Deaths

DUNLAP, REV. GEORGE H., '73, Roxbury, Mass., Nov. 4, 1936 DUNCAN, DR. CHARLES, '98, Concord, N. H., Nov. 12, 1936 DOWD, JOHN E., '01, Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 20, 1936 WALLACE, JAMES H., '01 DRESSER, DR. NORMAN B., '16, Berlin, N. H., Oct. 20, 1936 HARDY, EDWARD D., '91, Thayer School HARMON, HAROLD S., '12, Malone, N. Y., Oct. 3, 1936 SMITH, SAMUEL B., '93m, Chicago, 111., Oct., >936

ALUMNI NOTES

Necrology

Class of 1873

REV. GEORGE HARLAN DUNLAP died November 4, 1936, at the Home for Aged Couples in Roxbury, Mass.

The son of Morrill and Cynthia B. (San born) Dunlap, he was born at East Andover, Me., May 18, 1851. In his early childhood the family removed to Concord, N. H., and he prepared for college at Concord High School, with a year at Kimball Union Academy. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi. On account of the effects of poison ivy poisoning he left college during junior year and did not return. The trustees voted in 1900 to give him his diploma, and he has been since enrolled among the graduate members of the class.

He taught for a time in the Middle West and worked for a time in the Elgin watch factory at Elgin, Ill. In 1874 he came back East and entered Bangor Theological Seminary. After graduating in 1877 he entered the Congregational ministry, and served as pastor in the following places: Charlestown, N. H., 1877-81; Nelson and Harrisville, N. H., 1881-6; Rock Island, Que., 1886-93; East Concord, N. H., 1893-1907; Bennington, N. H., 1907-14; Ashby, Mass., 1914-22. On account of failing health he then retired and with Mrs. Dunlap went to live at the Home for Aged Couples, where he spent the rest of his life.

June 15, 1877, he was married to Mary Catherine, daughter of Allen Folger of Concord, N. H., who survives him. Two children survive, Roger Allen (Dartmouth 1900), now minister of the Community church in Deering, N. H., and Jessie Elizabeth (Mrs. Lee Rogers) of Fitchburg, Mass. Two other sons are not living, one of them being John H. Dunlap (Dartmouth 1905). One of the sons of John H. Dunlap is now a freshman at Dartmouth.

Mr. Dunlap's pastorates averaged longer than most, and in every place he was greatly loved by the entire community for the vigorous independence of his thinking, his utmost loyalty to his conscience, and the understanding gentleness of his pastoral touch. His parishes were small, but he had a moulding influence upon many beautiful lives.

Class of 1878

The death of DR. ORRIN PRESCOTT MAXSON at his summer home in Weaverville, N. C., September 28, 1936, closed what might be termed an experimental, but a consistently useful life.

Son of Dr. Orrin T. Maxson, born at Prescott on the Wisconsin bank of the Mississippi, September 14, 1855, when that bank was quite the frontier, he grew up with an instinct for the great out-of- doors. All his life he was at home with horse and gun, canoe and rod and camera and microscope, used singly and together. At fifteen he taught a term of school and used the proceeds to finance a buffalo hunt on the plains. While still in his teens he went on a scientific expedition for the Smithsonian Institution and the U. S. Fish Commission through several southern states, learning much biology and experiencing an exciting adventure with the Ku Klux of Louisiana.

Fitting for college at the preparatory department of Beloit College, he came to Dartmouth from Waukegan. Ill., where his father was a practicing physician. He was small of stature but well set up, of clean habits and speech, better groomed than most of us, a good student, president of the class the first seme'ster of sophomore year, a member of Alpha Delta Phi. As a freshman he won first prize in the College public speaking contest, to the grievous disappointment of one or two upper-class contestants. Nor was he a mere declaimer. He was an exceptionally effective political orator in the campaign of 1876, and he was in demand on the campaign platform of the Republican party throughout his active life in So. Dakota (where he served in the state senate) and Illinois. It was one of the griefs of his recent years that infirmity forbade his public discussion of issues he considered vital.

He left college at the beginning of junior year to attend the Boston School of Oratory. This move, however, his father vetoed, and as his pride forbade turning back (a recent letter says, "My great regret is thatI did not go right back to Dartmouth"), with his father's backing he undertook a ranch in Texas, where he had unpleasant experience with the "Fence War." This was the least satisfactory of his several ventures. Next he entered the law school of Northwestern University, graduated in due course, was admitted to the bar, and entered upon practice in Chicago with seemingly excellent prospects. At this juncture his father persuaded him to turn to medicine with a view to inheriting his own profitable practice. Accordingly he went abroad for study, and after a semester at Gottingen and a year at Leipsic, returned to Chicago and entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons, served during senior year as preceptor in anatomy, graduated valedictorian, was offered a professorship, but declined, and joined his father in practice. Again, however, perhaps at the call of the wild, a change of plans took him to Hecla, N. D., where for a decade or so he practiced over a wide circuit of rough country, riding his bronchos long distances in all weathers, dust storms in summer, blizzards in winter. His health suffered, and in the nineties he returned to Waukegan, where for another decade he carried on a large practice. His infirmities increasing, convinced that his physique was not equal to the strain of responding to calls at all hours and in all weathers, he turned to the lecture platform to which he was no stranger, and for two years devoted himself wholly to it. Using his camera to obtain stereoptican views to portray beautiful America, he traveled over the great West, accorded unlimited transportation and other cooperation by the railroads. Seeking also to dramatize the phenomenal changes in life and industry that had come about within the span of a single lifetime, he visited great industrial plants for lecture material, and was welcomed and aided by manufacturers.

Still pursued by ill health, he bought a farm not far from Waukegan and engaged actively in farming for a time. About 1910 he began wintering at Stuart, Florida, where he bought a place on an arm of the sea, which afforded fishing and boating off his own shore, and enabled him to gratify his taste for horticulture (He was a life member of both the Illinois and the Wisconsin Horticultural Societies) in producing some 36 varieties of fruit and ornamental trees, many of them rare and curious. Later having disposed of his Waukegan home, he bought a summer home at Weaverville, N. C.

During middle life Dr. Maxson let his Dartmouth associations completely lapse, perhaps because of his physical distresses which at times were very acute; but as age crept on his affection turned warmly back and his regret at not having kept them alive was really touching. He did his best in many ways to renew the old ties.

About the time of his admission to the bar, he was married to Miss Kate Irene Sherman, daughter of A. S. Sherman, one of the pioneers of Chicago, and to her he was devoted to the end. They passed on almost together, he on Monday and she on Wednesday. Eight children survive them. Three daughters were all educated at college or normal school, all married; two have been widows for many years. There are two sons, both educated at Wisconsin University, both married. Harold S., living in Longmeadow, Mass., does business in New York. He was in the Secret Service during the war. Walter T. lives at Cape Elizabeth, Me., and represents an important Boston concern in the Portland section. Serving in the Rainbow Division, he was honored with five citations. There are eight grandchildren living, one deceased. Dr. Maxson was not a member of any church, but was deeply reverent, and was outspoken in his impatience with the professional skeptic. He was a gad degree Mason.

Class of 1880

JESSE BARZILLAI TWISS died at his home, 15 Spring Hill Terrace, Somerville, Mass., October 25, 1936. He was born in Nashua, N. H., October si, 1855, and after his marriage to Gertrude (Emery) Twiss at East Jaffrey, N. H., he was variously employed at Milford, N. H., and Northampton, Mass., in, the practice of law and life insurance. He was admitted to the New Hampshire bar in 1881, and for some time practiced law at East Jaffrey, N. H. Later he resided at Lowell, Mass., where, having given up the practice of the law, he became affiliated with the American Express Company, as agent.

In 1906, he moved to Somerville, Mass., where he held the position of agent of the American Express office at Winter Hill Station and Broad St., Boston, until he was retired on a pension about ten years ago. In general his health was good up to about a year ago when he began to fail, and his death came suddenly after a short illness on October 25. He was devoted to his home and his work.

He was a direct descendant through the Harlow family from Mayflower Pilgrims, and this accounted in some measure for the strong Americanism that dominated his character.

He never sought or had been sought for prominent positions of any kind, but as he said in his letter to "Chronicles 50 years after" he "pursued the even tenor of his ways, unmolested and unafraid."

He was a member of the Masonic lodge of East Jaffrey, and more recently of the Masic Club (Are-square Club) formed by Masons at the American Railway Express Company in Boston.

He leaves a widow and one son, Paul E. Twiss, who occupies a prominent position with the General Electric Company at Lynn, Massachusetts.

He was always deeply interested in his class and Old Dartmouth, and he derived great satisfaction from our reunion in June of 1935, in which he participated and at which he had a wonderful time in renewing old friendships with those who attended. In his letter to your Secretary since the reunion, he emphasized how much he appreciated the honor of joining the good old class of 1880 and how deeply sensitive he was of the persistent kindness of the surviving members of the class in retaining him as one of them. He was of rather a retiring disposition, yet his intimate friends found him a very pleasant and agreeable companion. In college he was a member of Theta Delta Chi.

Although he was with us only up to the close of his sophomore year, we all came to know him as a man of strong moral convictions, and he was greatly respected and liked by all classmates.

Interment was at East Jaffrey, N. H.

Class of 1888

CHARLES ALBERT STOKES died at his home in Denver, Colo., September 21, 1936. Report says a heart attack caused a fall, which resulted in death.

Stokes was born in Lawrence, Kans., September 15, 1864. In 1872 his parents removed to Denver, where he has since made his home. After graduation he studied law in Denver, was admitted to the bar in 1890, and for forty-six years practiced his profession in his home city.

If the Secretary remembers correctly, he entered Dartmouth in sophomore year, was a member of Psi U and Sphinx fraternities, and was one of our prize speaking contestants for two years. We remember him as a genial, lovable youth, which qualities no doubt contributed to his success as an attorney.

He early became prominent in Masonic circles in Denver and the state of Colorado. For many years he was secretary of the board of the Masonic association and manager of the Masonic building in Denver. He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Frank N. Bancroft of Denver and Miss Susan G. Stokes of San Diego, Calif.

ALBERT MATTHIAS WEEKS died at his home in Laconia, N. H., October 3, 1936, after a long illness.

The son of Matthias and Laurinda (Hilliard) Weeks, he was born in Gilmanton, N. H., June 9, 1861, and prepared for college at Gilmanton Academy.

After graduation he taught for a short time, and then took a position on the Manchester Mirror. In 1889 he went to Laconia and with a brother established the Newsand Critic. His brother was associated with him as editor and proprietor of the paper until 1931, and he was then alone in its management until a few months ago, when he was succeeded by his son.

He was married to Martha E. Gilman, December 25, 1903. She survives him, with a son, Raymond A., and a daughter, Hazel 0., now Mrs. William Roberts.

His memory will be cherished by all our classmates, and he will be missed by the newspaper-reading public of New Hampsire. The place he held in the publishing fraternity may best be indicated by extracts from state papers.

"Mr. Weeks was unique in his treatment of state affairs, but fair and candid. His paper was attentively read."

"We do not know that Al Weeks ever was referred to as the Will Rogers of New Hampshire, but he well might have been, for in his pithy, one-paragraph editorials and in his daily conversation he displayed that same humerous, kindly, keen philos- ophy which characterized the famous excowboy, and he voiced it in the same plain talk of the people."

"The philosophy of Albert Weeks was simple, clean, and sweet, and as refreshing as the winds that come from the snow-clad hills. He was of an optimistic nature, candid in his expressions, honest in his dealings, slow in arriving at conclusions in matters that did not meet with his approval, and he possessed the art of leaving much unsaid. He was confident that kind- ness is a panacea for many of life's ills, that the harboring of enmity is poisonous, and that the daily practice of the Christian virtues brings its own reward. In his intimate personal contacts he showed a charming personality; material possessions and all exterior things were then forgotten, his mind being engaged with some vital considerations. He will be greatly missed by those who really knew him."

Class of 1895

HENRY NORWOOD CHASE was stricken with pneumonia on October 1 and died on the 4th at the Cape Cod Hospital, Hyannis, Mass. He had not been in good health since last February.

Henry N. Chase was born in Harwich Mass., February 8, 1874. He was the son of the late Captain Benjamin Chase and Alta M. Chase. He was a graduate of the Harwich High School, where he prepared for college. He entered Dartmouth College with the class of 1895 and graduated with his class. He then entered the Thayer School of Civil Engineering and finished the two years' course.

Not long after graduation he supervised the laying of the Oregon Short Line Railroad and was construction engineer between Salt Lake City and the Pacific Coast. He later returned East and was placed in charge of government construction in Boston harbor. He served in this capacity for ten years; he was then assigned as senior engineer on reclamation work on the Illinois river in 1923. He also had charge of improvements in Plymouth harbor in connection with the celebration of the Plymouth Tercentenary.

For the last 13 years of his life he carried on his profession under the company name of Morse & Chase. He had charge of the engineering work for his native town of Harwich.

Mr. Chase married Agnes M. Phillips in November, 1901. He is survived by his widow, a daughter, Mrs. Lawrence Small, and two grandsons, of Harwichport, Mass., and also by two brothers, Robert W. and Arthur F., of West Harwich.

He was a member of the Exchange Lodge, I. O. O. F., and of the Rebekahs. He was a member of the South Shore Club of Harwichport.

Class of 1897

FREDERICK EVERETT SHAW

It cannot be believed that "Cap" Shaw would have wished it otherwise. He had known disappointment and financial losses. He had endured a painful and handicapping physical disability. But he was an aggressive, public-spirited man, who enjoyed the contest and delighted to stand publicly and fearlessly for his accepted principles.

For him there was no period of prolonged weakness or depressing illness or physical and mental incapacity. Death came on October 29, swiftly and painlessly, as he passed from one committee meeting to another in the political campaign which he was then leading. He was chairman of the Republican city committee for Lynn, a city in which he had been for a generation a widely known and highly respected attorney. He had held social and fraternal as well as civic and political positions. He was a past exalted ruler of the Lynn lodge of Elks, a past grand chancellor of the Peter Woodman lodge, Knights of Pythias, a member of the Odd Fellows, and an Episcopalian.

Frederick Everett Shaw was born in Troy, Me., in 1871. He was married in 1903 to Mary Alice Drinon, and after her death he was married in 1932 to Mary Bradley Groome, who survives him. He had no children.

In college Shaw was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. He was an editor of The Dartmouth. He won college honors in public speaking and was our Commencement orator. After his college course he was graduated from Boston University School of Law, and throughout the years his home and professional work have been in Lynn. It is a satisfaction, as this story ends, to recall the resilient courage, the professional friendship, the honesty, and the abounding happiness of our classmate for forty-three years.

Class of 1898

DR. JAMES PERCIVAL LEAHY died at his home in New Bedford, Mass., October 31, 1936.

Jim Leahy was with the class of 1898 in 1894-96. He entered Tufts after leaving Dartmouth, and studied at Harvard Medical School in 1900-02.

He first practiced medicine in Middleboro, Mass., and later moved to New Bedford, where he was a successful practitioner, specializing in children's diseases.

In his freshman year at Dartmouth Jim played shortstop on the varsity baseball team, and was one of the Dartmouth stars in this position.

He was a very popular member of the class while with it, and though he never attended class affairs he was ever interested in Dartmouth.

He was born in Taunton, Mass., October 22, 1875, the son of Michael A. and Julia (O'Hara) Leahy, and prepared for college at Middleboro, Mass., High School. On November 16, 1908, Jim was married to Margaret Kane at New Bedford, and of this union there are three children: James K., a graduate of Brown, William M., a student at Brown, and Faith.

Jimmie was a past exalted ruler of the Elks, and while in college was a member of Sigma Chi.

Class of 1901

JOHN EDWIN DOWD passed away at his home, 9339 Shore Road, Brooklyn, N. Y., October 20, 1936. He had been in poor health for the past two years, and had been confined to his home for the past six months.

Jack was born in New Britain, Conn., January 30, 1880, but early in his life the family moved to Nashua, N. H. Here he attended the public schools and graduated from the Nashua High School in 1897.

After graduation from college he taught school for a few years, then took postgraduate work at Pratt Institute, the Cooper Union, and at Columbia Univer- sity, where he was awarded his A.M. degree. For a number of years he had been connected with the Pease Laboratories, Inc., of New York City, as a chemist and bacteriologist. He was a fellow of the American Institute of Chemistry, a member of the American Chemical Society, the American Water Works Association, the American Health Association, the New York State Sewerage Works Association, and the Dartmouth Club of New York. In college he was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity.

Jack was a loyal member of this class, always sincere and well liked by all. His was a genial disposition, and who can forget that happy smile that lighted up his face when he greeted old friends? He was a regular attendant at all class functions, particularly the monthly lunches held at the Dartmouth Club in New York. Jack will be greatly missed. He is survived by his wife, Fannie Joline Dowd, and three sisters and a brother.

The funeral was held Thursday, October 22, and was largely attended, the class being represented by Joe Raphael, Eliot Bishop, Harry Gilmore, Frank Cudworth, Charlie Kimball, and Warren Rugg.

Class of 1911

HOWARD BURTON WELCH, who was a member of the class of 1911 for one year, died suddenly at the hospital in Waterville, Me., on the last day of August, following a three-day illness. He had been a prominent business man in this community for many years, and his death came as a distinct shock to his many friends.

Howard was born in Chelsea, Mass., October 5, 1886, moving to Waterville, Me., at the age of eleven. He was graduated from Coburn Classical Institute and Morgan Park Academy before entering Dartmouth. In college he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. He was also a gad degree member of the Masons and the Kore Temple Shrine of Lewiston. He was also a member of the Rotary Club, former commander of the George N. Bourque Post, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Elks, and Chamber of Commerce.

For more than fifteen years he was superintendent of the Wyandotte Worsted Com- pany in Waterville, when he left to go to Rochester, N. H., to open a mill for the same concern. After three years he returned to Waterville, where he entered the sporting goods and periodical business under the name of Welch's, Inc., which he had successfully conducted for about eight years until the time of his death. He is survived by his widow, Winifred; his mother, a brother, and two sisters.

Class of 1913

HAROLD SOULE HARMAN—"HaI" to a wide circle of friends—died suddenly in the Malone Hospital, Malone, N. Y., on October 3, 1936. He was stricken with acute appendicitis, and passed away after the operation.

Hal was born in New Orleans on September 9, 1889, and entered Dartmouth from Brooklyn, N. Y. He was a member of the fraternity Beta Theta Pi and senior society Sphinx.

After graduation Hal was associated with the Standard Oil Co. of New York, and from 1914 until 1930 was stationed in various parts of China. He traveled extensively all over Europe, and every three years returned to this country. Since 1930 he had been connected with the Shell Products Corporation.

Hal is survived by his mother, Mrs. Nora Harman of Scarsdale, N. Y., and a sister and a brother, to whom our sincere sympathy is extended. Dartmouth has lost a loyal son and 1913 a loved classmate.

Class of 1916

DR. NORMAN BATES DRESSER was found dead in his room at the Hotel Costello, Berlin, N. H., on the morning of October 20. He had been in ill health for a week, and the medical examiner, who viewed the body, said that Dr. Dresser had died in his sleep from a heart attack.

He was born in Berlin, January 10, 1895, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Loren J. Dresser, and prepared for college at Berlin High School. During his senior year and the following year he was a member of Dartmouth Medical School, and completed his medical course at Bowdoin, where he graduated as M.D. in 1919. During the war he served in the Navy.

He began and continued practice in Berlin, where he was for two years health officer, and for a number of years was medical examiner and coroner.

In 1923 he was married to Olive Lavalee, who survives him, with their daughter Nancy. His parents also survive, now residents of Quebec, and two brothers, Clarence J. and Jacob W.

"Dres" was a quiet, unassuming chap, always ready with help and sympathy for his more volatile classmates. Although we haven't seen much of "Dres" during the past few years, Dartmouth and 1916 have lost a loyal son and classmate.

Medical School

Class of 1893

DR. SAMUEL BREESE SMITH died in Chicago, Ill., October 8, 1936, of paralysis. He was born in Douglas, Mass., October 16, the son of Dr. John Derby and Susan (Anthony) Smith. Dr. Nathan Smith, the founder of Dartmouth Medical School, was his great-grandfather. The family early moved to Bridgewater, Mass., where he graduated from the local high school.

He studied medicine with a brother, Dr. Walter J. Smith, attending two courses of lectures at Dartmouth, and graduating in November, 1892. He then studied surgery three years at Johns Hopkins. He began practice at Scituate, R. 1., with his brother Walter. After a few years they moved to Providence, R. I. Before many years he gave up medical practice and went to California and took up civil engineering. He was employed on the dam in the San Bernardino mountains constructed to supply water to the cities of Redlands and Riverside, and then on preliminary surveys for the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul R. R. Then he was chief assistant engineer for the Santa Fe road in Oklahoma and Texas and for the Chicago and Rock Island road in Kansas and Oklahoma. In 1917 he was assistant city engineer in Calgary, Alberta, and in the same year was with the Crow's Nest Mining Co. and Fernie, B. C. In 1918 he became assistant chief mining engineer for the Peabody Coal Cos. of Chicago at their coal mines at Pikesville, Ky. In 1920 he took a similar position with the Bethlehem Steel Co. at the company's property in West Virginia. In 1929 he decided to retire to California and take life more easily, but the collapse of 1929 destroyed most of his savings and hastened the failure of his health.

In 1920 Dr. Smith was married to Ethele Marie, daughter of George Wallace and Harriette (Speare) Beebe, who survives him. There are no children.

Thayer School

Class of 1891

EDWARD DANA HARDY died suddenly of heart disease in San Diego, Calif., October 7, 1936.

He was born in Hebron, N. H., June 19, 1864, the son of David P. and Sarah Hardy! His preparation for the Thayer School was obtained at the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts (now the University of New Hampshire), then located at Hanover, which he left at the close of junior year to enter the Thayer School.

After graduation he did engineering work on the construction of the Franklin and Tilton railroad branch in New Hampshire, and soon after entered government service with the War Department, and was for many years in Washington, D. C. A noteworthy achievement was the designing and construction of a system of pure water for the city, which won him a high place among federal engineers. He specialized in general in water filtration work.

He retired from active service in 1934, and then spent some time in Manchester and Hebron, N. H. Last winter he spent in Florida, and had recently been touring in California. He and Mrs. Hardy had but recently reached San Diego, where they had engaged apartments for the winter. His wife and three daughters survive him.