Yale University Law School - Yale Law Reporter Yearbook (New Haven, CT)

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THE CLASS OF 1394. W11.1.1AM ROIJERICIQ AD1xMs came into this world at Bloomfield, Conn., December 24, 1873. His father, William R. Adams, a scientific tobacco raiser, has held all the important town offices in the place of our subject's nativity. On both sides he traces English blood for ten generations. In a catalogue which he has made from the genealogical tree of his family are the two Presidents of the name of Adams, a bank president, and a jailer of Hartford, on his fath- er's side, Chief Justice Waite and the Mayor of South Norwalk, on his mother's side. He attended the Hartford High School before coming to the Law School. FREDERICK L,xw1'oN AvER11,1, was born at Branford, Conn., July 15, 1865, since residing there and in New Haven. His father, George W. Averill, formerly captain of a coasting vessel, was afterwards an oyster- grower and dealer. He has never investigated his lineage, but knows his blood is chiefiy English, with an infusion of Irish. ALFRED CAR1,1aToN BALDWIN was born at Beacon Falls, Conn., December 15, 1872. His father, Herbert C. Baldwin, is a farmer, and has held many town ofhces as well as a place in the House of Representatives of Connecticut. His blood is English, traceable to the

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22 'l'lIl'I YAIJC SIIINGLE. conscience is the rule, und where falsehood and not truth is the means by which to gain his ends, then he has forfeited ull right to be an officer in any court of justice or to be numbered among the members of an honorable profession. May you all be a credit to that profession, an honor to the class of '94 and to the Yule Law School. IQIJWARIP G. l5UeK1.ANn. X liii W4 Jr, ,. li1viZ ' w 'iri R .-:Q if

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'24 Tllli YALE SIIINULIQ. missing link, and his relatives, being all distinguished, are too numerous to mention. He went to the Seymour High School, where he had two honors- one passing the examinations, the other the presi- dency of his class. WILLIAM BRANIIER BARKER was born in Westville, Conn., April 20, 1870, and has since lived there. His father was Dr. J. W. Barker, for two years Health Ofhcer of New Haven. His blood is English, Irish and Welsh, and goes back in unbroken line to the early settlers of Saybrook, Conn. He prepared for the Law School at the Hillhouse High School. He was Court Stenographer for New Haven County. GAISRIEL EIERMAN BAUM was born at Camden, South Carolina, October 8, 1871, since domiciled in Columbia, S. C. His father, Herman Baum, is engaged in farming and merchandising. German and English stock combine in him, and his ancestry, com- prising many illustrious namcs, leads directly back to Darwin's species with elongated sacrum. He grad- uated from both the Academic and the Law Depart- ments of the Unive1'sity of South Carolina in ISQZ and 1893 respectively. He received honors for decla- mation and debating. ISIJWARIJ BoL'rwooIn was born at Pittsfield, Mass., March 25, I87o. His father was Edward Boltwood, and he traces his ancestors, of English and Irish blood, to 1550. He prepared under a private tutor and graduated from Yale in 1892.