Brooklyn Museum Quarterly . e late St. Clair McKelway, one of Brooklyns most distinguished citizensand an eminent journalist ranl<ing with such giants of the newspaper world asHenry J. Raymond and Horace Greeley, and Henry Watterson of our own time,was born in Columbia, Mo., March 15, 1845. Admitted to the New York bar in1866 he never practiced law, but became a contributor to a number of papers. In1868 he joined the regular staff of the Brooklyn Eagle. In 1885 he became itseditor-in-chief. Thus he spent practically his whole mature life as the chief figureof that newspaper. As an independe
Brooklyn Museum Quarterly . e late St. Clair McKelway, one of Brooklyns most distinguished citizensand an eminent journalist ranl<ing with such giants of the newspaper world asHenry J. Raymond and Horace Greeley, and Henry Watterson of our own time,was born in Columbia, Mo., March 15, 1845. Admitted to the New York bar in1866 he never practiced law, but became a contributor to a number of papers. In1868 he joined the regular staff of the Brooklyn Eagle. In 1885 he became itseditor-in-chief. Thus he spent practically his whole mature life as the chief figureof that newspaper. As an independent writer and an eloquent and convincingspeaker on civic subjects also he enjoyed a wide reputation. Honored with degreesfrom many educational institutions he was named Regent of the University of theState of New York in 1883 and became Chancellor in 1913. He was a member ofthe National Institute of Arts and Letters, of the American Social Science Associa-tion, and of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. He died in SCARAB AND SETTING On the anniversary of her hus-bands birthday Mrs. St. Ckiir JNIc-Kelway recently gave the ^Museumhis signet ring, which contains in amodern setting of Egyptian style arare Egyptian scarab bearing thecartouche of King Thothnius IIIof the XVIII Dynasty, whoreigned about ( , according to Petriesdating). The scarab itself was presented to Mr. ]McKelwayby David Dudley Field about 1890, and the setting was sub-sequently designed by the architect William Welles Bos-worth. Its design includes the hawk wings w hich are signifi-cant of the Sun-god Horus, and the serpents which were alsosolar symbols and solar deities. These features of the settingrelate to the significance of the scarab^eus or sacred Egyptianbeetle which was one of the most revered representationsand incarnations among the Egyptian solar deities and solarsymbols. The beetle was an incarnation of the God Ptahof Memphis, who was a local form of Osiris, but th
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