HONORARY

Judge Jeremiah Smith of Cambridge, Mass., who received the degree of Doctor of Laws in 1883, died September 3, 1921, at his summer home at St. Andrews, N. B.

The son of Jeremiah and Elizabeth (Hale) Smith, he was born in Exeter, N. H., July 14, 1837. His father was a soldier of the Revolution. He graduated at Harvard in 1856, studied law, and practiced at Dover, N. H., from 1861 to 1867, the date of his appointment to the supreme bench of the state. In 1867 he resigned this position on account of ill health. When his health was restored he resumed practice in Dover. In 1890 he was appointed Story professor of law at Harvard, a position which he held with great ability until his resignation in 1910. From 1885 to 1892 Judge Smith was a visitor of the Chandler Scientific Department, and was a trustee of Phillips Exeter Academy from 1868 to 1874 and from 1898 to 1902.

He was married April 5, 1865, to Hannah Webster of Dover, who died December 19, 1904. They have one son, Jeremiah, a lawyer in Boston.

In 1893 the degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon Rev. George Edward Hall, who was then pastor of the First Congregational church of Dover, N. H. Dr. Hall died in Pasadena, Cal., August 29, 1921.

He was born of missionary parents on the island of Jamaica, West Indies, February 23, 1851, and graduated from Oberlin College in 1872 and from Yale Divinity School in 1875. He was pastor successively at Littleton, Mass., 1875-7, at Vergennes, Vt., 1877-83, and at Dover, 1884 to 1908. He was then for two years Western secretary of the American Missionary Association, with his office in Chicago. Retiring then on account of ill health, he lived at Oak Park, Ill., Oberlin, Ohio, and Pasadena, Cal. A widow, a daughter, and three sons survive him.

Judge Edgar Aldrich of the United States District Court for New Hampshire, who received the honorary degree of Master of Arts in 1891 and of Doctor of Laws in 1901, died September 15, 1921, at his home in Littleton, N. H, from the effects of a fall sustained early in the summer.

The son of Ephraim C. and Adeline Bedel (Haynes) Aldrich, he was born in Pittsburg, N. H., February 5, 1848, and was educated in the public-schools of his native town and at Colebrook Academy. In 1868 he graduated as LL.B. from the University of Michigan, and began law practice at Colebrook, whence he removed to Littleton in 1881. He was solicitor of Coos County in 1872-4 and 1876-9, a member and speaker of the state House of Representatives in 1885, and in 1902 a member of the Constitutional Convention. In 1891 he was appointed by President Harrison to the federal bench, and during his long term of service had won high distinction.

Judge Aldrich was married October 7, 1872, to Louise M. Remick of Colebrook, who survives him with a daughter. Their only son was the late Ephraim Fred Aldrich, Dartmouth, 1900.