CLASS OF 1879

John Barron Peckett, a member of this class for some time in the Chandler Scientific Department, died of Bright's disease at his home in Bradford, Vt., Dec. 27, 1908. His fatal illness was hastened, if not caused, by the personal asperities of the canvass in which he was defeated for the office of judge of probate at the September election, added to financial troubles. Mr. Peckett was born in Bradford, Dec. 21, 1856, being the son of John Barron and Caroline (Low) Peckett, and his preparation for college was at Bradford Academy. After leaving college he read law, and was admitted to the bar in 1882. Prom this time until his decease he practiced in his native town. For two years from 1890 he served as state's attorney for Orange county, and in 1898 was a member of the state senate. At the time of his death he was a member of the board of school trustees.. In public and private life he has left an honorable record. He was married, May 28, 1885, to Miss Cora Elizabeth Adams, who survives him, without children.

Among those mentioned as possibilities for the position of attorney general in President Taft's cabinet is Judge Charles M. Hough, LL.D., judge of the United States district court in New York. Judge Hough was for many years previous to his appointment to the bench attorney of the Pennsylvania Railroad. He is a man of great legal attainments. His decisions as judge have been marked by lucidity of expression and breadth of thought, and have been the subject of wide and favorable comment.

Secretary, C. C. Davis, Winchester, N. H.