CLASS or 1870

Rev. John Henry Allen died at Burnside, Conn., May 20, of general debility and an affection of the lungs. Doctor Allen was born in Hartland, Vt., December 6, 1843, being the youngest of ten children of Rev. Joseph and Lyna (Abbott) Allen. The late Judge William H. H. Allen '55 was one of his older brothers. When still a child, the father was obliged to give up preaching, and the family removed to a farm in Walpole, N. H. He enlisted September 2, 1864, in Company H., First New Hampshire Heavy Artillery, and remained with the regiment during its term of service, and was subsequently detailed as clerk for the assistant surgeon at the hospital near Fort Mansfield, being finally discharged June 15, 1865. He prepared for college with a private tutor and three terms at Tilton Seminary. In College, he was a member of the Psi Upsilon fraternity, and maintained a high rank for scholarship, being elected to Phi Beta Kappa at graduation. He then entered the School of Theology of Boston University, from which he graduated in 1873. He joined the New England Southern Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, and preached at eleven stations: Dennis, Marshfield, Plymouth, and Provincetown, Mass.; then went to Europe for a year, 1884-5, and studied at Leipzig; Nastasket, Mass., Norwich, Conn., Phenix, R. I., Newport, R. I., East Weymouth, Mass., Tolland, Conn.s and finally at Burnside, Conn., where, he lived eight years, retiring last year from active service. He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from his Alma Mater in 1908. December 31, 1874, he was married at Manchester, N. H., to Harriet M., daughter of John Taylor Gilman and Mehitabel (Johnson) Dinsmore, who survives him. They had four children, two daughters and two sons. Both sons, one of whom is not living, graduated from Wesleyan University. The following tribute is taken from the Newport News: "Doctor Allen was a man of studious and methodical habits, pursuing during all his ministry a routine of work and of daily life such as few are able to lay down for themselves or to follow. He was regarded as one of the most scholarly members of the Conference, especially along the line of Biblical literature, his studies of the use" of the Bible made' by a wide range of American and English authors attracting much attention. For nine years he was chairman of the board of examiners of the Conference, and in this position had charge of the work of examining candidates for admission and for promotion in the prescribed course of studies. Such was his familiarity with the languages of Europe that he was able during this time to examine in person in the Italian language the papers submitted by candidates for admission to work among the people of that nationality."

Robert H. Parkinson has been appointed by Secretary Knox one of five delegates to the Congress for the International Protection of Industrial Property, which will meet in Washington in May of next year. Mr. Parkinson, who is a member of the Chicago law firm of Parkinson and Lane, has made a specialty of patent and trade mark law for many years.

CLASS REUNION

The class of '70 numbers in its entire enrollment sixty men. Of this number thirty-six are now living, and eighteen attended our reunion at some time during Commencement week; sixteen were present at our class dinner Monday evening. We had present representatives of nearly every vocation which men of '70 entered—four lawyers, two judges, five business men, two ministers, one doctor, four teachers. Our one devotee of pure science, Boss, who has made himself a name in astronomy, and our four or five engineers were absent. Of the eight who entered the ministry only three survive, and two of these, who are perhaps the most widely known of all our members; Francis Brown and Ethelbert Talbot, were present.

At our dinner we had most interesting speeches—delightfully informal—from every man. At the last came a poem from Bellows, our class poet of college days.

Letters expressing regret and bearing cordial messages of good will and breathing the spirit of loyalty to class and college were read from seven of the absentees. There were only two of the twenty-eight living members of the academic section of the class from whom no answer to the secretary's call was received. The class were "received" at the homes of Sherman and Hastings Tuesday afternoon.

All seemed profoundly glad that they had come, and it was voted to hold another reunion in 1915.

Secretary, John H. Hardy, Arlington, Mass.