ning were Miss Boody, Dr. Crothers, and President Briggs.

The Radcliffe Musical Association has formed a chorus, and Fay House is to be open every Monday night between now and the first of March for its meetings. Erdine Tredennick, '17, is the leader. Graduates are also coming back to the Gymnasium one night a week for basket ball. This is under the direction of Bessie Rudd, '17, who is Miss Wright's assistant in the Gymnasium.

On January 9 the Radcliffe Club of Boston had its first meeting at the College Club, 40 Commonwealth Avenue. Although the day was a bad one, there were about 200 people there, and the interest in the formation of this club was very great. The largest number of the graduates of the College live in and about Boston, yet a club has never been formed before, as it was thought that the Alumnæ Association could take care of these people near at hand. The time now has come when this is not true, for although the Alumnæ Association can do official guiding, and can shape policies for the Alumnæ, it cannot furnish, now that its numbers are so large, the quick approach, and the frequent contact that every college should have with its past students. The Radcliffe Alumnæ Association and the Radcliffe Union join in interest in the new club. Dorothy Brewer Blackall, '12 (Mrs. Robert M. Blackall), is the first president. She was also the chairman in charge of the Endowment Fund Concert which was given under the auspices of the Class of 1912 in Symphony Hall on January 22, when the two soloists were Pablo Casals and Marie Sundelius. The concert was a very great success, owing to the wise choice of soloists, and to the splendid management. Mrs. Blackall and her committee gave a series of teas during December, for which invitations were sent out to Radcliffe

women round about Boston. As at each tea a little description was given of just what was to happen, with prices and details, interest in the concert was spread far and wide. The sale of tickets was most unusual. Every seat was taken and there were people standing. The committee is clearing over $3300 for the Mary Coes Endowment Fund.

The Radcliffe Club of New York had its annual meeting on January 31. The speakers were Mr. Alexander Black, the author of "The Great Desire," Mr. Joseph Hergesheimer, who wrote "Java Head," and Mr. Edwin F. Gay, now president of the New York Evening Post, whom Radcliffe College likes to claim, as he taught here for so many years, and as his daughter is now president of the Sophomore class. The President and Dean also spoke at the luncheon. Professor Frankfurter was the guest of honor at the winter meeting of the Radcliffe Union on January 31. He told of the industrial situation, and answered afterward the many questions that his audience were so cager to ask. Mrs. Richard Cabot is to preside at a reading by Mrs. Margaret Deland and Judge Grant on February 13, under the auspices of the Class of 1911 for the Ruth Holden Memorial Fund. For this Miss Grace Nichols has most generously offered the use of her house. This fund is to be used when completed for the exchange scholarship with Newnham College in England.

The death of Major Higginson has meant the loss of a friend to Radcliffe College. He was our Treasurer for eleven years, and during these years, and all the succeeding ones, he has done an infinite number of kindnesses to the College. His advice was always sound, his interest could always be counted on, his personal friendliness stayed with the College always.

STUDENT LIFE.

FIFIELD WORKUM, '20.

After a victory of 23-0 over Tufts, the undefeated football team brought to a happy finish the first full season in three years by conquering a strong Yale team by a score of 10 to 3. Yale gave one thrilling demonstration of football when she carried the ball for a long distance down the field and seemed on the point of scoring a touchdown. Then Harvard's more versatile and highly developed defense showed its value; Yale was held for downs on the one-half-yard line. Braden's 53yard kick was Yale's only score; Harvard scored on a forward pass from Felton to Casey from which Casey broke loose in a 25-yard run for a touchdown, and on Ralph Horween's 37-yard field goal against the wind.

The following is a summary of the lineup of the game: left end, J. K. Desmond, ocC, and J. F. Ryan, ocC; left tackle, R. M. Sedgwick, '21; left guard, T. S. Woods, '20; centre, C. F. Havemeyer, '21, A. Horween, '20, and P. J. Philbin, '20; right guard, C. A. Clark, ocC; right tackle, R. K. Kane, '22, and W. D. Hubbard, '22; right end, P. D. Steele, '20, and M. Phinney, ocC; quarterback, W. J. Murray, ocC, W. B. Felton, ocC, and W. J. Murray; left half back, R. S. Humphrey; right halfback, E. L. Casey, ocC, N. V. Nelson, ocC, and S. Burnham, '20; fullback, A. Horween, '20, R. Horween, ocC, and A. Horween, '20. All these men received the football "H," and also F. C. Church, '20, who was voted his "H" by the Athletic Committee upon recommendation of Captain Murray and the Student Council.

On New Year's Day at Pasadena, Harvard defeated the University of Oregon, by a score of 7 to 6, Church making the touchdown.

Arnold Horween was elected captain of football for next year.

The voting for the permanent Senior Class officers and the Class Day officers took place on December 10 and 16. As a result, the following officers were elected: First Marshal, F. K. Bullard, of Revere; Second Marshal, F. C. Church, Jr., of Lowell; Third Marshal, R. W. Emmons, 3d, of Boston; Secretary, F. Workum, of New York City; Treasurer, B. Lewis, of Philadelphia, Pa.; Class Committee, A. Horween, of Chicago, Ill., and T. S. Woods, of Boston; Orator, S. Washburn, of Worcester; Ivy Orator, E. Scott, Jr., of Lansdowne, Pa.; Poet, J. G. King, Jr., of New York City; Odist, P. R. Doolin, of St. Albans, Vt.; Chorister, J. V. Spalding, of Newton Centre; Class Day Committee, J. Stubbs, of Newton, J. S. Higgins, of Winchester, L. T. Lanman, of Lawrence, N.Y.; E. A. Bacon, of Milwaukee, Wis.; J. C. Bolton, of Cleveland, O.; W. J. Louderback, Jr., of Highland Park, Ill., and H. F. Gibbs, Jr., of West Newton; Photograph Committee, R. B. Williamson, of Augusta, Me., F. Hibbard, of Brooklyn, N.Y., and H. D. Costigan of Evanston, Ill.

The hockey season has begun with great promise of a strong, fast team both for this year and next. Practice is held every afternoon for about an hour in the new ice pavilion opposite Technology under supervision of Coaches W. H. Claflin, '15, and A. Winsor, '02. The team beat Yale 5 to 4; the game was played under Canadian rules, with three 15minute periods, in the last of which Harvard's skilful passing snatched victory from a prospective 4 to 2 defeat by three goals made in ten minutes of play. The following men took part in the game, thereby winning the hockey "H": F. McN. Bacon, ’21, D. Angier, ’22, E. L. Bigelow, '21, R. W. Emmons, 3d, '20, T. M. Avery, '21, J. Gaston, '21, N. S. Walker, '20, Captain, J. Stubbs, '20, J. Holmes, '21. In the succeeding games the University defeated the Dartmouth Club

of Boston 4 to 3, the Dartmouth team 4 to 2, and Tufts 8 to 0. Two more games remain to be played in the series with Yale, the first at New Haven and, in the case of tie, the second in Cambridge.

The Crimson announced the following midyear elections: President, W. J. Louderback, '20, of Highland Park, Ill.; Managing Editor, T. S. Lamont, '21, of New York City; Editorial Chairman, J. U. Nef, '20, of Chicago, Ill.; Photographic Chairman, R. A. Cutter, '21, of Salem; Secretary, H. Cabot, '22, of Concord; to the Editorial Department, J. L. Gavit, '21; to the News Department, G. L. Paine, '22, R. Emerson, '22, and L. B. Ellis, '22; to the Business Department, A. Wright, '22, D. F. Cameron, '22, and O. S. Leland, '22; to the Photographic Department, R. B. Linder, '23, and A. W. Jones, '23.

The Intercollegiate Treaty Referendum was held in all colleges and universities throughout the country on Jan. 13. The vote was started by the editors-in-chief of the Crimson, Yale News, Daily Princetonian, and Columbia Spectator, with the idea of obtaining on a uniform ballot the sentiment of both faculty and students on League of Nations and Treaty. The results of the vote were compiled and sent to Washington. The wording of the questions was as follows:

Proposition 1. "I favor the ratification of the League and Treaty without reservations or amendments."

Proposition 2. "I am opposed to the ratification of the League and Treaty in any form."

Proposition 3. "I favor ratification of the Treaty but only with the Lodge reservations."

Proposition 4. "I favor a compromise between the Lodge and Democratic reservations in order to facilitate the ratification."

At Harvard, 667 voted for Proposition 1, 128 voted for Proposition 2, 459 for Proposition 3, and 1113 for Proposition 4, in the student vote; and among the faculty 26 voted for Proposition 1, 3 for Proposition 2, 3 for Proposition 3, and 56 for Proposition 4. An interesting comparison can be made with the results of the ballot at

In hockey, the Freshmen have been no less successful, having won all their games to date.

The first formal race of the year in which the track team has participated was the second athletic carnival held in the State Armory by the 10th Infantry of the New York State Guard on Jan. 24. The University entered in the two-mile medley relay race and bore off the honors by defeating Cornell in a hard-fought race. The Crimson runners were: J. A. McCarthy, '22, B. Wharton, '22, W. H. Goodwin, '20, and D. F. O'Connell, '21, captain of the track team.

The Union has continued its policy of inviting outside speakers at frequent intervals to give addresses on subjects of general interest. All of the lectures have been well attended. Hugh Walpole, Viscount Grey, and Granville Barker were among the most prominent guests of honor.

Fifty-seven members from all departments of the University attended the Student Volunteer Convention held at Des Moines from Dec. 31 to Jan. 4. Conferences of this kind are held every four years under the auspices of the Student Volunteer Movement in the interest of foreign missionary work.

Debating has commanded no little interest this winter. In the first of the early season matches, the University trio won from Dartmouth by unanimous decision of the judges on the question, "Resolved: That the United States should adopt the Plumb Plan as embodied in the Sims Bill

for the operation of the railroads, constitutionality being granted." The Harvard speakers, L. E. Thomas, '20, M. J. Donner, '21, and L. Dennis, ocC, upheld the negative. Trials for the Pasteur Debating Prize have begun. This prize, in the form of a medal, was founded in 1898 by Baron Pierre de Coubertin, to be awarded to the successful contestant in an annual debate on the subject drawn from contemporary French politics. The topic this year is, "Resolved: That France and Belgium should be reimbursed for all actual destruction of property during the war, by Inter-Allied loan, to be repaid

eventually with the German Indemnity Loan."

The University mourned the death of its friend and benefactor, Major Henry Lee Higginson. All classes were suspended during the hour of the funeral services. which were held in Appleton Chapel, and the coffin was carried by six undergraduates from the Chapel to the hearse in front of University Hall through a double line of students assembled to pay their last tribute. A meeting was held in the Union the evening of the funeral at which President Lowell, President Eliot, and Judge Frederick P. Cabot, '90, spoke.

NEWS FROM THE CLASSES.

The personal news is compiled from information furnished by the Class Secretaries and by the Secretaries of Harvard Clubs and Associations, and from other reliable sources. The value of this department might be greatly enhanced if Harvard men everywhere would contribute to it. Responsibility for errors should rest with the Editor.

It becomes more and more difficult to assign recent Harvard men to their proper Class, since many who call themselves classmates take their degrees in different years. It sometimes happens, therefore, that, in the news furnished by the Secretaries, the Class rating of the Quinquennial Catalogue is not strictly followed.

**Much additional personal news will be found in the reports of the Harvard Clubs, in the Corporation and Overseers' Records, and in the University Notes.

***The name of the State is omitted in case of towns in Massachusetts.

1852.

Peter Chardon Brooks died Jan. 27, 1920, at Boston. He was born in Watertown, May 8, 1831, the son of Gorham and Ellen (Shepherd) Brooks, the latter the daughter of R. D. Shepherd of Virginia. He was married in October, 1866, to Miss Sarah Lawrence, daughter of Amos A. Lawrence. As a young man he spent much time in travel; he had been in nearly every quarter of the globe. He was deeply interested in art. His expert knowledge enabled him to

assemble a large collection of rare works. He was never actively engaged in business and for the past year had been an invalid. Mrs. Brooks died several years ago. Two surviving children are Lawrence Brooks of Groton and Mrs. Richard M. Saltonstall of Boston.

1853.

Charles Lawrence Peirson, who died at Boston, Jan. 23, 1920, was born in Salem, Jan. 15, 1834, the son of Dr. Abel Lawrence Peirson and Harriet (Lawrence) Peirson. He studied engineering at the Lawrence Scientific School, and after receiving the degree of S.B. in 1853, practised in Minnesota the calling of a farmer and the profession of a civil engineer. At the outbreak of the Civil War, having returned to Boston, he volunteered for service and was commissioned first lieutenant and adjutant of the Twentieth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. In the first engagement of the regiment, Oct. 20, 1861, at Ball's Bluff on the Potomac River, he was taken prisoner and sent to Libby Prison, Richmond, where he was confined until late in the following

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January. He shared in the distinguished record of his regiment, including the battles from Yorktown to Malvern Hill, and served on the staff of General Dana and that of General Sedgwick. In August, 1862, he became lieutenant colonel of the Thirty-Ninth Massachusetts Volunteers, and in July, 1864, colonel of that regiment, taking part in the operations of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Petersburg and the Weldon Railroad, where he was severely wounded. March, 1865, he was commissioned brevet brigadier general United States Volunteers. After the close of the war he formed with General Robert H. Stevenson the firm of Stevenson & Peirson, iron merchants, and continued a member of this firm and of its successor, Charles L. Peirson & Co., until his retirement from business, more than ten years ago. He was also for a period of years treasurer of the Lowell Machine Shop. In 1898 he received the honorary degree of A.M. from Harvard University. He married, in 1873, Emily Russell, daughter of George R. Russell of Boston. Mrs. Peirson died in 1908. There are no children.

1860.

REV. HENRY G. SPAULDING, Sec.,
1470 Beacon St., Brookline.

David Moore Balch died in San Diego, Cal., Nov. 17, 1919. He was the son of Benjamin and Caroline Lawrence (Moore) Balch and was born in Salem, Jan. 22, 1837. His father was master of the Glide, noted in New England's rich shipping lore, and afterwards captain of the Royal George of historic fame. His earliest American ancestor was John Balch, who settled in Massachusetts in 1623. That ancestor's son, Benjamin, was the first child born in Salem. Mr. Balch was educated in private schools and graduated summa cum laude in 1859 from the Lawrence Scientific

School. He was also for a short time a member of the Harvard Class of '60. He practised his profession, as consulting chemist, in Boston and attained fame as an analytical chemist and in general science. In 1880 he went to California, settling at Redlands, where he became the pioneer of the orange industry; the first orange trees planted in that section were set out by him on his ranch. In 1887 he moved to Coronado and there he gave his whole time to classical studies, science, and chemical research. It was his disinterested purpose to make America independent in respect to the potash that is so necessary an ingredient in fertilizers. That kelp contains potash of course was generally known, for seaweed had long been used for fertilizing, but the rude processes employed in extraction were wasteful of the potash and destructive of the iodine contents. Mr. Balch made an intensive study, extending over many years, of all the different varieties of kelp, and of methods whereby its several valuable contents might be extracted at a cost that would enable potash derived from this source to compete with German potash under normal conditions. He wrote, about 1910, to the Secretary of State regarding the sources of potassium and the value of the Pacific kelp fields as a national asset. An appropriation was secured and his discoveries supplied the scientific basis whereon the industry was organized in America during the war, to the infinite advantage of the nation. He received no credit for this great work, of incalculable value, save from men of science, but he sought none. With him the knowledge of service was enough, the consciousness of achievement its own sufficient reward. He was intellectually a many-sided man, an expert in genealogical research, one of his articles on "The Old Planters being given a place in the annals