Two Students Killed

Two Dartmouth students were killed and a third seriously injured in an auto crash near Windsor, Vt., at an early hour Sunday morning, October 15. The students killed were Richard Y. Pickering '36, of Royal Oak, Michigan, and Charles H. Vincent '36, of Geneseo, N. Y., while Paul B. Lynch '35, of Yonkers, N. Y., received a fractured skull and internal injuries but was expected to recover. Pickering was killed instantly when hurled into a clump of boulders, and Vincent died two days later at the Claremont General Hospital after specialists were unable to save his life. Elmer H. Cook Jr. '36, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Donald A. Williams '36, of Detroit, Michigan, were also members of the student party returning to Hanover after a dance at Claremont, but both escaped serious injury.

The fatal accident occurred at a bad curve when another car suddenly appeared out of a heavy fog and forced Cook, who was driving, to swerve to the right. The momentum of the car carried it off the road, after which it crashed into a tree and tumbled down a steep embankment.

Pickering, a grandson of former Governor and Mrs. Richard Yates, of Illinois, was interested in photography and had been heeling for the Pictorial. Both he and Vincent had recently been pledged to the Chi Phi fraternity. Pickering, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Pickering, of Royal Oak, prepared for Dartmouth at Lincoln High School, Fernald, Michigan, while Vincent, the son of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Vincent, of Geneseo, did his preparatory work at Geneseo High School. Pickering was 18 years and 7 months old, while Vincent's 19th birthday had been just two days before.

The party of students had attended a dance in Claremont Saturday evening. Authorities in touch with the case, including police, doctors, and nurses, told College officials that liquor played no part in the tragedy.