CLASS OF 1871

Rev. John Clough Tebbetts died of heart disease in Alexandria, Egypt, February 25. He had sailed with Mrs. Tebbetts from New York, January 20, with a party of excursionists on a tour of the Mediterranean, the Holy Land, and the Nile. For some years he had had serious trouble with his heart and lungs, but had undertaken the foreign trip with much enthusiasm. Mr. Tebbetts was the son of John Clough and Love P. (Johnston) Tebbetts, and was born in Northfield, N. H., Jan. 24, 1849. After graduation he studied for two years in General Theological Seminary, New York, and then went to England for a year's study at Oxford. He was ordained deacon in the Protestant Episcopal church, July 21, 1874, and advanced to priest's orders, November 20, 1874. He was at first assistant minister of St. Ann's church, Brooklyn, and then for eleven years assistant pastor to Dr. Henry C. Potter in Grace church, New York. He was then rector of Christ church, Hudson, N. Y., until in September,- 1890, he became rector of St. John's church, North Adams, Mass., his final charge. He was also from 1897 to 1900 archdeacon of the diocese of Western Massachusetts. He was an able preacher, and as pastor endeared himself to every member of his parish. He was a man of marked executive ability, and since the beginning of his labors at North Adams there has been a large and gratifying growth of the church membership and increase in parish property. Besides his widow, Mr. Tebbetts leaves two sons, John C. Tebbetts, Jr., of Pittsfield, Mass., and Julian, who is a freshman at Harvard.

Secretary, Prof. M. D. Bisbee, Hanover, N. H.