New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-20
4 TRlRTTE FROM 4 CL4SSn4TE.

Mr. PHELPs's PLACE ~ THE HEARTS OF His
COMRADES AT YALE
To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: As secretary OF the class Of Yale-that OF lo
which counted the Hon William Walter Phelps
one OF its most honored members. you VIII kihuiy
allow me- In the name OF his surviving comrades 70
lay this wreath for remembrance upon ms oie''
Truly the Nation the loss OF one OF its no.
blest public men The State which he had long sihce
adopted as his home bereft OF a most iearheo
and upright Judge. But. among the vide eircie VI
friends who sorrow most OF all that they VIII SEQ
his face no more earth. none can De- mex. 70
the immediate household. more sincere IN III
grief than MI Pnepf ,Sbad and sang with him,
studied and wrought with him In the nea. SSav
lowship OF ST. dent life under the GINS a' new
Coming somewhat late with our class. navIs
he ill-health been compelled 10 nteruit year u
stidv ne nevertheless soon identined hlnlsen ~" IN
his new associates as completely as IL ne ' or ~
gun the course with US Ihough az taicnts his
wealth and possessed or CONSPICUOUS "a every
genial soul flowed forth In kindness to"atu e, ~
member Of his class IN n0'h n she Invitation he
extended all OF them on the occS tS, ~ our
happy nuptials at New-Haven, the night Oh Jul
That Mr. Phelps continued 70 feel warm inter
est in the class was evidenSeu b os from the
presence at orr reunions untl apsen absences tJ ~ az
country In the National service prevented ms Nh
tendance His Old Yale friengs nosttons OF RS.
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strong class pride in him as we realIeu ho" "'N
honor he rejecting upon our MANI, ., thu
prt The hest OF II all the slflphcl'! ot ' u
man and the kindly familiarity Win wrICn ~ 10
would meet and greet us as boys tokethei 80.
more on the same old terms whenever AIhlh sasv a
Alas that his genial smile, his brilliant WY, n,s
courtly manners and his Christian spirit VIII So.
these reunions no more. How appropriate III W lea
nathos and prophecy are these words OF Nai liz
phains shaken Al oui Triennial IN lSoo ~ MN
~ rmanks uarshalled on earth. ours are prohei;;
There are eyes in which mine met tne suhsnIe are
love which | shall not see tonight. tneIe ~ ~
hold and CHEEKY voices which shaI not near "
nicbt. there are manly forms VINO VIII not pe -, 80
,hair rlaces tonight. OF most OF these, tnahhs "
preserving Providence, we can tnllk VII, Srrk
- ana home and to their prosperity we VIII utns
i'm faithful draughts. For the four whose lame nns
are on the walls around us there ~ hou,, .,s
fhat should mar the happiness or ther ~ s us
bo~r. the thought of no one OF them sh0Iiu p.s
an, hitter I'm this cup drain Tonight We nsre
They have left the example or pure; ns' ~
lives and Christian deaths. While we t IN Eats
Them and wsh--oh. ardently'-that theil S -
wore filled let MS gather closer-tnoSe o. 20 IN
are left-and prize still higher that trieh"sNp
which is the solace and glory OF our nNes, ,-,snA
~ ogh departed beyond the shadows our irleha
vet sneaks TO us his classmates In these ten. Ia
continents of eulogy and "reminiscences .nd hayts
holm MS All to keep his memory green III out ,haf
and so for consolation we VIII slns wan
choice noet Frederick William Faper'
rea- IL, they have become like guardian angels 70 U.
Ard distant heaven like home. through them oes'"'
woo Us. ,...
Lava ,b,, was earthly wings its flight 20 holer Pa0"
Tho d.,A are sacred things that multiply our srace
Inv GEORGE II. GRIFFIN
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, June Is, 1891.