CLASS OF 1886

Mr. and Mrs. George E. Fletcher announce the marriage of their daughter, Marian Mason, and Mr. Carl Clifton Owens, Jr., on the second of June, at Christ Church, Alexandria, Va.

John French, 59 Wall St., New York city, accompanied by Mrs. French, returned from an extended trip to the Mediterranean and adjacent points on the "Olympic," June 26. They went abroad in the early spring because of his illness from an attack of the grip. His health is completely restored.

Elmer Francis Botsford, president of the Clinton County Agricultural Society and president of the State Association of County Agricultural Societies of New York, delivered an address at the annual convention in Albany on "Why Agricultural Societies Should Protect Song and Insectivorous Birds, and How." This address was republished under the authority of the minister of education of South Australia in the Educational Gazette, which is the medium by which instruction and information are forwarded to teachers by the department.

The Milwaukee Journal has an article in its issue of April 23 in regard to the misfortune that has befallen Prof. Edwin Brant Frost, director of the Yerkes Observatory and one of the foremost astronomers of America. The sight of one eye has been permanently lost, and the other eye is almost completely obscured by a cataract. Members of the observatory staff keep him posted on current affairs and the latest developments of science, by reading to him. Although unable to see, he edits the Astrophysical Journal, and writes extensively for this and other scientific periodicals.

Secretary, William M. Hatch, 221 Columbus Ave., Boston