Yale University - Sheffield Scientific School Yearbook (New Haven, CT)

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QUINDECENNIAL REUNION. I I CHAIRMAN-Augustus F. Kountze. Noyes D. Clark was appointed Treasurer of the Quin- decennial Committee. A regular meeting of the Quindecennial Committee of ,QI S. was held at the office of L. A. Cooper, New York City, Friday, April 4, at 4 P. M. Those present were L. A. Cooper, A. Francke, G. M. Sidenberg and A. F. Kountze. A. F. Kountze presided at the meeting. L. A. Cooper tendered for the Attendance Committee a written report with a list of about 30 men who had signified their intention of attending the reunion. He further reported that responses so far received encouraged them in the belief that there would be an excellent attendance at the reunion. It is the intention of this committee to write another letter to those who had not responded, and request some answer to the former letter of April 6. A L. A. Cooper, Chairman of the Dinner Committee, reported that definite arrangements had been concluded with the Tontine Hotel at New Haven for headquarters for registering on arrival, for a room for the Class meet- ing on the 26th, a room for the Class dinner, and had ordered the luncheon and dinner and submitted menus. The Committee on Uniforms, G. M. Sidenberg, reported that he had given the question of wearing uniforms some considerable thought, and suggested three uniformsg one of which the committee thought might be advisable to select, but as there was some doubt as to whether it would finally be decided to have any uniforms, it was determined to leave the final decision of the matter to the next meeting of the committee. Mr. Sidenberg was instructed to make arrange- ments so that should we finally conclude to secure the uniforms he had in mind, it would not be used by any of the other classes. Noyes D. Clark, Committee on Class Picture and Baseball Game, made a written report, stating that Messrs. Pach Bros. would have someone at North Sheffield Hall to take the Class picture xany time up to I o'clock, and would

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UINDECENNIAL. The first meeting of the Quindecennial Committee was held at the Graduates club, New Haven, Conn., February 24, IQO6, L. A. Cooper, G. M. Landers and N. D. Clark being present. A. F.,Kountze was elected Chairman in place of Edward Van Tngen. A preliminary circular was prepared, and it was decided to hold reunion at the Tontine Hotel. A room for the luncheon and dinner was engaged. Landers was to have circulars printed, and after they were sent out, personal letters were to be sent every member of the Class, urging them to come to reunion. For this pur- pose the Class was divided up between Messrs. Cooper, Landers and Clark, each to write a certain number. The preliminary circulars were sent out March 22. The second meeting of the committee was held March 30, 1906, in L. A. Cooperis office, 358 Fifth Ave., New York City. A. F. Kountze, G. M. Landers, Albert Francke, L. A. Cooper, N. D. Clark and G. M. Sidenberg were present. The following committees were appointed, and assignment of duties made to the various officers or members of the committee : i ATTENDANCE COMMITTEE-George M. Landers, Lehman A. Cooper, Noyes D. Clark. DINNER COMMITTEE-LCllI'H31'1 A. Cooper, Chairman, George M. Landers, Albert Francke, George M. Sidenberg, Harris W. Baker. COMMITTEE ON UNIFORMS-GCOTg'C M. Sidenberg. COMMITTEE ON BAND-George M. Landers. COMMITTEE ON CLASS PICTURE AND BASEBALL GAME- Noyes D. Clark. COMMITTEE ON POSTER-GCOTg'C M. Landers. SECRETARY-Noyes D. Clark.

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12 CLASS OF ISQI S., .YALE COLLEGE. arrange to have it taken later, should we so instruct them. Mr. Clark further reported that seats for the baseball game had been assigned to us on the west bleachers at the price of 75 cents each, and that members of the band must each have a seat. On motion duly made and seconded, Messrs. Homer S. Cummings, Henry XV. Gregory and Milton C. Isbell were elected a Committee on Condolences to prepare resolu- tions and condolence to be addressed to the proper relatives of members ofthe Class who had died since Triennial, to have such resolutions engrossed and submit them at the Class meeting and, it adopted, to have them properly trans- mitted to such relatives. The Chairman appointed the following men as a com- mittee on guests, speakers and singers: A. F. Kountze, A. Francke, L. A. Cooper, P. VVurts and D. A. Loring, Ir. The following men were elected a finance committee to secure some guarantee of a proper proportion of expenses of the reunion: L. A. Cooper, A. F. Kountze, G. M. Siden- berg, G. M. Landers, R. M. VVeyerhaeuser, R. L. Coleman and A. Francke. After considerable discussion it was decided that the next meeting of the committee would be held at the Yale club, New York, Thursday evening, May I7, and that an invitation should be sent to members of the Class generally to attend this dinner, and endeavor to arouse among them interest in the Quindecennial Reunion. The next meeting of the committee was the annual ,QI S. dinner held at the Yale club, New York City, on the even- ing of May I7. Those present were L. A. Cooper, A. Francke, G. M. Sidenberg, D. A. Loring, jr., N. D. Clark, P. J. Wfurts, VV. Adams, G. E. McClellan, T. O. Horton, I. D. Shattuck, R. K. VVehner, A. F. Kountze, C. N. Lowrie, F. M. Adler, H. TN. Gregory, H. S. Cummings, A. Trow- bridge and S. H. Bunnell.