Deaths
(This is a listing of deaths of which word hasbeen received since the last issue. Full notices,which are usually written by the class secretaries,may appear in this issue or a later one.)
REUNION
CLASS OF 1910
By Jim Colgan
After a series of disappointments over which the original reunion committee had little or no control, somebody had the happy hunch of call- ing on Art Allen to whip things into shape.
One night a few weeks before Commence- ment, Art called on a few of the fellows in and about Boston, and they had a get-together at the Dartmouth Club. Here they laid the plans for our reunion. With Andy Scarlett in Hanover, looking out for that end of the business, and Art Allen with the help of Roy Gorton, Else Jenness, Jim Everett, Jim Col- gan, at al., things ran along smoothly and to a successful conclusion.
Fellows with wives, children, and impedimenta drifted into Hanover the latter part of the week until the number swelled to eighty-five (85) classmates, forty-five (45) wives and about a dozen children.
Friday evening, June 19, we started off with a bang. Dance at Robinson Hall, which was very effective in that it permitted the girls to become acquainted with the men and their wives.
Andy Scarlett had secured comfortable quarters for us at Hitchcock Hall with the overflow in old Crosby.
Beyond the fact that some of the boys were, in appearance at least, rapidly approaching the stage in life known as "fat and forty," still the general buoyancy exhibited belied age, and we don't mean maybe.
The uniform selected met with general approval, despite Babe Steward's refusal to appear in knickers. The fellows had a powder blue checked sweater, white knickers, buft stockings, and white duck hat with maroon numerals, not forgetting the maroon William Tell tie (you shoot the bow and hit the apple). The girls had maroon colored silk parasols and the children caps and mackinaws.
Saturday we were on our own until five o'clock, at which time we had the class picture taken on Dartmouth Hall steps—and a noble group too. At six o'clock we gathered in the cafeteria for our class banquet, while the girls attended the college show at Webster Hall. After the banquet Bill Gray spoke to us for the faculty, asking us to help the administration by withholding our criticism until we had a complete understanding of the job it was attempting as modern educators.
After Bill's speech the new class constitution as drawn up by "Easty" was adopted and new class officers elected. Oratory, music, and other things flowed freely throughout.
Came Sunday—as they say in the movies— when we drove to Lake Tarleton club to a pleasant afternoon of eats, dancing, golf, etc. Returned to Hanover to informal gatherings at Hitchcock, Crosby, and spots about the campus.
Monday morning we marched—only parade of which we were guilty—to the baseball game between Varsity and Alumni at Oval. From then on the gang broke up and left for home, although some of the fellows hit the mountain trail for a few days.
Special mention must be made of Wilkinson, who came from the Coast—the greatest distance traveled—to reunion, bringing greetings from the gang out there.
Those who came had a good time, particularly we think because of the renewal of associations, and too because we had not stuck too closely to a set program. The few times that the class was called together were opportune and gratifying, and still left enough free time for golf, tennis, and visiting about the College.
The new reunion committee is in New York under good live members, and it is the hope of the retiring committee that you all will help make their work a joy and success.
TUCK SCHOOL ALUMNI MEETINGS
Victor M. Cutter 'O3, Tuck School 'O4, pres- ident of the United Fruit Company, was guest of honor at the annual dinner of the New York Branch of the Tuck School Alumni As- sociation, at the Hotel McAlpine, on March 20. More than sixty graduates of the School were present. William J. Minsch '07, Tuck School 'OB, head of the firm of Minsch, Monell, and Company, Inc., investment bankers, was chairman of the committee on arrangements and presided at the dinner.
The speakers were Victor M. Cutter, Dr. Harlow S. Person, managing director of the Taylor Society, Frank H. Dixon, head of the department of economics, Princeton University, Hastings Lyon '0l, formerly a member of the Tuck School faculty, and Dean Gray of the Tuck School.
The present year marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the foundation of the School, and in the course of the speaking it was noted that the administrative succession for the quarter century was represented at the dinner by Professor Dixon, secretary of the Tuck School from 1900 to 1904, Dr. Person, director from 1904 to 1919, and Dean Gray, dean from 1919 to 1925.
The annual dinner of the Boston Branch of the Tuck School Alumni Association was held on the evening of April 3, at the Boston Chamber of Commerce. Allan L. Priddy '15, Tuck School '16, member of the firm of Ginn and Company, presided over the gathering of about fifty graduates of the School.
The program included an address by W. Irving Bullard, vice-president of the Merchants National Bank of Boston, on "The College Man in Business." Victor M. Cutter '03, Tuck School '04, president of the United Fruit Company, spoke on "Business in the Tropics," drawing on his own experience in the Caribbean countries and describing the conditions and prospects of Latin America. Dean Gray discussed problems of the business school in relation both to its students and to its graduates.
Albert E. Stevens '07, Tuck School '08, department manager of the Gilchrist Company, was elected chairman of the committee on arrangements for the dinner in 1926.
The Chicago Branch of the Tuck School Alumni Association was organized at a dinner arranged at the University Club, on the evening of May 9 by Warren D. Bruner '12, Tuck School '13, president of the Bruner and Simmons Company, Inc. Dean Gray was present to represent the faculty of the Tuck School.
Following the dinner, the evening was given over to an informal discussion of the relation of the School to its graduates and to plans for organizing the alumni of Chicago and vicinity. It was voted to hold another dinner in the fall of this year.
At the annual meeting held in Hanover on June 21, Richard Ward '01, Tuck '02, was elected president, and Thurmond Brown 'O6, Tuck '07, Seth A. Emerson '11, Tuck '12, and Granville B. Fuller '16, Tuck '17, were elected directors for this year.
NECROLOGY
CLASS OF 1867
Frederic Gregory Mather, who for some time has acted as secretary of this class, died August 30, 1925, at his home in Stamford, Conn., after a week's illness.
He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, August 11, 1844, the son of Samuel Holmes (Dartmouth 1832) and Emily Worthington (Gregory) Mather, and fitted for college at the Central High School of Cleveland. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi.
For the first three years after graduation he studied law, and then for some time was engaged in banking with his father in Cleveland. His abilities and inclination ran in other directions, however, and in 1873 he became assistant editor of the Daily Times at Binghamton, N. Y. In 1875 he became editor of the Daily Republican. January 1, 1878, these papers combined to form the Republican-Times, and he continued as editor for a year. In 1879-80 he was editorial writer on the AlbanyEvening Journal, and then until 1897 was Albany correspondent for various papers. During this period and to the end of his life he was constantly engaged in writing articles for periodicals on a wide range of topics. At first he specialized on Canadian topics, owing perhaps to the fact that in 1874-5 he had been a representative of the United States Bureau of Education, inspecting the schools and colleges of Quebec and Ontario. Later he wrote on historical subjects, legislation, outdoor life, and mechanics. One series of articles in St. Nicholas, "Playthings and Amusements of an Old- Fashioned Boy," attracted special attention. He wrote much for Appleton's Annual Cyclopedia and other cyclopedias. He edited "New York in the Revolution," and gathered a mass of original material relating to the War of 1812. His earlier mazagine articles were illustrated by himself.
He was the historian of the Sons of the Revolution in New York, and a member of many historical and genealogical societies, including the Society of Mayflower Descendants and the Society of Colonial Wars. He was formerly president of the Stamford Yacht Club, and was president of the Stamford Historical Society from 1911 to 1923.
Mr. Mather was twice married: October 10, 1871, to Cornelia Heyer Olcott of New York city, and November 11, 1880, to Alice Evelyn Yager. A daughter of the first marriage survives, Cornelia Helen, now Mrs. Evan S. Kellogg of Schenectady, N. Y.
CLASS OF 1871
George Washington Carr died at his home, 146 West 76th St., New York city, August 7, 1925, of diabetes, after an illness of three years.
He was born in Newport, R. 1., seventy-three years ago, and fitted for college at Newport High School. After a year at Dartmouth he transferred to Brown, where he graduated in 1871. While in Brown he played on his class nine and rowed on the varsity crew.
After graduation he studied law at Columbia, graduating as LL.B. in 1874. For the first twelve years of his practice in New York city he was associated with Miller, Peckham, and Dixon, and aided that firm in the prosecution of the Tweed ring. He then established his own office, and continued in practice.
After leaving college Mr. Carr continued his athletic interests, engaging chiefly in walking races, then much in vogue. In 1877 he was one of four founders of the Manhattan Athletic Club. He was at one time president of the National Association of Amateur Athletes of America, later represented his own club in the councils of the Amateur Athletic Union, and was president of the Metropolitan District of the Amateur Athletic Union.
He leaves a widow and one son, George J. Carr.
CLASS OF 1875
There was an error in the notice of Charles Orrin Foss in the Necrology in the August MAGAZINE. The wife who survives him is not the second wife, whose name was there given, but a third wife, who was formerly Mrs. Emma J. Holbrook of Penacook, N. H., to whom he was married in June, 1924.
CLASS OF 1876
Dr. George Herbert Bridgman died suddenly of angina pectoris at his home in Keene, N. H., July 10, 1925.
He was born in Keene, January 16, 1853, the son of Charles and Sarah Elizabeth (Hartwell) Btidgman. The first year of his college preparation was obtained at Kimball Union Academy and the last two at Phillips Exeter. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi.
For the first two years after graduation he studied medicine with Dr. George B. Twitchell of Keene, attending lectures at Dartmouth Medical College. In 1878 he entered Harvard Medical School, obtaining his medical degree at the close of his hospital service at Boston City Hospital, which extended from January, 1880, to July; 1881. He then began practice in Keene as colleague of Dr. Twitchell. In October, 1887, he removed to Elizabeth, N. J., and became the partner of Dr. J. S. Crane.
In the fall of 1897 he was moved by considerations of health to accept an appointment as United States minister to Bolivia, to which position he was nominated by President McKinley and confirmed by the Senate. His service there was one of great usefulness. During the revolution of 1899 he was able to give substantial aid to both American and British interests, and by direct request of the British government he was permitted to accept an appointment as special charge d'affaires from that government. While in Bolivia he asked leave to attempt the negotiation of three important links between the United States and Bolivia, namely a postal money order convention, a parcel post convention, and an extradition treaty. This task was successfully performed, and the three treaties came in force in 1901. In the summer of 1902 he resigned his post on account of the health of his family, and was appointed by President Roosevelt consul at Kingston, Jamaica, where the climate was more favorable. There also he rendered efficient and valuable service. January 1, 1907, he resigned, joined his family, who were then in Europe, and continued in European residence and travel until December, 1909. Upon his return he lived in and about Boston for a number of years, making his home a large part of this time at Newton Center. In November, 1923, he returned to Keene to take up his residence with his sister in the old homestead where he was born.
July 12, 1884, Dr. Bridgman was married to Alice R. Johnson of Bradford, Mass., who died in September, 1918. They had three children. The daughter, Alice Gertrude, survives them. One son, George Herbert, Jr., died in infancy, and another, John Hartwell, at the age of thirteen years.
His class secretary pays the following tribute : "That Bridgman possessed power of initiation and accomplishment the record of his life abundantly shows; but woven through the salient facts was an element of romance touched here and there with affliction and sorrow which gives to his career unusual interest.
"At the end of his life were ten years of partial rest, and during the last two years and more of this period came the burden of invalidism; but the decline of his physical powers did not quench his ardor or subdue his hope. He lived in the expectation of seeing the '50th' at Hanover, not altogether as a final event, rather with a strong wish to meet classmates in a mood of still greater warmth of friendship and sympathy than the previous years had known, with an enlarged conception of personal relations which had increasingly come to him and which without doubt made his last few years in important ways his best years.
"All through his life he had cultivated friendship, the natural flowering out of a rich emotional nature; and intimacies with those who could enjoy the deeper phases of friendliness were precious to him. The sum of those qualities which go to the making of personality in its more engaging manifestations, in things worth while, was cumulative with him to the very end."
CLASS OF 1878
Homer Bishop Hubbell died in July, 1924, at Beaver Dam, Wis., after a period of failing health.
Mr. Hubbell was born in Fairfax, Vt., June 19, 1857, son of Charles A. and Jane E. (Bishop) Hubbell. He began preparation for college at New Hampton Institute, completing it at Barre Academy. He was a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity.
His graduation statement indicated law as his chosen profession, but like many others in those days he entered immediately upon teaching as a stepping stone, serving as teacher and principal in several towns and cities in Illinois and studying law meantime. He served four years as deputy clerk of the Circuit Court and recorder of deeds at Princeton, Bureau Cos., I11. Graduating in 1886 from Union College of law in Chicago, after a brief period of foreign travel he entered upon the practice of law in that city, but in 1889 accepted a call to become principal of the high school of Beaver Dam. This position he continued to occupy for eighteen years. In 1900 he was the Democratic nominee for state superintendent of public instruction, but as that was a year of Republican tidal wave he was defeated.
Mr. Hubbell was past high priest of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Wisconsin. He was a communicant of the Episcopal church.
In 1893 he was married to Miss Eudua C. Flanders, a kindergarten teacher of Beaver Dam, died in 1906. They had two daughters, Celia, who died at the age of nine, and Helen, now the wife of a Mr. Brackett of Joliet, 111. His mother also survives him.
Professor Jasper Warren Freley, formerly of Wells College, died at his home in Auburn, N. Y., January 21, 1925. He had been in failing health for several years, having retired in 1908 upon the Carnegie Foundation.
Mr. Freley was born July 28, 1847, and was well started in life before coming to what was then called the Chandler Scientific Department of the College. Upon graduation he entered at once upon what proved to be a consistent and increasingly successful career as a teacher of science, beginning at Wilmington Conference Seminary at Dover, Del., transferring in 1880 to Dickinson Seminary at Williamsport, Pa., and in 1888 to Wells College, Aurora, N. Y., where he served continuously until 1908.
Here he occupied the chair of natural science at first, then that of physics and geology, and finally that of physics, serving also as acting president from 1900 to 1904. As a result of overwork, due perhaps to the combined duties, he suffered a nervous breakdown in 1906, and in 1908 retired, making his home in Auburn thereafter.
Mr. Freley was married in 1872 to Miss Frances A. Slack of Springfield, Vt., who survives him, as does their only daughter, Elizabeth M., a graduate of Wells, now the wife of Rev. Irving W. Ketchum, pastor of one of the churches of Washington, D. C.
Since 1911 Mrs. Freley has been totally blind, and her husband has devoted himself assiduously to her. Mrs. Ketchum says, "He had been a great sufferer from neuritis in its many forms as well as from a serious heart trouble, and only his indomitable courage and his great longing to live longer than my mother kept him so long in life. His devotion to my mother in her affliction has been a very wonderful and beautiful thing."
Mr. Freley had had almost no contact with classmates since graduation, but he was always a loyal Dartmouth man. He was a joy to the class secretary, for he always responded, even at times when he was evidently depressed, and always with the human touch that reveals the real life.
In regretting his inability to be present at reunion he usually expressed hope for the next time, but in replying to the summons to the 45th he wrote, "No. I greatly regret not to be at the, probably, last reunion that I shall ever have a chance to attend. Give my sincere good wishes to the 'boys.' The years of '78 at Hanover yield to me many pleasant and precious memories. I get out the class photo once in a while, look at the faces and try to imagine what life has done for each. As for me, this having to give up active life is the toughest thing yet. Somehow I cannot feel content with what I have done. I wonder how the others feel, or will feel."
Certainly, not many men have more upon which really to congratulate themselves when they come to lay down their work. At an earlier time he was able to say, "I am in love with my work, and I have met with much greater success in it than I had dared to expect."
His was a type of success that reflects honor upon himself and upon both the colleges that were dear to him. His only grandson looks forward- to entering his grandfather's Alma Mater.
Tracy Ellis Sanborn died at Eugene, Oregon, June IS, 1925. Mr. Sanborn was born in West Unity, N. H., June 16, 1853, on a farm where his father also was born and spent his life. He prepared for college at New London Academy. He continued in college only through sophomore year, and then began the study of law, graduating from Boston University Law School in 1878, and entering upon the practice of his profession at Marinette, Wis., in partnership with another lawyer under the firm name'of Holgate and Sanborn, but soon moved to Goodwin, S. D., and after a few years to Clear Lake, S. D. There he engaged in law, real estate, and loans, accumulating a comfortable property, serving terms as state (or territory) senator, county attorney, and for sixteen years as county judge of Deuel County.
About 1913, he removed his residence to Eugene, Oregon, retaining, however, his interests in South Dakota, and returning at intervals to Clear Lake to look after them, but spending his years, as he said, "in quiet and comfort."
Mr. Sanborn was married in 1881 to Miss Ida E. Quimby, of Lewiston, Me., who survives him with three daughters. The death in 1910 of their only son, who had recently graduated from the University of South Dakota, was a sad blow to his father. The two older daughters both took their M.A. at the same University. The youngest was still in school when the family moved to Oregon, and the fact that Eugene was an university town was one of the deciding points in its choice as a place of residence.
CLASS OF 1879
George Washington Putnam died at his home in Amherst, N. H., July 24, 1925, after an illness resulting from an attack of grippe in April.
He was born in Amherst, August 19, 1856, the son of John W. and Hannah (Mcllvaine) Twiss. His mother died when he was two weeks old, and he was adopted by his uncle and aunt, Mark and Mary W. Putnam, taking their family name. His college preparation was obtained at McCollom Institute, Mont Vernon, N. H. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi and historian at Class Day.
In the spring of 1880 he became assistant at McCollom Institute, and was there until March, 1881, when he became principal of the high school at Amherst. A year later the death of his foster father made it necessary to give up teaching and settle the estate. He then studied law for a short time, and in April, 1883, entered the employ of C. I. Hood Company of Lowell, Mass., manufacturers of proprietary medicines, with whom he remained until the summer of 1922, being for a long time advertising manager. Upon his retirement from business he returned to Amherst. His townsmen elected him to represent them in the legislature of the present year, and he served there upon important committees.
Mr. Putnam long served in the Massachusetts State Guard, and was a member of the Masonic order, the Knights of Pythias, and the Sons of the American Revolution. He was an attendant upon the Congregational church. He wrote much, and occasionally lectured, mostly on patriotic subjects.
August 2, 1881, he was married to Celia Maria, daughter of Nelson E. and Fidelia Woodbury (Whipple) Shedd, who survives him. They had no children.
A classmate who has known him well in recent years writes of him: "Of him it can truly be said that the boy was father to the man. For I could see the same qualities in the man that were characteristic of the youth. His quiet, unassuming nature and capable qualities made him many friends, and he had no enemies."
CLASS OF 1889
Nathan Kendall died at his home in Tucson, Arizona, July 3, 1925, of heart disease, after a few weeks' illness.
He was born at Fort Macon, N. C., April 8, 1867, the son of Frederic A. and Virginia (Hutchinson) Kendall. He prepared for college at the Central High School, Cleveland, Ohio. His freshman and sophomore years were spent at Adelbert College, Cleveland. He entered the junior class at Dartmouth in September, 1887.
After graduation he returned to his home and became connected with the Cleveland agency of the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company. In the summer of 1908 he was compelled by ill health to go to Arizona. Tuberculosis had developed, and it was five years before he could begin any work. While he made a fairly good recovery, he was never able to do full work again, and he continued to live in Arizona. He was much interested in farming and livestock, less in mining, was vice-president of a national bank for a time, prominent in the management of civic and philanthropic affairs. He was also active in golf and other outdoor recreations. He attended the Thirtieth Reunion in 1919.
On January IS, 1904, Kendall married Miss Nellita M. Martin of Milwaukee, who survives him.
CLASS OF 1890
Richard Dana Upham died at his home in New York city September 29, 1924, his death not having been known to his classmates until recently.
The son of Dr. Jabez Baxter (Dartmouth 1842) and Catherine Choate (Bell) Upham, he was born in Manchester, Mass., August 18, 1866, and prepared for college at St. Mark's School. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi. At the end of junior year he left Dartmouth, and took his senior year at Harvard, graduating there in 1890. He was a member of the Harvard varsity crew, and rowed in the Harvard-Yale race of 1890.
After graduation he went to Baltimore to learn the asphalt business. In December, 1890, he went to the city of Mexico as superintendent for the International Paving Company. After some five months he returned to Baltimore as general superintendent of the company. In March, 1894, he became a superintendent with the Barber Asphalt Paving Company, and remained with that company until the following September, when he went to Trinidad, West Indies, as general manager of the Trinidad Asphalt Company. In July, 1895, he returned to New York, and became general sales agent for this company.
In 1896 he opened an office as consulting engineer, specializing, among other things, in waterproofing problems. Under his supervision the Queen Lane and Roxborough Reservoir in Philadelphia was successfully repaired. He was also consulted on and directed the waterproofing of the Rapid Transit tunnel in New York. In 1912 he was one of the organizers of the Interocean Oil Company, becoming vicepresident and general manager, a position he held until his death.
August 22, 1895, Mr. Upham was married to Elizabeth Upham Rice of New York city, who survives him, with a son and a daughter.
He was a man of high ideals and absolute integrity, a loyal friend, and devoted to his family. He was a member of the University, Harvard, and Lawyers' Clubs and the New York and Seawanhaka Yacht Clubs. His favorite sport was sailing his schooner yacht Sea Fox, which he always commanded himself. He was also an associate member of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
CLASS OF 1901
LeArthur Adams Rix, a member of this class freshman year, died of heart trouble at his home, 222 Brown St., Waltham, Mass., July 3, 1925.
Born in Warren, N. H., August 17, 1878, Rix was the son of Dr. and Mrs. James M. Rix. He graduated from Simmons Free High School and entered Dartmouth in the fall of 1897 with the class of 1901. For many years he was manager of the E. E. Gray Company store in Waltham, and for the past number of years had been serving in the capacity of district manager for the same company. The end came suddenly, and was a shock to his many friends for he had apparently been in his usual good health.
Services were held at his late home, being conducted by the officers of Governor Gore Lodge of Odd Fellows, and these services were largely attended by officials and managers of the E. E. Gray Company. The remains were taken to Sutton, N. H., where at 3 P.M. commitment was made in Sutton Cemetery. He is survived by his widow, Angie (Leedham) Rix.
(The Secretary has not had the pleasure of meeting with Rix, in late years, but his letters have always shown a deep interest in the class and the college. He was always prompt in his replies to all class notices.)
CLASS OF 1903
Aldis Willard Lovell died May 20, 1925, at the Waterbury (Conn.) Hospital, of septic poisoning, after an illness of three months.
The younger son of Henry A. and Georgianna (Fellows) Lovell, he was born in Alstead, N. H., September 30, 1879, and prepared for college at Bellows Falls High School and Vermont Academy, Saxton's River.
The first year after graduation he spent at Harvard Law School. His study was interrupted by ill health, but after a time he continued it at Boston University, where he received the degrees of LL.B. and LL.M. in 1907. He began practice at once at Waterbury, where he continued until his final illness, save for one year, when he did graduate work at Yale and received the degree of Master of Arts. In 1909-11 he was clerk of the Probate Court for the District of Waterbury.
He was an active member of the Second Congregational church, and was at one time president of the Men's League of the church and at another time of the Men's Sunday Noon Club. He was a member of Harmony Lodge of Masons; member of the Order of Founders and Patriots of America and in 1915-17 attorney general of that order; of the Sons of the American Revolution; and of the Waterbury Golf Club. A loyal Dartmouth man, he was actively connected with the Dartmouth Club of Waterbury. Durjng the World War he took an active part in all the Red Cross and Liberty Bond campaigns, was a member of the company of Home Guards, and one of the original members of the Four Minute Men's organization, giving much of his time and strength to speaking in near-by towns, at outdoor rallies and in local theaters.
A local paper pays this tribute: "His strong Christian character, his quiet, rather retiring, but kindly nature, with a rugged honesty of purpose that could not be turned from his ideals, made for him many friends, and he was appreciated most by those who knew him best."
Lovell never married. His mother, who had kept house for him in Waterbury, survives him, and also his brother, Robert W. Lovell of Waterbury.
CLASS OF 1905
Fred Eugene Harwood died on September 8, 192S, as a result of an operation for tumor of the brain. He was born at Athol Centes, Mass., November 30, 1884; he was therefore under twenty-one years of age at graduation, and one of the youngest members of the class.
After graduation Harwood went to Chicago and was connected with the Western Gately Stores, of which he became general manager about 1914. The company had three stores in Chicago and stores in more than twenty-five other cities in the Middle and Northwestern states. He was with the company over seventeen years. In 1923 he organized the Johnson and Harwood Company to sell women's clothing at retail on the "cash and carry" basis, with its store at 37 South Wabash Ave., Chicago. Fred was president of the company, and, as he stated in one of his letters, their motto was "style without extravagance."
He was married on January 1, 1907, to Miss Alice N. Luce of Orange, Mass. The family home was at Wilmette, 111. His wife and two children survive, Betty, nearly eighteen years old, and Stephen, fifteen.
A Tribute
I first met Fred Harwood in September, 1901—when as freshmen we were being matriculated at Dartmouth College. We stood together one golden autumn day under the beautiful elms shading the little white building which housed the administration offises—awaiting our turn to be ushered into the sanctum of President Tucker. In those not-so-longago days (perhaps the custom still prevails), freshmen were welcomed to the bosom of their new mother—Dartmouth College—by its president. Harwood was a splendid looking, upstanding youngster with rosy cheeks and large brown eyes—he just bubbled over with good health and vigor. That was twenty-five years ago—l can close my eyes and conjure up the picture as though it were but yesterday.
The last time I saw Fred was in the early spring of this year; he was in the full vigor of manhood, and was little changed, to out- ward appearances, as many of my acquaintance—heavier perhaps, becomingly maturedbut still strong, vigorous, and full of his early enthusiasm.
Harwood was a splendid student and a keen thinker. He would have been an outstanding figure in any business or profession. He was a success in his chosen business. His love for the College and interest in its affairs never waned. He was in constant touch with his classmates, and manifested a keen enjoyment in all Dartmouth undergraduate and alumni activities.
His loving family and devoted friends, Dartmouth College, the class of 190S and the Alumni Association of Chicago have suffered an irreparable loss in the passing of Fred Eugene Harwood.
"There are waters blown by changing winds to laughter and lit by the rich skies, all day. I wonder if Fred Harwood had these lovely lines in mind, when he expressed the wish that his remains be cremated and the ashes scattered upon the waters of the Connecticut at Hanover. Perhaps he believed that where his ashes were, there would his spirit hover forever .and forever. Greater love for his Alma Mater hath no man.
His wishes have been fulfilled; and when you cross the Connecticut again, journeying toward the college on the hill, look out over the threading stream and you will see "waters blown by changing winds to laughter and lit by the rich skies,"—and you will pause in your journey remembering the wish fulfilled of our old friend, our dear friend, Fred Eugene Harwood.
WM. D. BLATNER.
CLASS OF 1909
Frederick Haubrich Morawski was born in Claremont, N. H., April 13, 1887. His father, Ivan Morawski, was a native of Holland, but came to this country when a small boy, and has lived here ever since. His mother's maiden name was Kate E. Haubrich, and Claremont was her birthplace. The family has lived in Boston thirty-eight years, and Frederick's early schooling was obtained in the Boston public schools. He was graduated from Dorchester High, Dorchester, in 1904, entering Dartmouth with the class of 1909.
After graduating in 1909, he went to Grand Rapids, Mich., where he started to learn the furniture business. This line of work, however, did not suit him, and he entered the employ of the McElwain Shoe Company in Boston. His advancement here, while at first tardy, eventually developed rapidly, and after a few years of preliminary training he was sent to South America as a representative of the company to buy hides. While there, the war broke out, and he came home to offer his services. He was commissioned a lieutenant in the Chemical Warfare Service, and sent to Central America and later to the Philippines. The war ended while he was still there, and he came home and received his discharge. He then returned to the Argentine in the interests of the McElwain Company, where he remained until the International Shoe Company absorbed the McElwain Company. He then transferred his connections to Sands and Leckie, Boston hide brokers, and was with them a year, when he became affiliated with Armand Schmoll, a New York leather house, and was sent by them to the Argentine as their buyer with the Argentine Hide Company. While in the Argentine, he made his headquarters in Buenos Aires, where he met and married Miss Gladys Pryce, a native of the Argentine of English parentage, who, with two young sons, John and Frederick Peter, survives him.
His illness was of short duration, and his demise extremely sudden and unexpected. He contracted a severe cold, which rapidly developed into septic grippe with ear complications. His death occurred in a hospital in Buenos Aires August 7, 1925.
In college he was prominent in dramatics. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity and Sphinx senior society. He was a Mason, being a member of the Macedonian Lodge of Milton.
CLASS OF 1911
Joseph A. Magrane died on the morning of August 4, 1925, following an accident sustained the night before. Joe was cleaning a revolver preparatory to going on a hunting trip wkn in some unknown manner it was discharged. His father-in-law, who was near, rendered first aid, but in spite of all that could be done by the doctors, Joe was too badly injured to live more than a few hours. The accident came as a great shock to the community of which Joe had become a highly respected and useful member.
Joe was born in Lynn, April 19, 1889, the son of Patrick B. and the late Mary Magrane. He was educated in the Lynn public schools and Phillips Exeter Academy where he graduated with the class of 1907, from which he entered Dartmouth. While in college Joe was very popular and was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity. After leaving college he went into his father's business, where he advanced rapidly to general manager, vice-president, and treasurer of the Magrane store in Lynn, which positions he held at the time of his death.
His wife and daughter, Eleanor, age twelve, have the sympathy of the class in their bereavement. The following account of the tribute paid to Joe at the funeral services is quoted for the interest of his classmates:
"Business and professional men of the city as well as hundreds of men and women in the ordinary walks of life paid their final respects to Joseph A. Magrane, vicepresident of the P. B. Magrane store, who died of an accidental shooting Tuesday morning, at funeral services held this forenoon at 9 o'clock in St. Joseph's church.
"The church was thronged with relatives and friends of the deceased, practically the entire center aisle of the edifice being filled by employes of" the Magrane store on Market street. The store was closed for the day to allow the workers to attend services and pay tribute to their late employer. As the casket was borne down the aisle, there was hardly a dry eye among the clerks and office staff who had come to love the deceased as an employer and friend. Requiem high mass was celebrated by Rev. Michael F. Madden. Terry's Requiem was sung by the St. Cecilia quartet of Boston. The casket was banked with floral tributes from relatives, friends, and business concerns of Lynn, Boston, and many parts of New England. Among the floral pieces were those from the retail bureau of the Lynn Chamber of Commerce, Dartmouth class of 1911, J. B. Blood Company, Burrows & Sanborn, T. W. Rogers, Goddard Brothers, Cluett- Peabody Collar Company, Brown-Durrell Company of Boston, a blanket of roses from members of the family, a spray of roses from Mrs. Joseph Magrane and Eleanor Magrane, and a large floral piece from employes of the P. B. Magrane store."
CLASS OF 1922
Crispell Basten Sturdevant, whose death took place in May, attended Dartmouth for two years, 1918-20. He fell a victim to scarlet fever contracted in New York while in the, employ of the International Banking Corporation.
The deceased member of the class was born in Danbury, Conn., July 21, 1901, son of Elijah and Linda (Taylor) Sturdevant. He prepared at Danbury High School, where he attained honor grades. During his two years at Dartmouth his progress was marked, and at the time he left in 1920 he had the intention of resuming his studies for a profession.
For four years he worked for the electric company of his home city, and in 1924 took employment with the New York Banking house. He was a member of Battery D, 192d Field Artillery.
Mr. Sturdevant, father of our classmate, wrote to the class secretary his appreciation of his son's benefit from college contacts, and the condolences of the class have been extended to the family, parents, three brothers, Charles, George, and Harry, and three sisters, Dorothy, Doris, and Jean.
CLASS OF 1925
William Robinson Littlefield of Norwood, Mass., died at the hospital in Rutland, Vt., on Tuesday, September 15, after a long illness which had forced him to leave college at the end of his junior year. The funeral was held in Worcester, Mass., the following Thursday.
Little field was born in New York city July 11, 1903. He prepared for Dartmouth at Norwood High. While in college he won his numerals as a catcher on his freshman baseball team, and was for two years a member of the . varsity squad. He was a member of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity.
MEDICAL SCHOOL
CLASS OF 187S
The death of Dr. Samuel Middleton Garlick, who died from arterio-sclerosis at his home in Bridgeport, Conn., April 12, 1924, has not been previously reported. For some time he had been physically disabled, but had retained full possession of his mental faculties.
The son of John and Hannah (Beard) Garlick, he was born at Charlesworth, Derbyshire, England, May 13, 1845. He embarked for America with his parents in childhood, but his mother died on the voyage and his father soon after reaching this country. Until the age of eighteen he lived with an aunt at Salem, N. H., where he obtained his elementary education. He then studied at Westfield (Mass.) Normal School, and after graduating there taught successively at Salem, Kingston, N. Y., and New Canaan and Fairfield, Conn.
He attended medical lectures at Dartmouth in 1873 and 1874, and received his diploma in November, 1874. From 1871 through his student days until 1876 he was assistant physician in the insane hospital at Northampton, Mass. He then took further study at Harvard, and received the degree of M.D. there in 1877. For a year he practiced at Shrewsbury, Mass., and then in 1878 removed to Fairfield, Conn. In 1886 he removed to Bridgeport, where his practice was among the largest in the city, and his advice was sought far and wide. For twenty years he was gynecologist at Bridgeport Hospital and was long a member of the consulting staff of surgeons. For fifteen years he was medical examiner of the city. He had been president of the Bridgeport, Fairfield County, and Connecticut Medical Associations. He was a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the American Medical Association and the New York Academy of Medicine. For fifteen years he was a member of the state board of examiners.
He was senior deacon of the United Congregational church of Bridgeport, a Mason, a member of the University Club and the Seaside Club, and president of the board of trustees of the Gould Homestead of Fairfield, a recreation home for working girls.
December 6, 1877, Dr. Garlick was married to Harriet Trubee Knapp of Fairfield, who survived him, but died December 23, 1924. They leave a daughter, Caroline Trubee Garlick, who is a teacher, and three sons, E. Earle Garlick, lawyer and assistant state's attorney, Dr. George B. Garlick (both of Bridgeport), and Herbert M. Garlick of Madison, Wis.
CLASS OF 1893
Dr. Edwin A. Brownlee died suddenly of heart disease at his home in Struthers, Ohio, April 25, 1925.
He was born on a farm near Youngstown, Ohio, September 18, 1858, his parents being James A. and Rebecca (Gilchrist) Brownlee. He attended Poland (Ohio) Seminary for three years, after which he taught at Struthers and Youngstown for five years. He was then appointed to a clerkship in the Interior Department at Washington, and while there began the study of medicine at Georgetown University. Resigning his position, he took a course of lectures at Dartmouth in 1892, and obtained his medical degree in November of that year. After some months' further study in New York, he began practice in Struthers in 1893, and continued successfully until his death. The local paper says of him: "He was one of the most loved and highly respected citizens of Struthers, known as a staunch friend to the poor and needy, kind, sympathetic, and always ready and willing to serve in the name of humanity."
September 16, 1896, Dr. Brownlee was married to Luella, daughter of William Smith and Phebe May (Cowden) Geddes of New Bedford, Pa., who survives him. They had no children.
