CLASS OF 1886

William H. Taylor has been promoted from the Superior to the Supreme bench of Vermont, by appointment of Governor Fletcher.

Frederick A. Wood, Ph.D., of Lowell, Mass., is the author of "The Financial History of Vermont," recently published in the series of Columbia University Studies in Political Science. This book supplements an earlier monograph of the same author, entitled "The History of Taxation in Vermont, 1894," and, after a brief introduction, sketching the political and economic conditions under which Vermont' gained its independence and has developed, treats the financial aspects of its life in successive chapters. This study of Dr. Wood discloses painstaking investigation of primary sources, and sense of proportion in dealing with a complicated subject, and is a valuable addition to the history of Vermont.

Secretary, William M. Hatch, 221 Columbus Ave., Boston