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He resigned from his office September 7, 1911, owing to failing eye- 

 sight. 



Fortunately this trouble with his eyes was overcome, and he was 

 called upon for still further service to Massachusetts as Chairman of 

 the trustees appointed to preserve and rehabilitate the Boston and 

 Maine Railroad. 



For many years he was one of the trustees of Munson Academy 

 and his early school was an object of his affectionate thought and care. 



He was a faithful attendant at the services of the Church of the 

 Unity at Springfield, interested in the religious work of the society. 



He received the degree of LL.D. from Yale, from Harvard and 

 from Williams. 



He died May 7, 1918, at Springfield. 



His school, his college, his city and his state delighted to honor him; 

 and to them all he gave the loyal service of a devoted and exceptionally 

 able son. 



William C. Wait. 



HARMON NORTHROP MORSE (1848-1920). 



Fellow in Class I, Section 3, 1914. 



Professor Morse was born at Cambridge, Vermont, October 15, 

 1848, and died September 8, 1920. 



His earliest paternal American ancestor was John Morse who came 

 from England in 1639 and settled in New Haven. 



His father, Harmon Morse, was a believer in hard work, few holidays, 

 and little schooling. He looked upon all forms of recreation as 

 objectionable. The death of the boy's mother, when he was too 

 young to remember her, removed a much needed gracious and loving 

 influence. His brother, Anson, and his young sister, Delia, were 

 comrades and comforters in his life, which for the most part lacked 

 the elements of love and geniality. 



The courage and ambition of the boy overcame all obstacles. His 

 maternal grandfather left a legacy whereby each of the three children 

 was enabled to prepare for higher education, and thus Harmon was 

 led to Amherst College entering in 1869. He was graduated from 

 Amherst in 1873, then went to Gottingen, and received the degree of 



