Deaths
ALUMNI NOTES
Necrology
Class of 1867
The report has recently been received of the death at Indian Fields, Ky., October 28, 1931, from a sudden heart attack, of ALBERT ANDERSON CLAY, who was a member of this class in the Chandler Scientific Department during freshman year, and who became the last survivor of the class.
The son of John William and Mary M. (Anderson) Clay, he was born at Winchester, Ky., June 17, 1847. His son says: "Theonly reason I can ascribe for father's selection of Dartmouth was the possible factthat his uncle, John J. Anderson, a personal friend of President Lmcoln, was aUnion sympathizer, as was also his father,John W. Clay, and they possibly thought itwould be a good place to iron out any revolutionary tendencies he might have had." This does not appear to have been successful, as the son served in the Confederate army for a short time after returning from Dartmouth.
In 1866 he entered the mercantile business at Mt. Sterling, Ky., later removing to Kiddville, Clark Cos., and then to Indian Fields, his home for the rest of his life. He remained active and alert to the day of his death.
In pofitics he was a Republican, and he was a lifelong member of the Christian church.
Mr. Clay was married in November, 1872, to Nettie Owings of Mt. Sterling, who died early, leaving a daughter, Mary, who is the wife of W. L. Wright. A second marriage, June 1, 1875, was to Emma Wilkerson of Clark Cos. She had three children, Norton (now deceased), and Floyd W. and T. Stanley, surviving.
Class of 1873
FREDERICK SHERWOOD WRIGHT, recently deceased, was born July 23, 1854, in Newark, Ohio. He was the son of Virgil H. and Martha (Fleek) Wright. He fitted for college in the public schools of his native city, and entered Dartmouth in the fall of 1869, taking the course of the Chandler Scientific Department, and being one of the youngest men of the class. He was a bright, companionable, popular man, but took little part in athletics, which indeed at that time were confined almost wholly to baseball, bowling, and the gymnasium. The Scientific students had two fraternities of their own, and indeed their college life was largely among themselves. Happily for many years now the class of '73 has included any man of either course who at any time was a student at the College. In this way Wright became well known to us all, and after the reunion of 1923, at which he was present for the first time since graduation, a personal letter was received by the Secretary, expressing great enjoyment of that meeting with old classmates, and the fixed intention to come again. He was a member of the Vitruvian fraternity, in more recent years a chapter of Beta Theta Pi.
After his graduation he returned to Newark, and entered the employ of the First National Bank. In this bank he remained for the rest of his life, becoming ultimately its president, and was known to be one of the most successful business men in the class of 1873.
After the death of Bradley, the Secretary suggested Wright as his successor as class agent for the Alumni Fund, and he wrote a tetter of acceptance and of sincere appreciation of the honor. Hardly had he accepted the position when a second letter came, stating that his health was so poor that he was practically invalided, and the next news told of his death, which took place in his home on April 14, 1933.
He married, November 15, 1883, Miss Elizabeth Gill, who died in 1930. Some time before his death he wrote: "I havetwo daughters, both married, one livingin California, the other here in Ohio. Myson served in France and Germany duringthe war, came home, married, and wentabroad again, through Africa, Italy, andover his old battle fields in France. Onthe son's return he entered into businesswith his father." These surviving children are Frederick F., a graduate of Williams College in 1907 and now one of the officials of the First National Bank of Newark, Frances, a graduate of Abbot Academy, Andover, Mass., now Mrs. Kimball, and Helen Gill (Mrs. Ashbrook), Wellesley College 1915.
GEORGE BATES GAYLORD, whose decease some time ago has not been as yet recorded, was born August 25, 1850, in South Hadley Falls, Mass., the son of Asa B. and Cordelia M. Gaylord. He fitted for college at the high school in South Hadley Falls, and entered Dartmouth at the beginning of the fall term of 1869, remaining only a year. Like Wright, he was a member of the Chandler Scientific Department and of the Vitruvian fraternity.
Later he was a student for a while in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but left before receiving a degree. In 1880 he went to Providence, R. 1., where he was in business in the Arcade until 1887. Moving to Westfield, Mass., he engaged in the plumbing supply business and organized the American Supply Cos., Inc., manufacturers of plumbing specialties. In 1910 he became incapacitated for business and remained retired until his death, December 5, 1930. This was the result of a long illness, and occurred at his home, 95 Montrose St., Springfield, Mass.
In 1877 he married Miss Mary E. Makepeace, who survives him, with three sons, Ralph Wells, George Makepeace, and Harrison Bradley.
Class of 1875
WILLIAM JOHN NOYES died at his daughter's home in Macon, Ga., May 9, 1933, from the infirmities of age, his final illness being of five days' duration.
He was born in Barnesville, Ga., May 1853, his parents, James Sargent and Harriet (Huntington) Noyes, being Vermonters who migrated to Georgia in 1848 to teach. He prepared for college at Cedartown (Ga.) and Thetford (Vt.) Academies. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi.
For the first year after graduation he taught at Lyndon, Vt., and then returned to Georgia, where he continued in the teaching profession for the rest of his active life. He taught successively in the high schools of Cedartown, Elberton, Forsyth, Atlanta, Americus, Valdosta, Acworth, Lexington, White Plains, and Fayetteville. In 1915 he removed to Macon, where he taught for two years in the Academy for the Blind, and then taught English and science in Lanier High School until his retirement in November, 1931.
Soon after returning to Georgia he was licensed to preach in the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and while never taking a pastorate he often preached, and was always active in church work.
November 12, 1878, he was married to Evelyn Wilson Wood of Cedartown, who died April 19, 1933. They left five children: a son, William Noyes of Atlanta; and four daughters, Mrs. H. W. Pittman, Miss Alice Dean Noyes, and Mrs. G. W. Pittman of Macon and Mrs. Griff Perry of Fayetteville. There are twelve grandchildren and one great-grandchild. A brother and a sister of Mr. Noyes also survive him.
Class of 1876
WILLIAM COGSWELL CLARKE was born in Manchester, N. H., March 17, 1856; he died in Manchester at the home of George Rae, where he had for a time resided, May 22, 1933. He was the son of John B. Clarke (Dartmouth 1843), who for nearly forty years was editor of the Manchester Mirror. His mother was Susan Moulton.
His early education was in Manchester, later at Phillips Academy, Andover, and he was a member of the class of '76, Scientific Department, for the two years ending June, 1876. In his senior year he won the first prize in the competitive elocutionary contest. He was captain of the baseball team and was otherwise prominent in college athletics.
Leaving college he had a brief newspaper experience in New York City. Following this he acquired an interest in the John B. Clarke Cos., and was city editor of the Mirror for eight years. He joined the staff of the Union and Leader in 1920, and was active in this capacity for several years.
Clarke had a definite prominence politically. He began his career as a member of the Manchester school board from 1884 to 1890. In 1890 he was a member of the New Hampshire Republican delegation in the convention at Philadelphia when McKinley and Roosevelt were nominated. In 1891 he was elected a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives. Elected to the office of mayor of Manchester in 1894, the honor was repeated for successive years till 1902.
From boyhood to the end of his life he was interested in sports of every kind and was an authority in them. The Derryfield Club, the Amoskeag Grange, Red Men, and Odd Fellows also attracted him, and his name was on their membership rolls for varying periods.
"Mr. Clarke had a remarkable memoryfor names, places, and incidents. He wasa notably genial man, always ready to talkover old times with any one with whomhe ever had an acquaintance, and wasequipped with a fund of interesting storieswhich made him an entertaining companion. An outstanding characteristic teasthe spirit of youth apparent in the alertness of his mind, the springiness of hisstep, the expectancy of his eyes, notwithstanding the on-march of the years."
Clarke was first married to Mary Tewksbury. Of this union two children were born, a son and daughter. A second wife was Elvira Chase of Deerfield, N. H., and a third, Emma Riddle Lewis. His immediate survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Murray W. Dewart of Baltimore, and her sons, Donald, Kenneth, and Murray.
Class of 1877
JAMES AIKEN died at his home in Franklin, N. H., August 3, 1933. He had been seized with an apoplectic stroke a few days before at his summer home at Interlaken Park, Lake Winnepesaukee. An invalid from diabetes for thirty years, his final acute illness was brief.
The son of Walter and Susan (Colby) Aiken, he was born in Franklin, February 15, 1854, an<3 fitted for the. Chandler Scientific Department at New London Institution, later known as Colby Academy. He was a member of the Vitruvian fraternity (Beta Theta Pi).
He remained with the class only through freshman year, and then was employed in his father's machine shop at Franklin until 1880, and then for two years on a cattle ranch in Kansas. From the spring of 1883 to the fall of 1885 he was in a machine shop in New Haven, Conn., and then was engaged in farming in Bridgewater, N. H., to 1893. On the death of his father in 1893 he returned to Franklin and with his brother succeeded to his father's business in the manufacture of hosiery in the firm of Walter Aiken's Sons. This business they sold out in 1904, since which time Mr. Aiken had not been ac- tively engaged in business management, but was connected with various enter- prises. He had served as director of the Mayo Knitting Machine and Needle Cos. and of the Franklin Light and Power Cos., and at the time of his death was a director of the Franklin National Bank and a trustee of the Franklin Savings Bank.
He was a Republican in politics, and had been a member of the city council and of the state legislature. Fraternally he was a Mason and an Odd Fellow and a member of the Eastern Star and the Rebekahs. He was an enthusiastic hunter and fisherman and a lover of out-of-door life. Of unusual friendliness and generosity, he always enjoyed great personal popularity. Though his active association with the College was brief, he retained a deep interest in his classmates and in the College, and was always ready to respond to calls for pecuniary help.
He was married May 20, 1880, at New Haven, Conn., to Myra C., daughter o£ Nathan D. and Sarah (Sanborn) Cole of Hill, N. H., who survives him, with their three children: Bertha, wife of Walter E. Meyers of Needham, Mass.; Anne Bradley, wife of Harry P. Woodman of Tilton, N. H.; and Frank, electrical engineer with the Atwater Kent Cos. in Philadelphia. There are also two granddaughters.
Class of 1878
EDWARD HERRICK ROWELL, for many years clerk of the District Court of Newburyport, Mass., died at Concord, N. H., August 18, 1933.
He was born in Portsmouth April 11, 1857, son of Samuel and Lydia J. (Neal) Rowell. The family moved to Amesbury, Mass., in 1870, and he prepared for college at Amesbury High School. He came to college comparatively young, and younger in appearance than in years, which placed him at some disadvantage and caused him some annoyance. He was not physically robust and took no part in athletics, but did not mean to be left out of other kinds of recreation. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi and of Christian Fraternity. He taught a term of school in Wells, Me., senior winter, and was reported to have made a notable success of it.
At graduation he indicated law as his chosen profession, and early in 1879 he entered upon the study of that subject in the office of Hon. George W. Cate '6l, was admitted to the bar in 1882, and began practice in Amesbury, reporting good success for several years. In 1885 he entered the employ of Rowell & Son, carriage makers, as bookkeeper and salesman, where he continued until 1891, when he went abroad, and after a year or two of travel in Europe and the West he became junior partner in the same concern. This year of travel would appear to have been coincident with his marriage in 1891 to Mrs. Myra S. Atwood. In 1905 Mr. Rowell returned to the profession of law, and settled in Newburyport, where in 1910 he was appointed by the governor clerk of the District Cotrict Court, which position he held until his retirement in 1928. At that time he expressed his regret at being unable to attend the class reunion for its 50th anniversary in the following terms:
"I shall not have the great pleasure of meeting once more the few that are left of the class of 1878. My health has been failing for some time and I am restricted to the most careful attention to diet, exercise, and physician's direction and attention at all times. Give my kindest regards to all present at the meeting." This is the last direct word received from him.
Mrs. Rowell died in 1914. They had no children. Referring to her death, he wrote that it had so prostrated him that he found it difficult to take up again the routine of life.
Since 1931 he has made his home with a niece, Mrs. Charles W. Brewster, at Tilton, N. H., summers, and Portsmouth winters. Mrs. Brewster has kindly kept up correspondence for him, and has also assisted in obtaining information about a missing classmate to whom Mr. Rowell was the only Dartmouth man to have a clue. She has reported him as happy and cheery to the end.
Class of 1880
EDSON WALTER WHITE died at his home in Wakefield, Mass., June 26, 1933. This terminated an honorable and successful active career of more than 50 years. In "Chronicles Fifty Years Later" he wrote a comprehensive and significant sentence: "In January after our graduation, I hitched my wagon to the Boston Globe, instead of to a star." His career was not spectacular, but honorable and able.
He was first a reporter. In two years he was promoted to news editor. In 1887 he established the Globe's first reference library, which in two years he made one of the best of its kind in New England. In 1889 he returned to the day news desk, and remained there till his retirement from active service in 1932.
When he first associated himself with the Globe, its editions were from four to six pages and its circulation about 25,000; when he retired from the news desk, he was superintending the make-up of an edition of forty to sixty pages and a circulation of more than 350,000.
White was actively identified with many organizations, literary, scientific, and religious, that naturally engage the interest of public-spirited citizens eager to promote the best in the social, intellectual, moral, and religious standards of the community in which they live. He was a trustee of the Memorial Library at Wakefield for more than 30 years; director of the New England Botanical Club; president of the New England Skaters Club; a life deacon of the Congregational church; a member of the Boston Congregational Club and of the American Congregational Association. A lifelong acquaintance writes: "Mr. White has added honor, dignity, and ability to all the staffs and boards with which he has been associated—a friendly, helpful, God-fearing gentleman in all his contacts."
White was born in Attleboro, Mass., November 9, 1856, the son of Cyrus Newell and Ruth (Shepardson) White, and fitted for college at Phillips Andover Academy. He wrote the class ode at graduation at Andover, which Professor Churchill said was the best since Oliver Wendell Holmes's production at his graduation from the same institution. He wrote the ode for 'BO at Commencement.
He was a good student in college, graduating with Phi Beta Kappa rank. He was a member of the Psi Upsilon fraternity. He lived for more than forty years on the "Old Buck Farm" in Wakefield, one of the oldest farms in greater Boston. Here he indulged his hobby for cultivating garden truck and flowers and raising chickens. His two sons, Cyrus Newell White and Donald White, carry on a landscape garden and florist business on this farm now.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Alice Gage Currier White, and the two sons above named. Their address is the Buck Farm, Wakefield, Mass.
The funeral service, which the Secretary was privileged to attend, was held at the Congregational church. It was largely attended and the spirit of the service was marked by its freedom from undue sorrow and tears and conspicuous as a memorial of the triumphant passing of a ripe life productive only of the best.
Class of 1882
FRANK ALVIN PEASE died of heart disease at his home in Fall River, Mass., July 17, 1933, after an illness of several months. During the early summer he had the happiness of the companionship of his sons and daughter and their children, and the end at last came quietly and peacefully.
He was born in Middleboro, Mass., on December 15, 1858. After preparing for college, he entered Dartmouth with the class of 1882. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi and Phi Beta Kappa.
Upon graduating he went to Washington, D. C., where he took his law degree at George Washington University and was admitted to the bar. In 1886 he returned to Massachusetts, making his home in Fall River, where he practiced law for fortyseven years, being, at the time of his death, the oldest lawyer in the city both in years and in length of practice. He was an active member of the Central Congregational church and of the Y.M.C.A., which he served as a member of the local board and of the state committee.
He was married in 1885 to Nellie F. Southworth, who died September 13, 1930. He is survived by his daughter Katherine, who is Mrs. Percy A. Shaw of Manchester, N. H., his sons, both Dartmouth graduates, Ralph S. Pease, a chemist of New York City, and Harold W. Pease, a civil engineer of Seattle, Wash., and four grandchildren, Florence and Frank Shaw and Warren and Lorraine Pease.
Loyal at all times to Dartmouth and to Dartmouth men, he was elected president of his class last year at its fiftieth reunion.
Kindly, gentle, and generous of spirit, he was singularly happy in his home and had the gift of forming lasting friendships, which will continue to enrich the lives of those who knew him well.
MARION S. CLARK.
(Daughter of Charles S. Clark)
Class of 1883
The deaths of two members of this class, though occurring some time since, have only recently been reported. ARTHUR EZEKIEL JACOBS died in Springfield, Mass., July 17, 1932, after a brief illness.
He was born in Manchester, N. H., September 30, iB6O, the son of John and Fidelia (Brainerd) Jacobs, and prepared for college at the high school of that city. He was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa and Phi Beta Kappa.
After graduation he taught for brief periods in Saratoga Springs, N. Y., Freehold, N. J., and Philadelphia. In 1887 he went to Chicago, and taught in the public schools there until 190 a, retiring on account of poor health. During his residence in Chicago he interested Eastern friends in investments in real estate, and after a year's rest he removed to Springfield, where for many years he handled Western investments and accumulated a considerable estate.
He never married, lived a very retired life, and made no church or fraternal connections. He is survived by a brother, Judge Rowland B. Jacobs of Lebanon, N. H. Burial was in Pine Grove Cemetery, Manchester.
CHAMPION JAMES WARING died October 11, 1932, in Provident Hospital, Chicago, of acute peritonitis, after an emergency operation.
He was born in Charleston, S. C„ February 23, 1853, his parents being Aaron J., and Eliza Jane (Moore) Waring. He fitted at the Preparatory Department of Oberlin College. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi.
After graduation he went to Galveston, Tex., and taught there in the public schools until about 1888. He was next at Topeka, Kans., and then in Chicago, first as a teacher, and then for seven years in real estate business. Meanwhile he began the study of medicine, and continued it for three years. Then turning to the law, he graduated from Chicago Law School in 1898, was admitted to the bar in that year, and began a practice which was successfully continued until his death. August 3, 1929, he received injuries which nearly proved fatal and from which he never entirely recovered. In 1926-8 he was president of the Cook County Bar Association.
November 27, 1885, he was married to Cora F., daughter of Thomas M. and Maria Calhoun of Galveston, who lost her life in the Galva6ton flood, September 8, 1900, while on a visit to her former home. They had two daughters, the elder of whom, Elizabeth, died March 1, 1918, and the younger, Vivian A., now Mrs. Miller, lives at 11362 Bishop St., Chicago.
Class of 1884
CLARENCE HOWLAND died suddenly at his office in Catskill, N. Y., on July 26, 1933. He had been at his desk, clearing up some last business preparatory to leaving for his summer camp in Maine the next day. He had been in his usual good health with no premonition of anything impending. It was his custom to walk from his home on the banks of the Hudson to his office daily. This he had done on that morning, meeting some score or more of his neighbors, who looked forward to the friendly handshake and pleasant word he always had for them. He was alone at the time. He had mailed a letter to his wife at 11 A.M. About 1 P.M. his sister called up to see if he were coming to lunch. Getting no answer she called the office next door, and the young woman answering the phone found him lying on the floor, as if asleep. The medical examiner said he had died of coronary thrombosis, and that his death had been sudden and without pain.
Howland was born in Auburn, N. Y., on April 29, 1861, the son of Benjamin and Louise (Powell) Howland. His father was a graduate of Union College, class of '53. While still a small boy the family moved to Catskill, which Howland always thought of as his home town. He attended the public schools and the Catskill Free Academy, then went to Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Mass., from which he was graduated in 1880. While here he was prominent in athletics but identified particularly with football. He entered Dartmouth with the class of 'B4 and took the Latin-Scientific course. Soon after entering college he began organizing Dartmouth's first football team, which played its first game with Amherst in the fall term in 1881. In these later years he was universally known as the father of Dartmouth football.
Graduating from Dartmouth in 1884, Howland spent a year at home, then entered Columbia Law School, from which he was graduated in 1887 with the degree of LL.B. Before taking up the practice of law he spent a year traveling in Europe and the East. Returning to New York, he began practice in the office of the Hon. Peter B. Olney, with whom he was associated for several years. Then for a time he was in partnership with Thomas G. Barry with offices at ISO Broadway. In 1903 he relinquished this partnership and returned to his home town of Catskill, where he has practiced his profession ever since. Howland always interested himself in the affairs of his community and has served his fellow citizens in various capacities of a semi-public nature. He was a member of the Catskill board of water commissioners from 1905 to 1910, and a member of the board of directors of the Catskill National Bank from 1903 to 1911, when he resigned from the board. During the World War he served as federal fuel administrator for Greene county, and was state fuel administrator for that county in 1922-1923. For three years he was a village trustee, and was secretary of the Greene County Bar Association for five years. He was president of the Catskill Chamber of Commerce in 1924. He was twice named delegate to the National Rivers and Harbors Convention, once by Governor Miller and the second time by Governor Smith. Howland was a lover of sport, and in recognition of this he was elected treasurer of the Greene County Fish and Game Club, which position he held for six years.
In civic societies he was a member of 8.P.0.E., Catskill Lodge and Chapter; of Lafayette Commandery, Knights Templars; and of Cyrus Temple (Shrine) of Albany, N. Y. He was a member of the American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, Greene County Bar Association, and the Association of the Bar of New York City. During the World War Howland served as sergeant in the National Guard. He was past the age for enlistment in the regular army service. The boys with whom he trained called him the grand old man of the "Home Guard."
Howland was married on June 16, 1897, to Miss Caroline Louise Mauldin at Greenville, S. C. His wife and a son and a daughter survive him.
Funeral services were held at his home on the Hudson on July 29. George Vanderbilt, class of '23, represented Dartmouth as a pallbearer.
Thus passed away the man whose name and fame were known to more of the succeeding college generations than any member of the class save only George Dana Lord, who for this time has been a member of the faculty. He will be sadly missed by the host of friends in his home town, who held him in highest regard and anticipated his cheerful hearty greetings as he walked to his office daily. The news of "Cap" Howland's death was totally unexpected by the members of his class. They still recall vividly the stalwart, stocky man of college days and his genial personality, and will sadly miss him when they gather for their 50-year reunion next June, an occasion which he anticipated greatly.
Class of 1889
JAMES SHIRLEY EATON died in August at Warner, N. H., near his summer home in Sutton.
He was born at Nashville, Tenn., August 1, 1868, the son of John (Dartmouth 1854) and Alice (Shirley) Eaton. He prepared for college in the Washington, D. C., High School. He entered with our class, but at the end of the first term transferred to Marietta College, Ohio, of which his father was president, and graduated (A.8.) in June, 1889. Dartmouth gave him the honorary degree of A.M. in 1894. He was a lecturer at the Tuck-School in 1900 and for several years following.
During the World War he was in Washington, working in the Federal Trade Commission.
Shortly after graduation he became interested in railroad work, particularly statistics and accounting and questions of efficiency in operating. Numerous books, monographs, and magazine articles were published. He introduced the use of electric tabulating machines in railroad accounting. To the study of railway problems he gave his entire professional life. His headquarters were in New York, but he traveled widely in the South and the East, and his residence was for many years in Ridgefield, N. J. In 1908 he married Ethel Osgood Mason (daughter of Rufus Osgood Mason, Dartmouth '54). Mrs. Eaton and two children, a daughter, seventeen, and a son twelve, survive.
Class of 1893
WILLIAM NEWTON JOHNSTON, born at Portsmouth, June 10, 1870, died at his home in Suncook June 1, 1933. He prepared at the Portsmouth High School for Dartmouth, where he was with the class of 1893 for two years, enrolled in the LatinScientific course. He was a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, and among his extracurricular activities was membership in the telegraph association. Baseball players of that time will remember him as custodian of the wooden "cage" in which candidates for the nine did their winter practising.
After leaving college Johnston took up railroading and was for some years station agent at Suncook. Later he engaged in business there as a clothier. May 22, 1929, he was appointed deputy insurance commissioner of the state of New Hampshire, a position which he filled with marked ability and general acceptance until his last illness. Johnston was prominent in local Republican politics and was a member and officer of various branches of the Masonic order. He leaves a widow, who was Miss May A. Worcester. A quiet, kindly gentleman and an efficient official, Johnston made friends of all with whom he came in contact. He kept up his interest in college and class and was a contributor to the Alumni Fund.
CARL CHITTENDEN FLETCHER, born in St. Johnsbury, Vt., February 5, 1870, died at Burlington, Vt. June 2, 1933. He was the son of Col. Truman and Katherine Knapp (Brown) Fletcher, and was the great-greatgrandson of Thomas Chittenden, first governor of Vermont. He fitted at St. Johnsbury Academy for Dartmouth where he was with the class of 1893 for one year. He was a member of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity and active in musical circles, singing in the choirs at Rollins Chapel and St. Thomas Episcopal church and being chosen censor of the Handel Society.
After leaving college Fletcher engaged in newspaper work with the Rutland Herald, Burlington Free Press and St. Albans Messenger, and in 1910 purchased the Swanton Courier, which he conducted for twelve years, until the death of his father. Then he assumed the management of Greystone Farm, the family estate in Shelburne, and built up the local cooperative creamery into a large and successful business. 11l health compelled his retirement in 1931, when he went to Burlington to reside. At Swanton he held various town offices, and in Shelburne was representative in the legislature in 1933, and was prominent in efforts to bring about the effective organization of New England milk producers. He is survived by his wife, who was Miss Lillian Walls of Cabot; by one son, Frederick, of Proctor, Vt.; and a brother, Philip, of St. Johnsbury. He was a member of various branches of the Masonic order and of the Sons of the American Revolution. "Petey" Fletcher kept up his interest in '93 through life and attended several of the class reunions, where his genial good fellowship was displayed to the best advantage.
Class of 1894
The death of JOHN PEARL GIFFORD at the Deaconess Hospital in Boston on August 30, 1933, makes the twenty-first of our class to lay down the burden. His death was the result of septic infection which is believed to have come from treatment of a patient. The infection appeared underneath the nail of the little finger of the left hand, although he had exercised his usual meticulous care to guard against such an attack. It was immediately treated. Two slight operations apparently took care of it, but within a day or two chills and high temperature gave cause for alarm. Friday, August 18, his condition had become so grave that he and Mrs. Gifford took the night train for Boston, where he entered the Deaconess Hospital. The staff of the Lahey Clinic and other specialists of the first rank, together with special nurses and the constant attendance of Mrs. Gifford, gave him all the care that was possible; but medical science spoke its last word in vain. With his wonted self-effacing courage, John made a gallant struggle, during which doctors and nurses watched and worked with alternating hope and fear. Erysipelas set in, and parts of his body became affected. On Monday morning the temperature rose to 106, when it was evident that the end was near. He retained consciousness almost to the last.
John was the fourth of five children of John and Celia (Allen) Gilford, who lived at East Randolph, Vt., where John was born December 14, 1871. He graduated from the Randolph High School in 1890 and matriculated with us in September of that year. After graduation he entered the medical school at Dartmouth, from which he received the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1897. His first location was North Stratford, N. H., where he remained eighteen months in general practice. He then removed to Berlin, N. H., where he stayed one year. He was married to Harriet Sprague Rolfe, daughter of Frank and Ellen (Sprague) Rolfe of North Stratford, November 10, 1897. Their only child, Ellen S., was born and died April 28, 1900. Mrs. Gifford survived her daughter a little over six years and died August 6, 1906. At the end of his year in Berlin he removed to Randolph, his home town, where the remainder of his days were spent, aside from temporary absences for rest or professional development. His second marriage, to Eliza Eva Folsom, took place at Randolph, August 2, 1909. For some years before, Mrs. Gifford had been superintendent of the Randolph Sanitorium, in which John took intense interest. In fact the sanitorium, without exaggeration, may be called his institutional child. To her unobstrusive and effective support, much of its success and capacity for service is due.
John keenly and early realized that, in a science and art developing as rapidly as medicine was and is, it was imperative to follow the times. He kept abreast and more, for he shared in the leadership. In the New York Postgraduate School, the Allgemeines Krankenhaus in Vienna, the Mayo Clinics at Rochester, Minn., and other medical centers, his growing professional power was stimulated and inspired. He would not allow himself to become static. In the years of his vocational maturity, he was a diagnostician whose mastery all acknowledged, and a practitioner whose sagacity and discernment were unexcelled.
Although there was need of him at home, the World War drew from him a characteristic patriotic response. He entered the Medical Corps, and spent several months in a training camp, where he held the rank of captain. He was not called to service overseas, and upon his discharge returned to Randolph.
Notwithstanding the continual demands of a crowded professional life, he found some time for the social and recreational side. In the undergraduate days he was a member of Theta Delta Chi and, the Casque and Gauntlet, while his scholastic efficiency was attested by his election to Phi Beta Kappa. In after years he was identified with the American Medical Association, the Vermont State Medical Society, and the Washington County Medical Association. In fraternal circles he belonged to Phoenix Lodge No. 28 A.F. & A.M. of Randolph, Randolph Post American Legion, Beulah Chapter No. 15 O.E.S. and the Montague Golf Club, of which he was president for several years.
In the number of August 31 the Heraldand News of Randolph fitly says:
"It is doubtful if there ever was a doctor of medicine and surgery more thoroughly imbued with his high calling than Dr. J. P. Gifford. The pursuit of it, the striving to conquer disease, to bring relief to the suffering, was the keenest satisfaction he knew. Unremittingly he put his mind and strength to the task, for the very love of it and the desire to serve helpfully his fellowmen. * * *
"But after all else is said of him, Dr. Gifford will be longest remembered for those high personal qualities that transcend mere accomplishment. He was a real man, with far more of the virtues and many less of the defects that most men have. His standard of ethics did not stop with his profession, but covered the whole range of his life. His innate modesty never exalted himself as an example to others—but he was an example. In sickness, in the stricken home, beside the operating table, he was the same quiet, reserved source of strength to others. And when one's courage failed or one magnified one's troubles perhaps his droll flash of dry humor relieved the stress and gave the sufferer heart. Dr. Gifford's friends were indeed legion, and every one of them felt a special nearness to him. To them the body may pass away, but his memory never."
Our devoted Secretary writes: " 'Tuffy' Gifford, as we called him, was a man whom we all liked. The same qualities that endeared him to his community made him a friend in the class. He was reserved, but there was a wealth of feeling underneath. How much he thought of friendship is illustrated by a quotation from one of his letters which I read at the funeral. 'To those of us who were so fortunate as to attend the reunion last June it is hard to find words to express our deep appreciation of '94. After saying all we can there still remains an inexpressible something which you may call loyalty, devotion, pride, self-satisfaction, a true rejoicing. There is nothing so hygienic as friendship. Hell is a separation and Heaven is only going home to one's friends.' But most of all I want to quote his last letter. 'This will not be a long epistle. The striking events of my life are few. The best I can record is that Mrs. Gifford and myself are both well and happy. We are still carrying on in our little sphere as best we can. We are looking forward with a great deal of cheer and faith. We have come to the conclusion that the things seen are only temporal'."
The funeral was at 2:30 in the afternoon of Saturday, September 2, at the Baptist church in Randolph. The class was represented by F. C. Allen, Barton, Claggett, (and Mrs. Claggett), Clogston, Colby, Griffin, Hall (and Mrs. Hall), Ham (and Mrs. Ham), Hardy, Hurd, Lyon, C. C. Merrill, Nutt, B. A. Smalley, A. W. Stone (and Mrs. Stone). The seating capacity of the church, which the local paper puts at five hundred, could not accommodate the attendance. Chairs were placed in the back of the church. Many were standing in the vestibule. How many others could not get in is not known. Floral tributes from many sources almost concealed the chancel. Rev. F. Wilson Day, pastor of Bethany church, read the selections from the Scriptures. Rev. John M. Maxwell, pastor of the Baptist church, in an excellent address, gave the tribute of the parish, the attending organizations, and the community. The principal address was by Secretary Merrill, our own C. C. Needless to say, it was sympathetic, adequate, comprehensive, full of tender appreciation and without fulsome eulogy. Such were the last rites. The large concourse, made up of "all sorts and conditions of men," filed past the casket, pausing to gaze upon the strong, serene face triumphant with a life nobly lived and heriocally closed as a martyr to the profession he loved, and tranquil with the peace of God.
It cannot be expected that a classmate will write with colorless and judicial detachment, much less with the merciless dissection of the critic, for the warm currents of friendship forbid. We knew John too well. Through the long years we saw the sterling undergraduate qualities ripen. There was no saner man in our class. Always and everywhere he kept his feet on the ground. He was never ridden by pet theories and took no positions without regard to where they would lead. He knew his facts, gave them exhaustive consideration, and formed his conclusions with a sagacity that seldom went astray. Slogans and catchwords never darkened his vision. He never adhered to any project or proposition which had the prime defect of being unworkable. These qualities largely account for his eminence as a doctor and a citizen. When he gave his support, there was no weakening at the eleventh hour and no faltering at the crisis. The iron character and the undeviating purpose were steadfast to the end. Much of his stability was due to his unfailing sense of humor, his way of pricking the bubble of folly so gently and so adroitly that the person addressed was not irritated, but rather amused at himself. He drew no sweeping inferences from a narrow basis of facts, knew -how to draw just and limited conclusions, and was well aware of the boundaries beyond which reason alone cannot go. He saw "life in its wholeness and symmetry and with a balanced judgment that no member of our class possessed in greater measure. His wholesome philosophy of life is suggested in the following excerpt from a class letter written in 1905:
"The madhouse yawns for the person who always does the proper thing; impropriety in right proportions relieves congestion and thus are the unities preserved. The man who does not relax and hoot a few hoots voluntarily now and then is in great danger of hooting hoots and standing on his head for the benefit of the pathologist and the trained nurse."
HENRY N. HURD.
Class o£ 1896
DR. WILLIAM MADISON GAY died at Sunmount, N. Y., May 14, 1933, after a month's illness brought on by a sudden heart attack. Gay was born at Windsor, Vt„ September 7, 1873. He graduated from Windsor High School in 1892 and entered our class in the fall. He remained one year in the Academic Department, during which time he was a member of the freshman baseball team and also of the Dartmouth Reserves. The second year he entered the Medical School, and after about a year transferred to the University of Pennsylvania, where he received his medical degree in 1899. At Dartmouth he was a member of Alpha Delta Phi and Theta Nu Epsilon. ,
Dr. Gay was attached to Boston City Hospital, and soon was appointed assistant port physician, which post he held for eight years, when Mayor Fitzgerald appointed him port physician. After about a year he resigned and joined the staff of Pennsylvania State Sanitarium for Tuberculosis, where he remained for more than three years, after which he settled in Sharon, Mass., and practiced there for a year.
He volunteered in the late war and was commissioned a captain Nov. 6, 1917, and assigned to the 33d Division, going overseas May 16, 1918. He was cited for gallantry the following year. He was made a major Aug. 27, 1918. When King George visited his headquarters in August, 1918, to award medals, Dr. Gay was made his physician during the period. Since the termination of the war, Dr. Gay has continued in the United States Public Service, stationed in various hospitals, including Oteen, N. C., and Tupper Lake and Saranac, N. Y. He is survived by his widow, Lydie E. (Williams) Gay, formerly of Germantown, Pa., to whom he was married December 8, 1915, and a daughter, Miss Jane Gay.
Burial services were held May 18 at Arlington National Cemetery.
Guy Richards reports that he joined Mrs. Gay at Washington to attend the funeral. "Bill" was buried with full military honors, and Guy writes that his heart was filled with pride at "Bill's" constant life of efficient service for his country and fellow men and its crowning recognition at the nation's military shrine. His grave is near and almost opposite the tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
A very genial and loyal member of our class, who was a distinguished physician and fine soldier, has gone on to the Great Adventure.
Class of 1902
GEORGE WARWICK JR., a member of the class of 1903 for two years, died of chronic nephritis at his home in Westmoreland, N. H„ on May 27, 1933. He was prominent in Cheshire county real estate circles, having an office in Keene, where he was active in business and fraternal organizations.
Warwick was born in Busby, Scotland, October 21, 1877, a son of George and Jane (Smith) Warwick, and came to the United States when he was about five years old. He attended schools in Stoughton, Mass., and Passaic, N. J., before entering Dartmouth. For some years he lived in Seattle, Wash., and moved to Keene about 20 years ago. Some ten years ago he moved his home to Westmoreland.
Warwick was known to the class during his stay in college as a stocky individual, active and vigorous. As one of the class monitors he was alert and firm, as will be recalled by those who attempted to convince him that he had made an error in not noting their attendance in chapel. His recent contacts with the class had not been numerous, yet he acknowledged the Secretary's letter of last year. At the election of 1932, Warwick was elected representative from Westmoreland, and had served about six weeks during the early part of the term, when illness prevented his further attendance. He was chairman of the house committee on normal schools.
His fraternal organizations included the Knights of Pythias, in which he was a past grand state chancellor; the Keene Chamber of Commerce; and the Social Friends Lodge of Masons. He was a 32d degree Mason. He was a trustee of the Park Hill church, in which the funeral services were held.
There survive a widow and a daughter, also two children by a former marriage. To his second wife, Ruth Barker Coles, he was married April 28, 1923.
Class of 1904
The class will learn with regret of the death of GORDON BENNETT FROST, May 29, 1933, at his home at 2654 Moreland Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio.
"Jack", as he was known to the class, came to Dartmouth from Fort Ann, N. Y., where he was born October 19, 1881, having prepared for college at the Hudson Falls High School. In college he played on the varsity football team. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. After leaving Dartmouth, he taught a year at Ferris, Texas, then taught mathematics and coached football at Seattle (Wash.) High School for two years, and for one season was football coach at the University of Oregon.
In 1908 he came to the East Technical High School as the school's first football coach, and became a member of the faculty in the department of mathematics. At the end of his first year at East Technical High School, he became director of athletics, a position which he held continuously until his death.
In 1924, after three years' work in night law school, he was admitted to the bar, although he never practiced this profession.
One of the hobbies of Jack was to keep records in a little black book of the boys who passed under his tutelage. These records became an institution in Cleveland high schools. His retentive memory of the activities of his proteges for nearly 25 years made him one of the most interesting figures in the sport world of Cleveland. He was a supreme manager, a great teacher, a never failing example to, and leader of, boys. He was held in very high esteem, and won the confidence and affection of the hundreds of boys who came in contact with him.
Besides his wife, Gertrude Crandall Frost, he leaves a daughter.
Class of 1905
JOSEPH TAYLOR GILMAN died September 15 at the Newton, Mass., Hospital where he had been operated on a few days previously. He was president of the Dartmouth Athletic Council and a member of the Dartmouth Alumni Council. He was also president of two large Boston corporations, the Boston Garden and Jones, McDuffee & Stratton. The editors of the MAGAZINE wish to pay tribute to Joe Gilman in this issue, although the complete necrology notice cannot appear until next month.
A Dartmouth Tribute
Joseph Taylor Gilman was the sole male survivor of his branch of an illustrious New Hampshire family. The Gilmans were among the founders of the town of Exeter, New Hampshire; and were active in colonial and Revolutionary days. Some fifty or sixty left Exeter, and founded the town of Gilmanton.
On his mother's side, his forbears were the Crosbys;—famous for their culture and scholarly achievement. A great-uncleDixi Crosby—taught for many years at Dartmouth College; and a dormitory still stands, which bears his name.
So it was natural that young Joe Gilman should attend the Academy at Exeter, and enter his father's college.
His was the rugged stock of early New England days;—a giant in stature, with a brain of slow development, but of unusual capacity. He was the careless, lovable boy of the town, whom everyone knew, and of whom they said, "He's a chip of the old block."
Thus he spent his carefree days at Dartmouth;— days of pranks and jests, and feats of prowess unrivalled even in those days when weaklings were few. He was the hero of the Campus, known intimately by the "towny," and by the dignified professor. He left, remembered by all, to lead an active life of constantly increasing usefulness. Varied were the tasks, and unceasing were his activities even up to a few days before he left us.
As an athlete, his courage was unquestioned; but as a man, he rose to even greater heights; for there was always a smile on his face, and a jest on his lips, when the marks of pain were obvious to all.
His was a nature full of generosity and kindliness; and Joe was father to many a boy whose way was beset with perplexities.
Dartmouth College never called on him in vain; and he guided her athletic policy through one of the most critical periods of her history. He was a practical idealist; and intercollegiate athletics were greatly benefited by his broad and sane conceptions.
Once again he took up the reins of athletic control for the college he loved so dearly, only to drop them when his hands fell to his sides forever.
The real side of Joe's life was spent in his home, surrounded by his family and his books. We can see him still, stretched out on the couch, in his library, reading a recent biography, or a work of one of the Old Masters. His intellectual curiosity never flagged; and while he played his part in the active and ever changing field of business, his world was that of events and men long since passed away.
Among Dartmouth men, Joe Gilman will always live, because of his unique personality, and because of his service to, and love for his Alma Mater.
New Hampshire was his home, and had circumstances permitted, he would have returned and found the door open for him. He loved her hills and valleys; the elms and maples, and the babbling brooks; for he was never far from Nature, and his roots went down far in the soil of those wonderful hills.
A giant oak has fallen, but from its ashes will spring fond memories of days gone by. New Hampshire has called him home to sleep, for he was one of her very own.
N. W.E.
Class of 1907
CHARLES ARTHUR ALLINGHAM RICE died at his home, 42 Monmouth St., Springfield, Mass., August 30, 1933, after a long period of ill health.
Rice was born in Chicopee Falls, Mass., December 2, 1881. He attended Massachusetts Agricultural College and transferred to Dartmouth, graduating in 1907. While in Dartmouth he organized Tau chapter of the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity.
After graduating from Dartmouth, Mr. Rice engaged in business in Chicago, but returned to Springfield in 1914 to take charge of his father's business. At the time of his death he was president of Charles Rice, Inc., of Springfield.
In 1908 he married Lucy Hurlbut o£ Chicago. He leaves his wife, a daughter, Catherine, and a son, Hamilton.
Class of 1911
FRANCIS BATES QUACKJENBOSS died suddenly in Atlantic City, N. J., June 5, 1933. Funeral services were held in All Saints Church in Worcester, Mass., and burial was in Hope Cemetery in the same city.
"Quack" had been ill for about a year with a serious heart condition, although few of his friends were aware of this. He had spent a large part of the winter in Florida, and was staying with Mrs. Quackenboss in Atlantic City in an attempt to improve his health, at the time of his death.
Born in Worcester April 1, 1888, "Quack" was a son of Edson J. and Eliza Quackenboss. He graduated from South High School in 1907. Immediately following graduation from college he became associated with Graton and Knight Cos. of Worcester, with whom he was continuously employed up to the time of his death. He first was an assistant to the president, and then passed through various other positions such as superintendent, manager of the Worcester Counter Cos., a subsidiary of the main company, and finally purchasing agent of the Graton and Knight Cos., which position he occupied at the time of his death.
While in high school he was captain of the track team and later a member of the football and track squads in college. He was a member of Psi Upsilon and Casque and Gauntlet fraternities. He was also a member of Quinsigamond Lodge, A.F. and A.M., and of the University Club of Worcester.
Besides his wife, Eleanor Meneeley, he leaves a daughter, Nancy Meneeley, aged twelve.
Jim Conroy officially represented the class at the final services of this popular member of our class.
Death came suddenly to CHARLES EVERETT BENTON on August 4, 1933, at his home in Natick, Mass. Mrs. Benton upon returning home found him fatally stricken with heart trouble.
"Chuck" was born in Waverley, Mass., May 7, 1887, the son of the late Col. Everett C. and Willena (Rogers) Benton. He graduated from Stone School, where he was president of the Athletic Association, and entered college in the fall of 1907, but left at the end of his sophomore year to attend Eastman's Business College of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He then entered his father's business, John C. Paige & Cos., with which company he was associated for many years, finally as a partner of the firm. In 1927 he became associated with Moore, Bettencourt, and Cos., general insurance agents, and in 1928 he joined the firm of Jordan Read and Cos., leaving them three years later to conduct an insurance business of his own in Wellesley. He was a former president of the Insurance Society of Massachusetts.
He was a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon and Masonic fraternities and an officer of the Boston Yacht Club. For several years he was secretary of the Eastern Dog Club and an officers of the N. E. Airedale Association.
He is survived by his wife, Grace Chappelle of Boston, to whom he was married September as, 1936, his mother, two brothers, and three sisters. Funeral services were held at the home of his brother, Jay Benton, and interment following cremation was in the family lot in Belmont Cemetery.
Class of 1912
HERMAN ARTHUR DOOLITTLE died on Sunday, August 6, 1933, at North Rye Beach, N. H. He was enjoying the last few days of his vacation when he was suddenly stricken with a heart attack. Funeral services were held at the Kings Highway Congregational church of Brooklyn on Wednesday, August 9.
"Dooly", as he was known to his classmates, was born in Marlboro, N. H., November 24, 1890. He entered Dartmouth from Portsmouth (N. H.) High School. In college "Dooly" was one of the best known and best liked men in the class. His good nature and friendliness and above all his fine sense of humor were his outstanding characteristics. He graduated in 1912 with the degree of B.S. cum laude.
Immediately after graduation "Dooly" joined the advertising firm of H. K. McCann Cos. of New York. During his twentyone years of continual service he became widely known in advertising circles for his active part in bringing his firm from a small one to one of the five largest in this country, now known as the McCannErickson Cos. of New York City.
He was married January 10, 1916, to Miss Melanie Miller o£ New York, who survives him, with two children—Melanie, born March 20, 1919, and Warren Miller, born February 11, 1923. His mother, Mrs. A. M. Doolittle of Portsmouth, N. H., also survives him, as well as a brother, Irving Doolittle of Valley Stream, L. 1., and a sister, Mrs. Dorothy Tucker of Portsmouth, N. H.
"Dooly" came of a very old New England family. He was a member of the Sons of the American. Revolution, the New York Advertising Club, and the Dartmouth Club.
In his passing Dartmouth has lost one of her most enthusiastic and loyal members.
Class of 1913
GEORGE ANSEL HAYES, affectionately known to all only as "Chum" Hayes, died Sunday evening, July 9, 1933, at the New Haven Hospital in New Haven, Conn., from a bullet wound in his head. Shortly after nine o'clock in the morning, in his home at Orange, Conn., "Chum" fired one bullet from a .38 calibre revolver, and remained unconscious until his death that evening. Financial worries, on account of the closing of a department of DeForest & Hotchkiss Company, where he was assistant secretary and a director, caused him for some months to worry himself into a condition where he erroneously considered he was doing the best thing for his family's welfare.
George A. Hayes was born in Lynn, Mass., October 10, 1891, and received his education in the public schools there, graduating from the Lynn High School. After leaving Dartmouth, he engaged in the window, sash, and door business in Boston until this country entered the World War.
He enlisted and was sent to the first Plattsburg camp, where he was commissioned a captain of infantry. He went to Camp Devens with the 76th Division and then overseas with that division. After the Armistice he was on duty with troops in Germany for several months. After returning to the United States he was honorably discharged and engaged in the shoe business in Lynn for a short time.
He went to New Haven in 1921 and became associated with Morgan & Hunniston Cos., where he remained until three years ago, when he joined the lumber firm of DeForest & Hotchkiss as assistant secretary and a director of the concern.
He married Christine Ramage of Northampton, Mass., in September, 1926, and leaves his wife and two children, Virginia and Peter Hayes, and a sister, Mrs. Frank Gorman of Mt. Vernon, N. Y.
"Chum" was a member of the New Haven Advertising Club, New Haven Rotary Club, Orange Post American Legion, and Theta Delta Chi fraternity at Dartmouth, and was a Shriner.
Funeral services were held in New Haven from the parlors of Beecher, Bennett, & Lincoln, where Emmett Pishon, William Gumbart, and Warde Wilkins represented the class. Burial was at Holyoke, Mass.
"Chum" Hayes was as loyal a Dartmouth man and a member of 1913 as any one ever graduating. He was unselfish, always giving his best to make others happy, and his genial personality and fun at all our gatherings will be greatly missed.
Class of 1915
RAYMOND MARSHALL HUMPHREY died May 25, 1933, at a hospital in Boston, after a short illness.
He was born in Minneapolis, Minn., June 5, 1892, his parents being James Franklin and Aleda H. (Marshall) Humphrey. In his boyhood the family removed to Lowell, Mass., and he prepared for college at Lowell High School. He was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
The first year after graduation he was associated with the Standard Oil Company of New York, and from 1916 to 1923 he was with the T. H. Elliott Cos., real estate and insurance, in Lowell, except for a period in 1918 when he served in the Navy as chief boatswain's mate, being assigned to patrol duty off the coast of Maine. In 1923 he entered the real estate and insurance field under his own name in Lowell, and was so engaged until his death. In 1925-6 he studied at Suffolk Law School, but did not pursue his law studies further.
He was a former secretary of the Lowell Planning Board, and held membership in the Elks, the Odd Fellows, and the American Legion, being also a gad degree Mason. He was most active in Legion affairs, and had been serving as chairman of the junior activities committee of Lowell Post. He was deeply interested in youngsters, and took an active part in measures for their interest.
Humphrey never married, and made his home with his mother at 635 Westford St., his father having died some years since. CHARLES FRANKLIN WOODCOCK died very suddenly at his summer home at Summit, N. Y., JulY 15. 1933 ,on the first day of his planned vacation.
He was born in Lawrence, Mass., December 14, 1892, the son of Frank Pike and Nettie Mabel (Hall) Woodcock, and prepared for college at the high school of Manchester, N. H. In college he was particularly well known in the class, and was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity.
After graduation he remained in Hanover for a year in the Thayer School, graduating in 1916 with the degree of C.E. For the next year he was an engineer in the employ of the New York Public Service Commission. At the entry of the United States into the World War he enlisted in the Engineer Corps, and was in France as first lieutenant with the First U. S. Engineers from January to May, 1918. On his return to this country he became associated with the National Board of Fire Underwriters, and was with them from January, 1919, to October, 1923, being first in Lowell, Mass., and then in Chicago from February, 1921. He was then for a year with the Indiana Inspection Bureau, and then for a time with the New York Fire Insurance Rating Organization. In 1926 he became a special agent for the Glens Falls Insurance Company, and in 1929 special agent for the Continental Insurance Company of Newark, N. J., which position he retained until his death. He had become an expert in the field of insurance.
His home was in Chatham, N. J., where he had been commander of the American Legion, and was at the time of his death a councilman and chairman of the fire commissioners.
September 6, 1918, he was married to Gertrude Weinbeck, who survives him, with their two children, Athalinda Adella and John D.
The deepest sympathy of the class goes out to Mrs. Woodcock and the children at this time.
Class of 1919
Louis HENRY RECTOR was killed in an automobile accident near Atlanta, Ga., August 21, 1933.
He was born at Glenshaw, Pa., March 14, 1897, the son of Conrad Frederick and Emma (Amlung) Rector. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta.
He enlisted in the Coast Artillery June 4, 1918, was commissioned second lieutenant September ag, 1918, and discharged the following December 10.
For a short time after graduation he was employed in the purchasing department of McClintic Marshall Cos. of Pittsburgh. He remained in Pittsburgh as clerk for the Carnegie Steel Cos., 1919-30, and for the Western Electric Cos., 1920-1. He continued with the last company in Philadelphia, 1921-2, and in Baltimore, 1922-3. He then joined the force of Ditto, Inc., being a salesman in Baltimore from April to December, 1923, and in Pittsburgh, 1923-9, and then district manager at Grand Rapids, Mich., 1989-31. Since then he had held a similar position at Atlanta. He had not married. His parents still live at Glenshaw, Pa.
Class of 1923
WALTER WINCHESTER MARTIN was instantly killed on the afternoon of August 18, 1933, when he fell from the sun roof of the University Club rooms on top of the eleven-story Michigan Trust Building in Grand Rapids, Mich. Club employees said that Martin went up on the elevator to the club rooms, speaking pleasantly to the operator and others, and almost immediately his body fell to the street. There was no witness to the tragedy. The son of John B. and Althea (Winchester) Martin, he was born in Grand Rapids June 13, 1901. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta.
After graduation he entered his father's real estate firm of John B. Martin and Sons. A notice in a local paper says that he was popular in society and active in civic and charitable enterprises, having served on the local board of the Red Cross and the Michigan Children's Aid Society, and in community chest campaigns and on Y.M.C.A. committees. He was a member of the University Club and the Kent Country Qlub, and was a boxer, handball player, and golfer.
June 6, 1931, he was married to Helen Hickam of Oklahoma City, who survives him, with his parents, two brothers, and a sister.
Class of 1927
The death of FRANK HAROLD GUERNSEY, which occurred at Tarrytown, N. Y., April 12, 1931, has only recently been reported. The son of Frank Leßoy and Ida (Vail) Guernsey, he was born in Ossining, N. Y., September 18, 1905, and prepared for college at the local high school. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta.
He left college in February of sophomore year, and engaged in real estate business with George Howe, Inc., in New York City.
June 23, 1926, he was married to Elaine Strandel Palmer of Tarrytown, N. Y., and thereafter made his home in Tarrytown. He was survived by his wife and their son, Peter Jay, and his brother, Raymond V. Guernsey '25.
Class of 1929
HENRY ROBERT WEMMER died May 16, 1933, of complications following an appendicitis operation.
He was the son of Henry George and Fredericka Rosa (Sauter) Wemmer, and was born in Lima, Ohio, March 19, 1906. In preparing for college he spent four years at Culver Military Academy and one year at Phillips Exeter. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta.
He left college in November, 1927, and then spent a year in South America. Upon returning he attended Babson Institute for six months, and in June, 1929, entered business as secretary and treasurer (becoming later vice-president) of KolterBuckeye Dairy Cos., dealers in ice cream and dairy products, of Lima, where he remained until his death.
July 20, 1929, he was married to Martha Hemphill, daughter of John Leroy Laughlin, who survives him, with their daughter, Anne Laughlin, who was born September 30, 1931.
The class extends sincere sympathy to "Shorty's" family. His good cheer and friendly nature will be sorely missed from the rolls of the class and the College.
Class of 1878
DR. CHARLES ALONZO DORR died May 27, 1933, at his home in Hingham, Mass., after a long illness.
He was born in Sandwich, N. H., February 12, 1851, of French Huguenot ancestry on his father's side, the name having been originally Dore. He prepared for college at Dummer Academy, and was a member of the class of 1875 in Bowdoin College for a part of its course.
He began his medical studies at Bowdoin, but took his last course of lectures at Dartmouth, where he received his degree. He began practice at Richmond, Me., but remained there only a short time, settling at Hingham in 1880. For fifty years in the latter place he was the oldfashioned family physician, holding the loyalty and affection of patients through three generations. He bore a striking resemblance to Buffalo Bill, and was a picturesque figure around the town. For many years he gave much time to civic affairs, and served on the board of health and the school committee. His chief interests outside of his profession were horses and flowers.
In 1878 Dr. Dorr was married to Bertha Wentworth of Brunswick, Me., who died in 1912. They had no children.
Class of 1881
DR. FRED LOREN DIXON died at his home in Lewiston, Me., July 7, 1933, after a long illness.
He was born in Jay, Me., January 21, 1857. His academic education was obtained at Kent's Hill Seminary.
He first practiced his profession at Wayne, Me., whence he removed after several years to Lewiston. In 1901 on account of the health of his wife he went to Denver, Colo., and practiced there until 1917, when he returned to Lewiston. In his practice in Lewiston he was actively connected with the Central Maine and St. Mary's General Hospitals, and was surgeon emeritus at Central Maine at the time of his death. He was a Mason and a Shriner. He was at one time city physician of Lewiston, and was once the Republican nominee for mayor.
His first wife, who was' Mrs. Mary Foss of Wayne, died three years after their marriage. Later he married Miss Alice Munroe of Auburn, Me., who survives him, with two daughters, Miss Mary Dixon of Lewiston and Mrs. Ruth Luckstone of Scarsdale, N. Y.
Class of 1889
DR. WILLIAM ROBERT MORROW died of angina pectoris at his home in Framingham, Mass., August 6, 1933.
He was born at Winooski, Vt., October 3, 1864, the son of Alexander and Eliza (Shanks) Morrow. He began his medical course at the University of Vermont and finished it at Dartmouth.
After a short practice at Fairfax, Vt., he removed to Framingham in 1890, and had since been in successful practice there.
January 26, 1886, Dr. Morrow was married to Anne, daughter of John S. and Anne (Lee) Murdock, who survives him. Two of their four children are living, Emerson S. Morrow and Mrs. Anna E. Gould.
Class of 1925
DR. WILLIAM FORREST WEST JR. died in Everett, Wash., March 13, 1933, of a streptococcic septicaemia.
He came to college from Everett, where he was born December 19, 1904, having fitted at Moran Military School, Rolling Bay, Wis. He was a member of Alpha Sigma Phi and Alpha Kappa Kappa. He took his senior year in the Medical School and continued there for the following year. He then went to the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated as M.D. in 1928 and interned for a year in the Graduate Hospital of the University. In 1929 he returned to Everett and began practice in his father's office.
September 10, 1929, he was married to Sarah Sisson of Erie, Pa., who survives him, with their son, William Forrest West 3d, who was born July 17, 1931. Dr. West's parents, Dr. William Forrest West and Lynne Shirk West, have died within the last four years.
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