RESOLUTION ON SERVICES OF PROFESSORS HITCHCOCK AND HAZEN

The Dartmouth College faculty has passed resolutions regretting the deaths and commenting on the lives and services of Professor John Vose Hazen and Professor Charles Henry Hitchcock, both of whom passed away during the first semester. Professor Hazen died at his home in Hanover. Professor Hitchcock's death occurred in Hawaii, where he had lived for many years.

The faculty resolution on the death of Professor Hitchcock was as follows:

"Resolved: That in the death of Charles Henry Hitchcock the faculty of Dartmouth College recognizes the loss of a distinguished scholar and an associate of long and faithful service to the college.

"Professor Hitchcock was professor of geology and mineralogy in Dartmouth College from 1868 to 1908, and professor-emeritus from that time until his death in Honolulu, November 5, 1919. During that period he was also state geologist of New Hampshire from 1868 to 1878; lecturer in geology for Mount Holyoke College for part of each year from 1870 to 1896, and taught geology and zoology at Williams College and in the Virginia School of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts in 1880 and 1881. He received the honorary degree of Ph.D. from Lafayette College in 1870 and that of LL.D. from Amherst College in 1896.

"The son of a distinguished geologist and college president, and of a mother notable for scholarly attainments, he enjoyed exceptional educational advantages at home, and at school received the best preparatory education provided at that time. He studied for the ministry three years at Yale and at the Andover Theological Seminary and just before coming to Dartmouth spent a year of professional study in the Royal School of Mines, London.

"Professor Hitchcock was one of the pioneer geologists of America. His field work was largely in New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine, but it extended at times into western and southern states, into Canada and to the Hawaiian Islands. He was chiefly interested in the glacial geology of the Champlain valley, and in the White Mountains, in fossil footprints and in volcanoes. He wrote voluminously on these subjects, and, in a less exhaustive way, on many others, and he was an indefatigable collector, his collections forming an enduring monument to his memory in the college museum, of which he was curator during his active term of service. He was one of the founders of the Geological Society of America, of the Appalachian Mountain Club, and of the International Congress of Geologists; and in 1870-71 established the first meteorological station on the summit of Mount Washington. ,

"For 40 years Professor Hitchcock was one of the outstanding personalities of the old and new Dartmouth. His scholarship was a notable asset to the college; his steadfast Christian character and ever ready services, an asset to the community. His enthusiasm and knowledge of his subject commanded the affectionate allegiance of those who already felt the call to devotion similar to his own; his kindly nature and gentle discipline drew to his classrooms, in lighter vein, many generations of Dartmouth men who caught there something of his spirit of sincerity and love of truth, and who gained an interest in geology that could not have been otherwise vouchsafed to them."

The resolution on the death of Professor Hazen was passed as follows:

"For fifty one years Professor John Vose Hazen served continuously, first the Chandler School and later the Thayer School and the college in the various capacities of tutor, instructor, associate professor and professor in the different fields of graphics, theoretical and applied mechanics and civil engineering. On July 30, 1919 failing health compelled him to resign the Woodman professorship of Civil Engineering and Graphics which he had held since 1893. Professor Hazen died at his home in Hanover on October 2, 1919, in his sixty-ninth year.

"In a quiet, unassuming manner he served the college, the church, and the community. He was a man of strong convictions which were based upon independent judgment, and frankly but always modestly stated to those entitled to know them. He sought the good of others rather than personal gain. He was a tireless worker of great patience and carried more than his share of heavy schedules as a teacher. He was devoted to the welfare of his students and took a great personal pride in their professional careers. No one more gladly welcomed them on their later return to Hanover than did he.

"In the face of rapidly failing health and strength, he continued in active service of the college until the date of his resignation. As a public spirited citizen his untiring devotion to duty is shown by his service for eighteen years as a member of the board of education for district No 1 and for 10 years as a member of the board of commissioners for the precinct of Hanover, to which latter office he generously gave from his expert knowledge as an engineer for results which time has shown to be of great permanent value.

"He was an associate member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and a member of the society for the Promotion of Engineering Education.

"In recording the termination of this useful life of devoted service to others, the faculty of Dartmouth College desires to express its appreciation of his service, his fidelity to duty and to the ideals for which he stood."