Deaths
Alumni Notes
NECROLOGY
CLASS OF 1862
FREDEBIC WOOD EVELETH died in his apartment in a hotel in Long Beach, Calif., December 5, 1931. Death came suddenly in his sleep, doubtless from the infirmities of age.
He was born in Farmington, Me., December 16, 1840, the son of John Henry and Martha (Holman) Eveleth. His parents removed to Fitchburg, Mass., and he prepared for college at the high school of that city. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon.
After some business experience following graduation he took up the vocation of teaching, and taught successively at Havre de Grace, Md., Fitchburg, Mass., Saugus, Mass., Raleigh Court House, W. Va., and Montgomery, Ala. He was at the last location when the history of his class was published in 1884. We regret that it has proved impossible to obtain his later record with any completeness. He was in New Jersey, probably as a teacher, for a good many years, and by graduate work obtained the degree of A. M. at New York University in 1893 and of Ph.D. from the same institution in 1899. He served for a somewhat long period as the secretary of his class, of which his death leaves but two surviving members. His brother-in-law in announcing his death styles him "a devout Christian gentleman."
July 10, 1874, he was married to Mary L. Hanscom of Auburn, Me., who died some years since. They had no children. The burial of both was in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
CLASS OF 1877
FRANCIS BEATTIE BREWER died at his home in Westfield, N. Y., February 8, 1932, after a long illness.
The son of Dr. Francis Beattie (Dartmouth 1843) and Susan H. (Rood) Brewer, he was born in Titusville, Pa., October 16, 1852. Eben Brewer '71, the only Dartmouth man who lost his life in the Spanish War, was a brother. The family home was removed to Allegheny, Pa., in 1856, and to Westfield, N. Y., in 1860. He attended Westfield Academy, and was a student at Cornell University in 1869-71. He then went to Woodstock, Vt., and took classical studies in preparation for Dartmouth. He remained with us only through freshman year, rooming in the Rood House, where Webster Hall now stands, which was owned by his grandfather, Rev. Dr. Heman Rood. He began a sophomore year at Yale, but stayed there only one term.
For several years he had various business and journalistic employment. From 1882 to 1892 he was at Ottawa Station, Mich., engaged in farming and reclaiming swamp land. At his father's death in 1892 he returned to Westfield to settle the large and somewhat complicated estate, and has remained there ever since, being mainly occupied for many years with the care of a large landed property. The local paper pays him this tribute: "He always took a very prominent part in every activity for the benefit or improvement of this community, and was especially active in the work of the Y. M. C. A. and the erection of its permanent home, both in time and money, and he served for years as its president. Mr. Brewer was a kindly, unassuming man, but one who was never afraid to take a stand for what he considered the right. He was a faithful and consistent Christian, and had served as an elder for 86 years of the First Presbyterian church, and on April of last year was honored by being elected an elder for life."
October 16, 1890, he was married to Caroline Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel and Caroline M. (Perkins) Selden of Erie, Pa., who survives him, with their three sons, George of Erie, Pa., Dr. Francis of New York city, and Selden of Albany, N. Y.
Brewer lived remote from other members of the class, and probably no classmate has seen him for many years. The Secretary has however found him a faithful correspondent through all the years, and he always showed a real interest in his classmates.
CLASS OF 1879
LADOIT DERBY died at his home in Marshalltown, lowa, February 20, 1932, after a brief illness from pneumonia. Funeral services were held in the First Presbyterian church Monday afternoon, February 22. He was the fifth one to die of the twenty members of the class who met for the fiftieth anniversary reunion in 1929.
Mr. Derby was born in Canaan, N. H., August 11, 1852, the son of Marvin and Sarah (Woodward) Derby. The family moved to Northfield, Vt., when he was two years old. He fitted for college in the Northfield schools and at the Vermont Methodist Seminary in Montpelier, and was one of the six Northfield boys who entered Dartmouth in the fall of 1875 as members of the class of 1879.
"Diver," as his mates called him, was one of the older men of the class, quiet and studious, much respected by those who knew him well. He was a member of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. Like many Dartmouth students of those days, he helped meet expenses by teaching school winters.
So it was natural that after graduation he should go on teaching. His first situation was at Barrington, Ill., where he remained two years. He then removed to lowa, and after three years of teaching, was superintendent of schools for eight years, then being obliged to give up that line of work because of a nervous breakdown.
In 1892 he engaged in the flour business, first as a traveling salesman, then as a jobber and retailer, moving to Marshalltown in 1893, where he has lived in the same house at 205 North Fourth St. for thirty-seven years.
Beginning with 1893 he was city clerk for eight years, bringing the records and methods of the office to such an improved condition that the state auditor pronounced it the best kept city clerk's office in lowa. During his term of office liquor saloons were abolished in the city, and largely through his work the finances of the city were so managed that the loss of the saloon license money did not bring increased taxes or decrease of municipal im- provements.
Mr. Derby married, December 25, 1881, Mary Elizabeth Bute at Hebron, Neb. To them twin sons, Lee M. and Lewis E., were born January 30, 1887. They are members of a prominent coal company in Minneapolis, Minn.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Derby have been in feeble health for some time, but were able to have a quiet celebration of their golden wedding last Christmas, after which a very attractive folder was sent out, showing photographs of them, their sons and wives, and the five grandchildren.
In an autobiographical sketch written a few years ago Mr. Derby wrote: "To have lived in the Mississippi Valley at the time when her immense natural wealth, her broad acres, her natural resources, and her transportation facilities were being developed, to feel the throbbing of her energies as she struggles up to her imperial 'place in the sun,' to feel her spiritual and moral forces as she struggles to throw off the incubus of passion and greed and cruelty and see her efforts to install all sorts of altruistic services, is to see and feel the culmination in the Anglo-Saxon race of twenty centuries of Christian progress."
CLASS OF 1882
WILL ELLSWORTH HARLOW died at his home at Montpelier, Vt., in the evening of February 12, 1932. Poor health, induced by a weakness of the heart, compelled him to retire from business about two years ago. While he had been able to keep around most of the time, he had been gradually failing, and on the fifth of February there was a decided turn for the worse, and the end came within a few days.
Harlow was born in Cornish, N. H., May 7, 1861. He fitted for college in the Windsor, Vt., High School, from which he graduated, and entered the Chandler Scientific Department at Dartmouth with the class of '82. He was a member of the Vitruvian fraternity (now Beta Theta Pi).
Will was not with the class of '82 very long, for he left at the end of the winter term in his sophomore year to go into business. His kind and genial disposition together with the fact that he was one of the best football players, perhaps the best, in the class of '82 made "Billy Harlow" a general favorite, and he was much missed after he left college. He attended several class reunions, where he was always very welcome.
Soon after leaving Dartmouth he went to Montpelier, Vt., and entered the office of E. W. Bailey and Company, wholesale grain dealers, as assistant bookkeeper. This firm for many years had its head office in Chicago and does a large business all over New England. Harlow held a very responsible position with this firm, and his connection with it extended over forty-five years. He was interested in several lines of business besides his association with Bailey and Company, and was a director in the Montpelier National Bank and several other corporations. He was an honorable and very successful business man.
Harlow married Addie Irish of Montpelier for his first wife, and they had one daughter, Helen, who is now a teacher in the Lynn, Mass., schools. The first Mrs. Harlow did not live many years after her marriage, and Will was married again to Charlotte Ropes also of Montpelier, who survives him. It was a sad and unusual coincidence that he should be buried on the thirty-first anniversary of his marriage to Miss Ropes. He had a beautiful home in Montpelier, and will be greatly missed socially as well as by a large circle of business acquaintances and friends.
Chas. M. Davis
CLASS OF 1887
"JAMES BURNS WALLACE, son of William Allen and Mary (Currier) Wallace, was born in Canaan, N. H., August 14, 1866; was educated in the district schools of the town, Canaan Union Academy, Hanover High School, New Hampshire Agricultural College; from 1881-82, St. Johnsbury Academy, graduating in the class of 1883; then entered Dartmouth College, and graduated from the academic department in the class of 1887; taught one term of school on the Street (Canaan) in the winter of 1885; went to New York city in the fall of 1887, and for thirteen years was an instructor in mathematics in Cooper Union; was employed in the Bank of the State of New York until August, 1888, when at the instance of his cousin, William J. Wallace, presiding judge of the United States Court of Appeals, entered Columbia Law School in the fall of 1888. He studied there two years, and the last year was in the law office of Tracy, McEarland, Ivins, and Piatt; was admitted to the bar in New York county in November, 1890, and continued in the practice of the law in that city until 1905, when he removed permanently to Canaan. In 1900 he was admitted to practice in the courts of New Hampshire, and although never having hung up any shingle, does not refuse to practice his profession. "He married, December 22, 1889, Alice Hutchinson, daughter of Lucius B. and Alice M. (Rollins) Hutchinson of New York city.
"He has been trustee of the town library since 1907; was a member of the town school board in 1907 and 1908; representative to the General Court in 1909, and was chairman of the committee on liquor laws and a member of the committee on revision of statutes; was appointed justice of police court June 19, 1907. Mr. Wallace is a 32d degree Mason, with membership in Summit Lodge of Canaan, St. Andrew's Chapter and Washington Council at Lebanon, Sullivan Commandery at Claremont, and the New Hampshire Consistory at Nashua; he is also a member of Kimball Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, at Lebanon, and a noble of Bektash Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Concord."
The foregoing account of his life up to 1910 is quoted from the History of Canaan, N. H. (748 pages), edited and published by our classmate and based largely on material gathered by his father. The book is written in an entertaining style, and is of lasting value to his native town.
Since its publication Wallace served in two state constitutional conventions, was state senator in 1911, and in 1915 was a member of Governor Spaulding's Council. He was a Republican in politics, and an influential member of his party in the state.
The family descent is from the ScotchIrish Wallaces who emigrated from Argyleshire, Scotland, about 1650, to Coleraine in the north of Ireland, where Joseph Wallace lived until he emigrated to America in 1726, settling in Londonderry, N. H. His maternal great-grandfather was Lieut. John Flint, a Revolutionary soldier, and a great-grand-mother was Huldah Putnam, a sister of Gen. Israel Putnam.
His life may be divided into three welldefined periods. His school days culminated in the four years' association at Hanover, where we knew him so well and favorably. Entering with the large delegation from St. Johnsbury, eight in number, and with previous residence and acquaintance in Hanover, he enjoyed many advantages over most of the class. He became affiliated with the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity.
The second period embraces the thirteen years in New York city, devoted to the study and practice of law, with incidental teaching.
The last period of twenty-five years spent in his home town found expression for much and varied public service to the community and to the state. Much of this service was without recompense, and his private benefactions were many and unostentatious.
Death came to him suddenly on February 11 in the court house in Lebanon, where he was engaged in the trial of a case. At the funeral services the packed church and the tearful faces of men bore witness to the love and esteem of friends and neighbors who knew him best.
In addition to Masonic affiliations he was a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Grange.
He is survived by his widow and a son, James H. Wallace.
CLASS OF 1894
Time is slowly depleting the ranks of our class. Our last and fourteenth known loss came with the death of SAMUEL EDWARD MCMILLEN Friday February 5, 1932.
"Sammie" came into the class late. It was junior fall, if the writer's memory is good. He was one of our youngest members, graduating at the age of twenty-one. He at once established himself in the favor and affection of his classmates by his genial fellowship and unpretentious worth. He attended our twentieth year reunion, but his work was so laid out for him that frequent attendance could not be had. After graduation, he passed a short time in his father's internal revenue office at Springfield, Ohio. With a leaning towards journalism and newspaper work, he was employed in Chicago, Cincinnati, and Elgin, 111. His chief vocation came through his distinguished brother, Francis, whose eminence as a musician and a violinist is too widely known to require comment. To this he gave his strength and his best years in managerial service.
In January, 1929, a severe stroke of paralysis came to him, which very largely disabled him from work thereafter. He bore this affliction with the buoyant courage so characteristic of him. We used to hear from him through classmates from time to time, hoping with him that nature would mend enough to allow some resumption of normal activities.
Secretary C. C. Merrill spent a part of the first Sunday in December last with him. "Sammie" seemed quite his old self again, and greatly enjoyed learning what the different men were doing and about the development of Dartmouth. The second and final stroke occurred February 1, 1932, which took away his powers of speech. He lingered until February 5, when the end came.
In 1902 he was married to Lucia Hovey of Elgin, 111., who survives him. There were no children. Jack Nutt represented the class at the funeral. Mrs. McMillen will continue the home at 1510 St. Peter's Ave., New York, for the present.
CLASS OF 1898
ELLIOTT LUFKIN PERKINS of Hollywood, Calif., known to his classmates as "Blackie" and "Young Perk," died in a hospital in Sawtelle, Calif., Saturday, March 12, following an operation. An obituary notice will appear in a later issue of this magazine.
CLASS OF 1899
WALTER ANDREW EOSS died at his home in San Francisco, Calif., January 20, 1932.
Coming to Hanover from his Dover, N. H., home in the fall of 1895, Walter Foss was quick to make friends, and retained such friends throughout his course. He entered spiritedly into affairs of the College; he was a member of the football squad and also a member of his class team.
After graduation he found difficulty in locating in the particular business in which he felt his special interests lay. Having tried out two or three opportunities in Boston, he returned to Dover and allied himself with a clothing firm. During the summer seasons he assisted his classmate Hawkes in the latter's drug store at York Beach. For a few years Foss seemed destined to continue as a clothing merchant, as he made two or three such connections in various parts of New England. For some reason, however, he changed his aims. He dropped out of sight, not to be heard from for several years, though rumor was strong that he was with the United States Army. The class finally obtained an address —Fort William McKinley, Regal, Philippine Islands. Subsequently Foss obtained an excellent government position, and it seemed that he had, after fifteen years, found the work and the environment which he had been seeking, for he remained in the Philippines for several years, achieving distinction. There also he found the lady of his choice, to whom he was married in 1920, and settled down, apparently, to permanent home life in the Islands.
Mrs. Eoss was a graduate of the University of California, and formerly a resident of Berkeley, Calif. Between them the urge to return to the States was too strong to resist, so in 1924 they broke away from their ten- year ties and returned to California. There, in San Francisco, they had since made their home.
Several of the class have seen Walter Foss during these last few years, and have renewed the delightful companionships of undergraduate days. No other member of '99 has led quite so unique a life as Walter, for it has been distinctly individualistic. Truly, we believe he did the things he most wanted to do. His varying experiences had mellowed, but not aged him. The genial fellowship of the boy we knew in undergraduate days remained unchanged. Circumstances had prevented his return East to see his old home or to attend our college anniversaries, but he carried, and often expressed, an expectant hope that this would be possible in 1934, when he might participate in our 35th reunion festivities.
Note: The writer of this memorial is largely indebted to the comprehensive and excellent article in the Hanover Gazette of March 3, 1932.
FRANK ABBOTT MUSGROVE, editor of the Hanover Gazette for more than thirty years and former speaker of the New Hampshire House, died at his home on February 27 of coronary occlusion after a short illness.
Prayers at the home on the afternoon of March 1 were followed by services in Rollins Chapel, conducted by Rev. Isaiah W. Sneath, D. D., of Wollaston, Mass., a personal friend. Prof. Charles D. Adams paid a notable tribute to Mr. Musgrove and to the spirit of friendliness that has characterized the relationship of the men of '99. Circumstances prevented the attendance of the one minister in the class, Rev. Montie J. B. Fuller of Torrington, Conn., who had been asked by Mrs. Musgrove to conduct the burial service at the grave.
Surviving are Mrs. Lillia Dora (Howe) Musgrove, whom Mr. Musgrove married in 1908; their daughter, Louise E., who is a teacher in Westport, Conn.; their son, Prank K., who is a senior at New Hampton School; also three sisters, and one brother, Prof. Eugene R. Musgrove of East Orange, N. J., and an aged aunt, Miss Sara M. C. Musgrove of Bristol.
The key to Frank Musgrove's life is found in the detailed instructions which he had kept in his safe for years, and which he had carefully prepared so that his death when it occurred should not interrupt the continuity of his public service:
"It is my wish that the business plant of which I am president and manager be not shut down on account of my decease. It is my conviction that the departure of an individual from this world should not interrupt the business in which the rest of the world is necessarily engaged. The business of others may be dependent somewhat upon work entrusted to this plant for completion, and believing as lieving as I do that life is but an opportunity for service, and that when one man gives up his life that service should be performed by others, I desire that the Dartmouth Press execute the work which it has in hand, rendering that service just as faithfully as I, if living, should have wished it rendered."
Living or dead, "Mushy" was his own best editor. The biographical data which, with modest brevity, he left at hand, to save the distressing conferences with relatives, cannot easily be further compacted, and are quoted entire:
"Son of Richard W. and Etta G. Musgrove, one of six children, four girls and two boys.
"Born in Bristol, July 19, 1872.
"Educated in Bristol High School, graduated from New Hampton Literary Institution in 1892 and Dartmouth College in 1899.
"Valedictorian of my class in New Hampton, but in Dartmouth was only an ordinary fellow scholastically.
"Paid my own way through school and college, and upon graduating from college had saved about $500. Took out life insurance policy for $1000, and found a friend who had confidence sufficient to loan me $1500. With this total of $2000 I bought the Dartmouth Press of Linwood C. Gillis in the spring of 1899, senior year, and took possession of the plant July 1 of that year. Purchase price of the plant was $3600. The equipment of the plant today shows for itself.
"In college I was inconspicuously active in track sports and baseball. Was connected with The Dartmouth from freshman year, being editor-in-chief senior year.
"Was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity and Casque and Gauntlet senior society.
"Consistent with my effort to 'earn my passage' in college it might be stated that I performed the following work all at one time; was stenographer for one of the professors; did all the miscellaneous typewriting that I could get; corresponded for Manchester Union, Boston Journal, Associated Press, and New York papers; took care of the baseball cage; also of 'Prexy' Bartlett's furnace; washed the crockery in club of fifty for my meals; ran a laundry agency; and otherwise schemed to earn a penny. With my regular college work, Dartmouth editorial work, and other activities it will be observed that I kept tolerably free from mischief.
"Was member of the legislature from Hanover in 1907,1909, 1911. Was elected speaker of the House in 1911. In 1910 was appointed census supervisor for New Hampshire by President Taft. In June, 1911, was appointed state auditor by Governor Bass, which position I held until July, 1914. In 1915 was a member of the Senate from this district, elected as a Progressive, with Democratic endorsement, but clearly owing my election to many Republican votes. Was always a Republican until the attempt to establish the Progressive party, when I became active in that party. Was secretary of Republican State Committee in 1910 and chairman of Progressive State Committee in 1912.
"Married, January 30, 1908, Lillia D. Howe, who survives, with two children, Louise Etta, 21 years old November 17, 1929, and Frank Richard, 17 years old January 5,1929.
"Starting business in 1899 I had the rear of present Ward building as a site, my front entrance being what is now the side entrance of T. E. Ward's hardware store. My pressroom was in what was for a long time the express office in the rear of Ward's store. My office .and composing-room were what is now the rear half of Ward's store, the front half of the present store being then occupied by the selectmen.
"In May, 1902, I purchased the Hunting- ton house, which stood on the site of the present Musgrove Building and which I used for my business on the ground floor and for my home on the upper floor until May, 1914, when the building was gutted with fire. From then until January, 1915, our business office was a temporary 8 x 10 building on the front of present lot; composing-room and small presses were in Williams Laundry building; and our large presses were still in the fragmentary part of the wooden ell not destroyed by fire, a building with a floor, sides full of holes, and the only roof being sheets of old iron which we rearranged after every blow.
"During this time the rear of present building was being erected around the old building, and in the fall of 1914 we moved the presses down into the basement of the present building.
"In January, 1915, we moved the entire plant into the rear of the present building. Were then under one roof, at last. Three months later the business office was moved to the front of the building, and in April, 1915, the building was thrown open for general occupancy.
"During the year from July, 1914, to July, 1915, in spite of the difficulties under which work was done, the output of the plant was the largest of any year up to that time.
"The building which now holds the Dartmouth Press was erected by me, wholly upon borrowed capital. The building bears my name, and will prove, I believe, a benefit to the community long after I am gone. My regret is that I must lay down my work with only a small portion of the debt liquidated. I realize that a large debt is sometimes taken as evidence of incapacity. I had handled the loan successfully until date of this statement, and probably up to my death, reducing my debt each year. It was always a satisfaction to know that there were those who had enough confidence in me to loan me so heavily. When one reflects that I started business owing $3100 on a plant worth $3600, my present building and block show that I have kept busy in life.
"In the summer of 1923 I built the building which I call 'The Annex,' in the rear of the Musgrove Building, on Allen St.
"Member of the Grange, at one time master; Odd Fellows, Masons, Knights of Pythias. Chairman of Board of Education for last ten years. Chairman of committee upon new grade school building erected in 1925. Trustee of New Hampton Literary Institution. Also moderator of precinct meeting for several years; President of Norford Club and of Hanover Rod and Gun Club. Been member of school board for 12 years to April, 1926. Member of New Hampshire Historical Society; member National Economic League; member American Forestry Association; member Non-Partisan Association; member Hanover Rotary Club."
Mr. Musgrove was versatile, competent, and indefatigable. In the midst of debate he was keen but self-restrained; as a presiding officer he was prompt and impartial. In him employees found a friendly listener and cooperator, while to him, as committeeman or chairman, for twenty years the children of Hanover owed many of the most progressive features of their schools. He was an active worker in behalf of the Boy Scouts, a useful member of the New Hampshire Weekly Publishers' Association, and a faithful trustee of the Church of Christ in Hanover. Yet with all his activities he remained to the end of his life ah ardent sportsman, hunting every fall in northern New Hampshire, and spending every moment he could snatch through the year fishing at the family cottage on Newfound Lake.
President Hopkins said much in few words when he paid tribute to the man as"one of Hanover's most active and public-spirited citizens," "a potent political influence" in the state, and "a loyal friend to hosts of Dartmouth men and particularly those of '99."
It is true; '99 will miss him. He was diligent in taking his share with the other Hanover members of the class in planning for reunions, loyal and enthusiastic in his frequent presence at the annual Boston round-up in March. "Mushy" was a good listener, but he was sane of judgment and ready of wit when circumstances led him to speak. He never outgrew his boyhood love of a practical joke carried out ingeniously and in all good humor, and he had as healthy a relish of a jest that himself, instead, its friendly target.
Yet his class interest was never provincial. In ever widening circles his interest grew in all good causes that had to do with town or college, state or nation. And his last editorial, planned by himself and completed by a coworker, was an analysis of the international aspects of the upheaval in the Far East.
He illustrated the simple truth that any man's own local habitation can be a real center of the universe. A man need not travel widely. He need but to have an eye, keen to see; a hand, swift to do; a heart, eager to serve; and above all, as Frank Musgrove had, the quiet independence of his own soul.
Medical School
CLASS OF 1873
DR. FRANCIS MARION WORTHAM died suddenly of apoplexy at his home in Temple, Texas, June 23, 1931.
He was born in Grenada, Miss., July 23, 1848, the son of Jett Thomas and Lucy (Parker) Wortham. When he was five years old the family removed to Texas, and his preliminary education was received at the schools of Pennington and at Baylor University, then at Independence but now at Waco. He began his medical studies at the University of Louisiana, continuing them at Dartmouth, where he obtained his medical degree, and at the University of New York.
After serving as interne at Bellevue Hospital he began practice at Bellville, Texas. His health not allowing him to continue in practice, about 1886 he removed to Temple, Texas, where he entered mercantile busniess. About 25 years before his death he retired from active business. He was a member of the Methodist church of Temple, and was a prominent and respected citizen.
August 28, 1878, Dr. Wortham was married to Susan Emeline, daughter of Judge Robert Newton and Susan Asbury (Moore) Bead of Mineola, Texas, who died February 19, 1912. Five children survive their parents: Mrs. L. R. Murrah of Corsicana, Mrs. John A. Erhard of Dallas, Mrs. N. B. Jarrell of Temple, Mrs. Lem Burr of Temple, and R R. Wortham of Galveston.
CLASS OF 1887
DB. JAMES ARNOLD DAY died at his home in Waltham, Mass., February 28, 1932, after an illness of six months.
He was born in Bangor, Me., December 7, 1856, Ms parents being Melvin and Bertha (Reed) Day. His academic education was
obtained at Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, N. H. After graduation he practiced successively in Barnard, Vt., Hartford, Vt., Bethel, Conn., and Claremont, N. H. In 1901 he removed to Waltham, which has since been his home and the seat of his practice. He was a pioneer in the use of the X-ray, and repeated exposure to the action of the rays in the earlier days when the dangers from their use were not well known led to an infection which in 1925 led to the amputation of his right arm at the elbow and three fingers of the left hand. Recovering at length, he was able to resume practice and drive an automobile, and was prominent and successful in his profession. His final illness was due to the recurrence of his former trouble.
Dr. Day was a member of the Universalist church, of the Masonic order, and of the Knights of Pythias.
November 2, 1887, he was married to Bessie, daughter of Edgar and Augusta Turner of Norwich, Vt., who survives him, with one son, Carleton Herbert Day of Belmont, Mass.
Honorary
DANIEL WEBSTER ABERCROMBIE, who re- ceived the degree of Doctor of Letters in 1911, died February 24, 1932, at his home in Worcester, Mass.
He was born at Boiling Green, Macon Co., Ala., November 25, 1853, the son of Milo Boiling and Sarah Carroll (Greenleaf) Abercrombie. At the close of the Civil War the family came North, and he prepared for college at the Cambridge (Mass.) Latin School, and graduated from Harvard in 1876.
After studying law at Harvard for a short time, he turned to teaching, and in January, 1877, was appointed classical master at St. Mark's School in Southboro, Mass. He next went to Vermont Academy, Saxtons River, where he taught four years. Early in 1882 he became a member of the faculty of Worcester Academy, and in the following November was appointed principal of the Academy. There he rendered distinguished service to the cause of education until 1918, when he was made principal emeritus. He was a member of various professional societies, and had been a trustee of Brown University and of Newton Theological Institution.
December 23, 1878, Dr. Abercrombie was married to Emily Foote Brainerd of St. Albans, Vt., who survives him, with their four children.
