Deaths

Alumni Notes

NECROLOGY

CLASS OF 1872

DR. SOLON RODNEY TOWNE died at Omaha, Neb., January 27, 1932, after four days' illness with the grip, as the result of which he passed quietly into what he called "the great beyond."

Towne was born December 20, 1846, at Stowe, Vt. His family name in this country starts with William Towne, who arrived in Salem, Mass., in ,1635. Solon's father was a shoe manufacturer at Stowe, having a factory of substantial size for that date. His mother, born Salome E. Seabury, derived her name from John Seabury, who landed in Boston, Mass., in 1639, and traced her maternal ancestry through John Alden of Plymouth, Mass. Ephrain Towne of Warwick, Mass., sixth in the line from William, was born in 1787 and through him and his wife Huldah Gale, Dr. Towne was descended. On Solon'trip to Hanover to attend the fiftieth anniversary of his graduation in 1922 he went to Salem, Mass., to see the place where two of his great-aunts, Rebecca and Sarah Nourse, were hanged as alleged witches, as was frequent in former times. Towne and Seabury family genealogy was a subject of careful research by Solon, and was made more interest- ing to him since the national reputation of his distant relative Samuel Seabury of New York. Solon began his preparation for college at the Stowe, Vt., High School and completed it at the People's Academy at Morris- ville, Vt., and during the four years from 1864 to 1868 he taught a district school at Stowe until he entered Dartmouth in September, 1868, where he graduated in due course in the academic department in 1872.

He was a member of Psi Upsilon fraternity and an active and prominent participant in college affairs. Meanwhile in order to create an income for expenses he taught in St. Johnsbury Academy in the spring of 1870, and the following winter he taught in the schools at Walpole, N. H. After graduation he took up his professional studies in Dartmouth Medical College, under the special tuition of Dr. Carlton P. Frost and received his degree of M.D. During his three years' course in the Medical College he taught in the New Hampshire Agricultural College and had charge of gymnastics of the entire college.

On July 23, 1873, he took unto himself an amiable, accomplished, and truly excellent wife, Harriet Somers, at Jericho, Vt., who assisted materially in his professional and social as well as domestic affairs during a long married life. This happy marriage was blessed with a family of four children: Jessie Margaret, born in Hanover, N. H., now dean of about one thousand girls and assistant principal of Central High School at Omaha, Neb.; Mary Agnes Towne, who resided with her father; Alice Christine, wife of Fred M. Dewees, a lawyer of Lincoln, Neb.; and Robert Somers Towne, who died in Denver, Colo., in 1925. Succeeding them are five grandchildren: Martha Harriet, Wilfred Joel and Barbara Ann Dewees of Lincoln, Neb., and Mrs. Claude Beidler and Mary Louise Towne of Denver, daughters of Robert the deceased son, and two great-grandchildren, Robert and Richard Beidler.

Solon commenced practice of his profession at Brookfield, Vt., but remained there less than a year, when a more attractive field presented itself, and he purchased a wellestablished professional practice at Enfield, Mass. There he had an opportunity, after the arduous years of his school and college life for quiet professional study and reflection with reasonable financial compensation for his labors. He remained there for about twelve years, when, equipped for a wider field, he joined his congenial brother-in-law, Dr. A. B. Somers, and together they removed to Omaha, Neb., in 1888 with their harmonious families, and there both passed the remainder of their professional and earthly careers.

Intense professional activity in that growing community rapidly introduced Towne to public service. There he entered an interesting field of professional instruction and activity, both as professor of hygiene and state medicine in Creighton Medical College and as medical inspector for the Board of Health and for the Board of Education. He did valuable work by introducing new methods in treatment of diphtheria and enteric fever, by effecting sanitary reform in the schools, and by persistent methods of quarantine through cultivating the zeal of other physicians. For many years he was president of the Nebraska Tuberculosis Association. He was police surgeon from 1894 to 1897. He was lecturer on public health at the University of Nebraska College of Medicine. He was ranked as an expert on rabies. He was the pioneer in the use of serums and antitoxin in that section, and administered the first dose of antitoxin ever given in that city. It was his fortune to report in 1879 the tenth observed case on record of complete outward dislocation at elbow and another similar case in 1893, and in February, 1896, to locate and remove a bullet by means of the then ex- perimental X-ray. In the winter of 1899 as the representative of the Nebraska State Board of Health he undertook the task of stamping out an epidemic of smallpox in Nebraska City and vicinity. He encountered the active opposition of local authorities, but obtained the support of state officials so far as the crude legislation of that date permitted. His work was later recognized by the state legislature. He also became physician to the Nebraska School for the Deaf.

In the Congregational church he filled the office of deacon. For seven years he served as clerk for the largest church of the denomination in Nebraska. He took an active part in politics as a Free-Silver Republican, serving in the high council of the party. As a citizen he was an active promoter of many local reforms and progressive movements.

Introduction of kindergarten work into the public school system, promotion of nature study in schools, woman's club movements, etc., have found Dr. and Mrs. Towne tireless, able champions. In the family circle, happily supported by a wife of notable talents and similar tastes, his love of study, of music, and of nature has been productive of happy results. His home, once in the country, is now being surrounded by dwellings. It has been a pastime in the family to frequent the secluded wooded ravines among the Missouri river bluffs, to study bird life, excursions being made into favored retreats of the birds at dawn in the proper seasons. In the same way wood lore and plant life have been made familiar at first hand. Dr. Towne was a founder of the Nebraska Audubon Society and for years its president. With another physician he developed Fortenelle Forest Reserve, and a bird bath stands there today in his honor and memory. He took an active part in securing a bird census for Bird Lore, official publication of the National Audubon Society, and when seventy-nine years old took a cross-country walk for Christmas bird census for the federal government. At his home in one year he identified 63 distinct species of birds. He was expert in naming them by their calls, needing scarcely more than a sound to make identification. He made it a hobby to translate bird's songs into words, particularly the notes of the western meadow larks. So generally was his standing recognized in this connection that in the five lines of telegraphic announcement of his death from Omaha to New York, he was designated as"one of the leading ornithologists in the Middle West and prominent in public health work." Of him it was printed in an Omaha newspaper on January 29, 1932, that "Dr. Towne knew everything about the art of healing except how to make money out of it."

Dr. Towne's name was always on the honor roll of the contributors to the Dartmouth College Alumni Fund, and he was a loyal son of Dartmouth to the end. His daughter, Jessie M. Towne, has written since his demise: "Next to us (his family) came father's college class, his dear '72's." Not long since he wrote: "It thrills me to be part of the New Dartmouth." As evidence of his happy outlook in his advanced years he wrote one of his classmates on December 23, 1931: "These years are not so full of sorrow as the Psalmist seemed to think (Ps. XC. 10) judging from my experience; though I can't quite agree with old Caleb at 'four score and five' when Joshua gave him his parcel for his home. Caleb felt he was as good as ever."

It was printed of him immediately after his death in an Omaha publication: "To all who knew him intimately Dr. Towne was a man of rare charm and attractiveness. He did not live in the world as many men do for what they can get out of it, but rather for what he could give to it in his quiet and simple but effective ways. He used his genius and skill to bring not only human beings but every living thing into harmony with God's great laws. So to him the birds that he loved so well were God's thoughts in beautiful form and sweetness of song, the flowers were God's thoughts in bloom, and every human was God's child and therefore 'his brother. In keeping with this faith he lived a long and beautiful life and now has entered into rest and fullness of life."

Only close friends and relatives attended the private funeral services at the First Central Congregational church at Omaha. Rev. Frank G. Smith in officiating, among other appropriate utterances, spoke the words last above quoted. Dr. Towne's body was cremated at Forest Lawn Cemetery.

CLASS OF 1873

CLARENCE DEXTER PALMER is dead. He was born in North Grafton, Mass., June 16, 1850, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac D. Palmer. He was but a small boy when his life began in Manchester, N. H., and there he remained for 77 years and was always identified with«the interests of his home city. He was enthusiastically devoted to many sports. At polo, on roller skates, he was one of the best, few surpassed him as a bowler, but it was as a rifleman that he attained to his greatest prominence in the world of sports. In a list of 23 men who participated in a rifle match several years ago, Palmer stood first. On October 10, 1885, he broke all records on a Creedmore target at the local range by registering ten consecutive bull's-eyes, and at the Walnut Hill range at a tournament conducted by the Massachusetts Rifle Association on October 10, 1888, he broke all world records at a decimal target by making a score of 68 out of a possible 70, exceeding the high- est previous score of 67. He was one of the first bicycle riders and also one of the first automobilists in Manchester. His skill as a photographer was well known. It was he who at all of the recent class reunions directed the grouping of the men for the class photograph. The Manchester Fire Department never carried on its roster the name of any one more active and zealous as a fire-fighter. He served on the Board of Engineers as assistant fire engineer. "First at a fire and last to leave" was said of Palmer.

He was a Republican in politics, a member of the Odd Fellows, Elks, Manchester Bicycle Club, the Piper Battery Association, and the Calumet Club. At one time he was a letter-carrier in government service. He held the office of Exalted Ruler in the Manchester Lodge of Elks. He was ever fond of outdoor sports, and during freshman year he played shortstop on the college nine. In that year the class of '73 had three man on the first college nine, Palmer shortstop, Clough left field, and Underhill catcher.

On completing his days in school, he entered the marble and granite business, in which his father and Mr. William G. Garmon had in 1854 formed a partnership under the firm name of Palmer and Garmon. This was his lifework, in which he continued active until eight years ago, when failing health compelled his retirement. Last June he first exhibited signs of serious heart trouble, and on the advice of his physician he led a comparatively quiet life. Three weeks ago he began remaining indoors, and, as his heart trouble was increasing, he went to the Eliot Hospital, where, one week later, Saturday evening, January 9, he died.

He married, April 23, 1873, Miss Clara S. Straw of Manchester, who has died. One child, Bertha Pearl, born in 1875, died in 1908. His only surviving relatives area sister, Mrs. Jessie P. Wallace, and a nephew, Clinton P. Wallace, both of Manchester.

Besides his other accomplishments, Palmer was a musician of no mean ability. On the evening of March 4, 1924, there gathered at the Calumet Club in Manchester one of the city's crack musical organizations, the Harmonic Orchestra, to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of its organization. Of the ten musicians, Palmer was one, and for years they furnished the music at all of the leading musical events in Manchester.

During Palmer's connection with the class (in the Chandler Scientific Department), he became a member of the Phi Zeta Mu fraternity (now Sigma Chi).

CLASS OF 1876

SAMUEL MEKKILL died of pneumonia at his home in Cambridge, Mass., January 11, 1982. Previous to the attack he had been in excellent health and had even half planned a repetition of his recent trip to Europe for the coming summer. He was born in Charlestown, N. H., January 1, 1855, the son of Gyles and Eliza Watson (Newbury) Merrill.

While in college he was known as a clear and energetic thinker, and he was a specially efficient member of the editorial staff of TheDartmouth. After leaving college he spent two years in Europe and two years in Columbia University Law School, and received the LL.B. cum laude in 1880.

He had been on the editorial staff of the Boston Globe since 1882. Beside his regular newspaper work he compiled the "Globe Style Book" for correspondents and reporters in preparing copy for the paper. Other publications were "Newspaper Libel, a Handbook for the Press," "The Moose Book," published in 1916, and "A Merrill Memorial," a genealogical work, in 1928. He also published a memorial volume of letters written by his son, Wainwright, from England, while in training for service in the World War; letters remarkable in their content and their charm of style.

On October 1, 1887, Merrill was married to Estelle M. Hatch, for many years of the Globe staff. Of this union two sons were born, Gyles in 1891, now a captain in the United States Cavalry, stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas, and Wainwright, born in 1898, and killed in action in 1917 while serving in a Canadian battery on the Flanders front. Previous to entering the Canadian service he had spent a freshman year at Dartmouth and had began a sophomore year at Harvard.

Merrill's survivors, beside his son, Capt. Merrill, are a grandson, Cushing Merrill, a nephew, James C. Merrill of Haverhill, Mass., a niece, Mrs. Lucy C. M. Howe, Flint, Mich., and a grandnephew, James Merrill.

He had varied interests and several avocations. He was a life member of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society, the New Hampshire Historical Society, and the Boston Society of Natural History, and a member of the Boston Veteran Journalists Association. He was president of the Massachusetts Rifle Association from 1909 to 1911.

The Merrill genealogy deserves a special word. This work was notable among genealogies for its unusual thoroughness and accuracy, but it was unique in the style of presentation to the eye. "Merrill himself printed certain parts of it with his own printing outfit in his house, and he had the body of the book typed with extreme care as to spacing and margin. Portraits of members of the family, their autographs, and their homes were included, and the whole was permanently and beautifully bound."

For a number of years Merrill was greatly interested in hunting. He was recognized as an American authority on the moose. His earlier trips were made to Maine, but later, and till a few years ago, he visited Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. His interest extended beyond hunting to the study of the living animal.

After the death of his son, Wainwright. he went to Europe for the purpose of removing the body to the American cemetery, outside Paris, but when he came to feel the austere beauty of the military cemetery he changed his purpose and erected a permanent memorial there.

Among the many friendly acts and services which could be credited to Merrill in his relation with classmates individually, and the class as a whole, it would be unpardonable to omit "Dartmouth '76: Biographical Sketches." This work was Merrill's suggestion, and it is possible he felt the present and future value of such an undertaking more keenly than anyone else. He judged the enterprise of so much importance that he was willing to do the work involved, literary and otherwise, and bear the whole expense. This volume, admirable and even ideal so far as the inevitable hindrances and difficulties allowed, was published in connection with the Fiftieth Reunion, and copies were furnished all those who had been connected with the class, and to the families of classmates who had died.

EDWARD THOMAS HODSDON died at the Nor- folk State Hospital, Norfolk, Neb., January 29, 1932. The immediate cause of death was endocarditis. He had been an inmate of the hospital for many years. During the earlier portion of his stay he had the assignment of light tasks, but these he had given up during the past few years as his strength gradually failed. He probably had no contact with classmates after entering the hospital, but he preserved an interest in the annual class report. Detailed reports of his condition have been furnished from time to time by the hospital superintendent, and always with sympathetic interest.

Hodsdon entered college with the class in 1872, and received the degree of A.B. at graduation. His postgraduate contacts with classmates were few. The Secretary of the class knows of only one survivor of his family, a son, living in Omaha, Neb., address unknown.

The account Merrill gave of him in his Biographical Sketches follows:

"E. T. Hodsdo'h was born 17 May, 1850, in Center Harbor, N. H. He spent most of his boyhood in Quechee, Vt., but prepared for college at the academy in St. Johnsbury,"Vt.

"Hodsdon read law in Quechee, and was admitted to the bar in 1879. About 1880 he went to Schuyler, Neb., to practice law. In 1883 he was appointed county judge in Colfax county, and held the office several years. He continued to devote himself to the law and to politics until 1908, when a mental breakdown forced him to give up the practice of his profession. Since 1909 he has been under medical treatment at the State Hospital in Norfolk, Neb.

"He married, 29 June, 1885, Miss Ellen A. Miner of Reading, Vt. He had several children."

CLASS OF 1878

DR. GEORGE WINDSOR HATCH, physician and surgeon, died at his home in Wilton, N. H., January 10, 1932. He was born at Lyndeboro, N. H., September 3, 1855, son of Charles G. and Elizabeth (Blanehard) Hatch and brother of Charles A. '75. He was one of nine children, six boys and three girls, of whom five survive him. The family moved to Milford, N. H., when he was quite young. In fact Milford was given as his birthplace in the records as kept by Dean Emerson.

He prepared for college at Milford High School and entered the Chandler Scientific Department, as it was then called. He was awarded the Taft prize for free-hand drawing. At the end of sophomore year he transferred to the Medical School, from which he graduated in 1880. He also studied with Dr. T. B Dearborn of Milford and Dr. S. G. Dearborn of Nashua. In December, 1879, after having earned his degree but before it was actually bestowed, he entered upon practice in Wilton. He received his degree of M.D. with the class of 1880.

At the time of the fifty-year reunion of the class of 1878 he reviewed his career as follows :

"I began the practice of medicine and surgery here December 24, 1879. There were three old M.D.'s here. I had a very easy time the first two months. Would have sold out any time during those two months. But in March I had work to do. I could do surgery well and that put me in good here. I have always had good business and have done all kinds of surgery. I have given the country about here my life's work, and they certainly seem to have appreciated it by the way they used me on December 2, 1929. About 800 met me in our town hall at 8 o'clock that night. Fred Lord, M.D., of Hanover was the speaker. Dr. Smith, secretary of the New Hampshire Medical Society, also spoke very nicely. After the speaking they presented me with one thousand dollars in gold on a beautiful solid silver plate bearing this inscription: '1879-1929. To George W. Hatch, M.D., in appreciation of fifty years, medical service in the community of Wilton, N. H.'

"My expenses have always been heavy; all kinds of troubles, same as many others. You know that a country doctor can earn lots more money than he can collect. I have been told many times that my reward would be in Heaven. So, if the bottom does not fall out of Heaven perhaps I will get it finally. I am still in active practice at 74 years of age. With lots of good wishes to all who remember me."

The reception to himself and wife to which he referred above was a surprise to him. It occurred on an evening when roads in many places were impassable owing to a sleet storm, and the presence of so large a number was evidence of the earnestness of the testimonial. In the following May he was presented by the New Hampshire Medical Society with a gold medal as a memento of fifty years' membership. This medal gave him great pleasure. He continued in the practice of his profession to the end, although he had had several critical illnesses. His practice took him over a wide area, including several adjoining towns, and he seems to have lived up to the traditions of the oldtime family physician, traveling in all weathers over the hill roads of the section and responding to all sorts of calls, day or night. It is said that about a year ago he presided at the birth of twins in a neighboring town when the nurse failed to arrive, arid he performed with the good humor that he always carried with him the offices of nurse as well as those of physician.

On the Thursday before his death he was driving about calling upon patients, and in the evening played cribbage with his wife, retiring in his usual health, but suffered a shock early Friday morning from which he did not rally, and died Sunday evening.

The hold he had upon the community was again shown at the funeral by the large attendance of townspeople and of his medical associates, as well as by the wealth of floral tributes. Physicians from many surrounding towns were present. His college class was represented by Parkinson.

Dr. Hatch was a good deal of a sportsman, fond of horses and dogs and finding pleasure in hunting and fishing. He found recreation in going for a week or two to a camp in the north, usually accompanied by his wife, but upon his last camping trip he was seized with a serious illness, and had difficulty in getting back alive. He was also a good deal of a baseball and football fan. He was medical examiner for the famous Whiting milk farm, and took pleasure in showing a classmate through the widely advertised "Milking Parlor" of that establishment.

Soon after settling in Wilton Dr. Hatch was married to Miss Marcella Smith, who died in 1899 leaving a son, Fred M., now of Wilton, and a daughter, Lydia E. The latter was drowned in 1907 while on a camping trip. In 1910 he married Mrs. Jessie L. (Holmes) Charman, who had been a teacher in Wilton and who survives him. He was a member of Laurel Lodge I. O. O. F. and of Clinton Lodge A. F. and A. M., of Wilton. Masonic rites were conducted at the funeral, following prayers at the house and an impressive funeral service at the church. The church was crowded to the doors.

CLASS OF 1886

REV. ELWIN LINCOLN HOUSE died January 19, 1932, at Scottsbuff, Neb.

He was born in Lebanon, N. H., April 4, 1861, the son of Jerome B. and Nancy J. (Fowler) House. He was a member of the class during freshman year only.

Soon after leaving college he began to preach for Methodist churches, and held pastorates of such churches at Skowhegan and Portland, Me., and in Boston. Meanwhile he carried on the study of theology at Boston University, where he graduated as S.T.B. in 1889, and also in 1889-90 and 1892-3 studied at Harvard, where he took the degree of A.B. in 1893. The year of his graduation from Harvard he transferred his connection to the Congregational denomination, and was pastor at Attleboro, Mass., in 1893-8. During the Spanish War he served as chaplain of the sth Massachusetts Regiment. He was then pastor of the Free Evangelical church of Providence, R. 1., in 1900-2, of the First church, Portland, Oregon, in 1902-7, and of Westminster church, Spokane, Wash., from 1907 to 1913. In 1899 he was made a Doctor of Divinity by Furman University in South Carolina. Since the close of his pastorate at Spokane he had devoted himself to writing and lecturing. Among his books are "The Psychology of Orthodoxy," "The Mind of God," "The Drama of the Face," and "The Supreme Christ."

He was a trustee of Pacific University and Pacific Theological Seminary, and had been moderator of the Pacific Coast Congress of Congregational churches. He belonged to the .Sons of the American Revolution, was a Mason of the 32d degree, and had been a lecturer for the Scottish Rite. His home for many years had been at Hood River, Oregon.

May 10, 1883, Dr. House was married to Sherlie D. Grow of Lebanon, N. H. They had two sons, Elmer E. and Arthur E.

CLASS OF 1889

WILLIAM KINSLEY WHITING died in Everett, Mass., January IS, 1932, after a short illness.

He was born at Mendon, Mass., June 5, 1865, the son of William Prentis and Mary (Kinsley) Whiting. He prepared for college at Phillips Exeter, and entered with our class, but was with us only one year.

All his life Whiting was a musician. Because of his skill "Tute" Worthen gladly gave the ancient piano a temporary rest and our required work in the old "Gym" was greatly enlivened by Bill and his violin. For 25 years he was director of the orchestra at one of the Boston theaters. His standards were high. He could not endure "jazz fiddlers," and the fact that he was able to continue the older style of music, with his orchestra, long after jazz had become popular and almost universal was a real tribute to his ability and personality. He was also connected with a music publishing house in the capacity of "arranger" during practically all his professional career.

He was modest and retiring by nature, but had the true artistic temperament, which enabled him to appreciate and enjoy the beautiful in nature as well as in art. He found his chief recreation and hobby in his flower garden.

On June 5, 1892, at Milford, Mass., Whiting married Eliza Fuller Harden, who died in June, 1928. One son survives, William Frederic, who is also a musician and member of an orchestra. He is married and lives in Chicago.

CLASS OF 1890

HON. HARRY MITCHELL EATON, one of the most beloved members of the class of 1890, died very suddenly at his office in Littleton, N. H., Tuesday morning, January 26, from heart trouble. He went to his office as usual and was'discussing business problems with customers when he suffered a fatal heart attack. He had not been in the best of health for the past year, and last spring was confined to his home for several weeks. However, after a long rest he was able to return to his desk and continued to look after his main interests. Two weeks before his death he suffered a slight relapse, but remained away from his office only a few days.

Senator Eaton, as he was always known in college, obtained the right to the title in later life. In fact, he was a member of the present New Hampshire Senate at the time of his death. He was one of the most loyal members of the class of '9O, having attended every reunion since graduation and being present at most of the big football games in the fall. For that reason a majority of the members of the class had kept in touch with him more closely than with most.

Harry Mitchell Eaton was born in Littleton, February 20, 1869. He was the son of Charles and Sarah (Green) Eaton, his father for many years being a prominent North Country lumberman. He fitted for Dartmouth in the Littleton High School, graduating in 1886.

After graduating from Dartmouth, he returned to Littleton and became associated with his father in the lumber business. He continued in this work until 1899, when he became, assistant to his father, who was then postmaster of Littleton. Upon the death of his father, he was appointed postmaster, which office he held until 1914.

He then entered the insurance business, and in 1916 he became associated with O. W. Hunkins in the firm of Hunkins and Eaton. This partnership has continued since that time, and the firm is one of the larger insurance brokerage companies in the North Country.

He did not confine his interests to his own business, but gave generously of his time and strength to civic, fraternal, and political affairs. At the time of his death he was president of the Littleton Hospital Association, and was most active in raising funds for a new wing now being built.

Politically he was an old-time Republican. He had held many offices of trust in his home state. In 1900 he was census enumerator. He had been selectman and town treasurer, library trustee for eight years, and at the time of "his death was one of the auditors for Grafton county.

In 1828-29 he represented Littleton in the legislature, and two years later was sent back to Concord as senator from the third district. He filled these offices with dignity, and his gracious manner made him many friends in the capital city. He was one of the committee who had the responsibility for the erection of the fine new county buildings in Haverhill. He had been chairman of the local Republican town committee, and was a leader of his party in his town and state.

He was a member of Burns Lodge of Masons, Franklin R. A. Chapter, Hiram Council, St. Gerard Commandery of Knights Templar, and the Consistory. He was for many years treasurer of the Masonic Lodge and the Scottish Rite bodies, and at his death was trustee of the Masonic Temple Building Association. He was past president of the Littleton Temple Club, of the Littleton High School Alumni Association, and was for years on the executive committee of the Littleton Congregational church. He was also a member of Chiswick Lodge, Knights of Pythias.

He married Miss Cora Bell Hopkins of Coaticook, P. Q., February 21, 1898, who has been a regular attendant at the reunions of our class and has made many warm friendships in our circle. Mrs. Eaton has been postmaster at Littleton since 1923.

One son was born of this union, Dana H. Eaton, now associated with the NoyesBuick Company of Boston. The son gradu- ated from Dartmouth in the class of 1920.

The Littleton Courier said of Senator Eaton: "In business and political circles, social fields, and fraternal orders, Mr. Eaton enjoyed the esteem and deep regard of his fellows and impressed his pleasing and inviting personality upon all with whom he came in contact. He was a well informed man, capable and willing to give sound advice to those who sought his counsel, and they were many. As a citizen and business man his life will ever serve to awaken and stimulate the finer qualities and instincts of everyone who had or shall have felt his influence and example."

Funeral services were held in the Congregational church at Littleton Thursday afternoon, January 28. Besides his wife and son, he is survived by a sister, Miss Julia Eaton, and a brother, Charles F. Eaton, both of Littleton.

CLASS OF 1897

ARTHUR CHANNING FOLSOM died in San Francisco, Calif., January 13, 1932.

The son of Channing (Dartmouth 1870) and Ruth F. (Savage) Folsom, he was born in Dover, N. H., January 9, 1875, and prepared for college in the public schools of Dover. He took the scientific course, and graduated with the degree of B.S.

After graduation he began work with Wellington, Sears and Company, dealers in cotton goods and owners of mills in New England and Georgia. He was employed in their Boston office for a year, in St. Louis for a year, in Chicago about ten years, and was then sent to San Francisco to open an office and organize a selling force. He was manager of the Pacific Coast business for upwards of twenty years until his death.

As a freshman the characteristics which developed throughout his life were obviousamusing, companionable, frank, courageous, aggressive, and unashamed. He ended life as he started it—without conceit, with friendliness toward all who merited his respect, with discriminating hatred of men and things that were contemptible, and with perfect willingness to name and account for his own acts.

Many will remember his vigorous style of playing football in the scrub games on the campus. He did not appear formidable, but when he hit a runner that runner knew he had been hit, and seldom continued to run. If the "Kid" went into a football game at all he went in all over, and he took full responsibility for his part of the defense or offense.

It was so when he went into business. Shortly after he began work he made the statement that he was on the lookout for one thing, and that was a chance to do any work that he could for the men who occupied better positions than his own, for such opportunities would help him to learn the jobs that were ahead of him.

He leaves a wife, Mary F. Folsom, and a daughter, Mary Jane, who are living in San Francisco.

CLASS OF 1910

HARRY HERMAN DRIVER died suddenly at his home in Wexford, Pa., on December 30, 1931, after an illness of only two hours. Death was due to embolism. Interment was in Highwood Cemetery, Northside, Pittsburgh, and the class was represented by Karl Maerker.

Bom in Old Allegheny on November 5, 1883, he was the son of Charles Martin and Anna Mary (Senn) Driver. After attending the public schools of Old Allegheny, he was prepared for Dartmouth at the Bellefonte Academy, Bellefonte, Pa., and at Andover. In college, he played on the 1907 football team. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi and of Dragon.

Upon his graduation he worked for a few months in Pittsburgh with his father, a road and bridge contractor. In October, 1911, he set out on wanderings that carried him far into a wide variety of experiences. After some time spent in the woods near Tower, Minn., he worked for the Northern Pacific Railroad on construction of a drawbridge over the St. Louis River at Duluth. In spite of a flattering offer from the Northern Pacific, in June, 1912, he headed westward again to occupations as varied as ranching in Wyom- ing, building cabins and driving coaches in Yellowstone Park, selling books, and supervising bridge construction. Eventually reaching Tucson, he entered the employ of the El Paso Southwestern Railroad for a time, after which he went to San Francisco, and there embarked for the Orient, sailing before the mast of the U. S. Army transport Thomas.

After three months in the East, he returned to the States and secured a position as assistant engineer with the Southern Pacific Railroad on construction work in California and Nevada. When this was completed, he set forth on a prospecting trip with his pack burro and a dog as his only companions. This trip finally brought him to Boise, Idaho. While on the way, he worked as carpenter on the great Arrowrock Dam, cook for a railroad construction gang, and at stock feeding. Classmates who had the privilege of hearing Harry relate the thrilling experiences of these years claim that they rank with Jack London's best.

In 1915, he was called back to Pittsburgh by the death of his father. Upon his return, he was employed by the Duquesne Light Company and later by the Dravo Construction Company. From 1917 to 1920, he was chief engineer of the Erie District of the Pennsylvania State Highway Department. From then until the time of his death he was employed as engineer in road building in western Pennsylvania and as a salesman of road machinery and steam shovels.

November 1, 1917, he married Jean Grace Kilgour of Clarion, Pa. Their two children are Edgar Steward, born July 12, 1921, in whose name Harry gave testimony of his loyalty to the memory of Ted Steward, and Anne Kilgour Driver, born April 2, 1919. In addition to Mrs. Driver and the children, two brothers and two sisters survive. A few years ago Harry acquired a small nine-acre farm not far from Pittsburgh, and was taking much pride in improving the place. His happiest moments seem to have been spent there with his family.

Harry's passing will cause the deepest regret to the host of friends who knew and loved him. His was a nature singularly gifted in winning the devoted loyalty of others. No one could fail to respond to the appeal of his kindly, genial, understanding nature, in which sympathy and loyalty were blended with integrity and seriousness in a rare combination. Never lenient with himself, he was tolerant and generous in his judgment of others. Every ill turn of fate he met with courage, every success with unassuming composure. He has enriched the life of those with whom he came in contact, and has left the many friends who mourn his untimely death a rare legacy in the memory of his splendid character and sterling qualities.

HARRY ARTEMAS WELLS died at his home in Hanover, Wednesday morning, January 20, after a short illness that was the culmination of the kidney trouble which has afflicted him for the past year. It had been evident for some time that he was far from well, but his death came as a shock to his many " friends.

Harry was born in Franconia, N. H., September 1, 1887, the son of Edward Hale and Harriet (Phillips) Wells, but his family soon moved to Littleton and he came to Dartmouth from the Littleton High School. After graduation, he took a second year in Thayer School and then worked for one year for George F. Hardy, civil and hydraulic engineer of New York city. His duties with this firm took him to Canada and Newfoundland, and he acted as resident engineer in the construction of several paper mills.

In 1912 he returned to Hanover as superintendent of buildings and grounds at a time when the College was rapidly growing, and he supervised the erection of several buildings. In 1920 he resigned to become the engineering partner in the firm of Larson and Wells, architects.

There followed a considerable amount of post-war construction by the College, and Harry's intimate knowledge of collegiate and climatic requirements is largely responsible for the excellent construction of the many beautiful buildings designed for the College by his firm. In 1926 this partnership was dissolved, and he formed the firm of Wells and Hudson which has continued in business until the present time.

By this time his reputation as an architect and engineer had become so great in Hanover and northern New England that the new firm found business far and wide. Harry was the contact man of the organization, and his duties kept him traveling all over the North Country, and his firm designed many buildings, notable the county buildings in Grafton and Sullivan counties, the South End Pla- toon building and the nurses' home at the State Hospital in Concord, as well as other buildings in Laconia, Lyndonville, Burlington, and elsewhere. In Hanover there are numerous residences, and the Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Chi Phi, Sigma Chi, and rebuilt Delta Tau Delta houses to his credit. It has been noted that his clients and contractors became his firm friends and respected him for his excellent judgment.

In late years, in spite of failing health, he found time to devote to numerous outside activities, in which he always acted with great fairness and decision. He has been president of the Hanover Rotary Club, and has served Hanover as one of the precinct commissioners for three years. It is largely due to his vision and energy that many of Hanover's streets have been lifted out of the mud and paved with cement. Hardly any improvement has been made in Hanover in recent years that has not had the advice or direct participation of Harry. The new Pine Knoll Cemetery, in which he and Carl C. Ward are buried, was constructed largely through the efforts of these two men.

He was graduated from college with Phi Beta Kappa ranking, magna cum laude, and stood 12th in his class. His high grade of intelligence and his excellent common sense were responsible for his rapid rise in his profession. He was a man of high ideals and wide and varied intellectual interests. His ability to make and keep friends testified to his sunny disposition and wit, which he managed to keep to the end.

He was married June 30, 1915, to Madeleine Roberta Luckey of Wilder, Vt., who survives him, with their three children, Edward, Elizabeth, and Robert, and also by his father, who lives in Wallingford, Vt.

He was buried in Hanover on January 22. His bearers were his partner in business, Archer H. Hudson; his fellow precinct commissioner, Max A. Norton 'l9; his friend and neighbor, Harry L. Hillman; his friend and business associate, Alfred J. Densmore of Lebanon; his successor, the present superintendent of buildings, Willard M. Gooding '11; and his classmate, Andrew J. Scarlett Jr.

Harry Wells was one of Dartmouth's most loyal sons and was an untiring worker for his class whenever the opportunity was available. In a quiet way, without ostentation, he made the necessary arrangements for the Twentieth Reunion. He also got behind the War Memorial Tablet vigorously and had it placed at Memorial Field after many years' delay.

The class of 1910 and Harry's multitude of friends will miss him—but he leaves memories that will be cherished by all,

Medical School

DR. ALEXANDER TAYLOR WALKER died at his home in Orlando, Fla., November 26, 1931, of a cerebral hemorrhage, after an illness of only five hours.

He was born in Kitley, Ontario, January 9, 1844, the son of Robert and Jane (Taylor) Walker. He received his general education in the schools of his native province, also began his medical training there. He attended medical lectures in New York, at the University of Vermont, and finally at Dartmouth.

In 1870 he began practice at Sebec, Me. After six years he removed to Poxcroft, Me., where he remained for seven years. His next field was in Falmouth, Mass., where he remained for seventeen years and had a large and successful practice. He then removed to Woburn, Mass., and did not again enter active practice. In 1914 he removed to Florida, and established his home at Orlando, devoting himself to orange culture. He was a man of great physical strength and activity, and took delight in the active, open-air life which this pursuit afforded him.

February 1, 1877, he was married to Alice, daughter of Edward and Sarah (Perham) Robinson of Sebec, Me., who survives him. Their only child, a boy named Theodore, died in 1895 in his fifteenth year.

Honorary

HENRY HARBISON METCALF, who received the honorary degree of Master of Arts in 1913, died in Concord, N. H., February 5, 1932.

He was born in Newport, N. H., April 7, 1841, the son of Joseph P. and Lucy (Gould) Metcalf, and graduated from the law school of the University of Michigan in 1865. He was admitted to the New Hampshire bar in 1866, but never practiced, turning his attention to journalism and authorship as his life work. He was editor of the White MountainRe-public at Littleton in 1867-8; of The People, at Concord, 1868-72; the White MountainRepublic again, 1872-4; the Democratic Press, Dover, 1874-9; the Daily Union, Manchester, 1879-82; the People and, Patriot, Concord, 1882-92. He founded the Granite Monthly in 1877 as a literary, historical, and biographical magazine devoted to New Hampshire topics, and was its editor and publisher for manyyears.

He was at one time state historian, and had served as president of the New Hampshire Old Home Week Association, as president dent of the New Hampshire Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, lecturer of the State Grange, secretary of the State Board of Trade, vice-president and trustee of the Universalist State Convention, secretary of the State Tercentenary Commission, secretary of the Democratic State Committee, etc.

In 1869 he was married to Mary Jane Jackson of Littleton. One of their three children is Harry B. Metcalf '93. Mr. Metcalf was also uncle of Frank A. Metcalf 'OO, father-in-law of Harlan C. Pearson '93, and grandfather of Richard M. Pearson '20.