Evening star., 1907-07-06

students and had gained a reputation as
brilliant scholar and orator He remained |
and went abroad. He Is now living in |
Washington, d. C., is chairman OF the |
board Of Indian commissioners and engaged |
In literary and philanthropic work.
Some Eminent Graduates. !
The first Catalogue of the Faculty and |
the Students of the Collegiate Institution, |
Amherst Mass" was issued in March, |
1922. 1t is in the form of handbll. folio |
size, and bears the names OF Rev. Zephan- |
iah Swift Moore. DID,, president and pro- |
fessor of divinity; Rev. Gamalel S. Olds, |
A M, professor of mathematics and natural
philosophy: Joseph Estabrook, AM. profess |
sor of languages and librarian; Rev Joseph |
King. AM, professor of oriental literature; !
Lucius Field, ABB, tutor, and three senior |
sophisters, six Junior sophsters, nineteen |
sophomores and thirty-one freshmen, a |
total Of fffty-nine students. In the list OF |
sophomores is the name of Spencer F. |
Baird OF Stratford. Conn.,, probably the |
same man who became afterward secretary |
OF the Smithsonian Institution.
Among other famous graduates of Am
herst was Henry Ward Beecher. "a. who |
once said that he was always at the head
of his class when 1t stood IN q circle; Bishop |
Frederick d. Huntinton. 80 OF the Episco |
pal diocese of New York; Galusha A. Grow. !
a. father of the House of Representa- |
tives." and once Speaker of that body: |
Rev. DIR. Richard s. Ssorrs. D. D., the great
Congregational preacher. who filled the
pulpit of the Church of the Pilgrims Of
Brooklyn for more than forty years: Prof.
Roswell Dwight Hitchcock of Union Semi |
| nary, Rev. DR.; Charles H. Purkhurst, the
Lincoln and Gov Bullard of Massachusetts,;
Gov. Proctor of Vermont, Gov. Utter of
Rhode Island. and many other public men;
Prof. Shepard of Yale. Prof. Pattisdn of
Chicago University, President Rhees of
Rochester University. President Socusn of
Colorado College, Prof. Woodbridge and
fourteen other members of the faculty of
Columbia University; William r. Mead Of
McKim, Mead & White, the famous archi-
tects: Representatives Gillette and Law
renee of Massachusetts and a long list of
members of the House of Representatives
from this and other states; Prof J. Frank
llE Jameson of the Carnegie Institution at
Washington Surgeon Gen. Wyman of the
marine hospital service. Clyde Fitch, the
playwright; District Attorney Jerome of
New York-all these and 1900 more citi-
zens, both eminent and useful. We're trained
for their lifework at Amherst. and the fol-
lowing Is an incomplete list of Amherst
men who are or have been prominent in
jC urnalism
Rev Dr. Lyman Abbott, the Outlook
Talcott Williams, Philadelphia Press.
William Hayes Ward, the Independent.
William B. Clark, Baltimore American.
John Harper. Harper Brothers.
William c. Brownell, Scribner's Magazine. |
ing Star.
George B. Mallon, Collin Armstrong. AL
bert H. Walker, George D. Moulson. Emery
Pottle. Selah NJ. Clark William B. Chase. |
Daniel F. Kellogg and John W. Low of the
New York Sun.
George H. Utter. Westerly, r L. Sun.
Albert w. Atwood, New York Press.
Lawrence Abbott, assistant editor the
Outlook
E. D. Blodgett. Cortland. NJ Y. Standard. |
Collins H. Geer, Hampshire Gazette, |
Northampton Mass.
Charles H. Davenport. Brattleboro. VT. |
George M. Chaplin, Associated Press. At |
lanta Ga. |
Frank w. Blair, Boston Post
Alexander D. Noyes New York Evening
William T. Bliss, New York Mail and Ex-
press |
Clifton L. Sherman Hartford courant.
seymour Ransom, New Orleans Times
Democrat.
Harwood B. Smith. New York Tribune.
robert Britton. New York Times. and
George B. Washburn, Lowell Courier-Cit-
iZen.
Charles J. Adams. Newark Evening News. |
Burges Johnson, Harper Brothers. New
These few names I have picked out in a
nasty examination Of thu list Of alumni,
and there are doubtless many others who
ought to be included
influence Of Joseph Neeshima.
No member Of the Amherst alumni, not
even Henry Ward Beecher or President
oeeiye, ever naQ more useful career or
exercised more powerful influence In
promoting civilization than eph Neeshi-
ma, although his name will doubtless be
unknown to the majority of those who
| read these lines Before Japan was open
to intercourse with the rest of the world q
young native Of that country managed to
escape the vigilance of the coast guards |
and found his way to Boston as a stow
away upon sailing ship belonging to AL |
pheus H. Hardy, a prominent merchant |
and philanthropist. When the latter heard |
they had board Mr.. Hardy sent for the |
lad. questioned him and was much i'm
pressed by his frankness and intelligence |
He decided to send him to school, and |
few years later Neeshima graduated at |
Amh arSt. About that time the first COM
mission OF inquiry sent out by the jap
anese government to study and report upon |
the institutions of the western world Wis |
tied the United States and Neeshima was |
employed as its interpreted. He nodded |
the opinions and framed the report of that |
commission, which was the basis of the po- |
litical, commercial and social regenera- |
ton of Japan, and afterward went back !
to his country, where he founded the !
first university for modern learning. which |
Is still fourishing at the city Of Kioto.
A large number Of Japanese and Chinese |
students have been educated at Amherst |
Cheng who, after brilliant career at the |
head of the legation at Washington. is |
returning to Peking to become president |
Of the board of foreign affairs