CLASS OF 1868

Prof. Charles Henry Chandler died suddenly March 29 in Leominster, Mass., while temporarily absent from his home in New Ipswich, N. H. Professor Chandler was born in New Ipswich, October 25, 1840, being the son of James and Nancy (White) Chandler. . He earned his way through Appleton Academy, New Ipswich, by farm work in the summer and district school teaching in the winter, and taught in the Academy from his graduation in 1862 until he entered Dartmouth, in February, 1865. In College he was a member of Alpha Delta Phi, was first in his class in scholarship and its valedictorian at graduation, and was received into Phi Beta Kappa. For the first year after graduation he taught in Kimball Union Academy, and was then for two years principal of St. Johnsbury Academy. He then went to Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, then one of the leading colleges of the Middle West, as professor of chemistry and physics; in 1876 he was transferred to the chair of mathematics, and remained till 1881. From Antioch he went to Ripon College, Wisconsin, and was there professor of chemistry and physics, 1881-3, of mathematics and physics, 1883-9, and of mathematics, 1889-1906. He then became professor emeritus and retired from active work on the Carnegie Foundation. In 1907 he removed to his native town, and was employed for the rest of his life in preparing a history of the town, which was nearly completed at the time of his sudden death. Professor Chandler was city engineer of Ripon in 1894 and several subsequent years, and was either Sunday school superintendent, deacon, or clerk of the Congregational church at Ripon during the whole of his residence there. He has been vice-president of the Wisconsin Academy of Arts and Sciences. At New Ipswich he served as treasurer and as chairman of the school board, retiring from the latter position shortly before his death. He has left an enviable record of noble service as a teacher and of notable simplicity and sincerity of character. August 17, 1868, Professor Chandler was married to Eliza Francena Dwinnell of Fitchburg, Mass., who died October 28, 1894. They have a son and a daughter, the former being professor of civil engineering in the University of North Dakota, and the latter professor of modern languages in Tabor College, lowa.

Francis Marion Bennett died suddenly of heart disease at his home in Hollis, Me., june 30. Mr. Bennett was the son of Joseph and Mary (Warren) Bennett, and was born at Effingham Falls, N. H., September 2, 1844. After graduation he taught for a year in Evansville, Ind., and then in Alfred and Portland, Me. He then studied law at Boston University, graduating in 1874, and after a few years elsewhere he settled in Hollis, where he combined the management of a large farm with the practice of his profession. For two terms he was a member of the state House of Representatives, and had held many town offices, being chairman of the board of selectmen at the time of his death. Mr. Bennett leaves a widow, but no children.

Secretary, Prof. Charles F. Emerson, Hanover, N. H.