CLARK, ROBERT FRY

(1880); b. in Galt, Ont. Came to the United States in 1898. Graduated from Central College, Ind., 1901; A.B., Oberlin, 1902;. A.M., University of Chicago, 1906. Was profe or of foreign languages at Central College from 1902-5; principal of Washburn Academy at Topeka, Kansas, 1906-11; and a ociate profe or of economics and sociology of Colgate University from 1913 to 1914. Was acting president of Pacific University from 1917 to 1919 in which year he was made president. an American economist, b. at Portageville, N. Y. He was educated at the University of Minn. and was a student at the universities of Gottingen and Berne. He was high school principal and superintendent in Minn. from 1893-7 and later was supt. of public instruction and president of the Insular Board of Education of Porto Rico. From 1902-9 he was engaged in investigating foreign and insular labor conditions for the U. 8S. ' Govt., in 1910 was in charge of the census of Hawaii and from then until 1913 was commi ioner of immigration, labor and statistics of that Territory. He wrote many books on foreign labor conditions. (1839), a U. S. Senator; b. near Connellsville, Pa. He studied law in Mt. Pleasant (Ia.) University, but did not practice, going into busine instead, becoming a banker and a mine owner in Montana, as well as president and director of numerous corporations in that state, He was president of the State\ Constitutional conventions in 1884 and 1889, and Democratic candidate for delegate to Congre in 1888. He was elected to the U. S. Senate in 1898, but because of a contest which ensued he resigned. In 1900 he was again elected, for the term 1901-07. He lived for many years in New York City, where he built a magnificent residence and became widely known as a connoi eur of art. 1841), an American writer and poet, popular during his own time; b. at Otisco, N. Y. He was proprietor and editor of the Philadelphia Gazette, but first attracted attention through his contributions to the Knickerbocker Magazine, edited by his brother, Lewis Gaylord Clark, who i ued his complete works after his death, in 1844. His poetry was serious, somewhat heavy, the most readable of his works being, Olla pod i an a Papers, prose sketches in a lighter vein.