DARTMOUTH ROLL OF HONOR

Lieutenant J. B. Griswold '93 Med.

Lieutenant James Brown Griswold of the Reserve Medical Corps of the United States Army died October 25, 1917 at his home in Morristown, N. J., from pneumonia and meningitis, which he contracted while serving as Chief Sanitary Officer at Camp Dix, the National Army encampment at Wrightstown, N. J. He was 47 years old.

Lieutenant Griswold was born in Lynn, Conn., and was a member of a prominent Connecticut family. He volunteered for the medical service on the day after the United States entered the war, and was commissioned on May 21. His services at Camp' Dix had been so excellent that he has been recommended for promotion to Captain. He studied at Yale and the College of Physicians and Surgeons, and received the degree of M. D. from Dartmouth in 1893. Before entering the army he was on the staff of the Memorial Hospital at Morristown. and was gynaecologist at Roosevelt Hospital in New York. He is survived by a widow, a daughter, a son, a sister and three brothers.

Although Lieutenant Griswold's death occurred several months ago, the MAGAZINE did not receive news of it until recently.

L. F. Pfingstag '16

Louis Frank Pfingstag '16 died April 6 in Pittsburg of pleurisy, a few days before he was to leave for the Aviation Field, to begin the work for which he had enlisted in Army Aviation. His ill- ness was the direct result of overwork, in preparation for his aeronautic task. His mother writes thus of her son's work:

"Before leaving Pittsburgh I visited his room in his boarding-house and there learned, for the first time, Frank's manner of living since he passed, with credit, his Aviation examination' in December, the Telephone Co. had offered him exemption but he would have none of it; after a busy day at the office with extra government work, his landlady told me that far into the night he spent his time studying; he wanted to perfect his knowledge of aeronautics ; books on the subject covered his desk,—aeroplane engines, Gregg's shorthand, somebody's telegraphy, electrical work; he had rigged up a telegraph instrument on which he practiced ; he took an extra course in Carne lnstitute in telegraphy; they told me the only recreation he allowed himself was the military drill three times a week; this is the sting of his death; the doctors told me he really died from overwork— a reserved, reticent bov, he told no one of his studies, not even the one he loved best on earth, his mother; this is my great grief, I did not know what was going on.

In college, Pfingstag was a quiet, diligent youth; he won in his Freshman year the second Powers Prize for Physical Improvement. Since his graduation he had been employed by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company of Pittsburg.

Lieutenant W. H. Townsend '15

William Henry Townsend '15, flight lieutenant in the British Royal Flying Corps, died in France April 23 of wounds received in action.

William Henry Townsend, son of William Henry Jarman and Jane Elizabeth Townsend. was born at Camp Grove, Ill.. April 28, 1892. The following November his parents and the family moved to Wyoming, Ill., which is still their home.

He graduated from Dartmouth with honors as class poet in 1915. Then he accepted a lucrative position with the J. Walter Thompson Advertising Co. of New York. In College he was a member of the Sigma Nu fraternity and of the Arts.

Immediately after the United States entered the war he enlisted in aviation. He was advised by our officials that if he wished to get early into war activities he would better join the British air service. Accordingly he entered the Royal Flying Corps, trained in Toronto and was sent to England last fall. His mother had lately received word of his arrival in France so it is probable that he met his death in the great battle due to the German offensive.

On May 5th of last year Henry Townsend was married to Miss Dorothy Dwight Power of Cambridge, Mass., and to this union was born on March 12th of this year a little daughter, Stephanie! In the days to come this daughter, whose face its father never saw, will listen with rapt attention and true pride to the story of how her father, actuated by the real spirit of chivalry, freely gave his service and sacrificed his life in the cause of suffering humanity.

E. L. Stephenson, Ex-'20

Edward Louis Stephenson, a member of the class of 1920" for one semester, was killed in an automobile truck acci- dent at the O. T. C., Fort Sheridan, Montgomery, Alabama, on May 1. In College Stephenson went by the name of Sternberger, but he and the other members of his family had recently had their name legally changed to Stephenson.

Lieutenant C. A. Pudrith '16

Lieutenant Chester Albert Pudrith '16 died May 3 in Lincoln, England, of injuries received in an aeroplane accident March 12, when his aviator companion was instantly killed. The accident occurred just prior to their planned departure for the American sector in France and while the two were flying from Waddington to Lincoln.

He enlisted in aviation May 2, 1917, and was trained first at Camp Sheridan, where he was commissioned first lieutenant. He was then sent to England, and had won his wings as an aviator with an American detachment training at Oxford University. At the time of his accident, his companion, Lieutenant Mid-dleditch, was driving the aeroplane, with Lieutenant Pudrith as passenger, when in some inexplicable manner the mechine dipped and before Middleditch could right it, it dived 300 feet to earth. Middleditch was killed instantly and Pudrith taken to a hospital in Lincoln. He succumbed to an operation which was intended to relieve internal injuries.

Since graduation from Darrmouth he acted as secretary of the Albert F. Pudrith Roofing Company, Detroit, Michigan, owned and conducted by his father.

In College Pudrith was one of the most prominent and popular undergraduates of his time. He was president of his class during his first three years, and class marshal his Senior year. He won his numerals his Freshman year in the three sports of football, hockey, and track, and played end on the varsity football team for three years. He was also a member of the gym team during his Sophomore year. His scholarship was uniformly high, and placed him in the Third Honor Group in his Junior and Senior years. In his Senior year he won both the Archibald Athletic Prize and the John Barrett All-Around Achievement Prize, the highest honor that an undergraduate can win. He was a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity and of the Sphinx Senior Society.

Lieutenant G. E. Fuller. '14

First Lieutenant Guy Edward Fuller '14 died in the Dickinson Hospital in Northampton. Massachusetts, May 31, of shock following injuries received in an automobile accident in Leeds on Memorial Day. He was motoring with his fiancee, Miss Ethel Haddock of New York, when the machine skidded and plunged over a twenty-foot embankment into Mill River. Lieutenant Fuller was pinned beneath the machine, suffered a broken leg, and was rescued by the crew and passengers of a trolley car, being found up to his neck in water. Miss Haddock was also seriously injured.

Lieutenant Fuller, who was twenty-four years old, was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Fuller. Fie was graduated from the Springfield High School in 1910, from Dartmouth in 1914, and from Tuck School in 1915. For two years he was employed by the New York Telephone and Telegraph Company, resigning a year ago to take the war course at the Tuck School. Fie was commissioned in the Quartermaster Corps, and at the time of his death was stationed in Boston. Fie is survived by his parents and one brother.

Lieutenant Fuller's name is the twenty-second to be recorded on the Dartmouth Roll of Honor.

Frank P. McCreery '19

Lieutenant Frank Plant McCreery of Port Washington, L. I., was killed in an airplane accident in France on May 11. He was trained at the Wilbur Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio. At College he was a prominent member of his class and just before leaving was elected manager of the Musical Club. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon.

His brother said of him: "Frank's only complaint in his letters was his inability to arrange to get to the front. He enlisted in the aviation section of the Signal Corps a few days after war was dedared. He was made a sergeant. He trained at Mineola flying field. He was sent to Dayton, O., and stayed there four months. Then he was placed in commands of the Nineteenth Aero Squadron. which he took to Mineola. He sailed for France with his command on December 4. He was detailed to test aeroplanes and was so engaged when he was killed."

William E. Emery—Medical School 'l4

Lieutenant William Emery, M. R. C., died of meningitis, following an operation on his nose, June 11th, in the U. S. General Hospital No. 14, at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. He was at the time in the Officers Training Camp. He was a graduate of Dartmouth Medical School in 1914. His home was in Bangor, Me.