CLASS OF 1905

John Hinsdale Neely was born December 18, 1881, at DuQuoin, Ill.,was educated at the public schools and high school of Evanston, Ill and was a graduate of Dartmouth College in the class of 1905. He was admitted to the bar in California in 1910, opened a law office in Pomona, and practiced until April, 1913. He was then threatened with tuberculosis, and had to discontinue the practice of law and struggle with the disease for several years. He had fully recovered from that trouble, and was to have been married shortly to Miss Marian Keyes, 1405 Eucalyptus Lane, Los Angeles, Cal., to whom he was engaged.

He was a member of the Claremont Congregational church. He is survived by his father, Charles G. Neely, his mother, Lucia H. Neely, and four sisters, Mrs. Allen J. Carter of Evanston, Ill., Clara G., Anna Charlotte, and Dorothy Louise Neely, of Claremont, Cal.

Neely was a man with an unusually keen and quick mind. He was among the leaders of his class in college in scholarship. Although naturally of a quiet disposition, he was well known and well liked among his classmates.

He died of peritonitis April 11, 1917, at Claremont, Cal.

To the above sketch, written by the secretary of his class, may be added the following tribute from the Claremont (Cal.) Courier: "A brilliant future was before him if he had lived. His mind was one of unusual keenness and power, and his eager aptitude for learning had richly furnished it for a growing influence. There was about him a grave rectitude and honor that was unmistakable to all. His face told its own tale of incorruptible integrity. And as for his sweetness and geniality of spirit, it is enough to say that even the years of accumulating disappointment could not quench it or embitter it. His memory is one that is good to think upon, giving courage and the will to faithfulness to those who still are busy with life's work."