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 1867

News has been received of the death of Doane Blood Colcord on April 12, 1927. As his last residence was given as Portland, Oregon, it is assumed that his death occurred in that city. Particulars are as yet lacking for a satisfactory account of his career, but such as are at hand are here given.

He was born in Bucksport, Me., November 14, 1841, and came from that town to Dartmouth, where he took the course of the Chandler Scientific Department and was a member of the Vitruvian fraternity (now Beta Theta Pi.)

Before entering college he had seen service in the Civil War. July 23, 1862, he enlisted in the 18th Maine Volunteer Infantry, and was enrolled as a musician. The regiment later became the First Maine Heavy Artillery, and was for more than a year stationed in the defences of Washington, and Mr. Colcord was a member of the regimental band. In the fall of 1863 he was transferred to the U. S. Signal Corps, and finally became leader of the Signal Corps Post Band. He was discharged June 21, 1865.

After graduation he worked as a civil engineer for several years, and then 'studied medicine, graduating from Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1875. He appears to have lived in Kansas for many years, and was professor of chemistry in Kansas Medical College in 1892-5, later removing to Oregon.

CLASS OF 1870

Lemuel Spencer Hastings, secretary of this class, died January 3, 1928, at the George Washington Hospital, Washington, D. C., shortly after an accident which occurred at Kensington, Md., where Professor and Mrs. Hastings were visiting their son. Professor Hastings stepped from behind a parked automobile and was struck by a car which he had not seen.

He was born in St. Johnsbury, Vt., September 26, 1848, and prepared for college at St. Johnsbury Academy. He was a member of Psi Upsilon and Phi Beta Kappa.

For the first two years after graduation he was principal of the high school at North Andover, Mass., and then studied for a year in Chicago Theological Seminary. For the half year ending in January, 1874, he was tutor in mathematics at Dartmouth. In the following fall he resumed theological studies, going to Yale Divinity School, where he graduated in 1876. For most of the following year he was at home in St. Johnsbury, and was then from 1877 to 1881 principal of the high school at Framingham, Mass. From 1881 to 1889 he held a similar position at Claremont, N. H., and then at Nashua until 1905, doing in all these positions extremely thorough and valuable work, and winning a high degree of regard and appreciation. The next year he spent in European travel, accompanied by Mrs. Hastings. In the fall of 1906 he returned to the College as instructor in the department of English, his work being in the line of public speaking. In 1910 he became assistant professor of English, and in 1912 assistant professor of rhetoric and oratory, finally retiring in 1920. It has been seen that his early intention was to enter the ministry, and for many years he was accustomed to preach often for churches requiring a temporary supply.

July 3, 1877, Mr. Hastings was married to Laura M., daughter of Samuel W. Cobb of Hanover, who survives him. They had three children, Harold Ripley, Dartmouth 1900, now living in Baltimore, Alfred Bryant, Dartmouth 1904, of Kensington, Md., and Myra, who is no longer living.

The sudden passing of Professor Hastings brings grief to a host of former pupils and friends, who have loved him for the beauty and sincerity of his character no less than they have respected the solid accomplishment of his life work.

CLASS OF 1873

Word has only just reached the Secretary of the death some time ago of Edward Payson Warner, who for parts of three years was a member of the class. He was born May 20, 1850, fitted for college at Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Mass., and entered Dartmouth in the fall of 1869, taking the classical course. On account of ill health he left college early in junior year. During these two years he was greatly interested in all class activities, and was a most friendly classmate, although very peculiar in many ways.

After leaving college he went to Washington, D. C., and through his brother obtained a position in the treasury department of the government. On account of eye trouble he was obliged to relinquish his position. Al general physical breakdown was followed by mental trouble, and ultimately he became insane, and was committed to the Danville Insane Asylum, Danville, Pa., August 23, 1884, and was there under treatment for forty-one years. There he took a normal interest in current events until a few years before his death. The class secretary corresponded with him at rare intervals, and once at least, several years ago, received from him a cheerful letter in his well-remembered handwriting. A few years before his death his mental faculties began to fail more rapidly, and he was quite demented when he died. His death, which was due to myocarditis, occurred October 1, 1925.

In college he took no part in any athletic sports. He was a member of the Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity.

CLASS OF 1883

Arthur Aaron Maxwell died at his home in New Haven, Conn., December 17, 1927, after an illness of three weeks.

He was born in Wells, Me., January 24, 1858, the son of Barak and Elizabeth (Ames) Maxwell, and prepared for college at Berwick Academy. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi and Phi Beta Kappa.

After graduation he began the study of law in the office of J. H. Benton in Boston, studying also at Boston University, where he graduated as LL.B. in 1887. He began practice at once in that city, in Colonel Benton's office. He early began to specialize in railroad matters, being from 1890 to 1893 claims attorney for the Old Colony road, and then in a similar position for the New Haven road, which absorbed the Old Colony, till 1907. June 1, 1907, he was appointed commissioner of real estate, right of way, and taxes for the New Haven road, with office in New Haven, which position he held for the remainder of his life. He had previously resided in the Jamaica Plain district of Boston, but then removed his home to New Haven.

In 1896 and '7 he represented his district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, was in the Senate in 1899 and 1900, and in the Governor's Council in 1901, '2, and '3. In 1904 he was appointed by Governor Bates a trustee of the Medfield State Hospital. He was president of the Adrian (Mich.) Water Company, a trustee of the Jamaica Plain Real Estate Trust, and a director of the Washingtonian Home of Boston. He was an active member of Congregational churches in the places of his residence, and a member of the Masonic order.

April 25, 1889, he was married to Nancy Etheridge, who died May 12, 1915. A second marriage, June 3, 1916, was to Mrs. Flora Fullerton Brown, daughter of Robert Brown of New Haven and widow of Rev. Edward G. Fullerton, who survives him. There are no children.

CLASS OF 1885

HERBERT DARLING FOSTER

Our college and his large circle of intimate friends were profoundly shocked by the sad Christmas news of the sudden collapse and death from heart failure, in England, of Prof. Foster, who was spending his sabbatical year abroad.

Herbert Darling Foster was born in West Newbury, Massachusetts, June 22, 1863, and died in Plymouth, England, December 26, 1927.

He was the son of Rev. Dr. Davis Foster (class '49 Dart. Coll.) and Harriet Louisa (Darling) Foster, and the brother of the late Henry R. Foster (class of '82 Dart. Coll.)

He prepared for college at Phillips Exeter Academy, entering Dartmouth with the class of 1885, where he pursued the regular classical course, being awarded honorable mention in Greek and Latin, and final honors in Greek "cum laudehe was a member of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity, and Phi Beta Kappa society, and during his college course served as secretary and president of his class, and as president of the Y.M.C.A., and was always much interested in music.

His high scholarship naturally led him into educational work and the first six years after his graduation he spent in Worcester (Mass.) Academy, where he taught Greek, English and history; from 1891 to 1893 he was Morgan Fellow in History in the graduate school of Harvard University. He was elected professor of history in Dartmouth in 1893, with one year's leave of absence, which he spent in study and travel in Europe. He began his active work in the college in 1894, which continued until his death, with the exception of his several sabbatical years, which he spent abroad in study, research, and travel.

Among the present members of the college faculty his long period of service, thirty-four years, is exceeded only by those of Prof. George D. Lord, appointed in 1887, and Prof. Charles D. Adams and Prof. William Patten, both of whom were appointed in 1893, the same year he was.

His highly efficient and constructive work in the college was well expressed by a vote passed in 1921, from a portion of which the following is quoted: "Appointed in 1893, Professor Foster found the work of the college in history unorganized and on a low plane; with zeal, with industry and with high ideals, coupled with scholarship and acquaintance with the progress of historical science, he organized the department, obtained proper equipment for it, expanded its offerings and insisted upon high standards."

His educational and literary work was not limited to his strict college duties, but included a much more extended field; he was frequently called upon to give addresses and,,lectures upon historical and educational subjects in various parts of the country, and during the year 1922, which he spent abroad in study and research, he had the honor of being a lecturer at the University of Geneva, Switzerland.

He had for years devoted much study and research to the preparation of a history of the development of civil and religious libertyfrom the time of John Calvin, and it is a cause of sincere regret that he did not live to fully complete and publish what must be considered as the greatest work of his life outside of his work in the college. Fortunately, however, he had written much for publication, and was a welcome contributor to the best historical magazines. His last published contribution upon the subject which was nearest his heart, was a very interesting and valuable paper which appeared in the April 1927 issue of the American Historical Review under the title "International Calvinism through Locke and the Revolution of 1688."

He had also, at various times, filled the most important offices in historical and kindred associations, in various parts of this country and abroad.

During the World War he performed great patriotic service in making addresses to our soldiers and sailors in various cantonments and naval bases in the United States, and later, during the year 1919, he rendered particularly distinguished service abroad in the educational corps of the American Expeditionary Force, and for a time served as head of the department of history in its university at Beaune, France, and in connection with this service he traveled thousands of miles through the battlefield section; one who was in authority in the educational corps and was familiar with the character of Foster's work, described it as follows :

"His inspiring character, his fine scholarship and his distinguished success, have made him peculiarly helpful to us."

In addition to his degree of A. B. awarded at his graduation, his scholarship was recognized by a degree of A.M. from Harvard University in 1892, and by the honorary degree of Litt. D. from the University of Geneva, Switzerland in 1909.

He was married to Lillian Darlington Smith of Liverpool, England, on July 7, 1897. Their daughter and only child died in infancy, and Mrs. Foster died very suddenly at their home in Hanover on June 3, 1926. The only survivor of his immediate family is his sister, Miss Harriet D. Foster, of New York city.

For twenty years prior to 1915 he served his college classmates most efficiently as their class secretary; his work in this position included not only a most sincere and kindly interest in each member of the class, but in the members of their families, as well, and the reports of the class, issued by him from time to time, were examples of what ideal class reports should be, both as to spirit and contents ; while the cordial welcomes to his classmates and their families, by him and his wife, at their home at Hanover, on the occasions of our reunions, and at other times, will always remain as cherished memories.

His remains were brought to Winchendon, Massachusetts, for burial in the family lot in the cemetery in that town on January 21.

This brief tribute does not undertake to be an adequate memorial for one who has rendered the long and distinguished" service for the College and has made the attainments in his chosen line which he had,—an appropriate memorial covering more fully such accomplishments will, .without doubt, be prepared and presented. This tribute simply undertakes to portray, in some measure, the esteem and affection of one who writes in behalf of his classmates, who loved him, and were proud of his character and accomplishments; perhaps, therefore, it cannot close better than with the words used in dedicating to him the class report which was issued in June 1925, in connection with the fortieth anniversary reunion of the class, which contained as its frontispiece a fine likeness of him in his uniform as a member of the American Expeditionary Force, under which appear these words of dedication :

TO BERT FOSTER

"By your long and efficient service for our college, By your loyal and patriotic service for our country, By your sincere and constant interest in us and our families, You have won our enduring and affectionate regard."

EDWIN A. BAYLEY,Secretary.

CLASS OF 1888

Dr. Alpheus Whiting Hoyt was found dead in his bed at his home in New Rochelle, N. Y., on the morning of December 19, 1927. The probable cause of death was an injury received to his head while entering his automobile the noon before, from which he was thought to have recovered.

He was born on Wadmelaw Island, S. C., May 21, 1866, his father being a physician. His parents early removed to Natick, Mass., where he fitted for college at the local high school. In college he was one of the editors of the Aegis and chronicler at Class Day. He was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa, Casque and Gauntlet, and Phi Beta Kappa.

For the first two years after graduation he taught in Morgan Park (I11.) Military Academy, and then for two years in Kenyon Military Academy, Gambier, Ohio. He then studied medicine in New York, and graduated as M.D. from the University of New York in 1895. For the next two years he was house physician at Bellevue Hospital. In 1897 he established himself in practice at Bisbee, Ariz., and after some years went to Austen, W. Va., where he was physician and surgeon for the Austen Coal Company. In 1910 he removed to New Rochelle, where he had since been in practice. He had acquired a wide reputation as a specialist in diseases commonly regarded as incurable. As president of the board of health of his city he won recognition by his treatment of patients during the infantile paralysis epidemic in 1916, when he gave up his other practice and devoted himself entirely to these cases. The next year he was appointed city physician, which position he had since held.

Dr. Hoyt was an Episcopalian and a member of the Masonic order. November 9, 1898, he was married to Wilhelmina Gushee of Paterson, N. J., who survives him. They have no children. The burial was at Framingham, Mass.

James Clarence Hyde died in New York city December 18, 1927.

He was born in Boston, November 15, 1866, and prepared for college at Irving Institute in New York city, where his home then was. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi. He left college in December, 1885.

Soon after leaving college he became a reporter of the New York World, and was engaged in reporting and various newspaper work on papers of that city until 1895, when he became art editor of the Herald. In 1908 he left journalism to become theatrical manager of William Collier for Charles Frohman. Later he was general representative for Klaw and Erlanger, and since 1918 he had been business manager for Henry Miller, Klaw and Erlanger, and Charles Dillingham.

Mr. Hyde never married. He was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, the Sons of the War of 1812, the Lambs Club, and the New York Athletic Club.

CLASS OF 1889

Leslie Howard Ingham died in Baltimore, Md., December 4, 1927, after an illness due to heart disease of about three months' duration.

The son of Rev. Howard M. and Sarah (Woodward) Ingham, he was born in Cleveland, Ohio, June 7, 1867. He prepared for college at the Cleveland High School, entered and graduated (A. B.) with his class. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi, also of Phi Beta Kappa.

As an undergraduate he was particularly interested in physics and chemistry, and for two years after graduation he was with the Brush Electric Company in Cleveland. For the following seventeen years he was a member of the faculty of Kenyon College, first as instructor, then as professor, of chemistry, except for the two years 1903 and '04, when he was research fellow in chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania, spending part of his time in Toronto and in the mine fields of Nevada. He was given the degree of Ph. D. in 1904.

He left Kenyon in 1908 and became professor of chemistry at the Baltimore City College, and the next year was made head of the department of sciences, which position he held up to the time of his death.

For many years during his vacations he was engaged in engineering problems which called for both study and travel in many parts of the United States as well as extended trips in Mexico and Canada.

He was a faithful and able teacher, and was active in teachers' associations, both local and national. He had also a keen interest in social and economic problems. In 1915 he wrote: "Three years ago I started the night school work in technological subjects, and have now a strong school for men who work during the day time; this is my own child and occupies a big place in my heart."

Ingham was married October 9, 1889, to Mabel I. Fish, at Brooklyn, Ohio, who survives him, together with a son, Howard, who lives in Cleveland, and a daughter, Mrs. Elliott Cornell of Pittsburgh. There are eleven grandchildren. Both parents, too, are living, and their home is in Baltimore, where they celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary in April, 1926.

Ingham's affiliations with the University of Pennsylvania, where he took his graduate courses, were closer than those with Dartmouth. Hence, although he can be described as a "man who never comes back," for he did not attend any reunion or even visit Hanover after graduation, he responded promptly and cordially to any letters the Secretary wrote to him and always kept his interest in college and class.

CLASS OF 1899

Franklin Russell Eaton was born in Wentworth, N. H., on May 14, 1877. He was the son of Franklin and Marion (Russell) Eaton of Wentworth. He was graduated from New Hampton Literary Institution, New Hampton, N. H., in the same class with Musgrove, Clarence Joy, and other '99 classmates. He entered Dartmouth College in the fall of 1895, rooming on the second floor of Reed Hall, with F. A. Musgrove. At the end of his freshman year he transferred to the University of Minnesota.

Since 190S he has been in the employ of the Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis. He was successively manager of their offices in Toledo and Columbus, Ohio; then moved to Washington, D. C., as regional general manager of the Washington and Baltimore territory. He lived in Washington from 1909 to 1927. Here he was prominent as a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Board of Trade, the City Club, and the Columbia Country Club. While there he acted as the company's representative, on the spot whenever matters came up in which the United States government was involved.

A few years ago he was promoted to the rank of regional vice-president. In January, 1927, he left Washington to assume general charge of the entire southern territory for Washburn-Crosby Company, with headquarters at Louisville, Ky.

His unceasing activities and the strain of business told upon him, and in August, with a weakened heart, he was obliged to give up his place and return to the North. He died last November in Brookline, Mass.

He is survived by his widow and a daughter, Marjorie, and one brother, David N. Eaton of Wentworth. There are three of his sisters who are still living in various parts of New England. The interment was at Newton, Mass.

F. R. was popular with all of his classmates, but particularly with the crowd who lived in Reed Hall. It is a matter of the profoundest regret to all '99-ers that he was lost to us through all the years, and only brought back upon our roster by his untimely death at the age of fifty.

It is the Secretary's hope that in an early issue we may be able to give more details of F. R.'s family and social life in Washington.

Since the above was written, and just before the material was sent to the press, additional information regarding F. R. Eaton reached the Secretary. A letter has come from Mrs. H. B. Ballou of Mansfield, Conn., F. R.'s sister. She tells that her sister-in-law's address is Mrs. Jean Eaton, 1450 Beacon St., Brookline, Mass. A newspaper article by F. G. Atkinson, vice-president of the Wash burn Crosby Company, tells of F. R.'s wonderful success with them. This article, by the way, was written a year or two before his death. Says Mr. Atkinson in part:

"One day in the year 1905, Mr. Eaton showed up at our office in the Flour Exchange building, seeking a connection with what was then and is now the largest flour milling company in the world. We liked his appearance and approach; hence it was quickly arranged that he should represent us in the sale of Gold Medal Flour.

"In another article details are given of Mr. Eaton's career with the company; therefore, I will not repeat.

"Mr. Eaton's greatest work for the company developed and continues at Washington and Baltimore. In taking over those_ offices he recognized the soundness of the selling methods introduced by his predecessor, the late Mr. Lewis S. Tyler. This lack of attempt on Mr. Eaton's part to change what was ostensibly good is a clear indication of his sound judgmerit.

"Both the offices mentioned have made continuous progress under his direction, and undoubtedly will so continue.

"Many times in the past when_ it was neces- sary for us to have contact with personages high up in the United States government, Mr. Eaton has been delegated to make the contact, and invariably has not only 'taken the message to Garcia' but also handled the matter with sound judgment and tact, and has given us the benefit of his well thought-out suggestions.

"That portion of our organization which is under the direction of Mr. Eaton, works with machine-like accuracy, but at the same time a human element and touch is predominant, thus making a combination that is sure to produce profitable results for the company."

From other sources also, the Secretary has learned that F. R.'s great success was due in no small measure to his wonderfully democratic spirit. It is said of him that the millionaire or the bootblack felt equally at ease in his presence. He was a true son of Eleazar Wheelock.

CLASS OF 1908

Isaac Beauchamp Locke died November 28, 1927, at Walpole, N. H. He had just returned from a short hunting trip on which he contracted a severe cold that turned suddenly into pneumonia. He was the son of Isaac H. and Mary B. Locke and was born in Boston Sept. 6, 1883. Later his parents moved to Belmont, Mass. He attended the public schools in his home town until he entered Cushing Academy, Ashburnham, Mass., where he spent four years preparing for Dartmouth. In his senior year at Cushing he captained the academy's football team.

After graduating from Dartmouth he entered into business with his father's firm, Isaac Locke & .Company, in Faneuil Hall Market, Boston, where he held the position of secretary of the firm for the past ten years.

In the spring of 1922 he married Elizabeth Nesbit and lived for three years in Boston, but 'his health made it necessary to leave the city so he moved to Bellows Falls, Vermont.

He was a member of Theta Delta Chi and Dragon at Dartmouth and the Columbia Lodge of Masons at Boston.

The funeral was held from his parents' home in Belmont. It was one of those beautiful, sunny, Indian summer days that come so rarely as late in the season, and the large attendance was a high tribute to Ike's memory.

Ike had that happy quality that made many friends and real friends. It was his quiet, cheerful disposition that appealed to all who knew him. When we go back for our 20th, next June, we shall all miss Ike's fun-loving smile. How he would have enjoyed it! Ike loved Dartmouth and she never had a more loyal son.

CLASS OF 1912

Kenneth Glidden Barstow died of a heart attack in Phoenix, Arizona, on September 21, 1926.

He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, June 5, 1890, and prepared for college at University School, Cleveland. After three years in college he was called away on account of the death of his father. He entered business with the firm of Vincent and Barstow, furniture dealers. He later attended Western Reserve University and then the University of Pennsylvania. At Dartmouth he was a member of Delta Tau Delta.

In 1917 he enlisted with the ambulance service in Italy, served at the front in the Argonne with the American army, and then with the Army of Occupation in Germany. Mr. Barstow received decorations for distinguished service in Italy.

For the past seven years he had been ranching in the West.

CLASS OF 1920

The following data about a member of this class during freshman year are taken from his brother, Fred C. Coon of Lakeview, Mich.:

"Lawrence Spencer Coon, son of Frederick C. and Marietta Coon, passed into the greater expression of life May 20, 1927. He was born in New Britain, Conn., August 20, 1899.

"He was a member of the West Middle Cadets, attended the Hartford High School and Dartmouth College. He was very progressive in the field of commercialism, and his goal of attainment was within his grasp when he was stricken ill in Boston, Mass., three years ago."

MEDICAL SCHOOL

CLASS OF 1882

Dr. James Leslie Fuller died at his home at North Creek, N. Y., May IS, 1926, of apoplexy. He was born in Johnsburg, N. Y., June 18, 1856, and was a graduate of Warrensburg Academy.

After graduation he practiced his profession for many years in his native county, retiring about ten years before his death on account of failing health.

He took a keen interest in public affairs, and was active in politics as a Republican. He was for several years supervisor of the town of Johnsburg, and from 1900 to 1903 school commissioner for Warren county. In 1903 he was elected to the Assembly from the county. For fourteen years and until his death he was president of North Creek National Bank.

Dr. Fuller was married April 21, 1884, to Anna M., daughter of Daniel and Helen (Totman) Jackson. After her death, he was married, November 27, 1919, to Jennie E., daughter of Samuel and Mary E. (Waddel) Somerville, who survives him. There were no children.

Herbert Darling Foster