Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-11-27
4 DISTINGUISHED CLASS.

class In some university turns out such
a number OF men who attain 20 distinc-
ton In post graduate life az to attract
attention. Members OF such a class
are suddenly brought by chance into
public notice. aud in the following in
spection by the press Of their academic
status. Il presently develops that they
are from the same college or univer-
sity and from the same class Then
q Is also discovered that this same
academic group has sent into life SO
many men since attained TO honorable
distinction as TO occasion special atten-
ton.
At the last annual election OF the
| Union Pacific stockholders in salt Lake
city. Henry W. deForest Of New York
was chosen director 10 M vacancy
caused by death. But a short time
provius. President Otto r. Barnard. OF
the New York Trust company was
nominated for mayor Of New York on
the fusion ticket In the election cam
paign. Brig Gen r. A. Bingham the
former New York police commissioner
removed az the behest Of Tammany
hall took an active part In the usual
review which the lives Of all prominent
men are subjected to. ii was noted that
an three OF these well known citizens
were graduates Of Yale, and members
Of the class Of 1876. Gen Bingham AFT
orwards taking the West Point course.
In consequence the class. as whole.
has been brought into the limehght Of
public scrutiny. which makes it a ques-
ton whether the class Of IS has not
developed more honorably noted men
than any other OF Yale's classes. A
personal review OF a number Of these
will therefore be of interest Presi-
dent A. T. Hadley OF Yale University
was the valedictorian OF that class.
/ Prof John Hays Hammond, considered
the first mining engineer Of the age.
was also Of the class Of 1876; also. the
late Walker Blaine, son Of James q.
| Blaine. and for time acting secretary
OF state al Washington; Victor II. Met
calf. congressman from California and
afterwards secretary Of Commerce and
Labor and latterly OF the navy under
| President Roosevelt Frederick W
/ Vanderbilt. sor Of the late William II.
Vanderbilt and vice president OF the
| New York Central railroad. and donor
Of two great dormitories 10 Yale be-
side valuable other properties in New
Haven; John Kean. congressman and
L. s. senator from New Jersey: Charles
| Il. Fowler Of New Jersey. long chair
man Of the Banking and Currency
| committee OF the House. as well as
Uncle Joe" Cannons most formidable
| Zoe. James b. Din. associate justice OF
the New Jersey court OF appeals; con-
sidered one Of the greatest OF corpora
ton lawyers, and whom the eastern
papers credit with having received one
million dollars from Carnegie for set
i Ting tho differences between himself
and Mr.. Prick Chester NJ. Dawes OF
Chicago. head Of the legal department
Of the Burlington system, and praf-
tically OF the Hin interests there; Philip
Hale Of Boston. considered the primste
OF American musical critics; Edgar
| Evertson Saltus Of New York, the
noted literateur and poet; George l.
| Sterling, for long time acting cor
Doratlon counsel Of New York city;
Horace r. Buck. associate justice OF the
| Montana Supreme Court; Edward Gil
| lette wyoming state treasurer; Everett
J. Mcknight. professor OF surgery In
! the Yale Medical school and one OF
| the leading Connecticut surgeons; Man
Mailhouse. clinical professor of Neu-
rology, Yale Medical school, and fellow
OF the New York Academy OF Medicine
as well as president OF the National
Association for the Care OF Eplleptics;
the famous Captain Bob Cook, who
brought the English stroke 10 this
country from oxford university and
revolutionized American college row
ing. afterward manager Of the Phila-
delphla Press Lispenard Stewart OF
New York, state senator. president Of
the state prison commission, and
responsible for many and valu-
able reforms and improvements
in prison administration: William
Benson. distinguished numismatist, and
collector OF the noted Benson oollec-
ton Of Greek coins. Hiram A. Miller
the engineer who closed the Bonnet
| Care Creyasse In Tie Mississippi levee
after the government engineers had
| pronounced IL impossible, and the state
engineers had abandoned II, ana now
prominently identified with hydraulic
engineering in Massachusetts; Elmer
y. Howe, one OF the leading patent law
yers OF the country. and prominent
member OF the Massachusetts bar
Myron Harry Phelps, prominent in es-
pouslng the cause OF India against
English rule. which gave him interna-
tonal reputation. also narrow escape
from a term Of imprisonment; Rev.
Thomas E. Sherman son OF the great
Union general, and now one Of the best
known Jesuit fathers In the Catholic
church, william Browning. professor of
diseases of the mind and nervous sys-
tem. Long Island college hospital Rev,
Frank A. Gaylord, the Y. N. q. A.
representative in Russia. with head
quarters AZ ST. Petersburg James IA
Hourhteling OF Chicago. founder of the
order of ST. Andrew iu tho Episcopal
church. Durbin Horne Of Pittsburg,
millionaire department store owner,
! william, n FreW of plttshurg. million