Iowa Old Press

Daily Iowa State Press
Iowa City, Johnson co. Iowa
June 8, 1899

Quarter Century - Happy Reunion of the Law Class of '74 at the Home of A.E. Swisher.
One of the most delightful gathering during the commencement week has been the reunion of the law class of 1874. At the close of a quarter of a century of active business life fourteen members of this class returned to their Alma Mater for happy reunion. With them came the members still living of the law faculty of that year. The Hon. C.C. Cole, of Des Moines, Iowa, and the Hon. Frederick Mott, of Winterset, Iowa. The members of the class present at this reunion were: Cyrus Beard, L. Brown, C. Cohoon, H. Davidson, H.F. Fellows, J.H. Fugard, R.M. Haines, Dick Haney, S.M. Hughes, E.P. Johnson, J.L.E. Peck, John Shortley, E.G. Smith, A.E. Swisher. It was a matter of most sincere regret to Mr. Swisher and those present that not all the class could unite with them in this happy anniversary observance. Yesterday at two p.m. these boys of '74 were furnished carriages and drove over the beautiful city, and at three p.m. gathered at the beautiful home of their classmate, A.E. Swisher, and there remained the partakers of its charming hospitality until the late hours of the evening in the most happy and delightful reunion. At 5 p.m. Mrs. Swisher and her daughters and friends who had joined with her in doing honor to the boys of '74 served a most bountiful dinner such as only a well appointed home like that of the Swishers can provide. During the afternoon and evening, Joseph Barborks, the well known harpist, from Clinton, Iowa, rendered the sweetest of music with his elegant harp. After dinner, A.E. Swisher, acting as toast master, introduced Judges Cole and Mott who in the most beautiful words and generous love for their now old boys recounted the past, praised the good lives of the boys and bade them God speed in the coming years. Each member of the class was introduced and each gave an account of his twenty-five years of active practice and work, after which the class completed an organization by electing A.E. Swisher president, Dick Haney vice president, and J.H. Fugard secretary, and appointed these officers a committee to arrange for the next reunion of the class which it was decided to hold at the home of A.E. Swisher, Iowa City, five years from this time. There were 64 members of this class who graduated in 1874. Eight have died. Of those living thirty-eight have remained in the practice of law, some of whom are now on the bench. This class has furnished one United States senator, two congressmen, one governor, one foreign minister, two judges of state supreme courts, seven nisi prius judges; has one in the department of justice, Washington, D.C., one in the naval custom office at Philadelphia, Pa., one in custom office, New York. Not one has been a failure. This class is not an exception so far as success is concerned, to other classes before and since its graduation, that have gone out from the halls of the great state university of the state of Iowa. The friends of the State University can be congratulated that one class of one department, of one year, can in twenty-five years make such a splendid report of its doing and success. Below is given a list of this class showing the residence of its members, and their occupaton:

CLASS of 1874
-Michael Austin, residence West Pullman, Chicago; occupation manufacturing, of the Plano Manufacturing Company.
-David Bailey, residence Ashland, Ohio; occupation attorney at law.
-Benjamin S. Baker, residence, Omaha, Neb.; judge of the district court, Nebraska.
-Cyrus Beard, residence Denison, Iowa; occupation attorney at law.
-Lafayette Brown, residence Missouri Valley, Iowa; attorney at law.
-Robt. W. Buchanan, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa; farming and mining.
-James B. Campbell, address unknown.
-Clarence D. Clark, Evanston, Wy.; attorney at law, U.S. senator from Wyoming.
-David W. Clements, West Union, Iowa; attorney at law.
-Sanford H. Cochran, Logan, Iowa; attorney at law.
-Cassius Cohoon, Emmetsburg, Iowa; attorney at law.
-Hamilton Davidson, Esterville, Iowa; County superintendent of schools.
-Samuel S. Duffy, Philadelphia, Pa.; naval officer of customs.
-William Eaton, Sidney, Iowa; attorney at law.
-William R. Ellis, Heppner, Oregon; attorney at law and Congressman from Oregon.
-Benjamin B. Ellison, Atwood, Kansas; attorney at law.
-H.F. Fellows; Plankinton, S.D.; attorney at law.
-Herbert S. Fisher, Randolph, Nebraska; attorney at law.
-Wilson M. Forbes, Topeka, Kansas; real estate and investments.
-Jesse M. Freels, East St. Louis, Ills.; attorney at law.
-John H. Fugard, Newton, Iowa; attorney at law.
-John G. Garretson, Portland, Oregon; attorney at law.
-S.L. Glaspell, Jamestown, N.D.; attorney at law.
-Thos. M. Goddard, Shiloh, S.D.; attorney at law and member of legislature, S. Dakota
-Robt. M. Haines, Grinnell, Iowa; attorney at law, ex-State senator, Iowa
-James M. Hamilton, Salt Lake City, Utah; attorney at law.
-Dick Haney, Pierce, S.D.; attorney at law, judge of Supreme Court of South Dakota
-Joseph C. Helm, Denver, Colorado; attorney at law, ex-chief justice of the Supreme Court of Colorado.
-Z.T. Honnold, Monroe, Iowa; merchant.
-O.G. Howard, Red Oak, Iowa; real estate dealer.
-Chas H. Hughes, West Superior, Wisconsin; attorney at law.
-Samuel M. Hughes, Muscatine, Iowa; cashier First National Bank.
-Frank D. Jackson, Des Moines, Iowa; ex-governor of Iowa, president of the Royal Union Mutual Life Insurance Company.
-Herrick P. Johnson, Decorah, Iowa; attorney at law.
-Jas. R. Lake, New York City; U.S. Customs Office.
-Winfield S. Lewis, Glenwood, Iowa; attorney at law, district judge from Iowa.
-John J. McDannold, Chicago; attorney at law, ex-Judge and Congressman from Ill.
-Jas. K.P. McCallum, address unknown.
-Peter J. Meehan, Washington, D.C.; Department of Justice.
-James Monier, Emerson, Nebraska; farmer and stockman.
-Herman Morsman, St. Louis, Mo.; express business.
-David A. Myers, Indianapolis, Ind; attorney at law.
-Hubert J. O'Dnnell, Dubuque, Iowa; attorney at law.
-John L.E. Peck, Primghar, Iowa; attorney at law.
-Gus T. Peterson, Bode, Iowa; attorney at law.
-L.S. Reque, Decorah, Iowa; professor in college, ex-Foreign Minister to Holland.
-Hardin W. Roberts, Ennis, Texas.
-Edwin W. Sargent, Los Angeles, Cal.; attorney at law.
-John Shortley, Perry, Iowa; attorney at law.
-Ellison G. Smith, Yankton, S.D.; attorney at law.
-Erastus W. Smith, Denver, Colorado; attorney at law.
-George A. Smith, Denison, Iowa; attorney at law.
-A.E. Swisher, Iowa City, Iowa; attorney at law.
-Owen Southworth, address unknown.
-Thos. C. Whitley, Guthrie, Okla.; engaged in fruit culture.
-James H. Yarrnell, Pana, Illinois; attorney at law.

Deceased:
Henry W. Babb, Joseph A. Chandler, Alanson Clark, William W. cole, Geo. A. Durham, William K. Ferguson, George Griswold, Corwin M. Lee.
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THE COLLEGIATES GRADUATE
The Thirty-Ninth Annual Commencement Exercises of the Collegiate Department.
At ten o'clock this morning the thirty-ninth annual commencement exercises of the Collegiate department took place at the opera house. On the stage were seated the University faculty. Prof. L.G. Weld, presided. The opera house was crowded to its fullest capacity by friends of the graduates. The graduating class numbered ninety-six, and eight members who received advanced degrees.
[transcribers note: the remainder of this article went into great detail about the commencement program, speakers, their topics, etc. - I did not transcribe it- interested researchers should consult the original paper]

THE GRADUATES. Acting President Currier conferred the degrees and diplomas to upon the following graduates:

BACHELOR OF ARTS.
John Gabberg Bowman, Davenport
Charles Clark Bradley, Council Bluffs
William Burritt Brush, Ottumwa
Maurice Leonard Curtis, Knoxville
Charles Reese Garrett, Troy
Ellen Cecelia Green, Sioux City
Ira Tapper Hawk, Maple Grove
John Wesley Holt, Swedesburg
Louis E. Hughes, Iowa City
Frank Elwyn Latta, Washington
Max Otto Lorenz, Burlington
John Bernard McCormick, Churdan
Morton E. Weldy, New Sharon
William S. Willett, Tama
Charles Allyn Wiliams, Iowa City

BACHELOR OF PHILOSOPHY.
Georgia Adams, Solon
Julius E. Balle, Denison
Wade Crawford Barclay, Tiffin
Bertha Maria Blum, Sioux City
Frank N. Brink, Atlantic
Alfred James Burt, Emmetsburg
Park Chamberlain, Wyoming
Helen Leila Clapp, Shelby
Harry Elmer Coad, Mt. Union
Ann Hull Dey, Iowa City
Ernest T. Eaton, Manchester
Anna Lillian Ehret, Iowa City
Carrie Luella Eustis, Stuart
Mabel Marcella Foster, Iowa City
Helen Cox Gilchrist, Iowa City
Lennie Mabyn Greeley, Iowa City
Mamie Frances Hearst, Cedar Falls
H. Claude Horack, Iowa City
Charles William Humphrey, Winterset
Calvin W. Jarvis, Iowa City
J.J. Lambert, Cedar Falls
Henry Hay Lancaster, Allerton
Helen Larrabee, Clermont
Leslie Parvin Lee, Iowa City
Charles Levi Lewis, Cambridge
William W. Loomis, Clermont
John J. Lewis, Harlan
Ralph Bruce McCurdy, Oskaloosa
Winifred MacFarland, Columbus Junction
William Robert Morris, Cotter
H.Roy Mosuat, Belle Plaine
Herman August Mueller, McBride
Milfred Myers, Rockford, Ill.
John Silford Nelson, Madrid
John Francis Ogden, Pleasanton
Erza Lois Owen, Iowa City
James G. Patterson, Leighton
Delbert C. Peet, Anamosa
Hattie Riggs, Iowa City
Anna E. Roberts, Iowa City
Jessie Robinson, Sioux City
Nina R. Shaffer, Iowa City
Tillman Smith, Leon
John Sogard, Pueblo, Colo.
Antonie J. Stober, Brooklyn
George E. Stover, Iowa City
Benjamin Franklyn Swisher, Iowa City
Andrew Logon Thorburn, Webster
Eva May White, Maynard
Lewis Rush White, Sioux Rapids
Dorothy J. Wickersham, Capron
Fred Almor Williams, Neola
Mabel Clare Williams, Iowa City

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Ralph Davis Blackmore, Aplington
Will Bronk Chase, Des Moines
Frances T. Codner, New London
Irvin J. Dalbey, Olin
Ray H. Dean, Muscatine
Moray L. Eby, Adair
Louis W. Fee, Monmouth
Clarence Neil Freligh, new sharon
Heary Max Goettsch, Davenport
Lulu A. Graff, Iowa City
John Webb Ham, Iowa City
Perry C. Myers, Williamsburg
Ralph Randolph Rea, Grundy Center
Erwin Schenk, Waterloo
Edith Maria Seymour, Iowa City
Charles Wentworth Startsman, Iowa City
Egbert Raymond Townsend, Iowa City
Leroy Dougherty Weld, Cedar Rapids

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
Nathan Brainerd Barber, Iowa City
Ernest charles Bowman, Solon
Melville Fisk Clements, Agency
James Franklin Miller, Denison
Frank G. White, Winterset

BACHELOR OF DIDACTICS
Georg R. Rigg, B.S.

MASTER OF ARTS
Theodore anderson, Ph B
Frank E. Horack, Ph B
Louis Alexander Parsons, AB
Clifford J. Thorn, AB

MASTER OF SCIENCE
Paul Bartsch, BS
Albertis J. Burge, BS
Charles Henry Bowman, Ph B
Wilfred N. Stull, BS

HONORARY DEGREES
Honorary Degrees were given to two of the University's prominent former students.
-President Albert Loughridge of the class of '71 and now of Bishop College at marshall, Texas, was given the degree of LL.B
-Henry A. Pilsbury, Professor of Malacology at the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Science, was given the degree of S.D. or Doctor of Science.

[transcribed by S.F., May 2004]

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Iowa Daily State Press
Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa
June 13, 1899

Mrs. James Ryan aged 55, died at her home in the Nolan settlement this morning at four o'clock. She is an old resident of the county and is mourned by a large circle of friends. The funeral takes place from the family residence at ten o'clock Thursday, the interment being in the Nolan church cemetery.

[submitted by C.J.L., Nov. 2003]

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