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

NECROLOGY

CLASS OF 1860

SAMUEL HASON JACKMAN, who for some years has been the oldest living alumnus of Dartmouth in length of years (but not in date of graduation), died in Sacramento, Cal., October 11, 1928, from the infirmities of age.

The son of William and Lucy (Eaton) Jackman, he was born in Enfield, N. H., July 20, 1831, and fitted for college at Kimball Union Academy. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon.

In the winter following graduation he taught in his native town, and then from July, 1861, to April, 1863, at Buda and Princeton, 111. At the last date he joined an emigrant train for California, and reached Sacramento in July. He was accidentally shot in the leg during the journey, and after his arrival in California was disabled by his wound for six months. In February, 1864, he began teaching in the public schools of Sacramento county, and was connected with these schools for twenty years, being county superintendent from 1872 to 1874. In 1884 he retired from teaching, and was engaged in farming near Sacramento until 1910, when he moved info the city.

He had been for many years a member of the Masonic order, and since 1883 of the Patrons of Husbandry. His first presidential vote was cast for Franklin Pierce, and he had voted at each presidential election since. For years he had been a Prohibitionist, but had registered this year as a Republican. Even in his 98th year he was still fond of his books, and retained a great interest in Dartmouth College, which seemed his major subject of conversation.

In July, 1870, he was married in Boston to Ann McDaniel of Enfield, N. H., who taught with her husband for many years and died May 28, 1925. They had no children.

CLASS OF 1872

GEORGE ARTHUR WILLEY, born at Lawrence, Mass., October 12, 1850, son of George F. and Sarah A. Willey, died at Atascadero, Cal., October 5, 1928. About September, 1925, he suffered a stroke of apoplexy at his home, Santa Cruz, Cal., paralyzing his left side, but not affecting his mind. Not long after that he made the journey to his widowed daughter's home at Atascadero in the hope that better conditions there for being out of doors would enable him to regain in some measure the use of his left side. Buoyed up for over two years by that hope he was quite comfortable, but early in 1928 a very serious adverse change came, and yet from it he recovered sufficiently to be out of doors through the summer with pleasure. Several weeks before his death a second stroke came, and after that he passed through extreme suffering until finally the blessing of profound coma released this physician and teacher of notably sweet and gentle spirit.

He prepared for college at the Lowell, Mass., High School, entered Dartmouth in 1868, and became a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity in 1869.

After graduation, he became a student of medicine in the University of New York, and took his degree in 1877. In September of that year, at Florence, Mass., he married Miss Effie Atkins, a graduate of Vassar College, and took up his residence in New York city to practice medicine. In 1882 a severe illness (pneumonia) necessitated removal to Northampton, Mass., where the next two years, on account of his health, were spent in only moderate activity. In the fall of 1884 he became principal of the Oxford (Mass.) High School, holding the position for seven years, and in 1892 took charge of the Erie Academy, Erie, Pa., remaining there three years, and thereafter for some years engaged in the drug business in Brighton district, Boston. His musical talent was recognized when in college, and he was called upon to provide piano accompaniments for the class work in the gymnasium, and in his senior year served as organist at the daily services in the chapel and at the college church on Sundays. Whereever he made his home, this talent became of service to the community and was honored with quick recognition.

In war time, 1915, at the urgent desire of his older son, who was connected with naval matters, he went to Santa Cruz, Cal., to give attention to the armory and other government property there and his entire family thereafter became identified with that state.

He became a deacon in the Congregational church in that city and a Bible-class teacher. Dr. Willey had the gift of making friends and keeping them to a remarkable extent. He was a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society, and of the Knights of Honor and the Knights of Pythias, and was also an Odd Fellow.

His wife survives him, also a daughter and two sons. Marguerite A., born August 7, 1878, graduate of Boston University, married Rev. A. F. Travis in 1911, a Y. M. C. A. worker who lost his life in a drowning accident a few years later. After the death of her husband Mrs. Travis undertook gardening in California about two hundred miles south of Santa Cruz and made a success of it, and following that enterprise she became an editorial writer upon the Atascadero News, and at the present time is city editor of that daily. Her son, Earle F., is a high school scholar and was a very devoted grandson during the last period of his grandfather's illness.

The elder son, James H., served as a lieutenant in the naval reserves during the World War, and ever since then has been connected with the merchant marine and the navy. He is now a commandant in the navy and stationed at New Orleans, He married Jessie P. Parker in 1906 and they have four children, Parker, Elizabeth, James, and George.

Arthur Robie, second son, is with the Technical Glass Company in Los Angeles. He married Emily Washburn in 1920 and they have one son, George Arthur, five years old.

Mrs. George Arthur Willey plans to remain at the home of her daughter at Atascadero, Cal.

CLASS OF 1879

DR. WILLIAM WALLACE BROGA died at his home in Springfield, Mass., September 27, 1928, of angina pectoris after an illness of several months.

The son of Waite Cole Broga, he was born in Otis, Mass., April 19, 1853. He entered the class of '79 in the Chandler Scientific Department at the beginning of the course, but was obliged to leave on account of ill health in the spring of junior year. He was a member of the Phi Zeta Mu fraternity (now Sigma Chi.)

In the fall of 1879 his health had sufficiently improved to allow him to enter Albany Medical College, but he was obliged to leave the following spring, and remained for the most part at his home in Otis until the fall of 1883, when he resumed his studies at Albany. Obtaining his medical degree in 1887, he began practice at East Longmeadow, Mass., whence he removed to Springfield in 1892. There he continued in arduous and successful general practice until the inroads of disease compelled his retirement last August. For twenty years he served as an active member of the staff of the Springfield Hospital, and afterwards was a consulting member of the staff. During the World War, he served as contract surgeon for the student army training corps in Springfield.

A marriage in 1896 was terminated by divorce in 1906. In June, 1925, he was married to lola Y. Blanchard of Springfield, who survives him. The following appreciation is quoted from the remarks made by his pastor, the minister ofJHope Congregational church, at his funeral:

"For over forty years Dr. Broga has ministered to the homes of the people of this city. We are here to pay tribute to one of whom it can well be said that he gave away the riches of this world to gain his soul. We bury the body of the doctor who should have died a wealthy man so far as this world's goods are concerned, but he so forgot himself that he is being, buried one of the richest men in public love and goodwill in the city of Springfield. One of the great reasons is that he was a real friend of the poor.

"For years he served the students of the Springfield College and the International College without pay. For years he placed himself at the call of Mrs. R. DeWitt Mallary, the Congregational Union missionary, among the poor of this city, responding night and day without ever collecting a fee. Called out of bed to homes where he knew no fee could be secured, he hastened as quickly as to the home of the wealthiest.

"He carried to the end of his life that rare culture of the old school. He was first a Christian gentleman. Born in New England, he sustained in himself New England culture. He was always genial and happy. People loved him because they could always trust him.

"God's good gentleman. That indeed is the tribute, N Genial, charitable, unselfish, trustful, sincere, he possessed these virtues. Living he would have denied it. For of such was his spirit. Living poor, dying rich. No man goes to his grave as richly endowed in the love of the citizens of Springfield as William Wallace Broga."

Besides his widow, Dr. Broga is survived by two sisters, one of whom was his twin. He had been eagerly looking forward to attend the fiftieth reunion of his class at the next Commencement.

CLASS OF 1880

DANA MARSH DUSTAN died of apoplexy at his home in Worcester, Mass., October 12, 1928.

The son of Rev. George (Dartmouth 1852) and Lucy Ann (Marsh) Dustan, he was born June 14, 1859, at Tunbridge, Vt., where his grandfather, Rev. Joseph Marsh (Dartmouth 1824), was then pastor. His boyhood home was at Peterboro, N. H., and he attended the local schools, completing his preparation for college at Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, N. H. He was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa and Phi Beta Kappa.

For a long period he was a successful teacher, being principal of People's Academy, Morrisville, Vt., 1880-2; of the high school of Groton, Mass., 1882-3; of the high school at Weston, Mass., 1883-7; of Monson, Mass., Academy 1887-93; and of Tabor Academy, Marion, Mass., 1893-1901. For the next year he was connected with the New England Publishing Company of Boston, and in June, 1902, became special agent of the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company with headquarters in Worcester, a position which he held until his death.

From 1906 to 1916 he was a member of the Worcester school committee, was for a time president of the Worcester County Republican Club, and a member of the Republican city committee in 1904-6. He was a director of the People's Savings Bank, an Odd Fellow, and a member of the Sons of Temperance, the United Order of the Golden Cross, the Commonwealth Club, the Congregational Club, the Worcester Country Club, the Chamber of Commerce, and Plymouth Congregational church. Wherever he lived he was active in church matters. For a long time he served as secretary of his class and was a regular attendant at the annual Secretaries Meeting at Hanover.

December 22, 1885, Mr. Dustan was married to Abbie E. Fiske of Weston, Mass., who died June 11, 1899. They had one daughter, Helen, who is now Mrs. Buswell of Waltham, Mass. A second marriage, July 2, 1901, was to Myra A. SafFord of Atlantic, Mass., who survives him.

CLASS OF 1883

FREDERICK WILLIAM DORING died in Needham, Mass., October 2, 1928, as the result of a cerebral hemorrhage with which he was stricken September 29.

He was born in Perry, Me., September 23, 1859, the son of John and Lydia (Lincoln) Doring. He prepared for college at Eastport High School. He was a member of Psi Upsilon, and graduated with Phi Beta Kappa rank.

For thirteen years after graduation he was engaged in teaching, being in succession principal of high schools at Eastport, Me., 1883-4; Newmarket, N. H., 1884-8; Farmington, N. H., 1888-93; Woonsocket, R. 1., February, 1893 to 1902; Concord, N. H., 1902-6.

He then took up the study of law, and completed the course at Boston University in two years, graduating in 1908. In the summer of that year he was admitted to the bar, and began practice in Boston. He pursued further studies at Boston University Law School during the next year, and obtained the master's degree in 1909. For two years he was a lecturer in the Law School, and he also gave courses in the Portia Law School. For twenty years he had an office in Boston at 53 State St., and was successful in the practice of his profession.

During the World War he was a member of the Legal Advisory Board in Boston. He was a Mason, being a member of Chapter and Commandery, and a member of the Boston City Club. His home was for many years in Cambridge.

November 25, 1886, he was married to Mary Miles Cook of Vicksburg, Miss., who survives him, with their only child, a daughter, Laura Lydia, who is now Mrs. G. K. Hulse of Needham, Mass. He leaves also two sisters and two brothers, one of the latter being Robinson Lincoln Doring, Dartmouth 1891, of Bowling Green, Fla.

CLASS OF 1890

DR. WILLIAM COGSWELL died September 26, 1928, at his home, 51 North Avenue, Haverhill, Massachusetts, after a three years' illness.

Dr. Cogswell was born in Salem, March 24, 1867, the only son of Gen. William Cogswell, Dartmouth College non-graduate, 1859, and of Emma Thorndike Procter. He prepared for college at Dummer Academy, from which he was graduated in 1886. Upon graduation from Dartmouth he entered the Harvard Medical School, from which he received the degree of M. D. in 1894. Thereafter he served as house officer at the Children's Hospital land in the Massachusetts General Hospital. Boston, until 1898, when the SpanishAmerican War broke out. He at once entered service as major of the Eighth Massachusetts Infantry, and was mustered out the following year. In 1900 he was personally commissioned by President William McKinley as surgeon of the 46th Infantry, U. S. V., under Colonel Schuyler, with rank of major, and he served in that capacity in the Philippines until the suppression of the insurrection.

On October 10, 1905, he married Miss Miriam G. Clay, a great-granddaughter of Henry Clay and daughter of the late Thomas Hart Clay and Mrs. Clay of Lexington, Ky.

w vM»jr JL«.Amgwu, ovy. In the years following his marriage, Dr. Cogswell practiced medicine in Boston and Haverhill, with offices in the Haverhill Savings Bank building.

He enlisted in the World War, and after serving as major in the Medical Corps, U. S. Army, and senior surgeon, coast defenses of Boston, he embarked for France as surgeon of the 73d Coast Artillery Corps, serving until the close of the war. He then returned to Haverhill, where he resided until he died, but his health was so undermined by his war experiences that he was never again able to resume active practice.

Dr. Cogswell was a member of the American College of Surgeons, of the Massachusetts Medical Society, and of the Loyal Legion, and surgeon of the Sergeant Fred Thomas Camp, Sons of Union Veterans, of Haverhill. Before his health failed he was on the staff of the Gale and Hale Hospitals.

His funeral was held at his home on September 29, and he was buried in Mt. Auburn Cemetery, in Cambridge, Mass.

He is survived by his wife and by their only son, William Cogswell Jr., who for a time was a member of the class of 1928 at Dartmouth and who now lives at Cranford, N. J., with his wife, formerly Miss Elsie Ryder of Marion, Mass.

CLASS OF 1892

NATHAN BERNSTEIN died in his fifty- seventh year at the Wise Memorial Hospital in Omaha, Neb., on October 9. He had been ill for a year, and death followed a nervous collapse.

After his graduation from Dartmouth, Bernstein went back to Omaha and was for many years head of the physics department in the Central High School of that city, where he had fitted for college. In 1914 he retired from teaching, and became associated with the Omaha office of the National Life Insurance Company, later taking over the general agency for the state. In 1922 he retired from active business, but he has done a great deal of charitable work in his city. He was actively interested in the political and social life of Omaha, and in 1926 was a candidate for the Republican nomination for Congress. He wrote a bit for the papers and composed a number of songs. He was not married.

Through some misunderstanding, Bernstein's interest in Dartmouth was alienated for a while. Rather recently matters were straightened out, and his old loyalty and affection for the College returned. His letters were always bright and cheerful, and he always had a welcome for a classmate that dropped into Omaha.

CLASS OF 1899

WILLIAM FRANCIS EATON, well known and well loved sporting editor of several Boston papers, was struck and instantly killed by the locomotive of a Rockport to Boston train, as he was crossing the tracks at the East Somerville station, early in the morning of October 30.

Bill Eaton, as he was affectionately known by the members of the class of '99 and other Dartmouth men, was with us in college a part of our freshman year. We remember him best for his exploits on the football field, for he was one of the members of the class who gave most promise of being varsity material. He played halfback on the second eleven for the greater part of the fall. In fact, at the time of the championship games, he and Rab Abbott were the substitutes for John Eckstorm and Fred Crolius respectively. John was injured and Rab got a chance to make his "D." Had it been Crolius who had been forced out, Bill Eaton would have been his understudy.

Although he was with us only a short time, he was a most loyal Dartmouth man. He came back to a number of our reunions, beginning with the tenth in 1909. He attended a great number of the Boston round-ups.

The class of '99 was represented at the funeral by Jim Barney, Herbert Rogers, Arthur Irving, and George Clark. Flowers were sent in the name of the class.

Bill's home was at 24 Pearl St., Medford. He was married in April, 1899, to Gertrude M. Hall, who survives him.

Of all the members of the class, Bill was closest to Frank Cavanaugh. In fact, one of the obituary notices in a Boston paper says that he collaborated with Cav in the book "Inside Football."

For years his writings were known to thousands, under the name of "Touchdown." It was beneath this signature that his column appeared in the old Boston Journal. For twenty years he worked upon this paper, being editor-in-chief of the sporting page in its last years. Later on he became sports editor of the Boston Record, and then of the Telegram. His good friend Burton Whitman, of the Boston Herald, writes this sympathetic word of his old associate:

"The so tragic death yesterday of William Francis Eaton, called 'Bill' by the sports fraternity, comes in the midst of the football season, which he loved so much. He was one of the country's best football writers. Under the name of 'Touchdown,' he wrote pithy, colorful, expert stories of the gridiron for many years for the Boston Journal.

"While he made many southern trips with the Boston Red Sox and Braves, and while he covered many big fights, his first love in sports was football, and the college sports of track, baseball, tennis, crew, and hockey came next in his affections.

"He was an associate and friend of Ralph McMillan and Tim Murname, famous Boston sports writers of other years, whom he now joins in Valhalla."

CLASS OF 1911

MAJOR JAMES BLAINE MONTGOMERY died at the Letterman General Hospital, San Francisco, Cal., on October fourteenth. He was buried in the Arlington National Cemetery with military honors, October twenty- second.

Monty, with his wife, left Denver late in August for his new post at Schofield Barracks, near Honolulu, stopping to motor about California for a few weeks. During the trip he did not feel well, so that Mrs. Montgomery did most of the driving. He became so ill that he went to the hospital in San Francisco, where the doctors had considerable difficulty in diagnosing his case, first thinking it a case of infantile paralysis, but later changing tothe opinion that it was a peculiar form of tuberculosis. He failed rapidly. Mrs. Montgomery accompanied the body to Washington, and continued on to her old home in Manchester, N. H., where she will remain for the present.

Monty was born August 23, 1889, in Berwick, Maine, the son of James P. and Ida M. Montgomery. His parents later moved to Lynn, Mass., where Monty attended school, until his entrance into college. He graduated with honors with his class, and then attended the Harvard Medical School, where he again received his degree with honors. This was followed by a surgical interneship of sixteen months at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital and attendance at the Army Medical School, from which he was graduated in 1917.

In July, 1917, he was appointed first lieutenant in the medical corps, and October 24th landed overseas, where he spent seven- teen months with the American Army. A year later he was promoted to the rank of captain. In March, 1919, he was assigned to the U. S. Army General Hospital No. 2 at Fort McHenry, Maryland, as a specialist in orthopedic surgery. He was later transferred to the Walter Reed General Hospital in Washington for three years, and then in 1927 to the Fitzsimmons General Hospital in Denver, Colorado. Meanwhile he had received further promotion to the rank of major somewhat before his time because of the excellent reputation he had made in the service. He was engaged in reconstruction work in connection with disabled veterans, and while at the Walter Reed Hospital became recognized as an authority in this field. At Denver he was at the head of this branch of the medical service and was on his way to accept even greater responsibility as chief of the medical staff of the army hospital in Honolulu when he died.

On June 29, 1917, he was married to Ruth N. Taylor of Manchester, N. H. They had no children. Besides his widow, he is survived by his mother, a sister and two brothers. Montgomery Wells, the famous Dartmouth hurdler, is his nephew.

In college Monty was very popular with all who knew him. He was quiet and unassuming, and for that reason was not as widely known as others whose later achievements grow dim when contrasted to Monty's accomplishments. He not only had made a host of loyal friends and was extremely popular in all the army posts where he was stationed, but had become recognized as a leader in the medical service. He was ever an enthusiastic and loyal Dartmouth man and member of the Class of 1911, and always could be counted among those ready to contribute to the cause of the College. We shall miss him but shall remember him as one who> saw his duty and did it well.

CLASS OF 1923

Louis LEWINSOHN died at the Gabriels Sanitarium, Gabriels, N. Y., July 30, 1928, after being a patient there for five months.

He was born in New York city, September 13, 1900, his parents being Louis B. and Anna (Griffin) Lewinsohn. He prepared for college at Montclair (N. J.) High School, where he graduated in 1918, having been active in baseball, track, and hockey, art editor of "The Bulletin," and president of the student council in his senior year.

After graduation from high school he enlisted in the Marine Corps, and was in training when the armistice was signed. He was one of twelve men selected to travel around the country giving a bayonet exhibition and drill to advertise the Marines. After his discharge in November, 1919, he entered Dartmouth.

In college he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon, the Dragon, the Round Table, and the Green Key, manager of the cross-country track team, and on the editorial staff of Jack-o-Lantern and the Aegis. After graduation he was for a time class secretary.

In September, 1923, he entered the American Telephone Company, and after three months was made a commercial representative, his duties being to make surveys for factories and similar buildings and to try to sell the companies additional toll service. His literary tastes made this irksome, and he was transferred to the publicity department in the New York office and worked on the Telephone Review, of which he was appointed editor April 1, 1927. Despite his knowledge that he was in the grip of an incurable malady, he stayed at his desk and carried on by his indomitable will power long after the time when his physical condition told him he must quit, and was cheerful and courageous until the end

Medical School

CLASS OF 1884

DR. WILLIAM GEORGE CAIN died in Nashua, N. H., September 10, 1928.

He was born in Grantham, N. H., September 26, 1859. After taking postgraduate work at Bellevue Hospital, he settled in practice in Nashua, where he had held high rank in his profession for many years. He was a member of various professional societies, the Odd Fellows, the Patrons of Husbandry, and the First Congregational church. A widow survives him.

CLASS OF 1888

DR. JOSEPH BORLAND SAYLES died in Taunton, Mass., February 21, 1928.

A widow survives him, but further information has not been obtained, except that he was born in Somerset, Mass., February 28, 1865.

CLASS OF 1893

DR. EDWARD FRANK GUILD died suddenly of angina pectoris at his home in Chelsea, Mass., October 12, 1928. He had a slight attack of grippe, having previously been in the best of health, and was thought to be recovering.

The son of Edward E. and Emily (MacDonald) Guild, he was born in Saxonville, Mass., March 30, 1864, and received his early education in the public schools of Boston.

After graduation he practiced a few months at Hillsboro, N. H., and then settled in Chelsea, where he had practiced uninterruptedly since October 22, 1894i For nine years he was city physician, and for five years chairman of the city board of health. He was a member of the staff of Chelsea Memorial Hospital, and at one time president of the staff and a member of Massachusetts Medical Society. He was also a director of the Chamber of Commerce, a trustee of Chelsea Public Library, and a member of Masonic lodge and chapter.

May 29, 1899, Dr. Guild was married to Anne Elizabeth, daughter of Stephen S. and Elizabeth (Stoddard) Stone of Waltham, Mass., who survives him. There are no children.