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 1874

REV. REUBEN BEAN WRIGHT died at a hospital in Boise, Idaho, October 20, 1929, after a brief illness.

The son of Elihu and Ruth (Bean) Wright, he was born at West Glover, Vt., April 12, 1848. His preparation for college was obtained at Orleans Liberal Institute and Kimball Union Academy, and was interrupted by the teaching of district schools, a practice which he continued through his college course. He was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa and the Glee Club, and had a part on the Commencement program.

After graduation he turned to the study of theology, for two years at Yale and for the final year at Andover. He entered the Congregational ministry upon his graduation from Andover, and was pastor at Poplar Grove, I11., 1877-8; at Dexter, Minn., 1878-9; at Crystal Lake, I11., 1880-2; at Crested Butte, Colo., 1883-4; and at Pueblo, Colo., 1884-8. He was then for a year a general missionary in Colorado for the Congregational Home Missionary Society. In 1889 he went to Denver, where he organized the South Broadway church, and remained as its pastor until 1893. He then went to Boise, Idaho, where he again organized a church, and was its pastor until 1905, serving also as home missionary superintendent for Idaho in 1899-1900. In 1905-7 he was pastor at Huntington, Ore., and then returned to Boise, where he made his home for the rest of his life. He served as city missionary, as secretary of the state Sunday school association, and in other capacities as a religious worker, being especially interested in prison work and in the aid of discharged prisoners. He was always closely identified with work for and with young people. He had the esteem and confidence of all denominations of Christians, and was in effect a pastor-at-large for the city during the last years of his life. For reasons of doctrinal belief he transferred his membership some years ago to the First Presbyterian church of Boise and his ministerial connection to that denomination.

Mention has been made of his connection with the Glee Club while in college. His musical gift had not failed him, and he was for many years a member of the civic chorus at Boise, and was one of the men's chorus at the Presbyterian church.

Dartmouth conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Divinity in 1910. On several occasions he had been chosen as chaplain of both houses of the Idaho legislature. A unique honor was his election by the students of the city high school ten years ago as their chaplain for life.

September 5, 1877, Dr. Wright was married to Alice Adele Wood of Fair Haven, Vt., who died November 15, 1908. His two daughters, Mrs. W. D. Reynolds of Boise and Mrs. G. E. Shawhan of Nampa, Idaho, and Ms sister, Mrs. Irene Crane, have been able to minister to him since the death of his wife.

CLASS OF 1876

BENJAMIN JOSEPH WEBTHEIMER, the son of Joseph and Jeannett Barnett Wertheimer, was born in Troy, Ohio, November 16, 1854. His preparation for college was in his native town. He was a member of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity.

After taking the four years' course and receiving the degree of A.8., he spent two years in Europe, studying at Gottingen and Paris. In 1880 he was graduated from the St. Louis Law School. He was in practice thereafter in St. Louis till 1885, when he removed to Chicago, and there remained in legal practice and as an insurance adjuster until his death, which occurred September 21, 1929, after two years of poor health.

He was married May 6, 1884, to Miss Bertha Wampole of Chicago, who survives him. There were three children, two daughters and a son, all of whom are living. A brother also survives him, Jacob J. Wertheimer of St. Louis, who is a nongraduate member of the class of 1875.

After the first few years out of college, Wertheimer had little contact with classmates or College; yet whenever there was a chance meeting with a classmate, he was hearty in his greeting after the old manner, and in no way backward in expression of interest and sympathy.

Mrs. William H. Gardiner, widow of a former secretary of '76 and for a long time resident in Chicago, writes of an invitation received within a few years to dine at the Wertheimer home, and of the delight she experienced in meeting the members of the family, also of the interest Wertheimer took in a letter she showed him in which a number of classmates were mentioned, his comments and inquiries.

WILLIAM HENRY BROOKS died October 26, 1929, at his home in Holyoke, Mass., after an illness of ten days. He was born January 5, 1855, at Schuyler Lake, Otsego county, N. Y., his parents being Reuben P. and Margaret (Eliot) Brooks. He prepared for college at Clinton Liberal Institute, Clinton, N. Y. His fraternity was Psi Upsilon.

The first year after graduation he studied law at Woodstock, Vt., in the office of Warren C. French, and taught Greek in the local high school. In 1877 he removed to Holyoke, Mass., which was ever thereafter his home, completed his law studies, was admitted to the bar in 1878, and began practice. He continued in active practice until his last illness, having various partners at different times, and for a long time maintaining also an office in Springfield. He soon reached leadership in the local bar and then in the county bar, and before he had come to middle life was one of the ranking trial lawyers of the state. He became associated with the interests of many corporations, and was recognized as one of the leading corporation lawyers of Massachusetts.

In 1881-3 he was city solicitor, and was the unsuccessful Republican candidate for mayor in 1884. In 1889 he was also unsuccessful as a candidate for district attorney. In 1908 he was an honorary vice-chairman of the Republican National Convention at Chicago. He was many times urged by governors to accept appointments to the Superior and Supreme Courts of the state, but always declined, preferring to continue in active practice.

September 27, 1877, Mr. Brooks was married to Mary S., daughter of Warren C. French of Woodstock, Vt., who died in June 1881. February 4, 1884, he was married to Mrs. Jennie Smith, daughter of Edwin Chase of Holyoke, who survives him. There are five surviving children, Chase Brooks (Dartmouth 1909),' Mrs. Edward B. Mullen, William H. Brooks, Eliot Brooks, and Mrs. Mary Fay ward.

CLASS OF 1877

FBEDERIC LANGDON OWEN died at his home at 7 Bowdoin Ave., in the Dorchester district of Boston, October 10, 1929, after a period of failing health from heart disease.

He was born in Hanover, July 27, 1854, his parents being Frederick Langdon and Rebecca (Chandler) Owen. The family removed in his boyhood to Lebanon, N. H., and he was one of a large delegation which entered the class from Kimball Union Academy. His fraternity was Kappa Kappa Kappa. He was on the staff of The Dartmonth during senior year, and had a poem as his part on the Commencement program. This poetic gift he cultivated in after life, and he often had a poetical contribution at our class reunions, which he attended whenever possible.

Like most men of his college generation, lie began the study of law after graduation, but soon turned to teaching, and in this pursuit he was greatly esteemed and met with pronounced success throughout his active life. Like many other Dartmouth men, he began his teaching on Cape Cod, teaching at Dennis Port, Mass., from December, 1877, to September, 1878, and then for a short time at Harwich. In December, 1878, he went to Canton, Mass., as principal of a grammar school, was promoted to the principalship of the high school in April, 1881, and remained in that position to 1889. We are assured that the pleasantest memories of his work ill Canton still remain in that town. He was then enticed for a time by the lure of business, but in 1890 resumed teaching as submaster of the Sherwin School in the Roxbury district of Boston, and remained there six years. He was then submaster of the Harris School, Dorchester, for a year, and then of the Hemenway School, Dorchester, from 1897 to 1910. He was then promoted to be master of the John Cheverus School, East Boston, whence in 1918 he was transferred to the mastership of the Christopher Gibson School in Dorchester. The age limit compelled his retirement in 1924, since which time he has had some not burdensome business interests, but for the most part has enjoyed a wellearned leisure, much of which was spent in outdoor life.

December 28, 1881, he was married to Emma Poelien, daughter of Willam and Elizabeth Poelien (Knaggs) Bense of Canton, Mass., who died July 22, 1929. They had no children. The burial of both was at Canton.

Owen was one of the best-loved members of the class, was always deeply interested in its affairs, and was appointed to introduce the men at the reception by the Alumni Association at our Fiftieth.

CLASS OF 1885

DB. LEWIS HODGKINS of Ellsworth, Me., died very suddenly from heart disease on August 23, 1929. In company with an old friend he had started for an afternoon's deepsea fishing trip in Frenchman's Bay; on the way out Dr. Hodgkins complained of not feeling well and lay down in the cabin, and soon after collapsed. The boat was immediately run into Bar Harbor, but he had passed away before reaching the dock. He had been in poor health for several years, but during last summer he seemed to have improved, and to be making a good recovery.

He was born in Fairfield, Ind., on May 23, 1862, the son of Dr. Lewis W. and Julia L. (Thomas) Hodgkins. His father was an oldtime general practitioner, and served in an Indiana regiment during the Civil War. Shortly after the close of the war, the family removed to Ellsworth, Me. The son attended the public schools of Ellsworth, where he prepared for college.

He entered Bowdoin College, but transferred to Dartmouth and graduated in 1885, with the degree of 8.A., with Phi Beta Kappa honors. He was a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, and also of the college football team of 1884-85.

He entered the Medical School of the University of the City of New York, and was graduated in 1888 with the degree of M.D. Following his graduation he began the practice of his profession in Ellsworth, where he continued in active practice until his death.

Ambitious to keep abreast of the advancement in his profession, he took post-graduate courses in 1905 and in 1920 in the Post Graduate School of the University of the City of New York.

He was a member of the Hancock County (Me.) Medical Society, of which he served as president in 1909 and 1910; he was also a member of the Maine State Medical Society, and of the American Medical Association; his standing in his profession was high. During the World War he served as chief surgeon of the Hancock County Draft Board.

He also took a very active interest in all civic matters relating to the advancement of his home city, and the confidence and esteem in which he was held by his fellow citizens is shown by his service on the school board, as a member of the board of directors of the Liberty National Bank, and three terms as mayor of the city; the latter deserves particular mention, since in politics be was a pronounced Democrat, and the city was strongly Republican.

On August 18, 1897, he married Ida M. Norris of Ellsworth, who died on April 23, 1910. He is survived by his son, Norris L. Hodgkins, Dartmouth 'l9, of Ellsworth and New York city, and by two grandsons, Lewis George and Norris L., Jr.

His funeral was held at his late residence on August 25th, and was very largely attended. His interment was in the family lot in Woodbine Cemetery, Ellsworth.

Dr. Hodgkins was a fine example of an able physician and surgeon, and a very public spirited and useful citizen. He was a man endowed with a genial, sympathetic nature and possessed of a sterling, rugged honesty and frankness, which won the confidence and friendship of all who knew him; he was a man who had the courage of his convictions and a loyalty which never faltered.

CLASS OF 1886

FBED PHILBRICK WEEKS died at his home in Plymouth, N. H., October 3, 1929.

He was born in Thornton, N. H., November 18, 1862, and was a son of Nathan H. and Mary G. (Philbrick) Weeks. He entered the Chandler Scientific Department in 1882, and continued with his class through the college year of 1884-5.

On September 1, 1885, he married Cora L. Park, daughter of the late William R. Park. In 1895 he removed to Plymouth. He chose banking as his life occupation, and met with marked success. He was for many years president and director of the Pemigewasset. National Bank and a trustee of the Plymouth Guaranty Savings Bank, from which institutions he retired only recently because of failing health. A few years ago he broke a hip, and on account of this he was obliged to give up his business activities.

He was a member of Olive Branch Lodge A. F. and A. M., Pemigewasset Chapter, and Omega Council of Plymouth, and Pilgrim Commandery K. T. of Laconia. Besides Mrs. Weeks he leaves surviving him three daughters, Mrs. Frank H. Foster of Plymouth, Mrs. R. L. Erickson of Alhambra, Cal., and Mrs. J. 0. Cuneo of San Jose, Cal.; also three grandchildren, Priscilla Foster, William Erickson, and Janice Cuneo.

The Plymouth Record says of Mr. Weeks: "Through his ability and sound judgment he has been a strong factor in the prosperity of this section as well as of his bank. Though seemingly of a reserved disposition, those who were privileged to know him more closely found him a genial, friendly personality."

CLASS OF 1888

ATHERTON SMITH BUKNHAM died July 2, 1929, at his home in Biddeford, Me., after a long illness.

He was born in Biddeford, February 11, 1865, and fitted at the high school of his native town. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi and the Sphinx, and an editor of the Aegis.

In the fall of 1888 he taught at Round Pond, Me., and then was for some time in the coal business in Biddeford. He then returned to teaching, and made that the work of his life. He first taught the high school of Richford, Vt., and then of Salmon Falls, N. H. He was next principal of Conwell Academy at Carver, Mass., and then submaster of the high school of Warwick, R. I. For a time he was instructor in science in Tilton Seminary, Tilton, N. H., and taught finally at North Adams and Scituate, Mass., until his retirement and return to his old home on account of failing health. He was never married.

He was a member of the Masonic order. Of his three surviving brothers, one is Harry H. Burnham '86.

CHARLES HENRY MORRILL died October 17, 1929, at the Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington, Vt., of heart disease, after an illness of two weeks.

The son of William Bradbury and Annie Louise (Edds) Morrill, he was bom in Boston, Mass., November 11, 1861. Prepared for college in the Milford, Mass., High School, he entered Harvard, but at the close of his freshman year there was transferred to Dartmouth, where he was graduated with the class of 1888. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi and Phi Beta Kappa.

In September, 1888, he became principal of the academy at Haverhill, N. H., and two years later accepted the principalship of Brigham Academy, Bakersfield, Vt., where he remained thirteen years. Resigning in 1903, he became head of the State Normal School at Randolph Center, Vt., but eight years later, when this was made into an agricultural school, he returned to Brigham to continue there until 1925, when he was elected to the principalship of the Newport, Vt., High School, a position he held until his death.

December 4, 1888, he was married to Cora Vinal Chase of Mansfield, Mass., who survives him, with a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Fay. There were no children.

Morrill's work in Vermont fitting schools for a generation has been distinctive. He was genial, sympathetic, and completely devoted to his work. He wrote no books, and he traveled not far, but gave himself without stint to the youth under his charge. The tributes paid him at his funeral, coming from all parts of the state, from his old students, from members of the social organizations of which he had been a member, and from all who had touched his life, were most impressive. "Many people," said one who knew him intimately, "respected and loved Mr. Morrill not merely from their acquaintance with him as a teacher, but from their relations with him in the wider contacts of church, social, and community life. Inobtrusive and unassuming as he ever was, yet his keen interest in church and community affairs and the general respect which the breadth of his knowledge and the soundness of his judgment commanded him made him a naturally accepted leader. He had a penetrating but kindly humor. Life amused as well as interested him, yet he had a ready sympathy and a great heart."

CLASS OF 1892

EDWARD NOBTON LIBBT, son of Dart- mouth, chief of the medical service of Tufts Medical School, senior visiting physician to the Boston City Hospital, engaged in the practice of medicine in Boston for nearly thirty-five years, and recognized as one of the foremost diagnosticians of the East, died at his home on Eliot St., Jamaica Plain, November 5, 1929.

Following a prostrating illness last spring, Dr. Libby made partial recovery and resumed his work, but lie never regained robust health. He succumbed to a stroke of apoplexy, sustained on the day of his death.

He is survived by his wife, who was Marjorie Hill of Buffalo, N. Y.; a daughter, Mary Louise, who is a senior at Smith College; and a young son, Edward Norton Libby.

Dr. Libby was born at Limington, Me., July 17,1868. His parents were George Ward and Mary (Cole) Libby. He was graduated from Dartmouth College with Phi Beta Kappa honors with the,class of 1892. As an undergraduate he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon, and, in his senior year, of Casque and Gauntlet. Dartmouth Medical School conferred upon him its M.D. in 1895. As a medical student he Won high rank, and in private tutoring began the work of teaching to which subsequently he devoted so much of his energies.

After some service in the McLean Hospital at Waverly, Mass., he entered general practice in Boston, locating in the Egleston Square section of Roxbury, with offices first on School St. and later on Columbus Ave., opposite Franklin Park. Here he spent many years in constantly increasing practice.

From the first he was connected with the Boston City Hospital. For many years he was visiting physician, and for some time had been the senior member of the visiting medical staff. In this capacity he became well known to thousands of patients who passed through the hospital wards.

His association with Tufts Medical School, first as teacher, then as assistant professor, and since 1925 as head of the department of the theory and practice of medicine, covered a long period of faithful service.

He was a member of the American Medical Association and the Massachusetts Medical Society. He served on the examining board for the Jamaica Plain district during the World War, and was on the medical staff of the Faulkner Hospital. His expert advice was frequently sought by the Industrial Accident Board of Massachusetts.

With growing recognition of his skill in di- agnosis, more and more of Dr. Libby's time was demanded in consultation by his profes- sional brethren. A little less than ten years ago he virtually retired from general practice —though he never forsook any family, however humble, which had been under his professional care. He closed his Roxbury office, built a home within sight of Jamaica Pond, and established himself as a consulting specialist with offices on Beacon St. and later with Dr. Lahey's clinic at 605 Commonwealth Ave.

A useful, fruitful life. Doubtless many men in passing leave in the family circle as great a gap. Few leave the same void in other homes and hearts, for Dr. Libby was more than a skilled physician. He was a tower of strength; his very presence radiated confidence. On him, in time of need, hundreds, if not thousands, had come to lean.

He was a tireless worker, literally. As he himself said more than once during his last few months, never before had he known what it was to be tired.

He had a great pride in his profession, its integrity, its progress, its good name. The Boston City Hospital, to which he gave lavishly of his time and strength, was very near and dear to him. So, too, was the increasing usefulness of those younger physicians in whose training he had had a part.

About him there was nothing artificialonly that which was genuine and real and sound. His was a virile personality. For humbug and hypocrisy he had a strong man's loathing and contempt; but those to whom he gave his friendship knew him as the genItest and tenderest of men. Those friends were many; but such was the peculiar quality of Dr. Libby's friendship that each felt himself closest and best.

Friends he had in many walks of life. Among them he found his recreation, putting aside for the moment the heavy responsibilities of his profession for light-hearted banter, for the give and take of keen-edged minds or for quiet talk. At one time or another various Boston clubs claimed him as a member, not that he liked club-life as such, but because there was the convenient rendezvous for little knots of intimates and friends.

For modern outdoor life he cared little. He knew nature, and loved it. He fished—because in angling he found more of philosophy than sport. The constellations, marching the heavens on a clear winter night, were friends he called by name. He loved flowers, and the flowers loved him.

Flowers heaped his casket in Mount Auburn chapel at noon, November 8, when a goodly company gathered to bid Dr. Libby farewell. Rev. Thomas Campbell, rector of St. John's, read the beautiful service of the Episcopal church. Members of the medical profession, teachers and students of Tufts Medical School, patients, friends, and men of Dartmouth thronged the place.

A private funeral service was held later; and the ashes of this good doctor, wellloved, now rest under the old elm on the family homestead in Cornish, Me.

The following message from Dr. John J. Dowling, superintendent of the Boston CityHospital, is a fitting tribute to Dr. Libby's service to his fellow men:

"The world is infinitely poorer as a result of the passing of Dr. Edward N. Libby. He was a true physician, giving freely of his wonderful talents of humanity without thought of recompense. He was kind, generous and just in his estimates of men, particularly medical students, but scorned the slightest sham or fraud. He was beloved by all who came in contact with him, both rich and poor, and the poor far outnumbered the rich. During the many years which he devoted to this hospital, the poor patients whom he cared for so tenderly and with such remarkable skill loved him as perhaps it falls to the lot of few men to be loved.

"He was looked upon by his students as their beloved teacher, and his life will be an inspiration to every one of them. He was in every sense a great man, and like all truly great men was exceedingly modest. He combined with the wonderful gifts of a physician those of a splendid organizer, and as a consequence his wise advice was eagerly sought by the staff and administration of this great municipal hospital, and they never asked in vain. The poor of the hospital have indeed lost a friend, and the visiting staff a great leader and dear associate. He will be sorely missed by the trustees, staff, internes, nurses and patients. His sudden death has been too recent to adequately estimate what it means to every one of us connected with the Boston City Hospital; but deep in our hearts we know that there has been created a void which can never be filled."

CLASS OF 1911

BROWN V. RALSTEN died at the Evanston Hospital on October 11, 1929. He had been ill about a week, having been stricken with heart trouble while visiting in Lowville, N. Y., his birthplace.

Brown had been in the advertising business in Chicago for the last twelve years, recently as secretary-treasurer of the Fred H. Ralsten Advertising Agency. In Chicago he had been active in fraternity circles, and frequently participated in Dartmouth affairs. He is survived by the widow, Mrs. Adelaide Kalsten, and two children, Mary Adelaide, aged 12; and Whitman, aged 5. Brown was a member of the Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity and while he did not remain with us for the full four years, he is nevertheless kindly remembered by many of us. We are indeed extremely sorry to have to add his name to the list of departed classmates.

The sympathy of the class is extended to his wife and children.

CLASS OF 1913

EAKL ROBERT CEAIG died in Chicago, I11., on August 30, 1929. During the early spring he appeared to be in unusually good physical condition, but during the early part of the summer he seemed to be quite easily fatigued. Just before leaving for his summer vacation, it was thought that he had been overcome by the heat, as he fainted in one of the stores. Persistent headaches and other serious nervous disturbances suggested that the trouble was more deep-seated, and it was found that he was suffering from a diffused tumor of the brain, and the end came quite suddenly on the morning of August 30.

Earl Craig was born in Fairdale, I11., on July 16, 1887, the son of Robert and Mary (Reed) Craig. He attended the Rockford, I11., High School, and graduated from Dartmouth with the class of 1913.

After graduation he became associated with the Forest City National Bank, and in 1916 was a bond salesman in the Illinois Trust and Savings Bank. When the United States entered the war, he went to the Ordnance School at Northwestern University, and from there to Camp Hancock, Georgia, and Camp McArthur, Texas. He was attached to the Artillery Training Camp, 123d Ordnance Depot Train, as private, first class, and he was discharged at Camp Grant, I11., February 7, 1919.

Since 1919 lie has been associated with the firm of Howe, Quisenberry, and Company, Inc., The Rookery, Chicago, and was a partner at the time of his death.

He is survived by a wife, Margaret D. Craig, there being no children.

Mr. T. E. Quisenberry has paid him a high tribute, and we of Earl's class reaffirm every statement:

"I cannot permit this opportunity to pass without expressing to you in behalf of my partners and myself our high regard for Craig and the genuine sense of loss which we feel, not only as business associates but as personal friends, in his death. Of a quiet, retiring disposition, he possessed a very real capacity, which was winning him a genuine recognition by those with whom he came in contact in the daily transactions of business. To those of us who knew him intimately, we feel that a rare spirit has gone and that your class and Dartmouth College has lost one of its most promising alumni."

CLASS OF 1916

ELWOOD LOVELAND MACK died of tuberculosis in the Rochester (N. Y.) General Hospital, August 4, 1929.

He was born in Albion, N. Y., December 26, 1894, the son of Charles A. Mack. His home from early life was at Medina, N. Y., where he prepared for college at the local high school. He took the course of the Tuck School in his senior year, and returned to complete the course, graduating in 1917.

On the declaration of war he enlisted in the ordnance department, and was stationed at the Watertown (Mass.) Arsenal. Later he was commissioned as second lieutenant, and assigned to duty as instructor in ordnance at Pennsylvania State College. He was soon transferred to Camp Hancock, Ga., as regimental adjutant and promoted to first lieutenant. After his discharge in 1919 he was commissioned a first lieutenant in the Officers Reserve Corps. In 1920 he married Pearl A. Armstrong, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Armstrong of Rochester, N. Y., formerly of Medina, and they went to Hempstead, L. 1., where he took up Y. M. C. A. work. Failing health from disease contracted in military service forced him to resign, and he and Mrs. Mack removed to Wallingford, Vt., where they had since made their home.

At the time of his death he was a member of the town school board, vice-president of the Wallingford Rotary Club, president of the Twin County Herd Improvement Association, and a member of the Masonic order and the American Legion.

His parents and his wife survive Mm, a daughter, Carol Jean, and a brother, Selwyn R. Mack '20. After the funeral service at Medina, the body was cremated, and the ashes buried with military honors in the cemetery at Albion.

Medical School

CLASS OF 1896

DH. ELMER EUGENE LADD died suddenly at Milton Mills, N.. H., October 4, 1929, of acute dilation of the heart, complicated with diabetes mellitus, from which he had suffered for several years. He was found unconscious in his office, and a physician summoned from twelve miles distant found him dead when he arrived.

Dr. Ladd was born in Nashua, N. H., March 1, 1869, his parents being Wesley and Emmeline (Whittaker) Ladd. His early education was obtained in the schools of Nashua.

After his graduation he began practice at Warren, N. H., whence he removed in 1909 to Belmont, N. H. In 1927 he removed to Searsmont, Me., whence he had gone to Milton Mills only two weeks before his death.

Dr. Ladd was a Mason and a member of the Knights of Pythias. In 1909 he was married to Mary C., daughter of John and Harriet Cowan of Rossway, Nova Scotia, who survives him, with their two sons, George E., a student at Gordon College of Theology and Missions, Boston, and James M., a junior in Belmont (N. H.) High School.

Honorary

SENATOR THEODOBE ELIJAH BUETON, who died in Washington, D. C., October 29, 1929, belongs in the Dartmouth fellowship through the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws which was conferred on him in 1907. He has another association with the College in that he was the son of Rev. William (Dartmouth 1815) and Elizabeth (Grant) Burton.

Born in Jefferson, Ohio, December 20, 1851, he graduated at Oberlin College in 1872, studied law, and went into practice in 1875 in the city of Cleveland, where he has since resided. He was a member of the lower house of Congress from 1889 to 1891 and again from 1895 to 1909, and then of the Senate from 1909 to 1915. In 1921 he returned to the House, and remained there until last March, when he began another term in the Senate. Among other important public positions which he has held are these: chairman of the Inland Waterways Commission by appointment of President Roosevelt, 1907-8; of the National Waterways Commission created by Congress, 1908-12; member of the executive committee and of the executive council of the Interparliamentary Union; appointed member of the Debt Funding Commission by President Harding, 1922; chairman of the delegation from the United States to the Conference for Control of International Traffic in Arms at Geneva in 1925. He was also the author of several books, including "Financial Crises and Periods of Commercial and Industrial Depression," "Life of John Sherman, " and "Corporations and the State."

From an editorial tribute in the Boston Transcript the following is condensed:—"The United States Senate loses its ablest member and the country one of its most useful legislators in the death of Theodore E. Burton of Ohio. No man ever exceeded him in his modest devotion to the public service, to which he gave the best that was in him for more than a quarter of a century. His political career was unique, for while men have gone from the Senate to the House, no other, if we are not mistaken, has gone from the lower to the upper branch, then back to the House, and then been elected to the Senate again, as Mr. Burton was in 1928. It was as a member of the House, beginning with the 51st Congress, that Mr. Burton made his greatest reputation as chairman of the Committee on Rivers and Harbors, when he courageously set his face against the graft and log-rolling which had characterized the allotments of that committee, and made himself an authority on river and harbor development along scientific lines ... A bachelor, Mr. Burton gave his whole thought and effort to his work. He was primarily the student, the economist; an authority on finance, who served his country with distinguished ability . . . Mr. Burton was the model legislator and the ideal gentleman. Ohio was too proud of him to permit him to remain in private life, and she would have made him president, as she tried to do in 1916, could she have had her way."