The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-06-29

IuGtS or MunSon, Mass, aged elgnty- six. Also present were Rev, William Thomas Doubleday of Binghamton, N. r., aged eighty, who is here with his daughter. Judge Henry P. Hedges of Binghamton, l.. T., aged eighty-one, and his wife were present. Dr. Rodman is eighty-one. T. S. Gold of West Corn wall, secretary of the Connecticut board of agriculture, is eighty. They are all well preserved veterans and had a most pleasant gathering.
 REUNION OF AS.
 The class of AS. the second oldest class to return for this years com mencement, held its semi centennial at 1:S0 yesterday afternoon, meeting with the class secretary, A. D. Osborn at the latter's home at 52 Trumbull street | Luncheon was served, after which those present devoted the time to rem iniscences of their college days, when each man went to the college pump with an earthen jar for his own water supply. The class at graduation num- | bered eighty-two, of which thirty-two are now supposed to be alive, twenty seven of these replying personally to l MT. Osborn's letter of invitation. Since | '4S's last meeting seventeen have died, | leaving a little over one-third of the l class alive. Among the more promi- | nent members are: Henry T. Blake of | this city, so well known for his histori- | cal papers and his membership on the park commission; Rev. Henry Blodgett, | D. D. of Bridgeport, a well known m1s- sionary, and one of the translators of | the Bible into Chinese; Charles M. Gull | len of Georgetown, Del, judge of some renown; Henry Hitchcock, LII. | D., of St. Louis, a prominent leader in 1 the free soil movement when the war | broke out, subsequently an officer on | the staff of General Sherman when the war broke out; Rev. Henry M. Parsons, 1 D. D., of Toronto, Canada, a distin- guished preacher; Nathaniel Shipman, | ILL D., of Hartford, judge of the United States circuit court; Sidney Webster of New York, private secre- | tary to President Pearce, now distin- guished lawyer and prominent society man in New York; Prof. B .Bucking-
 ham Wilcox, D. D., retired professor of the theological seminary of Chicago. | Mir. Osborn is preparing record or
 the class and it's members to be pub lished shortly. \ The following named members of AS sat down to the lunch con at MT. Osborn's home: James Bird, Great Harrington, Mass; Henry T. l Blake. New Haven: Rev. Henry Blod- | get D. D., Bridgeport; Ebenezer Buck | ingham, 2036 Prairie avenue, Chicago; Hon. David s. Calhoun, Hartford; Charles S. Hall, Binghamton, N. Y.; | James c. Hinsdale Meriden; Rev. John
 P. Hubbard, 1900 Master street, Phila- l delphia; Francis T. Jarnan, New Iia- | ven; Arthur D. Osborne, New Haven; | Rev. Henry M. Parsons, D. D., Toron- | to, Canada Samuel c. Perkins, LL. D.. 627 Walnut street, Philadelphia;
 Timonthy H. Porter, Stamford; John
 H. Pumpelly, Albany, N. Y.; Rev-
 Ioseph Powell. San Francisco; Hon.
 Nathaniel Shipman, IL. D., Hartford;
 Prof. G. Buckingham Wilcox, D. D., 512 Washington Boulevard, Chicago. | GLASS OF '6S.
 l There were thirty-six present at the | banquet at the Lawn club. or the loi
 who graduated with the class, ninety
 seven are still living and only one has l died since the last reunion live years l ago, There were no regular addresses | during the evening, but quite number | of impromptu speeches were made w. l A. Linn of the New York Evening Post | presided. A flash light picture of the | class was taken during the evening. 1 Among the most prominent men pres- ent were Bishop Brewster, Police Mag | istrate Wentworth of New York, Judge I Conkln of Waterbury, F. w. Russell Harvard '6S. a former member of the I class; Charles w. de Kay, ex-consul general to Berlin under Cleveland; Judge Colts of New Britain and Dean | Wright.
 CLASS OF '92 $.
 About thirty members of '92 s. ban
 quetted at Stewards. There was no | regular programme and the speeches
 were all impromptu. The reunion was | jolly and was much enjoyed by all. The | meeting adjourned early and the men joined in the fun upon the Green and | campus.
 REUNION OF '53
 There were just twenty of the sur- | viving members of the class of '5S present at the reunion of the class held in the Tontine hotel Owing to the ab- | Sence or wayne MCN elSl, WIlO was e2N- pected to be toastmaster, c. l.. Lewis, 1 with Harper & Bros, New York, acted
 in that capacity.
 | Speeches were made by each one present among whom were Dr. J. M. | Whiton of the Outlook" New York; Theodore Bacon of Rochester, R. T.
 Holmes of Hopkinson, Mass; Joshua | Govt of Boston, Rev. MT. Arms of Es-
 sex, Conn: pr. H. A. Willard of Bur lington, Vt; Dr. William M. Hudson
 of Hartford, Henry c. Robinson of
 Hartford, pr. Kingsley Twining and | Dr. Stearns of Hartford.
 l CLASS OF '83.
 Of the class of '83 eighty out of 149
 members were present at the banquet in Veru hall. The hall was prettily
 decorated and the class enjoyed itself 1 to the utmost c. F. Collins was toast | master.
 CLASS OF 'S8.
 The class of 'SS met at Arion hall with l seventy-three present. Six out of 125
 have died since the class graduated. F. A. Stevenson, captain of the crew in his ' senior year, was toastmaster. 1 '95 PERENNIAL.
 About one hundred members of the | class of '95 celebrated the triennial re- | union in Warner hall last night. The
 speech presenting the loving cup to the | class boy was made by James Fisk