, 1876-09-23

BISHOP JAMES.
The telegram has alrcady recorded the dcath |
In New York of Bishop EDMUND erosEn |
JAMES, Of thu Methodist Episcopal Church. liz |
was born In Sheffield, Mass, Aprfl 12 1907, md
spcnt the most Of his early life ut Salisbury, =.
Coun. FROM 1874 to 1850 he was n tcacfer,
studying law ut his leisure meanwhile In 1880
hc changed his purpose and received m up
potutmcut In tic Philadelphia Conference. In
is33 h. was or.lnt,,cd Deacon, and Elder in
1881, lie also studied medicine IN copnection
with hts Theological studies, and III 18a2 received
tho degrees Ut II. D. from tic Vermont unrcr-
sty. In 1870 hu was appointed financial agent
of thc American b!bla Society, n position he held
until 1874. Wien lie was elected btshoT. In
1901 ho was delcgato to the British Weslrya,
tho scandinavian, German, and Swiss missions
In Europe. In 1Sl5 iu was tic delegate Of tic
American Bible socLc.y to- tlle mcctinK Of thc
British anl Foreign Bible Society. ~ was aiso
delegate to Tho Frcncl. Wesleyan Confcrc.ge Conf re
in Paris and tho Irish Conference III Cork. For
tl,e INST quarter Of century he l'aa l,cen ono
Of tho most active mud Influential Mcthodist
workers III thls country.
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Upon tho san,o day as Dahop JAMES, Prof.
TpESEzHK g. SHELL, Of Amherst College, also
nassea away, lIu WIS born In North Drooktlcld,
Mass, Oct. 7, 1901, aud lifted for College at
Amherst Academy. In 1919 ho entered VIII.
tams College, but at tue close Of his senior year
| went to Amherst, graduating there in lss3'
From 1872 to 1879 he taught tu Amherst Acade-
my, and In 1875 BECAME tutor at the college:
In 1884 he was made full Professor of Mathc-
mattcs and Natural Philosophy. III 1850, and
Rgaiu in 1866, lc received the honorary degree
Of Doctor Of Laws fgou, Amherst and Western
| Reserve Colleges. In 1871 Prof.. TYLER wrote
Ut him; 'The man WHO, for exactncss, clear
ness and method In teaching, has Ind no equal
In Amherst, md no superior anywhere; who, ~
an experimental lecturer, to suy tho least, cait-
not bo surpassed; aud who, by Ids own lecl'ala-
teal ingenuity mud handfrraft, an1 Ills pro-
gressye nastesy Of tho seiencc, Will! coinpar-
Rtiye tsiaing expenditure Of money by the col.
egc ns Kept s sanet ~. ns. sorSast II ss ~ mGs t,
land; whItc ut the satne ttIne 'lo l'ss Invented
| anC constructed nut few machines, ILLUSTRATIVE
) II mechanics and physics, which ars not to 10
found In any OF thenl."
PROP. ouA1LEs DAVIES
Upon the same tlay as thu above, still another
great worker passed away, Prof. CHARLES
DAvIas, tho eminent mathematician lilo was
born at Washington, Conn.,, and worked upon a
farm until ho was appointed to calctshIp At
West Point, in 1918. In 1916 ho was appointed
Dreyet Second Lieutenant Of Light Artillery. A
year aiterward he was transferred ~ Second
Lieutenant to the CoFpa Of Engineers, q posi-
which la resigned In 1916 to become trlncipa'
] Assistant Professor Of Mathematics at West
Point. In 1873 he was nadu full Professor ol
| Mathematics. lie hold that position until 1887
Two years later hc accepted tho Chair OF Mathe
.uatics at Trulty College. Hartford, Conn, AMI
held It until 1871, When he RETURNED to Wes
Point as ons Of tho Board Of VISITORS ffol