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

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'mic v.x1.14: SI-I lNo1,ic. 43 missioner. His blood is English, and his descent from the Massachusetts Bay Colony can be traced. He attended Rockland College. Ro1s1':R'1' VVRIUIIT was born at Oldham, England. August 19, 1867, living since in Hartford, Conn. His father was Robert Wright, now deceased. His blood is pure English and can be traced for four or live generations. He received a common school education. An examination of the names of our class will show that those of George Preston Breckenridge and George Redington Montgomery are the longest, each requiring twenty-live letters for a full signature. Loren Pinckney Wzildo Marvin, who rejoices in a greater number of names than any of the rest of us, is second, with twenty-four. Morgan and Finlay have the shortest names, eleven letters sullicing lor them, while, Conlon and VVright come next with a dozen each. 'l'he venerable Callahan, of martial fame, is the patriarch of the class, with Foster second. The close of the Civil War witnessed the birth of several of us, while many more were born before the encl of the seventh decade of this century. Sher- wood is the youngest man in the 'classy he will be just old enough for admission to the bar exactly one year from commencement. Adams is but a month and two days older than the infant, with Merritt following him in the race of the juveniles. Those under legal disability owing to age are quite numerous.

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42 'l'lll'1 YALE SllINGl.li. ancestry. He graduated from the Sheffield Scientihe School in 1892. Honors? Not. The only political office he has Hlled was serving as a repository for the key of a fire alarm box. Lxmics EVblIiE'1 l' W11m:1.1f:11 was born in New Haven, Conn., December 24, 1870. His father, E. S. Wheeler, a manufacturer, is president of the New Haven Wire Manufacturing Company. He traces his ancestry back two hundred and fifty years to emigrants from England. He graduated from the Hillhouse High School, and from Yale in 1892. C111x1u,15s Bo1xR11MAN W1l1'1 rl.Es1cv was born at Auburn, Mass., April 16,1871. He has lived in Oxford, Mass., and New London, Conn. Ezra C. XVhittlesey, his father, was a business man, and once an Assessor. His blood is English and can be traced to the first settlement of Connecticut. I-Ie went to the Bulkeley School in New London, where he received Hnothing special in the way of honors. FRITZ W11.1.1AM W11x 1'1-1 was born in St. Louis, June 30, 1872. His father, James G. Whyte, is a gentleman of leisure. He is unprepared to trace his English and French blood, or give the names of countless distinguished relatives. He attended the University of St. Louis, and took two years in Har- vard. AIQTIIUIQ Huisimno Woon was born October 23, 1870, at Pittsfield, Mass. His father, Edgar M. Wood, is a lawyer, and has been United States Com-

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44 THE YALE SI'IINGl.1'2. Our homes are scattered over sixteen states and two foreign countries. Connecticut contributes 35- one less than half, New York, QQ Massachusetts, 4, Vermont and Illinois, 3 each, Missouri, Ohio, Penn- sylvania, Tennessee, California, and Iowa, 2 eachg while South Carolina, South Dakota, Maine and Indiana each have a single representative. England and Turkey furnished our two exotics. Our fathers are or were engaged in about thirty different occupations. Nine of them are lawyers, six farmers, five have retired from business, four doctors, and the rest are pursuing vocations of various kinds. Ministers, missionaries, manufacturers, bank- ers, financiers, carpenters, inventors, printers, publishers, editors, harness-makers, jewellers, hotel proprietors, painters, sea captains, oyster dealers and many others are named in the long list. J MEI? ,..,t.N J Q : if 'ffl .P ng - Mr : 'fill' A