Deaths

ALUMNI NOTES

Necrology

Class of 1872

ALBERT LEROY BARTLETT died at Benson's Hospital, Haverhill, Mass., May 14, 1934, of general collapse after a lifetime of continued good health.

He was born at the Bartlett ancestral homestead on Silver Hill, Haverhill, Mass., June 1, 1852, son of Thomas and Patience (Hawkins) Bartlett. He was the brother of Horace Everett Bartlett, Dartmouth '69. He was the last survivor of his immediate family. He was never married.

He was of revolutionary ancestry, and a lineal descendant of Colonial Governors Winthrop and Dudley of Massachusetts Colony. He was born and died in Haverhill, and had never changed his residence from 513 Washington St. in that city in the location then known as Silver Hill.

He was prepared for college in the Washington Street Grammar and High Schools, and entered Dartmouth College in 1868, eminently well equipped to take a prominent position for scholarship in his class. He was at all times a serious and diligent student, became a member of A K E fraternity, and was quietly popular during his entire college course.

VACATION SCHOOL TEACHER

In taste and endowment he was a scholar and life-long student. During his college life he followed the practice which was usual at that time, and taught school during the winter vacations, demonstrating his fitness, and acquiring an ability as an instructor which was of service during many years of his active life.

His first position after graduation was as master of Sherborn (Mass.) Academy, which he held from 1872 to 1875. He then served Bradford (Mass.) High School from 1875 to 1882; he next became submaster of Haverhill (Mass.) High School from 1882 to 1888; thereafter he became superintendent of public instruction of Haverhill from 1888 to 1897. Meantime he was lecturer on English language and literature in the New Hampshire Summer Normal School from 1895 to 1897 and thereafter at Martha's Vineyard (Mass.) Normal School in 1901. When he was superintendent he brought the schools of Haverhill to a high standard.

On the completion of his services in that office he traveled in Europe with his brother Horace, and on his return gave an account of his trip in a book entitled "A Golden Way," which he published in 1902. Meantime in 1890 he had also published a "History of Haverhill Academy and High School," and followed this with "Essentials of Language and Grammar" (1900), "A Golden Way" (1902) supra, "The Construction of English" (1903), and "The Elements of English Grammar" (1907). Three of these books which apply to English and English grammar were translated into Spanish for use in the Spanish possessions, while the English editions were used in this country and Canada. Bartlett was also a liberal contributor to current magazines according to printed statements, but no accurate or adequate list or register of such contributions is accessible now.

POLITICALLY ACTIVE

Having listened to a lecture by President Eliot of Harvard University on "The Commission Form of Government for Cities" in 1908, Bartlett became an active participant with two other citizens of his city in a movement to establish a change in the municipal organization of Haverhill, which was adopted in 1909 and is still in use. In 1911 he was elected alderman of that city and to him was assigned the duties of commissioner of public safety, which he held through 1914. During that period he guided the city of Haverhill through a dangerous industrial strike, and successfully handled the overflow of the I.W.W. strike in Lawrence, Mass.

In 1915 he was elected mayor of the city of Haverhill by a very large plurality, and continued in that office until the end of 1916. During that period the city is said to have enjoyed its highest prosperity. The city debt was reduced $71,500, and the tax rate became the lowest for several years. At the same time a new hospital (The Gale) was established and an extensive marginal sewer around Lake Kenoza was begun and nearly completed. He again served in the City Council as commissioner of public safety in 1917 and 1918.

In addition it should be noted that Bartlett was a trustee of the Haverill Public Library since 1889, a member of the Haverhill Park Commission from 1900 to 1912, and for seven years its chairman, and was for a long time president of the Dartmouth Club of Haverhill.

On the proper occasion in 1907 he also took a leading and successful part in procuring the acceptance by the city of the legislative act for the establishment of playgrounds.

Following his last municipal service in 1918, he traveled extensively until 1930, when he was again persuaded to enter public life and was elected state representative from the Second Essex District in 1930. As in all other public duties he was diligent and conscientious, being active even at his advanced age so that he came to be known in the legislature as in his ancestral home as the "grand old man of Haverhill." In 1932 he was re-elected to the same office for another term, which had not expired when his end overtook him.

As evidence of his popularity in his last office, on his eightieth birthday, without previous notice to him his chair and desk were beautifully decorated with flowers at the expense of his associates, so that when he arrived for his usual duty the surprise was a delight to him as well as to his friends. He was proud to mention the fact to his classmates on the sixtieth anniversary of his graduation at Dartmouth, which was held in 1932. So busy had been his life that this occasion was the first of his appearances in Hanover since he received his diploma and degree of A.B. He could not then express his surprise at the changes that sixty years had worked in the physical features of the town and college.

He was a member of the North Congregational church, of the Odd Fellows, and Knights of Pythias. He was also in great demand as a speaker at historical occasions, because of his wide and exact knowledge of the history of his city and of eastern New England.

The funeral services took place at the North Congregational church on May 17, 1934, at 2:30 P.M. As he had directed, the services were simple and solemn and no eulogy was pronounced.

Class of 1873

DR. JOHN CONANT STEWART died at the York (Me.) Hospital, June 4, 1934. He passed away in his sleep while in preparation for a major operation.

He was born in Ryegate, Vt., June 19, 1850, the son of Duncan and Margaret (Ritchie) Stewart, both being of Scotch ancestry. He prepared for college at Caledonia County Grammar School, Peacham, under Charles A. Bunker '64. He earned his way through college by farm work summers and teaching winters. He was a member of the freshman society, Delta Kappa, and of the Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity.

After graduation he went to York, Me., where he had taught sophomore winter, and began the study of medicinr in the office of Dr. Jasper J. Hazen. In 1873 and 1876 he attended medical lectures at Dartmouth, and graduated as M.D. in November, 1876, as valedictorian of the class of 1877. He opened practice at once at York.

Other matters occupied much of his time from the first. In the winter of 1873-74 he taught at Brewster, Mass.; presently he engaged in the lumber business at York, continuing for two years; in February, 1877, he became part owner of a coach line between Cape Neddick, Me., and Portsmouth, N. H., and also ran coaches daring the summer season between York Beach and Portsmouth. This last enterprise was succeeded by the York Harbor & Beach R. R., of which he was a director and clerk. In 1883 he organized the S.S.S. Building Association, being president and treasurer. For two years from 1884 he managed a meat and provision market at York Village. For two years from 1889 he was engaged with a partner in the manufacture of bricks and lumber. In 1891 he organized the Orient Mutual Life Insurance Co., of which he was president and medical director for four years, until the company was absorbed by the Maine Mutual. For three years he was vice-president of the York County Horse Breeders' Association. He had been a director of the Agamenticus Light and Power Co. and a director and vice-president of the York County National Bank. Other enterprises with which he was officially connected were the York Printing Co., the York Realty Co., the York Corporation Trust and Law Co., the Norton Brick Corporation, and the Atlas Manufacturing Co. Outside of business he was closely interested in the Children's Heart Work Society of Maine and the Christian Civic League of Maine. He was connected with many professional and other societies and fraternal organizations. In Masonry he had held various offices in the Grand Commandery of Maine.

PARTNER OF R. W. HAWKES '99

In 1888 he gave up medical practice and began the study of law. This study was interrupted by his other interests, and it was not until June, 1895, that he was admitted to the bar. For some ten years he practiced in Saco, but in January, 1906, he returned to York, where he continued in active practice until his death, being in partnership with Ralph W. Hawkes '99.

Politically he was an ardent Republican, taking the stump in nearly every campaign since his early years, serving as deputy sheriff for six years and as state senator in 1891, and declining requests to be a candidate for governor. In his town he had held virtually every public office.

No matter how busy he might be, he so arranged his affairs as to be present at every reunion of his class. He was never married, and on one occasion brought his mother to a reunion.

An editorial appreciation in his local paper closes with these words: "Dr. Stewarthad a lean mind and a downright wayabout him which was worthy of his Scotchheritage and his northern New Englandbreeding, and his humor was characteristicof the people among whom he lived. Thedignity of the common man, the nativearistocrat, was in his blood, and if therehas been a man more finely American thanhe, we have yet to meet him."

FRED CRAYTON AINSWORTH was born September 11, 1852, in Woodstock, Vt. He was the son of Crayton and Harriet (Caryl) Ainsworth, and came of a long line of English ancestry. He prepared for college in the schools of his native town. He was a member of Kappa Sigma Epsilon, freshman society, and of Psi Upsilon.

ESTABLISHED WAR RECORD

Leaving college in 1871, he began at once the study of medicine, and graduated from the medical school of the University of New York in 1874 with the degree of M.D. He was appointed first lieutenant and assistant surgeon in the United States Army November 10, 1874, was ordered to duty in the field, and served on the border in the Southwest. On November 10, 1879, he was advanced to the rank of captain. In 1892 he was transferred to Washington and placed in charge of the Record and Pension Office of the War Department, that office having charge of the hospital records of the soldiers, and was promoted to the rank of colonel. He introduced the index-record card system, so simplifying the records that by its use the full military record of any soldier may be immediately traced. About 50,000,000 of these cards have been placed on file, with a yearly saving to the government of $400,000. In 1898 he succeeded Gen. George W. Davis as supervisor of the publication of the official records of the Civil War. March 2, 1899, he was advanced to the rank of brigadier general. On March 2, 1904, the Senate voted to consolidate the offices of the Adjutant General and the Record and Pension Division, the new bureau beingknown as the Military Secretary's Office, and Gen. Ainsworth became the military secretary with the rank of major general. March 5, 1897, this title was changed to that of Adjutant General of the United States.

A petition of many members of the class to the trustees of Dartmouth College that Gen. Ainsworth be granted the degree of Bachelor of Arts as of the class of 1873 was granted, and at the Commencement of 1908 this was conferred on him, although at the last moment official duties prevented his being present.

After 37 years of service in the War Department he was charged with insubordination by the Secretary of War, resigned February 16, 1912, from the office of Adjutant General, and at his request his name was placed on the retired list. He continued to reside in Washington for the remainder of his life, living with his wife at "The Concord."

General Ainsworth was a crack shot with the rifle, and was fond of taking long hunting trips in the sections of the country where big game was plenty.

He died in Washington of bronchial pneumonia, June 5, 1934.

He married in 1881, Miss Mary Cook, who is deceased. They had no children.

Class of 1874

FRANK NESMITH PARSONS, secretary of the class, died suddenly of heart disease at his home in Franklin, N. H., August g, 1934. The son of Rev. Benjamin F. and Mary A. (Nesmith) Parsons, he was born in Dover, N. IT., September 3, 1854, and prepared for college at Pinkerton Academy, Derry. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and Phi Beta Kappa.

He taught winters during the last two years of his college course, and for the first year after graduation was principal of the high school at Franklin, N. H., and for the next year submaster in the high school of Nashua. He then began the study of law in Franklin in the office of Austin F. Pike, who was later United States, senator. In 1879 he was admitted l:o the bar, and began practice in Franklin as partner of Senator Pike, an association which continued until the death of the latter in 1886. His professional success from the start led to a long career of public service, the details of which are given below.

In 1889 he was a member of the state Constitutional Convention. From 1891 to 1895 he was state law reporter, preparing for publication the decisions of the Supreme Court. In 1893-5 he was a member of the Executive Council of the state, and in 1895 mayor of Franklin. In 1895 he was appointed an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the state, and was promoted to be chief justice in 1902. This position he held with distinction until his retirement at the age of seventy in 1924. After this "retirement" he represented his city in the legislature of 1925, and was a member and president of the Constitutional Convention of 1930.

HONORARY LL.D. FROM DARTMOUTH

Among other positions which Judge Parsons held was that of president of the Franklin Savings Bank; vice-president of the Franklin National Bank; president of the New Hampshire Bar Association, 1912-14; vice-president of the New Hampshire Historical Society, 1911-17, and its president, 1917-19. In 1904 he received the degree of Doctor of Laws from Dartmouth.

October 26, 1880, he was married to Helen F. Pike, daughter of his law instructor and partner, who died in 1914. They had no children.

Among the large number of prominent citizens of the state who attended the funeral services (marked by the utmost simplicity, according to Judge Parsons' expressed wish) was one representative of the class, Dean Charles H. Pettee of the University of New Hampshire.

From a long obituary notice in the local paper, the following words are taken: "Judge Parsons was Franklin's outstandingcitizen, and his death takes from the community one of its most distinguished men.He has during his long residence heretaken a very active part in community affairs, and since retiring from the state'shighest tribunal had frequently given adviceto city officials in regard to city problems. His was a judicial mind, but he hadthe faculty of cutting corners and arrivingat conclusions quickly and correctly, givinghis decisions in language that the laymancould easily understand He re-tained his remarkably keen mind up to thelast. He was often called the father ofFranklin's system of water works, havingdone more than any other citizen to establish the city's system Judge Parsons' many friends had rejoiced at the keenpleasure taken by him during his lateryears in motoring. He not only took frequent trips into other states, but loved toexplore every road in New Hampshire thatwas passable. Last spring the Judge withhis chauffeur motored to Charleston, S. C.,and so pleasant did he find the excursionthat he continued to Miami, remarking onhis return that he presumed the chauffeurwas tired, but that he was not and wasthinking of driving to California andback."

GEORGE JOHNSON CARR died at his home in Montclair, N. J., August 10, 1934, after a lingering illness.

He was born in Enfield, N. H., November 28, 1850, his parents being John P. and Emily A. (Cochrane) Carr. In his thirteenth year the family removed to Andover, N. H. His preparation for the Chandler Scientific Department was obtained at Colby Academy, New London, and Kimball Union Academy. He was a member of Phi Zeta Mu (now Sigma Chi).

After graduation he studied law for a year at Andover in the office of John M. Shirley and then at Lynn, Mass., in the office of William W. Niles. He was admitted to the bar in 1877, and practiced there in partnership with Mr. Niles until 1899. He then removed to Montclair, N. J., and practiced in New York City, at first alone and later in partnership with his son. His practice was extensive and successful, and he declined an offer of an appointment to the bench of the Superior Court of New Jersey. He retired from active practice about 1920.

March 9, 1880, Mr. Carr was married to Flora Ardelle, daughter of Samuel D. Niles of Lynn, Mass., who died in May, 1927. A second marriage, April 22, 1931, was to Mrs. Ella Righter of New York, who survives him. Two children survive, Shirley N. Carr, his law partner, and Mrs. Katharine C. Rodewald.

Class of 1875

GEORGE ISAAC ALDRICH died May 21, 1934, at his summer home at Annisquam, Mass.

He was born in Manchester, N. H., December 1, 1853, the son o£ Charles and Ann (Bowen) Aldrich, and prepared for college in the schools of his native city. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and Phi Beta Kappa.

In the fall after graduation he began his long and brilliant career as an educator. being principal of Adams Grammar School at Quincy, Mass., from 1875 to 1878. From 1878 to 1880 he was superintendent of schools at Canton, Mass., to which for the next three years the schools of Milton were joined. From 1883 to 1892 he was superintendent for Milton and Quincy, and then for the Newton schools to 1899. During part of the year 1900 he was acting superintendent at Springfield, Mass., and then from 1900 at Brookline, Mass., until his retirement in 1921. From 1890 to 1908 he was a member of the state board of education, and was for many years one of the most prominent educational administrators in the East.

October 27, 1880, he was married to Evelyn L. Holbrook of Hopkinton, Mass., who died July 15, 1885. March 31, 1887, he was married to Elsie M. Holbrook, who survives him, with their daughter, Evelyn Hope (Mrs. N. W. Sample of Philadelphia). Two other children died in infancy.

WILLIAM HALL HART died of toxemia at his home, "Heartsease," at Manchester Bridge, near Poughkeepsie, N. Y., May 23. 1934.

The son of Benjamin Hall and Elizabeth (Nichols) Hart, he was born on March 3, 1853 on the farm where his life was spent. He prepared for college at Riverview Military Academy, Poughkeepsie. He was a member of Psi Upsilon and Phi Beta Kappa, and was the salutatorian at graduation.

His father died in the fall of 1875, and he took charge of the family homestead. The father had devoted himself to the culture of fruits of various kinds, and this enterprise the son continued, making the apple his specialty. The extent of his business made him known as the "Apple King," and he became widely known as an authority on the scientific production and management of fruit.

Mr. Hart never married. Two sisters looked after his household until their death a few years since, and a nephew was associated with him in the management of the business. He was a Republican in politics, a life-long communicant of the Episcopal church, and a charter member of the University Club of Poughkeepsie.

He was present at the 50th and 55 th anniversaries of the class, and his nephew writes: "His memories of Dartmouth andhis classmates, both in his college days andat reunions, were among his most cherished."

Class of 1876

ARTHUR HAY died June 25, 1934. He was returning North from Charleston, S. C., where he had spent the winter, when he became suddenly ill at Baltimore, was operated upon at the Johns Hopkins hospital, but did not recover consciousness after the operation.

Hay was born at Brandywine Hundred, Del., September 9, 1853, the son of Frederick J. Hay, a native of South Carolina, and Adeline (Wyman) Hay, a native of Westminster, Mass. The greater portion of his childhood was spent in Massachusetts. His preparation for college was in Newton and Salisbury, Md. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi. After graduation he found employment for several years in Maryland and Delaware, removing in 1881 to Worcester, Mass., where he became principal of a grammar school. In 1888 he took a position with the Western Electric Company in Chicago, and remained with the company thirty years.

After retirement, with abundant leisure, Hay turned to various forms of art. "He was greatly interested in photographyand took many really beautiful pictures.He did practically all the printing himself. Then in the last eight or nine yearsof his life he added painting to his hobbies. While, of course, beginning as he didlate in life to take up such a study, he didnot expect to paint a masterpiece. Still, hederived a great deal of pleasure and amusement from his experiments in oils. A yearor so before his death he commenced thestudy of the violin, something which hehad wanted to do all his life. His interestswere very diversified, as you see, and hewas happy and active in them right up tothe time of his death.

"The record of his automobiling duringthe last six years of his life was just below80,000 miles. Perhaps this shows morethan anything else how well he retained hishealth and vigor."

He married, August 24, 1892, Miss Nellie Frances Saunders of Maiden, Mass. She died in 1918. He had two daughters. The younger, Doris Saunders, died in 1915. Surviving him are a daughter, Adelaide (Hay) Jackson of Ossining, N. Y., and a sister, Miss Sarah W. Hay. The burial was in the family lot at Westminster, Mass.

Hay was likable; there was a piquancy about his personality which was definitely delightful; he was loyal to class and college, and rarely was absent from reunions at Hanover. His death is the first in the group of seven present at the "fifty-fifth."

Louis VANDERBILT HASKELL, after a period of gradually failing health, died at his home in Lincoln, Neb., July 20, 1934. He had not been in a definitely critical condition, and a term of excessive heat was given as the immediate occasion of his death.

He was born in New York City, January 11, 1852, the son of Roswell and Charlotte Jane (DeForest) Haskell. His preparation for college was at Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, N. H. He was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa.

After graduation he was for three years in charge of the high school at Charlestown, N. H., and for a similar term was at the head of the high school in Windsor, Vt.

In 1884 he became associated with his brother, John D. Haskell '77, in banking at Stromsburg, Neb., and in 1888 became president of the Park Bank in Stromsburg. He was chosen city treasurer, bank examiner, president of the board of education and of the board of trade, and for many years was active in state and city politics. He had been a resident of Lincoln since his retirement twenty years ago, removing from Wagner, S. D., where he had been engaged in banking for five years.

March 17, 1880, he was married to Lida Atherton of Ludlow, Vt. He had made his home in Lincoln with a sister, Miss Julia S. Haskell, who survives him. He is also survived by two daughters, Mrs. C. R. Easterday of Lincoln and Mrs. Harry P. Ladd of Kewanee, Ill., and by two sons, Roswell of Detroit and Robert L. of Milwaukee.

Haskell was a Mason. Of his tastes and interests beyond those mentioned comparatively little is known to classmates. It does not appear that after his settlement in Stromsburg he returned for class reunions. During the last twenty years of his life, with his sister, he spent much of his time in reading, and judging from a list furnished his taste was for books of a substantial character other than fiction. He was individual beyond the average, and the memory of him in college is definite.

Class of 1878

DR. GEORGE WEARE WEYMOUTH of Lyme, N. H„ died May 30, 1934, at Mary Hitchcock Hospital a few hours after his arrival there. Although"' he had been subject for some time to arteriosclerosis, he had confessed to illness for only three days, and having engaged a neighbor to drive him to Hanover for consultation, was sent at once to the hospital. Interment was in the family lot at his native place, where he had visited only the Sunday before his death, calling upon old friends for the first time in many years, and is said to have remarked that it might be the last time he should make such a visit.

Dr. Weymouth was born at Andover, N. H., August 34, 1857, son of Dr. Henry A. (Honorary 1870) and Louisa (Young) Weymouth. He prepared for college at New Hampshire Literary and Scientific Institute at New London. As he intimates in some of his later reports, he did not work or study to excess during his college course, but he managed to occupy himself happily without indulging in other excesses or sowing wild oats. He was a member of D.K.E. He roomed only in dormitories, Dartmouth, Wentworth, and Reed.

At graduation he gave medicine as his intended calling, and adhered to that purpose consistently, as appears from his report of 1888: "I studied medicine with myfather and attended lectures at DartmouthMedical College, graduating in ISBI, practiced ten months at Danbury, attended apost-graduate medical school in New YorkCity eight months, and after a stay at Laconiafor a year and a half, came to Graftonin December, 1884, and have been heresince in the active practice of my profession." In 1889 he moved to Lyme, where he has since practiced. In 1932 the New Hampshire Medical Society awarded him a gold medal on the completion of fifty years' medical practice in the state. He said at that time that he and his father between them had to their credit a hundred and seventeen years of such practice.

In these years he seems to have fulfilled in high degree the mission of the old-time family physician now being accorded something of the appreciation it deserves, and to have done so cheerfully and uncomplainingly under the shadow of a domestic experience that would have broken the morale of many a man.

He was married March 18, 1884, to Miss Minnie T. Morgan of Fryeburg, Me. To them were born three children: Louisa Morgan, Henry Gerry, and Forrest. The last named died in infancy. After a few years Mrs. Weymouth developed insanity, said to have been hereditary, and was committed to Concord Hospital in 1905, to be followed thither in 1913 by her daughter Louisa and in 1913 by her son Henry (one year a member of '13), all hopeless cases. It is difficult to appreciate what the strain must have been upon husband and father during the years of approach to these commitments and the years since. Even the economic burden must have weighed on the back of a country physician. To bear these burdens and to keep sweet was in itself an achievement that should place a man's name high among .those who have served their day and generation.

Mrs. Weymouth passed away last March. There is something suggestive in her husband's following so soon, as if a responsibility, long the motive of life, had been released.

Class of 1879

CHARLES SUMNER COOK was born at Keene, N. H., June 20, 1857, and died at Los Angeles, Calif., May 27, 1934.

The son of Simeon and Patience (Parsons) Cook, he fitted for college at the Keene High School, entering the Chandler Scientific Department of Dartmouth College in 1875. He became a member of the Vitruvian fraternity. At the end of the first year course he received the Taft prize for free-hand drawing. He taught school two winters while in college, "boarding round" during one of them.

After graduation he remained in Hanover until 1887, four years as tutor in mathematics in the C.S.D., and four years in the Academic Department as instructor in physics and astronomy. A student of that period has written that he was "wellequipped to teach his subject, but his selfeffacing shyness was so pronounced thathis really strong personality was not fullyappreciated by all his students."

During the latter part of his Hanover residence he lived at the Observatory. One of his duties was to make the daily meteorological observations. While doing this be became interested in the possible use of the spectroscope in forecasting weather conditions, and sent a brief article on the subject to Science. This led to an invitation to read a paper at a meeting of the New England Meteorological Society in Boston, which in turn led to an invitation to send an account of his work with the spectroscope to England to be incorporated in an article in a new edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica. During this period and afterward he wrote a number of articles for leading scientific magazines. In three European trips he met some of the most distinguished scientists of England and Germany. On one of these trips he did some Alpine climbing with Prof. A. S. Hardy, in which they had a thrilling adventure that nearly cost them their lives.

OUTDOOR ENTHUSIAST

While teaching at Dartmouth he became interested in the outdoor life, boating on the river with some of the village people, exploring the surrounding hills with Prof. Jesup, and beginning the conquest of the winter country on snowshoes. He had a village mechanic make him a pair of skis ten feet long after reading of their use in Norway, and for the first time in history Balch Hill had ski tracks on its slopes. He and a companion undertook to climb Mt. Washington on skis, and had a somewhat hectic experience in sub-zero weather.

In 1887 he became professor of physics and astronomy at Northwestern University, Chicago, where for a time he was the only distinctly young man on the faculty. While teaching there, he was elected a member of Phi Beta Kappa. At a session of the American Association for the Advancement of Science he read a paper on the spectroscope, and exhibited one of his own construction, after which he was elected a fellow of the Association, and was made a member of the committee to nominate a president of the physics section of the organization.

After five years at the University he began to suffer from what he regarded as an inherited nervous weakness. This became a fixed idea in his mind, following him the rest of his life and clouding what might otherwise have been a brilliant career. He abandoned teaching and went to California to engage in fruit-raising. But five years of severe drought compelled him to give that up with heavy financial loss.

After a few years in New England, two delightful years on the Island of Trinidad, and some time in San Francisco, he settled down in Los Angeles. As a patriotic service at the time of the World War, he entered the employ of the Postal Telegraph Company as a messenger "boy." He found the work so interesting with its opportunities for meeting people in their times of stress and the out-door life so invigorating, that he continued in it for about fifteen years. There was one drawback, he had to wear the uniform of the messengers. To his extremely sensitive spirit this seemed to put him in a lowly position which was a disgrace to his college, and which would make Dartmouth men want nothing to do with him. In consequence he kept entirely aloof from the local Alumni Association.

Still he made warm friends among those whom he met in a business way and in the offices of the Company, who showed him many kindnesses. Several college classmates met him during these years and were much impressed by his appearance. One of them wrote: "We found him a cultured and refined gentleman, and most interesting withpersonal reminiscences." Meanwhile his interest in scientific studies, especially of the spectroscope, continued, and he read extensively in German, French, and Italian.

During the last three years of his life his wages were too small to meet his very modest requirements, and in the spring of 1933 he was retired from the Company's employ. A small state pension and some aid from classmates supplied his needs. The friendly spirit shown by the men of his class convinced him that he was not an outcast, and led to a much happier state of mind.

During the last three months his health failed rapidly, the end coming suddenly from a heart attack. The local alumni association took charge of the funeral arrangements. Rev. W. P. Hardy, Dartmouth '87, officiated at the service, which was attended by several of the alumni and by other friends. Flowers were given by the Class of '79.

The body was cremated, and the ashes sent to Keene for burial in the family plot.

Class of 1880

JOSIAH DUSTIN WILSON died in Hollister, Calif., May 28, 1934. He was born in Haverhill, N. H., June 10, 1857. He entered Dartmouth in 1876 in the Chandler Department and continued two years in the class of '80, when he transferred to Cornell, where he completed his education. He was a member of the Vitruvian fraternity (now Beta Theta Pi). About 45 years ago he went to Hollister, Calif., and lived there till his decease. Much of the time he was in poor health. Although he was finely educated, he engaged almost exclusively in manual labor. He lived alone in a cabin near Hollister.

He was inclined to live a life of retirement, but -had many friends in Hollister and vicinity. Tom Flint has known him well for 40 years. He and Dr. J. H. Tibbetts '79 were pallbearers at his funeral. He never married.

Class of 1882

DR. FRANK GLEASON FAY died at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass., August 31, 1933, of gangrene after the amputation of a leg.

He was born in East Weymouth, Mass., February 1, 1859, his parents being Dr. George W. and Jennie L. (Mowry) Fay. His freshman year was taken at Williams College, and he was with his Dartmouth class only during sophomore year.

After leaving college he studied medicine, graduating from Long Island College Hospital in 1884. No information is at hand as to where and when he practiced the profession. He was twice married, first to Mary Isabel Meachan. There is a son by this marriage, now living in California. The second marriage was to Cora Clough of Worcester, Mass., from whom he was later divorced.

Class o£ 1888

See the class notes in this issue for comment on the death of Aleyne A. Fisher, the following account of whose life was prepared by his son, Harvey S. Fisher of San Francisco. The November issue will carry a tribute taken from the official publication of the Railway Mail Association, a tribute which gives much of his lifework in government service, most of which was unknown to his classmates.

ALEYNE ABIAL FISHER, son of Capt. Abial W. (Dartmouth 1858) and Violetta Roberts (Morse) Fisher, was born in his grandfather's home at Morse's Mill, Danville, Vt., on April 14, 1866. In 1872, the family moved to Washington, D. C„ where he was educated in the public grammar and high schools, and where he subsequently resided. He entered Dartmouth in the fall of 1884, and became a member of the Psi Upsilon fraternity. He was on the junior class baseball team in 1887, vice-president of football in the same year, a member of the junior Whist Club, and business manager of the 1888 Aegis—published by the class in junior year. He belonged to the Sphinx senior society, was Manager of the Lit during senior year, and became class president in the spring of 1888. Subsequently he was chosen as the permanent class president. After receiving his A.B. degree at Dartmouth in 1888, he studied law at Columbian University in Washington, during the year 1888-89.

On April 29, 1889, he was appointed a clerk in the Post Office Department, detailed to the office of the general superintendent of the Railway Mail Service. He worked his way up through various clerkships until in 1907 he became chief clerk to the general superintendent R.M.S., and in 19 n chief clerk to the Second Assistant Postmaster General. During this period and afterwards, he was a member of numerous committees appointed to reorganize and modernize the postal service—chief of which was his appointment by the Postmaster General in August of 1912 as one of a committee of five to organize a parcel post service, which became operative in 1913. On July 1, 1917, he became division superintendent R.M.S., with headquarters in Washington, D. C., and on September 1, 1926, general superintendent. Several times he was urged for the office of Second Assistant Postmaster General, under which official the Railway Mail Service operates, but he always refused to be considered for the office because of its purely political nature. He held the post of general superintendent R.M.S., until January of 1934, when, due to a reorganization of the service, he became superintendent-at-large. During more than forty-five years, he was held in the highest esteem by his associates and those at the head of the Post Office department, and endeared himself to the entire mail service because he always took a personal interest in the thousands of employees under him and did everything possible for their happiness and wellbeing.

He passed away, very suddenly and without any warning from an attack of cardiac dilatation (enlargement of the heart) at his home in The Ontario Apartments on the afternoon of May 12, 1934, immediately after returning from his office. Services were held in Washington, on May 14, and interment took place in the family lot at Danville, Vt., on the following afternoon.

On February 20, 1901, in San Francisco, Calif., he married Miss Ida Olive Somers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Curtis Somers of that city. Two children were born to them: a daughter, Frances Morse Fisher, and a son, Harvey Somers Fisher (Dartmouth 1928).

He is survived by his widow, his daughter and son and a sister, Miss Letta B. Fisher.

CHAUNCEY GLEASON died at his home in Haverhill, Mass., July 3, 1934, of pneumonia, following pleurisy, after an illness of only five days. See class notes in this issue. The following account is derived from material furnished by his son-in-law, the husband of his daughter Elizabeth, and a notice in the Haverhill Evening Gazette.

The son of Rev. George LeBoy (Dartmouth 1861) and Charlotte Augusta (Perkins) Gleason, he was born in Bristol, Vt„ January 4, 1866. He prepared for college at Dummer Academy, Byfield, Mass., where the family were then living. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi and the Sphinx.

For a short time after graduation he was principal of the grammar school at Merrimac, Mass. Soon after he engaged in farming at Haverhill, and there the rest of his life was spent, largely in milk production and the raising of high-grade cattle. He was president of the Essex County Co-operative Milk Producers' Association, treasurer of the New England Milk Producers Association, and a member of the board of directors of the Eastern States Farmers' Exchange. He was widely known through New England through his activity in these and other farmers' organizations.

October 4, 1894, he was married to Florence Nichols of Haverhill, who survives him, with their three children: Jeannette (Mrs. Benjamin Towne of Topsfield, Mass.); Winthrop Perkins, who has lived with his parents and will continue the management o£ the farm; Elizabeth (Mrs. Myron E. Doucette of Garden City Park, L. X.). There are five grandchildren. Two brothers and two sisters also survive Mr. Gleason.

Class of 1889

IRVING ELLIS SANBORN died at his home in Canandaigua, N. Y., July 18, 1934.

He was born in Albany, Vt., November 28, 1866, the son of Albert J. and Cornelia (Stockwell) Sanborn.

He prepared for college at St. Johnsbury (Vt.) Academy and entered in 1884, but, on account of a prolonged illness, joined our class at the beginning of sophomore year and graduated (A.8.) with us.

For three years, 1889 to 1892, he was a reporter on the Springfield Union, and then became sporting editor and held this position for eight years. In July, 1900, he was invited by wire to be a baseball reporter on the staff of the Chicago Tribune. He accepted promptly, and for twenty-one years followed the major league teams from the training fields in winter, in Florida, to the last game of the World's Series. He wrote the six chapters on baseball in "The Book of Athletics," published in 1914, by the Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard Company. He was a frequent writer of articles for newspapers and magazines on topics connected with baseball interests. In 1919 he wrote that only two men in the United States had written baseball stories longer tljan he.

In 1921 the Tribune retired him on a pension because of seriously impaired health, and he chose Canandaigua for his home. Until the end, however, he kept in touch with his major interest. He wrote occasional articles for publication. He served as chairman of the Trophy Committee of the American League, whose duty it was to select the best player each season. He was influential in creating and maintaining interest in local baseball teams in central New York, a movement sponsored by one of the newspapers of Rochester. It was hoped that out of the large number of young players some would prove worthy of entering the big league teams.

On December 11, 1917, in Chicago, he was married to Mrs. Jessie Henry Dewey, who survives him. There were no children.

SAMUEL CENTER KENNARD died at his home in Litchfield, N. H., September 6, 1934.

He was born in Manchester, N. H., May 1, 1865, the son of Diamond and Angelina (Center) Kennard. He prepared for college at the Manchester High School, entered and graduated (8.L.) with our class.

For a few years after graduation he was in business in Manchester, and served one term in the New Hampshire legislature. Then he moved to Boston, and for several years was a salesman of investments and later of oil burners. He made his home in Reading and in Wakefield. In 1930 he retired and went back to his native state and lived in Litchfield.

On June 18, 1895, he was married to Miss May E. Pratt, of Boston. There were two sons, one of whom, with two grandsons and Mrs. Kennard, survive.

Class of 1890

WILLIS MCDUFFEE died at his-home in Rochester, N. H., June 22, 1934. He had been in failing health for some months from uremic poisoning, although several hospital treatments had apparently improved his condition, and except to a very few of his friends outside the family circle his death was wholly unexpected. His passing has brought great sorrow to his college classmates, among whom he was a very popular and beloved figure, and to a wide acquaintance in New Hampshire and New England.

For 43 years Willis was editor and publisher of the Rochester Courier, the largest weekly newspaper in the state and one of the most influential. Up to the very last he continued his office work, and indeed the moment before he fell into unconsciousness he had written one of his characteristic bits of description.

Willis was born in Rochester, March 15, 1868, the son of Franklin (Dartmouth 1853) and Mary Frances (Hayes) McDuffee. His ancestors were sturdy Scotch-Irish folk, the original John McDuffee settling in Rochester in 1729.

After education in the public schools of Rochester, and valuable experience during his vacations working in a local shoe factory and in his father's bank, Willis entered Dartmouth, to graduate in the class of 1890, receiving the B.A. degree. His older brother, John Edgar, had preceded him in the college, in the department then known as the Chandler Scientific School.

His scholastic standing was high. He attained commencement rank, was chosen to Phi Beta Kappa, and in his junior year received one of the Atherton Greek prizes. Having a quick mind, and with a disposition for accuracy and thoroughness, he mastered easily every subject he studied. He was a diligent reader in general literature. He had a facile pen, and his talent for writing might have rewarded him with honors if he had cared to press for them, but he was interested more in the allround life of the college than in competing for prizes, and found delight in special social companionships in the class and among a few choice spirits of upper classmen. His interests were many-sided, and few men got more out of the halcyon four years than did Willis. He was a member of Psi Upsilon and of Casque and Gauntlet.

There were certain advantages which came to Willis and his chum, George Sherman Mills, who roomed together during the entire course in the home of Mrs. Susan Anna Brown, which old-fashioned white house stood where now is the administration building. Mrs. Brown was a jolly, witty, gifted lady of faculty connections, and her hospitable home was much of a resort for the informal droppings in of the professors and their wives. Willis and George had their meals there as well as their beds, which in the first months of breaking into college experience seemed a tough limitation. The board was exceptionally good, but they had to sit long at table and behave! However, in after years these boys came to appreciate this privilege. A few of the best humorous stories of the class, which Willis was so apt at retailing in later days, center around the doings, open and surreptitious, at Mrs. Brown's.

Shortly after graduation, with his mother and brother Edgar, an accomplished pianist, organist, and composer, Willis spent about a year of travel in Europe. Then came the decision for a life work. He considered first going into banking, after the family pattern, for which he had particular qualifications, but newspaper work also made its special appeal, and the opportunity opening to acquire an interest in the Rochester Courier, he began the career of a country editor and publisher which lasted until his death.

PREFERRED RURAL FIELD

From time to time he was urged to break away from what several of his intimate friends deemed to be narrowing work for one of his talent and to seek the larger field of a great city for newspaper enterprise. But with wisdom Willis stuck to his job, and these same friends were not slow later to realize this was a right choice and to praise him for continuing in Rochester.

Willis became a power for good not only in his community but also in the state. He held fast to high ideals of journalism. The columns of his paper were always clean. His editorial observations had insight and weight. Everybody knew when an issue in general politics or in civic affairs came up that McDuffee's judgment was honest and able and to be depended upon for guidance. He expressed himself fearlessly, never hesitating to oppose what he thought was wrong or unwise, and yet was always constructive in his suggestions, fair towards those who might disagree with him, and friendly and kind in his business and social contacts with them.

As the years went on his crisp, pungent, and humorous paragraphs received more and more attention. The paper was widely read for its full news reporting from surrounding towns and general interesting matter, but to many, in addition to Willis' editorial page, the attraction was his column "Roundabout," replete week after week with humorous stories and delightful observation on people and things. Here was published a wealth of reminiscence of the old Dartmouth days and Dartmouth men and interesting characters in Hanover. To the writer, "Roundabout" has been a rich treasury of what was most worth remembering in his own time, and he clipped extensively, sometimes for immediate use and often just for the satisfaction of having in possession such witty and rollicking stuff for the refreshment of dull hours.

Willis did not seek public office and was free of political ambition. His friends felt he might have served the state in distinguished ways, but he was very independent and would not adapt himself in the manner usually necessary for political advancement. And he loved too well his routine work as a newspaper man, the joy of books in his fine library, and the comfort and happiness of his family life, to forsake or limit all that for the struggle in politics. However, he did now and again go into politics disinterestedly, for the sake of his friends. He fought royally for others, as he never cared to fight at all for himself.

He was drafted on many occasions for public service. In 1895-1896 he represented Rochester in the legislature, and for three years was a member of the school board. At Concord he was largely responsible for the passage of the state library law. For many years he was a trustee of the Rochester Public Library, in which position his acquaintance with books and fine judgment were invaluable. In 1914-1916 he was a trustee of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts at Durham, now the state university.

HISTORIAN OF WORLD WAR

During the war he served on every conceivable committee, and rendered a permanently valuable service, when as secretary of the Committee of Public Safety, he became war historian. There remains for future generations a very conscientious record of the war service performed by every man in the city of Rochester. He devoted untiring energy to this work.

He was a director of the old Rochester National Bank, and later the Rochester Trust Company. He was a member of Humane lodge, A.F. and A.M., of Temple Royal Arch chapter, and of Palestine Commandery, Knights Templar, all of Rochester. He was also a charter member of the local Kiwanis club, and served on numerous committees and directorates, being eminent in helpfulness in the city.

The First Congregational church of Rochester had his loyal interest. He was a constant attendant at its services and generous in its support, as his family before him: he was responsible as warden for its successful business management.

A devoted lover of nature, he had enthusiasm for the old-fashioned and simple ways of enjoying the out-of-doors—in its earlier days in bicycling, in tramping the roads and woods, climbing mountains, canoeing on the Cocheco river.

Willis McDuffee and Dora Haley were married in the Congregational church in Barrington, N. H., on July 22, 1897. His college chum Mills, who was then serving his first pastorate in Belfast, Me., by special dispensation of the governor of New Hampshire was permitted to officiate at the wedding. This was an ideal union, perfect congeniality and happiness marking all the years. Two children came to them: Franklin, an honor student from Dartmouth for three years at Oxford university, winner of the Newdigate poetry prize, and now assistant professor of English at Dartmouth; and Maude, a Smith college girl, who after several years on the professional stage and later training in physiotherapy, gave up her position as head of the department in the Polyclinic Hospital in New York City to be at home with her father during his last illness.

DIGNITARIES ATTEND FUNERAL

The funeral service was held in the Congregational church on Sunday afternoon, June 24. The church was a garden of loveliest flowers, and gathered there were many people of Rochester and vicinity, newspaper men and correspondents of the Courier, dignitaries of the city and state, and these classmates of '90 and their wives—Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Hilton, Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Woods, Charles A. Hardy, Dan B. Ruggles, John McDonald, Mrs. William Cogswell. Several members of other classes were present.

Dr. George S. Mills, who happened to be at his summer home in Belfast, Me., came on to conduct the service.

It may be permitted to quote from the Rochester Courier:

"It was throughout a service of love andsimplicity, but of the utmost beauty; aservice which the long-time Courier editorwould have pronounced a perfect tribute.Dr. Mills painted a revealing picture of alife-long beautiful friendship." And he stressed "certain very fine distinguishingtraits of Willis McDuffee's character . . . .his humor, a solvent in many a situation, abalance in his own life .... his honesty,the fwidamental comprehensive thing,that honesty which is moral truth in thedeepest part of a man, and in the wholebeing of him, the core of perfect integrity.... his essential religion, the belief inand the love for truth, beauty, goodness,God .... his loyalty—to friends, to institutions, to causes .... his capacity forfriendship. We who were his college comrades knew it so well. How we prize it!Many in the city and elsewhere knew it.It was extraordinary."

Class of 1892

WILLIS CLAYTON BELKNAP died at the Rockingham Hospital in Bellows Falls, Vt., August 17, 1934, after a brief illness from blood poisoning. The funeral services were held in Immanual Episcopal church on Sunday, August 19, and burial was in the churchyard.

Belknap, the son of John Quincy Adams and Susan A. (Richardson) Belknap, was born in Berlin, Vt., April 7, 1866, and spent his boyhood days there. He fitted for Dartmouth at Montpelier Seminary, and entered with the class of '92. He was a high ranking scholar, an editor of the Dartmouth Literary Monthly, and influential in his class, which recognized his native common sense and rugged honesty as characteristic of the Vermonter. He joined the Theta Delta Chi fraternity.

Following his graduation from Dartmouth, Belknap entered the University of Michigan Law School, and was able to complete the two-year course in one year and receive his LL.B. degree. He practiced law in Chattanooga, Tenn., for a year, and then secured a position as court reporter on the Chattanooga Times, which he held until the spring of 1895. During a trip North in that year, Belknap met L. P. Thayer, the dean of Vermont newspaper men, who engaged him as editor, with a business interest, of the Bellows Falls Times, which Mr. Thayer had just purchased. In 1896 Belknap purchased Mr. Thayer's interest and formed the W. C. Belknap Company, which in 1908 purchased the Vermont Journal at Windsor. In 1921 the Vermont Newspaper Corporation was formed, and the Vermont Tribune of Ludlow and in 1930 the Springfield Reporter were added to the company's publications. All of these papers were developed into models of their kind and ranked close to the top of Vermont weekly journalism. Belknap was giving up active work on these papers, turning it over to his sons, who were associated with him in the business.

Devoted as he was to his papers, Belknap found time to enter largely into the affairs of his community, as member of the hospital board, director of the Bellows Falls Trust Co., warden of Immanuel church, and member of various fraternal organizations. He represented Rockingham in the state legislature in 1919.

He was married April 6, 1898, to Kate M. Carpenter of Bellows Falls, who survives him, as do six children. Paul (Dartmouth 1921) and Roland (Dartmouth 1930) are in Bellows Falls in charge of the publishing business. Preston (Dartmouth 1934)'is at Lake Placid, N. Y. The three daughters are Mrs. Francis Whitmarsh of Rutland, Mrs. Howard Fletcher of Rumford, R. I. and Mrs. Rolfe Russell of Deerfield, Mass.

Class o£ 1893

FRANK JUDAH CHADBOURNE, son of Alfred B. and Elizabeth (Deming) Chadbourne, was born in Cornish, N. H., February 1, 1888, and died in Plainfield, N. H., June 6, 1934. He prepared for college at Kimball Union Academy and was a member of the Dartmouth class of 1893 until 1891, when the death of his father made it necessary for him to leave college. He was a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity and highly respected by his classmates. He carried on the family farm until 1906, when he sold it to Albion E. Lang of Ohio, traction millionaire, but continued as its superintendent for the new owner until disabled by a fall. Later he purchased the general store in Plainfield, and carried it on until 1920. He had been selectman, town clerk, town treasurer, and delegate to the Constitutional Convention, and was justice of the peace for 40 years. He was past master of the local Grange; a Mason and Odd Fellow; and had been a member of the Baptist church for 50 years. He married June 12, 1894, Georgianna Peterson, who survives him, as do a son, Ralph P.; a daughter Ida B. (Mrs. Henry A. Stuart); two grandchildren; a sister and two brothers.

WILLIAM MERRITT PENNIMAN died on August 26, 1934, at St. Luke's Hospital in St. Louis, Mo., of a paralytic shock sustained the previous Thursday, while walking from a street car to his home. He was born at Windsor, Vt., Feb. 19, 1868, and fitted for Dartmouth at Kimball Union Academy. Since 1893 he had been continuously with the United States Army engineering force, dealing with Mississippi river control problems in the St. Louis district, and important reports by him on various phases of that situation have been published by the government.

During his. college course Penniman was a member of the varsity football squad. He retained deep interest in the College in after years and often made the long trip from St. Louis to attend class reunions. He married in 1901 Ida D. Lombardi, who survives him, with a daughter, Catherine, Wellesley '26, who is Mrs. T. D. Storie of New York City; and a son, Allen D. Penniman, an engineer, of St. Louis.

Class of 1894

FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MURPHY was found dead at his home in Saco, Me., May 16, 1934. He had died in his sleep during the night. He had been a chronic sufferer from angina pectoris for several years. The son of Enoch and Ruth (Willis) Murphy, he was born in Lyman, Me., April o, 1868. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi.

After graduation he was engaged in teaching and otherwise employed in various places until about 1904, when he engaged in the lumber business in East Cambridge, Mass. This business he left in 1917, and after some time in Oklahoma, was connected with an oil refinery concern in Louisville, Ky., from 19x9 to 1927. After a brief connection with the hardware business in Jordan, N. Y., he returned to Maine on account of his health, and purchased a small farm at Saco.

He was a member of a Masonic lodge at Stoneham, Mass., and o£ the Mother Church of Christian Science in Boston.

August 18, 1896, he was married to Belle Dearing of Biddeford, Me., who survives him, with their son, Richard Stuart.

Ames, Hall, Griffin, and B. A. Smalley represented the class at the funeral and acted as honorary pallbearers. Mrs. Murphv has written to the Secretary. The following is quoted:

"It was a great comfort that four menof his class could be with us Saturday.Frederick thought a great deal of his classmates.

"He had been as usual. I mean that whilehe had this serious heart malady he carried on so faithfully whatever was hiswork, regardless of his condition. His untiring energy and ambition were so muchin excess of his endurance. He was carrying out plans for an extensive garden andtaking care of 300 chickens. The day previous to his going he had worked extremelyhard. After making himself immaculatefor the evening, as was his custom, and enjoying his supper, we had a pleasant evening with friends. Frederick was his usualentertaining self. Later in the evening weenjoyed the radio, reading, etc., and thenretired, he being seemingly the same asever. In the morning when not up at hisaccustomed time and apparently resting,we waited before disturbing him. When webecame uneasy and went close, we foundthat he had gone."

Class of 1900

GEORGE ANDREW BOYD. NO greater shock could come to the men of 1900 than the news of the sudden death of George Boyd. Only a few weeks ago we saw him at our round-up, full of energy and life, the first? to come, the last to go. Death came quickly from a combination of nerve and heart trouble, with only a few days' warning.

The career of George Boyd is not one of outstanding personal achievements be- cause he wasn't that kind of a man. When he came to college few knew him well because of his quiet retiring disposition. Then he left at the end of freshman year to earn money and later to enter the Lowell Textile School from which he grad- uated in 1905.

Almost all his life he was interested in the financial side of our New England mills. The Chicopee Manufacturing Company, Harmony Mills, and the Appleton Company were the ones who benefited most from his honest intelligent services. After giving up his duties as treasurer of the Appleton Company he moved to his old home in West Boylston and became treasurer of the Worcester Bleach and Dye Works.

The problems of the industry were his problems and he met them courageously and intelligently, always giving twice as much as was expected of him. He was never rewarded commensurately with the work he did and his last job was performed for years without remuneration for he asked that others be recompensed before himself. That's the kind of an unselfish, quixotic business man that he was. He always sacrificed himself that others might gain, but to him came the love and respect of all his associates.

George Boyd came to our tenth reunion and was the life of the party. The little quiet chap few of us knew suddenly blos- somed into a vivacious, witty, fascinating character. We called him Capt. Boy-ed and from that time no gathering of the class found him absent. He contributed regularly and generously to the class fund, always keeping a little tin box for dimes and quarters until he had accumulated enough to rank him among our larger givers. Deep down in his heart lay the roots of his affection for class and college and these roots were so deep and so strong that only death could sever them.

Short of stature, with a ruddy face, an infectious smile, cap on the back of his head, always laughing, ready for any game, so glad to welcome every new comer . . . . that was Capt. Boy-ed. We can still hear him yell some retort to Chelse or stir up some slumbering group. The annual class round-up was his joy every year and he looked forward to it with ever increasing enthusiasm.

George was married in 1907 to Katherine O'Toole of Clinton. He was a devoted husband and the last days of his life spent in his old home town were very happy. Any pen picture of such a man must needs be a failure. Thoughts of him come too fast to record. A touch here and there can only serve to bring back memories of that lovable, generous, magnetic personality which we called Capt. Boy-ed. We all loved him.

Class of 1902

REUBEN PECKHAM passed from this life at his home in Troy, N. Y., on May 6, 1934, after a long illness.

Reuben was born in Troy, December 2, 1879, the son of William M. and Emily A. (Peck) Peckham. He prepared for college at Troy Academy and entered Dartmouth in the fall of 1898. After graduation he entered Columbia Law School, from which he graduated in 1904, and then went into practice with the firm of Osborne, Lamb, and Churchill in New York City. He remained here until the death of Mr. Osborne about 1914. He was then associated with Mr. Franklyn Adams until 1925, when his health necessitated giving up active practice.

He returned to Troy and became much interested in gardening. This active interest kept him out of doors, and kept him well occupied in both mind and body. During the winter months of each year he and his sister, Mrs. Palmer, traveled a great deal both in this country and in Europe. His ready wit and ability to talk well on practically any subject won him many friends and made their travels all the more pleasant.

In the fall of 1933 they went to Coral Gables, and in January Reuben became very ill, the diagnosis being carcinoma of the lung. They returned to the old home in Troy, where he lingered for several weeks without pain and fi"ally passed away in his sleep.

Besides his sister, Reuben is survived by a brother, William Mackey Peckham, both of whom had given devoted care during the long illness. Reuben was a member of the Fifth Avenue State Street church in Troy, and of Alpha Delta Phi.

In college we knew Reuben as a rather quiet little chap with a keen mind and a way of picking out essentials from a mass of detail. His comments seldom prolonged, but were pointed and direct. Always retiring, he found nevertheless that there was a lively interest in the background, and readily made friends during college and after.

Class of 1914

THORNE SMITH died at Sarasota, Fla., June 20, 1934. He had gone there with his family from his New York home in March, after recovering from a severe attack of pneumonia.

He was born in Annapolis, Md., March 27, 1892, his father being Commodore James Thorne Smith, U. S. N., and prepared for college at St. Luke's School, Wayne, Pa. He left college during sophomore year. His fraternity was Psi Upsilon.

Not long after leaving college he went into advertising in New York. During the war he served in the Navy as boatswain's mate, and edited the service periodical, Broadside. After his discharge he returned to advertising for a time, but soon devoted himself to writing stories and sketches, chiefly for Smart Set and the Liberator. He soon began a rapid production of books, mostly humorous extravaganzas with a strong Rabelaisian flavor. Most of these sold largely, and brought their author abundant pecuniary rewards. The principal titles are these: "Topper Takes a Trip"; "Turnabout"; "The Night Life of the Gods"; "The Stray Lamb"; "Did She Fall"; "The Bishop's Jaegers"; "Rain in the Doorway"; "Skin and Bones." He had finished writing "The Glorious Fool," which will be published this fall. Less known are "Dream's End," a serious dramatic novel, and "Haunts and Byways," a volume of poems.

Smith married Celia Sullivan of New York, who survives him, with two daughters.

Class of 1927

RALPH CUSHMAN NUTE tell from a motor boat on Forest Lake, Whitefield, N. H„ June 2, 1934, and was drowned.

The son of John B. Nute, he was born in Littleton, N. H., September 3, 1905, graduated from Littleton High School in 1923, and was for one semester a member of his college class.

After leaving college he was employed as chauffeur for a time, and was employed at the Profile House at the time of its destruction by fire. Eight years ago he entered the employ of the State Highway Department, and at the time of his death was assistant engineer in the office of Division Two, with headquarters at Littleton.

The following editorial tribute was given in the Littleton Courier:

"He was one of the most respected youngmen in Littleton. Of a quiet and retiringnature, he made and kept friends by hisgenial personality. He loved the out ofdoors, and was active in the Outing Club.He promoted a baseketball team here fortwo winters, and enjoyed tennis, skiing,and other sports. He had no bad habits,and his influence upon younger men withwhom he came in contact was of the best."

Class of 1930

WILLIAM ANDREW CASS was killed in an airplane accident on Mongaup Mountain, near Livingston Manor, N. Y„ June 9, 1934. He was born in Buffalo, N. Y., May 11, 1907, the son of Andrew Demodine and Mary (Carr) Cass, and prepared for college at Nichols School, Buffalo.

He was with the class only the first semester of freshman year. At the time of his death he was in the employ of F. W. Burt Cos., Ltd., of Buffalo, as assistant office manager.

March 27, 1929, he was married to Frances J. Fairbairn of Olean, N. Y., who survives him, with their son, William Fairbairn, who was born April 27, 1931.

Class of 1932

WILLARD CUMMING VAN DOREN died suddenly at his home in Ridgewood, N. J., on September 1, 1934. During his junior year at college Bill was stricken with infantile paralysis and left without the use of his body from the waist down. For the last three years he made a brave fight against the disease, continuing his interest in high school and Y. M. C. A. activities in * Ridgewood and appearing as a familiar figure in his wheel chair at many athletic events during this time. Last fall he attended a gathering of New Jersey Princeton and Dartmouth men before the football game and faithfully reported the event to this magazine. His devotion to the College was further shown by his traveling under considerable difficulty to New York last winter to attend the dinner given for Dean Laycock, repeating the trip a month or so later to be at a class dinner. The cheerfulness he showed on these occasions impressed everybody who talked with him, and it was gladdening to see his obvious happiness at being with his classmates again.

Bill belonged to Theta Chi. He was captain of the track team in high school He is survived by his mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Van Doren, and one brother, Chester. To them the members of Bill's class extend their deep sympathy.

Class of 1933

EVERETT HUNTINGTON HYMEN was drowned in Lake Michigan last summer. On August 8 he and two companions started on a sailing expedition in a small sloop. After the boys had been absent for several days without communication, their families became alarmed and an intensive search was instituted. Coast guards, game wardens, Boy Scouts, and aviators were pressed into service, but no trace of the fugitive boat could be found.

On August 23, after an unusually severe storm had swept the lake, Hymen's body with that of one companion was found on the shore near Frankfort. The boat, which was thought to have capsized, was not recovered.

Dartmouth friends who were well acquainted with Ev's ability as a strong, tireless swimmer could think of only one reason for his failing to reach shore in safety. He must have spent his failing strength in trying to save his companions.

Ev Hymen was one of the two or three outstanding men in the class. Although he was not gregarious, but rather studiously retiring, nevertheless, many a Hanover party was made more pleasant by his heartily appreciative presence. His prowess as a thorough student gained him a Phi Beta Kappa key and a Senior Fellowship.

His outstanding characteristic was his perseverance. Ev was too muscular to be a great swimmer, but his dogged persistence won him a place on the freshman team and finally on the varsity. This trait also won him the editorship of The Dartmouth, where he far outstripped the other members of his competition through the number and brilliance of his editorials.

Ev brightened the columns of TheDartmouth during his occupancy of the editorial chair. His political and economic pieces were competent and astute. He championed, among other things, the supervised entertainment of ladies in dormitory rooms; mutual free tuitions for families of Dartmouth and Smith professors; the establishment of a non-fraternity man's club.

He will be remembered as an editor longest and most warmly for his Chaucerian parodies. Their main, impersonal character was the "Manne Inne Middle Masse." One recalls vividly those dealing with the ivy growing out of the chimney of the Administration Building; the recent custorn of rubbing the nose of Dean Lay cock's bust in the library for good luck before an exam. They were greeted by appreciative audiences of students and faculty alike. They were the work of an artist.

Ev Hymen, like too few of his classmates, gave promise of becoming a great man. It is tragic that we shall hear no more of him.

Medical School

Class of 1892

DR. MARSHALL EVANS SMITH died at his home in Richfield Springs, N. Y., July 1, 1934, after a long illness.

He was the son of Dr. Abner Evans Smith, and was born in Pittsfield, Mass., October 4, 1871, according to a notice in his local paper. Our General Catalogue gives the date of his birth as October 6, 1867. He was a member of the class of 1889 at Williams College.

After graduation he practiced at Pittsfield for fourteen years, and later was head of the staff of Springfield (Mass.) General Hospital. During the war he served in the Medical Corps with the rank of major, and was in charge of a hospital at Lynn, Mass. For 18 years he was a lecturer at Harvard Medical School. For a short time he was in practice at Jordanville, N. Y., and removed to Richfield Springs in 1925.

Dr. Smith was a member of the American Legion, the Masons, the Odd Fellows, and the Episcopal church.

November 12, 1918, he was married to Louise Rich of Belvidere, Vt., who survives him. They had no children.

Class of 1897

DR. HENRY CHESTER JACKSON died at his home in Woodstock, Vt., July 13, 1934, after a long illness.

He was born in Wiscasset, Me., September 22, 1863, the son of Silas Y. and Lucy A. Jackson, and graduated as A.B. from Bowdoin College in 1891. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and later of Alpha Kappa Kappa. At Bowdoin he was on the varsity crew for four years and on the varsity squad in football.

He taught at Phillips Exeter Academy in 1891-1894, and then pursued the study of medicine at Dartmouth. He was house physician at Mary Hitchcock Hospital in 1897-1898, and then was in practice at Norwich, Vt., to 1904, the date of his removal to Woodstock. From September 11, 1917, to August 29, 1919, he served in the Medical Corps, U. S. A., with the rank of captain, being stationed principally at Fort Riley, Kans.

He was for many years a member of the school board, and for a long time was a deacon and clerk of the Congregational church in Woodstock and a corporate member of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. He was a past commander of the local chapter of the American Legion, and past noble grand of the Odd Fellows lodge.

June 23, 1892, Dr. Jackson was married to Nellie M. Bates of Oakland, Me., who died May 6, 1901. October 16, 1907, he was married to Mrs. Mary M. Vaughan, who survives him. There are two daughters, Mrs. Edith J. Brailey of Montclair, N. J., and Mrs. Elizabeth V. Clough of Framingham, Mass.

Thayer School

Class of 1890

HIRAM NEWTON SAVAGE died at his home in San Diego, Calif., of heart disease, June 24, 1934, after a short illness.

The son of Hazen Nelson and Laura Ann (Newton) Savage, he was born in Lancaster, N. H., October 6, 1861, and graduated in 1887 from the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts (now the University of New Hampshire), which in 1913 conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Science.

Before his graduation from the Thayer School he had begun his distinguished professional career by engineering work in Tennessee and New Mexico, and for the first year after graduation he had work in Vermont, at White River Junction and Randolph.

In 1.891 he went to California, where the major work of his life was done. From that date until 1903 he was chief engineer of the Sweetwater water system at San Diego. He varied hydraulics with work 011 the Sweetwater race track and the Coronado Beach R. R. and as chief engineer for the contractor in charge of the building of the Zuninga Shoals jetty. He was also for ten years consulting engineer for the Southern California Water Cos., which undertook work on the Morena-Barrett-Otay chain of lakes and the carrying system to bring water to San Diego.

In 1903 he entered the United States Reclamation Service as consulting engineer, and in addition to his consulting work was supervising engineer of the Northern Division from 1904 to 1915. Among his tasks was the building of the Shoshone Dam, then the highest in the world, and the Corbett Tunnel, three miles in length. He also recommended the construction of the Roosevelt Dam.

He then returned to San Diego as construction engineer for the Sweetwater Water Cos., and when in 1916 the Lower Otay Dam—not originally built by him was washed out by a flood, he was called on by the city to rebuild it, and also built the Barrett Dam. Local politics caused his discharge from the service of the city in 1923. He availed himself of the vacation by making two tours around the world for engineering and architectural research, and in 1925 he reported to the president of the United States on technical administrative matters and requirements. In 1938 he was recalled to San Diego on account of the breakdown of the city's water system, and was made city hydraulic engineer at a salary of $10,000, the largest salary paid to any official of the city. This office he held until his decease, and was engaged at the very last in the construction of El Capitan Dam, one of his largest projects.

In December, 1891, Mr. Savage was married to Linna Belle Clough, who died in 1897. Their two children survive their parents—Lucy Eunice (Mrs. Robert L. Colthart) and Laura Ada (Mrs. Laurence W. Hoppe). In 1927 he was married to Eugenia Hurlock of Maryland, who survives him.

Honorary

HENRY WHITE CANNON, who was the recipient of the honorary degree of Master of Arts in 1899, died at Daytona Beach, Fla., April 27, 1934.

He was born in Delhi, N. Y., September 27, 1850, the son of George Bliss and Ann Eliza (White) Cannon. After graduating from Delhi Literary Institute he entered the First National Bank of Delhi as clerk, and was soon promoted to be teller. In 1870 he left Delhi to take a better position in the First National Bank of St. Paul, Minn., but the next year he went to Stillwater, Minn., where he organized the Lumberman's National Bank, and was its cashier and acting president to 1884. His reputation as a banker had become so widely known that in 1884 he was appointed by President Arthur comptroller of the currency of the United States, and held that position until 1886.

He had been chairman of the clearing house committee of the New York Clearing House Association and aqueduct commissioner of New York, in 1891 and 1892 served by appointment of President Harrison as a member of the Assay Commission, and in 1892 was one of the United States commissioners to the International Monetary Conference in Brussels.