TRIBUTES TO PROFESSOR LINGLEY
Testimonials of Affection to Their Beloved "Charlie"
CHARLIE LINGLEY'S SUDDEN passing January 30 was news of sorrow to hismany friends in Hanover and in near anddistant places as word of his death reachedDartmouth men. Of the many beautifultributes sent to Mrs. Lingley and their sonBilly a few are published below, written byformer students, by his favorite teacher atWorcester Tech, by secretaries of alumniclubs, and by others. The editors haveasked some of those of his friends whoseofficial positions brought them particularlyclose to Professor Lingley to add their testimonials. The complete obituary appears inthe Necrology.
"On behalf of the student body through Palaeopitus, I wish to express our deepest sympathies in your recent misfortune. Many of us who knew Mr. Lingley personally feel a deep loss, and those who only knew him casually feel that loss equally. We will always think of him as a dear friend to the students and to the College."
THOMAS D. HICKS '33,
Secretary of Paiaeopitus
"I was shovelling late yesterday afternoon and as the streetsweeper was. cleaning out a catch basin right in front of me, I said to him 'How are you now?' He said that he was feeling rather blue because one of his best friends had died and that he could not get over it. I told him that I was sorry that he had had a death in the family but he said that it was not in the family but a fellow that was in Winslow Street School under J. Chauncy Lyford with him, Harold Goddard, Ted Field, and he mentioned about ten more fellows that I knew well. He said that Charlie Lingley had died up in New Hampshire and that he could not shake himself together. I said that I knew him too and he nearly broke down. Finally I said that I was Charlie's brother and asked him his name. He is Ed Brady, whom I do not remember but who has not seen Charlie since Grammar School days but who had followed him in the papers until today."
'I have watched with interest and pridehis steady progress as student and teachersince I first met him, more than thirty-fiveyears ago. Among all. the memories of thatlong friendship there is not one that is unpleasant or disappointing. He always 'rangtrue.' J have admired his sound scholarshipand his excellent literary work, but evenmore have I admired and envied his gripping friendliness and understanding ofyouth, which have given him such a holdupon his students from the Barre daysdown to the Dartmouth ending."
"To me, Charley symbolized all that was fine and true not only in Dartmouth but also in the world. If I ever had an ideal to follow and respect I'm sure that its worldly image would look very much like Charley."
"He was one of my inspirations in life and one of the few men whom I really loved—the world will never be the same from now on for me with the knowledge that his gay and loyal spirit is no more."
has been an inspiration to me on many occasions and will continue to be. It is agreat honor to have had him for a friend.""I am but one of the thousands that havegone through Dartmouth and looking backfind that knowing 'Charlie' and having himfor a friend is one of the brightest spots ofcollege days. We shall miss him greatly. He
"One of Dartmouth's most dearly beloved sons is gone but the kindliness, the friendliness, the sweetness, and gentility, the good humor and beauty of nature that made him year after year one of the favorite professors among the undergraduates will live on as a part of the Dartmouth spirit among all those who ever in any way came in contact with him."—DARTMOUTH CLUB OF DETROIT. * * * "Dartmouth men of this community are deeply grieved at the passing of Professor Lingley who held affectionate regards of students and alumni."
DARTMOUTH CLUB OF MINNEAPOLIS. "Resolved: that the Chicago Alumni Association extend its heartfelt sympathy to the Lingley family and the College in the great loss of Professor Charles Lingley whom we all loved and respected as a loyal Dartmouth man." * * * "Southern California alumni realize that the College and all those who were fortunate enough to know Charlie Lingley have suffered a great loss in his death.
"As a member of a recent Dartmouth class, I was privileged to have him as a professor and also as a friend to whom I turned for advice outside the class room. No professor evoked in me as high a feeling of combined respect and admiration as did Professor Lingley. He possessed an unusual ability to awaken the student mind and have it receptive to the knowledge imparted by him. His professorial knowledge did not deaden his class room. He was not encumbered by it. The dead past of history was brought to life and filled with animation by his keen spirit and lively wit. He inspired young men to 'seek the truth' and filled them with enthusiasm for their work in college and in life."
"While I was in college Mr. Lingley was never my teacher but he was many times my advisor. His interest in the future of the College, the morale of the students, and all that really counted for Dartmouth was so often an inspiration to me.
"While he was very fine and active in his department he possessed the qualities which made him a really great college professor. The impressions he left with his students and his careful interest and advice for them made many a student really benefit from his college career as he never could have, had there been no such man for him to know and admire.
"What a tragic pity to see that rich personality depart from us so long before his time. No one knew Charlie Lingley but loved him. He was a great teacher and a great citizen and the historical fraternity as well as all Dartmouth men will dearly cherish his memory."
In the death of Professor Charles R. Lingley the Department of History suffers the loss of a great teacher, a fine scholar, and a wise and thoughtful counsellor in departmental concerns. To his work Professor Lingley brought a discriminating scholarship and a keen appreciation of the problems of the teacher and the student. It was these qualities, together with an always genial and even disposition, that made him an exceptional teacher, beloved by the students with whom he came in contact. No man could have enjoyed his teaching more. Year after year he faced his classes with the same happy enthusiasm for his work and the same keen interest in his students. That he was a constant source of inspiration to his colleagues need hardly be said.
As an historian, Professor Lingley was widely recognized as a sound scholar, and one of our most successful textbook writers. His college text, Since the Civil War, was not only a brilliant pioneer effort in its period, but has continued to be justly popular with teachers and students because of its lucidity, balance and sanity. During the last years of his life, he was at work on a biography of Theodore Roosevelt, the culmination of many years of thought and study and teaching in the field of American political biography.
In departmental counsel his ready wit, his carefully thought out points of view, and his wise and experienced counsel will be sadly missed. But most of all the Department will miss the cheerful and stimulating colleague and the well-loved friend.
RANDALL WATERMAN,
Chairman, Department of History.
At its twentieth reunion in June, 1931, when the class of 1911 unanimously voted to enroll Charlie as a member of the class, the motive was not to do the man honor, but, in receiving honor ourselves, to give expression to the affection in which we all held him. We had ceased to think of him merely as our teacher of some twenty years before, but rather as a man of sterling character, who through the years in his contacts with the alumni, as well as in his college work, had enhanced our earlier regard for him. He deserved to be ranked as a "regular Dartmouth alumnus," and since he had come to Dartmouth as a freshman on the Faculty when we were enrolling as freshmen in the College, it was but natural that we should claim him as a regular member of 1911. To him, however, it was an honor from which he derived great satisfaction. His interest in Dartmouth and the class was demonstrated by his regular gifts toward the '11 quota of the Alumni Fund, his payment of class dues, and his correspondence with classmates.
I recall as I sat at his side during his first 1911 banquet, his quiet smile of happiness in receiving the testimonials of affectionate friendship, the kindly humor in his responses, and his modest inquiry as to what he had done to deserve our acclaim. In such manner will all members of the class remember him. We may well pattern our own lives after him whose counsel we had hoped to have for many years.
N. G. BURLEIGH,
Secretary, Class of 1911.
It is hard to appreciate that Charlie is no longer to meet with us to discuss problems of the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital or of municipal affairs. It is, nevertheless, satisfying to have had so many years of pleasant associations with him and to have had the benefit of his sympathetic and sound judgment.
Charles has been associated with the Hospital and its problems as a member of its Corporation for a number of years and since 1932, the chairman of the Corporation.
In 1928 he was appointed to membership on a joint committee of Hospital Trustees and Corporation members. This group elected him chairman of the committee. Under his leadership, the committee made a careful and painstaking study of the needs of the Hospital including plant, equipment, personnel and service. As a result of this study which included architects' drawing on plant, the Trustees of the Hospital now have an exhaustive report which serves as a basis for the long-time program of the Hospital's enlargement and improvement. Certain recommendations of this committee have already been carried into effect.
A second problem that the above mentioned committee studied was sources and methods of raising funds for the support of the Hospital. As a result of the preliminary work done by the committee, the way was paved for the inauguration of the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital Auxiliary which came into being this last year. The success attendant upon the efforts of the organizing committee, of which Charles was an active member, is best expressed by W. R. Gray, president of the Hospital Board of Trustees in these words:
"The organization of the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital Auxiliary is an accomplished fact. In my opinion, it represents one of the most important and promising developments for the mutual good of the Hospital and the community that have ever been brought about."
In municipal affairs, while not appearing to be prominent through office holding, Charles was sought after for advice and opinion. Since 1932, he has served as moderator of the School District.
Through his quiet and tactful but effective work, Charles has built for himself a monument of lasting memories in the minds and hearts of the people of the community. To carry on without him will be difficult indeed.
MAX A. NORTON,
Nary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital AuxiliaryPrecinct Commissioner.
Charlie Lingley's buoyant, contagious enthusiasm was never shown to better ad- vantage than during his year as director of admissions and dean of freshmen. Just as in his teaching, speaking, holidaying, golfing, bowling, eating, and sleeping, he' was enthusiastic about every detail of Insjob. The intricacies and technicalities of the admission machinery only increased his youthful delights, and his extensive and intimate contacts with individual members of the freshman class kept him eagerly in the office all day long. His graciousness and the sweet quality of his personality so impressed secondary school menl all over the country that they have never ceased to inquire about Professor Lingley
E. GORDON BILL,
Dean of the Faculty
