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Funeral  of  Prof.  Remington.       (  February ^qiT' 
THE  FUNERAL  OF  PROFESSOR  JOSEPH  PRICE 
REMINGTON. 
Professor  Joseph  P.  Remington's  body  was  laid  in  its  last  rest- 
ing place  on  Friday,  January  4,  1918.  There  was  a  private  service 
conducted  at  his  late  residence,  1832  Pine  Street,  by  his  youngest 
son,  Rev.  Wm.  P.  Remington,  who  officiated  in  the  uniform  of  an 
army  chaplain. 
The  public  services  were  held  in  Holy  Trinity  Episcopal  Church 
at  19th  and  Walnut  Streets,  and  the  services  here  were  conducted 
by  the  Rector,  Rev.  Floyd  W.  Tomkins. 
The  honorary  pall-bearers  were  Dr.  Harvey  W.  Wiley  and  Sam- 
uel L.Hilton,  of  Washington,  D.  C. ;  Dr.  William  Jay  Schieffelin,  of 
New  York ;  Samuel  C.  Henry,  of  Chicago ;  Joseph  L.  Lemberger, 
of  Lebanon;  and  the  following  Philadelphians :  Prof.  Charles  H. 
La  Wall,  Prof.  Frank  X.  Moerk,  Prof.  E.  Fullerton  Cook,  Howard 
B.  French,  Dr.  Richard  V.  Mattison,  Dr.  Adolph  W.  Miller,  Dr. 
Charles  A.  Weidemann,  Warren  H.  Poley,  C.  Stanley  French, 
George  B.  Evans,  George  M.  Beringer,  Joseph  W.  England,  Walter 
A.  Rumsey,  Richard  M.  Shoemaker,  Jacob  M.  Baer,  Aubrey  H. 
Weightman,  Otto  W.  Osterlund,  Prof.  Samuel  P.  Sadtler,  William 
L.  Cliffe,  Henry  K.  Mulford,  Edwin  M.  Boring,  Theodore  Camp- 
bell, Charles  Leedom,  Jacob  S.  Beetem,  of  the  College;  Morris 
Earle,  J.  W.  Townsend,  Samuel  Hinds  Thomas,  William  West 
Frazier,  Henry  H.  Collins,  George  R.  Yarrow,  Carroll  S.  Tyson, 
Charles  F.  Gummey,  Dr.  John  B.  Roberts,  Carl  N.  Martin  and  C.  C. 
Morris,  of  Holy  Trinity  Church. 
The  coffin  was  carried  down  the  center  aisle  of  the  church  upon 
the  shoulders  of  four  young  men  and  deposited  in  front  of  the 
chancel,  the  railing  of  which  was  banked  with  many  handsome 
floral  tributes  from  friends  and  organizations  all  over  the  United 
States. 
The  vested  choir  sang  some  of  Professor  Remington's  favorite 
hymns  during  the  service,  which  was  the  brief,  beautiful  and  im- 
pressive one  of  the  Episcopal  Church.  That  part  of  the  service 
usually  conducted  at  the  grave  was  completed  in  the  church.  The 
interment  was  private  and  was  attended  by  only  the  members  of 
the  family  and  four  of  the  closest  friends  from  among  the  honorary 
