CLASS OF 1889

John Barrett is conspicuous in the diplomatic service of the country through his success as minister to Colombia, as well as for his earlier record in diplomatic work. Having entered the service as a United States Minister only five years after graduating from college, he is now holding his fifth important position. These have been as follows: United States Minister to Siam, 1894-98; Delegate to the Second PanAmerican Conference in Mexico, 1901-02; U. S. Minister to Argentine Republic, 1903-04; U. S. Minister to Panama, 1904-05; U. S. Minister to Colombia 1905____. In addition to holding these posts he was special commissioner of American Chambers of Commerce in China, Japan, and the Philippines in 1899-1900, and commissioner general of Foreign Affairs for the St. Louis Exposition, 1902-03. President Roosevelt sent him to Bogota,. Colombia, for the express purpose of restoring the friendly relations between Colombia and the United States, which were so much impaired by the Panama incident, and if a conclusion can be drawn from the attitude of the Colombian Government and the, people towards him lie is making fair progress towards the desired end. Before going to Colombia he was a year in Panama, where his special work was to establish diplomatic relations between that young Republic and the United States. At the conclusion of these labors he tendered his resignation in the hope of returning to private life, but the President would not accept it and urged him to go to Colombia. Mr. Barrett is doing much to develop interest throughout the United States in the politics, peoples, and opportunities of Latin America. An illustration of his efforts along this line are the prizes recently offered to the students in American colleges by himself for the best papers on these subjects.

Secretary, James C. Flagg, Hackley School, Tarrytown-on-Hudson, N. Y.