The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-24

Charles A. Otis, jr.
 Chorister-EdWard Brooks, jr
 '90..... ...... Fairfax Harrison 90S...... .... Harrison l. Drummond Our Postcrity.. Willard Parker, jr. Former Members. C, Emory McMichael Foreign Relations. %. William II, Smith
 CLASS OF 'fl.
 The class of Fl held it's reunion at Fleming's cafe last evening, forty-tWo members being present. Judge Robert w. Archibald of Scranton, Pa, presid ed. Of the 104 members who graduated sixteen are dead. During the evening the class of '76 made a call and eX- changed greetings Among those pres ent were Judge w. K. Townsend of this city, Hon. Samuel Jelley of Minneapo- lis, Henry Baldwin of New York, J. B. Morse of New Haven, President Hines of Gettysburg college, Thomas Thach- CT of New York, Charles Hopkins Clark editor of the Hartford Courant; J. H. Hoffccker of Wilmington, Del, s. B. Jackson of Newark, N. J., pr. J. Fewsmith of Newark, N J., Seelye Benedict of Brooklyn, N. Y, pr. Clar- ence F. Beebe of New York, c. E. Cud deback of Port Jervis, N. Y, Rev N. H. Whjttlesey, Dr. Dexter Hitchcock of New York, P. s. Smith of Westfield, Mass, Howard Pope of Scranton, Pa, D. Dexter Hitchcock of Cleveland, O., and Fred Mead of New York.
 CLASS OF '81.
 The class of 'S1 held it's supper in Anderson's gymnasium on York street. Forty members were present Sher- man Evarts of New York presided.
 CLASS OF '66.
 The class of '66 returned in goOdly number to celebrate their thirtieth anniversary, They held their class supper last evening at the Senior club house on Whitney avenue In this quiet retreat the class lived over again in song and story their college life of thirty years ago. The class possesses It's full share of men who have attained to honor in the various spheres of their activity, and many of these were pres ent at the supper. Probably a. larger percentage of the class was there at the supper than at any class supper this commencement. Out of a class of ninety seven which graduated fifty two were present, some of these, how eyer, being men who did not graduate.
 The supper was furnished by Sherry the New York caterer, and was one of the finest served at the class reunions this year.
 '6l.
 The class of '61 met in the Insur- ance building last evening. Colonel R. nF tel Do ed. Among those present were: Prof Tracy Peck of Yale, Dr. J. N. Hyde of Chicago, Dr. James w, McLane of New York, R. H. Green of New York, H. P. Freeman of Hartford, Ii. <. Brown of New York, w. Ii. Fuller Henry Holt of New York, J. H. White of PittsburE N. s. Moore of Winsted, Conn, Alfred Hemingway of Boston, Judge & E. Baldwin and Prof r. B. Dexter of this city.
 CLASS OF 'S6.
 The decennial dinner of the class of 1886 was held in Lenox hall last even ing, sixty-eight members being pres pnt William B Anderson presided The speakers were Charles w. Pierson, Henry T. Mason, Sheffield Phelps, Chauncey w. Goodrich Austin Col gate and Edward B, Morgan.
 VENERABLE CLASSMATES-CLASS
 OF 1896
 One Of the most notable and inter esting gatherings of commencement week was that yesterday of the class of 1886, which celebrated it's siXtieth anniversary. Out of a good-sized class only Fourteen survive, and only five were able to be present yesterday. They were the guests of their class mate, our esteemed toWnsman, Horace Day, for so many years clerk of our board of education, and who seemed tO be the most alert and active of the five venerable men, all of whom are yet we'll preserved and bear their years well. They were entertained at supper at Mir. Days residence and spent most enjoyable evening together in re- calling old times and old days at Yale. President Jeremiah Day was president of Yale when they were at Yale, and the late eX-President WOOlsey was tho professor of Greek. The venerable gentlemen took a trolley car ride to- gether yesterday afternoon to Morris Cove and the lighthouse. They were pretty familiar with the New Haven of sixty years ago, but had lost their bear ings as regards New Haven of to-day. When they were at Yale New Haven $ population was scarcely 10000, they said. Now it has. reached 100 000 Fair Haven. through which they passed on their trolley ride, now having about as large a population as all New Haven had sixty years ago, was chiefly pas ture lands when they were in college, Dragon" the old part of Fair Haven, being the only settled part of any con sequence. The venerable men felt more at home when they caught site of old Tomlinson bridge, where they used to see the whitefish hauled in. They were delighted with the report that Pre- fdent Dwight would be able to announce to- day that a lady had a gift of three quarters of a million dollars in store for Yale, and rejOiced also to think that the money would probably be given outright to Yale to use where it would do the most good-pTObahly to increase the salaries of the professors, Yale's salaries being small in consequence of tha cash funds in hand being too limit ed. The five members of the class of 1886 present yesterday were Horace Day. Moses Hoge Hunter, a retired clergyman. a lovablc old man. sincere and affectiOuate, now of La. Plata, Md: Thomas Darling. a man of large frame, patriarChal beard and commanIinr