The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-11-02
PERSONAL JOTTrNGs.

The condition of ex-senator w. S.
! Beecher was slightly more favorable
yesterday. He is still in a critical con-
| dition, however.
| Professor A. T. Hadley of Yale is
| one of the principal speakers to adj
| dress the annual meeting Of the New
England College Teachers association,
! in session at Clark university, Worces-
| ter.
Miss Marguerite III. Bulford, super
visor of music In the Branford public
schools, has arrangements well under
way for a concert to be given by the
children of the schools, assisted by out
of-town talent, early in December The
object for which this concert is to be
| given is a worthy one, and one that will
! appeal to everybody interested in the
schools.
Rev. Arson Phelps Stokes, jr., secre-
| tary of the Yale corporation, was in
| Wellesley, Mass, yesterday attending
| the meeting of the board of trustees of
| Wellesley college. Mr. Stokes is said
| to be the youngest trustee of an Amer
lean college.
| Miss Ruth Robertson, daughter Of w.
H. Robertson, editor and proprietor of
the Morning Times in Peterborough,
Ontario arrived in New Haven We'd
nesday She will take course in train
ing for a professional nurse at Grace
hospital.
Kathryn Osterman, the very attrac
tive actress who is playing this week at
Polls theater, is the wife of the genial
Jacob Rosenthal, who was last season
the press agent of the Jack and the
Beanstalk" company. He will be re-
menlbered by many here, for during his
stay in New Haven he made a large
circle Of acquaintances, who will be in
terested to know that he is now sue
cessfully managing theater in OMAHA
Neb.
The Renomme assembly, composed of
members of the Edward Malley compa-
ny. will give their sixth reception in
Hoyts academy on the evening Of No
vember Is. The same committee which
has had charge of the past five recep-
lions will manage this one. 1t is A.
Mccartney, F. Crown, L. We'll, R. Gull
ley and F. Phillips. Music will be fur
nished by Guilford's orchestra.
Henry L. Wade, president Of the Clock
Works of Waterbury, was in Branford
Wednesday, the guest of his sister, Mrs.
Julia Klmball of MILFORD avenue. Mrs.
Kimball, who has been quite i'll, is now
convalescing.
Mr.. and Mrs William Crosby and
their son, Willie Crosby, from Nyack,
are domiciled in New Haven for the
winter, having rented their residence
on the Hudson to a New York man
while he superintends the building of a
merly spent several summers at the Pc
quot club house.
Arthur Fox, youngest son Of Colonel
and Mrs S. j. Fox, left home a day or
two ago for the Adirondacks where
he will remain for an indefinite period
for the benefit Of his throat and bron-
chial tubes, which are not strong, maxi
ing it unwise for him to remain longer
in the changeabe, damp climate of the
seacoast.
Hugh Farrell, who has been engaged
at summer clerk for Prann e Stannard,
Branford, has accepted position with
McAvoy Brothers, wholesale grocers in
Bridgeport.
Mrs. William Young Of Pleasant Val
ley is the guest of her intimate friend,
Mrs. Frank Wheeler of Crown street.
She will remain in town until after the
Hiram lodge celebration.
M. p. Rice and Frank Golding of
Branford spent Wednesday in New
York on business connected with the
water company.
James Norman, who has been the
guest of his relatives, Mr.. and Mrs. f.
Howard Russell and several other
brothers and sisters in this city since
August, left yesterday on his long jour-
ney across the continent to San Fran
cisco.
Messra. Woodhouse and Wheeler two
Yale students, class 1902, were greeted
by a large audience at Pythian hall in
Branford Wednesday evening for their
lecture "A Trip Across the Ocean in
Cattle Boat"
William H. Salmon, Yale '94, will adj
dress a mems meeting under the aus
pices Of the Waterbury Y. M. C. A. at
the Jacques opera house In that city |
next Sunday afternoon at four o'clock. !
During his college course Mr.. Salmon |
was general secretary of the Yale Y M. |
C. A. He developed an independent !
branch in the Scientific school, and |
through the generosity of Mrs. w. f. |
Cochran a lot was secured on which was |
erected a commodious building. SINH |
lar work was organized in each of the |
three graduate schools of the university. |
During his administration the member |
ship of the Yale association was in
creased from 500 to over 1900, and the
annual receipts from $4,000 to $1,000, and |
new departments founded with an en-
dowment of $4,000 for future needs.
Since gradua ton he has Travelled extern
sively During his sojourn in Austral-
asia he Travelled 1880 miles by land
and $500 by water He delivered $50 |
on various themes and spoke
at over one hundred other meetings
He organized twenty-siX other associa-
tions