National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-02-06

three; bureau of education, two; adjutant
| generals office, agricultural, Indian office,
land office, library of congress, patent office,
| signal office, and United States coast survey
one each. During the late war thirteen served
| in the army and one in the navy. Seven
have been connected with tho house of repre-
sentatives in various state legislatures, and
| three have been members of state senates.
Previous to their present occupation one
was an appointment clerk in the depart
ment of the Interior one q banker, one CASH
Ter of a bank, one centennial commissioner;
one, chaplain of the Massachusetts, house
of representatives, one the chief clerk of the
interior department, one tho chief clerk Of
| the pension Office, two city solicitors, one q
commissioner of the sinking fund, one the
disbursing clerk Of the interior department,
| two in the drug store business, one q drum
mer, eight editors, or connected with newpa-
| pers; four farmers, one n government direc-
tor OF the Union Pacific railroad one q
| governor of Maine, one the principal of the
| Illinois Normal school, thirteen lawyers
one, manager of q manufacturing company,
one, manager of state insane asylum; one
8 manufacturer; one, mayor; two minis.
tiers; SIX, physicians; one, probate judge;
six, professors in colleges one, refiner of
| oil one, u register; one, sanitary inspector;
Que, speaker of tho Maine house of repre-
sontatives, ono, a superintendent of copper
mines; one, q superintendent of freedmen;
three, superintendents Of schools; one, sur
gcOn; two, assistant surgeons; three, trustees
of institutions of learning, one Of them being
Dartmouth; one, United States commits
sioner; and one, o water registrar.
The present professions are classed rs fol-
lows, some performing double duty One,
assistant astronomer at the naval observa-
tory; one, the chief clerk in the bureau of
education; one, the chief clerk in the pension
otice one, civil engineer; twenty-six,
clerks in the various departments; one, in
charge of the coast survey work; one. the
commissioner of education; one the dean of
the preparatory department at Howard uni
versity; five, editors or newspaper corre-
spondonts nine, lawyers; one, retired
lawyer; three, members of congress; two,
ministers; two in government Libraries; two,
paymasters in the navy; two, physicians; one,
the principal of the high school; one, q pro-
fessor at the naval observatory; three solicit
tors of patents; one, superintendent of the
government insane asylum; one, the superin-
tendent of schools; three, supervisors of
schools eleven, teachers.
Two deaths have occurred in the association
this past year-Col. Joseph w. Drew, IA, ON
April 25 and Col George IL. Chandler, $50, on
Aug. IL.
At the funeral of Col. Drew the following
members of the association were present
Gen. John Eaton, sd S. II. Bond, '55; j. X.
Eastman, '62, c. $. d.; II. NJ. Baker, '63; w.
H. Gardiner, rs, and L. A. Smith, 80.
THE Glass Of 1SS3--We welcome our young
brothers with open arms" Responded to by
Walter B. Patterson, of the class of 1888.
Several volunteer toasts and speeches pre-
coded the toast "To the Memory of Our Dead"
which was drank in silence, all standing. 1t
was followed by AUD Lang Syne."
During the evening college quartette sang
the following songs Parting Day" Cham
payne Song" There Was a Man." "Susan
Brown" Mermaid Song" and "The Hunts.
mans Farewell" Mr.. Richard Hovey, an
Undergraduate, recited the poem, "a Song
Without Theme"
Among those present were Daniel +. Mer-
rill, stephen NJ. Bartlett NJ. d.; Francis B.
Brewer, NJ. D.; ]. Sullivan Brown, Emerson
Hodges, Nathan S. Lincoln, NJ. D.; J. Or
mond Wilson, Gen. John Eaton, William w.
Godding, NJ. d.; Gen. Reuben d. M ussey,
Samuel r. Bond, Hon. Nelson Dingley, jr.;
Capt. Abial w. Fisher, Josiah II. Hobbs,
George Il. Ross, James f. Allen, Horace
S. Cummings, John r. Eastman, Nathaniel
p. Gage, Rev. George b. Patch, Henry
NJ. Baker, Ephram q. Merriam, NJ. D.;
Henry A. Hazen, John +. Pratt, scientific
department; Henry M. Paul, William II.
Gardiner, Edward A. Paul, Addison F. An
drews, Winfield $. Montgomery, Amasa G..
Paul, partial course; William L. Barrett,
Lyndon A. Smith, Nathan ID. Cram, Ephriam
G.. Kimball, Frank Il. Lane, Charles S. Clark,
John Il. Freeman, scientific department;
Arthur p. Greeley, Solomon b. Merrill,
Thayer school; James F. Moore, Walter B.
Patterson, William Quinby, Richard Hovey,
J. II. Dodge, Hon. Henry F. French, Hon
Austin +. Pike, Hon. Ossiau Ray, J. j. Coff-
man, M. d.; F. A. Pease, and d. L. Coffmsn.