Deaths

ALUMNI NOTES Necrology

Class of 1882

WILLIAM ELLSWORTH STRONG died at his home, 89 Lowell Avenue, Newtonville, Massachusetts, March 7, 1934, after a long illness.

This is sad news for the twenty-two surviving members of '82, for "Krat," as we called him, was a great favorite and had served as secretary of the class for many years until ill-health compelled him to give up the position. Blessed with a keen sense of humor, his strong personality exercised an influence for good upon all who came in contact with him, while his broadmindedness enabled him to view the shortcomings of others with charity.

He was born Apirl 9, iB6O at South Natick, Massachusetts. His parents were Rev. Elnathan Ellsworth and Elizabeth Gilman (Mitchell) Strong. His father was a Dartmouth graduate in the class of 1852. He prepared for college at Roxbury Latin School, Boston. His college fraternities were Alpha Delta Phi and Phi Beta Kappa.

The facts of his life taken from his own account in his 50th year report of the class of '82-are as follows:

"Strong was the fifth member of '82 toenter Hartford Theological Seminary inthe fall after graduation. He followed thethree-year course of preparation, was graduated in May, 1885, and was that summerordained as a Congregational minister andinstalled in his first pastorate with theWashington Street church, Beverly, Mass.Two other pastorates followed, at Jackson,Michigan (1895-1901), and Amherst, Mass.(1901-1906), when Strong gave up the regular work of a minister to enter the serviceof the American Board of Commissionersfor Foreign Missions, first serving as assistant to his father in the editorial department, then becoming editorial secretary,and later being made one of the secretariesin the foreign department, having assignment to the supervising and correspondencewith the India, Ceylon and China missions.In this work the balance of his life hadbeen spent till his retirement in 1930. Sincethen he continued to live at his home inNewtonville, enjoying the companionshipof his family and friends and watchingwith interested eye the way the world wenton without much help from him. He hadthe advantage of two round-the-world tripsand through mission fields during his secretarial years, and the pleasure and stimulusof association with many representativesof earth's fine citizens; and he looked backwith a great sense of gratitude and marvelover the pathway along which his feet hadbeen led.

"He was trustee for many years of Hartford Seminary Foundation, a trustee ofJaffna College Funds; also of Madura CollegeIndia, and of Fukien Christian University, China; a member also of the Span-ish Company. His one book is 'The Story ofthe American Board,' published in its centennial year, 1910. Dartmouth honoredhim with the degree of D.D. in 1912, inconnection with our 30th year reunion."

In 1887 he married Ellen Olmstead, who survives him. Of this union there were five children—Elizabeth, who died in infancy; Margaret, who married Stuart M. Hill, Dartmouth '15; Ellsworth Olmstead, who was killed in action in France, August 25, 1918; Helen Webster, who married Harold H. Lounsberry, Dartmouth '15; and Robert Chamberlain, now dean of freshmen at Dartmouth.

Class of 1885

REV. ARZA HERBERT ARMES died at the home of his son, H. Lyman Armes (Dartmouth '12), 24 Rockhill Road, Bala Cynwyd, Pa. on February 23, 1934. He had been in poor health for several years, but the immediate cause of his death was embolism of the heart.

He was born in Wilmot, N. H., on January 22, 1860, and was the youngest son of Rev. Josiah Lyman and Marcia Kingman (Keith) Armes.

He prepared for college at the Nashua (N. H.) High School and entered Dartmouth in the fall of 1881. He was a member of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity, was prominent in the work of the Y. M. C. A. and in the musical activities of the College, being a member of the Sophomore Glee Club, the Junior Glee Club and the Dartmouth College Opera Company. During his college course he earned money by teaching, in hotel work, and in other ways.

After serving as principal of Coe's Academy at Northwood, N. H., for one year following his graduation, he entered Andover Theological Seminary, and was graduated in 1889.

Following his ordination he became assistant pastor of the Franklin St. Congregational church of Manchester, N. H., after which followed pastorates of Congregational churches in Franconia and Warner, N. H., Carlisle, Westminster, and North Middleboro, Mass., Slatersville, R. I., and the Second church of Plymouth (Manomet), Mass., which was an old Pilgrim-founded society established in 1628. He resigned his ministry there in the spring of 1926 on account of the poor health of his wife. In this, his last regular pastorate, he had the happy and unique experience of serving the same parish, preaching in the same church uilding and occupying the same parsonage in which his father had begun his ministry eighty years before.

After Armes' retirement from regular parish work he was frequently called upon as a supply pastor, which he did most acceptably. Throughout his long ministry his distinguishing characteristics were his friendly sincerity and sympathetic interest in all who came within his influence, and his musical ability was of great assistance to him in his work.

From the time of his service as principal of Coe's Academy in Northwood, N. H., that town and locality seemed to have an ncreasing attraction for him, and he returned there again and again for his vacations until he made it his permanent home after the close of his pastorate at Plymouth.

He loved the outdoors, and as an ardent fisherman, he found great enjoyment and recreation along the streams and on the lakes in Northwood and its vicinity.

His loyalty to his class and his Alma Mater were very strong throughout his life. None were more constant in attendance upon the class reunions than he, having missed only one reunion, and he was looking forward with great interest and anticipation to the celebration incident to the fiftieth anniversary of his graduation, which occurs in '35.

Last fall he and his wife went to spend the winter with his son Lyman at Cynwyd, a suburb of Philadelphia, and it was there, during this visit, that he passed away.

Funeral services were held at the home of his son on February 26, conducted by Rev. Dr. Herbert W. Bieber, pastor of the Church of the Covenant, in Cynwyd, where the family attended church.

His son Lyman accompanied his remains to Northwood, but the condition of Mrs. Armes' health would not permit her to make such a long and difficult journey at this time of the year.

On the following day, on the arrival of his remains in Northwood Center, there were funeral services in the vestry of the church, where he had preached so often, which were conducted jointly by Rev. L. D. Buro and Rev. S. W. Brown, local pastors whom he had known intimately. The services were attended by a large number of those of his neighbors and friends who had known and loved him so long. There were many floral tributes, including one from his college classmates, and his remains will rest in the cemetery of the town of his choice, about which cluster so many of the happy memories of his life.

On October 8, 1889, he married Blanche Spofford Poor, who died on November 12, 1896; of this marriage there were two children, Henry Lyman and Marguerite, the latter dying in childhood.

On October 22, 1901, Mr. Armes was married to Caroline Mooers, who survives him- He is also survived by his son Lyman, already mentioned, who has long been engaged in various branches of advertising, and who at present holds the important position as assistant to the manager of the publicity department of promotional advertising of the well-known Curtis Publishing Co. of Philadelphia.

Class of 1890

GEORGE ALBERT FRENCH passed away at the home of his nephew, Horace Haley, in Needham, Mass., the last of February.

He was born in Poultney, Vt., Nov. 25, 1864. He attended Montpelier Seminary at Montpelier, Vt., and Goddard Seminary in Barre, Vt.

After leaving college, he was connected with his uncle in the real estate business in Boston. He married Minerva McKenzie in 1898 and she died in 1907.

After leaving his uncle's business, in March, 1896, French became affiliated with C. H. Buck and Co., signs, where he held the position of treasurer. In 1916 he became its president. He retired from active business in 1932 and went to live with his nephew in Needham.

French was one of '90's most loyal and devoted members. When in college he was a member of the famous "Nines" of Wentworth Hall and had many friends. He attended virtually every class reunion since graduation and was almost always to be counted on to be present at the annual alumni banquets in Boston. He certainly will be missed at these gatherings in the future.

Class of 1892

GILMORE DELAPLAINE PRICE died at his home in New York City on January 9, 1934. He was the son of Captain and Mrs. Butler D. Price, and was born at Fort Laramie, Wyo., March 7, 1870. He fitted for Dartmouth at Whitman College, where he established his record for high scholarship and athletic ability, which was characteristic of his college course. He entered with the class of 1892 in the Chandler Scientific Department and soon demonstrated his qualities of leadership. He ranked high in his studies, sang in the Glee Club, and played his part in football, baseball, arid other sports. His honesty and straightforwardness won him the respect of all, and his loyalty and good fellowship endeared him to his own coterie.

After graduation, he studied law for a time in Philadelphia and then entered the Law School of the University of Michigan, from which he was graduated with honors in 1895. He established a law practice in Milwaukee, but in 1902 found his lungs were affected and had to go to Albuquerque, N. M. After a time his condition improved and he went to New York City. He was still unable to stand the confinement of office work, so became associated with the Johns-Manville Company, engaged largely in outside work. By strictest care, he recovered his health sufficiently so he could play golf, but he never entered a subway train or other public conveyance.

He was married and had one daughter, a graduate of Smith College. He found his chief pleasure in home life and was always cheerful and cordial in spite of his physical condition.

Class of 1902

With pen hardly dry from writing for this sad column we record the passing of another loyal Dartmouth man. From a busy and useful life MAURICE JOHNSON DUNCKLEE has answered his Maker's call and has gone to his last rest.

Maurice J. Duncklee was born in Webster, N. H., on February 15, 1875, and died of angina pectoris on February 21, 1934. He entered Dartmouth with the class of 1897, with which he stayed for two years, re-entering to finish the last two years of his course with the class of 1902. He then entered Andover Theological Seminary, from which he graduated with the degree of S.T.B. in 1905. He was called at once to the Congregational church at Haverhill, N. H., where he was ordained on August 29, 1905. These followed pastorates at Saxonville, Mass., and Bath, Me. During the war he was engaged in Y. M. C. A. work, and then went to Bridgeport, Conn., where he built up an active church. His last pastorate was in West Lebanon, where he became a welcome friend throughout a wide community.

Duncklee married Miss Ethel B. Page of Weathersfield, Vt., on August 28, 1906. She survives him with three children, Mrs. Dorothy Wyman, Richard, and John. He leaves also a granddaughter, Dorothy Ann Wyman.

Maurice Duncklee's life was one of continual service. We know little of his trials and hardships, yet they were not few, but he was not given to talk of that phase of life. With his cheerful and helpful attitude one could easily forget that his whole life had been one filled with handicaps and struggles. He lived to serve, a man whose high goal was to merit at the last that "Well done, good and faithful servant," which has true significance only from Him who knows all things.

Maurice had many friends in both the classes with which he was in college, and often spoke his approval of the plan which enabled him to meet at one time with both at their reunions. He had served Kimball Union Academy as trustee for nearly thirty years, and had served as friend and helper to the people of his town not only as preacher but also in various organizations. He was a member of the Westboro Grange, and also was a Mason.

His garden and his camera were never far from his thoughts in his leisure time, if a New Hampshire preacher may be said to have leisure. He took men as he found them, and did his part to make life mean more to them and to him.

Class of 1903

CLELAND RICHARDSON NEAL, son of James and Ella (Phillips) Neal, born September 3, 1881, in Amesbury, Mass., died in New York City at St. Vincent's Hospital on January 17, 1934, from cerebral hemorrhage. In the summer of 1931 he suffered a slight shock, but had since been able to carry on his law practice as usual.

Graduated from the Amesbury High School, Cleland entered Dartmouth College in the fall of '99, and received his degree of B.A. in 1903. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. After completing one year at the Harvard Law School he removed to New York City, where he continued his study of law while at work in a law office position, and was admitted to the New York bar. From that time until a few weeks prior to his death he carried on the practice of law in New York courts and before the Supreme Court. In 1922 the degree of J.D. (Juris Doctor) was conferred upon him by New York University.

He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Ella P. Neal, a sister, Mildred P. Neal, a teacher of French in the Amesbury High School, and a brother, James, residing in Fairfield, Conn. He was buried at his old home, Amesbury, Mass.

Writing a class letter in 1923 he said characteristically, "You ask me to write youa class letter. How can I do so? Being single,solely devoted to the pursuit of law and notpolitics, writing no books, not famous andI hope not getting infamous, I have nothingstrategic to say. I assume like every otherlawyer some time or other I disturb theequilibrium of the opposing side."

He made frequent trips home especially since the death of his father, and his sister writes, "His consideration and devotionwere really remarkable, particularly inview of the fact that his own health wasfailing rapidly."

His interest in genealogical studies was both extensive and intensive. He wrote a complete genealogy of the Neal family, and a part of that genealogy he embodied in his last will and testament, this material serving as an introduction to the bequests made.

Modest always, brilliant in intellect, devoted to his profession, he became a noted trial lawyer with a reputation for fairness and integrity. Devoted to his family and friends, he was loved by them all.

Class of 1916

CHARLES BRUSH ALLISON died at his home in Garden City, L. 1., on the night of February 11, 1934.

He was born in Malone, N. Y., October 20, 1895, and was with the class two years, leaving us to enter Cornell.

During the war he served in the Quartermaster Corps, rising to the rank of captain. Since his discharge from the army he had been in the real estate and insurance business. His first venture was at Potsdam, N. Y., next at Buffalo, then in 1925 during the boom in Florida, where he amassed quite a fortune, which was of course wiped out when Florida real estate deflated. His final business activity was in Garden City.

In 1917 he was married to Laura Spyer of Buffalo, who survives him with three daughters.

"Hank," as we remember him, was a very energetic and ambitious young man. He roomed with Jake Mensel in Wheeler Hall, just to bring his memory a little closer to some of you who may not recall his features. While in Dartmouth he was a member of Phi Delta Theta and was active in sports. In the real estate business he had had considerable success, and in the insurance field was known as a high-powered salesman.

Class of 1917

HAROLD LAWRENCE RUGGLES died at his home in Hampton, Va., December 18, 1933, of pulmonary edema.

The son of George Sydney and Marion (Lawrence) Ruggles, he was born in Plainfield, N. H., August 27, 1896, and obtained his college preparation at Kimball Union Academy. He remained in the Thayer School for a year after graduation, receiving his degree as C. E. in 1918.

June 4, 1918, he enlisted as private in the Coast Artillery Corps, and after three months in training was commissioned as second lieutenant September 25. He was discharged at Fort Monroe, Va., December 24, 1918, but remained at Fort Monroe as assistant engineer to the construction quartermaster until 1920. In 1920-21 he was engaged in the contracting business, and in 1921 joined the staff of Hampton Institute, being first assistant in the trade school, and later superintendent of construction. There he remained for the rest of his life.

December 25, 1919, he was married to Ruth Darling Thomas of Rowayton, Conn., who survives him, with their four children, Russell Lawrence, Robert Dean, Richard Sydney, and Anne Farrington. He also leaves a brother, Sydney L. Ruggles '08, and a sister, Mrs. George Bishop of Plainfield.

Class of 1926

BERNARD MICHAEL COONEY committed suicide by shooting in his father's parked automobile at Northampton, Mass., March 6, 1934.

He was born at Florence, Mass., March 31, 1903, and prepared for college at Northampton High School. He was in Dartmouth two years, then transferring to Columbia, where he graduated as A.B. in 1926 and where he received the degree of A.M. for graduate work in 1929. In 1929 he became instructor in English at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. He had come home from Texas a few weeks before his death in poor health and in danger of a nervous breakdown.

Medical School

Class of 1884

DR. EDWARD ENGLETON MOORE died November 1, 1933, of chronic myocarditis, at the Illinois State Hospital at Kankakee, Ill.

Dr. Moore was born at Wenona, Ill., October 26, 1856, the son of Nathaniel and Julia (Banta) Moore. He prepared for college at Northwestern Academy, Evanston, Ill., and entered Northwestern University, remaining one year. Two brothers became lawyers, and at first he intended following that profession, but later decided upon medicine and came to Dartmouth, taking his entire medical course there, which was unusual at that day.

After graduating in the fall of 1883 he had a year's interneship in a New York hospital, and then opened practice at Hillsdale, Mich., where he was a general practitioner and surgeon until 1898, serving also as railroad surgeon for the Chicago & Eastern Ill inois R. R. on its branch line between Coldwater and Hillsdale. In 1898 he removed to Chicago, where he was a general practitioner in the Edgewater district on the North Side. In 1912 he removed to Wilmette, 111., where he had a general practice and served as commissioner of health from 1913 to 1929, when he retired on account of ill health. At the time of the World War he was too old to enter the service, but at the time of the influenza epidemic in 1918 he in company with another physician organized an emergency hospital which cared for a great many patients.

In 1884 Dr. Moore was married to Minnie Ingham of Saybrook, Conn., who died in 1897. In 1902 he was married to Ida M. Morley of Chicago, who survives him. He leaves one son, Henry I. Moore of Hartford, Conn., and three daughters, Catherine and Jane Moore of Wilmette, and Mrs. William P. Bates of Jamestown, R. I. There are also five grandchildren, three brothers, and a sister.