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

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54 HISTORY OF 1916 S. Bell took the Forestry Course, and will enter the Yale School of Forestry, although he has no deinite plans for a permanent line of work. His address is 811 Cedar Street, Boonton, N. J. CHARLES VANANTWERP BENNER Bunnie was born in Astoria, Long Island, N. Y., September 18, 1892, and has lived in Englewood, N. J., for the past eighteen years. His father, Charles Benner, was born in Astoria, July 31, 1855, and was graduated from Yale with the degree of B.A. in 1876, and from Columbia with the degree of LLB. in 1878. He practices law, and lives in Englewood, N. J. Mrs. Benner, whose name was Gertrude VVhittemore, lived in Astoria, of her six children ive are living. Yale relatives include Robert Benner, B.A. Yale 1841 fgrandfatherj, Willis Benner, 1880, LL.B. Columbia 1882 Cunclej 5 and Edward Whittemore Benner, 1910 S. Ca brotherj. Bunnie prepared at the Englewood Public School, and at the Taft School, Watertown, Conn. He was on the 1916 S. Class Baseball Team, and the 1916 S. Class Hockey Team. Interested in industrial work and has worked at Yale Hope Mission. Taft

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BIOGRAPHIES OF GRADUATES 53 'i,'X I-W Q lfllllxllhl .EJ QF .1 Im , 4 .J I 'iz ' mt J fins Bein prepared at the Boardman Manual Training High School, New Haven, and took the Civil Engineering Course, living at home. He received honors in civil engineering and expects to follow that line of work. His mail address will continue to be 509 Chapel Street, New Haven, Conn. GEORGE RAYMOND BELL Ray was born October 8, 1891, in Boonton, N. J. His father, Watson Henry Bell, born in Sussex, N. J., in December, 1847, was engaged in business as a builder, in Phillipsburg, N. J., and died in Boonton, in February, 1899. His mother 's maiden name was Ida L. Hawk, and her home before marriage was in Phillips burg. There are four children living. A He prepared with a private tutor, and immediately went out for basketball on entering college. He played on the team which Won the Freshman Class Championship, and also on the Senior Class Team. He received honors in Freshman year in mathe- matics, was a member of the Byers Hall Student Committee, and tenor in the Pilgrim Church Quartet in Fair Haven. He roomed alone for the three years, at 617 Elm Street, and 32 High Street. '

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BIOGRAPHIES OF GRADUATES 55 X 2 . Vqgf 'X K jg Z 'x X : 3 x 53124 4 fkfi 34-3 School Club. Delta Phi and St. Elmo Club. He roomed with Robert H. Sayre, 3d, and Arthur Hugh Bunker the entire three years, at 110 Wall Street, and 111 Grove Street. Benner took the Select Course, and is undecided as to his future occupation. His address is Palisade Avenue, Englewood, N. J. WILLIAM HENRY BERG Bill was born in Orange, N. J., January 1, 1894. Henry Berg, his father, was born in Orange, February 3, 1865, and attended a business college in Newark. He is secretary of F. Berg Sa Company, hat manufacturers, doing business in Orange. His mother, Anna Elizabeth CLeimerD Berg, was born in Danbury, Conn., but lived in Orange before her marriage. Two sons are living, one son and one daughter deceased. Charles Frederic Berg, 1912, is a cousin, and Henry Berg, Jr., 1917 S., is a brother. Bill prepared at the Orange High School, and the Newark CN. JJ Academy. He received honors in Spanish for two years, was on the Freshman and Apollo Glee clubs 5 and helped in the industrial work of the Christian Association for three