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CLASS OF 1882, JUNE, 1912
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TRIGENTENNIAL RECORD 3
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CLASS OF 1882 1
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
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Together With a Journal of the
Reunion Week, Vital Statistics, Necrology, Directory, and Appendices
THE PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS PRINCETON, N. J.
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PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword
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Personalia
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The Journal IO5
Vital Statistics I35
Necrology
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Directory 149
Appendices I55
FOREWORD
There were fifty-five men present at one time or another during the Thirtieth Reunion week, the percentage of the living membership in attendance being 58.8. This was the best showing made by any of the reunion classes, and Eighty- two had the honor of taking the medal offered by the Class of 1901. We may be proud indeed of having won the contest in this the first year of its institution, but could we have done less in view of the fact that the new president of the Univer- sity is Jack Hibben? We came together to do him honor ; and, as is right and proper, we had our share in his glory. Eighty- two rose to the occasion, and that is enough.
It may be interesting to compare this record of attendance with that of earlier reunions. At the first year meeting in June 1883 thirty men were present, the roll reading : Bannister, Beattie, Campbell, Chamberlin, Chetwood, Collis, Critchlow, Elmer, Emmons, Ernst, B. Harris, Lindsley, Mills, Parker, Peabody, Peebles, Pierson, Rutherfurd, L. Scudder, W. Scud- der, Shober, Simons, Sutphen, G. Taylor, Wallace, Welles, Westerwelt, Wheeler, Wilcox, and Withington-total 30.
At the Triennial (1885) there were forty-four in attend- ance, the roster being made up as follows: Acker, Barrett, Bickham, Black, Browne, Chamberlin, Craig, Crew, Elmen- dorf, Emmons, Ernst, Fine, Flick, Greene, R. Hallock, C. Harris, Hibben, Larcombe, Larkin, Lindsley, Lloyd, McCarter, Mills, Murphy, Parker, Pierson, Rankin, Ranney, Rutherfurd, Shober, Sutphen, G. Taylor, Terhune, Toler, Waddell, Wal- lace, Warfield, Welles, Wheeler, Williams, Wills, Withington, Woodruff, and Woods-total 44.
There was a Quinquennial Reunion in 1887, but unfortu- nately no records of the attendance have been preserved.
No journal was kept of the Decennial Reunion ( 1892), but from private memoranda it appears that the attendance num- bered thirty-eight, the following being present: Acker, Ban- nister, Barrett, Benton, Clark, Collis, Darlington, Elmendorf, Elmer, Fine, Flick, G. Hallock, R. Hallock, Hibben, Hurin,
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Larkin, Lindsley, Lloyd, McCarter, Martin, Mills, Parker, Peabody, Porch, Prentiss, Rankin, Rutherfurd, Simons, Sut- phen, Toler, Waddell, Warfield, Welles, Wilson, Withington, Woodruff, Woods, and Young-total 38.
On account of the Sesquicentennial celebration no formal reunion was held on the Fifteenth anniversary in 1897. Ac- cording to Simons, it was decided to postpone the meeting until June 1898, but no record can be found of any actual reunion on that date, and it is quite probable that only a few of the "old guard" were present; certainly it was not one of the regular occasions.
The Vigentennial Reunion 1902 brought out forty-eight men, those present including: Acker, Bannister, Barrett, Beattie, Bryan, Bryant, Budd, Campbell, Clark, Clarke, Collis, Dar- lington, Edgar, Elmendorf, Fine, Flick, Gayley, Greene, Guerin, G. Hallock, C. Harris, Hibben, Hughes, Jackman, Larkin, Lathrop, Lindsley, McCarter, Magie, Martin, Mills, Parker, Peabody, Peebles, Potter, Prentiss, Rankin, Rowe, Rutherfurd, Simons, Sutphen, Terhune, Toler, Welles, Wheel- er, Winton, Withington, and Young-total 48.
At the Twenty-fifth anniversary (1907) the attendance rose to fifty-four, made up as follows: Acker, Bannister, Barrett, Beattie, Boggs, Bryan, Bryant, Budd, Campbell, Chamberlin, Chapin, Clark, Clarke, Crew, Critchlow, Collis, Darlington, Elmendorf, Fine, Ernst, Greene, Grier, Guerin, G. Hallock, Hemphill, Hibben, Hurin, Larkin, Lindsley, Lloyd, Magie, Martin, Milford, Mills, Parker, Peabody, Porch, Potter, Ral- ston, Rankin, Reiber, Rutherfurd, Shaw, Shober, Simons, Sut- phen, Terhune, Van Stone, Waddell, Warfield, Welles, West- ervelt, Wheeler and Withington-total 54.
The Trigentennial Reunion (1912) holds the record with an attendance of fifty-five. It was only at the last moment that urgent night letters were sent to several men who might pos- sibly be induced to show up. One of these appeals had its effect, as will be seen from the following telegram :
Woodbury, N. J., June 10, 1912.
Edwin S. Simons, Princeton, N. J.
Telegram received. Pathetic. Will be there at four. JOSEPH J. SUMMERILL.
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And so it is to Summerill, who left us in November, 1878, two months after matriculation, and whom none of us had seen for thirty-four years, that we owe our triumph. He certainly made good at last. The complete roll follows : Acker, Baker, Bannister, Barrett, Beattie, Black, Boggs, Bryan, Bryant, Campbell, Chamberlin, Clark, Clarke, Collis, Critch- low, Cromer, Darlington, Doland, Dunning, Edgar, Elmer, Elmendorf, Greene, Grier, Hibben, Hillhouse, Hughes, Hurin, Larkin, Lindsley, Lloyd, McCarter, McWilliams, Martin, Mil- ford, Mills, Parker, Peabody, Peebles, Pierson, Potter, Rankin, Rutherfurd, Simons, Summerill, Sutphen, Terhune, Van Stone, Warfield, Welles, Westervelt, Wheeler, Withington, Yard, and Yeager-total 55.
Certainly this is a remarkable showing. The total number of men connected with the Class is one hundred and thirty-four and of these thirty-five have died, leaving an active list of ninety-nine. But at least three or four men have not been heard from for years, and it is by no means certain that they are still living. That over fifty-eight per cent of the nominal membership should have been present thirty years after grad- uations is eloquent witness for the love and loyalty that binds the Class of '82 to one another and to the University.
It is also worthy of note that with one exception (the Decen- nial) the attendance has steadily gone up in the past thirty years. To repeat the figures : 1883, 30; 1885, 44; 1887, (no record) ; 1892, 38; 1897, (no record) ; 1902, 48; 1907, 54; 1912, 55. This is probably our high water mark, and we are proud and happy that it should have been made in this the first year of Hibben's accession to his high office. "Solid through and through" is not an unmeaning term when applied to the Class of 1882.
Analyzing the records in another way it would appear that the following men form the roll of honor as having been present at every regular reunion, at least so far as the records show : Lindsley, Mills, Parker, Rutherfurd, Sutphen, Welles, and Withington. Most of these men have also been present at the various informal gatherings held in New York City from time to time.
The "best ever" was the general verdict upon the Trigenten- nial, as compared to its predecessors. Thomson Hall with its spacious and yet secluded lawns made an ideal headquarters, the catering was all that could be desired, the lodgings in the Seminary buildings were convenient and comfortable, and the weather was perfect. Some of the salient features of former reunions, such as the "sick lady next door" and Simons' "little book," were conspicuously absent, but on the other hand there was no marching to speak of and the Class dinner on Monday night was a model of decorous conviviality. No untoward in- cidents of any kind marred the harmony of the five days' gathering, and every possible provision for our comfort and pleasure had been made, thanks to the men who contributed so generously to the general fund, and to the unremitting toil and foresight of the Reunion Committee. The names of the latter are appended in grateful acknowledgement :
JOHN LARKIN, Chairman, ROBERT K. CLARK, JOHN GRIER HIBBEN, UZAL H. MCCARTER, LIVINGSTON RUTHERFURD, EDWIN S. SIMONS, Secretary.
To our indefatigable Secretary the Class owes a special debt of gratitude. The purely clerical work undertaken by Simons was something enormous, as every member of the Committee will testify ; Rutherfurd will tell you that he received at least one letter a day for over a month from the office at 13 Maiden Lane. The loving-cup presented to Ed at the Class dinner is but a small token of appreciation; yet his was a labor of love, and that always brings its own reward.
This memorial volume belongs to the men who made it, the Class of 1882. To you it is dedicated in the hope that a perusal of its pages may serve to recall in some small degree the great good time that you enjoyed on those five beautiful June days, thirty years after. Nor would we forget the absent ones, the men who could not come. Your loss is our loss as well, but at least we can share with you the pleasure of a retrospect.
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TO
ED. SIMONS WITH THEL
LOVE OF
THE CLASS OF '82
LOVING CUP PRESENTED TO ED. SIMONS
Acknowledgements for photographs and other data are due to Rankin, Larkin, Simons, and above all to Elmendorf, who had one of his professional photographers in attendance, and from whose private collection the greater part of the individual photographs at graduation was obtained.
Good luck to everybody, and may we all come back, in 1917. CLASS RECORD COMMITTEE: VAN TASSEL SUTPHEN, Chairman, JOHN LARKIN, LIVINGSTON RUTHERFURD, EDWIN S. SIMONS.
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PERSONALIA
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PERSONALIA
NOTE
The Record Committee regret that the Personlia are not complete, but every effort was made to induce the men to re- spond. Four or five requests were sent out to each member of the Class whose address could be secured, and publication was delayed until the autumn in the hope that the delinquents might be rounded up. And yet many names are unaccount- ably missing in the list of reports. It seems too bad, but the issue of the Record could not be postponed indefinitely. The Committee feel that they have done all that was possible.
ACKER, WALTER H.
No report. Is still engaged in the real estate business in Washington, D. C. Attended the Reunion.
BAKER, WILLIAM
No report. Attended the Reunion.
BANNISTER, JAMES A.
My difficulty in contributing to the Record has been to de- cide what would be interesting to its readers. To relate all my mistakes would be tedious and mighty monotonous read- ing, and, on the other hand, to deliberately tell all the good things I know about myself would appear egotistical. The Record will be intensely interesting to me regarding the other fellows, so I should be willing to do my part.
My family consists of wife and daughter. In our last Record, I mentioned that our boy was taken from us in his infancy so we have no prospects for a Princeton graduate in our family. Our daughter graduated from Bradford Academy last year, and is pursuing her studies along special lines.
As you will observe by the stationery on which this is writ- ten, I occupy the position of president in the shoe manufactur-
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ing company bearing my father's name, to which office I was elected after his death in 1906.
My name is included in the Board of Directors of the Roseville Trust Co., which is not an old institution, but one of marked progress and excellent prospects.
The American National Bank of this City, another flourish- ing bank, has my name among its officers, opposite the heading of vice-president.
Would you believe it, I hold the position of treasurer of the church to which I belong, and that, too, without bonds. Even at my suggestion of an expert accountant auditor, they refused to follow my plan.
In answer to the question, "What did Princeton do for me ?" I can only say that I hate to contemplate what would have happened if I had not been in the Class of '82. It seems as if it would take most out of life to remove the Princeton spirit and influence.
In answer to your second question, "What am I doing for Princeton?" Nothing much in a tangible or material way but extolling her virtues and pointing out the progress of her on- ward march whenever an opportunity presents itself.
Finally I may mention that I have joined the granger band and am devoting some energy to the agricultural life. It could hardly be said that I am a full-fledged farmer, but with, more experience, perhaps I will be able to exhibit at our State Fair some of the results of my activity along this line. My farm is at Basking Ridge near Morristown. Come and see me.
BARRETT, ANDREW LINN
After leaving the classic shades of Old Nassau, I entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, and in due course, was authorized to offer my professional services to those suffering from "the ills that flesh is heir to."
On June 7, 1894, I was married to Miss Martha Henderson Knox, of New York.
We have four children, Myron Knox, Louise Ryerson, Kenneth Linn, and Francis Henderson.
I am visiting physician to the Methodist Episcopal Church
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ANDREW L. BARRETT
JAMES B. BANNISTER
JOHN M. BOGGS
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Home; elder in the University Heights Presbyterian Church ; and was for several years a member of the Committee of Management of the New York City Y. M. C. A., Harlem Branch.
BEATTIE, WILLIAM E.
There is practically nothing of interest to add to my record since the Twenty-fifth anniversary. A business man's life is rather hum-drum, and I can only say that I am still busily engaged in the "Missionary Business", that is, manufacturing clothing for the poor Chinese, Africans, Phillipinos and others in foreign countries who need some covering. The only special honor which has been conferred upon me during the last five years, was my election as chairman of the Paving Commission of our little town. This is a hard job with very little pay, and as you probably know, I am too closely watched to make "graft" possible. We little fishes have to leave mat- ters of this kind to the big sharks.
As to what Princeton has done for me; I might write a book on the subject-the only trouble is, that I might want to re- write it after it is written. A question of this kind presents so many phases that I do not see how anything worth while can be written to show what one college does for a person that other good educational institutions would not have done. So much depends upon the man himself.
"What I have done for Princeton ?" This is easily answered. I have raised two boys, but as they inherited my distaste for the languages, neither one of them were able to qualify for the examinations at Princeton. One had scientific tendencies and graduated at Cornell; the other informs me that it is im- possible for him to learn either Latin, or German, or French, or Greek, and he has given the matter up as a bad job. However, I have contracted with Pete Bryant to assist him from the present time to bring his grandson up for Princeton and see that he enters.
BICKHAM, ABRAHAM S.
Married and have five children, four girls-ten, eight, seven,
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and five years old, and one boy, three years. Home, Dayton, Ohio, though thirteen years were occupied in wandering for the U. S. Army from the Atlantic Ocean to the Yellow Sea. I was commissioned Captain and Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Volunteer Army, 1898; served as Chief Quartermaster on Major Gen. W. H. Lawton's staff, Second Div., Eighth Army Corps, Manila, 1899. Promoted Major and Quartermaster, U. S. Vol, 1899. Commissioned Captain and Quartermaster U. S. Army, Feb. 2, 1901 ; commissioned Major and Quarter- master, U. S. Army, April 25, 1909. Honorably discharged, by retirement for disabilities not incident to the service, May 6, 1910. Prior to my army service I was editor of the Daily Journal at Dayton, Ohio. Previous to that in various capaci- ties in several western cities in newspaper work. Since leav- ing the army I have been a farmer in Montgomery County, Maryland, and am now on my way to Ohio.
BLACK, EDGAR N.
I have always retained the strong Princeton spirit and kind feeling towards the University that I was imbued with while there, and I must say that the bringing together of the Prince- ton men of our solid class of '82, last June, brings to one's mind the pleasantest of recollections ; especially so in my case, as I was called on at times to uphold the honor of the class along athletic lines, including field sports, etc.
The training at Princeton has done much for me and has been of great assistance as a foundation in my subsequent legal pursuits. While I have enjoyed the distinction of being president of certain organizations and clubs, good taste would hardly allow me to specify them.
Mrs. Black and myself have been very fortunate in raising an interesting family of two boys and one girl. My eldest son, Edgar Newbold 3rd, is a college graduate, mechanical engineer, and is at the present time employed by the University of Pennsylvania in his profession, working on the erection of a graduate school in Philadelphia. My daughter Portia married Lieut. W. Dulty Smith of the U. S. M. C., while my youngest son William Bispham is a Sophomore in the mechanical engi-
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EDGAR N. BLACK
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HOWARD BRYANT
neering school of the U. of P. There being no such course in Princeton, he was forced to seek his training elsewhere.
I am a member of the University Club in Philadelphia ; also of the Lawyers Club and Law Association. I am president of the Church Club at the Church of the Atonement. In poli- tics I am a Republican.
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BOGGS, JOHN MARSHALL
Born at New Athens, Ohio, Feb. 9, 1857. Though named for two uncles, is a distant relative of the Chief Justice, John Marshall. Spent five years in the preparatory and collegiate departments of Franklin College, New Athens, Ohio, and graduated in the classical course in 1881. Entered Princeton in the autumn of the same year, and received the degree of A.B. in 1882. Next three years, attended Western Theological Seminary of Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, Pa. Graduated 1885. Married Harriet E. Jones of Pittsburgh, May 21, 1885. Ordained by Presbytery of Southern Dakota, Oct., 1885. Was Stated Supply and Pastor at Kimball, S. Dak. 1885 to 1888. Pastor of Third Presbyterian Church, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1889 to 1898. Pastor Presbyterian Church at Byron, N. Y., 1900 to 19II. Pastor Presbyterian Church of Marathon, N. Y., Presbytery of Binghamton, 1911 to present time. In 1894 without solicitation or expectation, received from Franklin College the degree of D.D. Have been a member of General Assembly of Presbyterian Church in 1893 and 1905. Prince- ton broadened him in knowledge and sympathy, gave him in- troduction to large library and to great scholars, and sup- plemented his education, especially in Philosophy and English Language and Literature. Fears he has done nothing for Princeton, except negatively not to disgrace her. Only living child being a daughter, could not send her to Princeton, but to Oberlin instead, where she is a member of 1913.
BRYAN, P. TAYLOR
In response to the order received from Ed. Simons to furnish information for the Class Record I can only add to what was furnished for the last Record that I am now five years older
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than I was then. I am still practicing law in St. Louis, and am now a member of the firm of Stewart, Bryan, & Williams.
I am a member of the American Bar Association, of the Missouri State Bar Association and also of the Bar Associa- tion of St. Louis. At the present time I am president of the last mentioned body.
BROWNE, GEORGE D.
No report. Is connected with a title insurance company in White Plains, N. Y.
BRYANT, HOWARD.
When a fellow is as old as I am, writing about himself is not very interesting work. Since the last record I have been going along in the same way, sticking closely to my profession, managing to provide for those dependent upon me. For more than twenty years I have been connected with the Baltimore Law School, and have become very much interested in the work. We now have more than two hundred and fifty stud- ents, and as I was one of the original organizers of the school, I have seen it through its whole growth.
There have been no further additions to my family, except my grandson, little Howard Meredith Bryant. I had a most delightful time at the Reunion, and I believe everyone did, and I shall long remember that week at Princeton.
CAMPBELL, MALCOLM
After graduation, as I reported some five years ago, I be- came a bank clerk, partly because it was the only unoccupied place I could find, and partly because I was not sufficiently developed to have any decided predilections.
Subsequently, when it was too late, I discovered that I should have studied law; for being of Scotch-Irish extraction, I rather like an argument; and, furthermore, a lawyer, while fighting other peoples' battles, has all the fun of the fight and gets his money, win, lose, or draw.
After many years of the usual experiences encountered in
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MALCOLM CAMPBELL
THOMAS SHIELDS CLARKE
Wall St., which at least teach a man to take his medicine and look pleasant, I became a sort of professional trustee.
When George Day died, I found that he had named me as his executor and the trustee for his widow; and I was also named to succeed him as trustee for several members of his family.
"The management of these trusts, and some others with. which I am connected, has been my occupation for ten or a dozen years.
The work at first involved a great deal of litigation, but latterly it has not been at all onerous (or remunerative) and I have found time to read a great deal and to indulge a taste for art.
On the whole, my lines have fallen in pleasant places, though I have had my share of hard knocks, which have had a tendency to increase my powers of resistance and to make me appreciate the good things of life.
To the query, "What has Princeton done for me?" I can. say that it developed in me a taste for culture and a capacity for intellectual enjoyment that is an increasing source of de- light; and through the opportunities it afforded for physical development, I acquired a constitution which enabled me, thirty years afterward, to sit up until four in the morning listening to fifty-seven varieties of speeches (not including the Chairman's) without collapsing.
What have I done for Princeton? Well, I have not sent any boys to Princeton principally because I haven't had any ; and I have not given her any money for the same reason, that is to say, any to spare; for I am one those radicals, re- actionaries or whatever you call them who believe that there are claims which take precedence of even the claims of one's Alma Mater.
Politically I am a progressive standpatter of the Republican brand, for I believe that the founders of the Republic knew a thing or two even if they did not know about aeroplanes and Teddy Roosevelt and similar uncertain high-flyers.
My literary achievements consist of a brief history of the Englewood Golf Club, and a contribution to the New York
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Sun arguing that the application of the rule of reason was not inconsistent with the early decisions of the United States Supreme Court. I am not violating any confidence when I state that I was considerably elated when the present Chief Justice subsequently accepted my views.
I forgot to mention that Princeton gave me a Master's de- gree, and loaned me a cap and gown wherewith to grace the academic procession at the last Commencement, much to the amusement of my classmates, particularly Petey Bryant.
Finally, I am not aware that I have set the world ahead to any considerable extent in the last thirty years, but on the other hand I have not consciously or willfully set it back any.
CHAMBERLIN, BURTON S.
My biography of five years ago will answer, as there has been no change of importance. No one has left me a fortune and down to present writing I have received no call to be "boss" of a great university. Am getting along tho' quite well, thank you, without these ephemeral honors, and am just five years younger than at the time of the famous Twenty-fifth Reunion.
CHAPIN, ERVING F.
No report. When last heard from was living at Candelaria, Cuba.
CHETWOOD, JOHN
No report. The following is taken from "Who's Who in America":
"Lawyer; b. Elizabeth, N. J., April 29, 1859; s. Rev. Ho- bart and Annie P. (Parks) C; A.B., Princeton, 1882, A.M., 1885; LL.B., Columbia, 1885; unmarried. Practising law in San Francisco since 1885. Principal cases have been 10 yrs. litigation involved in John Chetwood vs. Cal. Nat. Bank; counsel for property owners to establish legality of bonds for pub. improvements in San Francisco; in case of Fritz vs. City and County of San Francisco; and in litigation of validity of public irrigation bonds of Cal. Episcopalian. Independ- ent in politics. Mem. Good Government Club ; dir. Associated
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Charities of San Francisco. Club, University. Author : Im- migration Fallacies, 1895; Our Search for the Missing Mil- lions, 1904; also pamphlet, Manila or Monroe Doctrine, 1899. Address 3644 24th St., San Francisco."
CLARK, ROBERT K.
No report. Is engaged in the manufacture of cotton thread at Holyoke, Mass. Spent the summer in Europe. Attended the Reunion.
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