men and their friends, in June. The Club now has fifty men on its roll, most of whom live in the city.

Edward W. Frost, '84, Sec.

MINNESOTA.

The annual meeting was held on the evening of Oct. 19, 1895. After a short business session, at which the former officers were reëlected, the Club sat down to supper. Among its guests were the Rev. E. A. Renouf, '38, who was the oldest graduate present; the Rt. Rev. W. S. Perry, '54; R. T. Paine, '55; A. J. C. Sowdon, '57; F. C. Stimpson, s '57; the Rev. W. R. Huntington, '59; the Rev. Arthur Lawrence, '63; C. G. Saunders, '67; the Rev. W. A. Hatch, m '67; T. P. Beal, '69; the Rt. Rev. Wm. Lawrence, '71; the Rev. W. M. Groton, '73; T. M. Sloane, '77; E. L. Manning, ['93], and Dean Hodges of the Episcopal Theological School at Cambridge; most of those named being in attendance upon the General Convention of the Episcopal Church. Supper being ended, the President of the Club, the Rev. J. K. Hosmer, '55, began the speaking. Bishop Lawrence of Massachusetts told of some changes in the College, which are typified in the substitution of the Freshman reception for "Bloody Monday Night," and referred to other changes which might be made. Bishop Perry of Iowa, the Rev. W. R. Huntington, Mr. Sowdon, and Dean Hodges also spoke. Mr. Paine was the last speaker, and related personal experiences of his friends in the far West to indicate what dangers might confront the traveler from Boston who ventured so far west as Minnesota. It is but justice to Mr. Paine to add that he showed no signs of trepidation.

Henry B. Wenzell, '75, Sec.

SAN FRANCISCO.

At the quarterly meeting and dinner held Thursday, Jan. 23, the following were elected officers for the ensuing year: Pres., Geo. B. Merrill, '59; 1st vice-pres., F. Michael, '87; 2d vicepres., Vanderlynn Stow, '80; treas., J. S. Severance; sec., F. H. Wheelan, '80. F. H. Wheelan, '80, Sec.

WASHINGTON.

The Club held a meeting in the P. G. Room of the Columbian University on Dec. 30. President Lander, '35, was in the chair. The usual business of the Club was transacted, including the election of the following new members: S. D. Judd, s '94; G. N. Henning, '94; G. J. Smith; Arthur McDonald; A. F. Craven, '89; H. L. Cannon, '94; C. T. Sempers, '88; Roland B. Mahaney, '88; H. B. Hodges; W. H. Moody, l '76; G. W. Tower, '94; G. S. Miller, '94; Ewing Cockrell; H. B. Goodrich, '92; Jeremiah Smith, '92; A. L. Wetmore, '94; John Simpkins, '85.

The Club had its annual banquet at the Shoreham on Feb. 5. At a business meeting preceding the banquet the following officers were elected: Pres., Edward Lander, '35; vicepres., F. W. Hackett, '61, Wm. H. Baldwin, Jr., '85, C. C. Binney, '78, H. R. Webb, '80, and J. B. Henderson, Jr., '91; treas., Pickering Dodge ['79]; sec., J. Macbride Sterrett, s '70.

The following new members were elected: Leonard Wood, m '84; J. A. Estabrooks, '73; Melville Bull, '77; Augustine Heard, '47; M. L. Hutchinson; E. L. Whitehouse, '74 ; H. R. Hughes; L. W. Ledyard, l'61 ; W. H. Gallinger; D. W. Shea, '86; Harry Martin; G. S. Batcheller, l '57. At the banquet, covers were laid

for eighty. The guest of honor par excellence was President Eliot. The other invited guests were PostmasterGeneral Wilson, Mr. Leigh Bonsal, '84, president Maryland Harvard Club, and Mr. Josiah Pierce, of Emmanuel College, Oxford. The Madrid Mandolin, Banjo, and Guitar Club furnished music.

President Lander, Class of '35, after a reference to his own college days, and the many changes that have since taken place, proposed the toast, "Harvard College and Harvard University," and called upon President Eliot to respond. Every man rose to his feet and greeted the distinguished guest with an energetic College cheer. President Eliot reviewed the changes which have taken place at Harvard. In his own college days Harvard was somewhat of a Unitarian institution. The entire government and a majority of the students were of that belief. Now it is entirely non-sectarian, no one sect being represented by more than one eighth of the entire number of students. The University has come to represent the American people and every sort of opinion that prevails in the country. He referred to the great advancement in facilities for professional training, and remarked that the improvement in medical training was simply wonderful. He emphasized the fact that the great object of the University is to produce men whose habit of thought is independent. The influence of Harvard men in everything is rapidly growing, and Harvard men are distinguished in the communities in which they settle for independence of thought. Harvard remains a very democratic institution, especially from a social standpoint. And yet inequalities are developed in free institutions. We must not look

in the university for equality of individuals. On the contrary, we must look for inequalities of condition, and for sets based on social affinity. These are the natural results of liberty, and the only way to prevent inequalities of position and sets is to establish a grinding despotism.

Pres. Lander then called upon Postmaster-General Wilson to respond to "The Scholar in Politics." Mr. Wilson delivered a ringing address, and was frequently interrupted with applause. He spoke of the difficulty of conducting a government by universal suffrage, and said it was here that the colleges wielded a mighty influence by giving to the country men such as are capable of coping with the problem. "The college men," he said, "are the salvation of this country, and are to make the great experiment of free government ultimately a success in the Commonwealth of American States."

Mr. Leigh Bonsal responded for the Maryland Harvard Club.

Judge G. S. Batcheller, '57, acknowledged his indebtedness to Harvard in his administration of law at Cairo, Egypt. The Japanese Minister, S. Kurino, l '81, told how Harvard had helped Japan. Prof. Simon Newcomb, s '58, spoke on the beneficial influence of academical culture on national welfare. F. W. Hackett emphasized in vigorous terms the fact that Harvard trains men to frame individual conviction founded upon great breadth of culture. President Lander told an exceedingly good story of vice-presidents in general. Mr. Pierce brought greetings from his college (Emmanuel, Oxford), the Alma Mater of John Harvard, and spoke of the golden opinions won there by Prof. Norton at the tercentenary celebration of the college a few years ago. Mr. H. R. Webb, '80,

returned from his mission to the Princeton banqueters in an adjoining hall, and brought their cordial greetings. J. S. Webb, '82, told some funny stories in a very dramatic way.

F. W. Clarke, L. S. S., '67, made some remarks, urging that the graduates of the Professional Schools be granted the privilege of voting for Overseers, and spoke especially of the high character of the men from the Scientific School. "Surely," he said, "the man who is fit to receive a degree from Harvard is fit to take an interest in the welfare of the University." By encouraging such interest, Harvard can retain a source of strength which is now neglected.

President Eliot, replying to Prof. Clarke, pronounced himself in favor of the measure advocated by the latter, and stated that the subject was soon to come up for active discussion again.

The singing of College songs, led by Wm. H. Baldwin, Jr., was a feature of the banquet. After "Fair Harvard," all joined hands in the swinging chorus of "Auld Lang Syne," and the company broke up.

J. Macbride Sterrett, s '70, Sec.

ASSOCIATIONS.

DENTAL ALUMNI.

July 10, 1895, the Council chose a committee of five to select and recommend a D. M. D. to the Governor for appointment to the Board of Registration in Dentistry, to fill a vacancy which will occur in April, 1896, by virtue of the expiration of one member's term of office. This Committee met, Dec. 31, 1895, and recommended to the Governor for nomination, D. M. Clapp., D. M. D., '82, of Boston. The Board of Overseers of Harvard

College at their meeting, Jan. 8, 1896, confirmed the promotion of Jere E. Stanton, M. D., D. M. D., '84, of Boston, from instructor in Oral Anatomy, Physiology, and Bacteriology, to assistant professor of Oral Anatomy and Bacteriology for five years from Sept. 1, 1895. The Overseers also voted to change the title of William P. Cooke, D. M. D., '81, of Boston, from instructor in Crown and Bridge work to instructor in Crown and Bridge work and in Metallurgy; also to change the title of Eugene H. Smith, D. M. D., '64, of Boston, from professor of Mechanical Dentistry to professor of Mechanical Dentistry and Orthodontia. George W. Field, Jr., D. M. D., 93, L. D. S. I., of London, England, a corresponding secretary of this Association, having recently returned to and permanently settled in Boston, was by vote of the Council at its meeting, held Jan. 13, 1896, transferred to active membership.

W. E. Boardman, d '86, Sec.

MEDICAL ALUMNI.

The following members have been added to the Association since the appendix to the catalogue was issued: J. H. Ash, m '95, 118 Copeland St., Quincy; H. T. Baldwin, m '95, Chestnut Hill Ave., Boston; A. J. Boyle, m '95, 1 Shawmut Park, Dorchester; J. A. Capps, m '95, Jacksonville, Illinois; H. D. Chadwick, m '95, 175 Brown St., Waltham; A. L. Chute, m '95, Boston Lying-In Hospital, Boston; E. A. Codman, m '95, Mass. General Hospital, Boston; H. W. Cruikshank, m '95, 92 Berkeley St., Boston; W. J. Daly, m '95, 561 Mass. Ave., Boston; F. P. Denny, m '95, Upland Road, Brookline; G. C. Dolliver, m '95, Mass. General Hospital, Boston; C. S. Elliot, m '60, Deer Park Sanitarium, Toronto,

P. Q.; O. H. Everett, m '77, 53 Pearl St., Worcester; J. C. Gallison, m '95, Franklin; H. J. Hall, m '95, Mass. General Hospital, Boston; E. M. Holden, m '90, 203 Huntington Ave., Boston; E. M. Holmes, m '95, 598 Tremont St., Boston; J. C. Jones, m '95, 1647 Beacon St., Brookline; E. P. Joslin, m '95, Mass. General Hospital, Boston; H. D. Kennard, m '95, 14 Arlington St., Somerville; H. A. Lothrop, m '91, 10 Marlborough St., Boston; A. W. Marsh, m '95, Boston City Hospital, Boston; L. C. Miller, m '95, 5 Irving St., Worcester; E. B. Muttart, m '61, Souris East, P. E. I.; J. H. Nichols, m '92, State Almshouse, Tewksbury; C. F. Painter, m '95, Mass. General Hospital, Boston; H. P. Perkins, m '81, West Newton; F. W. Plummer, m '95, 176 Walnut St., Somerville; J. R. Poore, m '95, Apothecaries' Hall Bldg., Waterbury, Conn.; C. R. L. Putnam, m '95, 488 Beacon St., Boston; J. W. Reddy, m '95, 59 K St., South Boston; W. H. Robey, Jr., m '95, Boston City Hospital, Boston; F. P. Silva, m '93, 208 Main St., Charlestown; W. N. Tenney, m '95, City Hospital, Boston; G. H. Thomas, m '95, 106 Warren St., Roxbury; J. L. Wheaton, Jr., m '95, 13 Summer St., Pawtucket, R. I.; C. H. Williams, m '74, 15 Arlington St., Boston; C. S. Wright, m '95, 25 Cambridge St., Boston; E. C. Wylie, m '95, 59 Cottage St., Chelsea; H. D. Young, m '95, 435 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa.

Walter Ela, '71, Sec.

ODONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY.

At a meeting of the Society, Dec. 26, George W. Field, Jr., D. M. D., '93, L. D. S. I., was elected to active membership. At the same meeting Edward B. Hitchcock, M. D., D. M.

D., '77, of Newton, read a paper on "Predisposition to Caries, Prenatal and Otherwise."

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W. E. Boardman, d '86, Rec. Sec.

HARVARD TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION.

The fifth annual meeting of the Harvard Teachers' Association will be held at the University on Saturday March 7. The widespread current interest in requirements for admission to college led the councilors to choose for the subject of the meeting, Ought a Wider Range of Electives to be Permitted in College Admission Requirements? There will be three papers, and each paper will be followed by a discussion. The first paper will be presented by President Eliot, who will discuss the general topic of the meeting; the discussion of his paper will be led by D. W. Abercrombie, principal of Worcester Academy, and John Tetlow, headmaster of the Girls' High and Latin Schools, Boston. The second paper will be presented by Charles H. Grandgent, Director of Modern Language Instruction, Boston,

meeting will be printed in full in the Educational Review for May, for distribution among the members of the Association, as was done last year.

Paul H. Hanus, Sec.

NEWS FROM THE CLASSES.

1820.

On Jan. 30, Dr. William Henry Furness died at his home in Philadelphia, after an illness of a few hours. He was born in Boston, April 20, 1802, and since the death of Dr. F. A. Farley, '18, in 1892, he had been the Senior Alumnus. In a later issue of the Graduates' Magazine a fitting sketch of Dr. Furness's career will be printed. The Class numbered 57 graduates.

1822.

Samuel Ward Chandler, of Philadelphia, is now the Senior Alumnus.

1834.

S. W. RODMAN, Sec.

174 Beacon St., Boston.

Thomas Cushing died in Boston, Dec. 17. He was born in Dorchester in 1813. His early training was in the schools of Dorchester, then far from Boston, and he delighted to tell of his adventures in this city when a stage-coach ride was the only means of rapid transit between Dorchester and Boston Common. In 1824 he entered the Latin School in Boston, of which the famous Dixwell was then master. The next year he became acquainted with Gideon F. Thayer, who founded Chauncy Hall School in 1828; and it is related that Cushing used to recite Greek before breakfast to his future partner. In 1829 young Cushing graduated from the Latin School and prepared for college. As his financial

means were such as to offer no prospect of entering college in the fall, he accepted a position as assistant to Mr. Thayer in the then infant institution, Chauncy Hall School. This position allowed him to pursue his own studies at the same time. He thus kept pace with his schoolmates at Harvard, and in 1832 entered the Class of '34 as a Sophomore. In college Mr. Cushing was a member of the Pudding and other Class and College organizations. His course was a continued struggle, and he eked out his scanty means by tutoring. In 1834 he succeeded H. W. Pickering, Harvard, '31, as teacher of the classics in Chauncy Hall School. His active connection with the school then formed continued till 1879. In 1840 he became a partner in the school with G. F. Thayer, the founder. In 1855 the latter retired, and Mr. Cushing shouldered the burden alone. In the same year the late W. H. Ladd became connected with the school, and he was soon made a partner. Mr. Cushing continued as head of the school till 1879, when he retired from active management, though he was intensely interested in the school up to his death. He has hardly failed a year to be on hand to present to each graduate the diploma of the school and to award medals and other honors won. He will be mourned by the army of Chauncy Hall alumni. After his retirement, Mr. Cushing continued his vigorous mode of life, devoting much time to literary, humanitarian, and club work. He was a member of the St. Botolph Club, and was on the honor roll of most of the women's clubs in Boston. His monument, as he himself expressed it, is his book, published last June, "Historical Sketches of Chauncy Hall School." He married Miss Baldwin, a daughter of Aaron Baldwin,