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ID New York stage history. Subsequently
he appeared at Days and later he
starred under the mana cement of Daniel
f'rohnlan. Probably his most notable sue
cess was in The Prisoner of Zenaa.v
IN which he appeared for several sea-
sons. During the past two or three
years he has devoted his energies largely
to the management of other players.
GEN. JOSHUA l.. CHAMEBRLAIN,
who was n command of the division
which officially received the surrendered
Gen. Lees army, was born in Brewer
Me-, Sept. 5. 1923. He was graduated
from Bowdoin college. after filling the
chair of logic and bellies letters at that
institution. He resigned his position at
the breaking out of the Civil war going
to the front as major of the Sixteenth
Maine infantry. He was made a colonel
at the battle of Gettysburg, was wound
ed SIX times, and at the close of the war
was major general After the war he
became known throughout the country as
a lecturer. The two lectures which
brought him into prominence were ell
titled Lees Surrender" and ''rhe De
Tense of Little Round Top" He was
three times elected president of Bowdoip
college, and held that position until 1880
when he resigned He has since served
as surveyor of the port of Portland.
PROF. GEORGE s. Traps. a well
known instructor in chemistry, was born
September 8, 1876, in Raleigh. y. G..
Before his graduation from the North
Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical
college in 1896, he was assistant in
chemistry at that institution for year.
From 1899 TO 1903 he was assistant
chemist of the North Carolina Agricul-
tural Experiment station. Since 1903 he
has been identified with chemistry work
at the Texas Experiment station and
has also been the state chemist of Texas.
His chief claim to fame, however. rests
or his researches in the chemistry of
soils, on which subjects he has written
several books and papers that have at
tracted widespread attention in scientific
circles.
POUTNEY BIGELOW. wen known
as an author and journalist. was born in
New York city. September 10. 1885. He
is the son of John Bigelow. who served
as United States minister to France for
some years, and who is now in his nine
/ ty-second year. Poultney Bigelow grad
uated from Yale and later attended the
Columbia Law school. He was admitted
to the bar in 1882, but has never prac-
ticed law. Much of his time has been
spent in foreign travel. He resided in
Germany for some years and was known
I
Emperor. Mr.. Bigelow has made spe-
cial study of modern history and colo
NAL administration and has lectured on
those subjects before several leading
American universities. During the Span
ish-American war he represented the
London Times III Cuba. In 1906 he at
tracted attention to himself by several
articles he wrote in criticism of the poll
cy of the administration in the construc-
ton of the Panama canal.
Owe GUIDE. who last December was
selected to succeed the late Christian
Hauge as minister TO the United States
from Norway. was born in Dusseldorf
Germany. September IL, 1858. He is
the sen of Hans Frederick GUIDE, "A fa-
nous landscape painter. After com
pleting his studies he began his dplo-
matte career i'll 1877 as attache to the
legation of Norway and Sweden at Paris.
Later he was attached to the ministry
Of foreign affairs, and was also attached
to the legation at Berlin. to which place
he was appointed in 1884. Later he
was transferred to London as attache
of the legation In November. 1897. Mr..
! GUIDE was appointed minister to Madrid,
and later transferred to Copenhagen.
Though young III years as compared
with the average age of men in the dip
lomatic service. Mr.. Guide has earned
an enviable reputation for his knowledge
of international law and diplomacy,