CLASS OF 1881

Dr. Allen Burdick, a member of this class during a part of freshman year, died in Boston, Mass., March 28. He was the son of George R. and Carrie C. ( Chandler ) Burdick, and was born in Kalamazoo, Mich., June 27, 1859. His home from early years was in St. Albans, Vt. After leaving College he entered Harvard Medical School, obtaining his medical degree in 1882. He practiced in Chicago, 1882-3, and in Boston, 1883-8. He was then for two years at sea, as surgeon of the steamship Advance, plying between New York and ports in the West Indies and Brazil. From 1890 to 1895 he was associated with Dr. Keeley in his institutions for giving the so-called " gold treatment." Since the last date he had been associated with Codman & Shurtleff of Boston, makers of surgical and dental instruments, in charge of their orthopedic work. He had a wide acquaintance in his profession, and had acquired a reputation for skill, carefulness, and consideration and sympathy for those in trouble. He was an active member of the Sons of the American Revolution, serving as secretary, and in 1907-8 as president, of the Boston chapter. He was a member of the Union Lodge of Masons, Dorchester Royal Arch Chapter, and Roxbury Council of Royal and Select Masons. Doctor Burdick never married. The burial was at St. Albans, Vt., where his mother still resides.

Dr. Francis R. Lane, for the last eight years a supervisor of schools in the District of Columbia, has been elected by the Massachusetts state board of education as principal of the state normal school at Worcester.

Secretary, Rev. Myron W. Adams, Atlanta University, Atlanta, Ga.