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Class of 1875
CHARLES PARISH BOWMAN died at his home in Ensley, Ala., March 21, 1933.
He was born in Westford, Vt., April 24, 1851, his parents being Nathan P. and Charlotte Bowman. The family home was later at St. Johnsbury, and he prepared for college at St. Johnsbury Academy. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon.
In the fall after graduation he began teaching in Connecticut. After remaining there a short time he removed to lowa, continuing the profession of teaching at Marcus, Seargeant Bluff, and Sioux City, and at the same time studying for the legal profession. He was admitted to the bar in 1887, having previously made two ventures as editor and proprietor of a country newspaper. In 1891 he returned to Sioux City, and practiced his profession for some years, and then removed to Citronelle, Ala., resuming there the work of teaching, and continued that profession in some form during the remainder of his life. In 1907 he removed to Ensley. He was a widely known, highly respected, and most useful citizen.
September 26, 1879, Mr. Bowman was married to Mary Brown of Philadelphia, Pa. In the class reports published in 1895 and 1911 three children are mentioned: Henry Parish, Helen Charlotte, and Miriam.
Class of 1880
WEBSTER THAYER died from an attack of cerebral embolism at the University Club in Boston in the evening of April 13, 1933.
Thus ended a career that was of compelling interest to an ever increasing circle of acquaintances beyond his home folks, beginning at Dartmouth College in 1876, where he knew every member of the faculty and student body within two weeks after he arrived in Hanover—and eveiybody knew him; continuing after graduation in the class of 'BO in his home city of Worcester, Mass., where he was admitted to the bar in 1882 and practiced his profession till 1917, when he was elevated to the Superior Court by the appointment by Governor Samuel W. McCall, Dartmouth '74; until his name and fame became worldwide through the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti, charged with the murder of a payroll clerk and his aide. To this duty he was assigned by Chief Justice John A. Aiken, Dartmouth '74.
In all these years and positions he sought to know people. He was always a personality, not just a member of the class of '80, a citizen of Worcester, of the state of Massachusetts, the United States—a personality known by the elite and the hoi polloi, either from personal contact or published report.
In college he gave regular, but not too strenuous, attention to the prescribed curriculum, he attained the marks his work deserved, but not always those his brains warranted, but he learned a lot from men. This characteristic marked his whole career.
He distinguished himself in baseball, in fact, he was dubbed the Father of Baseball at Dartmouth. He demonstrated to Professor Emerson the possibility of delivering a curved ball, which the Professor had insisted was an impossibility. One of his proudest achievements was leading the Dartmouth nine, which he captained for three years, to its first victory over Harvard in this sport. He came near becoming a big leaguer after graduation, but parental argument convinced him that he went to college to learn to be a lawyer, not to play ball. He always maintained an enthusiastic interest in the College, and followed to the end with pride its growth and achievements in the classics as well as sports.
He practiced his profession in Worcester and Massachusetts 35 years. He was accounted a good lawyer. He loved a battle in court before judge and jury where he could match his wit and wisdom with men worthy of his steel; he did not like a trial before a master. He excelled in marshaling the facts of his cases, he was aggressive, skilled in cross-examination, but never abused the witnesses.
During many years in this period of his career, he was an enthusiastic sportsman. The four out-of-door sports in which he took great pleasure were baseball, horseracing, fishing, and golf. He entered into these sports with the same energy and enthusiasm he exhibited in his professional work, and he got great pleasure in the comradeship he had with men of like tastes. He drove his own horses—and he had several fast ones—with other gentlemen drivers on the snow paths of the main streets of Worcester. There were no parimutuels to distribute the stake. There were no stakes—pure, unalloyed sport.
He became a golf fiend when he got old enough—about sixty. His golf was academic as well as practical, i.e., he read all the books on golf he could find and played assiduously when law and the Lord permitted. He often had a book on golf stuck up on his desk, in which he would read a paragraph or page now and then to stimulate his enthusiasm, dampened by some prosy law case.
He was appointed a justice of the Superior Court in 1917. In the next four years he tried many important cases; no special notoriety marked his work, though it was not without distinctive characteristics that compelled attention. He upheld the dignity of the court in a marked way; he restrained irrelevant wrangling of opposing counsel; he was careful that the young attorney did not lose his obvious rights and perhaps his case through lack of experience and inability to cope with more experienced attorneys; his law decisions were made without hesitation and were rarely overruled by the higher court; his charges to the jury were clear, concise, free from technicalities and legal phraseology.
In 1921 he was assigned by Chief Justice John A. Aiken to try the famous Sacco and Vanzetti cases, and, in making the assignment, the Chief Justice wrote Thayer, "Iam assigning you to hear the most important murder cases tried in Massachusetts inthe last century, if not in all time."
Immediately on the indictment of these two men, propaganda in this country and several foreign countries with communistic views aroused tremendous interest in the trial. The charge was freely made that these men were being tried because they were communists, not because they were murderers. It soon became apparent that the judiciary system of the commonwealth and American political institutions would be on trial as definitely as the indicted defendants.
The twelve jurors were selected from 600 talesmen. Hundreds of thousands of dollars were raised by radicals in this country and in foreign countries with communistic views for the defense. Able attorneys were employed, millions of pamphlets were distributed in this country and throughout the world attacking the court, the judiciary system, the American government, and charging that everyone connected with the trial in any way was actuated by base, dishonest, and unworthy motives. Judge Thayer received hundreds of letters threatening his life and the lives of his family. In the storm of which he was the center, Judge Thayer was apparently undisturbed, and never swerved from what he deemed the true course of justice and duty. The dignity and efficiency of the court were maintained. Numerous exceptions to his ruling were taken, but not one was sustained by the Supreme Court. A Massachusetts judge of the Supreme Court within the last two weeks pronounced the charge to the jury a classic and fair to the nth degree. Recognizing the flood of criticism from radical sources that was rampant. Thayer charged the jury to consider the case as though the defendants were direct descendants of the Mayflower. When the jury had withdrawn to consider the verdict, Mr. Moore, the chief counsel for the defense, said to Judge Thayer, "Whateververdict they render, the defendants havehad an absolutely fair trial."
After the trial, a fight unique in the annals of the law was waged for six years to save the defendants from the chair. Numerous motions for a new trial were made and argued and denied. At three different times exceptions were taken to the Supreme Court, but not one of them was sustained.
The governor of the commonwealth with his counsel and an eminent committee of his appointment—President Lowell of Harvard University, President Stratton of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Judge Robert Grant reviewed the proceedings of the case during and after the trial, and refused to advise a new trial, or that the sentence that had been imposed be commuted.
Chief Justice Aiken, who assigned Thayer to try the case, wrote him, "Yourmanagement of the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti entitles you to the highest degree summa cum laude."
I refer briefly to the history of this case, about which too much has already been written, not to express an opinion on the guilt or innocence of Sacco and Vanzetti, but to indicate the extraordinary character of the trial, the conditions surrounding it, the great responsibility it entailed on the court, and the marked ability, dauntless courage, scrupulous devotion to duty, and matchless nerve with which the trial was conducted.
In all these years Judge Thayer was the recipient of hundreds of letters threatening his life and the lives of his family. Their lives were menaced by bombs, and their home was eventually blown to pieces by a bomb while they were asleep within. He was attended by a bodyguard at home and abroad, in court and on the golf links, in social excursions with his family. He was apparently unperturbed and unafraid. But his heart was not devoid of human emotions and affections, and who can estimate the storm that raged within his soul through wakeful days and sleepless nights? He must have had nerves of tested steel and a soul sustained by righteous convictions.
The funeral was solemnized by a brief and simple service in St. Matthew's Episcopal church in Worcester, April 18, conducted by the Rev. Charles H. Cardigan of Grace Episcopal church, Amherst, Mass., assisted by the Rev. William Smith, rector of St. Andrew's.
It was attended by a distinguished gathering made up of the former Governor Fuller, the chief justices of the Supreme Judicial and Superior Courts of the state, with many associate justices of both benches. Governor Fuller and a representative of Governor Ely were present, also representatives of the city government, state bar association, fraternal organizations and clubs in which Judge Thayer held membership, and a throng of people filling the church and overflowing into the streets, where they stood reverently silent during the service. The interment was in Mount Hope Cemetery.
Judge Thayer was born in Blackstone, Mass., July 7, 1857. He was of English descent. The first settler of the family in this country was Fernando Thayer, born in Thornby, England, in 1625.
Judge Thayer was twice married, and is survived by his second wife, Bertha M. Thayer, Amherst, Mass., two children, Barbara, wife of Warren S. Gault, Dartmouth '20, and Hamilton Webster, Dartmouth '25, and three grandchildren, Jane and Webster Thayer, children of Warren S. and Barbara Thayer Gault, and Harriet, daughter of Hamilton Webster and Elizabeth Wood Thayer.
HENRY WILLIAM ALLEN died at his home in Manchester, N. H., April 12, 1933. He retired as usual the night before, was found unconscious in the morning, and did not regain consciousness. He evidently passed away without mental or physical suffering, which was in keeping with his quiet and serene life.
Henry entered the class of 'BO in the sophomore year, and completed his college course in three years. He was scrupulously attentive to his work every day, participated moderately in general college activities, and did not engage in athletics beyond Social and Frater football on the campus.
He got his diploma the last Thursday in June in 1880, and began service in the engineering department of the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company in Manchester the following Monday morning—a service that he continued for forty-nine years with two weeks' vacation yearly. He was almost never absent from the mill on account of illness and never for any less imperative reason, and told the writer of this sketch that he usually "took a run" down to the mill every day during his two weeks' vacation. This gives a clear picture of Allen's fidelity to duty, whatever work he had in hand.
As may be inferred from these facts, his life was uneventful, and his sphere of influence largely confined to Manchester and New Hampshire. He played his part in the community well. He was faithful and efficient in his lifework. He was a patriotic citizen. He held several city offices, and was a member of the House of Representative of the General Court three different sessions—was a member of the House when he died. He regarded a public office a public trust, and was always perfectly capable of determining for himself how to vote on the questions at issue. He always voted for the best man for public office, and he was usually able to find that man in the Republican party. Thus his politics may be inferred. He was a director of the Manchester Building and Loan Association for 37 years, and he did not appropriate any of its funds to his personal use. He wrote in "Chronicles of Fifty Years Later," "Iattend the Episcopal church."
He was married in 1889 to Georgia Annette Wyman. They had one daughter, Georgia Ellen. His wife died in 1905. His daughter was married in 1918 to Bernard H. Lund, who died in 1928. There were two daughters by this marriage, Hazel A. and Eleanor Louise. Mrs. Lund and her daughters survive. Since the decease of his son-in-law, Henry has lived with his daughter and her children. With his domestic tastes, he had great pleasure in an opportunity to take an interest in bringing up a second family.
Allen was born in Newport, N. H., November 8, 1859, the eldest of ten children of William Henry Harrison and Ellen Elizabeth (Joslin) Allen. His father was a justice of the Supreme Court of New Hampshire and a graduate of Dartmouth in 1855. He had a brother John who is now a justice of that court and a Dartmouth graduate.
The funeral services were held April 15. Hon. Albert O. Brown, Dartmouth '78, and George A. Dickey, a classmate, were among the bearers. He was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery.
Henry will be greatly missed by all the surviving members of the class. He gathered from various sources a fund of information about the class and Dartmouth men, and communicated it to members of the class by frequent letters. He was an interesting correspondent.
Class of 1881
DR. OWEN COPP died suddenly in Seville, Spain, from a heart attack, April 18. He was apparently that morning in his usual good health, and with Mrs. Copp set out from the hotel to visit the fair. After crossing a crowded street he suddenly suggested to Mrs. Copp that they sit down on a seat which was there and rest. Those were his last words, and he became unconscious upon sinking to the seat. He was removed to a hospital, but shortly expired, without regaining consciousness. There was a brief service in the English church in Seville, where his body lay under the shelter of the stars and stripes. Mrs. Copp removed the body to Gibraltar, and thence by boat to New York. Interment was at his old home in Methuen, Mass., in the Sargent lot in Walnut Grove Cemetery, May the fifth. It was a beautiful afternoon, and brief services were conducted by his college classmate and senior year roommate, Rev. Myron W. Adams. Four others of his Dartmouth class were present, Charles A. Castle, Dr. Charles G. Dewey, Dr. Herbert B. McIntire, and William P. Snow. Classmates of his high school and medical school days were also present, and many relatives and friends; the latter being largely though not wholly his medical associates. Among these was especially noticed his associate in his work in Philadelphia, and his successor in the superintendence', Dr. Earl D. Bond. The thought of the service, in which all present could heartily share, was that in the passing of Dr. Copp there was an admirable example of what was written originally for President Garfield:
Life's race well run, Life's work well done, Life's victory won, Now cometh rest.
Owen Copp, the son of Millet Goodwin and Rowena (Wentworth) Copp, was born in Salem, N. H., January 12, 1858. During his boyhood the family moved to Methuen, Mass., and he attended the schools of that town and the high school in Lawrence, graduating from the latter in 1876. After teaching a year he entered Dartmouth, graduating there in the class of 1881. In scholarship it was always expected that any one of three members of the class, of whom he was one, would win the highest place during each term, and this expectation was never disappointed. Entering the Harvard Medical School, being incidentally in the last class there taught by Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, he graduated in 1884, and then entered upon private practice in Somerville. But in April of 1885 he was called to what proved to be his distinctive life work, especially on its administrative side, care for mental and nervous diseases. From 1885 to 1895 he was at first second assistant physician, and then first assistant, at the insane hospital in Taunton, Mass. From 1895 to 1899 he was superintendent of the hospital for epileptics at Monson, Mass. This was the first hospital of its kind in New England and the third in the country. His first work there, which took nearly three years, was to plan and superintend the construction of the hospital. From 1899 to 1911 he served as executive officer of the newly reorganized Massachusetts state board of insanity, where his work was of unusual value. At the end of this period of service his associate specialists gave him a complimentary dinner, and a loving cup in token of their appreciation.
In 1911 he was called to be physician-inchief and administrator in the Pennsylvania Hospital, department for mental and nervous diseases. This hospital is the oldest of its kind in the United States, having been chartered in 1751. The field of work here opening up to him was very attractive, and for eleven years he continued as head of the hospital with remarkable success. Retiring from the superintendency in 1922, he was asked by his board to continue with them as consultant for future development. In this work he continued for eight years, planning and superintending new construction, developing that part of the work which lay outside the city of Philadelphia, etc. In 1930 he retired fully from his connection with the hospital, and with Mrs. Copp entered upon a prolonged period of travel, going to Europe in July and remaining there until his death. While moving around considerably, they spent more of their time in Italy and France than they did elsewhere.
Dr. Copp was a large contributor to literature along the line of his specialties, and active in various medical and psychological societies. For a time he was president of the American Medico-Psychological Association. For several years he was a member of the national committee for mental hygiene; was on a national advisory board of special consultants in neuro-psychiatry; and a member of the Pennsylvania state commission to revise and codify the laws of the state relating to the insane and feeble minded.
He was married in Methuen, June 15, 1886, to Miss Hattie Grace Sargent of that place. They had no children. A wide circle of friends in many parts of the United States and Europe will mourn the passing of Dr. Copp.
Class of 1889
Frank W. Philbrick's death was recorded in the April issue. An unfortunate error gave an incorrect place and date of birth. They should have been Portsmouth, N. H., and July 4, 1868.
Class of 1894
Our well beloved "Nunc" died at his home in Camden, Me., April 20, 1933, after a long period of partial disability and infirmity in the nature of an impairment of the heart. We were not wholly unprepared for the shock, as it was understood that his ailment was incurable. Early this year he lost strength noticeably, although he rallied from an acute attack recently. He was planning to move into his summer home the first of May, where his flower garden was an annual source of pleasure. Only a few minutes before his death he was calling up friends to arrange for an evening at cards in his home.
After graduation he was for many years with the Library Bureau in Boston and New York. In 1912 he severed his connection, and was affiliated with F. U. Stearns Company, a well-known textile house. In 1928 he became associated with his brother in the sale of Standard Oil securities in New York. Nearly three years ago he had to give up work, and retired to Camden.
The following sketch appeared in the Camden Herald:
"Having been a sufferer from hearttrouble for a number of years, ALFRED EDSON NORRIS, aged 60 years, 9 months, and20 days, passed aivay suddenly in a chairat his home, High St., Thursday afternoon,April 20.
"A native of Melrose, Mass., he was theson of the late John Oscar and Katherine(Gordon) Norris. He was a graduate of theMelrose High School and Dartmouth College.
"For many years Mr. Norris was associated with his brother, George Gordon Norris, who died in Camden last autumn, inthe investment business in New York City.
"Retiring from active business somethree years ago on account of his health,Mr. Norris took up his permanent residence at his summer home on High St., thisplace.
"In 1907 he married Miss Edna Waldrenof Camden, by whom he is survived. Healso leaves a sister, Mrs. C. S. Pierce, ofMelrose, Mass., two half-sisters, Mrs. Malcolm D. Barrows and Mrs. Holder Jamieson, also of Melrose, and a half-brother,John Oscar Norris of New York City. Mrs.J. Stillman Kelley of Wellesley, Mass., is aniece.
"Funeral services were held Saturdayafternoon at 2:30 o'clock from his late residence, the Rev. Ralph H. Hayden, rectorof St. Thomas' Episcopal church, officiating. Interment was in Mountain Cemetery."
Fred Allen has fitly said: "The outstanding quality of Nunc was his ever-presentdesire and ability to add to the happinessof others. He had a deep affection for hisclass, a feeling which has been reciprocatedby us. We can never fill the place ofgenial, affectionate, loyal 'old Nunc'."
In a letter of April 28 to the Secretary, Rolla Bartlett writes: "As 'T' Allen hasalready written you, I motored up to Camden with him on Saturday, April 22, torepresent the class and pay our last tributeto 'Nunc", that dear soul we all enjoyedand loved so much. Fred and I assisted aspall-bearers. The others were Chamberlain,Harvard '94, 'Nunc's' late brother George'stwo sons, 'Duke' Barrows, and StillmanKelley of Boston, a friend of 'Nunc's'. Welaid him away in the Camden cemetery atthe foot of Mount Battle among the Camden hills. It was a beautiful afternoon. Thesun shone brightly; the floral remembrances were beautiful,—with the everpresent class wreath."
It is difficult to realize that "Nunc" has left us. He played a unique and distinctive part in the class role. "Nunc" was most popular in our class,—unselfish, always giving his best to make others happy. How we shall miss his genial fun at our future gatherings.
We have now lost twenty of our eighty- six graduates. Our dear classmates pass on leaving us to carry on. That is life.
Class of 1902
Again the class of 1902 bows before the Silent Reaper, and pauses in memory of Irving Winslow, who passed from this life on February 28, 1933, in Denver, Colo., where he had only recently gone, hoping that the change would improve his health. The influenza which had troubled him earlier combined with heart difficulties caused his death.
IRVING WINSLOW was born in Lakeville, Mass., on April 14, 1880. He graduated from the Middleboro, Mass. High School, and entered Dartmouth in September, 1898. A worker both by necessity and choice, he was constantly occupied in various ways to make it possible to stay in college, and was not prominent in class activities, yet he was known to all of us and himself knew everyone. He was distinctly an individual, keen and thoughtful, and a great believer in freedom of thought and speech.
After graduating he stayed in Hanover for a year of graduate work, his interests being largely in the social sciences. He received the A.M. degree in 1903 and then went for a year as teacher of English, history, and economics in Williston Academy in Easthampton, Mass. Then for three years he was in law school, at Harvard and at lowa, where he gained much that was of advantage to him in his later work.
After a year spent in historical work in Washington, and a business experience in Alabama and Colorado, he entered the government service in Washington in 1911, and continued practically the rest of his life as a federal agent. First in the War Department, then in the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and finally in the Treasury Department in the income tax bureau, he gave a service which was intelligent, careful, and conscientious.
He retired in 1929 on account of his health, but fully expected to regain his strength and get back to work. It was not so to be; his mind, always keen and alert, seemed to outrun his physical capacity, and his letters, direct and forceful, gained in pungent and brilliant comment as his strength grew less. From those letters which have been available one can see clearly the sort of man he had become and the sort of public servant that he was.
It is fitting to quote here some of the passages, as it is quite likely that few men in the class could or would have so completely written themselves into their letters. For instance, in speaking of a colleague, Winslow said, "He has backboneand courage, which is more than some government men have." And in another letter, "I am so constituted that honesty and ability mean a great deal to me." Fearless and honest himself, he had small patience with compromise on those things he held essential.
There are few men today in whose letters occur running comments of their character: "I have just read Morgenthau's'All ill a Life Time'. It's very good." "William Allen White's 'Woodrow Wilson' is good." "Did you read Harry ThurstonPeck's 'Twenty Years of the Republic'? I'dlike to write a book like that." And in still another more recent letter: "Last winter Iread Justin McCarthy's 'History of OurOwn Times'. It's very, very good—and byan Irishman, too." These are not from letters on literature, or from a single letter, they are taken from numerous letters, as little samples of one phase of this man's life and interest.
Just at this moment it is illuminating and yet pathetic to find such revealing thoughts as these: "The way to prevent war is totake up the questions that cause war andsecure at least a better settlement. Italy andGermany ought to have colonies." "I wouldlove to travel—Europe, around the world,etc., writing for newspapers. Nothing doI enjoy like travel."
Irving Winslow never married. His life was busy, studious, and effective. With his death the class has lost a man of real worth.
Class of 1907
ERNEST HODGDON TRICKEY died suddenly Friday evening, April 14, 1933, at the Huggins Hospital in Wolfeboro, N. H. He was taken violently ill with an intestinal trouble only a few days before his death; he was immediately put under an emergency operation, and the doctors reported the case as practically hopeless from the beginning.
Ernest was born in Rochester, N. H., September 26, 1886, the son of Anson B. and Etta (Hodgdon) Trickey. He graduated from Rochester High School in 1903, entering Dartmouth in September, 1903, where he had an excellent record, graduating in June, 1907, with Phi Beta Kappa rank in his senior year. At college he was modest, industrious, studious, and conscientious, and early gave promise of the solid and unusual success which he subsequently achieved. At death he was president of the Wolfeboro National Bank in Wolfeboro, N. H., and vice-president and treasurer of the Rochester Trust Company in Rochester, N. H.
In addition to his connection with the New Hampshire Bankers' Association, Ernest was a 32d degree Mason, a member o£ the Kiwanis Club of Rochester, and of the Rotary Club of Wolfeboro. He was treasurer of the Huggins Hospital, where he died, a trustee of Brewster Free Academy, judge of the Police Court of Wolfeboro, and for a number of years had been a member of the local school board. Locally, he had held nearly every position of honor and trust within the gift of the community. He had served as executor and trustee of many estates, and his advice and judgment had been eagerly sought by everybody of consequence who knew him. His reputation and influence extended throughout Carroll county and all of New Hampshire. Ex-Governor Spaulding of New Hampshire expressed his opinion to the writer that the death of no other man in Rochester or Wolfeboro could have caused such an irreparable loss as the death of Ernest Trickey.
In 1921 Ernest married Miss Alma S. Clow, younger daughter of Stephen W. Clow of Wolfeboro, and she alone survives him.
Ernest was a loyal son of Dartmouth, keenly interested in all matters pertaining to Dartmouth College, and, in particular, the members of the class of 1907. The writer last saw Ernest at the Parker House in Boston late in March, at which time he seemed in perfect health, although he said he was tired, because of the tremendous amount of work thrust upon him by the bank holiday.
Ernest's success in life was due to his absolute integrity, a sane and calm judgment, and unusual modesty. He was democratic, always anxious to give of himself to everybody in need; he was everybody's friend and everybody was his friend. He had the affection and the admiration of everybody who knew him.
The class of 1907 has lost one of its most outstanding men.
W. H. SMART.
Class of 1916
DR. CLARENCE WYMAN FIPPHEN, for thirteen years a practicing physician at Shrewsbury, Mass., died of a heart attack at his home in that town on the morning of May 7. He had been in ill health for some time, but had recently resumed his practice.
"Fip" was born at North Weare, N. H., April ia, 1894, the son of Clarence Frederick and Lillian Mae (Wyman) Fipphen. He took the pre-medical course during junior and senior years, and completed his medical course at Harvard, graduating in 1919. In 1919-20 he was house physician at Worcester City Hospital, and in 1920 began practice at Shrewsbury. There he was a member of the board of health and school physician. His special interest was provision for undernourished children in the town schools.
He was a member of the American Legion, having been a member of the S. A. T. C. at Harvard. He was a Mason, a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society and the American Medical Association, and of the Alpha Kappa Kappa fraternity.
He was married October 2, 1920, to Ethel Bole of Concord, N. H., who survives him, with two sons, Richard and John.
Class of 1929
MILTON EDGAR ADAMS was killed in an automobile accident, April 17, 1933, in his twenty-seventh year. He was the son of Milton Edgar and Helen (Marris) Adams, was born in Bayonne, N. J., February 20, 1906, and prepared for Dartmouth at Central High School, Minneapolis, Minn.
Milt was an active member of our class through junior year. For three years he was on the board of the Pictorial and was photographic editor sophomore and junior years. He was president of the Camera Club sophomore year. In June, 1928, he resigned to transfer to the University of Minnesota, where he received the degree of electrical engineer. He was with the Northern States Power Co. from 1928 to the time of his death, and took an active interest in the American Amateur Radio Relay League as well.
On August 10, 1927, he married Marion Jane Doremus, and at the time of his death lived at 5641 13th Ave., South, Minneapolis. Besides Mrs. Adams, he leaves three children, Milton Edgar Jr., four and one-half years; Nancy Jane, two years; and a baby (unnamed as yet) born April 21, four days after Milt's death.
The deep sympathy of the class goes out to Mrs. Adams and the children, and to Milt's parents.
By reason of his reception of the degree of Doctor of Laws in 1909, we claim for Dartmouth a share in GEORGE HERBERT PALMER, distinguished and beloved professor at Harvard, who died at his home in Cambridge, Mass., May 7.
Professor Palmer was born in Boston, May 19, 1842, son of Julius Auboyneau and Lucy Manning (Peabody) Palmer, prepared for college at Phillips Andover Academy, and graduated from Harvard in 1864. In 1867-9 he studied at the University of Tiibingen, and, returning to America, graduated from Andover Theological Seminary in 1870. His long career at Harvard began with a tutorship in Greek in 1870-2. He was then instructor in philosophy in 1872-3, assistant professor in 1873-83, and professor in 1883-9. In iSSg he was appointed to the Alford professorship of natural religion, moral philosophy, and civil polity, becoming professor emeritus in 1913. He held the highest rank as a philosopher and teacher, and was the author of many books of great merit.
He was married in 1871 to Ellen Margaret Wellman, who died in 1879. In 1887 he was married to Alice Freeman, president of Wellesley College, who died in 1902. His "Life of Alice Freeman Palmer," published in 1908, is a masterpiece of biography.
Class of 1893
EDGAR WASHBURN STOCKWELL, M.D., was born in Unity, N. H., July 29, 1870, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Elbridge A. Stockwell, and fitted for college at Stevens High School, Claremont. He entered the Chandler Scientific Department with the class of 1893, but after a year transferred to the Medical School, from which he graduated in 1896. He was a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity and of the Ace of Spades society in the medical school. He sang tenor on the college glee club and in the choir of the college church. At the indoor athletic meet in the winter of 1893 he won the middleweight boxing championship of the College.
Dr. Stockwell did postgraduate work at the New- York Maternity Hospital and the Children's Hospital at Baldwinsville, Mass. He was engaged in general practice for 20 years in western Massachusetts, at Adams, New Marlborough, and Great Barrington, but for the past 15 years had been located in Boston with offices on Washington St., where he specialized in orthopedics. He was a member of the Methodist church and of the Masonic order, including Aleppo Temple of the Mystic Shrine and the Square and Compass Club. He is survived by his widow, his mother, and three brothers. He had no children.
We remember Stockwell in Hanover as a tall, good-looking boy, with a sweet tenor voice, who was full of fun, yet seemed older than his years. He came back to several class reunions, and in recent years had kept in touch with the class secretary by correspondence. Long continued ill health brought him to a state of depression from which he sought release by committing suicide by shooting at his home in Maiden. Mass., on April 11.
Honorary
Medical School
