CLASS OF 1875

Willard Boyd Parker, vice president of Benton Harbor College, at Benton Harbor, Mich., died October 2, in the city of Chicago, of a complication of diseases. Mr. Parker was the son of John O. and Alice (Cochrane) Parker, was born in Manchester, N. H., July 4, 1853, and prepared for college in the high school of that city. He was a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. For two years after graduation he taught at Otturmva, Iowa, studying law meanwhile. Going then to Wisconsin, he was admitted to the bar in 1877, but did not long continue in practice. For some time he was employed in the office of the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad, in Chicago, and then managed a school for stenography in that city for some years. He then engaged in commercial education at Benton Harbor, making his home in the adjoining city of St. Joseph. For the last three 'years he had not been actively engaged in teaching, owing to the failure of his health. He was a successful and popular instructor. In 1904 he copyrighted "The Rapid Progress Method of Shorthand." Mr. Parker was married in Kenosha, Wis., July 10, 1878, to Miss Angie L. Overacre, who survives him, with their only son.

Secretary Henry W. Stevens, Concord, N. H.