CLASS OF 1900

Henry Brockway Gilson died of heart failure at his home in Quechee, Vermont, October 25, 1917. He was thirty-eight years of age, and is survived by his wife and a daughter, Elizabeth Madeleine, nine years old. "Brock" came to the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital for treatment in the summer. He realized that he was in a serious condition, but had no doubt of ultimate recovery.

After he returned to Quechee, none of his classmates understood his condition was critical. But he was sinking rapidly when a chance call of a friend resulted in a wire to Boston, and Phillips took the next train to see him, followed soon after by Rankin. It was only a matter of a few days before death intervened. At the funeral, held in Quechee October 27, the class was represented by President Rankin, Phillips, Teague, and the fellows from Hanover—Keyes, Proctor, Fairfield, Tibbetts, and Richardson. These classmates acted as pallbearers.

Henry Brockway Gilson was the son of the late T. W. Gilson, formerly of the firm of Ginn and Company, and a graduate of the College in the class of '74. he prepared for Dartmouth at South Side Academy, Chicago. In college he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. A splendid student, and possessed, too, of musical talent of a high order, he was well known in College. He was a member of the Glee Club for four years, and of the Mandolin Club during an equal period.

After graduation, he entered the employ of Ginn and Company. Later he taught mathematics at the South Side Academy in Chicago. He then went abroad and studied at the University of Dijon. He received the degree of Licencié en Droit in 1904, which permitted him to practice law in France. He then returned to this country and joined the French department of the College of the City of New York. He collaborated in the writing of several French instruction and reading books, and made a reputation for himself in his field of work. After this he gave up teaching and went to Quechee, Vermont, where he conducted a large farm. The last seven years of his life were spent in Quechee.

Very few members of the class had seen Brock between the time of graduation and the tenth reunion. Then it was a joy to meet him again. He was the same sunny, genial Brock- of old, entering whole-heartedly into all the planned events and contributing largely to their success. Five years later he was with us, and as active and friendly as before.

Brock Gilson will be missed at 1900 reunions ; there was a rare likableness about him that made every one his friend. About him there was no pride of birth or station or high intellectual achievement. All of these things he possessed, but so fine-grained was he that they left him quite unspoiled; always to the end a simple, lovable gentleman.