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

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QUINDECENNIAL REUNION. I3 L. A. Cooper, Chairman of the Attendance Committee, reported that 55 men had signified their intention of coming back to reunion. The matter of Wearing a uniform was very' thoroughly discussed, and a motion to wear one being properly made and seconded, it was carried. The vote stood I4 yes, 2 no, It was also voted that the uniform should consist of white duck trousers, white cut-a-way coat and straw hat, and that the uniform should be restricted to members of the Class, but that the band should have some distinguished feature. There was informal discussion as to accommodations in New Haven, dinner on Monday evening' and the Class dinner. Voted, That the Secretary should apply for 85 seats for baseball game. Voted, That resolutions of condolences of members of the Class who have died since Decennial should be engrossed and transmitted to members of families, but that those who died previous to Decennial should be merely enrolled in Class records. Voted, That the question of inviting guests and speakers be left with the Committee on Guests, Speakers and Singers. Voted, That a statement be made by the Secretary at the Class meeting, june 26, setting forth the pressing need for a record of the Class, and that he prepare and have for distribution at that meeting a set of questions to procure data for such record. Voted, That Secretary pay all bills incurred, and if there should be a deficit, he should call on the Finance Committee to find means for meeting it.

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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.

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QUINDECENNIAL REUNION. PROGRAMME. Fifteenth Anniversary Graduation of ' NINETY ONE S. S. S. New Haven, Conn., june 26, 1906. Class Headquarters, Tontine Hotel. 11230 A. M. SHARP. Important Class Meeting, to be followed immediately by informal cold buffet luncheon. March to South Sheff. for Class Picture. March to Yale Field for Harvard-Yale baseball game. Upon return from the Field we will call officially upon President Hadley and Director Chittenden. 7 :oo P. M. Dinner at the Tontine Hotel. The following is an extract from a letter to the Class by the Quindecennial Committee, Iune 6, IQO6, and printed in the programme: Your Committee has made every effort to make every arrange- ment for your happiness and comfort while in New Haven, and the only reward it asks from you is your presence at the Reunion. We beg of you to return and join with us in making our Quindecennial the greatest success in the history of the Class, to renew the bindings of the old Friendships formed eighteen years ago in the Freshman year, and to again confirm our loyalty to our Class and our devotion to Yale. We urge upon you to realize the responsibility that rests upon each of you, to revive the solemn promises you made to each other at the time when the ink was still wet upon your Sheepskins and when your gratitude to your Alma Mater filled your hearts with