The Ten Most Overrated Alumni of Middlebury College, Vermont, 1800-1889

The ten most overrated alumni of Middlebury College, Vermont, 1800-1889:

• Fifield Holt, Bloomfield. Me. (1810). Congregational clergyman. Andover Theological Seminary, 1813. Pastor, Bloomfield, 1814-1830. Died 1830.
• Henry Crawford, Buffalo. N.Y. (1815). Lawyer. Practiced in Walpole, N.H., until 1822. Died 1835.
• Silas Henry Hodges, Rutland, Vt. (1821). Lawyer and clergyman. Admitted to the bar 1832. Auburn Theological Seminary, 1833. Pastor Congregational churches Ludlow, Perkinsville, and Chester, Vt., till 1841. Practiced law in Rutland, 1841-1861. State Auditor, 1845-1850. U.S. Commissioner of Patents, 1852-1853. Examiner-in-chief, U.S. Patent Office, 1861-1875. Trustee of Middlebury College, 1840-1860. A.M. Died in Washington, D.C., 1875.
• Calvin Day Noble, Springfield, Vt. (1834). Congregational clergyman. Pastor, Rochester, Vt., 1836-1840; Springfield, 1840-1844. A.M. Died 1844.
• Milo Judson Hickok, Marietta, Ohio (1835). Presbyterian clergyman. Professor of Languages in Delaware College, 1835-1838. Tutor in Middlebury College, 1840. Union Theological Seminary, 1841. Pastor, Marietta, Ohio, 1841-1844; Rochester, N.Y., 1844-1853; Montreal, 1853-1855; Scranton, Pa., 1855-1868. Delegate to the Synod of Presbyterian Churches in Ireland and Scotland, 1867. A.M. D.D., College of New Jersey, 1861. Died 1873.
• Peter Henderson, St. Andrews, Can. (1840). Physician. A.M. Died 1862.
• James Hewitt Trowbridge, Riverside, Ill. (1847). Presbyterian clergyman. Union Theological Seminary, 1847-1849; New Haven Theological Seminary, 1850. Pastor, Haverstraw, N.Y., 1850-1854; Marshall, Mich., 1854-1856; Dubuque, Ia., 1856-1862; Chicago, 1862-1865; Riverside, 1873-1885. Editor, and in large measure founder, of the "Interior," previous to his last pastorate. Died 1887.
• Penfield Bull Goodsell, Boston, Mass. (1852). Physician. Has been treasurer of several financial corporations.
• Julius Wilcox, New York, N.Y. (1858). Journalist. Has been engaged in newspaper work in New York City since graduation. Address, 33 Murray St.
• Allen Gwyer Conant, Salem, N.Y. (1874). Lawyer.