. Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees. nd now is the legal repre-sentative of one of the largest estates in New his special line of work prevents him fromfrecpicntly appearing in court, he has been con-nected with several important contests including thecelebrated Vassar Will Case in which the Court ofAppeals reversed in his favor the decision of thelower court. He also obtained favorable decisionsin cases in which were involved the quest
. Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees. nd now is the legal repre-sentative of one of the largest estates in New his special line of work prevents him fromfrecpicntly appearing in court, he has been con-nected with several important contests including thecelebrated Vassar Will Case in which the Court ofAppeals reversed in his favor the decision of thelower court. He also obtained favorable decisionsin cases in which were involved the question of double commissions, reported in Johnson vs. Law-rence, 93 New York, and the time from whichinterest should commence to run on a legacy be-queathed to an adult dependent son. Since the pas-sage of the Bankruptcy Act, he has been appointedTrustee in many cases, and lately. Judge AddisonBrown of the United States District Court for theSouthern district of New York, appointed him aReferee in Bankruptcy for the County of New York,-for the term of two years. At Harvard Mr. Smithwon renown as an athlete, being the first Freshmanon the College baseball nine and missing but one. NATHL. S. SMITH game during the entire course. He acted as one ofits pitchers on its famous three thousand mile tour in1870 when it won twenty-three out of twenty-ninegames. He was actively identified with the Zeta PsiSociety, the Institute of 1770 and the Hasty PuddingClub, taking a prominent part in the theatricals ofthat organization and appearing in their notable pro-duction of Romeo and Juliet, which realized a sumsufficient to defray the Harvard Boat Crews ex-penses on its trip to England in 1869. He isPresident of the Blooming Grove Park Association,has been Secretary of the Harvard Club, NewYork, for eight years and a member of the Com-mittee on .Admission of the University Club thesame length of time; is now the President of the UNIVERSITIES AND THEIR SONS 303 Phillips-Exeter Alumni Association o
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