Deaths
ALUMNI NOTES
Necrology
Class of 1861
GALEN BENJAMIN SEAMAN, the last survivor of the class and at his death the senior Bachelor of Arts of the College, died September 12, 1932, at his home at Daytona Beach, Fla., of the infirmities of age, having been in failing health and totally blind for some years.
He was born August 8, 1837, at Millport, Chemung county, N. Y. His father, Dr. Horace Seaman, was a descendant of Capt. John Seaman, who came from England in 1630 and settled at Hempstead, L. I., and of John Millington, who came from England in 1640 and settled at New Haven, Conn. His mother was Sarah Spaulding Whipple, a descendant of Capt. John Whipple, who came from England to Providence, R. I., in 1630, and of Col. Thomas Stevens of Devonshire, England, whose son Cyprian settled at Plainfield, Conn., about 1640. Dr. and Mrs. Seaman were both born in Rutland county, Vt., and settled in Millport in 1826.
Galen B. Seaman was fitted for college at Alfred (N. Y.) Academy. He was a member of the Zeta Psi fraternity.
For the first year after graduation he was in-mercantile business in his native town, and then went to Milwaukee, Wis., where he studied law in the office of F. W. Pitkin (afterward governor). He was admitted to the bar May 16, 1863, but did not begin practice until July, 1865, being meanwhile principal of the Mitchell School in Milwaukee. He continued in practice and in the abstract of title business until his removal to Florida in 1901.
He was assessor of internal revenue for the First District of Wisconsin from 1866 to 1873; member of the state legislature; member of the Milwaukee school board; and president of the city council and mayor of Daytona.
July 2, 1863, Mr. Seaman was married to Harriet C. Martin of Milwaukee, who died in 1880, leaving three children, who are still living: Col. Horace M. Seaman of Milwaukee; Charlotte, wife of Andrew Apel of Minneapolis; and Sally, wife of Russell Scott Sherman of Duluth. In 1888 he was married to Agnes Millar of Milwaukee, who survives him.
He was a member of all the various bodies of Symbolic, Capitular, Cryptic, and Chivalric Masonry, as well as the Scottish Rite, the Mystic Shrine, and the Order of the Eastern Star, serving at various times as the presiding officer of all of them except the last two. He was right eminent grand commander of the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of Florida in 1914-15.
Class of 1873
GEORGE HAZEN, recently deceased, was born in Bridgton, Me., July 19, 1848, and was the son of Jacob and Caroline M. (Mason) Hazen. All of his preparation for college was obtained in his home town schools, and after his graduation in 1869 at Bridgton Academy, he entered Dartmouth, taking the classical course, and continuing without interruption until his graduation in 1873. He took no part in any form of athletics or other sports. He and Cristy, who had transferred his relations "from Amherst College to Dartmouth at the beginning of junior year, became close friends, and in all the after years when we met, Cristy's first inquiry was sure to be, "What have you heard from 'Bliff' Hazen?" Hazen's own name, George, was entirely lost in "Bliffkens," soon abbrevi- ated to "Bliff," the origin of which, like that of many other college nicknames, is unknown. When the Dartmouth chapter of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity received its charter, Hazen was one of the early members. He was a member of the junior whist club, at that time probably the most popular card game, but he had little inter- est in class affairs, although he was well liked by all his classmates.
After graduation he read law with C. A. Chapin of Harrison, Me., for a year, followed by six months with C. W. Perry of Salem, Mass., after which he entered upon the practice of law at Casco, Me., beginning June 9, 1874. On March 3, 1875, he settled at Oxford, Me., which was his home for the rest of his life, except for a short time, when he was in Minnesota. Here, in addition to the work of the legal profession, he became interested in business affairs, and for many years was the owner of the Oxford Mineral Spring, selling it out some twenty years ago. He began the preparation of a publication entitled "Law Annotations for Maine Reports." These had a wide sale among lawyers, and became a standard reference book of great usefulness.
His daughter Bertha writes: "My fatherlived a quiet and rather uneventful life,but he enjoyed living to the very end." Hewas always very healthy, and was sitting inhis chair when he died."
Hazen married May 11, 1876, Mary E. Cook of Bolsters Mills, Me. Four children were born to them, two of whom, Harry Pitt and Jessie Louise, died many years ago. Annie Mildred married Silas F. Skillins, October 5, 1928. Miss Bertha May Hazen is in business, with address at 902 Fidelity Building, Portland, Me.
Mr. Hazen died April 25, 1932. Death was clue to the gradual failure of the heart to function. He was a member of two fraternities, the Masons and the Odd Fellows. The funeral services were held in the edifice of the Oxford Congregational church, and burial was in the church cemetery.
Class of 1874
JOHN SYDNEY WALKER died at his home in Claremont, N. H., August 14, 1932.
He was born in Claremont, June 26, 1852, the son of John Sydney and Harriet Harris (Upham) Walker, prepared for college at St. Mark's School, and was connected with the Chandler Scientific Department during freshman year, being a member of the Vitruvian fraternity, now Beta Theta Pi.
He went from Dartmouth to Cornell, but did not remain there to complete the course. After leaving college he spent some years in the West, and in 1891 returned to Claremont, where for a long time he was connected with the Sullivan Machinery Company. He represented Claremont in the state legislature and served on the board of Stevens High School.
In 1875 Mr. Walker was married to Lilla Tutherly, who survives him, with a daughter, Mrs. C. F. Weed, and four sons, Robert T., John S., Archibald W„ and Richard F.
Class of 1877
WILBUR FRANKLIN BRYANT died at his home in Hartington, Neb., August 19, 1932, from hardening of the arteries.
He was born in Dalton, N. H., March 21, 1851, the son of Rev. George Washington and Nancy Marinda (Parker) Bryant. The father was a Methodist minister, which entailed at that day frequent changes of residence. His college preparation was obtained at Kimball Union Academy. He remained with us only through freshman year, teaching in Massachusetts in the winter and becoming a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa.
From December, 1874, to August, 1876, he studied law in the office of John L. Spring of Lebanon. He then went to Green Island, Neb., where he was employed successively as cowboy and teacher. Meanwhile he completed his law studies, and in April, 1877, was admitted to the bar at Yankton, S. D. Beginning practice there, he removed in June to St. Helena, Neb. For a time he was county attorney, and in 1881-4 postmaster at St. Helena. In 1883-5 he was district attorney for the Sixth District of Nebraska. He then removed to Westpoint, and remained there four years, being county judge of Cuming county in 1886-8. In the latter year he removed to Hartington, and resumed practice.
In 1892 he was one of the organizers of the Populist party in Nebraska (later he was a Democrat), and upon the election of a Populist governor he was appointed state insurance commissioner, which position he held for six months, until the Supreme Court declared the office unconstitutional. In 1900 he was appointed deputy reporter for the Supreme Court, and during the six years of his holding that position he resided in Lincoln. At the end of that time he returned to Hartington, which remained his home for the rest of his life. In May, 1912, he was appointed county judge of Cedar county to fill a vacancy, and was successively elected to the same office until the Republican tidal wave of 1928, when he was defeated, and in January, 1929, resumed practice. In July, 1928, he had suffered a slight paralytic stroke, and his previously robust health gradually failed, though he was able to continue in active practice until shortly before his death. In 1919 he was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, representing two counties and being one of the most active and influential members.
Judge Bryant was a systematic and omnivorous reader and a copious writer, putting out a number of pamphlets, mostly on controversial subjects. His religious evolution from Methodism through the Episcopal church to his final home in the Roman Catholic church is deeply interesting. He was one of the most prominent laymen of that faith in his region, and among other positions of honor was in 1893 a delegate from the archdiocese of St. Louis to the Catholic World Congress at Chicago.
October 1, 1881, Judge Bryant was married to Kate, daughter of Stephen P. Saunders of Springfield, S. D., who survives him. They have had five children: Ita, a graduate of the University of Nebraska, is now teaching in the State Teachers College at Valley City, N. D.; Ethel, a graduate of Yankton College, is teaching in Lincoln High School; Eugene, a disabled veteran of the World War, is in a government hospital in Omaha; Donovan Kleon is on the staff of the Omaha BeeNews; George Tudor, a graduate of Yankton College, died in 1923.
Bryant never came back East from 1876 until his attendance at our semi-centennial reunion in 1927. This gathering he seemed greatly to enjoy; certainly the rest of us highly appreciated his presence.
Class o£ 1878
JOHN GREENGALGH WALKER of Forbes, Mo., died in the Methodist Hospital at St. Joseph, November 15, 1924.
Mr. Walker was with the class for about two years, leaving in 1876, from which time all trace of him had been lost up to this year, when an inquiry for his present address came to the Alumni Office from a ministerial bureau in which he was formerly registered. This afforded a clue which, after extended inquiry, has brought to hand an excellent photograph (corresponding well with his appearance in college days) and a somewhat hazy outline of his career. Discrepancies arise between data from different but apparently authentic sources. His son writes that he has no definite knowledge by which to reconcile the conflicts, which relate mainly to the early years of his father's life. Even the date of his birth is uncertain. He came to college from Lincoln, R. I. The place of his birth is not recorded, but the date in the college records is September 12, 1853. In a letter written in 1915, Mr. Walker says he was born in England in 1857, but an obituary in the local paper at the time of his death gives the date as September 12, 1847, and his aSe at death as 77. This early date would have made him one of the two oldest men in the class, which his appearance at the time of entrance would hardly credit. The presumption would seem to favor 1853.
He was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa, of the Christian Fraternity, and of the Handel Society. The latter membership accords with a later reference to his musical interest. His letter of 1915, above referred to, states that he spent the years 1876 (which he gives as the year of his graduation from Dartmouth) to 1879 in Oxford, England, and adds that he received the degree of Ph.D. from Oxford in 1907.
The obituary to which reference has been made says he came to this country with his parents when he was four years old, but makes no allusion to his Oxford residence and gives other facts which seem inconsistent with it. It is equally inconsistent with what we know of his college connection, as will appear from the following quotation:
"He was a graduate of Harvard College.He then studied law and graduated froman Eastern law school. He then took upmusic and specialized in it, finishing atLeipsic, Germany. He then decided to lakeup the study of medicine and went to NewDartmouth, New Hampshire. After finishing the medical course he came to Fanning,Kansas, where he began his practice. Herehe met and married Mary E. Hudson, May4, 1879. To this union were born tenchildren, all of whom have passed awayexcept two sons, E. A. Walker, who nowresides at Monterey, Old Mexico, andCharles G. Walker, now living at Forbes,Mo.
"In 1881 he was converted and joinedthe Methodist Episcopal church at Minden,Neb., and immediately entered the ministry, and served as a successful pastor,preacher, and physician in both theNebraska and Missouri Conferences. Heenjoyed and shaved the confidence, love,and co-operation of his fellow-ministersand brethren. He was a member of theMasonic fraternity in Providence, R. I.,having never moved his membership to thedifferent fields of his labors. For the lasttwenty years he, with his family, lived inthe little town of Forbes, Mo., where hewas known and loved by the entire community. He was a man among men. He wasgenerous almost to a fault. He was affable,lovable, humorous, sociable, yes, naturalhuman. His last years were times of extreme suffering, but like his Christ he lovedso well, he bore it all, exhibiting the virtues of the Christian man that he was."
It has seemed best to give the foregoing so fully not only because it is of interest for the varied light it throws upon Mr. Walker's career, but also because it illustrates so strikingly how vague may be the knowledge of a man's life even among his long-time associates and admirers. It presents a confused picture, but it sketches a really remarkable career. The extraordinary versatility which it indicates is abundantly confirmed from other sources. The reference to his early pursuit of the law finds no corroboration in other data yet at hand, and time for it would seem to be lacking, but there are other references to his exceptional musical training, to his pastorates of Methodist churches in Blue Hill, Neb., Mt. Moriah, Parnell, Darlington, and Elmo, Mo., and to Congregational pastorates in Russell and Neosho Falls, Kansas (1913-15). It seems also that he practised medicine for a goodly portion of his life, some of the time coincidently with his preaching. For the last years of his life he was recorded in the Medical Directory as a physician in practice at Forbes, licensed in 1890, but with no record of any degree or medical school.
Reference to Mr. Walker's characteristic generosity comes from several sources. Mrs. Walker, the two sons, and a step-daughter survive him.
Class of 1879
WILLIAM EDGAR HOTCHKISS died August 19, 1932, as the result of injuries sustained from a fall while walking in the yard near his home, "Kelona," at Courtland, Ala.
He was born October 27, 1855, at Unadilla Forks, N. Y., from which place he entered the Chandler Scientific Department in 1875 with the class of 1879, but remained in college only about half of the first year.
Afterwards he was a student at the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, N. Y., for nearly four years. In 1885 he went to Courtland, Ala., where he made his home during the rest of his life. The local paper in its obituary notice says: "He had livedan active life as a civil engineer. When theold canal was built around Muscle Shoals,Mr. Hotchkiss was working under Gen.George W. Goethals, builder of the PanamaCanal. It is understood also that he builtthe first incline up Lookout Mountain,Chattanooga."
At one time he was offered the Democratic nomination for congressman from his district, but declined it and ran as a Republican candidate for the office, of course being defeated. He also was a candidate for the State Senate on a platform of belief "in a government of the people, for the people, by the people." He took an active interest in local affairs, occasionally wrote articles for the local papers, and engaged in horse breeding and racing.
He was of old New England stock, being descended from Samuel Hodgskins (as the name was then spelled), one of the settlers of Saybrook, Conn., in 1642. His mother was of Rhode Island Quaker origin. In 1886 he married Elizabeth Bankhead, daughter of Captain William Stuart Bankhead of the Confederate army. Mrs. Hotchkiss survives him with three sons, three daughters, and eight grandchildren.
Having spent so short a time in college, Hotchkiss was quite lost sight of until Class Secretary Melville got in touch with him in 1926. Since then frequent communications have been received from him, usually brief and quite original in character, but giving little information about his life. He insisted that he was only one-half of one-fourth of an alumnus, that his memories of Hanover were vague, and that he could not enthuse over the old place like those who were there longer. But he expressed much appreciation for the interest shown in him by the class and sent a greeting to the fifty-year reunion in 1929.
Class of 1885
ROSECRANS WILLIAM PILLSBURY was born in Londonderry, N. H., September 18, 1863, and died after several years' illness of angina pectoris at the home of his daughter, Mrs. H. W. Hawkes in Springfield, Mass., on September 23, 1932. He was the son of Col. William S. and Sarah A. (Crowell) Pillsbury. His ancestors for several generations had been residents of Londonderry.
He prepared for college at Pinkerton and Phillips Exeter Academies and entered Dartmouth with the class of 1885. After one year he felt compelled to leave college on account of ill health. In his preparatory schools and college his athletic interest was in baseball, being an excellent first baseman and a hard hitter. In 1911 the college granted him a degree of B.S. as with his class of '85.
Shortly after leaving college he became associated with his father in the shoe manufacturing business and in the mercantile business in Derry, N. H. During this period he began the study of law, and spent two years at the law school of Boston University. He was admitted to practice at Manchester, N. H., in 1890, and started practice at Derry under the firm name of Crawford and Pillsbury.
He soon became increasingly interested in newspaper and business enterprises, which took his whole attention. He was a founder of the Derry Enterprise, and in 1905 he acquired the Manchester Union, which was the largest daily paper in New Hampshire, and had a statewide circulation. He conducted the Union successfully until 1913, when he sold it. He later acquired the Manchester Mirror and American, which he conducted for a short time. It was during this period that he developed on his farm in Londonderry "The Woodmont Orchards," one of the large orchard enterprises in the state.
During these years he had become widely known and prominent in the Republican party of the state and was very much interested in promoting Progressive principles. He served several terms on the Republican state committee, and was a member of the Constitutional conventions of 1899 and 1901, in the former of which he was the youngest member. He served his home town of Londonderry four terms in the legislature, and was a delegate to the National, Republican Convention in Chicago in 1903, and served as a member of the committee appointed at that convention to notify Theodore Roosevelt of his nomination. His long service and prominence naturally led him to aspire to the governorship, and in 1906 he was one of the two leading candidates before the Republican state convention. His final withdrawal in favor of his leading rival, Charles M. Floyd, assured the latter's nomination.
Since his retirement from his newspaper and political interests he has devoted himself largely to his orchard enterprise in Londonderry and to land development in and about St. Petersburg, Fla., where he spent his winters for many years.
During recent years he was in the employ of the federal government in connection with the checking of the spread of insect pests ravaging crops in the south Atlantic states.
In 1885 he married Miss Annie E. Watts of Manchester, N. H., who died in 1911. Their children all survived him, and are Mrs. H. W. Hawkes of Springfield, Mass., Lt. Com. Watts H. Pillsbury, U. S. N„ and Mrs. Richard Bartlett of Londonderry.
In 1913 Mr. Pillsbury made a trip around the world, during which, at Yokohama, Japan, he was married to Mrs. Harriet F. Valentine, who survives him.
He was a member of the Masons, the Grange, and the Amoskeag Veterans' Association.
His funeral services were held in Londonderry on September 25, and were largely attended,—of his classmates, Austin and Bayley being present. The interment was made in the family lot in that town.
Class of 1887
DR. HARRY WARD HALL died in Fairfax, Wash., May 19, 1932.
He was born in Windsor, Vt., April 11, 1865, the son of Richard M. and Sarah Elizabeth (Dorr) Hall, and fitted for college at Windsor High School. He entered Dartmouth with the class, taking the Chandler School course, and continued in Hanover after graduation in the Medical School, ending with the degree of M.D. in 1890. In college he became affiliated with the Vitruvian society (later Beta Theta Pi), and during his entire course roomed at Miss Powers', most of the time alone.
His later life was spent in Washington, where he practiced medicine in Spokane, Rosalia, Pullman, and Edmonds, and at Fairfax since 1917 as company physician for the Manley Moore Lumber Company.
He was affiliated with the Republican party and the Congregational denomination, and was the first master of Edmonds Masonic lodge.
At Rosalia he married Miss Minnie V. Prichard in 1895. There were two children, now Mrs. A. C. Holloway of Portland, Ore., and Mrs. Julia M. Ward of Pittsburg, Calif.
Harry Hall last met with the class at Hanover in 1922. Even then his health was precarious. He suffered severely from asthma for many years, and finally passed away during an attack.
In addition to his wife and daughters there are five grandchildren, an aged mother, a sister, and two brothers who survive. One brother, Allen Hall, lives at White River, Vt.
Class of 1890
THOMAS ALLEN PERKINS passed away at the Wentworth Hospital in Dover, N. H., Sunday night, September 18, 1932.
He was born at Wells, Me., December 1, 1862, the son of Samuel H. and Sarah (Allen) Perkins and graduated from Berwick Academy in the class of 1886. After his graduation from college he attended the law school in Berkeley, Calif., graduating in 1896, his family having moved West. For thirty-six years he practiced law in San Francisco, building up a good practice and making many friends.
During the World War he served on the Legal Advisory Board at San Francisco. He was also vice-president of the General National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, 1918-1919. He was at one time an officer of the State of Maine Association in San Francisco, and was chairman of the reception committee at a large reunion held there.
He was a member of California Lodge, No. 1, A. F. and A. M., of San Francisco Consistory, No. 1, A. A. S. R., and of Islam Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., all of San Francisco. He recently came back to his old home in North Berwick, Me., to live.
He is survived by four sisters: Mrs. Fred E. Downs of North Berwick, Me., Miss Addie F. Perkins of Berwick, Me., Dr. Effie A. Stevenson of Westfield, N. J., and Dr. Ann E. Perkins of Berwick, Me. Two nephews and a niece also survive him. His brother, Prof. John R. Perkins of the Dartmouth class of 1889, of Danbury, Conn., died a few years ago.
Funeral services were held at undertaking rooms in Dover, Wednesday afternoon, September 21. Services were in charge of the Dover lodge of Masons, acting for California Lodge No. 1, of San Francisco. Interment was in Evergreen cemetery in Berwick, Me. The Secretary of the class of 1890 attended the funeral, as did Burt Redfield '89.
For the past four years Perkins had been engaged in writing the genealogy of the Perkins families of Maine, and had traveled over a large part of this country and England in obtaining material for the book, which will be published this fall.
Class of 1897
It is with sorrow that we have to record the death of HARRY PATRICK CONWAY, who after a manly fight for over a year against the inevitable, passed away at the Passavant Hospital in Chicago, September 7, 1932. The immediate cause of death was pneumonia, but for over two years Pat had been bravely battling against a disease of the liver which proved to be incurable.
His funeral took place from the Church of the Sacred Heart in Hubbard Woods, September 10, at 10:30 A.M., and was attended by a large gathering of friends, including his business associates and Dartmouth men. The service was a magnificent requiem mass, attended by a group of clergy, with all the impressiveness and pontifical pomp which make Catholic services so dignified. The pall bearers were all business associates from Ginn and Company, headed by H. H. Hilton of the class of 1890, Walter McCornack, Burpee C. Taylor, and Hamilton Gibson, Pat's classmates living in Chicago, who were present with their wives.
The remains were temporarily laid in the vault at Calvary Cemetery, Chicago, but final interment will be made in the early fall at Old Town, Me.
Thus passes a classmate whose rugged, forceful character, his kindliness, his abilities in the business world, his keen jovial wit, brought him universal friendships and made him liked and sought after in all the contacts of life.
Son of Patrick Conway, a Maine lumberman, and Catherine (Landers) Conway, Conway was born in Old Town, Me., March 3, 1876. He attended the elementary and high school of Old Town, went to Dartmouth in September, 1893, and graduated with the class of 1897 with a degree of A.B. His fraternity was Psi Upsilon, and senior society was Casque and Gauntlet. While in college he became prominent in athletics, particularly in baseball.
After leaving Dartmouth, Conway attended St. Paul College of Law, received the Bachelor of Law degree in 1903 and was admitted to the bar of Minnesota. He was admitted to the bar of the state of Vermont, October go, 1903. Previous to studying law and immediately after graduation, he was on the faculty of the College of St. Thomas at St. Paul, where he taught Latin and mathematics and was in charge of college athletics from 1897 to 1902- He was on the faculty of St. Norbert's College of West De Pere, Wis., in 1902 and 1903.
In 1903 he joined Ginn & Company, and remained with them for the rest of his life. For this firm he developed the Catholie parochial school text-book business to large proportions, and he became not only the manager of this division of the business, but vice-president and resident partner of Ginn and Company. He was active in an executive capacity with the company for many years.
Mr. Conway was married September 5,1905, to Miss Frances Cole of Oconto, Wis. They had one son, Patrick Conway, born March 17, 1919.
Conway's club memberships consisted of the University Club of Chicago, the University Club of Evanston, and Dartmouth Alumni Association of Chicago. He resided at 867 Bluff St., Glencoe, Ill.
It will be pleasing to his classmates to know that when Pat's will was probated recently, he left an estate of $300,000, which with some minor bequests, goes in trust to the widow and son. He specified in his will, however, a bequest of $1,000 to Dartmouth College.
DR. DEAS MURPHY died July 16, 1932, at his home in Litchfield, Conn.
He was born in Mobile, Ala., June 15, 1859. His home was later in New York city, and he graduated as A.B. from Columbia University in 1882.
His medical studies were begun at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York and concluded at Dartmouth. He began practice at once in New York city, and continued it there with distinguished success until his retirement and removal to Litchfield three years ago. He became a speassistant surgeon at the New York Orthopedic Dispensary and Hospital, and was assistant orthopedic surgeon at the Cornell University clinic from 1900 to 1909 and at cialist in orthopedic surgery, and was largely instrumental in bringing Dr. Adolf Lorenz of Vienna to this country to perform operations. From 1897 to 1900 he served as St. Luke's Hospital and Dispensary from 1909 to 1918.
He married Mary Remsen Belknap, who survives him.
Class of 1898
DR. JOHN PHILIP CARROLL died July 31, 1932, at the Choate Memorial Hospital, Woburn, Mass., after an operation for appendicitis.
He was born in Peabody, Mass., June 29, 1875, graduated from Peabody High School in 1893, and took his entire medical course at Dartmouth. After his graduation in November, 1897, he served eight months as interne at the Massachusetts General Hospital and fourteen months as house officer at the Boston City Hospital. In 1899 he opened private practice in Woburn, and continued through life with excellent success. He was a member of the board of health, and several times as its chairman. During the World War he served in the Medical Corps as first lieutenant.
He was a member of the American Medical Association and of the state and local medical societies, also of the American Legion, the Knights of Columbus, and the Elks.
Class of 1899
PITT FESSENDEN DREW, long ill from a heart affection following a severe case of pneumonia, died at his Newtonville, Mass., home on September 13, 1932. He was buried at Lancaster, N. H., where he was born August 27, 1875.
Born and reared in the Dartmouth tradition, Drew was always an enthusiastic supporter of every interest of college and class. He entered Dartmouth from Phillips Andover, where he was prominent in baseball, being captain of his team during senior year. At Dartmouth he had the distinction of being captain of varsity baseball during both junior and senior years, and was recognized by all as a brainy player and captain. He was a member of Psi Upsilon and Sphinx.
His predilection for the law was undoubtedly inherited from and inspired by his father, the late Irving W. Drew, Dartmouth '70, long a prominent New Hampshire attorney, who at one period of his career represented his state as United States senator at Washington. Following graduation from Dartmouth, he entered Harvard Law School, from which he was graduated in 1902. His first association in law practice was with a firm of Dartmouth lawyers, Powers ('74), Hall ('92), and Jones ('94), located at 101 Milk St., Boston. Subsequently he opened his own office at 53 State St., Boston, where he continued until his death.
Drew for years enjoyed the reputation of being one of the busiest trial lawyers in the state, and his reputation as a distinct success in this respect grew rapidly. Tireless in the preparation of his cases, he usually knew more of his opponent's case than his opponent did; he was always formidable in cross examination. His success was due in no small measure to his dignified manner in court, and to his unfailing courtesy to witnesses and other interests concerned. His quiet determined earnestness seemed to inspire confidence among the jury. His percentage of victories in court through a period of fifteen or twenty years has rarely been exceeded.
He became interested at an early stage in street railway work, representing the Boston Elevated Railway and other companies. He was long identified with the Middlesex and Boston Street Railway Co., being their legal advisor up to his last illness, and chairman of the board at the time of his death. During recent years his work has been more in an advisory capacity, together with office consultation, with his court activity correspondingly lessened. Nevertheless, he was frequently seen in court up to the time he was stricken with pneumonia in the early fall of 1931.
Surviving him are Mabel Swain Drew, formerly of Salem, his widow, to whom he was married on October 6, 1909, and two daughters, Caroline and Sally; also a sister, Sally Drew Hall, wife of E. K, Hall '92.
Class o£ 1900
EDWARD PAYSON STORRS died at the home of his brother, Dave, on Monday, September 12, 1932. He had been in Hanover for a month on vacation. On Tuesday he complained of a pain in his right side which the doctor called pleurisy. He was given treatment, and seemed to be quite comfortable until late Sunday evening, when his heart failed and he passed away early Monday morning. The funeral was held in Hanover, and Perry Fairfield, Gus Foster, and Leon Richardson acted as bearers. Burial was in the family lot in the Dartmouth cemetery.
Ed Storrs' ancestry is well known to the members of the class. His father, E. P. Storrs, whose name he bore, ran the bookstore for many years. Dave of '99 is known to almost every 1900 man.
Ed prepared for college at Kimball Union Academy and entered Dartmouth with quite a group of men from that institution. He entered the Tuck School after receiving his degree in 1900 and was graduated in 1902. He spent two years teaching in Porto Rico and then returned to Hanover for a short time. He then entered the employment of Sears, Roebuck and Company, but the major part of his business career was spent with Rand, McNally.
Ed enjoyed the unique distinction of being the first one of the class to retire from business. After his retirement he remained in Chicago, which had been his business home for so many years, and devoted most of his time to the work of the New England Congregational church of Chicago. He was editor of the magazine which this society publishes, The NezuEngland Outlook. This was his great interest outside his Hanover affiliations. He certainly will be greatly missed by this organization because of the extremely effective work which he did for them, covering so long a period of time.
Of course Ed visited his old home town of Hanover very, very frequently, and was present at almost every class reunion. We can all remember the picnic at Lake Fairlee. Ed was one of a few who went in bathing, and we all saw him swimming far out into the lake, smoking a corn-cob pipe. Like all Hanover boys, he was thoroughly at home in the water.
Ed s career in college was one of unusual distinction. He was not a brilliant scholar but a sound one. He never had trouble with any of his courses and received more than average marks. He was very quiet, always gracious and charming, and thoroughly lovable. His long association with the town of Hanover and the college served to deepen his interest. His father, his brother, and he himself were wholly a part of the institution, interested in its progress and well-being.
Ed never invited discussion, but when once you started to debate a matter with him you found him tremendously well informed with a sound and balanced opinion on almost every subject. He was just one of those thorough-going, fine chaps who make the world so much better for their living in it.
Edward Payson Storrs Jr. will lie in Hanover beside his father. Of the many kind things that his father did, perhaps few in the class know, and Ed and Dave would be the last to recite them. Ed was certainly a worthy successor to the family name, and he brought it honor, distinction, and the respect of every one who came in contact with him. In his particular line of business Ed was more or less of an expert. His wants were few. He never married. His going will be keenly felt by the College and by the class of 1900.
Class of 1901
DR. CHARLES IRVILLE PRESCOTT passed away at the Orange, N. J., Memorial Hospital, September 1, 1932. He had not been well all summer, and after spending a month up in the Pocono Mountains, he returned to his home in Maplewood, seemingly much improved. Soon after, he was taken to the hospital for operation, but his poor condition and the severity of the operation were such that he only lived a few days.
Charlie, as we all affectionately called him, was born in Meredith, N. H., May 28, 1879, the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Irville Prescott, one of the best known families in that section. He attended the public schools and entered Dartmouth in the fall of 1897 with the class of 1901. After graduation he attended the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, from which institution he received his M.D. degree in 1905. He then opened an office in New York and was there a few years, removing to Aberdeen, Wash. Later he returned to his native town, purchasing a home opposite his father's old place, and remained here some years. In late years he had made his home in Maplewood, N. J., and was a near neighbor of Harry Gilmore's. General practice was too hard a tax on his health, so he gave up active practice, and served as school physician for the public schools of Maplewood, South Orange, and Millburn. The past two or three years, however, he had given up all medical activities.
At the 1901 monthly luncheons in New York Charlie was usually in attendance, and he will be greatly missed by that circle of old classmates who have seen him frequently. To those of us who have only seen him very occasionally, he will be well remembered as a loyal classmate, quiet, but always friendly and courteous. In college he was a member of the Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity, as was his brother George of the class of '99.
Charlie is survived by his widow and one son, who is a member of the junior class at Dartmouth. His son aptly put it thus, when he said, "Father's great lovewas Dartmouth College, and he loved tothink I was a Dartmouth man too, and amember of his old fraternity."
Class of 1910
ROBERT LEEDS MACOMBER of 17 West-moreland St., Longmeadow, Mass., was found dead in his garage about 5:30 on the afternoon of September 2, death having been due to monoxide poisoning.
When found by a neighbor, who was attracted by a burning electric light, he had been dead about 18 hours. Investigation showed that one of the tires was partly removed and tools were scattered about the car. The ignition was still on, although the car had stopped running long before the body was discovered. Lights were also burning in the house, which indicated that he had gone to the garage late the previous night to change a tire, and had closed the door to prevent the noise of changing the tire from arousing the close-by neighbors. It was one of his characteristics to be considerate of others.
Macomber was born in Newton, Mass., April 24, 1887, the son of Mr. and Mrs. George A. Macomber. He prepared for Dartmouth at Somerville Latin School.
Although Bob did not complete his course with us, he made many friends and kept them until his death. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. For many years he was in the wholesale clothing business at Boston, moving to Springfield several years ago, where he became owner of the W. J. Woods Co., an old and highly reputable retail clothing store.
Your Secretary met him by chance at the University Club in Boston two years ago, and a delightful visit followed. Bob had not aged the way most of us had—he presented an unusually striking appearance. His interest in the College was keen, and his questions were many. He was looking ahead to the time when Bob Junior would go to Dartmouth, which would be around 1945, as near as we could figure. The class has lost another member, and we all join in sending our heartfelt sympathy to Mrs. Macomber and the children.
Class of 1914
The death of JOHN RUSSELL WILLARD, which occurred April 18, 1932, has been but recently reported.
He was born in Randolph, Mass., May 3, 1892, his parents being John K. and Grace F. (Wilde) Willard. He prepared for college at the schools of Randolph and at Thayer Academy, South Braintree, Mass. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta. In freshman year he was a pitcher on the class baseball team, but an injury received in a game prevented his playing again until senior year, when he was one of the varsity pitchers.
He served in the World War as a member of the 303d Field Artillery, and was afterward with the Cushman-Hollis Co., shoe manufacturers, of Auburn, Me.
November 28, 1917, he was married to Irene Lillian Douglas of Auburn, who died May 7, 1929, leaving two children, Barbara Douglas and John Kirk, now eleven and nine years old, who are living with their grandmother and uncle in Randolph, Mass.
Class of 1924
WILLIAM BARTLEY KNOX died of injuries received in a fall from his eighth floor apartment at 405 East 54th St., New York city, Thursday morning, September 22. It was not determined whether he fell accidentally or jumped to his death. Earlier in the evening he returned to his home from the sailing of the S. S. Paris, accompanied by another man. An argument later ensued, and Bill retired to his bedroom, locking the door. The friend was found asleep, and claimed that he heard no disturbance after Bill had left the living room.
Bill was connected with Boettcher, Newton & Co., brokers of 53 Wall St., following a short association with the Bowery Savings Bank, of which his father, the late William E. Knox, was president. He is survived by his wife, the former Alice Castree Williams of New Canaan, Conn., whom he married January 19, 1929, and who was away at the time of her husband's death. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree and was active in boxing and cross country all four years. He was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa and the Dartmouth Club of New York city.
The son of William Elliott and Robina (Bartley) Knox, he was born in New York city, November 22, 1902.
Class of 1925
The death in an airplane accident in England last May of DUNCAN SHIMWELL MCDOUGALL was mentioned in the class notes of the October MAGAZINE.
He was born in Hindhead, England, October 8, 1903, and prepared for college at the Brown and Nichols School, then making,his home in New York city. He left college in February, 1923.
He returned to England, and for some time had a government position in Sarawak, Borneo. Later he was in the Royal Air Force, was regarded as one of the best pilots in England, and was an instructor of flying cadets.
Further information concerning his history will be welcomed.
Medical School
Class of 1890
DR. MADISON TEMPLETON THURBER died September 27, 1932, at his home in the Dorchester district of Boston.
He was born in Webster, N. H., May 9, 1866, and graduated in 1886 from the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts at Hanover, which has since become the University of New Hampshire at Durham. A short time after graduation he began the study of medicine at Dartmouth.
After obtaining his medical degree in November, 1889, he began practice at Grafton, N. H., whence he removed to Boston in 1894. From 1891 to 1893 he was medical examiner for the New Hampshire Mutual Life Insurance Company, and from 1905 to 1908 was visiting gynecologist at the Boston Emergency Hospital. He was prominent in his profession and in the local activities of his section of the city for many years. In 1912 and 1913 he was president of the Savin Hill Improvement Association, and in the same years was chairman of the health commission of the Boston Improvement Association. He was an organizer and first president of the Dorchester Medical Society, and was a member of other state and local medical societies. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Masonic order, and was a communicant of the Church of the Advent (Episcopal).
His wife is no longer living, and Dr. Thurber is survived by two children, Madeline W. and Lincoln Joseph Thurber.
