Deaths
ALUMNI NOTES
Necrology
Class of 1854
Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey, widow of GEN. R. DELAVAN MUSSEY of this class, died at her home in Washington, D. C., April 21, 1936, at the age of 85. She was born in Ashtabula county, Ohio, and was the daughter of Piatt Rogers Spencer, the inventor of the Spencerian system of penmanship. She studied law with her husband, and at his death in 1892 succeeded to his practice, meeting with eminent success in the profession. In 1896 she established a woman's law class in Washington, which in 1898 was incorporated as the Washington College of Law. She was dean of the college until 1913, and since that date had been honorary dean. She was a member of the Board of Education of the city from 1906 to 1912, and was nationally prominent in many organizations of women. She is survived by a son, William H. Mussey of Chicago, and a daughter, Miss Dela P. Mussey of Brattleboro, Vt.
Class of 1872
ASA MILTON FRENCH died in a hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas, early in the afternoon of April 22, 1936, of pneumonia.
He was born at Boscawen, N. H., March 14, 1850, the son of Francis S. and Asenath (Sawyer) French. He commenced his preparation for Dartmouth College at Elmwood Literary Institute 1864-1866, and completed it at Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, N. H., where he graduated in 1868. In September following he entered college and continued without any break except vacations until he took his degree in June, 187 a. He was a diligent and conscientious student, with a decided bent for mathematics. He was a charter member of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity. He was one of the few of the class who followed a natural taste for his occupation in life. He was selected to "captain" his division when the class was conducting surveys in and about Hanover and no one doubted his fitness for the position. His tastes and abilities were even then unmistakably evident. In Hanover he needed no title of C. E. from any institution to entitle him to leadership in that branch of mathematics.
Immediately after graduation he entered the service of the Portland & Ogdensburg R- R. in the White Mountains, and continued in that duty through 1872 and early 1873. In 1873 and 1874 he was assistant engineer on the W. K. C. & N. W. R. R., Independence, Mo.; 1874 he became assistant on division Kansas Midland R. R., Kansas City, Mo.; 1874-1875 principal assistant in Texas Western, Houston, Texas; 1875-1876 principal assistant Matamoras R. R., Matamoras, Mexico; 1876-1877 deputy surveyor, Live Oak County, Texas; 1877-1880 surveyor and land agent San Diego, Texas; 1880-1884 surveyor and civil engineer, Corpus Christi, Texas; 1884- 1885, manager for Nelson & Hastings, contractors, Guatamala Northern R. R.; 1884- 1889 superintendent of construction, San Antonio & Aransas Pass (now Southern Pacific) R. R., and laid the lines from San Antonio to the Pacific Coast. Thus without a degree he grew into the title of Civil Engineer. From 1889 to 1893 he practiced as C. E., as land surveyor and dealer in real estate at Corpus Christi, Texas. In 1893 he was in charge of full work on construction of Hot Springs & Texas R. R. He was elected surveyor of Duval County, Texas, 1878-1880, and appointed special deputy of Nueces County, Texas, 1882-1883.
As a, side issue between 1879 and 1893 he joined the popular occupation of ranching, and there succeeded in dropping his earnings and savings prior to that date.
In 1894 he was chief engineer of the St. Louis B. & M. Railway, which he continued until August, 1903, having finished the line from the Nueces River on the north to Brownsville on the Rio Grande. This was all new line work on a road chartered in 1903, requiring a C. E. of experience and tried capacity.
Besides he turned his attention to land surveying, principally connected with court surveys and the arbitration of lines. He entered the law firm of McCampbells & Stayton in April, 1907, chiefly to take charge of abstract work in Nueces County, Texas. On the death of Mr. Stayton in September he took over the abstract work until 1914, when he sold it. In 1907 his firm was French & Haberer, civil engineers and land surveyors, in which firm he remained until 1916, having cut up about 250,000 acres of large cattle ranches into quarter sections for farms.
He continued active professionally until his last illness.
On August 9, 1935, he wrote to his class secretary:
"I went to a ranch in Duval County(Texas) two weeks ago, worked six days,camped out, and came back feeling fine;that shows you the state of my health. Wehad to walk about a mile each day to andfrom work to get to the nearest point carsfrom camp could reach us, as the tract wasx>ery brushy. We only ran about a mile aday."
At the age of 8g this was a notable end to his career as a surveyor.
The Corpus Christi Caller of April 23, 1936, says of him in an obituary: "Mr. French had been prominently identified with the business, social and civiclife of Corpus Christi and South Texassince coming to this section from NewHampshire in 1882 He was anorganizer and one of the first directors ofthe State National Bank, in 1907 a morethan two million dollar institution, andwas a member of its board when he died.He also was one of the first directors of theGuaranty Title & Trust Cos. of CorpusChristi, when it was organized in 1914."
In war time he was one of the "Four Minute" speakers who stirred people of means to action, took a hand in all the bond selling and war charity "drives," took his share of the various bond issues as assigned by the committee, and was a member of the legal advisory board of his county, being one of only two persons who could speak Spanish to the Mexican residents, subject to the draft questionnaire. He also had six years of service as school trustee of the Corpus Christi Indian School District to his credit.
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He thought he had retired from active life in 1918, but war conditions and severe storms in 1919 affecting farming income induced him to put on the harness again. He had two farms which needed attention.
He was most loyal to his class and his college by contributing to the Tucker Alumni Fund and by his attendance at the reunions of the class in 1912 and 1922, and made a subsequent visit to Hanover in 1927, on which latter occasion in the letter above referred to he wrote of the Commencement, "I lost myself in wonder anddelight then."
He was married at Rochester, Minn., November 26, 1890, to Miss Frances M. Garrett, and they had a family consisting of one daughter, now Mrs. Anna Maud Smith of Fort Wayne, Ind., two sons, Francis and Herbert French of Corpus Christi, one granddaughter, DeLis Smith of Fort Wayne, and a grandson, Louis French, of Corpus Christi.
In religion he had followed the New England trend and was a member of the Congregational church, but on his removal to Texas found no church of that denomination, and finding the First Presbyterian church, he became affiliated with that and served as an elder for more than thirty years.
His original residence in Corpus Christi stood at the corner of Leopard St. and Upper Broadway, which a business building now occupies. His last residence was at 403 Waco St., where the funeral services were conducted at 3:30 o'clock on the afternoon of April 23. Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Class of 1875
DAVID NEWTON PUTNEY died in Philadelphia, Pa., November 18, 1935.
He was born in Bow, N. H., November 27, 1849, the son of David Putney. His college preparation was obtained at the Norwich (Vt.) Classical and English School. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and Phi Beta Kappa.
For three years after graduation he was principal of the Leicester (Mass.) Academy, then in 1878-9 of the North Brookfield (Mass.) High School. Impaired health compelled him to give up teaching for the next three years, but in 1881 he resumed his work as principal of the Wakefield (Mass.) High School. Soon his health again failed, and he engaged in the drug business in Weymouth, Mass. He did not remain here long, but went South, and taught at Block- ville and Ridge Springs, S. C., until 1885. He then came back to New England, and was engaged in farming at Woodstock, Conn., for several years. He later lived at Putnam, Conn., and Concord, N. H. The report of his death was received too late to make it possible for correspondence to obtain particulars of his later life in season for this issue of the MAGAZINE. It is thought that he never married.
SAMUEL FRENCH WADHAMS died from cerebral hemorrhage in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., January 31, 1936.
He was born in Plymouth, Pa., May si, 1854, the son of Elijah Catlin and Esther Taylor (French) Wadhams, and prepared for the Chandler Scientific Department in the schools of his native town. He was a member of the Vitruvian fraternity (now Beta Theta Pi).
After graduation he began the study of law in an office in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., was admitted to the bar in June, 1877, and began practice in Wilkes-Barre in the following September. In 1884 he removed to Minneapolis, Minn., but after two years went to Duluth, Minn., where he remained for many years, finally returning to WilkesBarre. In Duluth he was engaged mainly in real estate business, and was for several years city assessor.
May 16, 1894, Mr. Wadhams was married to May Morris of Duluth.
Both the class secretary and the alumni editor have made fruitless attempts to get further data about Mr. Wadhams' career.
Class of 1877
ARTHUR FRENCH TOWNE died at his home in Evanston, 111., April 21, 1936, after a week's illness of heart disease.
He was born in Brookline, Mass., March 2i, 1854, and was the son of William Blanchard and Nancy F. (Hill) Towne. He came to college from Milford, N. H., having fitted at Chauncy Hall School, Boston, and at Milford High School. He left college before the end of the first term of freshman year. If the Secretary's memory is not at fault, he left for reasons of health, and expressed an intention of a later return to college.
This intention was not realized, however, and after a time he began the study of law in an office at Walpole, N. H., and continued it at Boston University Law School, where he graduated in 1876. In October, 1877, he was admitted to the bar in Boston, and went at once to Chicago, where he began practice with a brother, continuing it for many years.
September 21, 1887, he was married to Minnie J. Simmons of Kenosha, Wis., who died six years ago. A daughter and five grandchildren survive.
Towne has never been responsive to calls from "the class and the College, and the Secretary regrets being unable to give further information of his career.
Class of 1881
The Secretary only recently learned of the death of DR. WALTER JAY RICHARDSON at his home in Fairmont, Minn., February 20, 1936. His death resulted from a severe accident about a year previous, from which he seemed for a time to be recovering, but suffering renewed its grip until his final release.
He was born in Rochester, N. Y., November 17, 1856, and entered college from Glencoe, Minn., having fitted at the preparatory department of Carleton College. He was not satisfied with either course of study then offered by Dartmouth, where he was enrolled in the Chandler Scientific Department. He therefore transferred during freshman year to Amherst, where he graduated in 1881. He received his medical degree from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York in 1885, since which time he was in continuous medical practice at Fairmont until disabled as noted above. He also held various positions of public trust.
Both of Richardson's sons graduated at Dartmouth, Ralph Joseph in 1909 and Walter Bradford in 1921. Ralph was secretary of the Dartmouth Christian Association for six years.
He is survived by his wife, who was Miss Sara Sagar of Mt. Holyoke 1884, by his son Walter, his daughter Marion of Carleton 1911, and his daughter Ruth of Oberlin 1916. Another daughter died in infancy.
Class of 1882
DR. ERNEST H. LINES died at his home in Topsfield, Massachusetts, April 17, 1936. He had an attack of acute bronchitis last December, followed by other complications which necessitated two surgical operations at the Salem Hospital, from which he made a satisfactory recovery, and through March he was back at home and able to be up and about. His real trouble was a weak heart, from which he had suffered ever since the sinking of the Titanic, in 1912,. with Mrs. Lines and his daughter aboard, en route to Hanover to attend his son's graduation and his own 30th Class Reunion. Fortunately he was unable to sail with them, and followed in another boat, but the suspense and anxiety suffered for nearly three days before he knew that his wife and daughter were saved from the wreck, had their permanent effect, and at the end his heart simply failed to function.
He was born at Dunkirk, New York October 22, 1859, and fitted for Dartmouth at St. Johnsbury Academy, Vermont, which then probably sent more students to Dartmouth than any other one preparatory school in the country. There were ten or twelve in the 'B2 delegation, including Charles F. Mathewson, our brilliant class leader, one of Lines' life-long intimate friends, and from 1894 to the time of his death in 1915, a very active and efficient Trustee of the College, during its period of regeneration under the leadership of President Tucker.
Lines was a big man physically, weighing 200 pounds or more when he entered College, and had a commanding presence and personality of great charm. He was awarded the class mirror, on graduation, as the handsomest man in the class, but he was one of the most modest of men. He became at once an outstanding leader in all class and college activities, and was affectionately nicknamed "Daddy" Lines, and was so known to the entire student body throughout his college course and subsequent life. In those days, when the total undergraduate enrollment was only about 350, every student knew every other, and every member of the classes from 1878 to 1882, knew, respected, and admired "Daddy" Lines. He took an active part in all college sports; took first prize for throwing the heavy hammer; was the first student to introduce and use snow shoes,—precursor of the ski—and hence should be regarded as the originator of Winter Sports in Hanover. He played center on the first football team, organized by "Cap" Howland 'B4, in his junior year, and was manager of the baseball teamthen the major college sport—in his senior year.
He was a serious and hard-working student, a wide and intelligent reader, and lover of the best classic literature. He specialized in chemistry under "Bubby" Bartlett in his junior and senior years and graduated with Phi Beta Kappa honors.
He was an enthusiastic "Deke" and represented the local chapter at several national conventions. After graduation he was closely identified with the national fraternity council in New York City. Through his connection with "Deke" affairs, and his other college activities, he acquired a wide acquaintance with men of other colleges, and it was largely through the acquaintances and the friendships thus formed, that after his graduation from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York in 1886, three years of House Surgeon service in the New York Hospital, and a short service in the New York Dispensary, he became connected with the New York Life Insurance Company as Medical Examiner in its home office in 1889. He served in that capacity until November, 1890, when he was appointed Association Medical Director of the Company for Europe and Northern Africa, and in 1903 he was advanced to the position of Medical Director for the Company in Europe and assigned to its Paris office, in which capacity he served until the discontinuance of the Company's foreign business during the World War. In this position his duties called him to all important European centers, and required him to acquire sufficient knowledge of most European languages to carry on the business of his office. He became a versatile French linguist. He necessarily made many contacts with persons of distinction in European affairs, including Mr. Edward Tuck '6a. His card of introduction to Mr. Tuck given to me on the occasion of the visit of my wife and myself to Paris in 1924 proved the "open sesame" to our cordial reception by Mr. Tuck at "Vertmont," his beautiful suburban estate, adjoining Malmaison.
Upon the discontinuance of the Company's business he remained in Paris where he, his wife, son, and daughter entered actively into War Service. His son, Howard, Dartmouth 'l2, entered the American Ambulance Field Service under the French flag and was killed in the Argonne, December 23, 1916. Howard, was awarded the "Croix de Guerre." His son's death doubtless aggravated his weakened heart condition. Mrs. Lines and his daughter Mary served throughout the War in the American Ambulance hospital service and other patriotic activities.
Lines himself became Medical Chief of A. F. S. Early in 1916 he became greatly interested in the work of L' Union desEtrangeres pour le reeducation des Mutiliesde la Guerre, a Society for teaching Frenchmen too badly injured to continue their own trade, a new one, and he was made Medical Chief of a small hospital for the care of such severely wounded French soldiers, where men were received, built up physically and morally, taught a trade which their condition warranted and places of employment found for them—more than 900 such men passed through his hands there, and in gratitude for this service the French Government gave him the decoration of Chevalier of the Legion of Honor which was presented to him at the War College by General Gourand.
Throughout the War his home was always open to American boys, especially those from Dartmouth, many of whom have expressed their appreciation of the kindly hospitality there received. He was also a President of the American Club in Paris.
Upon his return to New York in July, 1920, he resumed his work in the Medical Department of the New York Life Insurance Company, and in 1929 became Chief Medical Director in which position he continued until his retirement in 1934.
He also purchased and presented to his daughter, Mary, wife of Mr. Sargent Wellman, Amherst 'l2, a Boston lawyer, a beautiful estate of some 40 acres, with an historic colonial residence delightfully located on one of the highest hills in the vicinity of Topsfield; enlarged and remodeled the house to accommodate both his daughter's family and himself and wife whenever they cared to go there, and there, in the summer time, and after his retirement, he indulged his hobby of planting and cultivating rare trees and vines from seeds or slips gathered from all parts of the world, and enjoyed the companionship of his family, including three grandchildren.
He married September 18, 1889, Elizabeth L. James of Burlington, New Jersey. Howard and Mary were their only children.
With Mrs. Lines, his devoted companion, he traveled extensively during his later years, including a trip around the world. Always keenly interested in the trend and development of educational methods in this country and abroad, a constant and intelligent student of world-wide economic, social, and political conditions, always a lover of the best in literature and in life, he became and was one of the best representatives of the cultivated citizen of the world.
He had positive opinions and strong convictions. He was a loyal and delightful friend and companion, a devoted and much beloved husband, father and grandfather. Dartmouth College had no finer representative among the graduates of his generation. My intimate personal relations and continuous friendship over a period of nearly 58 years was the most cherished product of my four years at Dartmouth. For the last three years of our course we lived together, and he was to me there, more than a college chum—he was like a much loved elder and wiser brother. He was the embodiment of the spirit of 'B3 in which his classmates all took pride. His book of life here is closed, and we sadly bid the "Old Man" farewell, but his memory will always abide with and be cherished by the few remaining survivors of his class, and by all who had the privilege of knowing him.
—CHARLES R. WEBSTER 'B2.
Class of 1884
NELSON ALVIN MCCLARY died April 8, 1936, in Empire, Mich. Death came from age and its usual drain on vital resources.
McClary was born in Albany, Vt., August 17, 1856, the youngest son of Orson R. and Lucy P. (Smith) McClary. He received his early education in the schools of several Vermont towns and at Peacham Academy. Leaving the academy when 16 years old, McClary was employed at different jobs in Windsor, Vt., and finally opened a bookstore in Hanover, which he kept through his college course.
What he had learned of college traditions during the years in business in Hanover made him a useful man in the affairs of the class. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon, and was given the Grimes prize for general improvement at graduation, taking final honors in chemistry. He was class president in sophomore year.
Soon after graduation McClary went to Chicago with the old Jansen-McClurg bookstore, but did not remain long with them. His chemistry called him, and he was soon launched in the gas manufacturing business. His big opportunity came in 1895, when the Ogden Gas Cos. was organized, and Mac was made its general manager. Under his direction the plant was built, the mains laid, and the business launched. It was successful from the beginning. In 1901 McClary resigned his post as manager and turned his attention to suburban gas development. He was president of the Northwest Gas Light Cos., supplying some twenty or more suburban towns of Chicago. He was president of the DeKalb (111.) Gas Cos., supplying DeKalb and Sycamore, and secretary of the Sterling (111.) Gas Cos. He continued his connection with the gas business till 1920, when ill health compelled his retirement.
During the World War he served as chairman of the local Exemption Board No. 5 of Cook County. This was strenuous work, and Mac did not husband his strength, often taking only a few hours' sleep in the office, putting in long and laborious days. Soon after the conclusion of the war he found himself unfit for his usual work and retired to the fruit farm which he and his son Orson owned at Empire, Mich. Here he has spent his days in a quiet and pleasant environment, but never regained his full strength and vitality.
The McClary family had a Revolutionary fame, and he was always proud of the family traditions. He was vice president of the Illinois Society, Sons of the American Revolution, and was president general of the national society in 1907-8. He was through this society intimately associated with many of the leading men of the country, being a close friend of Senator Lodge of Massachusetts and others of his standing.
He was president of the Chicago Alumni Association in 1903-4. He was president of the class of 'B4, 1909-14, during which time he served as chairman of the Class of 1884 Loan Fund Committee, where he served the class and the College most efficiently. Until the failure of his health McClary was active in class affairs, attending reunions and doing much for both class and college. He was therefore looked upon by his classmates with great respect for his ability and an enduring affection for his interest in his classmates. To the few who remain his will be a name to conjure with, and a memory to warm the heart as life's sunset closes down.
McClary was married September 13, 1888, to Emily Bicknell Rood of Philadelphia, Pa. Their two sons, Orson R. and George 8., and the widow survive him. George B. is a Dartmouth 1913 man and Thayer School 1915.
Class of 1889
ALBIN BEARD VEAZEY died at the Garfield Memorial Hospital, Washington, D. C., April 23, 1936.
He was born at Rutland, Vt., October 21, 1866, the son of Wheelock G. (Dartmouth '59) and Julia A. (Beard) Veazey. He prepared for college at the Holderness (N. H.) School, entered with our class, but dropped out at the end of freshman year.
After leaving college he was for a time with the Howe Scale Cos., Rutland. In 1890 he went to Washington, and for the rest of his life his home was in or near the Capital City. For four years he was in the statistician's office of the Interstate Commerce Commission. In 1894 he was made clerk of the Pacific Railroads Committee, House of Representatives. In 1900, he was appointed to a position in the Post Office Department, which involved much traveling in the sections east of the Mississippi River, but much of the time was spent in the South. One of his important duties was installing rural free delivery routes. He resigned in 1907, and for 15 years was in the manufacturing business, first with the National Dairy Supply Cos., later with the Climax Machine Cos.
For several years "Joe" was one of our "silent members," but in 1918 he spent a few months in Brookline, Mass., and thus gave to the 'B9 men in and near Boston opportunity to renew acquaintance with the genial comrade of college days. His health had been more or less impaired for a number of years, and usually the winters have been spent in California or Florida. Last winter he was not able to make the journey South, and remained at home in Bethesda, Md., until about three weeks before his death, when an emergency arose which necessitated his going to the Garfield Hospital.
At Washington, June 16, 1897, Veazey married Miss Marion Wheatley, who survives. There were no children.
Class of 1893
WALTER WYMAN SMITH died of coronary sclerosis on Monday, March 30, 1936, just after he had gone to the hospital in his home city of Rochester, Minn., for examination. He was born in Trempeleau, Wis., January 4, 1869, but entered Dartmouth from Lower Cabot, Vt., after preparation at St. Johnsbury Academy. In college he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity; played on the class football eleven; was prominent in the then popular sport of hare and hounds; was an officer of the Y. M. C. A.; and after spending his freshman year under Mrs. Swett's wing roomed in Thornton Hall with Fred Morrill and Fred Tuxbury of his fraternity.
After graduation he went West, and taught school successfully in Madelia, Mankato, and Slayton, Minn.; but it had been his ambition from childhood to follow in the footsteps of a distinguished uncle, Judge Wyman, and in 1900 he received the degree of Bachelor of Laws from the University of Minnesota. For 20 years he combined the practice of law with a real estate and insurance business at Mankato, but removed to Rochester following his election as county attorney in 1920.
He married June 20, 1905, Katherine Alice Savage, and they had the largest '93 family, three boys and four girls. The youngest is in his first year at high school, while the three oldest have graduated from the University of Chicago, the University of Minnesota, and Middlebury, and two others are now undergraduates of the University of Minnesota. Coming East last June to attend the graduation of his son, Walter Wyman Jr., from Middlebury, he paid his first visit since graduation to Hanover and Dartmouth, met old friends, including a few of his classmates, and greatly enjoyed the trip, as he wrote the class secretary upon his return West. "W. W." had never been able to attend a class reunion, but he was represented in every class report and maintained an interest in the College and his class. One of his surviving brothers is Pliny A. Smith of Cabot, Vt.; another is Selden C. Smith '97, a partner in the firm of Ginn & Company and in charge of its Pacific Coast interests.
Class of 1894
RUSSELL TEWKSBURY BARTLETT died at his home in Woodsville, N. H., April 25, 1936, of angina pectoris. He had been in poor health for a year past, and for several months was confined to the house, but for some days previous to his death had been able to go to his office for a short time each day.
He was born in Bath, N. H., May 8, 1867, the son of Hiram and Alzena (Hannaford) Bartlett. On the paternal side he was a descendant of Eleazar Wheelock. He fitted for the Chandler School at Haverhill Academy, but remained with the class but one year. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi.
On leaving college he became a clerk in the probate office, then located at Haverhill, at the same time reading law. In 1894 he became register of probate, and continued to hold this position for the rest of his life. He was also associate judge of the municipal court at Haverhill for a number of years, and conducted an extensive fire insurance business. He was a member of the Odd Fellows and the Elks, and was keenly interested in fishing and hunting.
The local paper says of him: "His efficiency and loyalty to all that was best inhis line of work has set an unusually highmark, one that will be hard for anyone elseto live up to. His word was as good as abond, and he was known, loved, and respected far beyond the confines of the townin which he had lived practically all hislife."
October 4, 1895, he was married to Olive V. Colburn of Haverhill, who survives him. They had no children. He left about $lOO,- 000 in trust for his wife, and at her death the income is to be applied for scholarships for boys entering Dartmouth from the Woodsville schools.
Mr. Bartlett maintained his interest in his class quite as much as many who were graduates. He wrote for its reports and attended its reunions, and "we felt that he was really one of us," the Secretary says.
Class of 1900
JUDGE HARRY BERTRAM DAVIS died at his home in Plymouth, Mass., on April 23, 1936, at the age of 59 years. He had been ill a long time with a progressive and painful malady, and for the last three years had been closely confined to his home.
Harry was born at North Easton, Mass., on November 13, 1876, the son of Robert B. and Martha (Bailey) Davis. He attended the Easton High School and entered Dartmouth with the class of 1900. He was accompanied by his town- and schoolmate, Francis Bradley; two men curiously different in character and tastes, but attaining in after life usefulness and distinction, each in his own way. Both are now gone. Small in physique, but wonderfully alert, active, and energetic, thoroughly alive to all the implications of life, Harry soon took a position of prominence in the class, and won the liking of all who knew him. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi, and of the committee in charge of the first Junior Prom ever given in the College.
Immediately upon graduation he entered the Law School of Boston University and was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1904. He settled at once at Plymouth, ever afterwards to be his home, at first in the partnership of Achorn and Davis, but soon carrying on a legal business alone. It was not long before his services were called upon by the community. In 1908 he was elected to the school committee, upon which he served for a number of years. He was also chairman of the committee which erected the $300,000 soldiers' memorial building. In 1912 he was appointed justice of the Third District Court, a position which he held until his resignation on account of ill health in 1937. He was otherwise useful and influential in the civic service of the oldest of New England towns. The class report of 1935 speaks of him as "entertaining most of the celebrities and representing the town whenever dignity, wit, and ability in speaking are in order." He was devoted to sport, and, while precluded by his lack of weight from varsity competition in his undergraduate days, became in later years a golfer of considerable ability.
Harry was a loyal son of the College and a faithful member of the class. Until his illness prevented, he was constant in his attendance at reunions, round-ups, and other class functions. No one enjoyed them more, no one was more welcome than he, and no one, by good fellowship, joviality and a keen sense of humor, did more to make them successful. Those who attended the class round-up in 1921, as guests of Guy Ham, will not soon forget the afternoon interlude at the Plymouth Country Club, where a shore dinner, superabundant in quantity and excellent in quality, was served under the direction of Harry; an incident which fully revealed his capacity as a genial and effective host. That was but a sample of his steady devotion to the associations which he formed in Hanover during his undergraduate years.
He was married in 1906 to Miss Julia Harris Edson, of Whitman, Mass., who survives him, as do four children: John Edson, a graduate of Dartmouth in the class of 1931, Mary, Robert, and Katherine. The funeral was held at Plymouth on April 25, and was attended by Gilbert Balkam, Dana Sears, and Harry Jenkins of the class.
Class of 1904
JOHN MILLER MARQUESS, exalted ruler of Quaker City Lodge of Elks, Philadelphia, dropped dead while chatting with a friend in his private office at the lodge home, 1943 Christian St., May 3, 1936.
Born at Helena, Ark., February 23, 1882, he graduated from Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn., in 1902, and then entered the junior class at Dartmouth. At once he took an active part in the life of the college, taking part in,prize speaking and being a member of the college choir, the Glee Club, and the varsity track team.
After graduation he entered educational work, and was professor of mathematics at Shorter College, Argenta, Ark., in 1904-6, and at Kittrell College, Kittrell, N. C., in 1906-8. He then became principal of Sumner High School, Kansas City, Kans., and remained there eight years. From 1916 to 1923 he was president of the Colored Agricultural and Normal University at Langsten, Okla. He then removed to Philadelphia and engaged in real estate business, devoting much time to the Quaker City Lodge of Elks, which at the time of his death had more than 5000 members.
August 28, 1908, he was married to Anna Dickson of Springfield, Ohio, who survives him, with their three children, Mrs. Jean Alexander of Sapulpa, Okla., John M. Marquess Jr., a student at the Bordentown Industrial School, and Anna Marquess.
Class of 1910
FREDERICK ALBERT RAINEY passed away April ig, 1936, at his residence in Germantown, Pa., after a long and painful illness of three years. Death brought him merciful release from bodily suffering.
Fred was born in Whitehall, N. Y., June 27, 1887, son of Rev. Frederick G. and Mary (Chase) Rainey. Graduated from Lyndon Institute in 1906 and from Dartmouth in 1910. He married Emily Maria Eaton in Westport, N. Y., August 30, igaa who survives him. There are no children. He was a member of Sigma Nu, Kappa Nu, and Phi Delta Kappa, F. & A. M., A. A. A. S., and a Fellow of the American Geographical Society. In College Fred was a member of the Choir, Orpheus Club, and "If I Were Dean." Burial was in the family lot at Cambridge, N. Y.
Although his entire life after graduation was spent in teaching, he became well known as a baseball, basketball, and hockey player, and a track athlete, and a coach of these sports, all of which he developed considerably after leaving college.
Fred taught English and history in the Mountain School, Allaben, N. Y., 1910- 1911; history, Bordentown Military Institute, 1911-12; English, Riverdale Country School, N. Y., 1912-13; head of English and history departments, School of Industrial Arts, Trenton, N. J., 1913-18; supervisor Day Technical School there, 1918; assistant librarian, Camp Merritt, 1919; educational director, Camp Merritt; chief despatcher for A. L. A., Hoboken, N. J., 1919; head English department, Montclair Academy, 1920-21; head English department, Chestnut Hill Academy, 1921-23; instructor in freshman English and editor-in-chief of Temple Univ. Weekly, 1923-26; taught English, Simon Gratz High School, Philadelphia, 1926-34; retired 1934 because of ill health.
Fred Rainey was a man of much energy, and had traveled extensively all over the United States, Alaska, Labrador, and Bermuda, interesting himself in geographical research. At one time he took a 500-mile canoe trip down the Ohio river for such a purpose. In more recent years he has done considerable archeological work in southwestern England. He lectured extensively, and loved to write, having at various times been a special news writer, sports columnist, writer of verse and stories under the name of "Farr," and a foreign reviewer for Philadelphia Public Ledger. He contributed many articles to the Philadelphia Forum Magazine.
Fred Rainey, well known as "Fritz" during his undergraduate days, led a life of unusual activity and interest. What he accomplished cannot be measured by the brief span of years allotted to him on this earth. His contacts were many, and his accomplishments noteworthy. He leaves a host of friends to mourn his loss.
Class of 1920
JOHN PARSONS WEI.LER died in Lincoln, Neb., April 27, 1936. The only information available is contained in the following newspaper account:
"Professor John P. Weller, 40, a foreignlanguage instructor at the University ofNebraska, today shot and wounded Dr.Harry Kurz, head of the department, andthen killed himself on the university
campus."The university's board of regents hadordered Weller released, and ChancellorE. A. Burnett said 'Welter's instruction inthe department was not considered goodand his relations with the chairman of thedepartment were not satisfactory.'
"John Parsons Weller received his bachelor's degree from Stanford in October,1920, and his master's degree in June, 1921.During his study for the higher degree hewas a student instructor in French in thedepartment of Romanic languages, leavingin 1922 to teach in Texas."
John was born December 30, 1896, in Chelsea, Mass. He left Dartmouth after his freshman year and until the receipt of the news of his death the College had been unable to learn of his whereabouts.
Class of 1923
ROBERT WELLINGTON ESMOND died at Binghamton, N. Y., April x, 1936.
He was born at Ballston Spa, N. Y., November s6, 1900, the son of Irwin Esmond, and prepared for college at the schools of his native place.
He left college at the end of freshman year and accepted an appointment to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, where he graduated in 1924.
The only information at hand concerning his subsequent career is that he was at different times a salesman for the Simplex Wire and Cable Cos. of New York, and an engineer employed in the engineering laboratory of the International Business Machines Corp. of New York.
He was married, and his widow, Mrs. Nancy Esmond, is living at 33 Lincoln Ave., Binghamton. News of his death came so late that there was not time to seek from her further information before publication.
Class of 1931
THEODORE KILMARX died in New York City, March 15, 1936, from a pulmonary embolism following an operation for appendicitis, from which he had fully recovered.
The son of Louis and Margarette (Fawcett) Kilmarx, he was born in New York City, November 2, 1907, and prepared for college at the Collegiate School in that city.
After graduation he entered the Columbia University School of Architecture, from which he graduated in 1935 with the degree of Bachelor of Architecture. He received a scholarship from the University, and began work in the fall of 1935 for a Master's degree in architecture. He was appointed assistant instructor in the school, and held this position at the time of his death.
He had made an intensive study of modern interior and exterior architecture, and had planned to specialize in this practice. In the summer of 1935 he had practiced the profession, and in collaboration with others planned and executed important modernistic work.
