Class ; and I resolved that our triennial meeting should surpass, 
 in point of numbers, all former gatherings of a similar character. 
 In accordance with this feeling, I informed the Classmates who were 
 here in July last, that I should hold communication with all who 
 graduated with us, within the twelve months then to come ; and in 
 the Spring vacation of this College year, I carried out that intention, 
 by writing nearly one hundred letters. I wrote them all in preference 
 to getting a printed form, because I felt that the sight of a Classmate's 
 hand would, peradventure, lead some to meet with us, who might 
 otherwise have remained away, or would at least be much more cer- 
 tain to bring a written answer to those questions which would be so 
 interesting to the Class. And in this I was not mistaken ; for within 
 three weeks after the first of June, nearly sixty had given me a his- 
 tory of their lives. When the month was entirely gone, I wrote 
 again to all from whom I had not heard — some twenty or thirty 
 letters more — having, in the meantime, determined with certainty 
 the residences of all, by communicating with the friends of those in 
 respect to whom I was not thoroughly informed. Of the results, the 
 report which I am to read, will speak with sufficient fullness for itself, 
 presenting, as it will, the occupations and employments of all our 
 Classmates during the three years past, with but one single exception. 
 And in stating this, you must allow me to say that I feel some satis- 
 faction, and that 1 feel that it may serve to show somewhat of the 
 superiority, in point of Class spirit, as well as in all other respects, 
 of the Class of 1849 to all other Classes since the flood. For any 
 thing which I may thus have done to render this meeting one of 
 interest, I do not even claim your thanks, for I have only fulfilled the 
 duties of my station ; and I have had more, far more than a com- 
 pensation for all my labor, in the renewed assurance which each 
 Classmate's letter gave me in reply, of that which afforded me so 
 much pleasure at my graduation, and which will always, so long as 
 life continues, be one of the most delightfiil of all thoughts connected 
 
14 SECRETARY S REPORT. 
 
 with my College course — the thought that, however excited the 
 strifes, or bitter the animosities of College might have been with 
 others, there was no Classmate towards whom I was not a friend- 
 none who, so far as I have ever known, bore a single feeling of ill 
 will towards myself. 
 
 With these few few words of introduction, I beg leave to offer you, 
 as the result of my preparation for the Class meeting, the following 
 Report. 
 
 N. B. Since the presentation of the report to the Class, at their meeting in 
 July, the facts in respect to the individual referred to above, as one concerning 
 whom nothing was known, have been obtained, so that we now have information 
 as to the residence and business of all the graduated members. 
 
SUMMARY 
 
 RECORD OF THE CLASS OF 1849, 
 
 ENOCH GEORGE ADAMS. 
 
 Born at Concord, N- H., Feb. 20, 1830. 
 
 Entered Freshman, Sept., 1845. 
 
 Teaching school during some portion of the years 1850-51. 
 
 Engaged in farming in Durham, N. H., ^ 1852. 
 
 EDWAED AUGUSTUS ARNOLD. 
 
 Born in New Hampshire, 1827. 
 
 Entered Sophomore, Sept., 1846. 
 
 Teaching in Stonington, Ct., 1849-50. 
 
 Studying medicine in Baltimore, Md., 1850-52. 
 
 Received Degree of M. D., March, 1852. 
 
 A physician in the Baltimore City and County Alms House, 1852. 
 
 JAMES HENRY ATKINS. 
 
 Born at Meriden, Ct., April 25, 1828. 
 
 Entered Sophomore, Nov., 1846. 
 
 Teaching in Plymouth, Ct., 1849-50. 
 
 Teaching in Meriden, Ct., 1850-52. 
 Intending to enter the profession of the lav^^, 
 
 JOHN LIGHT ATLEE. 
 
 Born at Lancaster, Pa., June 21, 1830. 
 
 Entered Sophomore, Dec, 1846. 
 
 Studying medicine with his father at Lancaster, Pa., 1849-51. 
 
16 secretary's report. 
 
 Studying medicine at University of Pennsylvania, 1852. 
 
 Not yet received his degree or settled. 
 
 JOHN ANDREW BAER. 
 
 Born at Lancaster, Pa., Aug. 15, 1825. 
 
 Entered Sophomore, Dec, 1846. 
 
 Without regular business, in Lancaster, Pa., 1849-50. 
 
 Teaching in Philadelphia, Pa., as Principal of " Wilson 
 
 Presbyterian Academy," 1850-52- 
 
 THOMAS RIDGWAY BANNAN. 
 
 Born at Orvi^igsburg, Pa., Oct. 10, 1828. 
 
 Entered Freshman, May, 1846. 
 
 Studied law with his father in Pottsville, Pa., 1849-52. 
 Studied law in Dane Law School, Cambridge, Mass., 
 
 during Autumn of 1851. 
 
 Admitted to the bar, 1852. 
 
 Settled as a lawyer in Pottsville, Pa., 1852. 
 
 HORACE BARNARD. 
 
 Born at Charleston, S. C, July 31, 1829. 
 
 Entered Freshman, Sept., 1845. 
 
 Resided, without occupation, in Hartford, Ct., and New 
 
 York city, till Jan., 1850. 
 
 Clerk in a wholesale mercantile house in New York 
 
 city, till July, 1850. 
 
 Without regular business, till Jan., 1851. 
 
 Studying law in George Wood's office. New York city, 
 
 till Oct., 1851. 
 
 Broker in his father's office in New York city, till April, 1852. 
 Studying law in Dane Law School, Cambridge, Mass., 1852. 
 
 ROBERT PADDOCK BARNARD. 
 
 Born at Greene, Chenango Co., N. Y., Dec, 1827. 
 
 Entered Sophomore, May, 1847. 
 
 Merchant in Greene, N. Y., 1850-52. 
 
 Married to Miss Margaret H. Welch, Sept. 4, 1851. 
 
 One child — Edward Arnold Barnard — born June 26, 1852. 
 Settled for life in the mercantile business. 
 
 LORIN BARNES. 
 
 Born at Rutland, Vt. 
 
 Entered Sophomore, Sept., 1846. 
 
SECRETARYS REPORT. 17 
 
 Teaching, 1849-50. 
 
 Analytical Department, Yale College, May to Sept., 1850. 
 
 Teaching in Branford, Ct., 1850-51. 
 
 Teaching in Holley, Orleans Co., N. Y., 1851-52. 
 Intends to make teaching his profession. 
 
 SHELDON CLARK BEECHER. 
 
 Born at Oxford, Ct., April 7, 1826. 
 
 Entered Sophomore, from Class of '48, Sept., 1846. 
 
 Teaching in Gal way Academy, Saratoga Co., N. Y., 1849-50. 
 
 Teaching in Great Harrington, Mass., 1850-51. 
 
 Teaching in Edinburgh, Saratoga Co., N."Y., 1851-52. 
 
 Permanently settled as teacher of " Sacondaga Institute," 
 
 Edinburgh, N. Y., 1852. 
 
 Married Miss M, E. Candee, of Bristol, Ct., Nov. 4, 1850. 
 
 GEORGE BENEDICT. 
 
 Born at Bethel, Ct., 1825. 
 
 Entered Freshman, Sept., 1845. 
 
 Studying medicine in New York city, 1849-50. 
 
 Studying at Yale Medical School, 1850-51. 
 
 Received degree of M. D., 1851. 
 
 Settled permanently as a physician in New York City. 
 One of the Board of Physicians and Surgeons to 
 the " Home for the Friendless," New York City, July, 1852. 
 
 Elected deacon of the " Free Congregational Church," 
 
 New York City, June 7, 1852. 
 
 Married to Miss Grace Callbreath, April 14, 1852. 
 
 WILLIAM DARIUS BISHOP. 
 
 Born at Bloomfield, N. J., Sept. 14, 1827. 
 
 Entered Freshman, Sept., 1845. 
 
 Studied law, 1849. 
 
 Intending to be admitted to the bar, but not to practice law. 
 Without regular business, till Oct., 1850. 
 
 Settling his father's estate, till Jan., 1852. 
 
 Engaged in copper works and Railroad business, in 
 
 Bridgeport, Ct., 1852. 
 
 Permanently settled in business. 
 
 Married Miss Julia A. Tomlinson, of Bridgeport, Oct. 21, 1850. 
 One child— Mary F. Bishop— born Oct. 4, 1851, 
 
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18 secretary's REPORT. 
 
 OSCAR BISSELL. 
 
 Born at Litchfield, Ct., Dec, 1822. 
 
 Entered Freshman, Sept., 1845. 
 
 Student in theology at East Windsor, Ct., till March, 1850. 
 Book agent, colporteur, &c., partly in Philadelphia, 
 
 till March, 1851. 
 
 Studying theology at East Windsor, 1851-52. 
 
 Licensed to preach, June 2, 1852. 
 
 SHEARJASHUB BOURNE, JR. 
 
 Born at Bristol, R. L, Dec. 28, 1822. 
 
 Entered Freshman, Sept., 1845. 
 
 Teacher in Madison County, Ky., 1849-50. 
 
 Student in theology at Andover, Mass., 1850-52. 
 
 LEVI BARNES BRADLEY. 
 
 Born at Southington, Ct., Jan. 15, 1826. 
 
 Entered Freshman, Sept., 1845. 
 
 Studied law with Hon. Isaac Toucey, Hartford, Ct., 1849-51. 
 
 Admitted to the bar, Aug. 5, 1851. 
 
 Settled as a lawyer in Hartford, Ct., 1851-52, 
 
 Clerk of Connecticut Senate, 1852. 
 
 AUGUSTUS BRANDEGEE. 
 
 Born at New London, Ct., July 15, 1828. 
 
 Entered Freshman, Sept., 1845. 
 
 Studying law at New London, Ct,, 1849-50. 
 
 Studying law at Yale Law School, 1850-51. 
 
 Admitted to the bar, Sept., 1851. 
 Settled as a lawyer, at New London, in partnership 
 
 with A. C. Lippitt, Esq., 1851-52, 
 
 CHARLES LEWIS BRENT. 
 
 Born at Winchester, Va., 1829. 
 
 Entered Sophomore, Sept., 1846. 
 
 Studying law in Winchester, Va,, 1849-51. 
 
 Admitted to the bar, Sept., 1851. 
 
 Settled as a lawyer in Winchester, 1851-52. 
 
 BENJAMIN SWAN BRONSON. 
 
 Born at Augusta, Me., 1829. 
 
secretary's report. 19 
 
 Entered Junior, from Waterville College, Maine, Sept. 1847. 
 
 Teaching in Hertford, Perquimans Co., N. C, 1849-51. 
 Studying Law during eight months of this time. 
 
 Tutor in St. James' College, Maryland, 1852. 
 
 Now a candidate for Orders in the Diocese of N. C, and 
 expecting to be an Episcopal Minister. 
 
 EDWIN AUGUSTUS BUCK. 
 
 Born in Bucksport, Me., May 31, 1824. 
 
 Entered Freshman, Sept., 1845. 
 
 Student in Theology in Bangor, Me., 1849-50. 
 
 Student in Theology in Andover, Mass., 1850-51. 
 
 Student in Theology in Bangor, Me., 1851-52. 
 
 Licensed to preach, Oct., 1851. 
 
 JOHN CATLIN BULL. 
 
 Born at Southbury, Ct., Oct. 12, 1824. 
 
 Entered Freshman, Sept., 1845. 
 
 Teacher in Danbury, Ct., till May, 1850. 
 
 Teacher in Tarrytown, N. Y., till Aug., 1850. 
 
 Student in Theology at Yale Theological Seminary, 1850-52. 
 
 Licensed to preach, July 19, 1852. 
 
 CHARLES GREENE CAME. 
 
 Born at Buxton, Me., Sept. 25, 1826. 
 
 Entered Freshman, Sept., 1845. 
 
 Studying Law in Portland Me., 1849-52. 
 
 Teaching in Maine, during the winters of 1850-51. 
 
 Editor in Portland, for one or two months in 1852. 
 
 Expecting to be admitted to the Bar in Oct., 1852. 
 
 ISAAC EDDY CAREY. 
 
 Born at Carroll, N. Y., July 29, 1822. 
 
 Entered Freshman, Sept., 1845. 
 
 Tutor in Beloit College, Wisconsin, 1849-50. 
 
 StudyiBg Theology in Auburn, N. Y., 1850-52. 
 
 Licensed to preach, June, 1852. 
 Married in Scipio, N. Y., to Miss Eliza A. Wright, Jan. 1, 1851. 
 
 WILLIAM GEORGE CHANDLER. 
 
 Born at Mobile, Ala., Sept. 15, 1829. 
 
 Entered Freshman, May, 1846. 
 
20 secketary's report. 
 
 Exchange and Commission Merchant in Mobile, Ala., 1850-52. 
 
 Settled permanently in Mercantile business. 
 
 WILLIAM BARKER CLARK. 
 
 Born at Gibara, Cuba, Dec. 27, 1829. 
 
 Entered Freshman, Sept., 1845. 
 
 Without regular business — in Sandusky, Ohio, Fort 
 
 Wayne, Ind., and New Haven, Ct., 1849-50. 
 
 Studying Theology at Yale Theological Seminary, 1850-52. 
 
 Licensed to preach, July 19, 1852. 
 
 WILLIAM LAWRENCE CLARK. 
 
 Born at Winchester, Va., Jan. 16, 1830. 
 Entered Junior, Sept., 1847. 
 
 Studied Law with his father in Winchester, Va., 1849-51. 
 
 Admitted to the Bar, Nov., 1851. 
 
 Settled as a Lawyer in Winchester, 1851-52. 
 
 BELA HORTON COLEGROVE. 
 
 Born at Coventry, R. L, March 22, 1824. 
 
 Entered Freshman, from Brown University, Jan., 1846. 
 
 Studied Law in Yale Law School, 1849-51. 
 
 Admitted to the Bar in Connecticut, Aug. 15, 1850. 
 
 Taught School in Stratford, Ct., during winter of 1849-50. 
 
 Collector for the Brothers' Society of Yale College, 
 
 Nov., 1850, till March, 1851. 
 Settled in Bufialo, N. Y., March, 1851. 
 
 Admitted to the Bar and opened a Law office in 
 
 Buffalo, May 1, 1851. 
 
 HAMILTON COUPER. 
 
 Born in Glynn Co., Ga., Jan. 11, 1829. 
 
 Entered Sophomore, Sept., 1846. 
 
 Studied Law in Georgia, 1849-50. 
 
 Studied Law at Cambridge Law School, Mass., 1850-51. 
 
 Prevented by disease of the eyes from professional study, 1851-52. 
 Expects now to continue the study of the Law and to be ad- 
 mitted to the Bar in a year. 
 Present residence — St. Simons Island, Georgia. 
 
 GEORGE DOUGLAS. 
 
 Born at Waterford, N. Y., Oct. 10, 1829. 
 
secretary's report. 21 
 
 Entered Junior, from the University of New York 
 
 City, Sept., 1847. 
 
 Studied Law in New York City, 1849-50. 
 
 Studied Law in Ballston, Saratoga Co., N. Y., 1850-51. 
 
 Admitted to the Bar, May, 1851. 
 
 Travelling in Europe and the East, since June, 1851. 
 
 Expecting to return in Oct., 1852. 
 
 FRANKLIN ASHER DURKEE. 
 
 Born in Susquehanna Co., Pa., July 31, 1825. 
 
 Entered Freshman, Sept., 1845. 
 
 In Brattleboro', Vt., for the benefit of his health, till Oct., 1849. 
 Entered Yale Theological Seminary, Oct., 1849. 
 
 Returned soon after to Binghamton, N. Y., and began 
 
 study of Law, Dec, 1849. 
 
 Entered a Law Office, March, 1850. 
 
 Appointed Superintendent of Public Schools of 
 
 Chenango, N. Y., July, 1850. 
 
 Re-elected to the same office for two years from Nov., 1850. 
 
 Admitted to the Bar, Jan. 13, 1852. 
 
 Settled as a Lawyer in Binghamton, N. Y., 1852. 
 
 TIMOTHY DWIGHT. 
 
 Born in Norwich, Ct., Nov. 16, 1828. 
 
 Entered Freshman, Sept., 1845. 
 
 Resident G-raduate at Yale College, on the Clark 
 
 Scholarship foundation, 1849-51. 
 
 Studying Theology in Yale Theological Seminary, 1851-52. 
 
 Tutor in Yale College, 1851-52. 
 
 ELLSWORTH ELIOT. 
 
 Born at Guilford, Ct., Sept. 15, 1827. 
 
 Entered Freshman, Sept., 1845. 
 
 Studied Medicine in Guilford and New Haven, Ct., till Oct., 1850. 
 Studied Medicine in New York City, 1850-52. 
 
 Received degree of M. D., March, 1852. 
 
 House Surgeon in Belie vue Hospital, N. Y. City, 1852. 
 
 Will continue in this office till April, 1853. 
 
 STEPHEN FENN. 
 
 Born at Plymouth, Ct., Oct. 6, 1824. 
 
 Entered Freshman, Sept., 1845. 
 
22 secretary's report. 
 
 Teacher at Norwich, Ct., and Resident Graduate at 
 
 . Yale College, 1849-50. 
 
 Teacher in Soiithington, Ct., 1850-51. 
 
 Studied Theology in Yale Theological Seminary, 1851-52. 
 
 FRANCIS MILES FINCH. 
 
 Born at Ithaca, N. Y., June 9, 1827. 
 
 Entered Sophomore, Sept., 1846. 
 
 Studying Law in Ithaca, N. Y., 1849-51. 
 
 Admitted to the Bar, Oct., 1850. 
 
 Commenced practicing Law, May, 1851. 
 
 In partnership with Judge Walbridge, of Ithaca, 1851-52. 
 
 Elected Poet for the Centennial celebration of the Lino- 
 
 nian Society of Yale College in 1853, July 28, 1852. 
 
 FRANKLIN WOODBURY FISK. 
 
 Born at Hopkinton, N. H., Feb., 1821. 
 
 Entered Freshman, Sept., 1845. 
 
 Studying Theology at Yale Theological Seminary, 1849-52. 
 
 Licensed to preach, July 19, 1852. 
 
 Tutor in Yale College, 1851-52. 
 
 CHARLES HENRY FOOTE. 
 
 Born at Huntsville, Ala., Aug. 17, 1828. 
 
 Entered Freshman, Sept., 1845. 
 
 Studied Law at Memphis, Tenn., 1849-52. 
 
 Removed to Arkansas, as a Lawyer, in the spring of 1852. 
 
 RUFUS AUSTIN FORD. 
 
 Born at Natchez, Miss., Feb. 27, 1827. 
 
 Entered Junior, Sept., 1847. 
 
 Studied Medicine in Natchez, Miss., 1849-50. 
 
 Studied Medicine in Louisville, Ky., 1850-52. 
 
 Received degree of M. D., March 1, 1852. 
 Expecting to settle as a Physician in Texas. 
 
 LITTLETON PURNELL FRANKLIN. 
 
 Born at Berlin, Md., Jan. 18, 1831. 
 Entered Freshman, May, 1846. 
 
 Settled in Berlin, Md., 1849-52. 
 
 Has been in feeble health since graduation. 
 
secretary's report. 23 
 
 By the death of his father and brother, he has come 
 into possession of a large estate, and is now set- 
 tled permanently in Maryland. 
 
 PHILIP GLEASON GALPIN. 
 
 Born at Buffalo, N. Y., 
 
 Entered Freshman, 
 
 Studied Law in New Haven, Ct., 
 
 Admitted to the Bar, 
 
 Settled in Findlay, Hancock Co., Ohio, 
 
 CHARLES RUSH GOODRICH. 
 
 Born at Troy, N. Y., 
 
 Entered Sophomore, 
 
 Resident Graduate at Yale College, 
 
 Teacher in Louisville, Ky., 
 
 Studying Medicine in Louisville, 
 
 GEORGE ANDERSON GORDON. 
 
 Born at Savannah, Ga., 
 Entered Sophomore, 
 Studied Law at Yale Law School, till 
 Studied Law privately, till 
 Lawyer in Newark, N. J., till 
 Lawyer in Savanah, Ga., Nov. 1851, 
 
 Permanently settled in Savannah. 
 Married to Miss Caroline B. Steinbergen, of Vir- 
 ginia, 
 One child — George Steinbergen Gordon — born, 
 Mrs. Gordon died, 
 
 ALBERT GALLATIN GREEN. 
 
 Born at Reading, Pa., 
 
 Entered Freshman, 
 
 Studied Law in Reading, Pa., 
 
 Teacher two months during spring of 
 
 Admitted to the Bar, 
 
 Settled as a Lawyer in Reading, Pa., 
 
 ELIAL FOOTE HALL. 
 
 Born at Carroll, N. Y., 
 Entered Freshman, 
 
 Feb. 3, 
 
 1830. 
 
 Sept., 
 
 1845. 
 
 
 1849-51. 
 
 
 1851. 
 
 Dec, 
 
 1851. 
 
 
 1828. 
 
 Sept., 
 
 1846. 
 
 
 1849-50. 
 
 
 1850-51. 
 
 
 1851-52. 
 
 
 1830. 
 
 Sept., 
 
 1846. 
 
 June, 
 
 1850. 
 
 Nov., 
 
 1850. 
 
 June, 
 
 1851. 
 
 till Aug., 
 
 1852. 
 
 June 5, 
 
 1850. 
 
 July 16, 
 
 1851. 
 
 July 16, 
 
 1851. 
 
 Dec. 6, 
 
 1828. 
 
 Sept., 
 
 1845, 
 
 
 1849-51. 
 
 
 1850. 
 
 Nov., 
 
 1851. 
 
 
 1852. 
 
 July 26 
 
 1827. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 , 1845, 
 

 1849-50. 
 
 
 1850-52. 
 
 May, 
 
 1824. 
 
 Sept., 
 
 1846. 
 
 
 1849-50. 
 
 
 1850-51. 
 
 Dec, 
 
 1851. 
 
 
 1852. 
 
 Nov. 27, 
 
 1830. 
 
 Sept., 
 
 1845. 
 
 24 secretary's report. 
 
 Resident Graduate at Yale College — studying Mod- 
 ern Languages and Law, 
 Travelling in Europe, 
 Intends entering the Legal profession. 
 
 JOHN LAWYER HANES. 
 
 Born at Fulton, N. Y., 
 
 Entered Sophomore, 
 
 Studied Law in Schoharie Co., N. Y., 
 
 Studied Law in New York City, 
 
 Admitted to the Bar, 
 
 Settled as a Lawyer in New York City, 
 
 FRANCIS EDWIN HARRISON. 
 
 Born at New Haven, Ct., 
 
 Entered Freshman, 
 
 Teacher in Brooklyn, Ct., and Medical Student, 
 
 Nov., 1849, to Aug., 1850. 
 Studied Medicine in New York City, till March, 1851. 
 
 Teacher in West Killingly, Ct., till Nov., 1851. 
 
 Studied Medicine in New York City, till April, 1852. 
 
 Editor of " Windham County Telegraph," West Killingly, 
 
 Ct., 1852. 
 
 HENRY MILLS HASKELL. 
 
 Born at Boston, Mass., May 10, 1827. 
 
 Entered Freshman, Sept., 1845. 
 
 Teacher in New York City, four months, 1850. 
 
 Studying Theology in Yale Theological Seminary, 1849-52. 
 
 Licensed to preach, July, 1851. 
 
 RUFUS ALEXANDER HENSON. 
 
 Born in Burke Co., N. C, 1828. 
 
 Entered Freshman, Sept., 1845. 
 
 Studied Law with Chancellor Peck, Tuscaloosa, Ala., 1849-51. 
 
 Admitted to the Bar, March, 1851. 
 
 Student in Cambridge Law School, 1851-52. 
 
 Received degree of LL. B., at Cambridge, July 21, 1852. 
 
 Married to Miss Mary Rogers Bearing, of Tusca- 
 loosa, Sept. 26, 1849. 
 One child — Dora Blanche Henson — born, June 27, 1850. 
 Settled permanently in San Antonio, Texas, 1852. 
 
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 HENRY HASTINGS HILL. 
 
 Born at Providence, R. I., May 6, 1825. 
 
 Entered Freshman from class of 1848, Sept., 1845. 
 
 Studying Law in Cincinnati, Ohio, 1849-50. 
 
 Civil Engineer, 1850-52. 
 Engaged on the Hamilton and Richmond Railroad, on the 
 
 line which is to connect Cincinnati and Chicago, 1851-52. 
 Permanently settled in this business. 
 
 THEODORE HENRY HITTELL. 
 
 Born at Hamilton, Ohio, 
 
 Entered Senior, 
 
 Without regular business, till 
 
 Studied Law in Cincinnati, Ohio, 
 
 Admitted to the Bar, 
 
 About settling as a Lawyer in Hamilton, Ohio, 
 
 1829. 
 
 Sept., 1848. 
 May, 1850. 
 
 1850-52. 
 May, 1852. 
 
 1852. 
 
 HORACE HOLLISTER. 
 
 Born at Salisbury,Ct., June 3, 1826. 
 
 Entered Sophomore, Sept., 1846. 
 
 Teacher in Louisville, Ky., 1849-50. 
 
 Removed to the South on account of ill health, Oct., 1850. 
 
 Teacher in Mobile, Ala., 1850-52. 
 Intends studying Law, and will continue for the present 
 in Mobile. 
 
 EDWARD CLEMENT HOUGH. 
 
 Born at Hawkinsville, Ga., Sept. 10, 1827. 
 
 Entered Freshman, Nov., 1845. 
 
 Resided in Hawkinsville, Ga., till April, 1850. 
 Private Tutor in Ex. Gov. Hammond's family, South 
 
 Carolina, till Dec, 1850. 
 
 "Without business — in Brownville, N. Y., till June, 1851. 
 
 Studied Law in Waynesboro', Ga., 1851-52. 
 
 Admitted to the Bar, May 8, 1852. 
 
 Expects to commence practicing Law in Nov., 1852. 
 
 THOMAS SCRANTON HUBBARD. 
 
 Born at Upper Middletown, Ct., Sept. 25, 1825. 
 
 Entered Freshman, Sept., 1845. 
 
 Manufacturer of Japanned ware, Meriden, Ct., 1849-51. 
 4 
 
26 secretary's report. 
 
 Agent for a Stock Company in the same business, at 
 
 Durham, Ct., 1851-52. 
 
 Married to Miss Jane E. Woodruff, of Meriden, Ct., Nov. 14, 1849. 
 
 JOSEPH HURLBUT. 
 
 Born in New York City, Feb. 19, 1828. 
 
 Entered Freshman, Sept., 1845. 
 Studying theology in Union Theological Seminary, 
 
 New York City, 1849-50. 
 
 Tutor in Beloit College, Wisconsin, 1850-51. 
 
 Studying theology in Andover, Mass., till May, 1852. 
 
 Tutor in Yale College, May, 1852. 
 
 CHARLES JOSIAH HUTCHINS. 
 
 Born in Waterford, Erie Co., Pa., Sept. 8, 1825. 
 
 Entered Freshman, Sept., 1845. 
 
 Teacher in Waterford, Pa., 1849-50. 
 
 Studying theology in Yale Theological Seminary, 1850-52. 
 
 Licensed to preach, July 19, 1852. 
 
 WILLIAM HUNTTING JESSUP. 
 
 Born at Montrose, Pa., Jan. 29, 1830. 
 
 Entered Sophomore, Sept., 1846. 
 
 Studied law with his father in Montrose, Pa., 1849-50. 
 
 Teacher in Montrose, nine months, 1850-51. 
 
 Studied law in Montrose, till Nov., 1851. 
 
 Admitted to the bar, Nov., 1851. 
 
 In partnership with his father, 1852. 
 
 JACOB BROWN KIRBY. ^ 
 
 Born at Brownville, N. Y., April 17, 1827. 
 
 Entered Sophomore, from Class of 1848, Sept., 1846. 
 
 Farmer, manufacturer, and Secretary of the Board of 
 Trustees of a Female Seminary in Brownville, 
 Jefferson Co., N. Y., 1849-52. 
 
 WILLIAM BROWN LEE. 
 
 Born at Madison, Ct., Aug. 30, 1828. 
 
 Entered Freshman, Sept., 1845. 
 
 Teacher in Branford, Ct., 1849-50. 
 
 Studying theology at East Windsor, Ct., 1850-52. 
 
 Licensed to preach, June 2, 1852. 
 
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 frederick st. john lockwood. 
 Born at Nonvalk, Ct., 1827. 
 
 Entered Freshman, Sept., 1845. 
 
 Farmer in Norwalk, Ct., 1849-52. 
 
 AARON LYON. 
 
 Born at Southbridge, Mass., Aug. 14, 1824. 
 
 Entered Freshman, Sept., 1845. 
 
 Studied law at Yale Law School, 1849-50. 
 
 Studied law in Southbridge and Sturbridge, Mass., 1850-51. 
 
 Admitted to the bar, Sept., 1851. 
 
 Lawyer — in partnership with Benjamin D. Hyde, in 
 
 Sturbridge, 1851-52. 
 
 Married to Miss Mary J. Porter, of Sturbridge, May 26, 1852. 
 
 CORYDON CHARLES MERRIMAN. 
 
 Born at Elbridge, N. Y., June 4, 1827. 
 
 Entered Freshman, Sept., 1845. 
 
 Studied law in Syracuse, N. Y., 1849-50. 
 
 Studied law in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 1850-51. 
 
 Settled on a farm in Skeneateles, N. Y., 1851. 
 
 Occupied with horticulture, literary pursuits, &;c., 1851-52. 
 
 Married to Miss Lucy J. Vickery, of Fishkill, N. Y., 
 
 April 12, 1850. 
 
 HENRY LAURENS METCALFE. 
 
 Born at Natchez, Miss., Sept. 21, 1829. 
 
 Entered Junior, Sept., 1847. 
 
 Studied law a few months in Natchez, Miss., 1849. 
 
 Commenced study of medicine in New Orleans, Jan., 1850. 
 
 Confined at home by ill-health, during the summer of 1850. 
 
 Entered Medical School in Crosby St., N. Y. City, Sept., 1850. 
 Remained in New York City, most of the time, till Jan., 1852. 
 Suffered very much from ill-health, since graduation. 
 Married Miss Eliza Kinsey, of Natchez, May 27, 1852. 
 
 Health now restored. Just about becoming a planter, 
 in Natchez. 
 
 JAMES BROWNING MILES. 
 
 Born at Rutland, Mass., 1823. 
 
 Entered Freshman, Sept., 1845. 
 
 Teacher in North Fairfield, Ct., 1849-50. 
 
28 secretary's report. 
 
 Studying theology in Yale Theological Seminary, 1850-51. 
 
 Studying theology in Andover, Mass., 1852. 
 
 Tutor in Yale College, Sept., 1852. 
 
 JOHN BELDEN MITCHELL. 
 
 Born in Vermont, June, 1829. 
 
 Entered Freshman, Sept., 1845. 
 
 Without regular business — in Vermont, 1849-50. 
 
 In mercantile business in New York City, 1850-52. 
 
 Expecting to be settled in business the coming Autumn. 
 
 MARK BURNHAM MOORE. 
 
 Born at Shelby, N. Y. 
 
 Entered Freshman, Sept., 1845. 
 
 Teacher in Meriden, Ct., 1849-51. 
 
 Studied law in Lockport, N. Y., till Dec. 10, 1851. - 
 
 Studied law in the office of President Fillmore, 
 
 Buffalo, N. Y., 1851-52. 
 
 Admitted to the bar, ^ April 27, 1852. 
 
 Not yet settled. 
 
 EDWARD DAFYDD MORRIS. 
 
 Born at Utica, N. Y., Oct. 31, 1825. 
 
 Entered Sophomore, Sept., 1846. 
 
 Studying theology in Auburn, N. Y., 1849-52. 
 
 Licensed to preach, June, 1851. 
 
 Settled as "stated supply" of 2d Presbyterian Church, 
 
 in Auburn, N. Y., May, 1852. 
 
 Ordained by the Cayuga Presbytery, N. Y., June 2, 1852. 
 
 Married Miss Elizabeth Parmelee, of Fair Haven, 
 
 Ct., July 29, 1852. 
 
 WASHINGTON MURRAY. 
 
 Born in New York City, July 7, 1828. 
 
 Entered Freshman, Sept., 1845. 
 
 Studying law at Cambridge Law School, 1849-51. 
 
 Received degree of LL. B., July, 1851. 
 
 Studying law in New York City, till Jan., 1852. 
 
 Traveling on account of feeble health, through North 
 
 and South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, 1852. 
 
 Returned to the North in June last, but with health not 
 
 yet restored. 
 
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 romeo ezekiel north. 
 Born in Louisiana, March 31, 1830. 
 
 Entered Sophomore, Sept., 1846, 
 
 Studying law in Louisville, Ky., 1849-52. 
 
 JOHN OAKEY. 
 
 Born at Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept. 12, 1828. 
 
 Entered Freshman, Sept., 1845. 
 
 Studied law in New York City, 1849-51. 
 
 Teacher of the art of playing the violin, 1849-51. 
 
 Admitted to the bar, Oct., 1851. 
 Lawyer — in the office of C. T. Cromwell, Esq., New 
 
 York City, 1851-52. 
 
 DAVID PECK. 
 
 Born at Greenwich, Ct., Feb. 16, 1825. 
 
 Entered Sophomore, Sept., 1846. 
 
 Studying theology at Yale Theological Seminary, 1849-52. 
 
 Licensed to preach, July, 1851. 
 
 Expecting to be ordained and settled at Orange, Mass., 
 
 Oct. 2, 1852. 
 Married to Miss Frances M. Jocelyn, of New JIaven, 
 
 Ct., Sept. 8, 1852. 
 
 HUGH FLORIEN PETERS. 
 
 Born at Hartford, Ct., June 14, 1829. 
 Entered Freshman, Sept., 1845. 
 
 Studying law in Litchfield, Ct., 1850-51. 
 
 Admitted to the bar, Dec, 1851. 
 
 Not yet settled. 
 Present residence, Cheshire, Ct. 
 
 WILLIAM FREDERICK POOLE. 
 
 Born at Salem, Mass., Dec. 24, 1821. 
 
 Entered Freshman, May, 1846. 
 
 Resided in New Haven, preparing his " Index to Reviews," 1849-50. 
 Assistant librarian in the Boston Atheneum, 1850-52. 
 
 Librarian of Boston Mercantile Library x\ssociation, June, 1852. 
 
 CHARLES AUGUSTUS LEWIS RICHARDS. 
 
 Born at Cincinnati, Ohio, March 30, 1830. 
 
 Entered Freshman, Sept., 1845. 
 
30 secretary's report. 
 
 Studied medicine in Cincinnati, Ohio, 1849-51. 
 
 Studied medicine in Jefferson Medical School, Philadelphia, 1851-52. 
 Received degree of M. D., March, 1852. 
 
 Settled as a physician in Cincinnati, 1852. 
 
 WALKER RICHARDSON. 
 
 Born in Elbert Co., Ga., 1825. 
 
 Entered Freshman, Sept., 1845. 
 A planter with his father in Glennville, Ala., 1849-51. 
 
 A planter about two miles from Glennville, 1852, 
 
 Settled for life in his present occupation. 
 
 GEORGE FREDERICK ROBINSON. 
 
 Born in Willoughby, Ohio, Aug. 11, 1827. 
 
 Entered Freshman, Sept., 1845. 
 
 Studied law in Cleveland, Ohio, 1849-52. 
 
 Admitted to the bar, April, 1852. 
 
 Spending the present Summer in Willoughby, Ohio. 
 Not yet settled. 
 
 JOHN ROCKWELL. 
 
 Born at Savannah, Ga., April 26, 1829, 
 Entered Freshman, Sept., 1845. 
 
 Engaged upon the United States Coast Survey, 1849-52. 
 
 Stationed near Portland, Me., and in Fall River, Mass., 
 
 till Jan., 1850. 
 
 Stationed on Edisto Island, S. C, till A'pril, 1850. 
 
 Stationed in California and Oregon, 1850-52. 
 
 SAMUEL NEWELL ROWELL. 
 
 Born at Cornish, N. H., Nov. 21, 1821. 
 
 Entered Freshman, Sept., 1845. 
 
 Studying medicine in New Haven, Ct., 1849-52. 
 
 Graduated at Yale Medical School, Jan. 15, 1852. 
 
 Settled as a physician in New Haven, Ct., 1852. 
 
 Married to Miss Eliza A. Benham, of N. Y. City, Aug. 17, 1850. 
 
 THOMAS ROGERS SHEARON. 
 
 Born in Alabama, April, 1825. 
 
 Entered Sophomore, Sept., 1846. 
 
 Settled as a planter in Davidson Co., near Nashville, 
 
 Tenn., 1851-52. 
 
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 Removed to Yorkville, Gibson Co., Tenn., 
 
 t 
 
 1852. 
 
 Permanently settled as a planter. 
 
 
 
 Married at home, at some time during the Autumn of 
 
 1849. 
 
 One child — born in the Summer of 
 
 
 1851. 
 
 ALFRED LORING SKINNER. 
 
 
 
 Born at Bucksport, Me., 
 
 Nov. 22, 
 
 1824. 
 
 Entered Freshman, 
 
 Sept., 
 
 1845. 
 
 Studying theology in Bangor, Me., 
 
 
 1849-52. 
 
 Licensed to preach, 
 
 Dec, 
 
 1851. 
 
 Not yet settled. 
 
 
 
 EDWARD PARMELEE SMITH. 
 
 
 
 Born at Southbury, Ct., 
 
 June 3, 
 
 , 1827. 
 
 Entered Junior, from Dartmouth College, 
 
 Nov., 
 
 1847. 
 
 Teacher in Mobile, Ala., 
 
 
 1849-52. 
 
 Intends studying for the ministry, and entering Yale 
 Theological Seminary, in the Autumn of 1852. 
 
 JOB LEWIS SMITH. 
 
 Born at Borodino, Onondaga Co., N. Y., Oct. 15, 1827. 
 
 Entered Freshman, May, 1846. 
 
 Studying medicine in Onondaga and Courtland Coun- 
 ties, N. Y., 1849-50. 
 Studying medicine in Buffalo, N. Y., 1850-52. 
 
 NATHAN SEYMOUR STARR. 
 
 Born in New York City, July 19, 1830. 
 
 Entered Freshman, Sept., 1845. 
 
 In the wholesale hat, cap, and straw business, N. Y. City, 1849-52. 
 Married to Miss Clarissa W. Wariand, of New Haven, 
 
 Ct., June 3, 1851. 
 
 Permanently settled as a merchant in New York City. 
 
 THOMAS HUNTON SWOPE. 
 
 Born at Danville, Ky., Nov. 21, 1828. 
 Entered Senior, Sept., 1848. 
 
 Studying medicine, 1849-52. 
 
 Now residing in Nashville, Tenn., 1852. 
 
 Has been in feeble health since graduation. 
 
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 WILLIAM CRAIG SWOPE. 
 
 Born at Danville, Ky., Nov. 8, 1830. 
 
 Entered Senior, Sept., 1848. 
 
 Studying law in Kentucky, 1849-52. 
 
 Graduated at Transylvania Law School, Lexington, 
 
 Ky., March, 1852. 
 
 Resided most of the time, since graduation, in Dan- 
 ville, Ky. 
 
 Not yet settled. 
 
 BENJAMIN TALBOT. 
 
 Born at Brooklyn, N. Y., May 22, 1827. 
 
 Entered Freshman, May, 1846^ 
 
 Resident Graduate in New Haven, Ct., 1849-50. 
 
 Studying theology in New Haven, Ct., 1850-52. 
 
 On the Berkeley Scholarship foundation, Yale College, 1849-52. 
 
 Licensed to preach, July 19, 1852. 
 
 ANDREW UPSON. 
 
 Born at Southington, Ct., May 18, 1825. 
 Entered Freshman, Sept., 1845. 
 Teacher in Salem, N. J., 1849-50. 
 Teacher in Wellsboro', Tioga Co., Pa., 1850-51. 
 Farmer in Southington, Ct., 1852. 
 Married to Miss Elizabeth Lewis Gridley, of South- 
 ington, Ct., April 18, 1850. 
 One child — Ella Maria Upson — born, April 3, 1852. 
 
 AUGUSTUS WALKER. 
 
 Born at Medway, Mass., Oct. 30, 1822. 
 
 Entered Freshman, Sept., 1845. 
 
 Studying theology in Bangor, Me., 1849-50. 
 
 Studying theology in Andover, Mass., 1850-52. 
 
 Licensed to preach, April 13, 1852. 
 Not yet settled. 
 
 WILLIAM WALLACE WARD. 
 
 Born at Savannah, Ga., June 24, 1829. 
 
 Entered Freshman, Oct., 1845. 
 
 Studying law in Cincinnati, Ohio, 1849-52. 
 
 Admitted to the bar, May 30, 1852. 
 Intending to settle in Cincinnati. 
 
SECRETARY S REPORT. 
 
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 CHARLES BILL WARING. 
 
 Born, 1828. 
 
 Entered Sophomore, from Class of 1848, Sept., 1846. 
 
 Studied law in New Haven, Ct., till May, 1851. 
 
 Admitted to the bar in New York City, May, 1852. 
 
 Settled as a lawyer in New York City, 1852. 
 
 Married to Miss Fanny Morris, May 2, 1850. 
 
 One child — George Webster Waring — born Nov. 12, 1851. 
 
 JOHN WATIES. 
 
 Born at Statesburg, S. C, March, 1828. 
 
 Entered Freshman, Sept., 1845. 
 
 Civil Engineer, Jan., 1850-52. 
 Engaged in surveys in Rabun Co., Ga., for a Railroad 
 
 across the Blue Ridge, 1852. 
 
 ERASTUS HAY WEISER. 
 
 
 Born at York, Pa., 
 
 Jan. 28, 1826. 
 
 Entered Freshman, 
 
 Sept., 1845. 
 
 Studied law in York, Pa., 
 
 1849-51. 
 
 Admitted to the bar. 
 
 June 1, 1851. 
 
 Lawyer in York, Pa., 
 
 1851-52. 
 
 JAMES LAWRENCE WILLARD. 
 
 
 Born in Madison, Ct., 
 
 1825. 
 
 Entered Freshman, 
 
 Sept., 1845. 
 
 Studying theology at Yale Theological Seminary, 
 
 1849-52. 
 
 Licensed to preach, 
 
 July, 1851. 
 
 JOHN WILLARD. 
 
 
 Born at Hartford, Ct., 
 
 1827. 
 
 Entered Freshman, 
 
 Sept., 1845. 
 
 Teacher in Manchester, Ct., 
 
 1849-50, 
 
 Studying theology in Andover, Mass., 
 
 1850-52, 
 
 MOSES WINTHROP WILSON. 
 
 
 Born at Fairfield, Ct., March 19, 1826. 
 
 Entered Freshman, 
 
 Sept., 1845. 
 
 Studied law in Bridgeport, Ct., • 
 
 1849-51. 
 
 Admitted to the bar, 
 
 Dec, 1851. 
 
 Clerk of Connecticut House of Representatives, 
 
 1851. 
 
 Settled as a lawyer in Westport, Ct., 
 
 1852. 
 
34 SECRET AKYSREPORT. 
 
 Married to Miss Margaret E. Wheeler, of Easton, 
 
 Ct., Nov. 20, 1850. 
 
 SILAS WODELL. 
 
 Born in Washington, Dutchess Co., N. Y., 1825. 
 
 Entered Freshman, Sept., 1845. 
 
 Studied law in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 1849-51. 
 
 Admitted to the bar, July 8, 1851. 
 
 Settled as a lawyer in Poughkeepsie, in partnership 
 
 with James Emott, Jr., Esq., 1851-52. 
 
 CURTISS TROWBRIDGE WOODRUFF. 
 
 Born in New Haven, Ct., Sept. 8, 1816. 
 
 Entered Freshman, Sept., 1845. 
 
 Engaged in the insurance business in Worcester, Mass., 1849-50. 
 Studying theology in General Episcopal Seminary, New 
 
 York City, 1850-51. 
 
 In the insurance business in New York City, 1851-52. 
 
 Editor of " Public Sentiment," New York City, 1851-52. 
 
 Intended profession — theology. 
 Married to Miss Julia L. M. Curtlss, Feb. 10, 1849. 
 
RECORD 
 
 OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THE CLASS WHO LEFT 
 BEFORE GRADUATION. 
 
 The facts presented in the following pages, in respect to those who 
 were connected with the Class, during some portion of its Collegiate 
 course, but did not graduate with us, were not included in the report 
 read at the meeting in July last, but have been gathered from various 
 sources since that time. 
 
 OF THOSE WHO LEFT THE CLASS SENIOR YEAR. 
 
 JAMES CAMPBELL. 
 
 
 Born at Mobile, Ala., 
 
 April 4, 1828. 
 
 Entered Freshman, 
 
 Sept., 1845. 
 
 Left College, 
 
 Nov., 1848. 
 
 Studied law in Cambridge Law School, till 
 
 July, 1849. 
 
 Studied law in Mobile, Ala., 
 
 1849-51 
 
 Admitted to the bar, 
 
 1851. 
 
 Settled as a lawyer in Mobile, 
 
 1851-52, 
 
 JAMES DAVENPORT SKINNEE. 
 
 
 Entered Freshman, from New York City, 
 
 May, 1846. 
 
 Left College, 
 
 Feb., 1849. 
 
 Studied law in the office of Fessenden & Ketchuin 
 
 1, New 
 
 York City, 
 
 1849-51, 
 
 Traveling in Europe, 
 
 1852. 
 
 CLINTON WOODFORD. 
 
 
 Born at Avon, Ct., 
 
 1828. 
 
 Entered Freshman, 
 
 Sept., 1845. 
 
 Left College, 
 
 Jan., 1 849. 
 
30 secretary's report. 
 
 Sailed for California, about Feb., 1849. 
 
 Since that time has been in San Francisco and at the 
 mines. At the last accounts, (Oct., 1851,) he 
 was on the Klamath River, near the Oregon line, 
 and was expecting to return within fifteen months 
 from that time, 1849-52. 
 
 These facts were kindly furnished by his father. 
 
 OF THOSE WHO LEFT THE CLASS JUNIOR YEAR. 
 
 Stephen Adams, of Brooklyn, N. Y. ; entered College, Sept., 1847; 
 left College, June, 1848 ; entered and was graduated with the 
 Class of 1850 ; and since graduation, has been studying law in 
 Lynchburg, Va., 1850-52. * 
 
 Andrew Jackson Douglass, of Orwigsburg, Pa. ; born at Orwigs- 
 burg, Aug. 31, 1828; entered Freshman, May, 1846; left 
 College, April, 1848. "During the Winter of Junior year, he 
 applied himself very closely to his studies, and about a month 
 or six weeks before the Spring vacation, he complained of feeK 
 ing unwell. His complaint grew worse and worse, until he 
 placed himself under the charge of a physician, and was con- 
 fined to his bed for several weeks. A day or two before the 
 close of the term, he began to grow better, so that he left for 
 his home. On his reaching home, he found that his disease 
 was dropsy in the chest. He failed very rapidly, until the close 
 of the vacation, when he died May 22, 1848." 
 
 " By those who knew him, he can never be forgotten." 
 
 Lewis Gano, of Bethlehem, N. J. ; entered the Class from the Class 
 of '48, May, 1846 ; left College about March, 1848 ; studied at 
 Union Theological Seminary, in New York City, 1848-51 ; 
 and, for the past year, has been traveling with Dr. Robinson, of 
 that institution, in Europe and the East. 
 
 Albert Hobron, of New London, Ct. ; entered Freshman, Sept., 
 1845 ; left College, Jan., 1848 ; studied medicine in New Lon- 
 don, Ct., 1848; studied medicine in the University of Penn- 
 sylvania, 1849-50; received degree of M. D., April 6, 1850; 
 spent the Summer of 1850, in farming; settled as a physician 
 in New London, Jan. 10, 1851. 
 
SECRETARY S REPORT 
 
 37 
 
 William M. Martin, of Pulaski, Tenn. ; entered Freshman, Jan., 
 1846 ; left College about Jan., 1848 ; has been residing in Ten- 
 nessee, since leaving College ; suffered \eA'y much from ill-health ; 
 sailed for Europe in July, 1852 — expecting to spend one or two 
 years in traveling. 
 
 Benjamin F. Moore, of Binghamton, N. Y. ; entered Freshman, 
 Oct., 1845 ; left College, July, 1848 ; teacher in Union, N. Y., 
 1848 ; teaching, and studying law in or near Natchez, Miss., 
 1849-51 ; admitted to the bar in the Autumn of 1851 ; and 
 novi^ residing in Mississippi or New Orleans. 
 
 Cornelius Sterling, of Bridgeport, Ct. ; born in Bridgeport, 
 Aug. 18, 1828 ; entered Freshman, Sept., 1845 ; left College, 
 April, 1848 ; engaged in mercantile business as a clerk, in 
 Bridgeport, immediately on his return from College ; was com- 
 pelled, by symptoms of consumption, to abandon his business 
 mostly in the Spring of 1850 ; having partially recovered, was 
 married to Miss Susan Augusta Hall, of Bridgeport, May 12, 
 1850; during the Summer of 1850, had, on one or two occa- 
 sions, a slight hemorrhage of the lungs, and in Nov., 1850, was 
 obliged to visit the South, where he spent the Winter of 1850-51 ; 
 returned to his native place in May, 1851, and learned from his 
 physician that his left lung was affected, and that the dreadful 
 disease was firmly seated upon him ; his uncle being about to 
 sail for California, with sanguine expectations of improvement 
 from the voyage, he left home on the r2th of July ; arrived at 
 San Francisco on the 29th of October, very feeble, though not 
 apparently in immediate danger ; but very suddenly, on the 30th, 
 he began to grow weaker, arsd after lingering for a few hours, 
 he expired at twenty minutes before 1 o'clock, on the morning 
 of Oct. 31, 1851, at the age of 23 years and 2 months. 
 
 In a letter, written at the request of the Secretary, his father, 
 Mr. Sherwood Sterling, says : 
 
 *' I should have had hope in his death, had there been no 
 further testimony beyond what he gave when at home. But, in 
 his journal, he speaks of his fears having left him, of his hope 
 in his Redeemer ; and, in his conversation with his friends in 
 San Francisco, he said that he felt prepared for death, and that 
 his preparation was founded on his faith in the atoning sacrifice 
 
38 secretary's report. 
 
 of Him who died for him. He said but little for two or three 
 hours previous to his death, yet expressing wishes that his wife 
 and parents were with him, though not despondingly ; expressing 
 also his confidence in the Savior, and then thanking his brother 
 and friends for their kindness to him, after a short time he ex- 
 pired without a groan. We believe that he sleeps in Jesus." 
 
 La Fayette Twitty, of Rutherfordton, N. C. ; entered Freshman, 
 Sept. 1845 ; left College in Jan., 1848 ; has been studying medi- 
 cine for two or three years past ; now residing in Rutherfordton, 
 but is expecting to establish himself as a physician in Texas. 
 
 Andrew Jackson Wheeler, of Easton, Ct. ; born May 15, 1828 ; 
 entered Freshman, Sept., 1845 ; left College on account of 
 feeble health, Jan., 1848. He gradually declined until the 7th 
 of June, 1848, when he died in the midst of his friends, in his 
 native place. 
 
 We quote the following extract, as setting forth the opinions 
 of those who knew him intimately, and the sorrow felt by all 
 his Classmates at his death. 
 
 "Wheeler was really known to but few of our number, and 
 we are happy that we were ranked among that few. Exceed- 
 ingly modest in his demeanor, he yet possessed uncommon self- 
 reliance, and an energy indomitable. When once incited by 
 difficulties in study, night and day bore equal testimony to his 
 ardent toil. And we are sure that there was not one among us 
 who loved study better for its own sake — who was less influ- 
 enced by all those flattering considerations which ever hover 
 around the scholar. What would such energy and perseverance, 
 united to strong, clear intellectual powers and an unerring 
 judgment, have not done for their possessor in the combat of 
 life ? Rut his kindness of heart, and his freedom from selfish 
 prejudices, were equally evident to his associates. He had not 
 a single enemy. We visited his funeral with nearly sixty of 
 our Classmates, and our impressions of that journey will never 
 be erased. It was a beautiful day in June ; the sky with its 
 light clouds, the earth with its green fields, its leafy woods, its 
 flashing streamlets, its flocks and herds, seemed all bathed in glo- 
 rious, God-given life. Life ! often we thought, on our way from 
 the house of mourning to the house of prayer, that nothing 
 
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 could be dead on such a day. But the awful realities were be- 
 fore our eyes. As the remains of the departed were placed in 
 their narrow home, the following hymn, composed on the occa- 
 sion by two of his Classmates, was sung with unaffected feeling. 
 
 " Lightly, brothers — lightly tread 
 
 Where the floweret blooms no more ; 
 Where, among the honored dead. 
 
 Sleeps the heart whose throbs are o'er. 
 Death has torn a friend away. 
 
 Waked the sigh and loosed the tear, 
 Bade^us weep and sadly pray 
 
 O'er a brother's silent bier. 
 
 " Classmate, brother, fare thee well. 
 
 In thy lonely place of rest ; 
 Sadder thoughts than words can tell. 
 
 Live in each surviving breast. 
 Death has sundered every tie. 
 
 Borne thee to a distant shore ; 
 Thou hast passed away for aye. 
 
 We shall meet no more, no more." 
 
 The memory of "that beautiful day in June" will never pass 
 away from any of those who witnessed that mournful scene ; 
 and though we were not all, like our Classmate, "ranked among 
 that few" who knew him well, yet as we meet, from time to 
 time, in years to come, the thought of Wheeler's death will 
 carry us back to the hour when we stood beside his open grave, 
 and felt that he had gone from us forever. 
 
 Daniel Ellis Willes, of Franklin, Ct. ; entered Sophomore, May, 
 1847, from the Class of '48 ; left College near the beginning of 
 Junior year ; entered, but was not graduated with the Class of 
 1850. Since leaving College, he has taught school in various 
 places ; studied law in Detroit, Mich., and is now preaching in 
 Western New York. 
 
 OF THOSE WHO LEFT THE CLASS SOPHOMORE YEAR. 
 
 Leonard Woolsey Bacon, of New Haven, Ct. ; entered Fresh- 
 man, Sept., 1845 ; left College in the Summer of 1847 ; after- 
 ward entered the Class of 1850, and received the degree of 
 
40 secretary's REPORT. 
 
 A. B., as a graduate of that Class, at the Commencement in 
 July, 1852. After leaving College, he travelled with his father. 
 Rev. Dr. Bacon, in Europe and the East, in 1850-51 ; studying 
 theology at Andover, Mass., 1851-52. Now expecting to be a 
 Missionary. 
 
 Henry L. Conner, of Natchez, Miss. ; entered Freshman, July, 
 1846; left College, Aug., 1847. 
 
 William S. Halsey, of West Town, N. Y. ; entered Freshman, 
 Sept., 1845 ; left College, Aug., 1847 ; studied medicine in New 
 York City and London; settled at Newburgh, N. Y., 1852. 
 
 Henry K. Holley, of Lyons, N. Y. ; entered Freshman, May, 
 1846 ; left College, Aug., 1847 ; after leaving College, went to 
 the South with his father, one of the Members of Congress from 
 the State of New York, who was in feeble health ; after his 
 father's death in 1848, returned, and was connected with the 
 Richmond Iron Co., in Massachusetts. Now, in 1852, settled 
 in Milwaukie, Wisconsin. 
 
 Amos M. Judson, of Waterford, Pa. ; entered Freshman, Sept., 
 1845 ; left College, July, 1847 ; studied law in Erie, Pa., till 
 1850 ; editor of " Erie Chronicle," till April, 1852 ; now 
 traveling at the West. 
 
 Solomon Leche, of Baltimore, Md. ; entered Freshman, Sept., 1845 ; 
 left College, Aug., 1847; studied law at Yale Law School, 
 1848-49 ; married to Miss Leffingwell, of New Haven, Ct.,in 
 1849 ; received degree of LL. B., Aug., 1849 ; settled as a 
 lawyer in Baltimore, Md., 1850-52. 
 
 Frederick H. Lyon, of Bridgeport, Ct. ; entered Freshman, from 
 the Class of '48, May, 1846 ; left College, Aug., 1847 ; settled 
 as a hardware merchant in Bridgeport, Ct., under the firm of 
 Holcomb &; Lyon, 1851-52. Married Miss Hawley, of Bridge- 
 port. 
 
 Matthew Hall McAllister, of Savannah, Ga. ; entered Fresh- 
 man, May, 1846; left College, July, 1847 ; studied law in Sa- 
 vannah, G-a., 1847-49 ; admitted to the bar, about Jan., 1849 ; 
 sailed for California early in 1849, and since that time has been 
 
secretary's report. 41 
 
 settled as a lawyer in San Francisco, in partnership with his 
 father, 1849-52. 
 
 Louis Manigault, of Charleston, S. C. ; entered Freshman, Sept., 
 1845 ; left College, Aug., 1847 ; sailed for Europe in the Sum- 
 mer of 1847 ; spent two or three years in traveling in Europe ; 
 since his return to this country, has resided in South Carolina. 
 
 Gardiner Spring Plumley, of New York City ; entered Fresh- 
 man, Sept., 1845 ; left College, Aug., 1847 ; entered and was 
 graduated with the Class of 1850 ; teacher of music in New 
 York City, 1850-52; studying theology in Union Theological 
 Seminary, N. Y. City, 1851-52 ; married in 1851. 
 
 James Waller Poindexter, of Halifax, Va. ; entered Freshman, 
 May, 1846; left College, Oct., 1846; entered and was graduated 
 with the Class of 1850 ; studying law at Harvard Law School, 
 1850-52. 
 
 George M. Ruffin, of Marengo Co., Ala. ; entered Freshman, 
 Sept., 1845 ; left College, Aug., 1847 ; since leaving College, 
 studied medicine, and now supposed to be a planter in Georgia. 
 
 Edward Scofield, of Fishkill, N. Y. ; entered Freshman, Sept., 
 1845 ; left College, on account of disease of the lungs, Aug., 
 1847 ; since then studying medicine, as his health would per- 
 mit, 1849-51 ; now settled as a homoeopathic physician, in 
 partnership with Dr. A. Hall, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 
 
 Israel Newell Smith, of Bradford, N. H. ; entered Freshman, 
 Sept., 1845 ; left College, April, 1847 ; taught school in Paris, 
 Ky., 1847-48 ; taught school, and studied medicine in Bowling 
 Green, Ky., 1848-49 ; continued and completed his medical 
 studies in Boston, Mass. ; married Miss Bates, of North Brook- 
 field, Mass., 1848. Mrs. Smith died of Cholera, in July, 1849, 
 leaving one child. 
 
 James J. Swilley, of Sumpter Co., Ala. ; entered Freshman, Sept., 
 1845 ; left College, Aug., 1847 ; went into business with his 
 father immediately upon his return home, and is believed to have 
 continued there ever since. 
 6 
 
42 secretary's report. 
 
 Norman C. Thompson, of Perry, Ga. ; entered Freshman, Sept., 
 1845 ; left College, March, 1847. 
 
 J. Gordon Wallace, of Fredericksburg, Va. ; entered Sophomore, 
 Sept., 1846 ; left College, July, 1847 ; after leaving New Ha- 
 ven, studied medicine in Philadelphia, Pa., and now supposed 
 to be settled in Virginia. 
 
 Horace Spangler Weiser, of York, Pa. ; entered Freshman, 
 Sept., 1845 ; left College, Aug., 1847 ; joined the Class of '50, 
 in Sept., 1849, but was obliged, by ill-health, to leave again in 
 July, 1850 ; studied law in York, Pa., 1850-51 ; admitted to 
 the bar, Dec, 1851 ; settled as a lawyer in York, 1852; suf- 
 fered from ill-health for a year and a half after leaving College, 
 but is now entirely restored. 
 
 OF THOSE WHO LEFT THE CLASS FRESHMAN YEAR, 
 
 John Isaac Ira Adams, of Durham, N. H., ; entered Sept., 1845 5 
 left College, Aprils 1846 ; entered and was graduated with the 
 Class of 1850 ; since graduation, has taught school ; teaching 
 in New Market, N. H., 1851-52. Married in New Market, 
 1852. ^^ 
 
 William Elliott Lee Bassett, of New Haven, Ct. ; entered 
 Sept., 1845; left College, April, 1846 ; entered and was gradu- 
 ated with the Class of 1850; taught school, 1850-51; studied 
 theology in Union Theological Seminary, New York City, 
 1851-52. 
 
 Benjamin L. Benson, of Harlaem, N. Y. ; entered, Sept., 1845; 
 left College, Feb., 1846 ; after leaving College, Mr. B. went to 
 Union College, and adopted the somewhatunusual course of 
 entering there as a Freshman, in Sept., 1847 ; since that time 
 he has not been heard of. 
 
 Ethan Ferris Bishop, of Bridgeport, Ct. ; entered, Sept., 1845; 
 left College, June, 1846 ; was married soon after leaving New 
 Haven, and settled in Bridgeport. Since then has been enga- 
 ged in law business, and settling the large estate of his father, 
 
secretary's report. 43 
 
 and is now President of the Naugatuck Railroad Company, in 
 Bridgeport. 
 
 John Burroughs, of Philadelphia, Pa. ; entered, Sept., 1845 ; left 
 College, April, 1846. The Secretary had the pleasure of seeing 
 Mr. Burroughs, for a few moments, on the 30th of July, 1852, 
 but omitted to make the necessary inquiries as to his place of 
 abode and his occupation. He is believed to have been enga- 
 ged in mercantile business, during all the time since leavij^g 
 College, in Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Edward F. Campbell, of Augusta, Ga. ; entered, Sept., 1845; 
 left College, Feb., 1846 ; after leaving College, studied law in 
 Augusta, Ga. ; admitted to the bar in 1851 ; and is now a Civil 
 Engineer in Georgia, 1852. 
 
 Edmund Alphonso Capen, of Framingham, Mass. ; entered, Sept., 
 1845 ; left College, Nov., 1845. He was the first who left the 
 Class. Since leaving College, he has resided most of the lime 
 with his father, in Framingham, Mass. 
 
 Henry Chase, of Lyndon, Vt. ; entered, March, 1846 ; left Col- 
 lege, June, 1846 ; entered and was graduated with the Class of 
 1850 ; studied law at home, 1850-51 ; entered Cambridge Law 
 School, Sept., 1851 ; soon after was compelled to leave on ac- 
 count of ill-health, and has since been on a farm in Lyndon, Vt. 
 
 Richard Lucius Chittenden, of Columbus, Ohio ; entered, Sept., 
 1845 ; left College, Aug., 1846 ; entered and was graduated at 
 Kenyon College, Ohio, 1849 ; teaching in the Deaf and Dumb 
 Asylum, Columbus, Ohio, 1850-51 ; now studying law in Mil- 
 waukie, Wisconsin. 
 
 William D. Clack, of Marshall Co., Ala. ; entered, Sept., 1845; 
 left College, Jan,, 1846. 
 
 James Leonard Corning, of Brooklyn, N. Y. ; entered, Sept., 
 1845 ; left College, April, 1846 ; entered and was graduated at 
 the University of the City of New York, 1849 ; studied theology 
 in Union Theological Seminary, in N. Y. City, 1849-50, and 
 1851-52 ; and at Yale Theological Seminary, 1850-51 ; preach- 
 ing at Quinebaug, a village in Woodstock, Ct., 1852. 
 
44 secretary's REPORT. 
 
 Samuel W. Davis, of Winthrop, Me. ; entered, Sept., 1845 ; left 
 College, April, 1846 ; married Miss Elizabeth Bishop, in 1846 
 or '47 ; has one or more children ; since leaving College, has 
 been settled as a merchant in Winthrop, Me., 1846-52. 
 
 Nathan Ewing, of Nashville, Tenn. ; entered, Sept., 1845 ; left 
 College, Aug., 1846 ; entered but was not graduated with the 
 Class of 1850. After leaving, he returned to his home in Ten- 
 nessee — afterwards went to Mexico, and travelled extensively 
 in that country. In Nicaragua he was attacked by disease, and 
 died there — away from all his friends— in January of the present 
 year. 
 
 Charles C. Foote, of Jamestown, N. Y. ; entered, Sept., 1845 ; 
 left College, April, 1846 ; entered and was graduated at Union 
 College, 1849 ; studied medicine in Philadelphia, Pa., 1849-51 ; 
 settled as a homoeopathic physician in New Haven, Ct., 1852 ; 
 married Miss Amelia Jenkins, of New Haven, May, 1852. 
 
 Carlton Gates, of Yonkers, N. Y. ; entered, Sept., 1845 ; left 
 College, Nov., 1845. 
 
 Richard Gleason Greene, of Philadelphia, Pa. ; entered, Sept., 
 1845 ; left College, Jan., 1846 ; studying theology at Andover, 
 Mass., 1850-52. ^ 
 
 Thomas Spencer Hall, of Raymondville, N. Y. ; entered, Sept., 
 1845 ; left College, April, 1846 ; entered but was not graduated 
 with the Class of 1850 ; married. 
 
 George Haskell, of Dover, N. H. ; " was the eldest son of Ezra 
 and Emily Haskell, and was born in Boston, Mass., Nov. 19th, 
 1825. He pursued his preparatory studies mostly with his 
 father, and entered College at New Haven, Oct. 1, 1845. After 
 about two terms, his health compelled him to leave for a more 
 active life. He soon entered a dry goods importing house in 
 Boston, where he remained till the fall of 1849. In November 
 of the same year, he took passage on board ship Reindeer, for 
 San Francisco, where he arrived, after a short passage. He 
 spent several months in making observations and ascertaining 
 what business was most promising. He had made no pcrma- 
 
secretary'sreport. 45 
 
 ..out fcirrangements, when, about the last of October, 1850, he 
 was seized with cholera, at Sacramento City, and died Nov. 1st, 
 after one week's illness. He was well attended, and, after the 
 first, suffered but little. He always remembered his Class, and 
 spoke of his Classmates with a great deal of interest." 
 
 We quote the above account of our Classmate's life and death 
 from a letter written by his brother, Henry M. Haskell. 
 
 William Richardson High, of Sumpterville, Ala. ; entered, Sept., 
 1845 ; left College, Feb., 1846 ; married in 1846 ; and since 
 that time settled in his native place. 
 
 Edward D. C. Jenkins, of Edisto Island, S. C. ; entered, Sept., 
 1845 ; left College, April, 1846. 
 
 Samuel William Johnson, of New York City ; entered, Sept., 
 1845 ; left College, April, 1846 ; entered and was graduated at 
 Princeton, 1849 ; studied law at Cambridge Law School, 1849- 
 51 ; settled as a lawyer in New York City, 1852. 
 
 D. Osborn Keeler, of Chatauque Co., N. Y. ; entered, May, 1846 ; 
 left College, Aug., 1846, though his name is found on the Cat- 
 alogue of Sophomore year. 
 
 Robert C. King, of Port Gibson, Miss. ; entered, Sept., 1845 ; left 
 College, April, 1846. 
 
 Richard Lamb, of Norfolk, Va. ; entered, Sept., 1845 ; left Col- 
 lege, April, 1846; entered and was graduated with the Class of 
 1850 ; studying medicine in New York City and Philadelphia, 
 1850-52. 
 
 [Oct. 12, 1852. — Just as this report is about to be sent forth to 
 those for whom it has an especial interest, we are reminded once 
 more of the nearness of the eternal world, by the death of our 
 former Classmate, Lamb. He died at his home in Norfolk, Va., 
 on Sunday, Oct. 3, 1852, after a severe sickness of nine weeks' 
 duration. Many of those whose names are on the pages of this 
 book, will remember him as he was during our Freshman year ; 
 many others will think of him as a companion of our College 
 life, even after he had united himself with the Class below us ; 
 and all will rejoice to hear that he died in the Christian's faith, 
 and will follow him in thought to the higher sphere, where we 
 
46 SECRETARYS REPORT. 
 
 hope he is now engaged in the nobler services of those who 
 have been admitted to the Church above. We would join our 
 sympathies with those of his Classmates of 1850, for the friends 
 who are now mourning his loss with a sorrow which no stranger 
 can understand.] 
 
 Henry Charles Leavenworth, of Syracuse, N. Y. ; entered, 
 Sept-, 1845 ; left College, July, 1846 ; studied law near Syra- 
 cuse, N. Y. ; now settled as a lawyer in Syracuse, and married. 
 
 Nathan Appleton Lee, of Charleston, S. C. ; entered, Sept., 1845 ; 
 left College, April, 1846 ; entered and was graduated with the 
 Class of 1850 ; studied law at Yale Law School, 1850-52 ; re- 
 ceived degree of LL. B., July 29, 1852. 
 
 Nehemiah Millard, of Delhi, N. Y. ; entered, Sept., 1845 ; left 
 College, Jan., 1846 ; entered Union College and was graduated 
 there in 1848. Since graduating, has studied law, and is now 
 settled as a lawyer in Marquette, Marquette Co., Wisconsin, 1852. 
 
 Peter Neff, of Cincinnati, Ohio; entered, Sept., 1845; left Col- 
 lege, Aug., 1846 ; entered and was graduated at Kenyon Col- 
 lege, Ohio, in 1849. Studying theology at the Seminary at 
 Gambler, Ohio, 1849-52. 
 
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 Frederick Matthew Peck, of Webster, Mass. ; entered, Sept., 
 
 1845 ; left College, April, 1846 ; entered Williams College but 
 did not graduate ; after leaving College, studied law in Killing- 
 ly, Ct. ; editor of " Windham County Telegraph," West Kil- 
 lingly, Ct., 1851 till April, 1852 ; now about establishing him- 
 self in Worcester, Mass. Married in 1852. 
 
 S. Ormsby Rhea, of Clinton, La. ; entered, Sept., 1845; left Col- 
 lege, April, 1846. 
 
 Erastus Lathrop Ripley, of Middlebury, Vt. ; entered, Sept., 
 1845 ; left College, June, 1846 ; entered and was graduated 
 with the Class of 1850 ; engaged in mercantile business in New 
 York City, 1850-52 ; married Miss Isabel, of Guilford, Ct., July 
 7, 1850 ; one child, born Dec, 1850. 
 
 Thomas Cook Silliman, of Chester, Ct. ; entered, Sept., 1845; 
 
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 left College, Jan., 1846 ; entered the Class of 1850, but did not 
 graduate. 
 
 Obadiah B. Tebbs, of Piatt Co., Mo. ; entered, Sept., 1845 ; left 
 College, July, 1846. Nothing has been heard from Tebbs since 
 his farewell speech on the steamboat wharf in New Haven, 
 which all his Classmates, who were present, will doubtless re- 
 member. The Secretary, at least, and, we presume, all the 
 
 i members of his division, would be glad to see him enter the 
 Freshman Recitation Room once more, having the same benign 
 appearance which he wore after his unfortunate interview with 
 Chase. 
 
 Charles Thompson, of Sudbury, Mass. ; entered, Sept., 1845; left 
 College, Nov., 1845 ; since leaving College has taught school 
 for one or two years; studying law in the office of Joseph Cutler, 
 Esq., Boston, 1851-52. 
 
 Isaac V/in Etten, of Port Jervis, N. Y. ; entered, Sept., 1845 ; 
 left College, April, 1846 ; entered and was graduated at Union 
 College, in the Class of 1849. 
 
 William R. Waring, of Savannah, Ga. ; entered, Sept., 1845; 
 left College, April, 1846 ; was graduated at Athens College, Ga., 
 1849 ; since leaving College, studied medicine in Philadelphia. 
 
 Thomas G. Woodward, of New Haven, Ct. ; entered, Sept., 1845 ; 
 left College, Dec, 1845 ; went to West Point Academy, Sept., 
 1846 J since Dec, 1846, has been in parts unknown. 
 
 In concluding the report of the past three years, the Secretary 
 would present the following summary of the Statistics of the Class. 
 
 The whole number of those who were connected with the Class, 
 during its Collegiate course, was 162. Of these, 37 left the Class 
 during Freshman year, 18 during Sophomore year, 10 during Junior 
 year, and 3 during Senior year — making in all 68 — and leaving 94 
 
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 as the number who took the degree of Bachelor of Arts, in August, 
 1849. Of this 94, only 56 entered at the beginning of Freshman 
 year, being but one more than one half of those who entered at that 
 time. In the enumerations which follow, will be included, in the 
 first place, a summation of the facts respecting the graduated mem- 
 bers of the Class alone — and afterwards a few words will be offered, 
 setting forth, so far as the information contained in the preceding 
 pages will allow, the occupations, &;c., of those who went out from 
 us at different periods of our College life. 
 
 Of the graduated members of the Class, then, as has been said, fifty- 
 six entered at the very commencement of our course, viz. : Messrs. 
 Adams, H. Barnard, Benedict, Bishop, Bissell, Bourne, Bradley, 
 Brandegee, Buck, Bull, Came, Carey, W. B. Clark, Durkee, Dwight, 
 Eliot, Fenn, Fisk, Foote, Galpin, Green, Hall, Harrison, Haskell, 
 Henson, Hill, Hubbard, Hurlbut, Hutchins, Lee, Lockwood, Lyon, 
 Merriman, Miles, Mitchell, Moore, Murray, Oakey, Peters, Rich- 
 ards, Richardson, Robinson, Rockwell, Rowell, Skinner, Starr, 
 Upson, Walker, Ward, Waties, Weiser, J. L. Willard, J. Wil- 
 lard, Wilson, Wodell, and Woodruff. Eight entered during Fresh- 
 man year, but after the publication of the College catalogue, viz. : 
 Messrs. Bannan, Chandler, Colegrove, Franklin, Hough, Poole, J. 
 L. Smith, and Talbot. Twenty-one entered during Sophomore year : 
 Messrs. Arnold, Atkins, Atlee, Baer, R. P. Barnard, Barnes, Beecher, 
 Brent, Couper, Finch, Goodrich, Gordon, Hanes, Hollister, Jessup, 
 Kirby, Morris, North, Peck, Shearon, and Waring. Six entered 
 during Junior year: Messrs. Bronson, W. L. Clark, Douglas, Ford, 
 Metcalfe, and E. P. Smith. Three joined the Class at the beginning 
 of Senior year : Messrs. Hittell, T. H. Swope, and W. C. Swope. 
 
 Twenty of the Class have been married, viz. : Messrs. R. P. 
 Barnard, Beecher, Benedict, Bishop, Carey, Gordon, Henson, Hub- 
 bard, Lyon, Merriman, Metcalfe, Morris, Peck, Rowell, Shearon, 
 Starr, Upson, Waring, Wilson, and Woodruff. There are now 
 seven children belonging to the Class, of whom three are sons, three 
 daughters, and one not reported. 
 
 In respect to professions, &c., thirty-four have entered the law, 
 viz. : Messrs. Bannan, Bradley, Brandegee, Brent, W. L. Clark, Cole- 
 grove, Durkee, Finch, Foote, Galpin, Gordon, Green, Hane|| Henson, 
 Hittell, Jessup, Lyon, Oakey, Waring, Weiser, Wilson, Wodell, — H. 
 Barnard, Came, Couper, Douglas, Hough, Moore, Murray, North, 
 
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 Peters, Robinson, W. C. Swope, and Ward. Twenty-tWo have 
 commenced or completed the usual course of theological study, viz : 
 Messrs. Bissell, Buck, Bull, Carey, W. B. Clark, Fisk, Haskell, 
 Hutching, Lee, Morris, Peck, Skinner, Talbot, Walker, J. L. Wil- 
 lard — Bourne, Dwight, Fenn, Hurlbut, Miles, J. Willard and Woodruff. 
 Ten have studied medicine, viz. : Messrs. Benedict, Richards, RoWell — 
 Arnold, Atlee, Eliot, Ford, Goodrich, J. L. Smith, and T* H* Swope. 
 Seven are teachers, viz. : Messrs. Atkins, Baer, Barnes, Beecher, 
 Bronson, Hollister, and E. P* Smith. Seven are farmers or planters, 
 viz. : Messrs. Kirby, Lockwood, Merriman, Metcalfe, Richardson, 
 Shearon, and Upson. Six are in mercantile or other business, viz. ; 
 Messrs. R. P. Barnard, Bishop, Chandler, Hubbard, Mitchell, and 
 Starr. Two civil engineers : Messrs. Hill and Waties. One editor: 
 Mr. Harrison. One Librarian of a Public Library j Mr. Poole. 
 One on the United States Coast Survey : Mr. Rockwell. One tra- 
 veling, and engaged in general study: Mr. Hall. Two unknown, 
 though they are both probably at present farmers : Messrs. Adams 
 and Franklin. Two more are intending to study for the ministry : 
 Messrs. Bronson and E. P. Smith ; and three for the law J Messrs. 
 Atkins, Hall, and Hollister. 
 
 The first of all the Class who was married, was Woodruffs— mar- 
 ried Feb. 10, 1849. The first child was born June 27, 1850— Dora 
 Blanche Henson ; the first son was born July 16j 1851— George 
 Steinbergen Gordon. The first of those studying for the ministry 
 who has been settled, and, thus far, the only one, is Morris, settled in 
 May, 1852. Colegrove was the first who was admitted to the bar, 
 Aug. 15, 1850. Colegrove and Finch, the first who were settled in 
 the law, May, 1851. Benedict, the first who received the degree of 
 M. D., graduating at Yale Medical School, Jan., 1851 ; and also the 
 first who was settled as a physician, early in 1851. As above stated, 
 only one of those pursuing theological studies, has as yet been 
 settled, though fifteen (the first fifteen in the list given above of those 
 in this profession) are licensed to preach. In the law, twenty-two 
 (the first twenty-two in the list given above) are already settled ; and 
 in medicine, three (the first three in the list given above) are now 
 established in business. 
 
 Two members of the Class are now traveling in Europe, Hall 
 and Douglas. Four are now Tutors in Yale College, Fisk, Dwight, 
 
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 Hurlbut, and Miles. Thirty-eight have been engaged in teaching, 
 at some time since graduating. 
 
 In respect to the time of birth — one was born in 1831 ; eleven in 
 1830; thirteen in 1829; fifteen in 1828; seventeen in 1827; six in 
 1826 ; thirteen in 1825 ; seven in 1824 ; one in 1823 ; four in 1822 ; 
 three in 1821 ; one in 1816, and two unknown. The average age of 
 the Class, at graduation, was twenty-two years and four months, nearly. 
 
 Twenty-three members are now residing in Connecticut, twenty- 
 two in New York, seven in Massachusetts, six in Pennsylvania, six 
 in Ohio, four in Georgia, four in Alabama, three in Kentucky, three 
 in Maryland, three in Maine, two in New Hampshire, two in Vir- 
 ginia, two in Tennessee, two in Mississippi, one in Texas, one in 
 Arkansas, one in California, and two in Europe. 
 
 It may not be uninteresting to state, also, in closing this summary, 
 in respect to the graduates, that thirty-nine received the degree of 
 M. A., at the recent Commencement, July 29, 1852 — Messrs. Arnold, 
 Atkins, Atlee, Baer, Bannan, H. Barnard, Beecher, Benedict, Bishop, 
 Brent, Chandler, W. B. Clark, D wight, Eliot, Fenn, Fisk, Goodrich, 
 Gordon, Henson, Hollister, Hough, Hurlbut, Jessup, Kirby, Lee, 
 Lockwood, Merriman, Moore, Morris, North, Peck, Peters, Poole, 
 Talbot, Walker, Ward, Waring, J. L. Willard, and Woodruff. 
 
 The Secretary, on account of the limited time allowed, and the 
 pressure of his other duties during the vacation, has been able to 
 collect the facts with regard to but fifty-six of those members of the 
 Class who did not graduate, leaving twelve concerning whom no 
 information has been obtained. This portion of the report, however, 
 is believed to be more full and definite than is usual in these statis- 
 tical accounts. Of those whose history is presented in the preceding 
 pages, nine took their first degree with the Class of 1850, of Yale 
 College, and eight graduated at other Colleges ; five have died — two, 
 A. J. Douglass and Wheeler, before our graduation ; and three, 
 Ewing, Haskell, and Sterling, since that time. Fourteen have been 
 married. Thirty-three have entered a professional life, of whom 
 eight have studied for the ministry, sixteen for the law, and nine for 
 the medical profession. Most of the others are engaged in mercan- 
 tile or agricultural pur.suits. 
 
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 Thus, then, I bring my labors to a close, trusting that this report 
 may be acceptable to all my Classmates, and may serve to call up in 
 the mind of each one, as he reads its pages, renewed and pleasant 
 memories of the Class of 1849. Mistakes may doubtless be found 
 by those who examine it with care, and, perchance, some things may 
 have been inserted which will meet the censure of many under whose 
 notice it may fall, and other things may have been omitted, which 
 would have rendered it more interesting to the Class. If so, all I 
 can say, is, that " I am sorry for it ;" and if any or all of those for 
 whose especial benefit it has been prepared, are dissatisfied with any 
 or every portion of it, I am willing now, or whenever such a state of 
 feeling shall be made known to me, to deliver over the office which 
 I have held since we left College, to some other more competent and 
 worthy person — with the assurance, however, that that person, after 
 discharging the duties assigned to him, for a period of three or four 
 years, and after having gone through with a labor like that which 
 has occupied so large a portion of my time since April last, will 
 have the charity for me which will "cover a multitude of sins." 
 
 If any inaccurate statements are discovered, it is desired that 
 immediate information concerning them should be sent to the Secre- 
 tary ; and, also, in the years that intervene between this time and 
 our decennial meeting, all the members of the Class, without excep- 
 tion, are requested to forward to the Secretary all such intelligence 
 in respect to themselves, as may be of especial interest to the Class. 
 
 With the hope that we may be able to meet once more in 1859, 
 and that our number may long be, as it has been, unvisited by death, 
 I would respectfully submit this report to the Class of 1849. 
 
 TIMOTHY DWIGHT, 
 
 Secretary of the Class o/* '49, 
 Yale College, Sept. 11, 1852.