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 544 SEELYE. SHATTUCK. deliver a course of lectures. He served on the state commission appointed in 1874 to revise the laws relating to taxation. The " Amherst system " of self-govern- ment was inaugurated by President Seelye, and has been of incalculable benefit to the students, who now have a large share in the maintenance of discipline. President Seelye has been a trustee of the Clarke Institution for Deaf Mutes, and of Smith College, Northampton, and a member of the board of visitors of Ando- ver Theological Seminary. He was chair- man of the board before whom the cele- brated "Andover case" was tried in 1887. Union College conferred the degree of D. D. in 1862, and that of LL. D. was re- ceived from Columbia in 1S76. President Seelye has frequently written for the leading magazines and reviews ; has published a translation of Dr. Albert Schwegler's "History of Philosophy" (1856); "Lectures to Educated Hindus" (1873), republished under the title " The Way, the Truth and the Life." This has also been translated into Hindustani, Jap- anese and German. "Christian Mission" and a revision of " Hickok's Moral Science " are also from his pen. SEELYE, Laurenus Clark, son of Seth and Abigail (Taylor) Seelye, was born in Bethel, Fairfield county, Conn., Septem- ber 20, 1S37. He received his early educational train- ing in private schools. Having passed his preparatory course, he entered Union Col- lege in 1853 and was graduated in the class of 1857. He remained one year at Union College, pursuing post-graduate studies, and afterwards entered Andover Theo- logical Seminary, taking the courses of study with the junior and middle classes. He then went to Europe and studied in the universities in Berlin and Heidelberg during the years 1861 and '62. Returning, he was called to the pastorate of the North church, Springfield, in 1863, where he remained two years. In 1865 he became professor of rhetoric and English literature in Amherst College, where he officiated until 1873. He was called to the presidency of Smith College, Northampton, the latter year, which position he still holds. President Seelye was married in Brook- lyn, N. Y., November 17, 1863, to Henri- etta, daughter of Lyman and Harriet (Shel- don) Chapin. Of this union were seven children : Ralph Holland, Harriet Chapin, Abigail Taylor, Arthur Moody, Walter Clark, Henrietta Sheldon, and Bertram Seelye (deceased). SHARPLES, Stephen Paschall, son of Philip Price and Mary A. (Paschall) Sharpies, was born in West Chester, Chester county, Pa., April 21, 1842. He received his early educational train- ing in private schools, finishing with Bol- mars Academy and the West Chester nor- mal school, the Agricultural College of Pennsylvania, and the Lawrence scientific school, Harvard University, where he was graduated in 1S66 with honors. He was one year instructor in chemistry in the Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa.; three years assistant at the Lawrence sci- entific school ; assistant editor of the " Boston Journal of Chemistry " one year ; appointed professor of chemistry in the Boston Dental College in 1874, a position which he still holds. He was engaged as an expert on the tenth census, and pre- pared and wrote one-third of the ninth volume. He has written a number of articles on adulteration of food, and has been constantly employed in the courts as an expert in matters relating to chem- istry. He is at present engaged in writing, together with L. A. Morrison, a special treatise on genealogical history. He has made many extended trips to the important mineral fields of North America — notably in 1881 to Turk's Island, in 1882 to West Virginia, and 1886 to the north coast of Newfoundland. Prof. Sharpies is a fellow of the Ameri- can Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Philosophical Society of Philadelphia, the Natural History Society of Boston, the American Pharmaceutical Association, the American Chemical Society, and the Amer- ican Association for the Advancement of Science. He is a member of the American Mining Engineers, and the Society of In- dustrial Chemistry of London ; assayer and inspector of intoxicating liquors for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and has his residence in Cambridge. Prof. Sharpies was married in Cambridge, June 16, 1870, to Abbie M., daughter of Orrin and Sarah N. (Stickney) Hall. Of this union were five children : Mabel H., Philip P., Sarah H., William H., and Alice W. Sharpies. SHATTUCK, George Otis, son of Joseph and Hannah (Bailey) Shattuck, was born in Andover, Essex county, May 2, 1829. Both his grandfathers were soldiers in the war of the revolution, and his great- grandfather, Bailey, was killed at Bunker Hill. His family is descended from Wil- liam Shattuck, who was born in England