HONORARY

Ezra Scollay Stearns, who received the honorary degree of Master of Arts from the College in 1887, died March 9, at his home in Fitchburg, Mass.

Mr. Stearns was born in Rindge, N. H., September 1, 1838, and was educated in the public schools of his native town and at Chester (N. J.) Institute. He was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1864, 1866, and 1891, and a state senator in 1887 and 1889. In 1891 he was elected secretary of state, holding that office till 1899.

The main work of his life was in the fields of local history and genealogy, in which he did much research work and was a voluminous writer.