Deaths

Alumni Notes

NECROLOGY

CLASS OF 1870

ALEXANDER SMITH ABERNETHY was bora in St. Louis, Mo., September 27, 1848, and died in Port Townsend, Wash., October 11, 1931. The family moved to Seattle, Wash., when he was four years old; he was packed across the Isthmus on the back of an Indian. He was one of the first men on the Pacific Coast to attend an Eastern college, joining his Dartmouth class in junior year. He soon made a place for himself in the esteem of his classmates, and Was always greatly interested in Dartmouth College and his class, coming across the continent to attend the class reunions in 1920 and 1925. For many years he was president of the Dartmouth Association of the State of Washington.

For many years he was engaged in business in Seattle, first in the lumber trade, and later for a long time in ocean shipping. Some five years ago failing health caused him to move to Port Townsend to the home of a sister, where he died after a long illness, physical and mental, death coming as a happy release.

June 28, 1882, he was married to Elizabeth Mae Jennings of Oregon City, Ore., who survives him, with two sons, William and Donald, both seafaring men. Another son died in early childhood.

CLASS OF 1871

FRANK WOODBRIDGE died at Mercy Hospital, Hamilton, Ohio, October 22, 1931, after an attack of pneumonia following a long decline caused by arteriosclerosis.

He was born at Newark, Ohio, April 29, 1847, and prepared for college at Newark High School. He took the course of the Chandler Scientific Department, and was a member of the Vitruvian fraternity (now Beta Theta Pi).

Two weeks after graduation he was appointed draftsman and assistant engineer of the Atlantic and Lake Erie Railway, then under construction. Five years later he became chief engineer of the Cincinnati, Sandusky, and Cleveland R. R., and continued with this road, in its various reorganizations and consolidations, until 1893, when he left the railway service, settled at Indianapolis, Ind., and opened an office as civil engineer and contractor. He remained there until 1916, when he transferred his office to Hamilton, Ohio, and continued actively engaged in his work until 1927. November 23, 1927, he became an inmate of Mercy Hospital, and remained there until his death.

He was buried at Newark, Ohio. He never married nor held political office, and his only surviving relatives are nephews and nieces.

CLASS OF 1876

RUSH PALMER BABRETT was born at Woodstock, Vt., April 7, 1855, and died at Housatonic, Mass., October 24, 1931. He was the son of Judge James Barrett (Dartmouth 1838) and Maria (Woodworth) Barrett. His preparation for college was under a private tutor. In college he was affiliated with Delta Kappa Epsilon.

After graduating with the class he studied law in Woodstock, and was admitted to the bar in 1878. His early practice was in Arlington and Montpelier, Vt.; he later engaged in insurance business in Rutland, Yt. Recovering from a failure of health, he removed to New York and engaged in manufacturing with his brother, John A. His health failing a second time, he returned to Rutland and became paymaster in the Howe Scale Company. Since 1906 he had been disabled with arthritis, and during the past sixteen years his home was with his son. For the last seven years he was very nearly helpless, but he bore his long invalidism with courage and patience. Till within two years he was able to read.

Barrett married, December 7, 1882, Miss Emma H. Blanchard, who died the following year. He had three brothers who all graduated from Dartmouth: James Crocker '74, John Arnold '79, and Samuel Allen '83. Survivors of his death are his son, Laurence Blanchard Barrett, and his daughter-in-law, Pelham, N. Y., two grandchildren, Elizabeth Blanchard Barrett and James Singleton Barrett, who is now a student at the University of Virginia, and a brother, Rev. Samuel A. Barrett, Detroit, Mich.

Barrett had a quick intelligence, a happy nature, and a definite and interesting personality. He was a favorite, and was especially endeared to classmates during his later years of helplessness. The mention of his name among classmates gave a thrill that was all its own.

CLASS OF 1883

JOHN WARREN GORDON died suddenly at Montpelier, Vt., October 26, 1931. He was driving his car from his home in Barre to engage in the trial of a case in county court, and when near his destination was seized with a heart attack. He managed to complete his trip and reach the court house, but death overtook him there in his car.

He was born in Vershire, Vt., September 16, 1857, his parents being William and Mary (Thurber) Gordon. In his boyhood the family removed to Bolton, Vt., and he attended the Burlington schools, finishing his preparation for college at Barre Academy, then as for many years in charge of a great teacher, Jacob S. Spaulding '41. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon. For the first year after graduation he was submaster in the high school of Milford, Mass., and for the next two years was in a similar position in Worcester, Mass. He then engaged in the granite business in Barre, Vt., in partnership with his father-in-law, B. F. Dunham. In 1888 he left this business and entered upon the study of law which lie had pursued at intervals since graduation, at first with his brother, Truman R. Gordon of Montpelier, and later with Barney and Hoar of Barre. In 1890 he was admitted to the bar, and opened an office in Barre, continuing without intermission until his death and having become one of the oldest and best known practicing lawyers in the state. He was equally good in trial work and in counsel. He was a thorough student of law, a deep thinker, and a capable pleader in court, and possessed an unusual persistency in the conduct of a case.

From his earliest days in Barre he was prominent in public affairs. Under the town government he served as school director, lister, and town agent. He was one of the founders of the new city of Barre, and was its second mayor, serving from 1896 to 1900. After this term of service he was appointed city attorney. At first he was a Democrat in politics, and was twice the unsuccessful candidate of that party for representative to the legislature. In 1896 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, but withdrew from the convention after the adoption of the free silver plank in its platform, and had since acted with the Republicans. In 1910 he was a member of the Senate and in 1923 and 1929 of the House. He was the first to introduce a workmen's compensation bill, which was not passed at the time, but eventually became the law. He was also an early champion of an intangible tax law, which he lived to see in operation. He was twice a candidate for nomination to Congress and once for governor.

He was well read in many lines, and had a decided literary bent, which manifested itself especially in the writing of verse. Many of his poems, mostly occasional, were brought together in a volume entitled "A Voice of the Hills." He was a member of the Odd Fellows and the Vincitia Club of Barre, and of the Universalist church.

August 25, 1884, Mr. Gordon was married to Maude Laura, daughter of Benjamin Franklin and Laura (Wheeler) Dunham of Barre, who survives him. They had five children. The eldest, Lillian W., has been living with her parents. Paul D. went overseas with the American Expeditionary Force, and died in a German prison camp. Philip C. is in New York city. John A. and Norman S. (the latter of Dartmouth 1923) are lawyers in Chicago.

An editorial tribute in the Barre DailyTimes reads as follows in part:

"As a lawyer John Gordon met with more than the average success. For more than forty years he has been a member of the Vermont bar, having a wide clientele. As a public speaker he was forceful and clear. As an office-holder he was alert and powerful. As a law-maker he was at times almost prophetic. As a patriotic and devoted citizen of Barre lie ranked high. As a patriot in a wider sense he was most sincere. As a thinker he had few superiors in his generation of Vermonters. In short, he played an important part in the life of his city and his state; and although in the advancing years he had become somewhat dissociated with everyday affairs, he nevertheless was a stalwart still."

CLASS OF 1884

DH. GEORGE DAKE WESTON died at his home in Springfield, Mass., on the 25th day of October last. He had been ill for some three or four years, during which time he had not been able to do any work. For at least two years he has been confined to the house, and during the past summer he was not out of his room, alternating between his bed and easychair. A few weeks ago word came that he was worse, and he continued to fail until his death on date above.

Weston was born at Windsor, Vt., Aug. 9, 1860, the son of Horace and Sarah (Dake) Weston. He was a farmer's son and received his preparatory education in the district schools and the Windsor High School. He entered Dartmouth with the class of '84, taking the Chandler Scientific course. He was a member of the Vitruvian fraternity (now Beta Theta Pi).

Immediately after graduation at Dartmouth Weston entered the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, from which he received the degree of M.D. in 1887. He served an interneship of 15 months in the Philadelphia Hospital, then went to Ft. Payne, Ala., where he practiced medicine for about three years. Then he went to Springfield, Mass., where he was in active practice until ill health compelled him to retire from active work. Weston wrote some years ago, "I am just a 'general practitioner,' one of the busiest occupations on earth." He served on the medical staffs of the Mercy, Springfield, and Wesson Maternity Hospitals, which bespeaks the efficient and successful physician. He was for a time a member of the city school board, and enjoyed the respect and confidence of his community in very large degree.

Weston was married July 30, 1891, to Miss Alice M. Haskell who died in 1923. They had no children.

Weston was a large, upstanding man, tipping the scales at over 200 pounds. He was a most companionable man and radiated good nature and affection. For many years he and his wife were familiar and welcome figures at our reunions. Mrs. Weston had a keen wit and a dry sense of humor, which with Weston's genial good nature made them a center of attraction and contributed greatly to the success and enjoyment of our meetings. Since his wife's death George has not attended any of our class gatherings, and we missed them sadly.

Weston was always a loyal class man, giving in support of all our projects liberally, as he did also to the college. In his quiet way he made himself admired and loved by his classmates and loved them greatly in return. He loved Old Dartmouth and was never happier than when in company with his old classmates he revisited the old familiar haunts of college days. He was one of '84's outstanding men, contributing his full share to the total of accomplishment which as graduates we have given to the work of our time. We shall hold him in lasting and affectionate remembrance.

CLASS OF 1885

In the passing of WILLIAM JOHN CHARLES WAKEFIELD, his class loses one of its best beloved and most successful members and the College one of its loyal supporters.

His death was very unexpected, and was due to a shock by which he was stricken in his sleep at his home in Spokane, Wash., on the night of July 4-5 last.

He was the soiKof Luther F. and Lorinda L. (Place) Wakefield, and was born in Ludlow, Vt., on September 4, 1862.

He prepared for college in Black River Academy at Ludlow, and it was plained that lie should enter a Vermont college, but after visiting Hanover he insisted upon coming to Dartmouth and entered with the class of 1885. During his undergraduate course he earned money by teaching school and in other ways. He was studious and popular; a member of the Theta Delta Chi Fraternity; served on various class committees; was a member of his class football team; and on Class Day delivered the address to the president.

Soon after his graduation lie went to the Ear West and for three years was engaged in teaching school, meanwhile devoting such time as he could to the study of the law, first at Austin, Nevada, later at San Francisco and San Jose, Cal.; completing the study of law early in 1889, he was admitted to practice in San Francisco. In June of that year he settled in Spokane in the territory, now the state, of Washington, which thereafter continued to be his home, and where he achieved his high professional and business successes.

His sterling qualities early attracted attention, and he soon formed a partnership with Judge L. B. Nash, one of the leading members of the local bar. Three years later he succeeded Col. W. W. D. Turner in the firm of Turner and Forster, the new firm being Forster and Wakefield. Following the death of Mr. Forster, Wakefield formed a partnership with A. W. Witherspoon, under the firm name of Wakefield and Witherspoon, which continued for thirty-six years, until Wakefield's death. With their firm his son, Channing, a graduate of Harvard Law School, has been associated for several years.

The high esteem in which Wakefield was held by his brother lawyers was particularly shown when, some years ago, the two bar associations of Spokane were joined and he was elected president of the United Bar Association.

One long associated with him professionally and otherwise paid the following high tribute to him:

"He always gave good advice; he was absolutely impartial, played no favorites, took no sides, but went ahead for the best interests of all. He was kind, charitable, even-tem-pered, never allowing himself to become excited."

Wakefield's activities were not confined to the practice of his profession, but embraced a broad field of diversified and large business interests and civic improvements, including important mining, banking, utility, and railroad developments.

For many years he was a director and general counsel for two of the leading banks of the city. He also served as officer and director of some of the leading utility and industrial corporations of the community, and for more than twenty years he was a member of the board of park commissioners of the city, serving as its president for the last ten years, and it was largely through his efforts that Spokane developed one of the outstanding municipal park systems of the country.

On June 10, 1896, he was married to Louise Ammann of Springfield, Ill. Mrs. Wakefield was a woman of culture and refinement, a most devoted wife and mother, and a helpmate in the highest sense of the word. She passed away ten years ago.

He is survived by three sons, Channing, Newton, and William, all of whom reside in Spokane, and by two daughters, Mrs. John W. Stewart, of Santa Barbara, Cal. and Mrs. John G. Reinhardt of Spokane, and by six grandchildren.

The universal respect and esteem in which he was held was shown by the very large attendance at his funeral, composed of members of the bench and bar, bankers, business men, and citizens. The active pall-bearers were his three sons, his son-in-law, Mr. Reinhardt, his partner, Mr. Witherspoon, and Mr. Harry T. Davenport, an associate in his law firm, and his interment was in Greenwood Cemetery beside the remains of his wife.

As an official expression of the high regard as a citizen in which Wakefield was held, the city council passed a resolution from which the following is quoted:

"A lawyer in the front rank of his profession, he was always ready to give his time freely to the public in rendering any civic or social service for which his aid was sought. He was altogether a beautiful character. He exemplified in his intercourse with his fellowmen the poise, moderation, love of justice, and fidelity that are the ultimate ideals of the profession he adorned."

While all his classmates sincerely mourn his passing from their membership, they are proud of the honorable and substantial accomplishments of his life of usefulness.

CLASS OF 1888

REV. ELMER THOMAS BLAKE died in Marblehead, Mass., August 28, 1931. He was taken ill in January while living with a son in Salem, and was seriously ill for two months or more, and then slowly regained his strength so that in April he removed to Marblehead. Soon after this he again became ill, and a cerebral hemorrhage occurred August 26. He died two days later without regaining consciousness.

He was born in Glover, Vt., July 5, 1862, the son of Thomas and Lucy (Adams) Blake. His home later was in Manchester, N. H., where he prepared for college at the city high school. He was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa.

For three years after graduation he taught mathematics in the preparatory department of Drury College, Springfield, Mo. He then entered Andover Theological Seminary, but after one year returned for a year to teaching, being principal of the high school at Berlin, N. H. Then resuming his theological studies, he graduated from Andover in 1895. From July, 1895, to December, 1913, he was pastor of the Congregational church at Charlestown, N. H„ then to July, 1917, at Meredith, N. H., then to July, 1924, at Pembroke, N. H., and then to April, 1926, at Cotuit, Mass. In September, 1926, he became pastor of the Romsey church in Dorchester, Mass. While here he brought about a union of this church with the larger Pilgrim church, and was associate pastor of the latter church for a year and a half, closing his work there in October, 1930, and the next month removing to Salem.

Mr. Blake was married June 4, 1896, to Stella Mabel, daughter of Joseph S. Colcord of Candia, N. H., who survives him. They have three children, Alfred Colcord and Richard Everett, who are lawyers respectively in Boston and Salem, and Mildred Elizabeth, who is a nurse in Boston.

CLASS OF 1893

EDWIN JEROME HEYWOOD was born in Claremont, N. H., July 14, 1869, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin B. Heywood, and died at Toledo, Ohio, October 26, 1931. He entered Dartmouth in the fall of sophomore year, having spent the previous year in the United States Military Academy at West Point. He took the Latin Scientific course, and was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa. While in college he was prominent in all the indoor athletic meets, winning second honors in middleweight wrestling in 1892 and first honors in fencing in 1893, and was a member of the Hare and Hounds Club. He was a participant in prize speaking in 1891; responded to one of the toasts at the class supper of that winter; was president of the Claremont Club in 1892; and on Class Day of graduation week gave the address to the campus.

After graduation Heywood was associated with his father in the latter's drygoods store at Claremont for a few years and then entered the employ of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway in Chicago. He was the only '93 graduate to serve in the Spanish War, being a member of Company C, 32nd Michigan Volunteer Infantry. For the past thirty years he had been in the advertising business, connected with several prominent proprietary firms in Toledo, Fort Wayne, and Detroit.

He is survived, by Ms wife Lola 8., sons, Robert 8., Norton 8., mother, Georgiana Hey wood, sister, Mrs. Henry Haskell, brother, Robert C. Hey wood, and one granddaughter, all of Toledo, Ohio.

Heywood was a member of the Masonic order and of the Spanish War Veterans. While a resident of Columbus he served several years on the school board, and in that capacity was successful in getting increased recreational facilities for the boys and girls, a matter in which he took great interest.

CLASS OF 1895

SAMUEL ALEXANDER MCCOY died in Spokane, Wash., July 8, 1931, after a brief illness.

He was born in Independence, Mo., September 29, 1872, his parents being William Alexander and Fanny (Sawyer) McCoy. He graduated with the degree of B.S. and then took the Thayer School course, graduating from that school in 1897.

His professional record as a civil engineer can be outlined as follows: From May, 1897, to February, 1898, he was employed on the Kansas City, Fort Scott, and Memphis R. R. and on the Colorado and Santa Fe R. R. Until the next October he was a resident engineer on the construction of the SapulpaOklahoma City line of the St. Louis and San Francisco R. R. From October, 1898, to August, 1899, he was resident engineer and assistant engineer in charge of construction of the Arkansas River bridge at Little Rock, Ark., for the Choctaw, Oklahoma, and Gulf R. R. From the last date to January, 1900, he was resident engineer on construction for the Minneapolis and St. Louis R. R, then until the next August in similar work for the •St. Louis and Santa Fe R. R. From August to December, 1900, he was assistant engineer oji construction work for the Chesapeake and Ohio R. R. From the last date until January, 1903, he was resident and division engineer for the Choctaw, Oklahoma, and Gulf R. R., and then until March, 1904, division engineer for the St. Louis and Santa Fe R. R., in charge of construction on a line from Little Rock south. From March, 1906, to January, 1908, he was assistant engineer for the Northern Pacific road, in charge of construction of the Lake Park-Glyndon Division. Then to April, 1910, he was chief engineer for Grant Smith and Company, handling general railroad construction, and especially the Shoshone Dam at Cody, Wyo. Next to March, 1913, he was a member of the firm of Boynton, Church, and McCoy, doing heavy steam roller work. From January, 1914, to May, 1916, he was construction superintendent and co-partner of Siems-Cary Co., St. Paul, in charge of construction of the Grand Trunk Pacific R. R. from Yellow Head Pass to South Fort George, B. C. From the last date until his death he was engaged in mining enterprises. He had been a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers since 1906.

In 1900 Mr. McCoy was married to Lola, daughter of William Alexander and Laura (Mercer) Symington, who survives him, with four children.

CLASS OF 1905

FLETCHER HALE died on October 22, 1931, at the Brooklyn Naval Hospital, where he had been taken from the liner PresidentHarding, on his return from Europe. With other members of Congress he had been attending the 27th conference of the Interparliamentary Union at Bucharest. He became ill two days after sailing from London, and his condition became so serious that the steamship increased its speed and arrived twelve hours ahead of schedule. Immediately upon his arrival he was removed to the hospital, but death came a few hours later. The cause of the death was given as pneumonia and general embolism.

Fletcher was born in Portland, Me., January 22, 1883, the son of the late Frederick Hale and Adelaide (McLellan) Hale. His parents moved to Boston while he was a boy, and his preparatory schooling was obtained in English High School, from which he was graduated in 1900. He went to Dartmouth in 1901 and graduated with the class of 1905. While in Dartmouth, Fletcher became prominent in many activities, especially in dramatics, serving as president of the Dramatic Club for two years, and taking leading parts in most of the productions.

Later he studied at Harvard Law School for a time, and then entered the offices of Batchellor and Mitchell at Littleton, and in 1908 was admitted to the bar. In 1912 he moved to Laconia, which remained his home to the end, except for his temporary residence in Washington. His popularity with his fellow citizens was proven in 1915, when he was elected city solicitor, only three years after he had made that city his home. His success in that office brought him further honors, and in the same year he was elected solicitor of Belknap county, which office he held for two terms. In 1920 he was appointed to the State Tax Commission, which position he resigned when he assumed his seat in the National Congress in 1925. He was secretary of the Tax Commission from the time he was appointed.

Although Fletcher was mostly active in affairs pertaining to his profession, he took great interest in educational matters and was a member of the Board of Education of Laconia from 1916 to 1925, and was the board's chairman the last seven years he held office on the board. During that time he did much towards the educational betterment in his city.

In 1918 he was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, and in 1920 he was appointed a member of the special committee named by New England governors to investigate railroad rates.

In 1924 he was elected to Congress from the first district of New Hampshire, receiving re-election in 1926, 1928, and 1930, and thus he was serving his seventh year at Washington.

He was a trustee of the New Hampshire Orphans' Home, a member of the American, New Hampshire, and Belknap County Bar Associations, and was also a member of Mt. Lebanon Lodge, A.F. and A.M., the Laconia Lodge of Elks, and the Odd Fellows. He was an Episcopalian.

He leaves surviving his wife, Mrs. Alice Norma Armstrong Hale, whom he married at Littleton on March 20, 1913, and two sons, Fletcher and Robert A., students in the Washington schools.

Final tributes of respect were paid to our friend on Sunday, October 25, at Laconia. Representatives of the state and nation, including Governor Winant and his staff, many members of Congress and other officials, gathered at the Congregational church, and joined delegations from numerous organizations and thousands of friends to express their love and esteem, while the impressive Episcopal funeral service was read by Rev. John A. Chapin, former rector of St. James' Episcopal church.

President Hoover paid the following tribute to our friend in a telegram to Mrs. Hale: "I am saddened to learn of the death of your husband, Fletcher Hale, in the midst of a career which had already been of great service to his state and to the country. His character and ability made him a highly important member of the highest councils of the nation. Mrs. Hoover and I extend to you and your sons our deepest sympathy in your bereavement."

Governor Winant issued the following statement: "The death of Fletcher Hale deprives the state and nation of the valuable services of a man in the prime of life and at the height of his powers. His attractive personality and kindliness and his genuine desire to be of service to the state add to the grief felt by the people of New Hampshire at the loss of this outstanding citizen, who has brought credit to our state and whom New Hampshire has delighted to honor."

Senator Moses added his tribute as follows: "Congressman Hale's friends, and especially those who had been privileged to observe at close range his fine performances as a member of the House of Representatives, will necessarily feel a sense of shock at his untimely death. The first New Hampshire district cannot but feel that its position in Washington has been seriously handicapped by the unexpected loss of its brilliant representative. To succeed him will mean not only an enviable honor but a real public duty—because men of his type are none too plentiful and never more needed than now."

From 1920 to 1925 Fletcher served as secretary of our class. He was a most efficient class officer and gave much time and effort to the work. During at least one year he took upon himself the burden of sending personal birthday greetings to each member of the class, just in time to be received on the proper date. In numerous other ways he earned the commendation of his fellows for the immense amount of labor expended for their benefit and for the unusual personal interest he showed toward them. He was always an active and loyal member of the class and altogether a true and loyal son of Dartmouth. In June, 1930, he wrote to Fred Chase that his official duties would probably keep him in Washington and prevent his attending our 25th reunion, and said: "It will be a great disappointment to me if I cannot be there, for I have never missed a reunion of our class, and we will not have so many more.—If I do not appear, please give my very best regards to all the boys, and express to them my deep disappointment in not being there to see, and renew friendships with, each one."

Especially now do we all regret that Fletcher and his family could not be with us at that reunion. We will always miss him at our gatherings; we will always regret his untimely death, and we will always feel that w-e have suffered a great loss. But there is some consolation in the thought that our memory of him can never be effaced.

CLASS OF 1909

HAROLD RICHARD FOSS died in a hospital in New York city October 15, 1931, of injuries suffered the evening before when he was seized with a heart attack and fell in front of a train in a New York subway station.

He was born in Portland, Me., June 18, 1886, and received his early education in the schools of that city. He was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

After graduation he studied at Harvard Law School, graduating as LL.B. in 1912. He then became a member of the firm of Murray, Anderson, and Eoss in Portland and practiced there until 1917. September 1, 1917, he enlisted in the Pay Corps, U. S. Naval Reserve, and September 4, 1918, was made Lieutenant, junior grade. He was on duty at the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, Navy Department, Washington, until October, 1919. He then entered the consular service, and served at Calcutta, India, until May, 1922, when he was transferred to Constantinople. In 1923 he resigned from the consular service, and resumed the practice of law in New York city, where he remained until his death.

"Brownie" was a Mason, and a member of various clubs in Portland and New York. He never married, and leaves three sisters as the surviving members of his family.

"Brownie" was universally liked. Eventempered, modest, and genial, he had the respect and warm regard of the class. Nor did he change as he grew older, except that his good qualities became more mellow as time rolled on. All our thoughts of "Brownie" are pleasant ones, and we shall miss him deeply.

A military funeral was held in New York, and funeral services were held in Portland.

CLASS OF 1910

ARTHUR WALLACE YERGIN died October 6, 1931, at Orange Memorial Hospital, Orange, N. J. He had been seriously ill since August 24 with a rheumatic affection of the heart, and had been in the hospital for three weeks.

He was born at Jordan, N. Y., June 22, 1887, the son of Rev. Vernon Noyes and Harriet A. (Swetland) Yergin, and prepared for college at the high school of Clyde, N. Y. He was with us from September, 1906, to April 1, 1908, when he was compelled by ill health to leave college after having spent a month in the hospital. Because of his health his activities were curtailed, although he was a member of the college choir.

The following, taken from OrangeLeaves published by the Y. M. C. A. of the Oranges, gives his history since leaving college:

"After his recovery he became a member of the staff of the Syracuse, N. Y., Y. M. C. A. Later he served at the 23d St. Branch in New York city as religious work director, and at the Newburgh, N. Y., Association as membership and social secretary. After an illness in 1915 he served for a time as employment director of Bellevue Hospital. In 1917 he returned to 'Y' work at the Williamsbridge Branch, New York city. Early in 1918 he joined the staff of the Railroad Branch, New York city, transferring to Newark, N. J., early in 1920, where he took charge of the North End Branch. In January, 1921, he came to the Y. M. C. A. of the Oranges as Americanization secretary. In October, 1929, he became executive secretary of the industrial and Americanization department. He was the organizer of the International Club of the Oranges and Bloomfield in 1928, and has served as its secretary since. He was secretary of the Amateur Industrial Athletic Association of the Oranges and Bloomfield, and of the Executives' Club of the Oranges and Bloomfield. For the past five years he has been the editor of OrangeLeaves. He served as the Y. M. C. A. member of the Publicity Committee of the Welfare Federation, and was the first secretary of the Employee Division of the Federation Campaign organization in 1930."

His wife, Mary T. Yergin, survives him, with their two sons, Robert, aged eight, and James, aged six. They live at 546 Central Ave., East Orange. His mother also survives him, and a brother and two sisters.

The funeral services were conducted by the pastor of Central Brick Presbyterian church of East Orange, of which Yergin was a ruling elder. Max Holmes represented 1910 at the services, and also arranged for a class floral tribute.

CLASS OF 1919

HARRY ESTIE REYNOLDS HALL was killed suddenly on October 25, 1931, while doing some air stunting in his airplane for the benefit of the unemployed.

Harry was a member of the New York Stock Exchange, and a partner in Stevens and Legg, 25 Broad St., New York city. He had been flying his own plane for several years, having accumulated approximately 1800 flying hours to his credit during that time. Being the same Harry Hall that we all knew in college and who was in the middle of every keg rush and class battle that we ever had, the dangers of flying were simply a part of the game of living to him. To those who had grown to know him well, his death is a severe blow.

Harry was bora December 30, 1897, in New York city, and prepared for college at Lawrenceville, entering Dartmouth in the fall of 1915. He made a host of friends while in college and became a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity.,. When the war came along he pulled out at the beginning and enlisted as so many of our class did, serving in the Navy as second-class seaman, secondclass electrician, and first-class electrician, until April 7, 1919, when he was honorably discharged.

Harry was married to the former Dorothy R. Power and had two children. He maintained a home in New York city and frequently flew to and from his estate, "Whitehall," in Virginia, where he had his own flying field and hangar. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. S. Hall of New York city, and is survived by his wife and two children, as well as his father, two sisters, and brother.

His flying activities began in 1927, and his many trips, which included one into Mexico, two to the Pacific Coast, one to Florida, and the hop over to Havana, Cuba, took him over practically every state in the Union. Two years ago while flying with his brotherin-law near his estate in Virginia, he became a member of the famous Caterpillar Club, when it became necessary for him to abandon his ship in the air and resort to the use of his parachute in order to save his life. His brother-in-law, who was flying with him at the time he became a member of the Caterpillar Club, was an army pilot and also saved his life by using his parachute. He also was a member of the Quiet Birdmen.

He belonged to the following clubs: The Dartmouth Club of New York; the Aviation Club of Long Island; the Country Club of Gloucester, Va.; the New York Athletic Club; the Downtown Athletic Club.

The funeral was held Wednesday, October 28, in New York city, and among his many friends who attended were several of his classmates. He is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Woodlawn, N. Y., and while the funeral at the grave was being concluded fifteen of his fellow-flyers from the Aviation Country Club on Long Island flew over, dipped their wings in salute, and dropped roses on the grave.

CLASS OF 1923

HOWARD RAYMOND WALKER, son of Frederick H. and Lilian (Howlett) Walker, was bom in New York city, February 14, 1900, and died in that city, October 21, 1931. He prepared for college at the Brunswick School, Greenwich, Conn., where his home then was and has since been. He was a member of Kappa Sigma, and was on the class squads in football and basketball. Before coming to college he had served in the Navy, having enlisted as a seaman and being promoted to signal quartermaster, 3d class.

The circumstances of his death are told in the following newspaper story:

"A dice player fleeing from police who had raided a game in an isolated section of the Bronx today stumbled over the body of a real estate agent with two bullets in his head. A notebook containing original verse and philosophy, mostly about love, and a long list of girls' names identified him as Howard Raymond Walker of 69 Fairfield Drive, Greenwich, Conn., a member of the Dartmouth and Riverside Yacht Clubs in New York.

"Police tentatively described the death as suicide. But the fact that two bullets had been fired into Walker's head from an automatic gun found beside the body and papers indicating that he had investigated and rejected a number of mortgage claims led detectives to start an inquiry. Members of Walker's family with whom he lived in Greenwich told police they did not believe he had committed suicide.

"The body was found beneath bushes near 233d St. and the tracks of the New York, Westchester, and Boston R. R. This is not far from the Dyer Ave. station of the road, and police at first believed the man had dropped off a train there to kill himself. But an abandoned Nash coupe found near-by, it was learned through a license check-up, belonged to Walker. He had apparently been dead twelve hours when his body was found.

"The Greenwich man had been employed by the Eugene I. Busher Real Estate Company at 349 East 149 th St., the Bronx. In his pocket were found $7B and papers indicating that his income for the past few years had been ample.

"Associates at the Dartmouth Club were reluctant to believe Walker had committed suicide. They described him as a jovial man—one who enjoyed life. Nor was there anything in his pockets to indicate that he had taken his own life, although some of the apparently original epigrams were pessimistic."

CLASS OF 1924

JOHN MAY died at his home in Cambridge, Mass., February 12, 1931, as the result of an automobile accident of January 17.

He was born in Boston, April 20, 1901, his parents being William and Harriet (Campbell) May. He prepared for college at Roxbury Latin School, and remained with his class until February, 1923.

After leaving college he entered the employ of Charles May and Son Company (his father's firm), wholesale jewelers, at 373 Washington St., Boston, and remained with them until his death, becoming secretary of the corporation in 1925.

In June, 1925, he was married to Winifred Frances, daughter of William A. Norton, at Falmouth, Mass. She survives him. They had no children.

CLASS OF 1931

JOSEPH GORDON HUCKINS died of poliomyelitis in a hospital in New York city October 23, 1931, after a short illness.

He was born in Maiden, Mass., January 9, 1908, the son of George Laurie (Dartmouth 1899) and Alice Lena (Burleigh) Huckins, and fitted at Phillips Exeter. He was prominent in track athletics during his college days, and was captain of the varsity crosscountry team in senior year. He was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa.

At the time of his death he was a junior executive in R. H. Macy's in New York.

Medical School

CLASS OF 1860

DB. BENJAMIN CYRUS BKETT died at his home in Green Bay, Wis., October 10, 1931, from the infirmities of age. Until several months since, he had been mentally alert and had maintained keen interest in the affairs of the day, although his sight and hearing had been affected for several years. At the time of his death he held the oldest diploma of any living graduate of Dartmouth, and was also the oldest in years of any man on our list.

Dr. Brett was bora in Strong, Me., August 23, 1833, the son of Cyrus Hamlin and Mary . (Hunter) Brett. He obtained his preliminary education at Farmington Academy and attended medical lectures at Bowdoin and Dartmouth, obtaining his medical degree in the fall of 1859 in the class of 1860.

After a year's hospital experience in New York city, he went to Wisconsin, locating at Highland. In the fall of 1861 he was commissioned assistant surgeon of the 21st Wisconsin Volunteers, and continued with that regiment until the completion of its term of enlistment in the fall of 1864. The regiment served in the Western army, and formed a part of Sherman's expedition from Charleston to Savannah. He then returned to his practice at Highland, and continued there until his removal to Green Bay in 1872. He built up there what was at that time the largest practice in the city, and attained recognition throughout northeastern Wisconsin for his work in bone surgery. He retired from active practice about fifteen years ago. For several years he served as chief surgeon at the Wisconsin Veterans' Home at Waupaca, and was at one time chief surgeon for all the railroads in Green Bay.

He was a chapter Mason, and a member of the Blue Lodge and the Royal Arch, and was active in the G. A. R. He was a member of the Union Congregational church of Green Bay.

April 9, 1860, Dr. Brett was married to Lucy Wilson, daughter of William H. and Eliza Ann (Norris) Eastman of his native town, who died October 16, 1909. One daughter survives her parents, Mrs. Jennie Oliver of Green Bay. Four other children are no longer living—Frank Hunter, Annie Eastman, Dr. Fred Norris, and James Reeve Brett.

CLASS OF 1878

DR. CHARLES EDWARD BANKS died suddenly October 21, 1931, at Hartford, Conn., whither he had gone on business from his home in Boston.

He was born in Portland, Me., July 6, 1854, the son of Edward Prince and Ellen (Soule) Banks.

In 1880 he entered the United States Public Health Service with the rank of assistant surgeon. In 1883 he was promoted to be passed assistant surgeon, in 1896 to be surgeon, and in 1918 to be assistant surgeon general. In 1920 he retired from the service with the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was stationed successively at San Francisco, Portland, Ore., Washington, D. C., Boston, Portland, Me., and Vineyard Haven, Mass. During the World War he was at Camp Funston, Kans., for a time as chief sanitary officer. His last station was in Chicago.

On the paternal side Dr. Banks was descended from Richard Bankes, who settled in York, Me., in 1640, and on the maternal side from George Soule, a Pilgrim of the Mayflower. He early became interested in historical research regarding New England, and to this a large part of his time had been devoted for many years. A history of Martha's Vineyard in two volumes was published in 1907, and one of York, Me., in 1927. Many other fruits of his historical work appeared in print, and at the time of his death he was projecting the publication of a book tending to prove that the "Norumbega" of the early explorers was situated on the Hudson river and not on the Charles, as generally supposed.

Survivors of Dr. Banks are a wife, a son, and two daughters.

DR. BENJAMIN TAYLOR CHURCH died October 20, 1931, at his home in Brookline, Mass., after a long illness.

He was born in Providence, 8.. 1., November 10, 1839, his parents being Benjamin T. and Sarah C. (Peck) Church. He attended the public schools of Providence, and in 1857 went to Boston and became a clerk in the drug store of Henry A. Choate. In 1860 he became a partner with Mr. Choate, and continued in the drug business until he took up the study of medicine.

After graduation lie settled in Winchester, Mass., where he practiced for nearly forty years, enjoying a widespread popularity. He served the town for many years as chairman of the board of health, and held membership in the Massachusetts Homeopathic Society, the Boston Homeopathic Society, the New England Hahnemann Society, and the Calumet Club. In 1917 he gave up practice and removed to Brookline.

He was married January 27, 1866, to Adeline F. Barnard of Boston, who was also a physician and for many years a member of the faculty of the Boston University School of Medicine. She died in September, 1927. They had no children, and no near relatives of Dr. Church survive him.

Honorary

The death of JAMES EHIGENE HOWARD, a recipient of the degree of Master of Science in 1910, which occurred at his summer home at North Conway, N. H., July 6, 1930, has only recently been reported.

Mr. Howard was born in Palmer, Mass., June 26, 1851, the son of Sanford and Charlotte (Tupper) Howard. His academic education was obtained at Nichols Academy, Dudley, Mass., and Highland Military Academy, Worcester, Mass. He became an engineer in government employ, and attained high rank as a scientist. He was at Watertown (Mass.) Arsenal from 1880 to 1910, becoming there engineer of tests, using the Emery testing machine on which he worked while it was being made at Chicopee, Mass. From 1910 to 1914 he was connected with the Bureau of Standards at Washington, and then until his death with the Interstate Commerce Commission. Most of his work for the Commission was on rail fractures.

His wife, who was Annie Potter, and their daughter Marion survive him.

WILLIAM JOHN WAKEFIELD