Deaths

DEMERITTE, EDWIN, '69, Exeter, N. H., Nov. 27, 1936 PAUL, AMASA C., '78, Minneapolis, Minn., Nov. 13, 1936 WOODWARD, GEORGE W., '84, Westerly, R. I., Nov. 22, 1936 PITMAN, DR. EDWIN P., 'B6, New Haven, Conn., Nov. 25, 1936 ADAMS, DWIGHT L., '19, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind., June 6, 1935

ALUMNI NOTES

Necrology

Class of 186s

REV. JOSEPH ROBERT MILLIGAN died June 1, 1936, at the home of a grand daughter in Baltimore, Md., where he had made his home for some time.

The son of Robert and Mary Ann (Shartess) Milligan, he was born at Braddock's Field (now Braddock), Pa., May 25, 1844, prepared for college at Wilkinsburg (Pa.) Academy, and came with his brother, the late John W. Milligan, to Dartmouth, where he was the youngest member of his class. He was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa.

For the first three years after graduation he was in the coal business with his father in Pittsburgh and Allegheny, Pa. He then entered Princeton Theological Seminary, where he graduated in 1868. A breakdown in his health made it impossible for a time to undertake the work of the ministry, and he returned to the coal business. For a time until 1880 he had an interest in the Iron City Planing Mill in Pittsburgh. He was then for a time in business in New York City, and for a short time secretary of the Y. M. C. A. at Newark, N. J.

He now found himself able to take up his early plan of life, and he served for a long time as pastor of Presbyterian churches, as follows: at Gloucester City, N. J., 1882-5; at Rock and Zion, Md., 1885-92; of the First church, Wilmington, Del., 1892-7; of Olivet church, Wilmington, 1898-1901. His last pastorate was at St. Georges, Del. In 1895 Dartmouth conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Divinity. For a long time he had been very infirm and was at last totally blind.

Information has not been available as to Dr. Milligan's family. He was married September 17, 1874, to Mary Elizabeth Marchand of Pittsburgh, and they had at least four children.

Dr. Milligan's death leaves our honored and loved benefactor, Edward Tuck, the last survivor of the class of 1862, the oldest class to have a living representative.

Class of 1870

DR. CHARLES EDWARD WOODBURY died October 31, 1936, at the home of a daughter in the Roslindale district of Boston, after a long illness.

He was born in Acworth, N. H., November 1, 1845, the son Charles M. and Louisa G. Woodbury, and prepared for college at Kimball Union Academy. He was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa.

After graduation he undertook the study of medicine, beginning at Dartmouth and continuing at the University of New York, where he received his medical degree in 1873- He began a long career of institutional practice by a brief service as assistant at the New Hampshire State Hospital, where he was from August to November, 1873. He then served as assistant physician at McLean Hospital, Somerville, Mass., where in September, 1876, he suffered a nearly fatal assault at the hands of an insane patient, from which he was two years in recovering. In April, 1879, he was appointed assistant port surgeon of Boston, and held that position for over a year. In 1881-2 he was assistant superintendent of Bloomingdale Asylum in New York City. In 1882-9 he was superintendent of Rhode Island Hospital at Providence. For the next two years he was in North Carolina, where he went for the health of his family, and was engaged in business pursuits. Next he was for seven years inspector of institutions for the State Board of Lunacy and Charity of Massachusetts, and then for nine years superintendent of Massachusetts State Hospital at Foxboro. After his retirement from active professional work he lived for some years on a farm in his native town, and finally made his home with a daughter.

October 13, 1880, Dr. Woodbury was married to Ella Diana, daughter of Martin F. Ordway of Chelsea, Vt., who died about ten years ago. Three daughters survive him: Louise Diana (Mrs. W. K. Kinnear); Ruth (Mrs. George S. Sanderson); Esther (Mrs. Charles S. Ricker). He leaves also a sister, Miss Nellie L. Woodbury.

Class of 1872

JACOB WEAD died at his home in Alton, Ill., June 17, 1935, of angina pectoris. His death has been only recently reported.

He was born in Sheldon, Vt., September 26, 1851, the son of Delazon DeForest and Elizabeth (Miner) Wead, and prepared for the Chandler Scientific Department at Kimball Union Academy. He was a member of the Vitruvian fraternity (now Beta Theta Pi.)

He left college at the end of sophomore year. For several years he traveled for a Boston textbook firm. In 1878 he entered the hardware firm of Drury, Hewitt & Cos. of Alton, Ill. This firm later became the Drury and Wead Cos., and he was actively connected with it until his death.

December 21, 1880, he was married to Theodosia Burr, daughter of Thomas and Maria (Tilton) Dimmock of Alton, who died September 3, 1927. Two children survive them, Thomas DeForest Wead of Rochester, Minn., and Maria Tilton Wead of Alton.

His daughter writes: "My father was aquiet man of very decided opinions and ofthe highest integrity. He was muchesteemed by all with whom he had businessdealings and beloved by all who knew himas a friend. He belonged to no fraternalgroups, but served on some civic boardsand was actively connected with the Episcopal church as long as he lived."

Class of 1878

AMASA COPP PAUL, eminent counselor in patent causes, died at his home in Minneapolis, November 13, 1936. He was born in Wakefield, N. H., September 12, 1857, son of Hiram and Mary (Porter) Paul, was prepared for college in the public schools, and entered what was then the Chandler Scientific Department. He was a member of Sigma Delta Pi fraternity.

He left college at the end of sophomore year to accept a position as teacher in the public schools of Washington, D. C. In 1880, while teaching the eighth grade in the Franklin School, where his older brother Edward A. ('76) was engaged in hatching a ninth grade into Washington's first high school, he took examination for a position in the Patent Office, and emerging third in a list of seventy-five, received an appointment. There he rose to be assistant examiner. Meantime, while teaching and while employed in the Patent Office, he pursued the study of law in the evening law schools of The National University and the Columbian University (now the George Washington), receiving the degrees of LL. B. from the former and of LL. M. from the latter, studying also patent law in connection with his duties, and passing the bar examination of the District. In 1884 he resigned his position and settled in Minneapolis for the practice of patent law, which he continued there with notable success for fifty-two years, appearing before federal courts in all parts of the country. He was a member of the Hennepin County (president 1926-7), the Minnesota State, the American Patent Law, and the American Bar Associations. For several years he was a member of the executive committee of the last named; also chairman of the legislative committee of its patent section, and for three years chairman of the patent section itself. When the Association met in London in 1924 he was selected as one of the forty-eight representative members for presentation to the king and queen. He was a member of the American section of the International Chamber of Commerce, and was a delegate to the meetings of that body in Brussels in 1925, Stockholm in 1927, and Amsterdam in 1929.

He was married in 1881 to Miss Ella M. Williams, a fellow teacher in Washington, who died in 1908. They had no children. In 1930 he was married to Mrs. Martha A. Turner, who survives him, as do his brother Richard 'BB, who has been his partner in the firm of Paul, Paul & Moore, and two brothers who reside in Wakefield.

Owing to business pressure at that season, Mr. Paul had never attended class reunions, but responded promptly to class appeals. He planned to be present in 1928 and reserved quarters at the Inn, but was obliged at the last moment to cancel the reservation because an important case was set for trial and he was unable to procure a postponement.

Since his second marriage he has spent his summers at his ancestral farm in Wakefield, and with Mrs. Paul has motored over the familiar vicinage, visiting Hanover for the first time since 1876, and stopping on the way to Montreal and Quebec at Ryegate, Vt., where he taught a winter school in 1874-5, to compare notes with one of his pupils whom he chanced to meet by the wayside. In the spring of 1935 he and his wife enjoyed a trip to Honolulu.

In the concise language of "Who's Who," he was "a Republican, Congregationalism a member of the Minneapolis, the Minnekahda, the Minneapolis Commercial, and the Union League Club of Chicago. He was also a life member of the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts and of the Minnesota Historical Society, and was generally active in civic affairs. He was author of "Paul on Trademarks," a standard work, frequently cited in federal courts, of which a second edition recently appeared.

Class of 1884

GEORGE WARREN WOODWARD died at the Westerly (R. I.) Hospital, early Sunday morning, November 22, 1936. He had been in poor health for some years. He suffered from an unusual eye affection, causing a progressive blindness. For more than ten years "Woodie" had cardiac muscle degeneration, from which he died. In a letter written to the Secretary some ten days before his passing he told of what seemed an angina attack. It was a good letter in "Woodie's" best form, showing no presage of imminent dissolution.

Woodward was born in Damariscotta, Me., September 11, 1859, the son of James and Caroline (Hall) Woodward. He prepared for college at Lawrence Academy, Groton, Mass., entered with the class, and graduated with the degree of A. B. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi. He received the degree of A.M. ten years later.

After graduation he taught in secondary schools till 1910. He went to Westerly in 1888 as teacher in Greek and Latin in the high school. Subsequently he was principal of the high school at Milford, N. H., then was employed as classics teacher in Forsythe School, Philadelphia, King's School, Stonington, Conn., and Cheltenham Military Academy, Ogontz, Pa. During these years he had prepared himself for the work of a surveyor, engaging in the work during vacations. Returning to Westerly in 1898, he taught in Pawcatuck High School, just over the line in Connecticut till 1910. After this he was busy with the business of surveying till 1925. He spent the year 1918 in Y. M. C. A. work at Camp Dix and taught at the Wheeler School at North Stonington, Conn.

For five years he was engaged in making a sewer survey of Westerly. Later he ade assessor plots of the town of Westerly, and was assessor of taxes from 1928 to 1931. He was one of the incorporators of the Westerly and Watch Hill Ice Company, serving as secretary and treasurer during its existence.

A vestryman of Christ Episcopal church of Waverly, he was parish clerk and lay reader for many years. In 1930 he was made junior warden. He was secretary of the Colonial Club and a member of its hoard of governors during its active life.

Woodward was most loyal to Dartmouth. Many a time during the holidays he gathered the students coming from his town and had an old-time Dartmouth gettogether. He was always that way, finding someone or more of a freshman class as they came in and making things pleasant for them. He was quiet and retiring, but had many close friends who loved him dearly. We who remain of '84 have a mighty warm place in our hearts for him and cherish many memories of his wholesome friendships.

He never married, and his nearest surviving relatives are a nephew and a niece.

Class of 1886

DR. EDWIN PARKER PITMAN, 1891, died on November 25 in New Haven, Conn. He was the second of our classmates to set out on the Great Adventure since our 50th Reunion in June. His wife says of him "Hewas a wonderful man, kind and good toeverybody." For forty-five years he had served as a physician from the same residence, 52 Sylvan Ave., New Haven, Conn. The following brief sketch as prepared for our Fiftieth Year Report is said by Mrs. Pitman to be correct as to the few facts stated about his life and work.

In Arthur Chase's 1889 Story of '86 Pitman tells of teaching a year in Chester Springs, Pa., then of a year in a female seminary in Abingdon, Va., where he had 15 to 20 young lady students in vocal music, also classes in French, German, and botany. He had fortified himself against temptation by marrying Miss Katherine Augustine Crowley in Hanover, N. H., in August, 1887.

He became interested in medicine and studied in Hanover while Gil Frost and Ross were there. After graduation from the Dartmouth Medical School, 1891, he studied in the New York Polyclinic, and hung out his shingle in Colchester, Conn. Then in a few months he went to New Haven, where he had remained ever since at 53 Sylvan Ave. There are no children.

In 1911 he wrote Will Hatch that he had seen Kelly more frequently than any other '86 man, as Kelly was then at Meriden, Conn. Biff has kept in touch with Pitman ever since, and at our 50th Reunion told us of a call he had recently made upon Pitman and of Pitman's great regret that his health would not permit him and his wife to join us at Hanover. In the 1931 Report Pitman told Billy Williams that he went to Hanover once a year and how much he hoped to attend the 45th Reunion. His pleasure in seeing Biff and other members of 'B6 who could call may be judged from his words to Will Hatch in one of his letters long ago. "If any of youever come this way I shall never forgiveyou if you do not stop off." A letter dated July 4, 1936, tells of such a vivid letter from Biff about the Reunion that "I can see thewhole thing as if I were there, and ....if I had felt as well as I do now I shouldcertainly have been there." And now Pitman has joined our great "majority over there." Our hearts share with Mrs. Pitman the sorrow of her loss.

Class of 1898

CHARLES DUNCAN died November 12, 1936, at his home in Concord, N. H. The funeral services were held in the South Congregational church of that city on November 14. He was born March 18, 1872 in Chelsea, Mass., the son of James and Margaret (Patterson) Duncan. Following his course in the Chelsea High School he came to Dartmouth and was graduated in the class of 1898. At Dartmouth he played on his class baseball team and was a member of Theta Delta Chi and Casque and Gauntlet. After a year's work in a bank he entered Harvard Medical School, receiving his degree in medicine in 1903. After a few months of special work in pathology in Boston he was asked to become bacteriologist for the New Hampshire State Board of Health. He remained as a member of that department, becoming its secretary and assuming a vast number of duties, until his death.

Charles Duncan married Charlotte lisley, June 38, 1905, and their children are Laurence I., born in 1906, Dartmouth 1927, now a lawyer practising in Concord, N. H.; Eleanor, born in 1908, who attended Radcliffe College and is now Mrs. Brockway, living in West Lebanon, N. H.; and Margaret, born in 1913, who was a student at Colby Junior College, and is now Mrs. Short, living in Cuyahoga Falls, N. Y. The four grandchildren, a source of great happiness to their grandfather, are Stuart B. Duncan of Concord, and Duncan, Barbara, and Allan Brockway of West Lebanon. Besides these there survive Duncan one brother, Robert J. Duncan of Mattapan, Mass., and two sisters, Miss Emma P. Duncan of Roslindale, Mass., and Mrs. Frederick J. Apted of West Roxbury, Mass.

The story of Charles Duncan's life as an active and public-spirited citizen is partly told when one glances at what is an incomplete list of his varied offices. During his entire professional life he was a member of the New Hampshire State Board of Health, and his continuous service of thirty-three years in this organization is said to constitute a record as the longest term of service for any living officer of the state. In 1918 he became its executive secretary, a position he held ever since, being largely responsible for the administration of its policies in its many fields pertaining to public health. Among the positions held by Duncan in connection with his work besides that of executive secretary of the board may be given the following: secretary of the New Hampshire State Board of Registration in Medicine, secretary of the State Board of Examiners in Chiropody, secretary of the State Board of Examiners of Embalmers, pathologist for the Memorial Hospital and others in Concord, laboratory director of the Margaret Pillsbury Hospital of Concord, and, in connection with the work of the Board of Health, he was editor of its publication, a little magazine well known in his state and throughout the country, and he directed its four main divisions, Vital Statistics, Chemistry and Sanitation, Bacteriological Laboratory, and Venereal Disease Control.

Duncan was a Congregationalist and Republican, and he had been reelected as ward supervisor just before his death. He had been a member of the board of education of Union School District in Concord, director of the Concord Building and Loan Association, president of the Merrimack County Alumni Association, member of the Merrimack County Medical Society and New Hampshire Medical Society, and fellow of the American Medical Association. In the state medical society he had served on several important committees. He was a member of the American Editors and Authors Association, American Public Health Association, past-president of the New Hampshire Academy of Science, a director of the Wonalancet Club, and during the war was appointed major of Public Health Service.

This formidable list by no means exhausts Duncan's various offices, nor does it sufficiently indicate the amazing scope of his duties. It does suggest, however, the importance of his contribution. His main work was for public health in New Hampshire, and this had increased tremendously in amount and variety of functions since he became a part of the Board of Health, especially during the past few years with the increase of federal interest in these matters. It is by this work that Duncan's usefulness can be gauged.

In the public health work of any state the secretary of the State Board of Health is an intermediary between the medical profession on the one hand and the general public on the other. In the large number of duties pertaining to the health of the community many directly affect the physicians in their special relation to their patients. Here one sees a wide opening for differences of opinion and for clash of interests. The secretary needs to weigh between the interests, claims, and prejudices of both sides, he must have endless tact and clear judgment. Cooperation between the doctors and the various non-medical agencies concerned with public health can only be brought about and increased by unceasing care and patience on the part of the secretary. Such matters as maternal and infant welfare, not a pretty picture in this country, correction of physical defects and concern for the health of children of preschool age, sanitation measures, especially among New Hampshire's many tourist camps and hotels, water analysis, bacteriological and pathological work, much of which is handled by the state, the problem of venereal disease control, vital statistics, examinations for licensure in medicine and various other occupations, all these demand unfailing, detailed, and intelligent attention and direction.

An important field for Duncan's skill lay in the innumerable bills brought before the state legislature. Here he acted as guardian of the interests of the public as well as of his profession, and he often represented the needs of both before the legislature. He was constantly asked for criticism and advice on many measures, and was often asked to appear before committees handling such bills.

A large and increasing staff had to be created and directed, until one wonders how Duncan found time and energy to handle so much. During an attack of influenza in war days he carried on his direction of the work of his office by telephone from his bed. He never shirked his work nor refused to take on more as the Board was given more and more to do.

The medical profession of his state saw him at his office, at county and state medical meetings, at hearings before the legislature and all over the state. A large number knew him personally. Always they found him busy, but ready to listen or help, cheerful, with a joking remark that relieved the tension of many a taut situation, but ready to get down to business when necessary, interested and informed on his many problems, practical in his solutions, as a result of long and chastening experience and always he was reasonable and in good temper even amidst disagreement or disappointment.

In what was perhaps his last letter, written to Dr. H. N. Kingsford of Dartmouth Medical School, a lifelong friend and associate, he commented, "Dartmouth has a great team." The last radio broadcast to which he listened was of the Yale-Dartmouth game. Despite his exacting work he always kept a deep interest in his class and college, and to all who knew him it was very apparent what a large part in his life was filled by home and family.

The loss of Charles Duncan leaves a large gap in the hearts of his classmates and in the public health work of New Hampshire.

Frederic P. Lord '98.

Class of 1901

JAMES HENRY WALLACE

"Jimmie Wallace," as he was always affectionately known, passed away August 15, 1934, of cerebral hemorrhage at the Melrose (Mass.) Hospital. He was stricken at the wheel of his car while returning from the Country Club where he had been playing golf, and died soon after.

Jim was born in Clinton, Massachusetts, May 19, 1878, the son of Archibald and Janet (McPherson) Wallace. He attended the Clinton High School, entered Dartmouth in the fall of 1897 with the class of 1901, and was with us freshman and sophomore years. He will be well remembered as a baseball man, and played on the freshman team, as well as the reserves. He pitched that famous game played in Lisbon freshman year. While in college he lived in Reed Hall, and roomed with Waldo Davis. Jim was always friendly, but not perhaps a mixer. To those to whom he gave intimately, his friendship was cherished, and his many fine qualities appreciated. The Boston crowd saw him occasionally, when he would attend the alumni dinners, and the Secretary frequently saw him in his office on Tremont St., Boston, and he was always ready and eager for news of the class, although seldom making an effort to mingle with the old friends. He was a member of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity.

After leaving Dartmouth he attended Tufts Medical School, and then had practiced dentistry in Boston. He was married November 3, 1906, in Buffalo, N. Y., to Miss Dawn Nelson, who survives him.

Jim was very much interested in Masonry, and was a past master and a 33d degree mason. Athletic interests developed in college followed through his life, and he was an unusually fine golfer.

Class of 1903

FREDRIC SAFFORD JOHNSTON died of heart disease at his home in Bristol, Me., November 1, 1936. He was born May 15, 1881, the son of William L. Johnston and Eliza F. Dornin of Attleboro, Mass. Graduating from the Attleboro High School, he entered Dartmouth College with our class. At the end of his sophomore year he left college because of the invalidism of his father and the necessity of caring for his family.

On July 22, 1903, he married Bessie A. Richards, daughter of Joseph and Adelaide Lewis Richards.

On August 9, 1904, a son, Fredric Kenerson Johnston, was born who graduated from Dartmouth in the class of 1926 and Tuck School 1927.

Fredric Safford Johnston was buried at Round Pond, Me.

While in college, Fred, familiarly called Doc, was a fine student, undoubtedly of Phi Beta Kappa rank, and a genial wholesome character which caused him to be loved by all his classmates. Our class Aegis recorded the sentiment of the entire class after Fred left college—"Gone from sight, but held in memory dear." Ever loyal to Dartmouth, he and his wife attended many of our class reunions and gatherings.

Engaged in the manufacturer of jewelry ever since leaving college, Fred sold his interests in 1931 and retired to a farm in Bristol, Me., a move which he had long desired to make, and where he was happiest of all his years.

Although conscious of his heart's defect he suffered no acute symptoms and passed away in his sleep.

Class of 1911

STEWART KNOWLTON GIBSON died at the Newton Hospital on October 10, 1936, as a result of abscesses of the brain. "Stew" was taken ill in December, 1935, and taken to the hospital, where he was found to be suffering from stomach ulcers. The poisoning worked up to the lung cavity, which kept him hospitalized until June, when he was returned home to convalesce. He seemed to be gaining, because he wrote that he was very sorry not to attend Reunion, but that he was then feeling better and expected shortly to be able to return to work. The final illness was very sudden, death occurring within a week after he had returned to the hospital. Although the services were private, Warren Agry attended as representative of the class.

"Stew" was born in McPherson, Kansas, May 8, 1888, son of Helen Knowlton and Charles E. Gibson. His family moved to Newton when he was a young boy, and there he attended the Newton public schools, coming to Dartmouth in the fall of 1907 from Newton High School. He was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and played on the class football teams during his freshman and sophomore years.

On September 30, 1912, he was married to Marian Berry, who survives him with two children, Stewart K. Jr., aged 20, and David Anthony, aged 10.

Following graduation, "Stew" spent a few months in Europe, after which he entered the employ of F. S. Hardy & Cos., electrical jobbers, where he remained until the dissolution of the firm in 1938. Following this he worked with the Davis Chemical Cos., Inc., and later the C. C. Harvey Cos., both of Boston. He was forced to give up the last job because of his illness.

As a resident of West Newton, "Stew" was always an active member of the Boston Alumni Association and could always be counted upon to be present at all 1911 occasions. His death is a distinct loss to the class.

Class of 1915

HENRY FRANKLIN BAYLEY died suddenly in Harrington, Me., July 10, 1936, from pneumonia, as the Secretary understands.

He was born in Mansfield, Mass., February 27, 1893, the son of John F. Bayley, and prepared for college at the local high school. He was in college during freshman and sophomore years.

He was district sales manager for the Twin Mutuals Insurance Cos. of Boston, having an office in Taunton, Mass., and making his home in Mansfield.

He leaves his wife, Norma Plummer Bailey, and three children, Bruce, Patricia, and Lewis.

Class of 1919

LIEUT. DWIGHT LYMAN ADAMS, U.S.A., died of pneumonia in the Fort Benjamin Hospital, Indianapolis, Ind., June 6, 1935. A belated report of his death has only just reached us.

The son of Tullius J. and Mabel (Smith) Adams, he was born in Randolph, Vt., October 20, 1896, and graduated from Randolph High School. He was for a time in Norwich University, and then entered Dartmouth, where he remained only one semester. He then obtained an appointment to the U. S. Military Academy, where he graduated in 1919. Of giant frame and strong physique, he early gained prominence in athletics, and at West Point was a member of the varsity football, wrestling, and saber teams.

For a time he was instructor in the officers' school at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. His father-in-law, Brig. Gen. William K. Naylor, is post commander at Fort Benjamin Harrison, and Lieutenant Adams was his aide at the post.

His wife survives him, with three children. His mother also is living, and a sister and a half-brother.

Class of 1920

KARL HALE MAERCKLEIN died at his home in West Hartford, Conn., December 3, 1935, from complications brought about by a streptococcus infection.

He was born in Hartford, Conn., November 15, 1897, his parents being Hubert Louis and Effie (Hale) Maercklein. He prepared for college at Hartford High School. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta. He enlisted in the U. S. Naval Reserve Force as seaman, April 12, 1917, but did not see active service until Oct. 1, 1918, and was placed on inactive duty Dec. 1, 1918. He severed his connection with Dartmouth at the close of freshman year, and was a member of Sheffield Scientific School at Yale in 1917-20.

Since that time he has been in the insurance business in Hartford, being for a time with the Aetna Life Insurance Cos., and finally in the Hartford branch of the Metropolitan Casualty Insurance Cos. of New York.

December 31, 1924, he was married to Helen Brown, daughter of Frederick and Alice (Brown) Newman of West Hartford, who survives him, with one daughter, Jean Hale, born May 22, 1926.