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ALUMNI NOTES

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Class of 1887

CHARLES CHRISTOPHER GARDNER was born at Hill, N. H., February 28, 1866. The family descent was largely from English stock, the first Gardner arriving in Salem, Mass., four years after it was settled.

In 1874 the family moved to Great Falls, N. H. (now Somersworth), where in company with W. S. Ross and Richard Eastman he fitted for college, entering in 1883 and graduating in 1887 with degree of A.B.

In college he was affiliated with the Theta Delta Chi fraternity.

The next day after graduation he went West and settled in Sargent, Neb., where after a brief period of work in engineering he entered the Custer County Bank, later becoming cashier and at one time postmaster.

Sometime between 1902 and 1907 he removed to Kirksville, Mo., where he established a permanent home, and opened a real estate and farm loan business. The business prospered and was continued through his life, in later years in partnership with his son.

In 1892 he married Miss Jennie Gilpatric of Great Falls, and to the couple were born five children. Up to 1930 six grandchildren were reported. Measured in things worth while his life was a full and successful one. In religion early a Baptist, later a Presbyterian; in politics a Republican but in later years independent. He devoted much time to Masonry, presiding in turn over all the York Rite bodies in Kirksville and holding various offices in the Scottish Rite bodies. He was also affiliated with the Order of the Eastern Star, and became grand patron of the order for the state of Missouri.

"Biler," as he was affectionally known in college, was a lovable man, and continued through life a most loyal classmate, though far removed, maintaining contact with classmates and frequently visiting Hanover in the many trips East. He was reported in failing health last June, and passed away on April 22, 1934.

Class of 1894

ARTHUR ALLAN ADAMS died at his home "i Springfield, Mass., on April 6 from coronary thrombosis. He had been slightly mdisposed for two days, but had so far recovered that no apprehension was felt as to his condition. The end was as peaceful as it was unexpected.

Mr. Adams was born in Springfield, February 23, 1871, the son of Benjamin F. and Henrietta W. (Sanborn) Adams, attended the public schools of that city, entered Dartmouth with the class of 1894, taking the Chandler Scientific course, and was graduated from the Thayer School of Civil Engineering. He found immediate employment in the office of the chief engineer of the Boston & Albany Railroad, .where he remained until he was appointed by the federal government to take charge of dredging operations in Portsmouth harbor. In 1899 he was offered the position of superintendent of streets in Springfield, and accepted. He continued in that capacity for thirteen years, resigning to form the engineering and contracting firm of Birnie, Adams, & Ruxton, afterward known as Adams & Ruxton Construction Cos.

In 1918 he was elected mayor of Springfield by a large majority, and in the administration of that office he displayed tact, courage, and high executive ability. To the general regret of the city he declined to be a candidate for a second term, and he also refused the repeated urging of his friends that he become a candidate for Congress. He had been president of the Springfield Chamber of Commerce, a trustee of the Hampden Savings Bank, a member of the board of governors of the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children, president of the Massachusetts Highway Association, and had served on numerous civic boards and committees. He was prominent in Masonic orders and a member of the Rotary, Nyasset, Winthrop, and other clubs.

Besides his wife, who was Carrie R. Cooley of Springfield, he leaves two daughters, Elizabeth, now Mrs. George H. Ross of Old Hickory, Tenn., and Eleanor, now Mrs. Robert J. Palmer of Springfield, four grandchildren, and two brothers.

The funeral was held in Springfield on April 9, two of the honorary bearers being Frederick C. Allen, president of the class of 1894, and Maurice S. Sherman, a classmate and close personal friend. Others from the class who attended were the class secretary, Rev. Charles C. Merrill, Rev. Quincy Blakely, Rolla W. Bartlett, Arthur W. Stone, Dr. Fred P. Claggett, Henry N. Hurd, Dr. Fred L. Smalley, Albert M. Lyon, Bertrand A. Smalley, William M. Ames, Rev. W. H. Rollins, and Frank A. Griffin. During the service, which called forth most of the prominent citizens of Springfield, the chimes in the City Hall tower were played. The officiating clergyman, Rev. Dr. James Gordon Gilkey of the South Congregational church, which Mr. Adams attended, referred in his prayer to the deceased as one in whom the entire city placed absolute confidence and who was loved and respected by citizens in all walks of life.

In Mr. Adams' death the class of 1894 loses one of its most highly esteemed members and the College a loyal alumnus who had served for five years on the Alumni Council. Every honor that came to him was wholly unsought and was in recognition of his qualities of mind and heart. Quiet, dignified, never self-asserting, he was withal a man of firm and positive convictions, tolerant in all his relationships, incapable of doing an ignoble act, never speaking ill of anyone, always kind and considerate. His public duties were discharged unostentatiously and with signal devotion to the larger interests of the community. His many deeds of thoughtfulness and charity were known only to a very few beyond his immediate family. The tributes paid to him by the press and by the leading citizens of Springfield bespoke his high character and the deep regard felt for him. He was a man of great genuineness and simple tastes who found his chief diversion in the gentle art of fishing. Although his life was cut short prematurely, he had lived it abundantly, achieving material success and leaving behind him a treasured memory.

Class of 1896

CARROLL HENRY WHITE died at his home in Barre, Vt., May 5, 1934, of heart disease, after an illness of several months.

He was born in Walden, Vt., May 31, 1875, his parents being James Dodge and Sarah (Hill) White, and obtained his college preparation at Hardwick Academy. He was a member of Sigma Chi and Phi Beta Kappa, and graduated with the degree of B. S.

After graduation he did some tutoring in New York City, and then taught the Plainfield (Vt.) High School. In 1900 he went to Barre, which was ever thereafter his home, to teach mathematics and science in Spaulding High School. In 1912 he became principal of the school, and in 1915 was transferred to the superintendency of the city schools, which position he held ijntil his death.

He was highly esteemed by his professional associates, and had been at various times president and secretary of the Winooski Valley Teachers' Association, treasurer of the Vermont State Teachers' Association, president of the Vermont Headmasters' Club, and president of the New England Superintendents' Association. He was a member of the Congregational church, and head usher at its services.

June 18, 1903, he was married to Mabel S., daughter of Abel T. and Sophia (Newton) Way of Burlington, Vt„ who survives him, with their two children, Elizabeth Sophia and Robert Way.

How Mr. White was regarded in his home city is shown by the following editorial article in the Barre Daily Times:

"For 34 years he has been going in andout among us, doing his work with markedfidelity and with distinct earnestness ofpurpose. For approximately a score ofthose 34 years he had been at the head ofBarre's public school system. At all timeshe has had the interests of Barre's schoolsand Barre's school children in his heart.He has given of himself unstintedly duringall those years. He has worked hard inseason and out. To him the success of theBarre schools was a dominating purpose.Even to the last it was his strong desire tocarry on to the end that the work mightnot suffer. Indeed, it was his adherence toduty that taxed his strength beyond thepoint of physical resistance. Thus CarrollH. White demonstrated the qualities thatwere within him. He has gone, but theimpress of his devotion will be felt for along time to come.

"Among those who knew him more intimately, that earnest, self-sacrificing nature of his will remain as an example andincentive. Those more intimate friendsknew the fine qualities of manhood thatwere his. He was a man not given to display or to self-praise; but those friendsknew well the real man, and they recognized in him a nature that was actuatedby high motives. Those more intimatefriends feel they have lost the immediateinfluence of a good man, but they will notlose the memory of a man who was intensely devoted to all his duties and obligations, and who was a real friend."

Class of 1904

ARTHUR HENRY JEFFREYS died in Boston, Mass., February 28, 1934, of pneumonia, after a brief illness.

The son of Arthur Henry and Annie L. Jeffreys, he was born in Raleigh, N. C., October 22, 1880. He came to college from Chelsea, Mass., having fitted at Chelsea High School. He was a member of the class during freshman year only, but after a year he returned to college, and was for some time connected with the class of 1905.

It has not been possible to obtain any account of his history since leaving college.

Class of 1911

On April 27 death removed by a rare combination of diseases, NEWTON HAROLD RUSSELL, a virile figure in the life of Holyoke, Mass. For some weeks he had been in failing health and a visit to the Deaconess Hospital in Boston five or six weeks earlier, established the fact that he was suffering from a combination of anemia, diabetes, and leukemia. Nevertheless he returned home and courageously carried on in his attempt to win back his health even though it was hopeless.

Newt was born in Holyoke, June 11, 1888; he graduated from Holyoke High School in 1907, and from Dartmouth in igti with Phi Beta Kappa honors. While in college Newt appreciated more keenly and obtained more satisfaction and enjoyment from his studies than most men. He also was a keen student of music and played the organ in the college chapel. Following graduation he joined his father in the firm of J. Russell and Company in Holyoke, Mass. He was treasurer and an active member of the firm up to the time of his death. The list of activities in which Newt was interested is a large one. For many years he had been active in the Boy Scout Council, holding different offices. He was president of the Massachusetts Isaac Walton League, secretary of the Holyoke Kiwanis Club, a national authority on nut-growing, and treasurer of the North Nut-Growers Association. He was a member of the board of trustees of two different libraries. In the election following the recently established town government system, he led the ticket in his election as representative. For many years he was active in the Holyoke Family Welfare Society. As an indication of his interest in bird life, he yearly distributed nine hundred pounds of grain to families in the vicinity to feed the birds during the winter.

Newt had always been a loyal and interested member of the local Alumni Association, was an active member of the class, never failing to attend reunions or to call on classmates whenever he found himself in their vicinity. He was a generous contributor to the Alumni Fund.

Newt leaves a widow, Helen Mclntyre, to whom he was married October, 1914, and three daughters, Roberta, Evelyn, and Margaret. He is also survived by his parents and two brothers all of Holyoke.

The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Dr. David E. Adams, son of Professor C. D. Adams of Dartmouth, who is a member of the Mount Holyoke College faculty. Services were in the Second Congregational church in Holyoke. The organ was played by Dr. Hammond of Mount Holyoke, who was a close personal friend. Dr. Adams had known Newt while they were both undergraduates at Dartmouth, and as a neighbor and friend in South Hadley, where Newt had made his home. Four Dartmouth men, friends of Newt in college, acted as ushers.

The following gives an indication of the affection in which Newt was held by all. "The scope of Mr. Russell's far-flung activities and personal friendships was broughtin evidence. The employees of the J. Russell Company were first in line, a hundredor so in all. The Kiwanis Club followed ina body. The Walton League was largelyrepresented. The social agencies to whichMr. Russell gave so much time and effortwere represented by the other officials.Members of the South Hadley town boardson which he has served were there. Hiscollege class at Dartmouth was officiallyrepresented. His neighbors were there infull numbers. It was a most unusually complete cross section of life represented in thegroup that had set aside the temptationthat lay in the glory of an early spring Sunday afternoon to pay a final tribute to adead friend."

There were many tributes paid to Newt by Dr. Adams and others. Representative of these are the words of Dr. Adams "When one reviews the things that heworked for and stood for and loved in lifethe meaning of one particular phrasestands out even more clearly—having got.ten the victory striving for undefiled rewards.'

"How many fine and interesting thingshe worked for and loved in his quiet way!I came to know him years ago as a studentin my own college generation, one of themen who was appreciating his collegecourse and finding far more satisfactionand enjoyment in it than many studentsever find. And when I came back to SouthHadley to live not long ago, I was pleasedto find that we were to be neighbors there.And I have been amazed at the breadth ofhis interests and the scope of his personalservice to his fellowmen.

"He was, as we all know, tremendouslyfond of everything out of doors; his interest widened from his own carefully arranged garden and unique plantation oftrees, to the welfare of the whole Connecticut Valley and the beauty of the greatnorth woods and lakes.

"He loved people—had his place in thegood fellowship of the city, carried a realman's share in work for boys and for people in need. Took a deeply interested partin town government, and was trusted andrespected there. These things were for himnot fads of passing interest. They wereserious and permanent contributions oftime and means and strength.

"These, however, were but the outwardexpressions of a deep-lying philosophy oflife. His real interest in scholarship, hisgenuine love of music, his loyalty to hischurch, the beauty of his home relationships, his keen and kindly humor—theseall speak to us of a rare spirit, qualitieswhich mark the man of whom we mayjustly use the fine old phrase—'a scholarand a gentleman.'

"He has fought the good fight. He hasfinished his course. He has kept the faith.He has gotten the victory, striving for undefiled rewards. For his good life we offerthanksgiving unto God."

Medical School

Class of 1883

The death of DR. DELLAH MONTAGNIAH WELLS, which occurred at his home in Providence, R. 1., May 25, 1933. from diabetes, has been only recently reported.

Dr. Wells was the son of George W. and Frances A. (Blood) Wells, and was born in Falmouth, Me., December 29, iB6O.

He had practiced for many years in Providence. His wife died four years before him. They had no children.

Class of 1888

DR. GEORGE LEWIS MORGENTHAU died in Chicago, 111., March 21, 1934, of cerebral hemorrhage.

He was born in Cincinnati, 0., September 16, 1862, the son of Lewis and Emma (Forchheimer) Morgenthau. His academic education was obtained in Germany, where he graduated in 1883 from the Royal Gymnasium at Nuremberg.

After his graduation at Dartmouth he continued his professional studies in Europe for four years. He adopted the ear, nose, and throat as his specialty, and practiced for many years in Chicago, holding the chair of laryngology in the Chicago Post-Graduate Medical School and serving for many years on,.the staff of Michael Reese Hospital. He was a member of the Chicago Medical Society and the College of Surgeons and a fellow of the American Medical Association. He never married.

Honorary

NAHUM JOSIAH BACHELDER, who received the honorary degree of Master of Arts in 1891, died at the Elliott Hospital, Manchester, N. H., April 22, 1934.

The son of William Adams and Adeline E. (Shaw) Bachelder, he was born in Andover, N. H., September 3, 1854, and received an academic education at Franklin Academy and New Hampton Literary Institution.

In 1875 he began his lifework as a farmer upon the farm where he was born and which had been cleared by his great-grandfather. In 1887 he became secretary of the State Board of Agriculture, and held that position until 1913. In 1903-5 he was governor of the state, and so an ex-officio trustee of the College.

He early became active in the affairs of the Patrons of Husbandry, being the first lecturer of the Merrimack county organization, and for eight years secretary of the state body. In 1891 he became state master of the Grange, serving in that capacity for 12 years and six as lecturer. From 1905 to 1911 he was master of the National Grange.

Among other positions held was that of president of the State Board of Cattle Commissioners; secretary of the New Hampshire Grange Fair Association; secretary of the. Granite State Dairymen's Association; president of the New Hampshire Board of Trade for five years; secretary of the New Hampshire Old Home Association for 15 years; trustee of New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, now the University of New Hampshire. For many years he was agricultural editor of the Manchester Mirrorand Farmer, and also edited the NationalGrange Weekly.

June 20, 1887, he was married to Mary A. Putney of Andover, who is not living. Two children survive them: a daughter, Ruth, with whom her father lived at Andover, and a son, Henry Putney.