The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-30
AN OLD YALE MAN.
FREDERICK WoODSoN OF DEN
 YER OYER FOURSCORE.

He Has Just Perfected an Engine to be
 Placed on the NIarket-He Was
 Sophomore In Yale When President
 Hadley's Father Was Junior.
 The Denver News has the following interesting story of an old Yale gradu- ate:
 1 A graduate of the class of A, which makes him one of the oldest living graduates of the great university, and the only survivor of trio which or ganized the famous Scroll and Key fraternity of Yale, is living in Denver He is Frederick Augustus Woodson of 6S South Lincoln avenue, and that he | has not lost his usefulness despite the fact that he has turned fourscore, is | evidenced by the fact that he has just I perfected an engine which he will 1 shortly place on the market, and which l he says he expects to be of lasting value MT Woodson, former Cover nor Haight of California and John T. I Govt organized the Scroll and Key SOL ciety, which Is now one of the largest college fraternities in the world, Both Height and Govt, who became a min ister, are dead.
 i, MT Woodson was a sophomore in | college when the father of President Hadley of Yale was junior. Presi- dent Day was head of the college when Mir. Woodson was there. MT. Woodson relates d story of how the office of bull ly of the senior class came to be dis continued. The bully had a big gold mounted club as an insignia of his off, fee The students used to get mixed up in fierce fights with the townspeople of New Haven, and one puarticula1 desperate encounter had to be quelled by President Day, who abolished the bully, because he was an ardent pro- moter of the fighting. President Had leys father was valedlctorian of his class, but was not originally so select ed. A young man named Hennion had been chosen for the honor, but be- tween the time of his selection and ] commencement day Hennion commit ted some overt act and vanished be- l tween couple of days. Afterward he became a famous lawyer in New Or leans and finally received his degree.
 MT. Woodson was a southerner and they tried to make a lawyer out of him when he graduated. His tastes ran in a different direction, however, and he went Into the iron business in Alaba- ma, after first spending short time in California. He founded the town of Anniston now quite large city He married in 1859 and his wife is still living. When the civil war broke out he contributed the Iron which went to build the steamships Tennessee and Selma, afterward destroyed by Farra- gut. Following the surrender of Lee, Grierson's raiders came along and de- stroyed his iron works. He reoouped financially, however, and came to Col orado in 1880. He tried mining for a while, but the altitude of the mines was too great for his health. He therefore engaged in business in Den wer. He has held office of justice of the peace here and before he retired from that line was well known in real ty circles.
 MT. Woodson has four children, all living. Miss E. T. Woodson Is the only woman engineer in the state, Maria l.. Woodson is art teacher in the East Denver High school. Hunter Wood son, son, is at the head of trust company in St. Louis and another daughter is Mrs o. M. Reaves. Poor health has prohibited MT. Woodson