for the same purpose. Dr. Upson becomes
dean of the graduate college on September 1
and also continues as chairman of the chemistry
department. Dr. H. Armin Pagel and
Dr. H. M . Harshaw are both reported to bè
vacationing at their old homes in
Western Electric Company of Chicago.
Among the chemists who attended the meeting
of the Northwest Association of Horticulturalists,
Entomologists and Plant Pathologists
July 17-19, were Dr. J. R. Neller of
the Washington Agricultural Experiment
Station, Dr. Chas. E. Sands and K. S.
Markly, bio-chemists of the U. S. D. A.,
Washington, D. C. Dr. Sands presented before
this meeting a paper on "The progressive
changes in the ether soluble apple surface
constituents during maturation and
storage and a possible relation to storage
scald,"
Dean W. M.» Cobleigh spent his vacation
touring by automobile to the N e w England
states, enroute he visited friends and relatives.
W. McKinley Martin of the chemistry staff
of the University of Minnesota began his
duties with the chemistry department of the
Montana Experiment Station September 1.
MrD.r .M cBM.a Lrt.i Jno hinss oDnr .r eApo.r tHs. t Jhaoth nhsiosn 'tsr ips utcothe
Atlantic Coast was very enjoyable. In
passing east he visited friends and former
associates at the South Dakota State College,
Iowa State College, and Massachusetts Agricultural
College.
T h e N e b r a s k a S e c t i on
John G. Meiler, Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb., Editor.
Personals
The summer session at the University of
Nebraska closed August 8 and with it came
a rather general exodus of our members on
the campus. Dr. S. Avery went for a fishing
trip in Minnesota, Dr. Upson and family are
in another part of the same state and no doubt
for the same purpose. Dr. Upson becomes
dean of the graduate college on September 1
and also continues as chairman of the chemistry
department. Dr. H. Armin Pagel and
Dr. H. M . Harshaw are both reported to bè
vacationing at their old homes in Minnesota.

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Rev. John Rippey's Classmate

Was doing some searching and found a listing from Union College of the members of various classes. The 1851 class included Rev. John Rippey, Capt. John's grandson and my great grandfather.

He made Phi Beta Kappa.  I happened to notice the listing for a classmate who also made Phi Beta Kappa, Leonard G. Calkins.  What stood out was his "Residence at Entrance", which was China.  (Most of the class was from New York, though there were a couple of Southerners as well.)  So I googled him, and found a reference to "New York Central College" in McGraw, NY (just east of Cortland), which turns out to be a short-lived institution modeled on Oberlin, which was open to both sexes and to blacks.  Calkins isn't mentioned in this newspaper story but there is a former "Calkins hotel" in McGraw.

Calkins appears to have bounced around, being in real estate in Chicago when the Union centennial directory was published.

Captain John's Service (Cont)

Capt John was, on the organizational chart, the commander of the 6th company of the 6th battalion, led by Col. Ross.

But according to this, he was