CLASS OF 1896

Dr. Jesse Eugene Cook died in Unity, Maine, Oct. 15, 1909, of diabetes mellitus. He was the son of Henry and Sarah (Bennett) Cook, and was born in Troy, Me., April 6, 1869. He graduated from the Maine Central Institute in 1890, and studied medicine at Bowdoin and Dartmouth. In January, 1896, he began practice in Unity, and remained there through life being a successful practitioner, and doing active work until within three weeks of his death. He was a member of the Waldo County Medical Society, and a surgeon in the Waldo County Hospital. In politics he was a Democrat, being chairman of the county committee, and a member of the last legislature of the state. He was an Odd Fellow, and a 32nd degree Mason. He was married, July 12, 1893, to Miss Grace Mills, who survives him, with one son.

Dr. James William Ryder died at the Carney Hospital, Boston, Oct. 21, 1909, of sxhaustion following an abdominal operation. He was born in Amesbury, Mass., Sept. 20, 1868; being the son of John and Catherine (Winn) Ryder. He graduated from Nicolet College, Canada, in 1593, and immediately took up the study of medicine. For a year and a half after graduation he was a member of the hospital staff of St. Elizabeth Hospital, Boston, and from that time a general practitioner in that city. He was married June 1, 1898, to Miss Rebecca M. Maguire, who survives him, without children.