CLASS OF 1874

Frederick Sailly Piatt, while a passenger in a railway train on the Boston and Maine Railroad, was instantly killed by a collision near Dummerston, Vt., September 10,

The son of Theodorus and Maretta (Nichols) Piatt, he was born in Enosburg, Vt., September 19, 1853. In 1857 the family removed to Plattsburg, N. Y., where he fitted for college at the local academy. He was a member of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity.

After graduation he studied law at Brandon, Vt., and in 1877 was admitted to the bar and began practice at Poultney. In 1886-8 he was state's attorney of Rutland county, in 1896 was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives, and in 1898 of the Senate. From 1898 to 1904 he was state inspector of finance, and September 1, 1907, was appointed clerk of the United States District Court of Vermont, a position which he was holding at the time of his death. In 1907 he removed to Rutland.

June 9, 1880, Mr. Piatt was married to Clara E. Badger, who survives him. They have had three sons, of whom Theodorus B. is a Dartmouth graduate of 1905, and Fred-erick S. died soon after his graduation in 1913.

The following tribute is quoted from a Rutland paper: "In the death of Frederick S. Piatt the community and the state have lost a constructive force which it will be a hard proposition to fill. Mr. Piatt's individuality was like a high-powered machine. His life ran without noise and clatter, but quietly and forcefully, so that only the keen observer realized how powerful he was both in his city and his state. A big, kindly heart was hidden under a rather brusque manner, that was a source of joy to his friends who read the character beneath the mask."