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Tuscarora. At the termination of this cruise Lieutenant Voorhees was ordered to the Naval Academy at Annap- olis as Assistant Instructor in Steam Engineering. In February, 1868, he resigned his commission in the Navy, renewed his law studies and was admitted to the Mary- land bar. After a short service in the Examining Depart- ment of the Patent Oiiice, he practiced patent law in Washington, D: C., and then in New York, where he soon obtained a large and remunerative practice. THE REv. JOHN P. HYDE, D. D., LL. D. ' CLASS '57. Rev. John Poisal Hyde, A. M., D. D., LL. D., was born in Annapolis, Md., January 31, 1836. His ancestors for several generations were prominently and honorably associated with the various business interests of that city. Dr. Hyde was graduated from St. Iohnls College in 1857 with the first honors of his class. At iirst he studied medicine, but, his health being impaired, he accepted the position as principal of Front Royal Academy, Va. Whilst thus engaged, he diligently pursued a theological course, and linally entered the Baltimore Conference of the M. E. Church South, receiving, in 1869, his first regular appointment at the hands of Bishop Simpson. After the war he took charge of Sonvah College, at Mar- tinsburg, Va., but was soon thereafter called to the Presi- dency of the Valley Female College, a position which he has retained till the p1'CSf-mt time. HoN. SOMERVILLE PINKNEY TUCK, M. A., LL. D. CLASS '62, Mr. S. P. Tuck, the son of Hon. William Tuck, was born September 24th, 18485 was educated at St. john's College, and, having graduated there, attended the Uni- versity of Virginia from which he was graduated in 1869. He studied law in his father's office, and was admitted to practice in the Maryland Appellate Court in I87I, and in the New York Supreme Court in the following year. From 1882-85 Mr. Tuck was an Alabama Claims Com- missioner. In 1888 President Cleveland appointed him Assistant Commissioner-General to the Paris Exposition. He was appointed February, 1894, judge of the Inter- national Court, Alexandria, Egypt, and received from his alma mczler the degree of LL. D. the same year. Mr. Tuck is now Vice-President of the St. johns Alumni Association. THE RT. REV. CLELAND Krxrocn NELSON, D. D. CLASS y'f2. Bishop Nelson, the great grandson of General Thomas Nelson, ex-Governor of Virginia, was born near Cobham, Albemarle County, Virginia, May 23rd, 1852. Having graduated at St. johns College in 1872. he received theological instruction partly from his uncle. the Rev. C. K. Nelson, D. D., and partly from the Berk- eley Divinity School at Middletown, Conn. He was
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Annapolis. From 1864 to 1866 he was judge of the Second judicial Circuit. During the sessions of 1872 and 1874, judge Tuck was State Senator from Anne Arundel. He died on the evening of the 17th of March, 1884, in the city of his birth, Where the greater part of his life had been spent. W1L1.11111 HAIQXVOOIJ, B. A., M. A. CLASS,27. William Harwood was born December 24th, 1809, and from an early age, when he entered St. john's Col- lege as a student, his name is closely interwoven with tl1e history of this institution. He graduated with the degree of B. A. in 1827, obtaining first honors in his class. After leaving college, he studied law i11 the ofhce of Alexander Magruder, and was admitted to the bar. He was appointed a member of the Board of Visitors and Governors of St. john's College in 1873, acting as Hon- orary Secretary for that body until 1886. He died in 1894, after having for some time enjoyed the honor of being tl1e oldest living alumnus. N1c11o1.As Biaicwicn, B. A., M. A. craxss '46. Nicholas Brewer, a li11eal descendant of john Brewer, who emigrated to tl1e Province of Maryland in 1649, was I born at Aimapolis, Maryland, I2tll July, 1828. He was graduated from St. Iohn's College in 18.16, and, having studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1851. From 1851 to 1861 he was Auditor of the Fifth judicial Circuit. In 1855 he was Mayor of Annapolis. In 1861 he received the appointment of Clerk in the Treasury Department of the United States. He held the position of State Law Reporter ofthe Court of Appeals of Maryland from 1862 to 1869. In 1884 and 1886 he represented A1111e Arundel County in tl1e State Senate. Since 1858 Mr. Brewer has been a member of the Board of Visitors and Governors of St- johns College, being at the present time Secretary of that body. P1111.111 R.1Nn.xL1. XIOORHICICS, B. A., M. A. CLASS,55. Descended from distinguished ancestry, related to tl1e families which have made his State famous, Mr. Philip R. Voorhees was born October 11tl1, 1835, in Annapolis, Md. After careful preparations by private tutors, Mr. Voorhees e11tered St. John's College, gradu- ating in 1855. He then studied law in tl1e office of his uncle, the Hon. Alexander Randall, then Attorney-Gen- eral of Maryland. Having afterwards completed a prac- tical course in mechanical and marine engineering, and being successful in a competitive examination, Mr. Voor- hees was appointed in 1861 an ofhcer in the Engineer Corps of the Navy. After active service throughout tl1e war, he cruised to the South Seas, in the sloop-of-war
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