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

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BIOGRAPHIES 21 1 and Delta Psi and to the Torch Honor Society. He and Dunbar roomed together all four years, Zabriskie living with them in Sopho- more year and T. V. Douglass, ,34 S., in Iunior year. Edge, who expects to enter the manufacturing business, may be addressed at Box 338, Haverford, Pa. RICHARD HAROLD SPERRY, Dick,', was born in Westport, Conn., December 31, 1914, but since 1918 his home has been in Nor- walk, Conn. He is the son of Harold Shepard and Margaret Ann fHatchmanQ Sperry, his mother died in Ianuary, 1920. Dick has one brother. He received his preparatory training at the Norwalk High School and took the course in chemistry until the end of Iunior year, when he transferred to that in applied economic science. He was on the Freshman Crew Squad and on the Class Crew Squad the next year. He com- peted for the swimming manager- ship as a Sophomore and heeled the Yale Sflifflflifid' Magazine in Iunior year. Dick is a member of The Sachem Club and of Trum- bull College. In Freshman year he roomed with W. D. Stockard, ,35, as a Sophomore with Harter and Matthews, the next year with Powell, and subsequently alone. Upon the completion of his college course, he expects to go into the production department of a chemical concern. His permanent address is 30 Cove Avenue, South Norwalk, Conn. WILLIAM THOMPSON SPERRY, i'Bi11,,' was born in East Ha- ven, Conn., August 24, 1912, and has also lived in New Haven and Danbury, Conn. He is the son of Alfred William and Margery El- liot QThompsonj Sperry and has one sister. Bill, who prepared for college at Choate, entered Yale with ,34Q he withdrew in February, 1931, but joined our Class the next fall. He has taken the course in applied economic science and is a non- resident member of Trumbull College. He was a member of the

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210 CLASS OF NINETEEN THIRTY-FIVE S. AND E. Ward Eggleston Smith, received a B.S. at the University of Chicago in 1906. His mother's maiden name was Lillian Amy Ricketts. Ted has one' brother. Before entering Yale as a Sopho- more with our Class, he attended the Sioux City Central High School and spent two years at Morningside College in that city. He has taken the course in ge- ology in Sheff, holding an Edgar I-I. Stone Scholarship all three years. In Sophomore year he lived I off the campus. He roomed with A. R. Ashley, a divinity student, the next year and with D. M. Bridgham, a graduate student, as a Senior. Ted intends to continue his studies in economic geology at Yale and later become a geologist or mining engineer. His permanent mailing address is Box 1162, Sioux City, Iowa. ERSKINE ELDRIDGE SMITH, Edge,', was born in New York City on April 20, 1913, and has also lived in Woodmere, Long Is- land, and Haverford, Pa. He is the son of Erskine Markley Smith, 9 . who graduated from Sheff in f 1903, and Mary Mathilde fSteven- sonj Smith. Edge has one brother. He received his preparation for college at the Haverford and Hill schools and has taken the course in industrial administration and engineering. He is a non-resident member of Calhoun College and was on its Relay Team in Junior and Senior years. He was a mem- ber of the Freshman Track Team and of the University Track Team for the next three years, re- ceiving numerals and a major NYY' Edge belongs to St. Anthony

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212 CLASS OF NINETEEN THIRTY-FIVE S. AND E. Freshman Crew Squad, in Sopho- more year Went out for the foot- ball managership, and was on the Trumbull Squash and Tennis teams as a Iunior. Bill served on both the 1934 and 1935 Freshman Student Councils, and he was a member of the 1935 Freshman Glee Club and of the University Glee Club in Iunior year. He served on the Board of Deacons of the University Church in Sen- ior year and is the Class prophet, Hoof manager of the Senior Prom, and chairman of the Triennial Committee. He belongs to the Yale Political Union, the Pundits, the Whiifenpoofs, St. Anthony and Delta Psi, and the Aurelian Honor Society. He lived alone until Iunior year, when he roomed with Atterbury and C. W. Brooks. In Senior year he roomed With Atterbury, Brooks, H. R. Eshelman, Ir., '36 S., and E. P. Lunken, '36. Bill is planning to go into business. Mail should be sent to him at 23 South Street, Danbury, Conn. IAMES DANIEL STETSON, IR., Iim,', Who was born in Macon, Ga., on March 27, 1912, has also lived in Asheville, N. C., Miami, Fla., Columbia, S. C., Atlanta, Ga., Kansas City, Mo., Builalo, N. Y., and New York City. His father, Iames Daniel Stetson, graduated from Auburn College in 1901, his mother, Whose maiden name was Anne Grady Pitner and who attended Wes- leyan College in Macon, died on Ianuary 31, 1920. Iim has one sis- ter. He received his preparation for college at the Nichols School in Buffalo and at Choate and took