Class of 1880

Arthur Langdon Spring died at his home in Brookline, Mass., January 2.

The son of John Langdon and Ellen M. (Fountain) Spring, he was born at Salmon Falls, N. H., February 25, 1858. His home was at Lebanon, N. H., from 1870, and he prepared for college at Kimball Union Academy. His brother, Clarence W., who died in 1906, was a classmate, and John R. Spring '98 is also a brother. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi.

Upon graduation he began the study of law, and after graduating from Boston University Law School in 1883 he began practice in Lebanon. In 1886 he removed his office to the city of Boston, where he has since been in active and successful practice. From 1890 to 1894 he was a member of the Boston Common Council, and a member of the state legislature in 1894. From 1895 to 1900 he was one of the counsel for the Boston Elevated Railway Company, and for ten years from 1900 assistant corporation counsel of Boston. He also served one term as street commissioner. For sixteen years he served in the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, retiring with the rank of major. His earliest military associations were with the First Corps of Cadets.

Mr. Spring was a member of the Bar Association of the City of Boston, a Mason, an Odd Fellow, and a member of the Country, Braeburn, and University clubs. He was married December 9, 1892, to Fannie S. Tufts of Boston, who survives him, without children.

At the funeral service, which was held at his late home on January 4, the class was represented by Dana M. Dustan, secretary, Judge Webster Thayer, Samuel S. Perry, and Rev. George H. Hubbard.