Hall in San Francisco, two prizes for the State Capitol in Hartford, Conn., a prize for the design of the Court House in Springfield, and the first prize and commission to build the City Hall in Holyoke. In 1875 he went to New York to become the architect for the firm of Herter Bros., and during the next six years designed the residences of David Dows, William H. Vanderbilt, Elliott F. Shepard, and W. D. Sloane, all in New York, beside the interior decorations of many of the great houses in all parts of the country, notably that of Mrs. Mark Hopkins in San Francisco. In 1884 Mr. Atwood established himself independently in New York, and received from Mr. Vanderbilt the commission to design two residences for his sons-in-law, H. McK. Twombly,'72, and Dr. Seward Webb. He also entered into competition for the Boston Public Library, and gained the first prize of $4,000 against 125 contestants. In 1886 he was appointed by Mrs. Mark Hopkins to complete her residence at Great Barring ton, where he remained continuously for two years and finished all the designs for its interior decorations. He then entered the competition for the new City Hall in New York. He gained the first prize of $5,000, and his design was recommended by the board of experts as the only one suitable to be accepted by the city authorities. In April, 1891, he went to Chicago, at the invitation of D. H. Burnham, h '93, and was appointed designer-in-chief of the World's Columbian Exposition by its board of directors three days after. July 1, 1893, he resigned his position, having completed the work intrusted to him. Mr. Atwood's work in Chicago elicited enthusiastic praise. There were two hundred buildings, and Mr. Atwood was called upon to design all

sorts of structures, from an enginehouse up to the Arts Building. But Mr. Atwood's greatest work was the Arts Building.

Charles Frederick Williams, L. S., '67-'68, died in Boston, Dec. 20. He was born in Charlestown, Oct. 31, 1842. He was the eldest son of Frederick J. and Abby Tufts Williams. His father was a prominent engineer, and one of the projectors of the Mystic River improvement. The son was educated in the public schools of Brookline and in the Harvard Law School. He was made chief clerk of the John L. Hayes Tariff Commission, and on completion of his duties prepared the elaborate treatise published by Messrs. Soule & Bugbee in 1883, entitled "The Tariff Laws of the United States, with Explanatory Notes and Citations from the Decisions of the Courts and the Treasury Department." His "Index of Cases Overruled, Distinguished, etc., in England and America," appeared in 1887. In 1891 appeared his " Digest of Decisions of the Massachusetts Supreme Court," embracing volumes 142 to 151 of the Massachusetts Reports, and published by Messrs. Banks & Brothers as a continuation of Throop's "Massachusetts Digest." His services upon the "Federal Digest," published by Messrs. Little, Brown & Co. in 1886, were acknowledged and commended in the preface of the principal compiler, Mr. J. K. Kinney. He was afterwards one of the principal collaborators of Messrs. Little, Brown & Co.'s "Annual Digest" (now merged in the West Publishing Company's "American Digest"); also of Jacobs's "Complete Digest" (now similarly superseded). He edited the last eight volumes of the "American and English Encyclopedia of Law."

W. A. Setchell, p '88, is Professor of Botany in the University of California.

Winthrop Hamilton MacGuffey, L. S. S., '91-'94, died recently in Cincinnati, after an illness of a year and a half. In the spring of '94 he rowed upon his Class crew; in the following summer he was seized by a sickness from which he never recovered. He took a high rank in his studies, and was a member of the Engineering Society.

Henry Adolphus Newman Kaulbach, l '57, died suddenly in the lobby of the Senate at Ottawa, Jan. 8. He was of German descent, a great-grandson of Martin von Kaulbach, an original grantee and settler of Lunenburg, N. S., in 1752. He was a grandson of Henry Kaulbach, who was appointed high sheriff of the same county by Governor Wentworth in 1798, and held that office, with others of distinction, until 1828, when he resigned the office of high sheriff in favor of his son, Lieut.-Col. John Henry Kaulbach, who held it until his death in 1879. Senator Kaulbach was the eldest son of the lastnamed high sheriff by Sophia Fredricka, daughter of Augustus Newman. He was born at Lunenburg, N. S., Dec. 28, 1830. He was educated at the grammar school there, and in classics under the tutorship of the Rev. J. C. Cochrane, D. C. L., and at Harvard University, where he graduated LL. B. He was twice married, his second wife being Miss Sophia Anne Ryland, daughter of H. G. Ryland, registrar of Montreal. He was called to the Nova Scotia bar in 1855, and appointed a Q. C. in 1873. He was an extensive land proprietor and shipowner. He sat for Lunenburg County in the Nova Scotia Assembly

from 1863 until the Union, of which he was an ardent advocate. He also advocated free schools by direct taxation. He contested his county at the general election in 1867, but was defeated. He was called to the Senate in 1872. He was a Conservative, and resided at Medway Hall, Lunenburg, N. S.

Charles Wesley Weldon, L. S., '49, died at St. John, N. B., Jan. 12. He was born at Richibucto, Kent County, Feb. 27, 1830, and was educated at King's College, Windsor, graduating in 1847. In 1851 he received the degree of M. A., and a few years ago that of D. C. L. He studied at the Harvard Law School and in 1851 was admitted an attorney. A year later he was called to the bar. For years he has been the foremost man in the legal profession in New Brunswick, and that success was achieved through his natural ability and by untiring work. He was the solicitor for many important companies and concerns, among them the Bank of Montreal and the Canadian Pacific Railway. In 1878 Mr. Weldon was elected to the Parliament of Canada as a colleague of the late Hon. Isaac Burpee, and he sat through three Parliaments. In that body his ability, knowledge, and great attention to public affairs gave him an important place. He sat on the Opposition benches, and while this interfered with his promotion it did not prevent those who watched the public men of the country from knowing that he was a man who could well perform any public duty. In the last House in which he sat he was a member of the committee of the Liberals who acted as advisers to the Liberal leader. For years he was a member of the vestry of Trinity Church and one of the war

dens. He was active both in the Diocesan and Provincial Synods, where his knowledge of ecclesiastical law and his good judgment made him a most useful member. He belonged to the Law Societies and had been president of both. He was president of St. George's Society, and took much interest in all its work. He was chairman of the Board of School Trustees of St. John, and was a member of Albion Lodge of Freema

sons.

Dr. Frank Edward Weil, m '82, died at his home in North Andover, Jan. 6. He was born in Georgetown, March 11, 1860. While still a child his parents removed to North Andover, where he was educated in the public schools, graduating with honors from the Johnson High School. He then entered the Harvard Medical School. After graduation, he began to practice his profession in North Andover. From 1892 to 1895, he was a member of the School Committee, in 1895 serving as chairman. At the time of his death he was a trustee of the Public Library, this being his third year of service. He was a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society, Cochichewick Lodge of Masons, Wauwinet Lodge of Odd Fellows, and Miantonomo Colony, Pilgrim Fathers.

Among the New Year appointments to the Legion of Honor, in celebration of the centenary of the French Institute, are Simon Newcomb, s '58, and Alexander Agassiz, '55, who were appointed officers of the Legion of Honor, and Asaph Hall, h '79, who was appointed a chevalier of the Legion of Honor.

Christopher R. Eliot, t '81, is secretary of the Suffolk Unitarian Confer

ence.

made a member of the Reale Accademia dei Lincei at Rome.

Okey Johnson, l '58, is dean of the Law Faculty of West Virginia University. For twelve years he was a member of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, for eight years serving as president.

J. J. Higgins, '90, is a member of the Somerville Common Council.

S. H. Scudder, s '62, is president of the Board of Trustees of the Boston Marine Biological Laboratory.

Joseph Jefferson, h '95, has been presented with a silver loving cup by his fellow-actors and actresses.

F. S. Smith, m '95, is practicing in North Andover.

F. H. Mead, Gr. Sch., '94-'95, has been elected superintendent of schools at Le Roy, N. Y.

On Nov. 30 last, a complimentary dinner was given at the Hotel Bellevue, Philadelphia, to Dr. J. S. Billings, h '86, at which was presented to him $10,000, subscribed by two hundred and fifty-nine physicians in Great Britain and America, in recognition of his services in making the medical Index-Catalogue, which has reached sixteen volumes, with over 300,000 books and articles catalogued and 800,000 cross-references. At the dinner speeches were made by Drs. S. W. Mitchell, h '86, J. M. DaCosta, J. S. Billings, J. R. Chadwick, '65, Robert Fletcher, A. Jacobi, and William Osler. Dr. Billings has recently accepted the position of librarian of the consolidated Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Libraries in New York city.

W. F. Courtney, L. S., '76-'78, is mayor of Lowell.

The 25th annual report of the State Board of Health of Massachusetts contains contributions from Professor E.

A. McF. Davis, s '54, is a member of the Massachusetts Reform Club. William Frank Griffin, L. S., '69, died Jan. 6, 1896.

Gardiner Greene, '45, died of paralysis, Oct. 30, at his home in Norwich, Conn. He was born in Boston, Sept. 19, 1822, and prepared for college at the school of the late Hon. Aaron W. Skinner, in New Haven, Conn. After graduating from Yale in 1843, he spent a year and a half at the Harvard Law School. After graduating, he entered business with his father, who started the Shetucket Woolen Mills at Norwich, Conn. After several years there, he became assistant manager of the mills.

UNIVERSITY NOTES. Alfred Bowditch, '76, F. L. Higginson, '63, William Hooper, '80, Walter Hunnewell, '65, and Theophilus Parsons, '70, have been elected directors of the West End Street Railway Company, Boston.

Of the New England Association of Colorado, C. H. Page, m '65, is secretary, and J. N. Baxter, '75, chairman of membership committee.

At the annual elections of the National Banks of Boston and vicinity, the following Harvard men were elected directors Eagle, T. C. Thacher, '82; Hamilton, H. G. Denny, '52; Commonwealth, S. Lincoln, '57; Tremont, W. Endicott, Jr., h '88 (vice-pres.); Union, A. A. Lawrence, '70; E. W. Hooper, '59, T. Parsons, '70; State, A. Curtis, '84; Commerce, T. J. Coolidge, '84, G. v. L. Meyer, '79, N. P. Hallowell, '61 (pres.), W. Endicott, 3d, '87; Old Boston, A. Amory, '62, R. A. Boit, '68, H. G. Curtis, '65 (pres.), L. Curtis, '70, E. N. Fenno,

'66, G. S. Hale, '44, H. W. Pickering, '61; Third, M. Williams, '68 (pres.), C. A. Welch, '33, E. W. Atkinson, '81, W. Minot, '68; Broadway, Josiah Quincy, '80; Merchants', F. L. Higginson, '63, N. Thayer, '71, F. W. Lincoln, h '55; New England, F. H. Appleton, '69, G. S. Silsbee, '74; Mt. Vernon, F. O. Prince, '36; Shawmut, W. E. Russell, '77; National City, G. Mixter, '63, L. S. Tuckerman, '68, (pres.); Columbian, C. H. Parker, '35, G. Bradford, '49, R. H. Gardiner, '76; Suffolk, A. Lowell, '50, H. Amory, '76, A. P. Loring, '78; Manufacturer's, W. A. Gaston, '80; Massachusetts, A. T. Lyman, '53, J. Lowell, Jr., '77, G. W. Wheelwright, '90; New England, G. S. Silsbee, '74.

John Lathrop, I '55, B. C. Clark, '53, D. H. Coolidge, '54, and E. G. Porter, '58, are directors of the Bostonian Society.

The following men have been elected officers of the American Statistical Association: F. A. Walker, h '83, president; S. W. Abbott, m '62, counselor.

R. H. Bancroft, '65, J. S. Bigelow, '69, Dr. W. L. Burrage, '83, W. P. Derby, m '90, F. C. Gray, '66, C. E. Grinnell, '62, N. T. Kidder, a '82, J. Lowell, '77, G. A. Nickerson, '76, the Rev. J. Reed, '55, Francis Shaw, '75, Dr. A. Thorndike, '84, have been elected directors of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.

At its annual meeting, the Mass. Reform Club elected among its officers, pres., G. S. Hale, '44; vice-pres., Theodore Lyman, '55, C. F. Adams, '56, C. W. Eliot, '53, R. H. Dana, '74, Moorfield Storey, '66, Winslow Warren, '58, A. M. Howe, '69, J. J. Myers, '69; exec. com., N. N. Thayer, '78, W. B. de Las Casas, '79, G. H.

Browne, '78, John Ritchie, '61, Wm. R. Thayer, '81; sec. and treas., Chas. Warren, '89; asst. sec., C. H. Fiske, Jr., '93.

A series of conferences between representatives of leading universities and representatives of preparatory schools was held at Columbia College in February to discuss uniform admission requirements. Harvard conferees were: Prof. C. L. Smith, '63, Latin; Prof. M. H. Morgan, '81, Greek; Prof. A. B. Hart, '80, History; Prof. W. E. Byerly, '71, Mathematics; Prof. F. C. de Sumichrast, French; Prof. G. A. Bartlett, A. M., '94, GerAmong the schoolmasters were W. C. Collar, h '59, J. G. Croswell, '73, and C. H. Grandgent, '83.

man.

The Hon. Richard Olney, l '56, Secretary of State, by his letter to the Hon. T. F. Bayard, h '77, printed in December with President Cleveland's Message on the Venezuela Question, has been the most widely discussed Harvard man of the past quarter. It is reported that Sir Frederick Pollock, h '95, is preparing for the English Foreign Office the Blue Book to be presented to Parliament in this controversy.

On Dec. 15, the Rev. John W. Chadwick, t '64, preached his thousandth sermon, and completed a continuous service of thirty-one years as pastor of the Second Unitarian Church at Clinton and Congress Sts., Brooklyn. Mr. Chadwick read an original poem suitable to the occasion, while all the hymns sung were composed by him. His sermon was on "The Foolishness of Preaching," in which he discussed the direction and spirit of his preaching during his pastorate.

At the annual meeting of the Modern Language Association of America, held at Yale College, Dec. 26-28, pa

pers were read by P. B. Marcou, '76, J. M. Manly, p '89, C. H. Grandgent, '83, A. R. Marsh, '83, B. W. Wells, '77, H. S. White, '73, Max Winkler, '89, and Kuno Francke. The following officers have been elected for next year: C. H. Grandgent, '83, president; G. L. Kittredge, '82, vice-president ; E. H. Babbitt, '86, secretary.

R. D. Milliken, d '95, is practicing in Portland, Maine.

The following have been elected officers of the Mass. Unitarian Club : Roger Wolcott, '70, president; F. C. Lowell, '76, and Winslow Warren, '58, vice-presidents; F. H. Brown, '57, treasurer; Solomon Lincoln, '57, is a member of the executive committee.

At the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, at Philadelphia, Dec. 27-28, papers were read by C. A. Strong, '85, and A. H. Lloyd, '86. William James, m '69, took part in the discussion on "Consciousness and Evolution."

At the annual meeting of the Bar Association of the City of New York, Edmund Wetmore, '60, was elected one of the vice-presidents; S. Sidney Smith, '70, treasurer; Samuel B. Clarke, '74, and Egerton L. Winthrop, '85, are members of the committee on admissions.

At the annual meeting of the American Historical Association in Washington, Dec. 26-28, G. F. Hoar, '46, presided. Papers were read by James Schouler, '59, A. C. Coolidge, '87, W. H. Siebert, '89, and O. G. Villard, '93.

The following Harvard men are officers of the Massachusetts Republican State Committee: G. H. Lyman, '73, chairman; T. Talbot, '89, secretary.

The following men have been elected officers of the Massachusetts Associated Boards of Health: H. P. Wal