Deaths

(This is a listing of deaths of which word hasbeen received since the last issue. Full notices,which are usually written by the class secretaries,may appear in this issue or a later one.)

CLASS OF 1869

Henry Ruthven Monteith died suddenly of 1869, the son of Edward P. and Angelina dining hall of Connecticut Agricultural College at Storrs, Conn.

The son of William Ruthven and Isabelle (Gilchrist) Monteith, he was born at Mclndoe Falls, Yt„ April 12, 1848, and prepared for college at Mclndoe Falls: Academy. He was a member of Psi Upsilon.

After graduation, he studied law in New York city, was admitted to the bar in 1871, and practiced in that city for six or seven years. He then returned to Vermont, and was for a short time principal of McIndoe Falls Academy. In 1879, he became principal of the high school at Unionville, Conn., and continued in this position until in 1900 he accepted an invitation to become professor of history and English in Connecticut Agricultural College. In 1919 he was made professor emeritus, but continued to lecture three days in each week at the college, going there from Unionville, where he made his home.

In 1911 he was given a year's leave of absence from his college duties, and a group of his former pupils at Unionville provided the means for a three months' trip for Professor Monteith through France, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy. The students at Storrs desired his picture to hang in the college library, and they raised money to have his portrait painted, the work being now nearly completed. These two incidents are striking evidence of his success as a teacher and of the regard of those who came under his instruction.

Professor Monteith was a member of the Congregational church of Unionville and of the Masonic order.

In 1873 he was married to Ella Ryder of New York'city, who survives him. They had three daughters, of whom two are now living, Marjorie R., now Mrs. Robert K. Vibert of Colon, Panama, and Isabel. The other daughter, Grace, died some years ago.

CLASS OF 1870

Hubbard Wilkins Reed died suddenly at the home of his daughter in Salt Lake City, Utah, January 30, 1922. On the 17th he met with a serious accident while driving his car, but seemed to experience no unfavorable effects at the time. The heart attack which caused his death is suspected to have been connected with this accident.

The son of Charles and Sophia (Wilkins) Reed, he was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., December 30, 1849. He fitted at Bridgewater (Mass.) Academy, and his home when he entered the Chandler Scientific Department was at West Bridgewater. He was a member of the Vitruvian fraternity (now Beta Theta Pi). Caleb Reed, a non-graduate member of '75, and David R. Reed '79 were his brothers.

Shortly after graduation he entered upon engineering work with the Northern Pacific Railroad, which was then building its line west from St. Paul. After finishing this engagement he spent about a year in Central America and Mexico, and on his return settled as an engineer in Ouray, Colo., with his brothers Caleb and Charles, under the firm name of Reed Brothers. He soon became superintendent and general manager of the Revenue Tunnel Mine Company, and held this position for nearly thirty years, during which time he built the Revenue Tunnel, which at that time was considered one of the greatest engineering feats in the West. He was mayor of Ouray, which was the only public office he ever held.

Not long after 1900 Mr. Reed left Ouray and located in Salt Lake City, where he had since made his home, except during the winter months, which he generally spent in Europe, Lower California, or Florida for his wife's health. He was the original owner of the famous Camp Bird Mine of Ouray, which he sold to Thomas J. Walsh for $30,000. The latter subsequently sold the mine to an English syndicate for $6,000,000. Mr. Reed was identified with some of the largest mining properties in Utah, among them the Daly Judge Mining Company of Park City and the Consolidated Mercur Mines Company of Mercur. He became about two years ago one of the original corporators of the Utah Fire Clay Company, and was vice-president and general manager of this company at the time of his death.

He was married to Anna Lavinia, daughter of John and Anna Borden of Worcester, Mass., who died October 21, 1921. They have one daughter, Mrs. Robert J. Glendinning of Salt Lake City.