CLASS OF 1883

Charles Sylvester Dana died suddenly of pneumonia March 9 at Ashland, Minn., while he was traveling on business for the Continental Illustrating Company of New York. Mr. Dana was born in Concord, N. H., August 30, 1861, the son of Sylvester and Mary Jane (Seavey) Dana. His father, of the class of 1839, was, at his death in 1910, the oldest living graduate, of the College. Mr. Dana prepared for colLege at the city high school and under Amos Hadley '44 in Concord, and entered at the beginning of sophomore year. He was a member of the Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity. After graduation he studied law in Concord for nearly a year, and then did newspaper work in Biddefor.d, Me., for some months and in Lawrence, Mass., for nearly four years. In April, 1888, he went to New York city, and was on the staff of The Sun for sixteen years. After this he took up advertising work, and for some time was with Albert Frank and Company, traveling quite extensively in this country, and in 1906 going twice to Europe in the interest of this concern. Mr. Dana took a deep interest in education, and for several years was a member of the staff of lecturers before the public schools of New York city. He was married in New York, December 24, 1895, to Mary Genevieve, daughter of James Frederick and Agnes Ruth (Hawkins) Devine, who survives him. They had no children.

Secretary, Alfred E. Watson, Hartford, Vt.