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.)

NECROLOGY

CLASS OF 1887

Frank William Ferguson died October 4, 1926, at his home on Commonwealth Ave., Boston. He had never fully recovered from an attack of pneumonia earlier in the year.

The son of Stephen and Martha M. (Marden) Ferguson, he was born in Portsmouth, N. H., November 3, 1861. He entered the Chandler Scientific Department in the fall of 1883, but left in the following March. He was again with the class for a time in sophomore spring, but did not remain long. He was a member of the Vitruvian fraternity (now Beta Theta Pi).

His whole active life has been passed as an architect, and he stood very high in his profession. In 1887 he entered the office of H. Langford Warren of Boston, where he remained until January 1, 1891. He was then with Cram, Wentworth, and Goodhue to January 1, 1898, and from the last date a member of the firm of Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson, which later became Cram and Ferguson.

Among the buildings of importance with which his firm was associated are those of the United States Military Academy at West Point; Rice Institute, Houston, Tex.; Richmond College, Va.; Princeton University ; Wheaton College, Norton, Mass.; Sweetbrier College, Va..; Phillips Exeter Academy; Williams College; St. Mary's College, Peekskill, N. Y., cathedrals at Halifax and Toronto; cathedral of St. John the"Divine, New York; cathedral in Baltimore.

He was a fellow of the American Institute of Architects and a member of the Boston Society of Architects.

October 27, 1890, Mr. Ferguson was married to Elizabeth Clark Gardner of Portsmouth N. H., who died in 189 S. Their son is Donald Gardner Ferguson, for a time a member of the class of 1916.

CLASS OF 1890

Arthur Horton Locke died at his home in Portsmouth, N. H., November 7, 1926. He was stricken during the night with what was believed to be acute indigestion. After receiving medical aid he rallied, but on the following afternoon was again taken ill and failed to rally, dying at three o'clock.

He was born in Portsmouth, April 3, 1866, the son of Oliver Horton and Eliza Jane (Brackett) Locke, and prepared for college in the local schools.

About the first of January, 1891, he entered the government service as a draftsman in the construction department of the navy, and was at first stationed at Philadelphia, whence he was later transferred to Washington. In 1903 he signed from the service to become treasurer and manager of the York Harbor Brick Company at York, Me. In 1910 he returned to the government service as a draftsman at the Portsmouth navy yard, and at the time of his death was employed in the submarine drawing room.

He was a Republican in politics, and had been an alderman of Portsmouth, and later councilman at large. He had also served on the school board.

He was a Mason, and a member of chapter and commandery. At the time of his death he was a warden of St. John's Episcopal church. He was a past president of the Locke Family Association, and last August was elected a vice-president and historian of the association for the coming year.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mabel S. Locke, and also by his mother and a brother.

CLASS OF 1891

Irving Adelbert Hazen died October 19, 1926, at his home at Richmond Hill, in the Borough of Queens, New York city, succumbing to a malady which had persisted since 1923.

He was born in Hartford, Vt., August 23, 1868. He attended Kimball Union Academy at Meriden, N. H., and graduated from Dartmouth in 1891 with the degree of A.B. He was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He received the degree of A.M. in 1894, the last year in which the degree was conferred "in course."

He taught at Kimball Union Academy for the first two years after graduation, and then in Lincoln, Neb. In February, 1896, he entered the service of the New York schools, first beingassigned to the Manual Training High School, Brooklyn. In 1902 he was made teacher in charge at the Bay Ridge Annex, and was later at the Prospect Annex, where he served four years as vice-principal. In 1912 he was appointed principal of Public School No. 25, Brooklyn, and Februray 1, 1916, he became the first principal of the New Utrecht High School. In October, 1917, he was transferred to the principalship of the Richmond Hill High School. Here Mr. Hazen performed notable work, as, owing to tremendous increase in growth of school attendance without a proper increase in facilities, the task required executive ability of the highest order.

For several years his health had been poor. At the beginning of the present school year he was granted a sabbatical leave of absence, and went to New Hampshire for rest. His condition grew steadily worse, and shortly afterward he returned to his Richmond Hill home.

Funeral services were at Union Congregational church, Richmond Hill, in charge of the pastor, Rev. Edward Wv Cross. Edward Lord, '9l, who attended the services, wrote the secretary of the class as follows : "I am sure that every member of our class would have felt as I did at the conclusion of the service—glad that I was fortunate enough to be present, impressed with the wonderful esteem and love in which Irving was held by all who knew him, and reminded throughout the service that he had lived a very noble and useful life. The minister made plain the great human qualities of our classmate, his high honor, and his sympathetic helpfulness to all who knew him. He was a very good man, and contributed more than his share to the world."

Interment was at Orford, N. H.

The following poem is taken from the school paper of the Richmond Hill High School:

FOR MEMORY

To Irving A. Hazen—October 19, 1926 Gleaming, beneath the lowering clouds, Are flung the wide gates of departing day, passing in glory.

So, after years of burdens, bravely borne, Departs, in light, his spirit to its home. Too soon, too soon, for those who must remain 1 o bear without him the continuing task; Soon, all too soon, for those, his comrades, Who would give their life-blood to maintain His heart's strong beat. Too soon, with manhood's prime but scarcely reached; Too soon, for the maturing purpose of his life To find its full expression in the deed.

Too soon,—ah, bitter was the thought to him,Patient and trusting though his spirit was, To yield the work he loved to other hands. Too soon,—yet not too soon to leave Upon a multitude of youthful hearts The lasting impress of a noble life,Enduring tribute of his influence, In staunch devotion to his chosen work; Mighty memorials of molded minds, Shaped by his generous judgment, Tested and tried, by his high sense of honor; Nurtured by human brotherhood and love. More lasting these than marble monuments; More precious than a heritage of gold. So, into the light, his spirit rises, triumphant Over Time's distress and loss, too soon, yet not too soon for memory.

On September 9, 1896, Mr. Hazen was married at Orford, N. H., to Mary Carr, who passed away June 4, 1921. They had two children, Adelbert Carr Hazen, for some time a member of the class of 1919, and Eleanor Hazen, who survive their parents. His aged mother also survives him, and three brothers, Raymond D. (Dartmouth 1896), Albert (1907), and Dr. Harry, also two sisters.

CLASS OF 1913

John Azro Prouty died October 5, 1926, at his home in Newport, Vt., after an illness of three months. He had had typhoid fever, which had baffled local physicians and speciali sts from Montreal, Burlington, and Philadelphia.

John was born in Newport on April 11, 1889, son of the late Hon. Charles Azro (Dartmouth 1875) and Abbie (Davis) Prouty. After preparing for Dartmouth in the Newport schools, he entered with the class of 1913. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and Sphinx. On April 18, 1913, just before Commencement, he was married to Miss Kitty Foster in New York.

After graduating he settled in Newport and entered business with his father, who founded the Newport Electric Light Company, as well as the Bradford Electric Light Company. Later he was made manager of both companies and then was made president. Great changes were made in the Newport plant, and it attained a high level of efficiency. He then developed the possibilities of the Bradford company so that by extending his lines to surrounding communities the plant was brought up to one valued at a million and a half dollars.

Together with his business career he found much time for social and political activities. He was a member of the Newport Chamber of Commerce, the Rotary Club, the Newport Country Club, 8.P.0.E., the New England Electrical Association, and the Vermont Electrical Association, holding the office of president at one time. He was prominent in Masonic circles. He served as director of the Orleans Trust Company, and in 1922 as candidate of the Young Men Voters Club was elected to the board of aldermen, a position he held for two years.

John was interested in everything that pertained to the development of Newport, and was generous almost to a fault.

He is survived by his wife, two children, John Azro, Jr., aged ten, and Elsinore, aged four, his mother, and one brother, Ward Prouty, all of Newport.

Funeral services were held on Sunday at the Congregational church. The Masonic services were conducted at the grave, and Knights Templar acted as escort from the church to the Main St. cemetery.

John has always been an actively interested member of the class and a loyal Dartmouth supporter, and the class will feel keenly its loss by his untimely death.

CLASS OF 1921

Harold Edward Cook, a member of the class during freshman year, died in June at the Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital, after a long battle against kidney trouble. Harold had been in ill health for several years, and while at Dartmouth was under a doctor's care. His condition hampered his work in Hanover, and at the close of freshman year he withdrew from college. He afterwards served in the United States merchant marine, and while in that service he suffered a severe attack of influenza, which left him in a weakened condition and made his other fight all the harder.

Harold was born in Franklin, Mass., June 21, 1898, the son of Edward Samuel and Blanche (Blake) Cook. He prepared for Dartmouth at the Franklin High School and at Dean Academy. In addition to his work at Dartmouth he took a winter course in fruit raising and apple growing at the Massachusetts Agricultural College at Amherst, and he was greatly interested in the development of a tract of apple and peach trees near Franklin at the time he was forced to give up all heavy work. It had been his ambition to have a large apple farm to run, but his health prevented his realizing that desire.

Harold was a member of the Franklin Country Club. He was an excellent golfer and won several cups and prizes before his condition forced him to give up that sport.