It is said that his testimony in court involving questions of medical jurisprudence was wonderful for its beauty, its precision and its profound analysis.
But I am inclined to think that the one member of our class whose fame will last to remote posterity, a fame which he will owe to a single poem, is Walter Mitchell.

He was a very bright and accomplished person in college and a great favorite with his friends.

He studied law, but afterward determined to become a clergyman and took orders in the Episcopal Church.

I have never heard him preach, but I have no doubt from his distinction as a writer and scholar in college that he is an excellent preacher.

But his poem of the sea entitled "Tacking the Ship off Fire Island" is one of the most spirited and perfect of its kind in literature.