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 1864

Charles Warren Coffin died in Brookline, Mass, December 23, 1925. In March, 1923, he was knocked down by an automobile in Florida, and was thereafter in hospital and convalescent home until his death.

He was born in Londonderry, N. H., December 21, 1840, being the son of David and Harriet (Burbank) Coffin. His college preparation was obtained at Phillips Academy, Andover, and he took in college the course of the Chandler Scientific Department. He was a member of the Phi Zeta Mu fraternity (now Sigma Chi).

For about a year after graduation he was engaged in civil engineering, and then went to Bangor, Me., and entered mercantile business, in which the rest of his active life was spent. He had been a director of several banks, and president of the Howland Falls Pulp Company and of the Maine Compress Company. In 1890 he was elected to the state legislature, and was later a member of the governor's council. He was a Mason of the 32d degree.

July 17, 1867, Mr. Coffin was married to Ruth Abby, daughter of Irad and Emmeline (Peabody) Walker of Hampden, Me., who died May 25, 1919. They had two children, both of whom survive their parents, Dr. Rockwell A. Coffin of Boston and Mrs. Francis Payne Mason (Erma Coffin) of New York city.

Charles Eben Swett died at his home in Winchester, Mass., December 31, 1925, after a brief illness.

The son of Charles and Anna (Babcock) Swett, he was born in Chelmsford, Mass., March 12, 1839. His college preparation was obtained at Appleton Academy, New Ipswich, N. H. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon.

For twenty-three years after graduation he followed the calling of a teacher, holding the following positions: principal of union school at Gowanda, N. Y., 1864-5; of Oneida (N. Y.) Seminary, 1865-9; of high school at Gloucester, Mass., 1869-73; submaster in Dudley School, Boston, 1873-6; in Rice School, Boston, 1876-8; principal of grammar school, Winchester, MassJanuary, 1878, to 1887. In 1887 he was appointed purchasing and publishing agent of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, and served as such at the Boston office of the Board until his resignation in 1903. From this date until 1911 he was interested in different lines of work, and retired from active work at the last date. His home had been at Winchester since he first went to that town to teach in 1878.

From 1898 to 1919 he was a deacon of the First Congregational church of Winchester, and afterward deacon emeritus. For many years he was a teacher in the Sunday school of that church, and at one time its superintendent. At his death and for many years previously he was clerk of the church.

August 28, 1866, Mr. Swett was married to Clemantine Keyes of Westford, Mass., who died October 7, 1910. They had two sons and two daughters. Of these only one daughter, Miss Edith J. Swett, survives.

Since 1915 Mr. Swett had served as secretary of his class, and he was a regular attendant at the annual meeting of secretaries, where he always showed keen interest in all the proceedings, enjoying everything with the enthusiasm of a young man, which, indeed, he was at heart.

CLASS OF 1875

Wilbur Howard Powers died January 6, 1926, of acute indigestion, at his home in Melrose, Mass.

He was born in Croydon, N. H., January 22, 1849, the son of Elias and Emeline (White) Powers. He prepared for college at Kimball Union Academy. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon.

After graduation he began the study, of law at Lebanon, N. H., and continued it at Boston University, where he graduated with the degree of LL.B. in 1878. In January, 1879, he began practice in Boston, and has continued in practice with eminent success since that time, having in recent years made cases in equity a specialty, and being of late a member of the firm of Powers, Holt, and Foster.

His earlier residence was in Hyde Park, and he was solicitor for that town in 1888 and 'B9. In 1890, '9l, and '92 he was a member of the state legislature, and took a prominent part in legislation. He was for many years an earnest advocate of public parks, and was a member of the park commission of Hyde Park from 1893 to 1902, being three years its chairman. He was also long a member of the school board, and for twenty-five years a member of the Republican town committee. In 1893-4 he was a member of the Republican state committee, and presidential elector in 1896. He was widely known as a public speaker, and had delivered many occasional addresses, as well as addresses on his extensive travels in America and Europe.

Mr. Powers was supreme advisor for the Golden Cross, and was in 1913 and 1914 president of the National Fraternal Congress of this order. He was a Unitarian, a Mason, a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, and of the Boston City and Colonial Clubs. He later resided in Brookline and Roxbury, and since 1918 in Melrose.

May 1, 1880, he was married to Emily Owen of Lebanon, N. H., who died some years ago. A 1 second marriage, May 17, 1914, was to Mrs. Lottie (Mills) Koehler of Boston, who survives him. A son, Walter Powers, is of Dartmouth 1906; a daughter is not living.

CLASS OF 1877

Ira Arthur Chase died December 20, 1925, at San Antonio, Texas. With Mrs. Chase he was on a motor campaign trip through the South and to California. At San Antonio he was taken ill and a fatal result followed. The son of Dr. Ira Stephen (D.M.S. 1842) and Cordelia Page (Simonds) Chase, he was born in Bristol, N. H., March 25, 1854, and prepared for college at the high school of his native town and at New Hampton Institution. In college he maintained an excellent rank in scholarship, was a speaker at Commencement, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. His fraternity was Psi Upsilon.

For the first three years after graduation he taught for short terms at Bristol and at Glover, Vt., meanwhile studying law. In March, 1881, he was admitted to the bar and began practice in his native town, where he remained actively engaged in his profession to the end of' his life. He was a member of the American Bar Association, and had been member, of its council for New Hampshire.

A Republican in politics, he was .prominent in the party in his state. In 1883 and 1885 he was assistant clerk of the state senate, and clerk in 1887 and 1889. In 1897 he represented Bristol in the lower house, and was chairman of the committee on revision of the laws and father of the Australian ballot in the state. In 1901 he was a member of the senate, and in 1902 of the constitutional convention. For more than a quarter of a century he was moderator of town meeting.

He was closely identified with the educational interests of the town, being a member of the school board for three years from 1883 and for fifteen years from 1904. During these last fifteen years he was superintendent. He was a trustee of the Minot-Sleeper Library from its establishment in 1884, and always chairman of its executive committee, giving most valuable service in this capacity.

From 1886 to his death he was clerk of the Mason-Perkins Paper Company, and from 1884 of the Bristol Water Power Company. He was also a director of the Bristol Aqueduct Company and the Bristol Cemetery Association, and was a member of the New Hampshire Antiquarian Society.

He was a lifelong member of the Congretional church, and for many years an officebearer. Warmly devoted to Masonry, he had attained the 33d degree in that order, and had been grand master of the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire and grand commander of the Grand Commandery of New Hampshire.

July 6, 1881, he was married to Abby Maria, daughter of Cyrus and Martha M. Taylor of Bristol, who survives him. They had no children.

He was one of the most loyal members of his college class, and an unfailing attendant at its reunions. Few could be more sincerely mourned or more greatly missed. His value to the community in and for which his life was spent can be inferred from the foregoing account of his record.

CLASS OF 1878

John Paul George died December 19, 1925, at Concord, N. H., in the same house where he was born and had made his home all his life. He was born January 21, 1856, son of John Hatch (Dartmouth 1844) and Susan Ann (Brigham) George. His father was a prominent lawyer, widely known as Colonel George. The students of his time conferred the same title upon the son, and as "The Colonel he has always been known by his classmates.

Mr. George prepared for college at Phillips Andover. He sauntered through college in a fashion peculiarly his own, not disturbed over much about the curriculum on the one hand nor given to especial wildness on the other, but enjoying himself and contributing to the enjoyment of others. Of good intellectual ability, he refused to be driven to exertion. Ever ready to perpetrate a joke and equally ready to accept one with a laugh, he )yas always good company. And his college characteristics clung to him. through life. Although he aged somewhat in appearance, he maintained throughout the same boyish humor, the same imperturable temper, and the same leisurely zest for a good time. He was always at class reunion, and seldom absent from the Boston dinner.

Immediately after graduation Mr. George entered upon the study of law, first at Harvard Law School for a year, then in the office of Sanborn and Clark, finally with Foster and Martin, all of Concord. He was admitted to the bar in 1883, but was never in active practice, engaging in various business affairs. He was a trustee of New Hampshire Savings Bank, a director of Concord Gas Light Company, and in earlier days a director of the Mount Washington and the Profile and Franconia Notch Railroads.

A Democrat in politics, he seems never to have aspired to public office, saying he had never sought it, and if it had ever sought him it must have been when he was out. He had, however, been for many years a member of the Park Commission, and was auditor of the Union School District.

Mr. George never married, but lived with a sister until her death a few years ago. He is survived by another sister, Mrs. Henry E. Bacon of Spokane, Wash., and by a brother, Benjamin P. George (Dartmouth 1884) of Chicago.

He was a member of Psi U. He served his class as secretary from 1881 to 1903, and his reports were excellent. His death leaves of the ten secretaries that served the class from 1874 to 1909 only one surviving. Clarence E. Burnham, now of Danvers, Mass., served in that capacity one term in sophomore year, when the custom of rotation in office was prevalent.

Frank Arthur Merrill died at his home in Lynn, Mass., December 21, 1925. Mr. Merrill was a member of the class during his sophomore year, entering the second year in what was then known as the Chandler Scientific Department, but remaining only that year.

He was born September 1, 1857, at Concord, N. H., son of Arthur L. Merrill. After leaving college he seems to have lost interest in it, and made no response to the secretaries' appeals for class news.

He early became a successful engineer. He was the builder of the Lakeport, Manchester and Milford, and New Boston branches of the Boston and Maine Railroad, rising in recent years to be chief engineer of the entire system, which position he held at the time of his death.

He is survived by his widow and a daughter.

CLASS OF 1884

John Hoxie Hinckley died at his home in Stoneham, Mass., November 6, 1925, after an acute illness of four days. He suffered a serious injury in a fall last summer from which he never fully recovered. For some months he was wheeled about in a chair.

Hinckley was born in Hampton, Me., March 8, 1858. He was a lineal descendant of Governor Thomas Hinckley, sixth and last governor of the Plymouth colony. His mother, Sarah Ann Mayo, was a descendant of a minister of that name, the first pastor of the Second Church of Boston.

After graduating from the Bangor, Me., High School, he entered Dartmouth with his younger brother, Louis E. C. Hinckley, in the class of 1884. The two brothers were very closely associated during their college days. They were constantly together. One seldom saw one without the other near by. While in no wise withdrawing from contact with their fellows, they continued till graduation to be each the other's closest associate. Both were athletes, as we counted athletes in those days. On field days they were always present, doing their best to uphold the prestige of their class. John was a sprinter, running the 100 yards and 220 yards. Louis excelled in the broad jump, and set a record his first year for Dartmouth's high jump, standing. The brothers contributed each year many points to '84's total score.

After graduation the brothers entered the Albany Law School, from which they received the degree of LL.B. in 1885. They practiced law together in Bangor, Me., until 1886, when Louis went west, first to Kansas, then to Denver, and in 1904 to Reno, Nev., where he remained till his death in 1917.

John went to Boston, where for eleven years he was associated with the Taunton Iron Works. He was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1895 and to practice in the federal courts in 1901. In 1907 he spent some time in Europe, travelling in France, Italy, Switzerland, and England. On his return he resumed the practice of law in Boston. He was married November 1, 1911, to Miss Annie Beecher Allarnby of Boston, who survives him.

For seventeen years last past Hinckley has made his home in Stoneham, Mass. During these years he was active in town affairs, holding at the time of his death the chairmanship of the Republican town committee of Stoneham. He was a member of the Republican Club of Massachusetts, the Towanda Club of Woburn, and the Boston City Club.

Funeral services were held at his late home on the Sunday afternoon following his death. His body was taken to Bangor, Me., for burial.

By the terms of Hinckley's will his estate is to be held in trust, three-fourths of the income to go to his wife, and the remaining fourth to two nieces of his, Helen S. Bingham and Dorothy Reid. On the death of the beneficiaries, the estate is to be kept intact, invested and reinvested until such time as it shall amount to a sum sufficient to erect a suitable building at Dartmouth to be known as Hinckley Hall, a memorial to his parents, Lorenzo and Sarah A. Hinckley. The will further stipulates that Hinckley Hall shall be used "as a center for Art in its fullest and broadest sense."

Thus Hinckley remembered his Alma Mater. To the men of 'B4 it is impossible to disassociate the two Hinckleys. Always together, in class room, on the campus, at religious services, they seemed not only brothers but intimate friends as well, thus unobtrusively but none the less effectively showing what brotherly love and interest may be. Loyalty to class and college was with them a cardinal virtue. To their classmates it seemed almost a tragedy when divergent interests separated the two so widely in point of residence after graduation. They seemed so necessary each to the other.

The class of 'B4 would pay fitting tribute to these two brothers. Familiarly known as John and Snoozer during our college days, they have a warm place in our affections, and their going on leaves a wide gap in our ranks. Kindly thought of their unusual love for each other and their loyalty to class and college will keep them in our remembrance.

Henry Lee Hatch died at his home in Randolph, Vt., January 3, 1926, of cerebral hemorrhage. His health began to fail about five years ago, when he suffered a nervous breakdown, followed by a paralytic stroke. He had been confined to his bed since October.

He was born in Strafford, Vt., December 12, 1861, his parents being Henry Chandler and Mary Ann (Moore) Hatch. William M. Hatch 'B6 is a brother. He fitted for college at Kimball Union Academy. He was a member of Psi Upsilon.

For three years after graduation he was engaged in business in his native town. In the fall of 1887 he entered Harvard Law School, and remained there five months. He then went to Washington, D. C., where he was employed by the Interstate Commerce Commission and studied in the law school at Columbian (now George Washington) University. His health becoming impaired, in 1889 he returned to Strafford and engaged in farming. In 1897 he went to California, and was on a lemon and orange ranch at San Diego, and then was employed in the office of the Southern Pacific Railroad at Sacramento. In 1900 he returned again to Vermont, and until 1902 was bookkeeper and paymaster for the Elizabeth Mining Company at Strafford. He then again took up farming. In 1908 he was appointed a member of the State Fair Commission, having already served for several years as superintendent of cattle at the fair. In 1910 he was elected to represent his town in the state legislature, took an active part in the establishment of the State School of Agriculture, and was appointed one of its first trustees. The organization of the school at Randolph Center took so much of his time that in 1911 he sold his farm and removed to Randolph, which was afterwards his home. In 1913 his connection with the school ceased, and he became a traveling salesman for Silver, Burdett, and Company, text-book publishers, and continued in this position as long as his health permitted.

Mr. Hatch was a Mason, a Templar, and a Shriner, and a member of the University Club and the Christian Brotherhood of Randolph. He was an enthusiastic golfer.

June 11, 1889, he was married to Anna L. Chandler of Lincoln, Cat, who died in May, 1920. Of their six children, Caroline C., Mildred 8., Henry C., Ida M., and Anna L. (Mrs. Reginald P. Lyman) survive their parents. Robert A., a member of the Dartmouth class of 1920, died in France in October, 1918, from wounds received in the battle of the Argonne.

The secretary of his class adds the following, in reference mainly to his college days: "He participated in the athletic carnivals as they were held in those days, doing his best to uphold the honor of his class. Quiet and retiring by nature, Hatch was much loved by those who knew him best, and all his classmates had for him a genuine affection. In token of their regard for him he was elected to the position of class odist for Class Day exercises at Commencement time. His ode, sung for the first time as the class were gathered about the Old Pine, has since been one of the favored songs of the class of '84."

CLASS OF 1921

Hall Walker died at his home in Waban, Mass., December 14, 1925, of endocarditis, after an illness of five months.

The son of Henry Craigin and Alta (Hall) Walker, he was born in Brookline, Mass., April 6, 1898, and prepared for college at Newton High School and at Staunton (Va.) Military School. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi.

Upon the entrance of the United States into the World War he enlisted, entering the Air Service and receiving a commission as second lieutenant. In an airplane accident at KellyField, Texas, he received injuries which were the indirect cause of his death.

After leaving the service he entered upon insurance business in Boston, and had an office in that city until his final illness. He was a member of D'alhousie Lodge of Masons and the Brae-Burn Country Club.

November 11, 1922, he was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Alfred and Edith Akeroyd of Newton Center, Mass., who survives him, with their two children, Elizabeth Anne, aged two years, and Alfred Akeroyd, eight months.

CLASS OF 1924

Edward Butterfield Voorhis died August 9, 1925, at Franklin Hospital, Franklin, N. J., after an operation for appendicitis.

The son of Henry and Annie (Butterfield) Voorhis, he was born at River Edge, N. J., November 16, 1903, and prepared for college in the Hackensack High School. He was a member of Cabin and Trail and of the Dartmouth Christian Association Cabinet, and graduated with honors in sociology.

The fall after graduation he went to the University of Pennsylvania for graduate work, and last June received there the degree of Master of Arts in sociology. He was to have returned to the University as an instructor in "Physical Factors of Civilization" in the Wharton School.

He was deeply loyal to Dartmouth, and his ambition was to return to the College in due time as a teacher. He was highly respected in college and always for his sterling Christian character.

MEDICAL SCHOOL

CLASS OF 1876

Dr. Edwin Aaron Sanborn died suddenly of organic heart disease at his home in Somerville, Mass., November 14, 1925.

He was born in Grafton, N. H., August 28, 1849, the son of Aaron and Amanda M. (Currier) Sanborn. His father died when he was two years old, and he was early in life thrown on his own resources. At the age of fourteen years he determined to become a physician, and pursued all his studies leading to that end without financial assistance.

After studying in private schools and with private tutors, in 1872 he began the study of medicine under the direction of Dr. F. A. Sellings (D.M.S. 1873) at the McLean Hospital in Somerville, and attended medical lectures at Bowdoin and Dartmouth. He graduated in the class of 1876, November 3, 1875, winning the first prize for passing the best examination in all departments of study.

In the winter 0f,1875-6 he practiced at Newport, N. H., with his uncle, Dr. D. M. Currier (D.M.S. 1867), and in the spring of 1876 established himself in Somerville, where he maintained a successful practice to the day of his death. He was a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society and the Middlesex South Medical Society. His skill as a physician brought him into demand as a medical examiner for various insurance organizations, among them the Manhattan Life Insurance Company and the Berkshire Life Insurance Company. He gave particular attention to the treatment of goitre, cancer, and varicose veins without surgery, and was also very successful in the treatment of hay fever.

Dr. Sanborn was three times married: June 1, 1876, to Harriet L- Hosmer of Somerville, a native of Weld, Me.; in 1909 to Blanche Smith of Lowell, Mass.; March 21, 1922, to Josephine C., daughter of John and Melvina L. (Stetson) Stebbins of Hanson, Mass., who survives him. There were no children.

We quote from a tribute in the SomervilleJournal: "Dr. Sanborn was one of that rather rare type nowadays, the old school New England gentleman. Martial of bearing, courtly and pleasing of manner, he went forward modestly yet firmly, doing his duty, with a deportment and exterior perfectly unpretending."