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.)

ALUMNI NOTES

CHESHIRE COUNTY ASSOCIATION

The sixteenth annual meeting of the Cheshire County Dartmouth Association was held in Wildey Hall, Keene, N. H., December 27, 1926. There were 36 present, including alumni, undergraduates, and guests. President Roger W. Goodnow 'l9 presided, and William E. Johnson, Jr. '21 was song leader. Dinner was served by the W. L. Goodnow Cos.

The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: president, Dr. Arthur W. Hopkins '99; vice-president, Philip R. Flanders '08; secretary-treasurer, Forrest J. Hall '03; executive committee, Elgin A. Jones '74, Paul F. Pearson '25, William E. Johnson, Jr. '21; committee to interview candidates for admission to Dartmouth, Willis O. Smith '9l, Elgin A. Jones '74, William H. Watson '03.

Talks were given by Charles B. Knight '13, William H. Watson '03, Howard Warren 'l3, John Goodnow '28, Willis O. Smith '91, and Dr. A. W. Hopkins '99. Elgin A. Jones '74 spoke a few words of eulogy in memory of Charles C. Sturtevant '99, who was a devoted member of the Association and a loyal alumnus of the College.

The principal speaker of the evening was Robert C. Strong '24, executive secretary to President Ernest M. Hopkins, who gave an interesting talk on the work of the various departments located in the Administration Building at Hanover.

The Association went on record as favoring the song "Men of Dartmouth" as the college song, and this was sung to close the meeting.

FORREST J. HALL, Secretary.

DARTMOUTH COLLEGE CLUB OF NEW YORK

Radical changes in the appearance of the Club have occurred since December Ist. The living room is now, indeed, enhanced in its attractiveness through the generosity of John Thompson 'OB, who has loaned the Club a number of the paintings of Grace Litzinger.

Gordon Sleeper '14 has given the Club one of the very fine radio receiving sets which he manufactures. Bill Biel 'l6 promptly came to bat with a Credenza model of the new Victrola together with an assortment of records. The musical side of the Club seems amply provided for.

Another loan of rather unusual interest is the diploma of Nathan Moody of the class of 1795.

Many other pictures and books have been acquired, and while the needs of the Club in this respect are far yet a good start has been made toward creating here an interesting collection of worthwhile Dartmouth memorabilia.

Meanwhile class activities have continued unabated save during the holidays. To date 1921 and 1926 have led in attendance, and possibly due to the entertainment programs furnished, in interest as well. 1926 with four reels of moving pictures not only furnished enjoyment to a big crowd of its own members, but thoroughly entertained the regular inhabitants of the Club as well.

The past month has seen a constantly increasing use of the rooms by non-resident members. On December 16th, 27 out of the possible 31 beds in the house were occupied.

The Princeton-Dartmouth hockey game on January 3rd brought 80 people to the Club for dinner. Ed Hall, Squash Little, and King Woodbridge were among those who entertained. Incidentally the result of that game was eminently satisfactory to the alumni.

On February sth the club vaudeville will be given. The show will be given by home talent, and Charley Griffith's committee has a good line-up of past and present Hanoverian theatrical stars ready to perform.

The faculty and undergraduates were well represented during the vacation, and seemed satisfied that at last a Dartmouth home existed in New York.

During the month the resident membership roll increased by 55, making a total of 562, while 27 new non-resident members brought that total to 259. Experience shows that practically every visitor who comes in for casual inspection becomes a member.

THE DARTMOUTH CLUB OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY

The Dartmouth Club of the Lehigh Valley held its annual dinner and get-together December 27th at the Hotel Bethlehem, Bethlehem, Pa., with ten present from Allentown, Bethlehem, and Easton. This gathering is held after college closes for the Christmas vacation so that undergraduates may attend. Thus the alumni are able to keep in close touch with "doings" up in Hanover.

The group from Bethlehem included Bishop Ethelbert Talbot '70, Prof. Nate M. Emery '95 of Lehigh University, Dr. Clayton E. Royce '08, Louis F. Ekstrom '13, Charles King '29 and his dad. Bob Ritter '17 came in from Allentown, a suburb of the Big Steel City, and George Geiser '12, Henry A. Sage '27, and Osmun Skinner '28 were present from Easton.

NECROLOGY CLASS OF 1857

Francis H. Goodall died in Washington on April 12, 1925, the last survivor of his class, which until his death was the earliest class with a living representative. He was a native of Bath, New Hampshire, born on January 10, 1838, and a graduate of Dartmouth in the Chandler Scientific Department. Subsequent to has graduation from college he studied law, but at the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted in the Beloit Wisconsin Rifles, attached to the Second Wisconsin Infantry. After a few months' service with this organization he returned to New Hampshire and enlisted with the Eleventh New Hampshire volunteers with which regiment he took part in the battle of Fredericksburg and was awarded a medal of honor by Congress for heroic conduct in removing a badly wounded comrade from the field of battle under heavy fire. A long period of illness followed and he was honorably discharged in May, 1864 with the rank of First Sergeant.

In the following September he began his government service in the office of the Second Auditor of the Treasury, as private secretary to the Honorable Ezra B. French. Until his retirement, only a few years before his death, he served continuously in the same office under nine different auditors.

Mr. Goodall's Dartmouth connections covered a wide range in the previous history of the College. A grandfather, David Goodall was a graduate of the class of 1777; a brother, Samuel H., graduated in the class of 1844; and a twin brother, Edward 8., was a member of his own class.

CLASS OF 1872

Frank Henry Chamberlain died at his home in Hudson, Mass., November 28, 1926, of cirrhosis of the liver. He was taken ill in the preceding July, but suffered no manifest pain until the last day of his illness.

He was born in Hudson, January 26, 1850, the son of William H. and Charlotte (Felton) Chamberlain, graduated from Hudson High School in 1868, entered Dartmouth in the Chandler Scientific School that fall, and graduated in 1872. He was a member of the Vitruvian fraternity (now Beta Theta Pi).

After serving a few years as bookkeeper and paymaster for a shoe company in Hudson, following his graduation, he joined in forming the firm of D. J. and F. H. Chamberlain to deal in clothing at Elgin, 111. After carrying on that business there seven years, he returned to Hudson in 1884 and formed a firm for the manufacture of boots and shoes in that town, and continued in that business until 1889, when he bought out his partner and carried on the business alone until July 4, 1894. Then his factory was burned, leading him to go out of manufacturing until 1898, when he joined in forming the firm of Child-Chamberlain Company, to engage in the manufacture of shoes at Newport, N. H.

In 1901 he retired from that firm to accept the responsible position of freight traffic manager and paymaster with the Apsley Rubber Company of Hudson, and when the Firestone Company acquired the Apsley interests he continued the same kind of services for the Firestone Company, and was its assistant treasurer until taken ill.

He showed a deep interest in community matters, served on the school board in Hudson, was secretary of the board of trade from its organization, and chairman of the standing committee of the First Unitarian society for many years. He was a faithful citizen in many constructive ways, and always dependable in the support of such worthy public enterprises as called for a pull-together.

June 14, 1877, he was married to Sarah L., daughter of Nahum B. Hill of Upton, Mass., who survives him, with their daughter, Mrs. Mary L. Graeve of Newport.

Mr. Chamberlain attended the reunions of the class in 1912 and 1922, and showed unabated interest in those renewals of old friendships.

CLASS OF 1880

Rev. Oscar Garland Mclntire died at his home at West Woodstock, Conn., May 19, 1926. He had suffered from bronchitis for a long time, and had not been so well through the winter. About the first of May complications developed, and he failed rapidly.

The son of Joel and Eliza (Hooper) Mclntire, he was born in Hollis, Me., September 9, 1854. In his childhood the family removed to Biddeford, where he prepared for college. He entered with the class of '79, and left during junior year. After a year he returned to college, and finished his course with the class of '80.

After graduation he entered Yale Divinity School, and graduated therefrom in 1883. Duringing his senior year in the seminary he preached for the Eagle Rock church of Thomaston, Conn., and after graduation served in succession the following churches, all but one being Congregational: Becket, Mass., 1883-4; Derby, Conn., 1884-6; Cornwall, Conn., 1886-7; Wapping, Conn., 1887-9; Jewett City, Conn., 1889-91; New Boston, N. H. (Presbyterian), 1891-4; Hopkinton, N. H., 1894-5; Orford, N. H., 1895-8; West Woodstock, Conn., 1899-1902. Retiring from the active ministry at this time, he continued to make his home at West Woodstock.

January 12, 1887, Mr. Mclntire was married to Mary Josephine, daughter of S. J. B. and Desire (Hewitt) Johnson of Cornwall, Conn., who survives him. "They had no children.

The burial was at Manchester, N. H., the final home of Mr. Mclntire's parents.

CLASS OF 188S

Charles Kimball Darling died December 29, 1926, at the McLean Hospital, Waverly, Mass., after a long illness.

He was born in Corinth, Vt., June 28, 1864, his parents being Joseph Kimball and Mary Alice (Knight) Darling. He prepared for college at Barre (Vt.) Academy. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon. He left college in the spring of junior year, and soon after entered the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he remained eighteen months. In 1894 he was granted his diploma and enrolled with the graduate members of the class.

From 1886 to 1890 he was employed in a railroad office in Fitchburg, Mass., and then to 1893 was connected with the Fitchburg DailySentinel. He then went to Boston and began the study of law, graduating from the Law School of Boston University in 1896. Being then admitted to the bar, he began practice in Boston. From 1893 to 1898 he was engaged in editing the early laws of Massachusetts in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth. From 1897 "to 1901 he was instructor in criminal law in Boston University.

In 1887 he was appointed sergeant-major of the Sixth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, of which organization he became adjutant in 1889 and major in 1893. On the outbreak of the Spanish-American War he entered the service of the United States as major of the Sixth Massachusetts Infantry, U. S. V. He saw service in Cuba and Porto Rico, and was recommended to the war department for brevet promotion for gallantry and coolness under fire. The regiment was mustered out January 21, 1899. In May of that year he was chosen colonel of the Sixth Regiment, M. V. M., and served as such until January 14, 1905, when he applied for retirement, and was retired as brigadier-general.

In 1899 he was appointed United States marshal for the district of Massachusetts, and served until 1908. In 1908-9 he was clerk of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, in 1909-12 of the Circuit Court, and in 1912-14 of the District Court. From 1908-14 he was United States commissioner for the district of Massachusetts, and was appointed referee in bankruptcy in July, 1914. This position he held until the breakdown of his health in 1921.

General Darling was a member of many organizations, some of which follow: the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts; the Sons of Veterans, of which he was commander-in-chief in 1897-8; the Massachusetts Society, Sons of the American Revolution (historian and president) ; the Massachusetts Commandery, Naval and Military Order of the Spanish-American War ; the Army and Navy Club of New York; the Old Guard of Massachusetts; the United Spanish War Veterans ; Suffolk, Massachusetts, and American Bar Associations; Boston Chamber of Commerce ; University Club of Boston; the Hooker Association (president in 1911-12). He had written considerably on military, historical, and legal subjects.

November 19, 1903, General Darling was married to Elizabeth Rich Holmes of Milton, Mass., who survives him, with their two daughters, Elizabeth and Priscilla. Their home has been since their marriage in Concord, Mass.

CLASS OF 1906

Although occurring nearly a year and a half ago, the death of Homer Stuart Sayres has but recently become known to his classmates. He died at Alpine, Cal., September 19, 1925, of tuberculosis.

He was born in Chefoo, China, September 17, 1884, the son of Rev. Dr. William Seaman (Dartmouth 1876) and Anna (Stevens) Sayres. At the time of his birth his parents were engaged in missionary work in China, but returned to America when Homer was a year old; his father was later for many years general missionary and archdeacon of the Episcopal diocese of Michigan.

He came to college from Detroit, but withdrew at the end of his freshman year to enter the University of Michigan, where he was graduated with the degree of A.B. in 1907. His alumni affiliations were always with Michigan rather than Dartmouth, and few details of his life have come to the notice of his Dartmouth classmates. He was engaged in teaching in or near Detroit from 1907 to 1923, when failing health necessitated his removal to the West.

He was unmarried. His immediate surviving relatives include three brothers, William S., who is master in chancery of the United States District Court in Detroit, Archer P., and Cortlandt W. Sayres, and one sister, Margaret S. Sayres, all of whom reside in Detroit.

Philip Batcheller Paul died in Abbeville, La., on his forty-third birthday, December 18, 1926, of acute dilation of the heart.

He was born in Boston, December 18, 1883, the son of Isaac Farnsworth (Dartmouth '78) and Ida Louise (Batcheller) Paul, and was brought up in an atmosphere of intense loyalty to his father's beloved alma mater. Preparing for college at the Boston Latin School and the Highland Military Academy, he entered Dartmouth in the fall of 1902 and at once became prominently active in a variety of undergraduate affairs. He sang in the college choir and the glee club, he engaged in dramatics, he was an assistant editor of The Dartmouth, and he held several class offices. In addition, he is remembered by hundreds of Dartmouth men as one of the first cheer leaders of the modern type. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta and of Dragon.

His familiar nickname of "Ike" he brought to college with him, and as "Ike" he was affectionately known not only to his classmates but to the great body of Dartmouth alumni throughout the country. Bluff, hearty, bold in speech and action, he made friends quickly and widely, and he never forgot them in later years. There was in him a rare element of generosity and sympathy that led men to love him; probably every one of his countless friends can recall some particular instance when Philip Paul's kindly word or deed has made the pathway of life a little brighter, the burdens of the day a little easier to bear.

His great enthusiasm and deep affection for the College grew with the passing years. No one was more constant in attendance upon all class and alumrri gatherings than he, no one more ready to give of his time and money and service to Dartmouth. He held membership in the Dartmouth clubs of Boston and New York and in the new University Club of Boston; during the lean years of the Boston Dartmouth club, when it was struggling to preserve more than a nominal existence, "Ike" Paul was one of its most loyal supporters.

Philip entered the insurance business in Boston following his graduation from college, and continued successfully in that vocation until the entry of the United States into the World War. Endowed with utter fearlessness and great energy of body and mind, he was naturally inclined toward a military life, and it was no surprise to his friends that he, after training at the Plattsburg Camp for Officers and receiving his commission as a first lieutenant of cavalry, should be one of the first volunteer American officers to go overseas, arriving in France September 9, 1917. His knowledge of French immediately attached him to a French division headquarters as liaison officer, and his efficient work won him promotion to a captaincy in May, 1918. For many months he was in charge of all the billeting of . the advanced section of the American Army back of the front lines, and had under him at one time 175 officers, his territory covering ten departments of France from Verdun to the Swiss border east of Besancon. During the Meuse-Argonne offensive he was one of two white officers commanding a colored regiment from Chicago. He was decorated with the Croix de Guerre for gallantry and most efficient service on the field of battle and recommended on the field of battle for promotion to major, but an order from Washington stopped all promotions at the signing of the Armistice and barred Philip from this well-deserved honor. After his return to civil life, he continued his interest in military affairs and had considerable active duty as a reserve officer, including three months at the Cavalry School in Fort Riley and three months at the Command and General Staff School in Fort Leavenworth. At the time of his death he held a commission as lieutenant-colonel of cavalry in the Reserve Corps, and had been recommended for a full colonelcy.

His health being somewhat impaired when he came home after the war, he took a six months' vacation, which he spent mostly in Texas and Florida; then, having turned over his insurance business in Boston to his brother, he became assistant manager of the importing department of the Hartmann Pacific Company in New York, where he remained for three years. While serving in this capacity, he made a six months' trip around the world. He was later engaged in the reorganization of a large business concern in Vermont, but about a year ago he became general manager of the Louisiana Coast Land Company, a real estate development company with headquarters at Belle Isle Ridge, La. Here he showed his usual enthusiasm and energy, and he literally worked himself to death. The main source of income for his company has been muskrats, and Philip during his year as manager reorganized the whole fur business on their property of 160,000 acres, putting it on an honest, substantial basis. During the week preceding his death, he got no rest at all, as he was preparing for the annual fur sales, which were to end on December 17. His friends who knew his condition—he had suffered for years from a weak heart and had been getting rapidly worse for the past nine months—urged him to let up on Thursday and Friday, for he was very tense and excited, but he refused to listen to them. On Saturday evening, December 18, after the sales had concluded most successfully, more than justifying his new policies, he was calling on friends in Abbeville and talking of the business which 'still engrossed his attention, when he suddenly collapsed, and although a physician was in attendance immediately, he died in half an hour.

His body was taken to Chicago, where simple cremation ceremonies were held on December 23. In May the ashes will be interred in the family burial plot in Fitzwilliam, N. H. On Tuesday afternoon, December 28, a simple and very beautiful memorial service was held in King's Chapel, Boston. Rev. Samuel L. Eberfeld of Boston, a close friend of the Paul family for thirty years, conducted the entire service and spoke feelingly and impressively of the life and character of Philip, whom he had known intimately from early boyhood. A large number of Philip's classmates and friends were in attendance to pay their last respects to this truest of Dartmouth men.

Philip is survived by his mother, who resides at Fitzwilliam but who is now at Bonita Springs, Florida, with the family of Max Hartmann '06; a sister, the wife of Henry K. Urion (Dartmouth '12) of Chicago; a brother, Richard F. Paul (Dartmouth '11) of Boston; and other more distant relatives.

The following tribute, written by one of his classmates, expresses the feeling of them all.

"Death, it would seem, has stalked the class of 1906 unfairly, and never more so than in the taking of Philip Paul. For Philip, in a way, was the epitome of the class. He was gifted with those qualities which win regard and affection to a degree given to few, and his passing leaves a void which time can never fill and a sense of loss which time can little soften. Words are poor things and presumptuous, to plumb the depths of feeling and pay just tribute to the dead, whether they be of Philip or of those other fine fellows of 1906 who have gone before. But at least this may be recorded of Philip, that in all his life he did only the square thing and the courageous thing and the generous thing. He was utterly incapable of the mean, the cowardly, or the vicious.

"Philip was quite the master of his fate, 'the captain of his soul'. He had a really brilliant and facile mind, and might have gone far in the professions or business toward the material goals we call success. Instead, he apparently deliberately chose a path which brought less in this world's goods, but riches of regard and remembrance among a wider circle than perhaps any other man in any Dartmouth class can boast. Philip lived life to the utmost, to the end. Undoubtedly he enjoyed it. He died 'with his boots on', quickly, at the peak of another worthwhile accomplishment. He would have wanted that. In all seriousness, may we not look forward, when our time comes, to finding him there with the boys who have gone before, lined up to welcome us to the Last Great Reunion?

"Philip Paul was a very gallant gentleman. God rest his soul."

CLASS OF 1925

Oscar Raymond Back died of tuberculosis last November 10 in a Denver hospital. He had been in ill health for several years.

Ray Back was born in Sioux City, lowa, January 21, 1903, the son of Aaron and Carline (Dorum) Back. He attended high school in Sioux City, and was prominent in the activities of his school.

Ray entered Dartmouth in the fall of 1921 with the class of 1925 and remained in College two years, withdrawing in June, 1923.

He attended the University of lowa for one year, and was forced to leave there on account of poor health. He spent the last two years of his life in Hawaii and Colorado. He Was a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity.

MEDICAL SCHOOL CLASS OF 1906

Dr. Roy Wentworth Mathes died at his home in Lynn, Mass., December 14, 1926, of pneumonia, after an illness of ten days.

He was born in Durham, N. H., December 15, 1883, the son of Hamilton Augustus and Belle Sarah (Hoitt) Mathes. His preliminary education was obtained at Dover High School and Phillips Exeter Academy.

Upon his graduation he went to Lynn and began practice, being first associated with Dr. Charles E. Bangs and later with Dr. Arthur E. Joslyn. He served the city first as school physician and later as eastern district physician. He had been president of the Lynn Medical Fraternity, and for some years had been on the staff of Lynn Hospital.

Upon the entrance of the United States into the World War he at once-enlisted in the Medical Corps, and held the rank of lieutenant. He served at first on the U.S.S. Sultana, which was engaged in mine sweeping and convoy duty with base at Brest, and later at Commonwealth Pier, Boston. His final service was in camp at Hingham, whence he was discharged in September, 1920.

Dr. Mathes was a member of the American Medical Association, the American Legion, the Oxford Club, and various benevolent orders, and was actively connected with the Central Congregational church.

July 30, 1914, he was married to Madeleine Lucretia, daughter of George G. and Mary Bennett (Stone) Wiggin of Lynn, who survives him, with their three children, Hamilton Augustus, Stanley Fred, and Mary.

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