Deaths
ALUMNI NOTES
Necrology
Class of 1857
Mrs. Lydia M. (Steele) Pingree, widow of former Governor Samuel E. Pingree of Vermont and sister of his classmate Judge Benjamin H. Steele, died at her home in Hartford, Vt., February 23, at the age of 95-
Class of 1869
DR. GEORGE RICE died at his home at Sutton, Surrey, England, February 14, 1935.ft .0
He was born June 21, 1848, in Troy, N. Y., but came to college from Newport, R.I , ,
After graduation he began the study ot medicine at Dartmouth, but decided to continue his studies in Europe and was studying in Paris at the outbreak of the Franco-German war. The war led to a change of plans, and he migrated to the University of Edinburgh, where he graduated as M.B.C.M. in 1874. He became house surgeon at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, where his immediate chief was Sir Joseph Lister, the discoverer of antisepsis, to whom he became a trusted and prized assistant in his antiseptic work. From Edinburgh he went to the Manchester Royal Infirmary as house physician, and afterwards held resident appointments at the Chorlton Union Hospitals and the Woolwich and Plumstead Infirmary. He also held office under the Metropolitan Asylums Board at the Downs Ringworm Hospital, and was for a time resident medical officer at the Fulham Workhouse. He went to Sutton in 1884, conducted a successful practice, and filled many local appointments; he was public vaccinator for Sutton, Cheam, and Marshalton until last September, dying almost in harness.
In 1881 Dr. Rice was married to Florence Mary, daughter of John Cook of Plumstead, who died a little over a year ago. One daughter survives them.
Class of 1873
ABIEL LEONARD died at his home in Marshall, Mo., July 22, 1934, after an illness of about two years.
He was born in Bellair, Cooper Cos., Mo., May 24, 1851, the son of Nathaniel and Margaret (Hutchison) Leonard. His father was a native of Windsor, Vt. He prepared at Kemper Military School, Boonville, Mo., for the Chandler Scientific Department, and remained with the class in that department for the first three years of the course.
After leaving college he went to Saline Cos., Mo., in company with his brother, William H. Leonard '72, and began the operation of a farm at a point which afterwards took the name of Mount Leonard. This farm they operated together for twenty years, devoting themselves largely to the raising of shorthorn and Scotch polled cattle on an extensive scale, in which they were highly successful. Wishing to give his children better educational advantages than were possible at Mount Leonard, he removed in 1893 to Marshall, and was there engaged for many years in the real estate business. From 1888 to 1900 he was a director of the Farmers Savings Bank of Marshall.
A Democrat in politics, he never sought or accepted a distinctly political office, but by the appointment of two successive governors of the state he served as a member of the state board of agriculture from 1885 to 1893, was a trustee of Westminster College from 1895 to 1899, and president of the board of education of Marshall from 1896 to 1899. He was for many years an elder in the First Presbyterian church of Marshall, and was actively connected with Masonry, being a Knight Templar.
May 10, 1885, Mr. Leonard was married to Mittie S., daughter of Joseph L. Stephens, who is no longer living. Four children survive them, Horace Holly, Joseph S. (Major U. S. A.), Margaret N., and Speed S.
Class of 1875
HENRY WEBSTER STEVENS, for many years secretary of this class, died at his home in Concord, N. H., March 11, 1935, after a brief illness.
The son of Lyman Dewey (Dartmouth 1843) and Achsah Pollard (French) Stevens, he was born in Concord, March 5, 1853, and prepared for college at Phillips Andover Academy. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi.
After graduation he began the study of law with his father, and for the year 1876-7 he was at Boston University Law School, where he graduated as LL.B. in 1877. In January, 1878, he was admitted to the New Hampshire bar, and began practice in partnership with his father. In the spring of 1879 he formed a partnership with Edward G. Leach '71, and in 1900 Benjamin W. Couch '96 was admitted to the firm. In 1913 Mr. Leach retired, and in 1914 William L. Stevens '03 was admitted to the firm, which is one of the most prominent and successful in the state.
Mr. Stevens was city solicitor in 1885-6, alderman in 1894, member of the state House of Representatives in 1887 and of the Senate in 1901. He was an officer of many business corporations, including the Mechanics National Bank, the Merrimack Cos. Savings Bank, the Concord Gas Company, the Northern N. H. R. R., and the Board of Trade Building Cos. He was also officially connected with the Margaret Pillsbury Hospital, St. Mary's School, and the Concord City Library. He was at the time of his death president of the New Hampshire Historical Society. He was senior warden of St. Paul's church, and one of the most active and prominent laymen of the Episcopal diocese, of which he had been treasurer for 30 years.
October 27, 1881, he was married to Ellen Tuck, daughter of William Rufus and Abbie E. (Tuck) Nelson of Exeter, N. H., who died April 89, 1933. They had no children. His brother, William L. Stevens '03 (mentioned above), and a sister, Mrs. Frances B. Clarke of Pembroke, N. H., are the nearest surviving relatives.
Class of 1880
GEORGE HENRY HUBBARD was descended from a substantial and long-lived line of forbears, running back on his father's side eight generations to George Hubbard of Gilford, Conn., and on his mother's side to Governor Thomas Dudley of Massachusetts. He himself was a member of the Governor Thomas Dudley Family Association of Boston.
The son of Henry and Lois Fuller (Carr) Hubbard, he was born at Barnston, Que., June 2, 1857. His father and mother were teachers. He received his early education in his home. School life began when he decided to go to college and fit himself for the ministry.
In a little more than a year from his home training, he took a certificate in his pocket from the principal of St. Johnsbury Academy and applied to Dartmouth College for admission, and he was duly matriculated by the genial and distinguished president, Asa Dodge Smith. At college he was rather a free lance, not always on the prescribed curriculum, but enough so to get by.
After teaching a year and a half, he entered Hartford Theological Seminary. Immediately on graduation, in 1884, he took a pastorate in a missionary church in Illinois. He was so ultra-Calvinistic in his statement before the council that one member declined to approve his examination and said, "Such outrageous orthodoxy ought to go back to Connecticut andstay there." As he progressed in his ministerial career, he became more progressive "an extreme progressive, if you please" he wrote.
During the next thirty years, he was pastor of several churches in Massachusetts. In 1900 he became pastor of Union Congregational church in Haverhill, Mass., where he remained more than a decade and resigned on account of the ill health o£ his wife.
In the next ten years, he served the churches as pastor-at-large, as he puts it, with occasional periods of "acting pastor."
During this period, he supplied in more than 250 churches in Massachusetts, besides smaller numbers in all the other New England states, including New York. His active work ceased in 1927, when he suffered a severe attack of influenza.
In the early nineties, he broke into the publisher's field, which he continued at intervals through the rest of his active career. His publications include "The Why of Poverty," "Spiritual Power of Work," "Spiritual Coins and Counterfeits," "Teachings of Jesus in Parables."
He was married in 1889 to Deborah Bowditch Dean of Cambridge, a student at Radcliffe. They had one daughter, Lois Dean, now a doctor on the women's staff of St. Elizabeth Hospital, Washington, D. C.
Hubbard was a distinctive and original type in his class of 70 members: he came to college a kid, with only brief school training beyond his home teaching. He had to adjust himself to his environment. He had an active and inquiring mind, which led him into mental excursions outside the prescribed curriculum. For example, two years after graduation from college, he went to Cambridge and studied economics and philosophy in the Harvard Library for two years and published the results of his work in the Yale Review. This habit of side-line pursuits continued through life. He was always orthodox, with limits, but liberal on social and economic relations as well as in his religious views.
His career was varied in accordance with his varied interests through the years. His accomplishments were significant and worth while. Whatever lack of continuity in his work may be observed is amply accounted for by his urge to explore new fields of knowledge.
He died January 30, 1935, at the age of 77. The funeral was in the crematory chapel, Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, conducted by Rev. E. A. Elliott, D.D., of Boston, a relative. His ashes repose at Mount Auburn.
Class of 1886
JAMES ELIAS ELLIS died at his home in Claremont, N. H., February 26, 1935, after a brief illness.
He was born in Weathersfield, Vt., October 13, 1863, and prepared for the Chandler Scientific Department at the high school of Windsor, Vt. He was a member of the Vitruvian fraternity (now Beta Theta Pi).
Leaving college after two years, he was engaged in ranching in the West for a short time, and was then employed as a hardware salesman in Southbridge and Springfield, Mass. In 1890 he came to Claremont and entered the hardware business, in which he remained for the rest of his life, later adding coal, and still later paints, varnishes, and brushes to his business.
He was a member of a Masonic lodge, chapter, and commandery. October 12, 1887, he was married to Nellie C. Boynton of Weathersfield, who survives him, with their daughter, Marion Boynton, now Mrs. Edward A. Rice.
Class of 1887
WALTER EVERETT KITTREDGE died in Nashua, N. H., January 17, 1935, of cerebral hemorrhage.
He was born in Merrimack, N. H., May 31, 1866, the son of Walter and Eleanor Ann (Fairfield) Kittredge. His father was a farmer and song writer, writing both words and music for "Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground." He prepared for college at McGaw Normal Institute in his native town.
The first year after graduation he remained on the paternal farm, and then, in November, 1888, began the study of law in the office of John H. Andrews in Manchester. He was admitted to the bar in 1891, and then began the practice of law in Nashua and Merrimack, continuing until his death. He represented the town of Merrimack in the legislature of 1917, and also served on the school board, as tax collector, and as municipal judge. He was a member of Rising Sun Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Nashua, and also of the Elks.
January 23, 1896, he was married to Addie Lydia, daughter of Horace Woodbury and Lydia Janette (Burns) Wilson of Nashua, who survives him, with their three children, Mrs. Anna L. Bengtsen, Walter W. Kittredge, and Mrs. Winifred J. Eaton. There are also three grandchildren.
Class of 1888
The January issue made brief note of the death of Harlow. At that time we were unable to obtain information for a fuller notice.
TRUMAN OSCAR HARLOW died on De- cember 2, 1934, at his home, 155 Brooks Ave., Arlington, Mass. His death was due to heart trouble, with which he had been afflicted for some time.
Harlow was born June 21, 1859, at Strafford, Vt., the son of George W. and Mahala (Willey) Harlow. He entered Dartmouth in September, 1884, one of the group from Kimball Union Academy, graduating with us in June, 1888.
Soon after graduation he accepted a call from the Baptist church in Wilton, N. H., where he served for eight years. During this period he studied at Newton Theological School, graduating in 1893.
Leaving Wilton in 1896, he was pastor at West Swanzey, N. H., for two years, at Somerset, Mass., for three years, at West Medford, Mass., for two years, at the Second Baptist church in Cambridge, Mass., for three years, at the First Baptist church in Billerica, Mass., from 1909 to 1919, and at the Wood Memorial church in Lawrence, Mass., from 1920 to 1923.
In keeping with his native desire to be always actively busy, he was for many years following 1900 employed in the Boston office of the Boston and Maine Railroad. His desire for a busy and useful life he absorbed from the north winds of New England, a life which he abundantly attained.
In December, 1888, he married Lizzie S. Chadbourne, a sister of Edmund B. Chadbourne, for two years a member of our class. No pastor ever had a more congenial and efficient helpmate than Harlow enjoyed for 46 years. Mrs. Harlow and their two sons survive him.
His published writings consist largely of sermons and stories, the outgrowth of his ministerial work. Because of his constant study and the high quality of his thesis, he was given the degree of B.D.
Class of 1901
ARTHUR ELA BUCK passed away at Fort Francis, Ontario, January 27, 1935, after a week's sickness, of pneumonia. ,
Arthur Buck was born in Manchester, N. H., January 28, 1880, the son of William E. Buck, then superintendent of schools of Manchester. He was an honor student in the Manchester schools, and after graduation he entered Dartmouth in the fall of 1897 with the class of 1901. He immediately showed his ability as an honor student, took honors in Greek and history, and was a Rufus Choate scholar for three years. He graduated with summa cum laude rank, and also won the Class of 1846 Latin prize and the Atherton Greek prize, and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
In 1902 he received his A.M. degree from Harvard, and then studied for three years at Leipsic, Germany. Returning to Manchester in 1905, he taught German and mathematics in the high school until 1907. He then went to Shattuck School in Faribault, Minn., and was located there several years. In 1913 he was appointed associate professor of German at Grinnell College, lowa. While there he became acquainted with Dr. Sprague of Chicago in boys' summer camps. The appeal of the great outdoor life became stronger and stronger, and when granted a sabbatical year, "he spent most of it, camping and tramping with guides through the Canadian lake region north of Minnesota. He thus became acquainted with trappers, and decided to go into the wholesale fur business, instead of returning to teaching. This was satisfactory to Grinnell College, as at that time courses in German were not popular. Buck then located at the town of Fort Francis, Canada, just across the boundary line from International Falls. He dealt in furs of the silver, red, and black fox, also otter, beaver, and mink. The climate was extremely cold, often 50 to 60 degrees below zero, and many of the furs were very fine and heavy. For the past three years he had represented Revillon Freres of Paris and London for the purchase of furs in that district.
Arthur Buck loved books, also whist and particularly chess, having played with some of the best players in this country and in Germany. It is said that occasionally a traveler, arriving in Fort Francis at midnight or even later, would wake him up to play a game of chess, and he was always ready. While abroad he traveled extensively in Switzerland and in Southern Europe, and in Italy he was honored with an audience with the pope. Few of us had the opportunity of knowing him, as he was of a retiring disposition, never given to intimate association. He was not a grind, but always of serious purpose and always the student. He continued his love for the old languages, and could read ancient Latin and Greek as readily as English.
The funeral services were held in St. John's Anglican church at Fort Francis, and the body was brought to Manchester for burial. He never married, and is survived by four brothers and a sister.
Class of 1913
CORNELIUS HARLAND LAWRENCE died on February 14, 1935, in Taunton, Mass., following an operation for a severe attack of appendicitis.
C. Harland Lawrence was born in Taunton, March 17, 1891, the son of Abbott F. and the late Sarah (White) Lawrence. He attended the Taunton schools and Phillips Exeter Academy. He entered Dartmouth with the class of 1913, but only remained one year.
He was employed with the Winthrop Cotton Yarn Cos. in Taunton after leaving college, as agent for the mill. When the mill was closed, he was engaged in selling electrical supplies until appointed byMayor Andrew J. McGraw of Taunton as his secretary, in which post he has served for several years.
At the outbreak of the World War he enrolled at Plattsburg and received a commission of second lieutenant. He was assigned to the 303d Infantry and saw service overseas with the 76th Division,
He was a former member of the old Winthrop Club and the Segregansett Country Club, and was, at one time, secretary of the Old Colony Kennel Club. He was a charter member of the Taunton Lions Club and was one of its presidents. He was interested in the work of the Taunton fire department and a volunteer member, assisting in driving some of the apparatus during the early days of its organization. He has taken a prominent part in solicitations for funds for community organizations and the Community Chest.
He married Marie Perkins of Providence, R. 1., who survives him, as do his father and a half sister, Sarah, wife of Perry H. White of Taunton.
He was an efficient mayor's secretary, having unusual tact and diplomacy in meeting callers and handling the business of the city hall office. Few men were better known in Taunton. His even temper and readiness to lend a helping hand made fast friends for him, although he was little known in the class.
Funeral services were held at the Unitarian church in Taunton on Sunday, February 17.
Class of 1916
FRANCIS KENNETH DOUGLAS died in New York City on January 10, 1935. Born in that same city on April 38, 1892, son of the late John F. Douglas, New York banker, and Marion E. Cooley. Entered Dartmouth in the fall of 1912 from Andover, affiliated with Psi Upsilon, interested in freshman football, but cut short his Dartmouth life to enter the American Field Service as a camion driver with the French army. Here he was wounded and received from the French for bravery under fire the Croix de Guerre. As soon as the United States entered the war he returned to this country to enter the Aviation Corps, where he earned his second lieutenancy, but due to a crash which left him with a fractured skull never returned to active service in France. Soon after the war Ken married and settled in New York City and interested himself in house heating equipment, served as sales manager for several concerns, and finally became vice-president of the Dexter Engineering Cos. However, due to a previous automobile accident from which he emerged with his second fracture of the skull a nervous breakdown resulted. From this he never recovered, and his death in January will be a shock to us all. He is survived by his mother, wife, and a brother, Walter C. Douglas '10.
In college he seemed to be easy going, extracting pleasure from contacts with his classmates and giving twice as much in return, yet with that spark of pluck, nerve, and vision which forced him to give up the pleasant days in Hanover to enter as a poilu the French Army. Of such virtues are heroes made, and it is our loss that he will no longer be with us.
Class of 1917
JOSEPH GOOLD HALLETT died suddenly at his home, 281 Glen Road, Wellesley Farms, Mass., on February 5, 1935. The funeral services were conducted at his home on February 8, where the class was represented by George Currier, Stan Kingsbury, and Don Brooks.
Joe was born in Lynn, Mass., August 5, 1894, and came from Newton High School to Dartmouth, where he was well liked by everyone for his quiet, unassuming friendliness. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi fraternity. War record: Enlisted at Boston on April 4, 1917, with the rank of machinist's mate, second class. Spent five months training at the Boston Navy Yard and Bumkin's Island. Transferred to naval aviation on October 12, 1917. Commissioned as ensign on July 8, 1918. On duty in France on submarine patrol duty from July 24 to November, 1918. Discharged at New York City on January 2, 1919, with rank of ensign.
May 29, 1919, he married Ruth Allen Howell, who survives him, with two sons, Joseph Goold Jr., age 15, and Allen Howell, age 13.
He had been engaged in shoe manufacturing since 1921.
Class of 1925
LAURITS CHRISTIAN CHRISTENSON was accidentally electrocuted at his home in Green Bay, Wis., December 30, 1934.
He was born in Racine, Wis., January 7, 1902, and prepared for college at the high school of that city. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi.
At the end of freshman year he transferred to the University of Wisconsin, but did not complete the course. In 1935 he entered the employ of the Wisconsin Public Service Corporation in its general offices at Milwaukee. After a short time he was promoted to be division auditor at Manitowoc. In 1926 he was transferred to Green Bay as auditor of stores and transportation for the entire corporation, and in 1930 became assistant treasurer, remaining at Green Bay.
He was deputy district governor of the Lions Club for the district last year, and at his death was president of the local club. He was also an officer of the Oneida Golf and Riding Club. He had been a worker on numerous Community Chest and other drives, and had served on various committees of the Association of Commerce. He was a member of the Masonic order and of the First Methodist church.
July 30, 1927, he was married to Pauline LaTourette, daughter of Marquis J. Newell of Evanston, Ill., who survives him, now making her home at 2226 Hartzell St., Evanston. There are two children, Laurits Newell, aged 6, and Marquis Newell, aged 4.
CHARLES ROGERS TREAT JR. died at his home at Orange, Conn., January 12, 1935, of staphylococcus infection.
He was born in Orange, March 17, 1901, son of Charles Rogers and Daisy May (Clark) Treat, and prepared for college at Milford School, Milford, Conn. He left college at the end of the first semester, having become a member of Phi Delta Theta.
Since his father's death in 1928 he had operated the Treat Farm holdings in Orange.
October 12, 1923, he was married to Harriett Curtis, daughter of Harlow A. and Harriett S. Leekley of Oklahoma, who survives him, with a son, Robert Harlow, born in 1927. His mother also survives, and one sister.
Class of 1927
Just before the last issue of this magazine went to press, word reached us of the sudden death on January 26, 1935, in Auburn, N. Y„ of JAMES WALLACE LOWER.
Jim was born in Auburn, April 21, 1905, the son of Martin J. and Jane (Lepper) Lower. He prepared for college at the Auburn High School and entered Dartmouth in the fall of 1923. In college Jim was a member of the Zeta Psi fraternity. He majored in history, graduating in 1927 with the degree of Bachelor of Science.
Since graduation Jim has been in business in Auburn, and has been a loyal and interested member of our class. It is with deepest sorrow and a realization of the loss to our class that we receive the news of Jim's sudden death. We extend our sympathy to the members of his family.
Medical School
Class of 1886
DR. GEORGE HENRY FRENCH died at his home in Long Beach, Calif., November 28, 1934. He suffered a nervous breakdown at the time of the 1933 earthquake, and was confined to his bed for fifteen months, growing gradually weaker from anemia until the end.
He was born in Candia, N. H., October 28, 1864, the son of Charles Henry and Mary Elizabeth (Sloane) French, and attended the schools of his native town and New Hampton Literary Institution.
Obtaining his medical degree in November, 1885, he began practice at once in Brockton, Mass., removing to Walpole, Mass., in April, 1887. In 1893 he removed to Boston, and for many years did service in the ear, nose, and throat department of the Boston Dispensary. In 1922 he removed to Long Beach, and for a year was connected with the Anaheim Clinic at Anaheim as diagnostician. He then resumed private practice in Long Beach, and continued until his last illness. He was an expert diagnostician, and untiringly devoted to his extensive practice.
June 8, 1887, Dr. French was married to Nellie Mary, daughter of Rev. John Nelson and Katherine Jensen (Prescott) Rich of Taunton, Mass., who survives him, and has been for a long time a deputy assessor of Los Angeles county. They had two children, a daughter dying in infancy, and a son, who was a professional musician, in 1921.
