St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-09-12
Men, Women and Events.

The call of Professor Edward Gun
J. mings, of Harvard University, to th
g pastorate OF the South COngregf
t tional church, Boston, over whic
0 DR.. Edward Everett Hale has minis
i, tered so many years, is of more tina
. usual significance, in that it implie
that he will give up professional am
billions at Harvard and prefer tn
pastorate, and in that it will be
notable instance of a man coming t.
the Christian ministry without mucl
of the conventional training for thu
profession, but who, on the Other
hand, is unusually well equipped fol
the discussion of the ethical and so
Geological problems of the day."
Having reached the age limit, Prof
H, 7. Todd. U. S. n, director of the
Nautical Almanac has retired from
active scientific work at the head of
the Naval Observatory, Washington.
The dictatorship of the Nautical
Almanac will be assumed by Prof S.
J. Brown, the astronomical director
OF the observatory. Prof. Todd
served throughout the Civil War as
Lieutenant and Lieutenant Com.
mander, being Flag Lieutenant of
the Cumberland at the Norfolk Navy
Yard when Sumter,was fired on. He
was in 1886 ordered to duty in the
Nautical Almanac office, continuing
until he became director of the Nauti.
cal Almanac, which position he held
on retirement.
John D. Rockefeller has informed
the trustees of the Baptist college at
Des Moines, Iowa, that he will give
that institution $4,000 provided a
similar sum is raised by themselves.
The college is connected with the
University of Chicago.
When Governor Roosevelt was at
Harvard he was one of the editors of
"The Advocate" an undergraduate
magazine. Associated with him in
its management was Albert Bushnell
Hart, now professor of history at
Harvard.
Hobart, the successful candidate
for vice president four years ago, and
SewalI, who was then defeated for
the same position, both have died
before the expiration of the term for
which the former was chosen, Hon.
Arthur Sewall having died last We'd
nesday morning at Bath Me.
The Rev. Artemus J. Haynes, who
succeeded the Rev. DR.. Frank Gun
saulus as pastor of Plymouth Con-
gregatlonal church of Chicago, has
resigned because of i'll health.
Rev. Lorenzo Waugh, the oldest
Methodist minister in the world,
died suddenly at the railroad depot
at Williams, Cal, Friday just after
alighting from train. He was born
in West Virginia. in 1903, and entered
the ministry 68 years ago.
Rev. G. c. Lorimer, pastor OF Tire.
mont Temple, has refused an increase
of $1,000 year in his salary, recent
ly proffered by the society. He gives
as his reason for declining the extra
thousand a year that his sense of
duty to the church does not permit
him to take 1t. DR.. Lorimer is in
receipt of $1,000 a year. This is the
sum he received when formerly pas.
tor of the temple, before going to
Chicago, and it is what he received
in Chicago. Last spring, when the
pastor OF the temple started on his
trip to Europe, a movement was
started to increase his salary. 1t
met with such general approval that
the executive committee voted for
the increase unanimously, and while
the pastor was abroad notified him
gifts action. In letter which he
wrote on his way home, declining
the increase, DR.. Lorimer said in sub.
stance that he thought he was get
ting enough already. The committee
did not accept this letter as final, as
a check was sent to DR.. Lorimer on
the basis Of $4,000 year. He sent
it back to J. M. Hilton, the treasurer,
calling attention to the fact that his
salary was $1,000 year, and that
he did not want any more.
The paramount issue which con-
Germs every interest in our country is