CLASS OF 1877

Ira A. Chase was the representative from New Hampshire at the National Conference of the Commissioners of Uniform State Laws, meeting in Boston, August 23-30.

Rev. William L. Sutherland surrendered October 1 his work as general missionary of the lowa Congregational Home Missionary Society for western lowa, to become superintendent of the work of the Congregational Sunday School and Publishing Society for northern Minnesota, with headquarters at Detroit.

The secretary has but lately learned of the death of William Henry Van Vliet, which occurred at the city hospital of Albany, N. Y, October 13, 1910, from pneumonia. Van Vliet was born at South Schodack, N. Y., July 3, 1854, his parents being William H. and Sarah Ann (Mull) Van Vliet. He took the course of the Chandler Scientific Department, and was a member of the Vitruvian fraternity (now Beta Theta Pi.) But meager details of his life since graduation are as yet available, beyond the fact that he had been engaged in farming and various lines of business. His wife survives him, former'} Hattie M. Irish of Maiden Bridge, N. Y., to whom he was married February 9, 1887.

Secretary, John M. Comstock, Chelsea, Vt.