CLASS OF 1874

Rev. Edgar L. Morse has resigned the pastorate of the Congregational churches of Fox Lake and Spring Valley, Wis., to assume the pastorate of the churches at Williams Bay and Fontana, in the same state.

Hon. Samuel W. Mccall delivered the principal address at the commencement of Oberlin College, when the seventy-fifth anniversary of the college was celebrated, and received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws.

Owen Roberts Mason died of apoplexy at his home in Burlington, Yt., June 8, after a very brief illness. The son of William Gordon and Sarah (Mead) Mason, he was born in Lebanon, N. H., Feb. 4, 1853. In his early childhood his parents removed to Concord, N. H., and he fitted for college in the high school of that city. He left college alter studying three years in the Chandler Scientific Department, hut was given his degree in 1899. After leaving College he went into business with the Sturtevant Manufacturing Co. of Boston, workers in wood, and was later with his father's firm of Mead, Mason and Co. in Boston and at Lebanon, N. H. In 1887 he came to Burlington and established a wood working factory at Winooski, which was burned in 1898. He then opened an office in Burlington and entered upon a general contracting business under the firm name of Mason and Co. He was also a member of the firm of Mead, Mason and Co., with hedaquarters in Concord, N. H. He was successful in his chosen work, and successfully handled many large contracts awarded him in open competition. He was a member of the board of aldermen of the city from 1896 to 1902, and was oonnected with various social and charitable organizations. He was married Feb. 3, 1878, to Julia Evelyn Moulton of Cleveland, Ohio, who survives him, with one daughter, Mrs. H. C. Burrows of Burlington.

Sampson Augustus Reed died of diabetes at his home in Minneapolis, Minn., May 31. He was born in the city of Boston, Dec. 8, 1849, but most of his boyhood was spent in Hebron, Me., where he fitted for college. Before his college life, which began with the sophomore year, he had acquired experience as a teacher, and he added to this experience during each winter while in college. He studied law after graduation with Atwater and Babcock of St. Paul, Minn., being admitted to the bar in 1877. He began practice in Minneapolis and continued there, having gradually retired from active practice since the failure of his health, some three years since. He was married Nov. 7, 1877, to Abbie Eels of Belfast, Me., who survives him, with their only daughter.

Secretary, Dr. C E. Quimby, 44 West 36th St., New York