CLASS OF 1845

Died, on February 22, 1910, at his residence in West Roxbury, Mass., James Wingate Rollins, secretary of the class of 1845 in Dartmouth College.

Mr. J. W. Rollins, the son of James and Sarah (Wingate) Rollins, was born at Somersworth, N. H., on April 19, 1827. It is notable that while he was born on the anniversary of the Lexington fight and died on Washington's birthday, his father was born on the Fourth of July—an appropriation of historic anniversaries remarkable in one family. From his earliest boyhood Rollins developed an unusual fondness for books and study, and at the age of ten he entered South Berwick Academy, then under the charge and instruction of that wise and faithful teacher, Stephen Chase, who was proud of his youthful pupil, so studious and so progressive, and F was greatly pleased to see him advancing year by year to the very front rank of the class. He was the favorite pupil of Professor Chase, who afterward, as professor of mathematics at Hanover, welcomed him to Dartmouth in the fall term of 1841, in his fifteenth year. In college young Rollins at once took a high stand as a scholar, was a member of the societies of "Social Friends," "Three Kappas," and "Phi Beta," and was graduated in 1845. On leaving college . Rollins studied in the law office of Hubbard and Hayes, in South Berwick, where he was a fellow student of John Noble Goodwin, afterward conspicuous in the Maine legislature and in Congress, and later chief justice of the supreme court of Arizona and governor of Arizona Territory.

Mr. Rollins was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1850, and opened an office on Washington street, Boston, which he afterward moved to School street, where for fifty-eight years he maintained the successful practice of his profession, and at his death, in February last, was the oldest member, save one, of the Boston bar.

His native temperament, together with a slight impairment of hearing, led him to prefer the duties of counselor and adviser in office practice to the more exciting one of advocate in open court, and as such his services were eagerly sought , and greatly valued. In his later years his infirmity of hearing increased, and he seldom appeared in court, but he continued his office practice until within a few weeks of his death.

In 1854, Mr. Rollins married Mrs. Sophia Atwill, who passed away about ten years ago. Their surviving children are: James Wingate Rollins, Jr., Mary, Alice, and Edward.

In his earlier years Mr. Rollins was fond of athletics, and he maintained almost perfect health until in the past winter he contracted a cold which terminated in pneumonia. His temperament and disposition were quiet, modest, and affectionate. Never seeking popularity, he was loyal to his chosen friends. One of his classmates writes: "Rollins was a good fellow, not one of the noisy kind, but very quiet; one whose true worth was not always appreciated. He was an excellent scholar, promptly in his seat near me at recitation, and was always well prepared." Mr. Rollins had served as secretary of his

college class for many years, and the affectionate tributes of his classmates to his genial and excellent qualities were abundant and sincere. His life was one full of worthy service to the community, both as citizen and friend, and his memory will not soon fade from the hearts of all who knew and loved him.

Four only of his classmates are left, two of them nearly ninety, and the other two following close. All of us will soon join the waiting throng" on the other shore.

(NOTE—As Mr. Rollins. died in office as class secretary, we are indebted for the above obituary notice to one of his few surviving classmates, Mr. Everett Boynton, A.M., of Swampscott, Mass., to whom we desire to express our special thanks.—Editor) , ,