Deaths

Alumni Notes

NECROLOGY

CLASS OF 1867

THOMAS BELL FROST of the class of 1867 died in his eighty-sixth year at his residence, 90 Naples Road, Brookline, Mass., on April 29th, after a short illness.

Mr. Frost was bora in New Castle, N. H., in 1845. He was educated at the public schools of that town and Durham Academy. Through the interest of Professor John S. Woodman, he entered Dartmouth with the class of 1867 as a member of the Chandler Scientific School. The death of his father prevented him from completing his course. In this connection he wrote: "As long as I live I shall never forget the struggle I passed through for nearly a week, at the conclusion of which I felt obliged to postpone or suppress my earnest desire for a college education. My life has been greatly enriched from the knowledge gained at Dartmouth."

Following his return from Hanover, Mr. Frost taught in the grammar school at New Castle for two years. Thereafter he entered the insurance business in Portsmouth, and subsequently removed to Portland, Maine, for a few years before he came to Boston.

After a period as accountant for industrial concerns and as head bookkeeper for the International Trust Co. of Boston he was elected, in 1886, city treasurer of Chelsea, Mass., in which city he then resided. This latter office he held for thirty-six years until his retirement in 1922, one of the longest records of continuous public office in the state. During this period he handled the financial problems of the city with great skill and became an authority on problems of municipal finance. He was actively identified with several banks there and was prominent in civic affairs. He was a member of various Masonic orders and of the Central Congregational church. At the time of the great Chelsea fire of 1908 he was treasurer of the relief funds raised for the fire sufferers.

Following his retirement in 1922, Mr. Frost moved to Brookline. The summers of 1923 and 1924 were spent in travel in Europe and his excellent health and active mind enabled him to have the fullest enjoyment of his leisure time to within a few weeks of his death.

Mr. Frost is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sarah Wier Frost, and one son, Horace W. Frost, who is associated with the banking firm of Tucker, Anthony & Co.

CLASS OF 1870

EUGENE OLIN LOCKE died April 9, 1930, after a week's illness, at his home in Jacksonville, Fla.

He was born in Stanstead, Que., February 20, 1850, but lived most of his early life in Manchester, N. H., where he attended the public schools. His preparation for college was obtained at Berwick Academy, South Berwick, Me. He was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa.

For a few months after graduation he studied law in Manchester, but in December, 1870, he went to Key West, Fla., where he became principal of public schools and continued his law studies. In 1871 he was admitted to the bar, and was appointed acting county solicitor. In March, 1872, he was appointed clerk of the "United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, succeeding his brother, Hon. James W. Locke, who was promoted to the bench. He finished teaching in July, 1873, but continued to practice law in the state courts. In August, 1894, his position as clerk made it necessary for him to remove to Jacksonville, which continued to be his home for the rest of his life. At the close of 1913 he retired from the clerkship, and at once opened an office for the practice of law.

March 30, 1875, Mr. Locke married Rosetta R. Otto of Key West, who survives him, with their two children, a son and a daughter, and two grandchildren.

CLASS OF 1877

DR. SAMUEL BBACKETT THOMBS died suddenly at his home in Portland, Me., April 8, 1930, of an embolism.

The son of Ezra and Sarah Jane (Brackett) Thombs, he was born in Gorham, Me., April 22, 1853, and prepared for college at Gorham Seminary. While not seeking leadership, he was one of the best known and most respected men during his college course. In the fall of sophomore year he was a member of the class crew which won the only class regatta ever held at Dartmouth, and was the last survivor of that crew. His scholarship, while not brilliant, was substantial, and won for him election to Phi Beta Kappa. His fraternity was Psi Upsilon.

After graduation he studied medicine at Bowdoin, graduating as M.D. in 1880. In September of that year he began practice at South Portland, whence he removed to Portland in 1893, continuing in active practice to the day of his death. He took up no specialty, but was markedly successful as a family physician of the older type.

For twenty years he was an attending physician at the Maine General Hospital, and for the last five years on its consulting staff. He was also for five or six years a member of the staff of the Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary. He held membership in the American Medical Association, the Maine Medical Society, and the Portland Medical Club. He was a member of a Masonic lodge and commandery and of the Knights of Pythias, and also of the Portland and Cumberland Clubs.

Dr. Thombs was three times married: August 16, 1881, to Ida Asenath, daughter of Josiah and Sarah (Butterfield) Dunn of Lewiston, Me., who died March 2, 1883; December 15, 1884, to Martha May, daughter of Walter B. and Sarah (Moore) Nutter of Scarboro, Me., who died April 25, 1905; June 1,1907, to Mrs. Jennie Jordan Pinkham of Lewiston, Me., daughter of Erastus and Mary Ann (Johnson) Jordan, who survives him. There were no children.

In the passing of Sam Thombs, another of the best loved men of '77 has gone. He was an indispensable part of every class reunion. At our 50th, no man seemed younger and more robust, or more likely to be ready for a 55th anniversary.

CLASS OF 1878

The death of CHABLES DANIEL TENNEY, LL.D., March 14, 1930, at Palo Alto, Cal., closes a most notable and unique career. An estimate uttered by a member of the faculty of Oberlin College would place him among the hundred men of his generation who have exercised the largest influence upon the world's history. Because the field of his activities was so largely beyond the horizon of most of us, his achievements were not so widely advertised among us as those of lesser men, but horizons are rapidly widening, and history will give a truer perspective. Among the Chinese he is often spoken of as the best friend China ever had. And his rank in the American diplomatic service is high.

Charles Daniel Tenney was born in Boston, June 19, 1857. His father was Rev. Daniel Tenney of the class of 1841. His mother, who died in his boyhood, was Mary A. Parker. His stepmother, who brought him up, was of the family of the same name that long owned and occupied the brick house on the corner of Main and Lebanon Sts. in Hanover. His early life was spent in Ohio, where his father held pastorates, and his college preparation was obtained in the high schools of Newark and Troy in that state, supplemented to a considerable degree by his scholarly step- mother.

On entering college, his fine and well-balanced mind, an equally fine and well-poised physique, and a voice of unusual quality early stamped him as one of the promising men in the class. He ranked high in scholarship and high in the esteem of his fellow students. His last two years did not raise his already established prestige as much as they certainly would have done had not he, with his older, but less balanced and highly romantic roommate, sequestered himself at the stone house on the Balch farm, which they christened "The Birds' Nest," and of which they were the sole occupants. To outward appearance at least the close intimacy on the one hand and the isolation on the other cost him something of his poise. His outlook changed, and one index of the change was that at graduation he named the law as his chosen profession instead of the ministry, which had been his goal. The choice was not particularly significant, for half the members of a class in those days aimed at law. Nor, so far as known, was the change due to skepticism, although that was as rife in college then as now. At any rate, after a year of teaching (at Atkinson, N. H.) he reverted to his original plan and entered Oberlin Theological Seminary, maintaining himself by teaching mathematics in the preparatory department of the college, and graduating in 1882.

He was married in that year to Miss Anne Runcie Jerrell of Bridgeton, N. J., and together they embarked for China, where he served with zeal as a missionary under the American Board for three years. At the end of that time, fearing that his developing religious views might be thought to place him beyond the pale of the orthodoxy then prevalent among the officials of the Board, he rankly stated his views and accompanied the statement with a tender of resignation. The resignation was accepted, and he was left to maintain his growing family unaided in a strange land. At this time he wrote a classmate that he had adopted the Chinese manner of life, and anticipated that his children would grow up as Chinese. He started a school for Chinese children in Tientsin, and made a success of it. He attracted the attention of Li Hung Chang, who employed him to tutor his children, and thus began an association with that astute magnate which was to carry him far. An Imperial University was established in Tientsin, and he became president of it.

He soon became one of the most widely known and most trusted Americans in China. At the time of the Boxer outbreak many Chinese placed their property in his hands for safekeeping. He attracted wide attention by his denunciation of the Allies for not starting more promptly to the relief of their legations. He was himself in the midst of the excitement, overseeing with gun in hand the defense of his proteges. When the foreign powers set up a provisional government, he acted as their secretary of relations with the Chinese of Tientsin. In 1901 he received the degree of LL.D. from Dartmouth. After the Boxer trouble, while still serving as president of the University, he was made superintendent of the new educational system of the province of Pe-chi-li, and it is said that he there established the lines upon which the school system of the country is being developed. The anti-foreign sentiment finally became so strong that Dr. Tenney resigned both positions in 1906, and he was then made commissioner in charge of the Chinese students sent to this country by means of the Boxer Indemnity Fund which our country relinquished to China. For the next two years he was on that duty, residing in Cambridge, Mass. In 1908 he left the Chinese service and was appointed Chinese secretary of the American Legation, and while in this position served as American delegate to the Joint International Opium Commission at Shanghai in 1909. When Sun Yat Sen established a government at Nanking, he became American consul there for two or three years, but returned to the Legation, and in 1919 was promoted to the grade of Secretary and Counselor of Legation. From September, 1919, to July, 1920, during an interim between ambassadors, he served as charge d'affaires at Peking.

He enjoyed the acquaintance of all the actors upon that great stage of the Eastern world. He was honored with several decorations by the Chinese government, one of which made him a Mandarin of the Order of the Golden Dragon. He was author of several text-books for use by Chinese students. He had great respect for the Chinese as a people of both intellect and character, and predicted for them a great future.

He retired from public service in 1920 and settled in California, but went back for a visit in 1923, some of his children being then still in China, and just as he was about to return was stricken with paralysis, since which he has been a helpless invalid, and for the past year or more has been apparently unconscious of what was going on about him.

An article by Hollington J. Tong in Millard's Review of the Far East, headed "Dr. Tenney, 'Grand Old Man' of the American Legation, Retires," suggests the regard in which he was held where lie was best known. In 1924 he was offered a professorship at Dartmouth, but did not feel able to undertake it.

In response to a questionnaire which asked whether one had met with disaster of any sort and for a recipe to meet it, he replied, "I have been caught in several human cyclones in the country of my adoption. Recipe, Keep cool." And as to his outlook on life he answered, "Thirty years in a foreign land have weakened my faith in both political and religious shibboleths; without, I hope, lowering my respect for honesty in politics or my reverence for Christian ideals of conduct."

He is survived by Mrs. Tenney and by all five of his children, as follows: James B. Tenney of the Arizona Bureau of Mines; Dr. Albert S. Tenney of East Orange, N. J.; Raymond P. Tenney of Palo Alto; Mrs. M. W. (Ruth G.) Wolfers of New York; and Mrs. K. E. (Mary E.) Jordan of Shanghai.

FRANK SUMNER ROGERS died in Burlington, Vt., April 6, 1930, after an illness of only a day.

He was born in Troy, Vt., December 3, 1854, son of Dr. Clark S. and Lydia A. (Sumner) Rogers. He was christened Francis, but always used the name Frank, and is so listed in the catalogue. He prepared for college at St. Johnsbury Academy, and entered with the class of '77, but stayed out a year between his sophomore and junior years, returning to graduate with the class of '78. During this interim he taught school, a part of the year in Troy and the remainder in Albany, Vt. He also taught a winter term in Hamilton, Mass., during junior year.

After graduation he taught for part of a year in his native town, but soon began the study of law, first in the office of a local attorney and afterwards in that of P. K. Gleed at Morrisville. Upon admission to the bar about 1880 he opened an office at Troy, later moving to North Troy, where he continued until 1928, when he bought a home in Burlington and moved to that city, retiring from active practice but continuing with legal matters already in hand. He was active to the last, taking long walks every day, and enjoying his opportunity for reading and study. He represented his town in the legislature of 1925.

He was married April 11, 1882, to Miss Alice A. Aiken of Sutton, P. Q., who survives him, as do two daughters, Helen Frances, now Mrs. Drew, and L. Alice. A son, Edward Leander, died some years ago.

A good student and a good man, Mr. Rogers was always somewhat reserved, and this reserve seemed to grow upon him with the years. A friend said of him that he "seemed to have settled down within himself." Although comparatively near at hand, he did not attend the reunions of either of the classes that claimed him, and for many years made no response to class inquiries.

Coupled with the pain of classmates at the passing of an old friend is the added sorrow because of the long loss of his comradeship on the journey.

CLASS OF 1891

HENBY SYLVESTER HOLTON passed away on February 11, 1930, in Grace Hospital, Detroit, Mich., about one month after the amputation of his right leg. Mr. Holton had suffered from diabetes for many years.

Henry (known as Harry) was the son of Joel H. and Emma J. (Diggins) Holton, and was born in Derby Line, Vt., on June 23., 1869. His mother died when Harry was quite young, and later his father married Kate Wiley. He prepared for college in the schools of Burlington, Vt., where his father carried on a hardware business with a partner under the firm name of Ripley and Holton.

Entering college in September, 1887, Holton during his freshman year roomed in the Miner house with Robert Lincoln O'Brien, across the hall from two other classmates, Frank Chapman and Frank W. Plummer. The following tribute was prepared by Daniel L. Smith, his classmate and fraternity brother in both Alpha Delta Phi and Casque and Gauntlet.

"At the very beginning of his college career he was affectionately re-christened Sammy Holton. This name, after the manner of college bestowed names, fitted him admirably. In his associations with his college mates he was exactly What Sammy expresses. He appeared to love everybody and to expect everybody to love him. And as was natural in such a case he was rarely disappointed. Similarly, he trusted everybody and expected everybody to trust him in equal degree. When, as sometimes happened, he was unable to find the right word in a translation, he relied implicitly on the knowledge and good faith of any classmate near him who would volunteer to supply the word. Disaster sometimes followed. That Sammy never doubted the good intentions of his erring guide is a good illustration of his trusting nature. He had, moreover, an extraordinary capacity for inspiring the confidence of others in him. So far as in him lay he justified this confidence. His intention was of the best. In the extracurriculum activities of Dartmouth, in the rudimentary form then existent, he was at his best. His welcome in the dormitories at any and all hours was cordial and assured. He was a valued member of his fraternities, and could be depended on at all times to do, to the best of his abilities, any part assigned to him. By purely natural and impromptu methods and by the mere force of sunny and affectionate personalities, Sammy Holton and other kindred spirits maintained and kept alive in Dartmouth a spirit and tradition of intimate fellowship in the college life at a time when the external aids to such an end were practically non- existent. In the evolution of Dartmouth into what it is today the Sammy Holtons have had no mean part. We who knew and loved Harry Sylvester Holton are disposed to award him an honorable place among Dartmouth men."

In the summer following graduation Holton was the clerk of the Sunset Pavilion in North Conway, N. H. He then returned to his old home in Burlington, Vt., for a few weeks, going from there to Dayton, Ohio, as an agent for the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, later becoming manager of a district office with headquarters in Springfield, Ohio. It was in Springfield, Ohio, that Holton was married to an artist, Winifred Spangler. Prom this union was born a daughter, Winifred Emeline, now Mrs. Luther Linkins of Washington, D. C.

Going to Detroit a little later, Sam was engaged in various enterprises for short periods of time, till in 1915 he started to clerk in the Wayne Bath House, Detroit, for J. R. Hayes. Prom then on he remained associated until his death with various enterprises of which Mr. Hayes was the owner. These included the Wayne Hotel in Detroit, Mackinac Hotel on Mackinac Island, the Park Hotel in Sault St. Marie and a hotel in St. Louis. For several seasons Holton personally managed the Park Hotel at Sault St. Marie. Following the death of Mr. Hayes in 1918, Mr. Holton with Mrs. Hayes managed and settled the estate.

In addition to his daughter, Sam is survived by his sister, Susan Holton, Smith College, 1897, who writes as follows: "Harry grew into a very fine man, genial, kindly, and a man of great integrity in his business relations."

Quoting from a letter from Ford H. Whelden, secretary of the Dartmouth Club of Detroit: "He was as fine an old gentleman as I ever knew."

On March 14 the body was brought to the little town of Westminster, Vt., founded by his ancestors, and following the funeral services was laid to rest where many generations of Holtons are buried, in the family lot in a beautiful spot on the brow of a hill overlooking the Connecticut Valley.

CLASS OF 1896

HENRY CHARLES WHITAKER died at his home in Madison, Wis., May 3, 1930, after a somewhat protracted illness.

He was born in Hinesburg, Vt., April 23, 1874, the son of Dr. Elroy Bidwell and Jennie (Patrick) Whitaker. He prepared for college at Goddard Seminary, Barre, Vt., and took the first three years of his college course at Tufts, coming to Dartmouth at the beginning of senior year. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi.

At preparatory school he was a star athlete, and at Tufts was, in sophomore year, captain of the football team. In the fall after graduation he coached the Middlebury football team, and later for several years coached the Goddard football teams. From 1897 to April, 1898, he studied law in an office at Barre, Vt., and then founded a daily paper in Barre, the Evening Telegram. At this time he was a member of the Vermont National Guard, and enlisted for service in the Spanish War, but was rejected on account of a prior physical defect. After six years he sold the newspaper, and became Eastern manager for a group of trade magazines published in Chicago. In 1909 he moved to Chicago, retaining his connection with the same enterprise. In 1913 he bought the MonumentalNews and Parle and Cemetery, trade magazines dealing with monuments and allied products. In 1922 he moved to Madison, and continued the line as president of the Allied Arts Publishing Company.

He was prominent in Masonic bodies, being past commander of St. Aldemar, a temple of the Mystic Shrine at Montpelier, Vt. He was also a member of the Rotary Club of Madison.

September 11, 1901, Mr. Whitaker was married to Bessie A. Sayles of Richmond, Vt., who survives him, with their five children, Elroy Howard (Dartmouth 1924), Lucy Jane, Dorothy Ruth, Mary, and Henry C., Jr. The two older daughters are graduates of the University of Wisconsin.

Though he came to Dartmouth late in the course, Whitaker took on a strong Dartmouth spirit, which he ever afterwards held. His class secretary says: "There was no man in our class and no one whom I know who had such feeling year in and year out as he had for the College. He was a lovable man, and every one of us was very fond of him."

CLASS OF 1909

THEODORE RICE (Ted) SMITH, died Friday, March 21, 1930, at Toronto, Canada, from injuries received in an automobile accident the night before. The car in which Ted was riding skidded as the driver attempted to avoid another car. Ted was injured in the resulting smash, and never regained consciousness. Born at Kansas City, Mo., January 17, 1887, Ted was the son of Katherine Rice and John Somerville Smith, on his mother's side being a direct descendant of the Doty family of Mayflower fame.

Ted came to Hanover from the Boys' High School in Brooklyn. He was a Sigma Chi, and was noted for his good humor and friendliness. Upon leaving college he went into advertising work in New York city, and became successively advertising and circulation manager of Good Housekeeping, Motor, and Motor Boating, and the Butterick publication, Woman's Home Companion. During the war he went to Washington on the staff of The Nation's Business.

He is survived by his widow, who was Audrey Frith of Ottawa, Ontario, and two children, Jeffers Frith Smith and Barbara Ruth Smith.

CLASS OF 1912

CLEARTON HOWARD REYNOLDS died at St. Joseph Hospital, Mt. Clemens, Mich., February 15, 1930, of injuries received in an automobile accident.

He was born in Provincetown, Mass., January 29, 1888, and prepared for college at the local high school. The first three years of his college course were taken at the University of New Hampshire, whence he came to Dartmouth at the beginning of senior year.

The first year after graduation he remained in Hanover as a student of physics, and also acted as assistant in that department. About 1915 he held the position of assistant supervisor of traffic in the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, and was located in New York city. From there he went to Pittsburgh, holding the position of chief traffic manager for the same company.

Called out by the National Guard for service on the Mexican border during the summer of 1916, on his discharge in November he entered the aviation branch of the service, and was commissioned a first lieutenant and determined at that time to continue military life. In a letter written during February, 1917, he made mention of his desire to form a Dartmouth Flying Squadron, and invited correspondence to start such an organization. In May, 1917, he was ordered overseas, but did not sail until August, in the capacity of first lieutenant and pilot of the 1st Aero Squadron. After advanced flying training in France he was ordered into the Zone of Advance with Ist Aero Squadron in the capacity of adjutant and pilot. On December 14, 1917, he was transferred to 91st Aero Squadron as commanding officer. Served with this squadron in all their active work with the French Army, Toul Sector, until August, 1918, at which time he took command of the 104th Aero Squadron and participated in the campaign at St. Mihiel and the Meuse-Argonne engagements until the end of the war.

Captain Reynolds was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for action, 1918, and was later recommended for the Congressional Medal of Honor. After the war he continued in the air service, and in June, 1919, was made commanding officer 74th Aero Squadron, Langley Field, Va., to carry on the development of air service work in connection with coast defense projects, and was later at Dodd Field, Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

At the time of the automobile accident Captain Reynolds was commander of the 15th Observation Squadron, located at Selfridge Field, Mich., and had been there since November, 1928.

In 1919 Captain Reynolds was married to Miss Elizabeth H. Reeside of Washington, D. C., who survives him. There are no children.

The funeral was held in Arlington Cemetery with full military honors and planes flying overhead in "blank file" formation.

CLASS OF 1918

KENNETH DOWNS GILFILLAN died at Mt. Carmel Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, October 18, 1929, after an illness of five weeks with abscess of the liver.

He was born in Columbus, March 25,1896, his parents being Bailey W. and Eliza (Downs) Gilfillan. His early education was received in the public schools of Columbus, and he graduated from a high school there. In college he was a member of Chi Phi.

After leaving college in sophomore year he entered Pierce Business School in Philadelphia. At the entrance of the United States into the World War, he enlisted in the 136th Field Artillery, and went from training camp at San Antonio, Texas, to Bordeaux, France, where he transferred to the Air Service, and was sent to Tours for training. He was commissioned second lieutenant, and was in active service at the front as an observer when the armistice was signed. Since his return from France he has held several business positions, the last being in Louisville, Ky.

April 24,1920, he was married to Adelaide, daughter of Walter S. and Jane Hanna of Columbus, who survives him, with a daughter. His parents and a sister also survive him.

CLASS OF 1926

HAROLD CHILD SIBLEY died March 11, 1930, at his home, 21 Creswell Road, Worcester, Mass., of a tumor at the base of the brain.

He was born at West Lebanon, N. H., June 30, 1901, his parents being Alfred Wellington and Ida Louise (Child) Sibley.

Since leaving Dartmouth in 1925 he has been employed in the Worcester Mechanics Savings Bank, where he was a teller at the time of his death.

May 6, 1926, he was married to Dorothy Prances Palmer of Worcester, who survives him with a daughter, Joanne, who was born March 13, 1929.

CLASS OF 1929

SAMUEL JAMES SEIBERT died at his home in Columbus, Ohio, December 13, 1929.

The son and only child of Claude K. and Martha (Wygant) Seibert, he was born in Columbus, January 30, 1907. He prepared for college at Grandview High School in Columbus. He entered Dartmouth with the class in the fall of 1925, but remained only until the following February. Soon after returning home he entered Ohio State University in the College of Commerce and Business Administration, and would have graduated with the class of 1930. He was very active in campus affairs, being president of the Student Senate and a member of the Athletic Board. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta, was recently elected to Delta Sigma Pi, national commerce fraternity, and was a member of Sphinx, senior honorary society.

Exposures at football games in November brought on what seemed to be a severe cold. This developed into influenza, followed by pneumonia. The latter disease had apparently disappeared, when the influenza started up again and resulted in peritonitis, which proved fatal.

The funeral service was held at Boulevard Presbyterian church, of which Seibert was a member, and the burial was in Greenlawn Cemetery, Columbus.

Medical School

CLASS OF 1874

DR. ALONZO STEWART WALLACE died April 9, 1930, at his home in Hudson, N. H., after an illness of a few days.

He was born in Bristol, Me., February 17, 1847, the son of David and Margaret Perkins (Jones) "Wallace. After attending the schools of his native town he entered Lincoln Academy at Newcastle, Me., where he graduated. He had taught in the intervals of his work at the academy, and after his graduation took further studies at Maine Conference Semi nary to better fit himself for this work. From 1869 to 1872 he taught at various places in Maine and Massachusetts. He began his medical studies while yet teaching, and continued them at the Portland School for Medical Instruction, attending lectures at Bowdoin and Dartmouth.

For six months after graduation he was assistant physician at the Massachusetts State Lunatic Hospital, and was then assistant physician at the port of Boston. In 1879 he began private practice at Brookline, N. H. In 1888 he removed to Rochester and in 1889 to Nashua. There he conducted a prosperous and successful practice until 1924, when lie retired, and removed to the adjoining town of Hudson.

We quote from an editorial tribute in a Nashua paper:—"Dr. Wallace served Nashua as a family physician, a leader in his profession, and also as a generous and self-sacrificing citizen, ever seeking the welfare and progress of the city of his adoption with a zeal which has rarely been approached and has never been surpassed. We read from the obituary notices that he had been honored by the New Hampshire Medical Society as being one of the few members who had been in practice for more than a full half-century of years; we read that similar honor had been paid him by a fraternity of which he was a member; we read of his interest in the institution and development of Nashua Memorial Hospital; of his unusually beautiful family life; of his interest in the young manhood of the city, individually and through the Y. M. C. A.; we read of his own early struggle to obtain an education; in short, we read in his life story the story of one who typified in high degree the highest ideals of manhood and citizenship."

Dr. Wallace was a member of various professional societies, and had been president of the New Hampshire society; a Mason of the 32d degree; a member of the Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, and the United Order of the Golden Cross; a member of the First Congregational church of Nashua; from 1917 to 1921 president of the Nashua Y. M. C. A.

November 2, 1876, he was married to Mary Frances, daughter of Charles and Harriet A. (Fairbanks) Maynard, who died October 9, 1929. Four children survive their parents: Miss Edith Maynard Wallace, engaged in biological research work in Pasadena, Cal.; Dr. Arthur Lowell Wallace of Nashua (Dartmouth 1900); Mrs. June Wallace Taylor of Hudson; and Mrs. Ina Wallace Magoon of Littleton, N. H.

CLASS OF 1882

DR. EDWIN CLARENCE FISHER died December 21, 1929, at his home in Sunapee, N. H.

The son of Phineas Gage and Caroline Mary (Dickenson) Fisher, he was born in Claremont, N. H., January 22, 1852.

He began practice in Sutton, N. H., in 1882, but since 1883 had been in practice in Sunapee.

November 15, 1876, he was married to Anna Young of Sunapee. After her death he was married to Inez M. Bartlett of Sunapee, November 16, 1898, who survives him. There are two children of the first marriage, Mabel A. and John E.