cago the telephone and telegraph will bring those men down there. There is nothing that will stop anarchy quicker than the public schools, unless it be the United States bayonet, and how much better to cultivate the love of liberty under law, by the free school, than to compel obedience to law, by force. The President. We have a few moments more before we break up. I believe in the cash system; I do not like to owe any bills, but I would like to owe a bill for the sake of being dunned by Edward H. Dunn. I would like to have him dun me. Come, brother Dunn, give us a word! Mr. Dunn spoke as follows: Mr. President: Only a single word. I am an Eliot School boy, and the Eliot School boys have a corner on this gathering to-night. I am not ashamed to say that I am one of them. The Eliot School was formed in 1713, and there is no gentleman present who went to it when it was formed; but all over this land of ours, in every occupation, in every pursuit, in all the various callings of life, you will find Eliot School boys, and we are not ashamed of the history of that school. I am very glad to be present as one of its representatives, and am glad to be associated with this body, having had the distinguished honor of being its President. I have also had the honor of being President of the Eliot School Association. I am a Boston boy, and I am proud to be among these Boston boys to-night. The President. us the closing word. Mr. Willcut said: Will Mr. Levi L. Willcutt give I believe, Mr. President, that it was understood I was to say nothing to-night; I cannot but feel that this is the same old story, and yet what a delightful one it is. It is a Reunion of the Old School Boys of Boston, where we can renew our allegiance to the public schools, where we can exchange our reminiscences, and where we can talk over the events of old times. As I look back fifty years ago, when these gentlemen, then boys, represented the public schools of Boston, it occurs to me that seven-eighths of the young men of that time who went out into the world were graduates of the grammar schools of Boston, and those grammar schools finished their education. Those boys went abroad all over this land; they went to foreign lands; they carried the flag of their country into unknown seas, and the influence and example of Boston men, Boston notions, and Boston minds, were carried with them. At the meeting of the Eliot School boys the other night a gentleman told a little anecdote to illustrate how people who have gone from Boston feel towards this good old city. He said that he was out west in a new settlement one day, where there were but few signs of civilization. He wanted to get shaved, and he went into a barber's shop where the man served him admirably. As he was about to go out he said, "That is the best shave I have had since I left Boston." Said the barber, "Are you from Boston?" "Yes." "Why," said he, "I came from Boston." I do not know that I can add anything to what has been said to-night. This has been a most successful meeting. We have had some excellent speeches, and I am sure everybody is delighted. I will close with wishing success and long life to this Association. The exercises of the evening then concluded with the singing of one verse of the hymn "America." THIRTEENTH REUNION. THE thirteenth Reunion of the Association was held at Young's Hotel, November 15, 1892. The officers elected for 1892-1893, were: MICAH DYER, JR., President. BENJAMIN B. CONVERSE, Vice-President. Directors: - Curtis Guild, Thomas F. Temple, Jonathan A. Lane, Charles Whittier, James H. Upham, Ezekiel R. Jones, Charles C. Kurtz, Thomas Hall, Timothy T. Sawyer. At the close of the business meeting the members of the Association proceeded to the dining-hall, where about 160 Old School Boys gathered at the tables, Vice-President Micah Dyer presiding. The Divine blessing was invoked by Rev. Minot J. Savage, and an hour or more was pleasantly spent in disposing of the good things with which the tables were loaded. At the conclusion of the feast VicePresident Dyer called upon the company to sing the hymn entitled "Memories," printed upon the menu. Vice-President Dyer then addressed the assembly as follows: By the death of your President, Augustus Russ, Esq., I have been called upon to preside over your deliberations, and I would crave your charity to aid my best efforts for the accomplishment of my duties. Our members are sitting in the twilight of life, and listening to the echoes of earlier years. The past is the graveyard of lost opportunities; the present the birthplace of new resolutions; may the future be a happy resting-place a land of Beulah in which to harvest the autumn fruits of our lives. We do not live for ourselves alone; in part we make the life and destinies of our fellow-men; may our good thoughts and intentions be crystalized into acts of love and mercy, and our actions blossom into the flowers of goodness and right. Mr. Russ was a man of vigorous intellect and untiring energy, one who not only mastered books and the thoughts of men, but gave them additional force and meaning. He did not live in a little world of his own, without any other known inhabitant; his heart was never in the background, but always in front, and his every-day life had good acts stamped upon its face. As a lawyer he was not a specialist; he gave his thoughts and his brain to a general practice. Particularly careful of every detail, agreeable, tender and kind-hearted, he won for himself and his profession a multitude of men who believed and trusted him. Large estates left in his care yielded their product without a blemish, and the general client found in him all that was desirable. He was methodical, cautious, tender of the right, and forci |