CLASS OF 1866

William Burton Perrin died at his home in Nashua, lowa, May 10, 1907, after an illness of several weeks caused by an abdominal tumor. Mr. Perrin was born in Berlin, Vt., Jan. 19, 1839. He entered college with the class of 1865, but left in June of 1863 to enlist in Co. B, 7th Squadron, Rhode Island Cavalry (the college company), with which he served to the following October. Oct. 20, 1863, he was commissioned Lieutenant in the 3d Battery, Vermont Light Artillery, and served to the close of the war. Returning to college, he completed his course and graduated. He then studied law, and after practicing for a short time in Burlington, lowa, he removed to Nashua, which he ever after made his home. He soon became known as a man of diligence, sound judgment, and strict integrity. He never sought political preferment, but without his solicitation he was twice nominated by the Republican party and elected to the lower house of the state legislature, and also for two terms to the state senate. Mr. Perrin never married.

Hon. Henry C. Ide, late governor of the Philippine Islands, has been appointed one of three receivers for the Knickerbocker Trust Company of New York, a conoern which had deposits of 160,000,000, but was obliged to suspend during the late financial crisis. His address through the winter will be 115 East. 72d St., New York.

Secretary, Henry Whittemore, Framingham, Mass.