Deaths
[A listing of deaths of which ward has been received during the summer. Full notices may appearin this issue or may appear in a later number.]
BLACKBURN, JOHN R., '63, May 31, 1937. CONNER, CHARLES S„ '7l, Eagle Rock, Calif., Apr. 4, 1937. DAVIS, WILLIAM G., '77, No. Andover, Mass., June 26, 1937. BURBECK, WILLIAM 0., '79, Rivera, Calif., Apr. 15, 1937. PHELPS, WESLEY W., 'Bl, Santa Monica, Calif., Aug. 31, 1937. SEVERANCE, JOHN L., 'B2, May 3, 1937. CHELLIS, RUSH, 'B3. MCCRILLIS, JOHN, 'B3, Hanover, N. H., July 11, 1937. ELLIOT, ARTHUR M., 'B4, Chicago, 111., June 20, 1937. GODDARD, MORRILL, 'B5, Naskeag, Me., July 1, 1937. SIMONDS, BENJAMIN S., 'BB, Pottsville, Pa., May 16, 1937. CASWELL, DR. CHARLES 0., '9O, Portland, Me., June 22, 1937. CAMPBELL, LOUIS J., '9l, Everett, Wash., FEB. 9, 1937. SMITH, CHARLES M., '9l, Rutland, Vt., Aug. 12, 1937. CLAY, PAUL R., '97, Methuen, Mass., July 18, 1937. MACANDREW, DAVID C., '9B, Braintree, Mass., Aug. 15, 1937. JONES, GEORGE M., 'Ol, Dec. 24, 1936. HUBBARD, THOMAS P., 'O2, San Antonio, Texas, July 24, 1937. LYONS, DENNIS F., 'O2, Arizona, June 12, 1957- PAUL, CARROLL, 'O3, Marquette, Mich. MAHONEY, WILLIAM H., 'O4. POST, JOHN D., 'O5, Ansonia, Conn., Aug. 30. !937- BEETLE, RALPH D., 'O6, Post Mills, Vt., JulY 9- '937- HOLMES, PERCIVAL J., 'O6, Somerville, Mass., May 11, 1937. PATTEN, HAROLD T., 'O6, Quincy, Mass., July 7, 1937. GLAZE, JOHN 8., 'OB, Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 3- !937- CUMMINGS, RALZA M., 'O9, July 12, 1937. SCHOFIELD, ALBERT, 'O9, Medford, Mass., June 3, 1937. WELLS, ERNEST F., 'O9, Bellingham, Wash., Aug- i. 1937- FULTON, ROBERT R., 'll. WRIGHT, WILLARD L., 'l2. ORTON, FRANKLIN C., 'l3, Lincoln, 111., Aug. 30, 1937. THURMAN, ALLAN C., 'l3, June 1937. SPORE, JUDSON P., '23, Sandusky, July 18, 1936. HILL, GEORGE F., '35, No. Conway, N. H., July 28, 1937. THORPE, DONALD C., '35, Boston, Mass., May 18, 1937. TAYLOR, ROBERT R„ '37, Millburn, N. J., Aug. 29, 1937. PECKHAM, ANSON C., med. '7B, Fall River, Mass., Aug. 29, 1937. GORDON, ONSLOW A., med. 'B5, Lake Keoka, Me., July 4, 1937. EVERSON, GEORGE, med. 'B6. DEGROSS, DR. JOHN H., med. '99, Los Angeles, Calif., June 12, 1937. MEAD, EDWIN D., hon. 'l3, Aug. 17, 1937. MELLON, ANDREW W., hon. '22, Southampton, L. 1., N. Y., Aug. 26, 1937.
ALUMNI NOTES
Necrology
Class of 1871
CHARLES STEVENS CONNER was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, September 15, 1850, and died at Eagle Rock, near Los Angeles, Calif., April 4, 1937.
His parents were Dr. Phineas Sanborn (Dartmouth 1835) and Eliza Angelina (Sanborn) Conner, the father dying in 1854. A brother, Dr. Phineas S. Conner (Dartmouth 1859), was a surgeon in the Union army and in charge of a hospital during the Civil War; the family therefore resided for a time in Washington. There Mr. Conner gained lasting impressions of President Lincoln. It was his pleasure ever after to recall in conversation and dwell upon these early recollections.
He attended the Cincinnati Law School, and was admitted to the bar in 1873. In the academic department at Dartmouth in his day there was instruction in the higher mathematics and good training in land surveying. Mr. Conner became a surveyor, and did much work of that kind in Virginia and the Carolinas. After considerable law practice in Cincinnati, he removed in 1901 to San Diego, Calif, There he developed an abstract and land title business, which he removed to Los Angeles in 1912. Here for twenty-five years he practiced law, specializing in land title law and estate work. In the former he was known as an authority and was sent for from all parts of the state to conduct cases of this character, taking many cases to the Supreme Court of the United States. Although in semi-retirement in the later years, he did a considerable business under the name and title of The Research Company.
February 15, 1892, he was married to Theodosia T. Brown. He left a son, Palmer Conner, assistant secretary of the Title, Insurance, and Trust Company of Los Angeles, and two daughters, Elizabeth Rhue and Dorothy Conner, both of Eagle Rock; also two grandchildren, Charles Palmer Conner and Steven Sanborn Conner, to carry on the family name. Besides the brother who has been mentioned, he had another, Judge and Professor John Sanborn Conner of Cincinnati, of the Dartmouth class of 1865.
Class of 1877
WILLIAM GAGE DAVIS died of heart disease at his home in North Andover, Mass., June 26, 1937. The son of George E. and Abby G. (Gage) Davis, he was born in North Andover, August 12, 1854, and prepared for college at Lawrence High School. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon.
For two years after graduation he was a student at Columbia Law School, graduating in 1879. He began practice in New York City, and continued it until 1896, when he was appointed a clerk in the city magistrates' courts. This position he held until October 1, 1912, when he resumed practice. In April, 1924, he retired, and returned to the old homestead at North Andover, where he lived quietly for the rest of his life.
He was present at class reunions whenever possible, and made one of our company at the 50th and 55th. He had engaged a room for the 60th, but increasing weakness made it impossible for him to carry out his purpose.
September 14, 1886, he was married to Ella, daughter of John D. and Mary (Coates) Farrington of New York, who died June 13, 1913. They had one son, Dudley Addison, who lives at the old homestead and is in business in Lawrence.
Class of 1878
FREDERICK DOUGLAS LANE died suddenly at his home in Ashburnham, Mass., June so, 1937 following by only a month his wife, who died May 20.
Mrs. Lane had long been an invalid, but his own health had been unfailing since college days, and caring for her had been a major concern with him for several years, confining him rather closely at home.
Mr. Lane was born in Ashburnham July 4, 1849, son °f Samuel and Nancy H. (Eaton) Lane. He prepared for college at Appleton Academy, New Ipswich, N. H. Entering college somewhat older than most of us, he was sedate and studious, not given to youthful pranks. He and his roommate enjoyed the reputation of being habitually the first arrivals at morning chapel. The habit of punctuality was maintained throughout his long life and applied to every duty, public or private.
It was presumed by his fellow students that he, like his roommate, was preparing for the ministry, but his graduating statement left unanswered the query as to his chosen profession, and upon graduation he entered upon and pursued consistently the profession of teaching. This is true of only one other member of the class. Of all our teachers, not one approaches his record of continuous service in one place, and that his native town.
After teaching a term in New Ipswich in the fall of 1878, and two terms in the public schools of Ashburnham, he began in December, 1879, his long service in Cushing Academy, teaching mathematics mainly, but taking on from time to time classes in German, history, English, drawing, and bookkeeping.
That he could bring to the latter subject practical experience appears from his 31 years' service as town treasurer. And his public spirit is indicated not alone by that remarkable record but by his long service on the school committee, as member and chairman of the library board, as town moderator, as superintendent of the Congregational Sunday school, and as member of the church committee, first of the Congregational, and later of the Federated church of the town. He sometimes supplied pulpits of the vicinity, and liked to relate that he had spoken in Congregational, Baptist, Methodist, Universalist, and Unitarian churches, from which it would appear that there was no narrowness in his quite positive religious convictions.
In the Academy he seems to have become the all-around man, who accepted readily and carried earnestly and cheerfully whatever responsibilities fell upon him; and we all know how responsibilities gravitate toward dependable shoulders, how the habit grows of turning to such a man for information about this and that, and eventually for help about this, that, and the other.
In 1909, in recognition of his 30 years' service, the students presented him with a loving cup and with a purse of $4lO in gold, which enabled him to visit England, France, Switzerland, Italy, and Austria, and to witness the Passion Play at Oberammergau.
lit 1925 he was retired on a pension after 46 years of service, since which he has been recognized as Professor Emeritus, and has been repeatedly called upon to teach classes, to preside at vespers, and to perform many of his old duties.
He seems to have grown youthful with the years. He wrote the Academy song, and his poems have been a feature of the senior sing-outs.
Mrs. Lane was Miss Cora Gilbert. They were married in 1887, and their life together has been a particularly happy one. Their golden wedding was due in August. Their three children, two sons and a daughter, and five grandchildren survive them.
He was a member of Theta Delta Chi, received the degree of A.M., taking it in course in 1881, as was then possible three years after graduation, and as most of those engaged in education did. He was a Congregationalist, a Republican, and a worthy representative of those New England traditions typified by the name with which he was christened.
Class of 1879
WILLIAM OLIVER BURBECK died at his home in Rivera, Calif., April 15, 1937, from a shock which he suffered two weeks previously.
He was born in Haverhill, N. H., January 4, 1853, and had a brother in '7l and one in '75. He prepared for college at Lancaster Academy. He was in college only "part of freshman year, being obliged to leave on account of sickness.
Returning to Haverhill, he took up farming with his parents and remained there until their death in 1911. He then went to California, bought a small ranch and went to raising oranges, which was his business for the rest of his life.
He was a deacon in the Congregational church in Haverhill for twenty years, but after going to California united with the Baptist church in Rivera. He belonged to the Masonic order.
In 1878 he married Carrie A. Blanchard of Cumberland Center, Me. They had three sons, Everett W., N. H. Coll. 'O3, of Duluth, Minn., Walter R., Univ. of Southern Calif. 'O7, of Los Angeles, Calif., and Perry J., N. H. Coll. 'll, of Downey, Calif. A daughter, Ella, died in 1906. There are also eleven grandchildren and one greatgrandchild.
Class of 1882
JOHN LEAR SEVERANCE died at his home in Lawrence, Mass., May 3, 1937, of cancer. He was a great sufferer, and underwent several operations for the removal of the growth, but they accomplished little. The disease affected his eyes, causing complete blindness. He was unconscious for several days previous to his death.
"Sevvy," as he was known in college, was born in Lawrence, June 30, 1858, the son of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Severance. He prepared for college at Lawrence High School, and entered Dartmouth with his class. He was interested in all class activities. His fraternity was Psi Upsilon.
In August, 1890, he married Grace Butler, and of this union there were three children: Malcolm Butler, born 1898; John Lear Jr., born 1904; Marjorie Rose, born 1913. These all survive him; also five grandchildren.
After graduation Severance engaged in business. This is the extent of our information. So far as can be learned, he never returned to Hanover, and letters to class secretaries formed no part of his correspondence; but we learn that he delighted in hearing about his former classmates and was much interested in the last class report.
Although so little is known of his life during the last fifty-five years, we can remember him as we knew him in college—active in class work, a genial companion, and a loyal friend.
Class of 1883
RUSH CHELLIS met a tragic death by drowning in the Sugar River, Claremont, N. H., May 22, 1937. He was attempting in a wagon drawn by a horse to ford a usually shallow stream, and it is thought that the swift current overturned the vehicle. The body was found two hours later further down the river.
He was born in Claremont, May 21, 18r,o, and prepared for college at Stevens High School.
He studied for a short time at the Thayer School, but ill health prevented his continuing the course, and he has remained in his native town as a farmer and surveyor.
December 27, 1887, he was married to Alice E. Bates of Chester, Vt., who died in 1915. A second marriage, November 5, 1919, was to Metta Armour of Seattle, Wash., who survives him. Four children of the first marriage survive: Carl B. Chellis of Claremont, Dwight F. Chellis of Rutland, Vt., Mrs. N. M. Russell of Cuttingsville, Vt., and Mrs. P. J. Smith of Rutland, Vt. There are six grandchildren.
John McCrillis, who was so soon to follow him, represented the class at the funeral service.
The following is taken from the Claremont Advocate: "For many years Mr. Chellis enjoyed the reputation of being one ofthe better engineers and surveyors of thestate, and the region abounds with evidences of his skill Aside from thereputation acquired in his profession ourfriend also established himself as a cattlebreeder known to many farmers throughout the country. As a citizen Mr. Chelliswas always interested in community affairs, and represented his town in the legislatures of 1895, 1907, and 1909. He alsoserved as a member of the school board,and has been a member of the local Methodist church for many years."
JOHN MCCRILLIS died at the Mary Hitchcock Hospital, Hanover, July 11, 1937, after an illness of three weeks.
The son of William H. and Abigail (Huntoon) McCrillis, he was born in Goshen, N. H., August 5, 1858. He graduated from Newport High School in 1878 and from Kimball Union Academy in 1879. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi, and graduated with Phi Beta Kappa rank.
After graduation he was principal successively of the high schools of Morris, Minn., and Springfield, Vt. On March 6, 1886, he was appointed clerk of the Superior Court of Sullivan County, and returned to Newport to assume the duties of that office, which he held until his resignation in 1935. This is the longest term ever served by a clerk of court in the history of the state. On his retiring from office he was appointed deputy clerk, and held that office until his death. In 1889 he was admitted to the bar, but never engaged in practice.
He had been manager of an insurance agency since 1890, and was a director and treasurer of the Brampton Woolen Company, president of the First National Bank, a trustee of the Newport Savings Bank, a director of the New Hampshire Fire Insurance Company, and president and one of the founders of the Newport Historical Society. He had been a member of the Democratic State Committee. For many years he was a trustee of the New Hampshire State Hospital. He had been a member of the school board and water and sewer commissioner of Newport, and at the time of his death was cemetery commissioner and trustee of trust funds. At the time of the World War he was chairman of the five Liberty Loan campaigns.
His high standing and great usefulness in his community are indicated by these facts. His work as clerk of court was marked by a devotion and ability which made his clerkship a model of efficiency.
September 26, 1895, he was married to Mary E. Wilmarth, who survives him. Their two sons are John W. (Dartmouth 1919), who succeeded his father as clerk, and William H. of Washington, D. C.
Mr. McCrillis was a Mason, being a member of lodge, chapter, and commandery. Among the many floral tributes at the funeral service was a plaque of white carnations from the class of 1883, of which he had long been president.
Class of 1884
REV. ARTHUR MONTGOMERY ELLIOT died suddenly from a cerebral hemorrhage at his home at 4613 Woodlawn Ave., Chicago, 111., June 20, 1937.
He was born in Yonkers, N. Y., September 10, 1862, the son of Rev. Dr. Henry Bond and Martha Ann (Skinner) Elliot. Daniel Elliot, Dartmouth 1813, was his grandfather. His preparation for college was obtained at various schools in Connecticut, the last being Norwich Free Academy. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi. He was a fine student, but was obliged to leave college at the end of sophomore year on account of serious eye trouble.
For a time he was engaged in business in Chicago. In 1887 he entered McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago, where he graduated in 1890. He then entered the Presbyterian ministry, and held pastorates as follows: Assumption, 111., 1890-3; Edwardsville, 111., 1893-5; El Paso, Tex., 1895-7; Cobden, 111., 1897-1902; Kansas, 111., 1902-6; Harbor Springs, Mich., 1906-9; Port Jefferson, N. Y„ from 1909; and finally at Milford, Pa. In 1928 he resigned the last pastorate and went to Chicago, where he continued to be active in church work, but no longer as a pastor.
In 1909 at the 25-year reunion of the class he was given the degree of A.B. and enrolled with the class. He has attended all class reunions since, save only the Golden Reunion in 1934.
July 4, 1892, Mr. Elliot was married to Maude O. M. Tilley of Tower Hill, 111., who was killed in an automobile accident June 14, 1926. A second marriage, September 28, 1928, was to Mrs. Sallie Richards Winkelman of Chicago, who survives him, with two children of the first marriage, Arthur H., now Standard Oil manager in Java, East Indies, and Gertrude, who lives in Red Bank, N. J.
Mr. Elliot served his churches most acceptably, leaving them stronger and better than he found them.
Class of 1885
MORRILL GODDARD was born in Auburn, Me., on October 7, 1865, and was the son of Judge Charles W. and Rowena C. (Morrill) Goddard. He died suddenly of heart disease at his summer home at Naskeag, Me., on July 1, 1937.
He entered Bowdoin College with the class of 'B5 and transferred to Dartmouth in April, 1883, was graduated with the degree of A.8., and was the youngest man of the class. During his college course he was a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, and was chairman of his class commencement committee on printing. As a college student he had a quiet, courteous, and retiring personality, mingling little in the usual college activities, having few intimates, and was a great reader in subjects which interested him.
Immediately upon graduation he went to New York City to begin his journalistic career, which he ever after pursued with an all-absorbing intensity and in which he achieved a very remarkable success; beginning as a space writer on the New York World, of which Joseph Pulitzer was then the proprietor, he developed an unusual news-getting and journalistic ability, which resulted in his rapid advancement through the positions of city editor, Washington correspondent, managing editor, and editor of the Sunday Magazine of that great cosmopolitan journal. It was during his connection with the World that he became a pioneer in the development of sensational and pictorial illustrated journalism. His idea and purpose was to give pictures which would focus and force attention, bel ieving that ten persons grasp with the eye to one with the mind—he sought to present something that would first catch the eye and then startle, tickle, and interest the individual with slight labor on his brain tissue; to this end, he increased the size of pictures from two columns wide up to full page, as he deemed the subject warranted. To him is attributed the early use of half-tone cuts for reproducing actual photographs and the introduction of the first successful "funny sheets," his fundamental idea being to create a human appeal.
The justification of his theory was the amazing increase in the World's circulation during the first year of his management.
The foregoing briefly summarizes the journalistic accomplishments of his first ten years after graduation. In 1895 he attracted the interest of William Randolph Hearst, who shortly before had become the proprietor of the New York Journal and who opened negotiations with Goddard to join its staff as Sunday editor. Hearst's proposition was made so attractive that Goddard accepted, and his former associate on the World, Arthur Brisbane, succeeded him as Sunday editor of that paper; then followed a journalistic battle —intense and lurid—Goddard and Brisbane sought to outdo each other in freak ideas, until Mr. Pulitzer ordered Brisbane to discontinue the objectionable features; in this connection it is interesting to note that later, Brisbane joined the Hearst staff on the Journal, and thereafter Goddard and Brisbane were associated together until the later's death last year.
The astounding success achieved by Goddard with the World was not only repeated but was greatly increased during his long editorship with the New York Journal, the name of which was later changed to the New York American, and he became the editor of the seventeen Hearst Sunday newspapers, a position of stupendous responsibility and widely extended influence, which he filled with marked ability and success for over 40 years; in recognition of the value of his services, he had been receiving for some time an annual salary substantially in excess of $150,000.
His journalistic skill and ability to gauge human appeal and reader interest was so unerring and uncanny that it made him the greatest newspaper circulation builder of all time, and the technique of his methods became legendary throughout the Hearst newspapers, to the extent that the walls of the editorial rooms bore significant and inspiring signs, reading "How wouldGoddard do it?"
Although he followed the noted and notorious throughout the world and forced them to reveal themselves to the readers whom his papers served, he was most shy and reserved in manner, studiously avoiding all publicity relating to his personal affairs and accomplishments, and while his replies to the appeals of his class secretary for personal information were prompt, they were distressingly lacking in the information sought; fortunately, however, the Secretary's attention was directed to a biography published in 1928, entitled "W. R. Hearst, An American Phenomenon," written by J. K. Winkler, a chapter in which related quite fully the journalistic business connections between Goddard and Hearst. The Secretary had copious excerpts prepared from that chapter which he sent to Goddard, urging him to write something along similar lines regarding himself, to which Goddard replied in a longhand letter under the date of August 25, 1934, which was so characteristic of him that it seems appropriate to quote it here: "Thanks for your nice letter. The stuff youenclose is substantially true, and that iscertainly enough. I have most of my lifebeen printing facts and photos of famousand infa?nous persons, but it is my opinionthat I do not belong in either category andthus do not qualify for extended notice ora portrait. Even under the crazy New Dealcodes there is no appeal from an editor'sjudgment." The particular value of this letter is that in it Goddard substantially confirms the information regarding his journalistic methods and success as set out in the biography of Mr. Hearst, above referred to.
In addition to his regular editorial work, he was a contributor to various magazines and in 1935 was the author of a book, quite germane and interpretative of his own theories and life's work, entitled "What Interests People and Why." Out of his extremely busy life, he found time for outside interests ' and relaxation and held membership at various times in the following organizations: American Society for Psychical Research, Social Science Association, American Geographical Society, Palestine Exploration Fund Association, American Anti-vivisection Society, American Forestry Association, University Settlement Society, Peace Society of New York, Columbia Yacht Club, and the Dartmouth Club of New York.
ROSE TO JOURNALISTIC FAME
While opinions may differ regarding the public advantages and disadvantages which flow from the style of sensational journalism, in the development of which Goddard was such an inspiring and influential factor, nevertheless, all will recognize his preeminent ability and untiring industry and energy, through which he rose by his own efforts from the very bottom to the very summit of that great branch of journalism to which he had devoted his life's work.
With reference to his family life, he was married to Jessamine Rugg in Hot Springs, Ark., on December 28, 1889; they had five children—Morrill Jr., DeWitt Rugg, Mary R. (Mrs. Karl Bauer), Jessamine, and Rowena. He is survived by his widow and all their children. His home residence for many years was at 48 East 73d St., New York City, where his funeral services were held on Sunday, July 3.
Class of 1890
DR. CHARLES OSCAR CASWELL died from cerebral hemorrhage at his home in Portland, Me., June 22, 1937, after an illness of several weeks.
The son of James Madison and Amanda (Hussey) Caswell, he was born in Newmarket, N. H., June 26, 1866, and prepared for college privately.
For the first year after graduation he was assistant principal and teacher of science at the Hartford (Conn.) Preparatory Institute. In 1891 he became head of the science department in the Portland (Me.) High School, and held that position until June, 1926. Meanwhile he studied medicine at Bowdoin, graduating as M.D. in 1900, and added to his school work a general practice of medicine, specializing in orthopedics, in which he acquired a wide reputation. He was for a time on the staff of the Children's Hospital, and later of the Maine General Hospital. In 1908-9 he took training at the Massachusetts General Hospital, where he served as house officer.
He was a member of the Maine Medical Association and the Portland Medical Club, of the Portland Club, and of various Masonic bodies.
November 8, 1891, he was married to Frances, daughter of Bennett P. and Ellen F. (Boyd) Wheeler, who survives him. There were no children.
Class of 1891
Late in May word was received of the death of Louis JOSEPH CAMPBELL at Everett, Wash., on February 9, 1937.
He was born March 2, 1868 at Minneapolis, Minn., the son of Gabriel and Louise (McMahon) Campbell. The family moved to Hanover in 1883, Professor Campbell having been appointed professor of philosophy. There were four other children, none of them now living. Louis prepared for college in Hanover. He took special honors in college, winning the Grimes prize for English composition and the Grimes prize for general improvement. Alpha Delta Phi was his fraternity.
After graduation he taught school for about 31 years. He went in 1901 to Seattle and later to Everett, Wash. He was in the real estate business after 1923. In 1925 he was forced to retire because of poor health, but made a recovery and was later able to enjoy his favorite hobby of fishing. He never married. He had a brillant mind.
Former Governor CHARLES MANLEY SMITH died suddenly on August la at his home in Rutland, Vt., of heart trouble. A Boston heart specialist who had been in Rutland two weeks before left the family feeling very hopeful that Mr. Smith would improve and have some happy years ahead.
Mr. Smith was born in West Rutland, Vt., August 3, 1868, the son of Hiram A. and Helen (Manley) Smith. He graduated from St. Johnsbury Academy in 1887. Entering Dartmouth, he had high rank as a student, becoming a member of Phi Beta Kappa. His college fraternity was Alpha Delta Phi, and he was a member of Casque and Gauntlet. He was one of the editors of the Dartmouth Literary Monthly.
Following his graduation, Smith served for a time in Washington, D. C., as the secretary of Senator Proctor of Vermont. Returning to Vermont, he followed his chosen career as a banker, and the Marble Savings Bank Building of Rutland, home of the bank which he piloted for over 17 years, is a monument to his faith in the community, county, and state which he served in so many capacities.
Governor Smith served first in the State Senate in 1927 and again in 1929; he was chairman of the committee on banking, and a member of the committees on commerce and labor, mileage and debentures, public health, and state and court expenses, and in the Senate of 1929 he was also on the committees on appropriations and highways and bridges and the general committee. He was a member of the House of Representatives of 1931, where he headed the ways and means committee. He served as lieutenant governor from 1933 to 1935. Following a close contest in the Republican party for the nomination as governor hi 1934, he was elected, and served two years with much credit to himself and the state. It was shortly after his inauguration as governor that his wife died after an illness of only twenty-four hours with meningitis, a great blow to Mr. Smith. While his health failed temporarily, he was able to carry on and had the satisfaction of seeing most of his recommended objectives enacted into laws, especially the old age assistance law and a reduction in automobile license fees.
On November 1, 1893, he married Mary Stark, who died February 20, 1935. They had three children: two daughters, Mrs. Theodore Nicolet and Mrs. Andrew C. Matthews, both of Rutland; the only son, Manley Stark Smith, died in the service February 12, 1918. There are also two grandchildren, Barbara Cairns Matthews and Charlotte Stark Matthews.
Mr. Smith was once president of the Vermont Bankers' Association and a member of the agricultural commission of that association. In addition to being the president and a trustee of the Marble Savings Bank, he was a director of the Rutland County National Bank, the Union Mutual Fire Insurance Company, the Flood Credit Corporation, and the Vermont Children's Aid Society, and a trustee of the Vermont Historical Society. He was a member of the Episcopal church, and held membership in the Masons, Knights of Pythias, and the Grange. He received the degree of Doctor of Laws from the University of Vermont in 1935.
Walter D. Cobb
Class of 1897
Hardly a month after our fortieth reunion, PAUL REDINGTON CLAY died July 18 at his home in Methuen, Mass. He came to Hanover in the loving care of his wife and with full knowledge that this would be the last occasion for class fellowship. As we saw his pale face and noted his slow steps, we too knew that this was his last courageous adventure. Clay suffered a nervous breakdown a few years ago and never fully recovered, though he continued his work as a member of the law firm Rowell, Clay, and Tomlinson in Lawrence, Mass. The cause of his death was heart failure.
Clay was town attorney for Methuen and a leading member of the Essex County bar. He was a trustee of the Broadway Savings Bank, and president of the Merrimac Valley County Club. He was a Mason and Odd Fellow. His education was at Phillips Exeter, Dartmouth College, and Boston University Law School.
Paul was born in Littleton, N. H., on February 16, 1875, the son of Charles L. and Stella (Redington) Clay. His father was a manufacturer of gloves and later a superintendent of schools in Massachusetts towns. Paul's mother died when he was but a child and Mr. Clay most happily married again. Paul had two half-sisters and a half-brother. The family ties were very close in this home.
In college Paul was a tennis champion; he was class president, and he was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity and the Sphinx senior society. He was at all times a man of dignity and poise, modest and friendly.
The writer held Paul in respect throughout our college course and has loved him for many years. Our mothers were intimate friends, and with my father and Professor and Mrs. Marvin D. Bisbee were academy and seminary classmates. Paul and I in college were Thanksgiving Day guests in the Bisbee home. It was a delightful hour. Catherine was at home from Wellesley. Professor Bisbee was a scholar with a profound knowledge of literature and in his home a most fatherly man. Mrs. Bisbee was a brilliant woman, witty and with poetic talents. When she knew that her hour of death was approaching, she wrote to me and doubtless to many another, a farewell letter of courage and good wishes
E. W. Butterfield
Class of 1898
DAVID CARR MACANDREW passed to the higher life of service in the early morning of Sunday, August 15. He was born May 30, 1874, in Brooklyn, N. Y., the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Macandrew, the family moving to Braintree, Mass., when David was a year old. He was prepared for college at Thayer Academy. There were two other sons, but both have passed away, and so Dave was the last of his line. He is survived by a wife, Mrs. Florence (Mackinnon) Macandrew, and their two daughters They will continue to reside at 54 West St., Braintree, Mass.
David Macandrew entered Dartmouth in the fall of 1894 and at once was marked as a football star of the first rank. There was dynamite and TNT in that rugged frame and a heart with the courage of a lion pulsating within. He gave his best at all times in his football work, and no opposing line, no matter how it resembled a stone wall, could withstand the "Indian's" battering ram impact when he dove at it and usually through it. On defense he assisted his teammates in a way they never forgot. He could mow down the opposition like a human scythe. When an opponent succeeded in getting through the line, he would strike something that would stop him like an oak tree. When the pile was unscrambled, there would be the "Indian" with his arms around his opponent in an embrace that nothing but the referee's whistle could unclasp and sometimes not even that. He starred in the backfield during his entire four years with such other luminaries as Walter McCornack '97, John Eckstorm '9B, and Fred Crolius '99. How many thousands were thrilled by their dashing playing!
At the close of the '9B football season the great football authority of those days, Walter Camp of Yale, put the "Indian" on his All-America team with this citation—"Mac-Andreiu is the greatest fullback Dartmouthor any college ever had or will have."
The "Indian" played third base on the varsity baseball team his senior year under the very able leadership of Pitt Drew, and, had Pitt been captain all the four years of the "Indian's" college life, undoubtedly he would have been on the varsity team the entire period, for Pitt had an eye for a baseball player and knew how to handle men in the making.
The Secretary never had a better third baseman to play in front of than the "Indian." How he could smother a bunt and send it like a bullet and straight as an arrow to Fred Crolius on first; he never seemed to look at first, but the ball landed true and another scalp went to the record of the "Indian."
After college "Mac" coached football at Bowdoin College, Western Reserve College in Ohio, and St. Mary's College in California, played professional baseball in the New England League, International League, and Pacific Coast League.
Oliver Cromwell told the artist who painted his picture to paint him as he was, wart and all, otherwise he would not pay him a shilling—and so the artist did. The best biographies are in the Bible, for the Good Book tells both sides of a life. Even its greatest hero and king—David—did some shady things. They were not glossed over in the telling, but are in the record with all their raw detail. I shall narrate one incident in the baseball life of the "Indian" to illustrate his forceful and picturesque language, though not the King's English at its best. While playing in the New England League at Taunton, Mass., there came along one of those critical games when victory meant much. The grandstand was full, the bleachers were full, the neighboring roofs had their full quota, every knot-hole had the eye of a small boy glued to it, and only an earthquake could have moved the small devotee of our national game. There was a runner on third base and the "Indian" was coaching. The batter cracked the ball and there was a good chance for the runner to make the home plate safely. The "Indian" vociferously advised him to do it. The runner hesitated. In the national game he who hesitates is lost and so it happened on this occasion. There was an audible groan from the great throng. Then the "Indian's" voice rang out like the blast of a bugle—"Why in hell didn't you runhome?" A roar of approval went up from the great conclave, and one would have thought a home run had been made with three men on bases.
The "Indian" went West and remained some years and met with some of life's grim realities, for he broke both his legs in a railroad accident and had his left arm torn to shreds from wrist to shoulder in saving a group of children from the crazy rush of an automobile driven by a foolhardy driver. I have no record of how the automobile fared, but suspect it went soon to the junk pile twisted and bent with the impact of the old "Indian." "Mac," however, survived these mishaps and afterwards played two years in the Pacific Coast League.
When the Great War broke out, the "Indian" volunteered and had an honorable record, and was for a time after the war a physical culture instructor in Y. M. C. A.'s in England and France.
In 1922 the "Indian" had the great good fortune to marry Miss Florence Mackinnon at Flint, Mich. How those two Scots have pulled together since! Two beautiful daughters came to bless their home—Margaret now fourteen and Elizabeth now twelve.
Since 1923 "Mac" and his family have resided at his old home in Braintree. He was personnel director for the Cities Service Refining Company and greatly endeared himself to the officials of the company and to those with whom he was associated in his work.
His home life was joy and devotion itself, for he has made a loving father and a true and devoted husband. Of course there have been some flurries now and then. The good wife told me that one day the "Indian" was doing some repair work in one of the rooms and something went wrong. He said to his wife, "My dear, will you getout of this room, for I've got to swear!" The reply was, "David, if you are tempted toswear, my place is here," and she stayed and those two Scots had it out. Progress was made in self-control and in the social amenities of life.
His own children worshipped him and he was a playful and loving father to them. The children of the neighborhood flocked around him. Now and then there would be the crash of glass in the neat "parlor" as Dave was trying to teach some youth just how to make a home run. What of it! Mrs. Macandrew changed the glass chandelier to transparent paper and the inspiring fellowship of the rising generation with a bighearted, wholesome man continued unbroken.
He won the respect and affection of his neighbors and fellow-citizens. He did many little acts of kindness continually. His life reminds me of two little poems—
"Howe'er it be, it seems to me, 'Tis only noble to be good. Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood." and "That best portion of a good man's life, His little, nameless, unremembered acts Of kindness and of love."
So at last the "Indian," with the aid of a most sympathetic, appreciative, and understanding wife, beat his music out into a beautiful harmony. On Friday, August 13, Dave called on his classmate Fred Pope at Sandwich, Mass. They had not seen each other since graduation and had a most happy reunion. On the following day, Saturday,.Dave was taken with a heart attack and passed quietly and peacefully away early Sunday morning, August 15.
So the "Big Indian" of '9B has crossed over to the other side.
Class of 1901
The death of GEORGE MILTON JANES, which occurred at Oberlin, Ohio, December 24, 1936, of heart disease, after several years of ill health, has only recently been reported.
The son of Joseph and Jane (Isaacs) Janes, he was born in Utica, N. Y., April 18, 1869, and attended the public schools of Utica and later Phillips Exeter Academy. He graduated from Bangor Theological Seminary in 1899, and then entered the junior class at Dartmouth, graduating with the degree of B.L. and with Phi Beta Kappa rank. The next year he resumed theological studies at Harvard, and received the degree of S.T.B. in 1902. He then entered the Congregational ministry, and was pastor at Whiting, Vt., in 1902-4, meanwhile studying at Middlebury College, where he graduated as A.B. in 1903. Further pastorates were at Becket, Mass., 1904-6, and at Burlington, Mass., 1906-10. During his Burlington pastorate he took graduate work at Harvard in 1906-10, and received the degree of A.M. in 1910, and in 1910-13 he studied at Johns Hopkins, and became a Ph.D. in 1913.
From this time his work was educational and literary. He was instructor in political and social science at the University of Washington in 1913-17; assistant professor of economics and political science at the University of North Dakota in 1917-19; professor of economics and head of the department at Washington and Jefferson College in 1919-25; professor of economics and sociology and head of the department at Kenyon College in 1925-34, and professor emeritus since the last date.
The following books were from his pen: "The Pilgrim Spirit and Other Essays," 19°4•' "The Control of Strikes in American Trade Unions," 1916; "American Trade Unionism," 1922; "Who Should Have Wealth and Other Papers," 1925; "Man and Society," 1927. He also published many magazine articles and book reviews, and was associate editor of "New Century Book of Facts."
November 21, 1904, he was married to Mary Alice, daughter of George E. and Mary A. Helme of Providence, R. 1., who survives him. There are three sons; Bernon Helme, born in 1907, now living in California; Robert Brown, born in 1909, now a research physicist with the Radio Corporation of America; and Milton, born in 1911, now a research chemist with the National Carbon Cos. of Cleveland. Mrs. Janes is now living with her second son at 44 Hawthorne St., Rutherford, N. J.
Class of 1902
DENNIS FRANCIS LYONS died June 11 in Tucson, Arizona, where he had gone, hoping to recuperate from illness from which he had been suffering. His last reports were of a hopeful nature, and it was a great shock to those of his classmates who were attending their Thirty-fifth Reunion, when the news of his death came as they were gathering for the annual Alumni Luncheon.
Lyons came to Dartmouth from the Danvers (Mass.) High School, and he was born in Danvers on February 15, 1880. In college he took high rank as a student, and was elected a member of Phi Beta Kappa in his senior year. He also took special interest in debating and won the prize for seniors in extemporary debating.
After graduation he studied law at the University of Minnesota, graduating from the law school in 1906. While studying law, he acted as instructor of mathematics in the College of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota. For one year from July, 1907, he served as deputy insurance commissioner in Minnesota, then until March, 1911, he practiced law as a member of the firm of Lawlor and Lyons in St. Paul. He then entered the law department of the Northern Pacific Railroad, where after successive promotions he became general solicitor and later general counsel of the Railroad. At the time of his death he occupied the responsible position of general counsel of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, with headquarters at St. Paul, where he resided.
On July 14, 1908, Lyons was married to Anna Gall, who survives him, as do two children, a daughter, Kathleen, and a son William H. Lyons, who was chosen one of the Commencement speakers from the class of 1937 at Dartmouth.
Lyons had been trustee for the class of 1902 since 1932, and in spite of his great responsibilities arising from his professional life had generously given much time and service to the class in this capacity.
THOMAS PARKER HUBBARD died in San Antonio, Texas, on July 24, 1937, after an illness of nearly a year and a half. He had been living previously in Edmond, Oklahoma, but went to Texas in the hope that the climate would benefit his health.
Hubbard was born at West Boxford, Mass., January 30, 1880, and graduated from Phillips Andover Academy. While in college he was a member of the track team and K.K.K. fraternity.
After leaving college he worked for two years for the American Woolen Company in Lawrence, Mass., then for two years as a salesman for N. W. Rice Company of Boston. He was thereafter employed by Stone & Webster for two years, and by C. A. Bryant Company, at Dallas, Texas, from 1908 to 1917, when he became vicepresident and Southwestern manager of the Praug Company at Dallas.
He was married April 12, 1912, at Dallas to Stella Crutcher. His wife, and four children, James L., Stella, Thomas P. Jr., and Jackson C. Hubbard survive him.
Class of 1903
On May 22, 1937, CARROLL PAUL of 505 East Ridge St., Marquette, Mich., retired naval officer and resident of Marquette for the past 15 years, died suddenly of a heart attack.
Son of Prof. Henry M. (Dartmouth 1873) and Augusta A. (Gray) Paul, Carroll was born in Tokyo, Japan, May 5, 1882. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1903 and from the Thayer School in 1904. In 1907 he entered the U. S. Navy in the Engineer Corps, and rose from ensign to lieutenant-commander. In 1911 he went to the Philippine Islands with the Navy, and returned to the United States in 1913 to be stationed at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. After several changes which took him from New Orleans to Boston, he was transferred in 1916 to the Great Lakes Naval Station, where he was in charge of construction. In 1917 he was ordered to Guam to supervise the construction of a naval radio station. From Guam he returned to the naval stadon at Yorktown, Va., and in 1922 retired from the navy.
In 1911, on March 25, he married Helen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Longyear, and from this union came four children, Beatrice, Howard, Judith, and Philip, all residing in Marquette.
On retirement from the Navy Carroll took up work in Marquette as one of the trustees of the Longyear estate, and was vice-president of the Longyear Corporations until his death. He was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, of the Congressional Country Club of Washington, and of the Marquette Skeet Club and the Marquette Rotary Club.
Funeral services were held in Marquette, and burial made in the Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, D. C.
Class of 1906
PERCIVAL JERAULD HOLMES died in the Somerville (Mass.) Hospital on the evening of May 11, after a shock suffered in his office a few hours before. Funeral services were held on May 15 at Wilson Chapel in Somerville, with interment in Woburn.
Percy, or "Sherlock," as he was called in college, was born in Somerville June 17, 1883, the son of William Boyd and Florence Estelle (Jerauld) Holmes, and with the exception of his four years at Dartmouth spent his entire life there. He prepared for college at the Somerville English High School. In college he was a quiet, friendly boy, pursuing with diligence the B. S. course. He was a member of the freshman track squad.
In December, 1907, he entered upon his life work as special freight agent of the Boston and Maine railroad, located in the general offices at the North Station in Boston. His particular field was the investigation and adjustment of claims arising from improper handling of freight in transit, and comprised the entire handling of claim matters from the time of entry until a definite settlement had been made.
He was a home-loving man, devoted to his wife and children. Outside his family his chief interest lay in the Masonic order, and he held membership in Soley Lodge A.F. and A.M. of Somerville, Somerviile Royal Arch Chapter, Boston Lafayette Lodge of Perfection, G.F. Yates Princes of Jerusalem, Mount Olivet Chapter of Rose Croix, Massachusetts Consistory S.P.R.S. gsd Degree, and Boston Commandery Knights Templar. He was also a •member of the Sons of the American Revolution, the Anchor Club, and the Winter Hill Universalist church.
Percy's loyalty to his college and his class was very strong. He was an annual contributor to the Alumni Fund and a regular attendant at the dinners of the Boston Alumni Association. Although he was unable to attend our thirtieth reunion, he had missed few previous ones.
He was married August 16, 1912, to Louise Belle Merrill of Arlington, Mass., who survives him with their three children, Mrs. Dorothy L. Carpenter, Priscilla J. Holmes, and Merrill C. Holmes.
HAROLD TAYLOR PATTEN died at his home, 1399 Quincy Shore Drive, Quincy, Mass., July 7, after an illness of six months. Funeral services were held at the Unitarian Church, Peterborough, N. H., July 10, and his ashes were buried in the Seccombe family burying ground near his wife's former home.
He was born in Cooperstown, N. Y„ May 22, 1884, the son of Rev. George and Sarah (Taylor) Patten. The family moved to Walpole, N. H., when Harold was three years old, then to Dublin, where the father was pastor of the Dublin church, and to Peterborough in 1897. Harold attended the Peterborough High School for three years before the family moved to Concord, and was graduated from the Concord High School. After graduation from Dartmouth, he attended Harvard Law School, receiving his LL. B. degree in 1909.
While he was in law school, he acted as secretary to Joseph Jefferson, the famous actor, during his summer vacations at Buzzard's Bay. In 1911 he became a member of the law firm of Reading and Patten in Boston, but for the past nineteen years had practiced law in Quincy, being associated with Jeremiah J. McArnarney, former city solicitor. They prepared the first briefs in the world-famous Sacco-Vanzetti case.
Harold was one of the most highly esteemed members of the legal profession in Norfolk County, and so thorough was his knowledge of the theory and procedure of criminal, civil, and probate law that he was often called into consultation by leading attorneys and judges for advice on technical problems. In the court room he held the respect of the presiding justice and those connected with the cases for his fair and impartial presentation of evidence.
He was a member of the Norfolk County Bar Association, the Harvard Club of Quincy, Rural Lodge of Masons, Taleb Grotto.
In May, 1917, he volunteered and went to the officers' training camp at Plattsburg, N. Y. There he was recommended for the intelligence department, ranking third in line, and in 1918 was attached to the ammunition depot at Dover, N. J.
He was married September 14, 1914, to Margaret Seccombe of Peterborough, who survives him, with a son, William S. Patten, Dartmouth '3B, and a daughter, Margaret Elizabeth Patten. He also leaves two brothers, Stanley W. Patten, Dartmouth '11, and Ernest R. Patten, Dartmouth '12, and a sister, Mrs. Carita Marden of Stoughton, Mass., widow of Edgar A. Marden '06.
At its first session after his death, the East Norfolk District Court, Quincy, Mass., adjourned for the day in Patten's memory. Before adjournment, Judge Kenneth C. Johnson delivered a eulogy, in which he said:
"It is with sincere regret that the court notes the passing of Harold T. Patten, a beloved and respected member of our bar and an officer of this court. He was a prodigious worker, an experienced practitioner, and a wise counselor. He was devoted to the finest principles and practices of the bar.
"He was true to the best traditions of the law. We knew him in this forum as a fair and square fighter for the interests of his clients, always conscious of his duty to his clients and of his responsibilities to the court. He commanded the respect and admiration of the court. Were his life and work to be characterized in words, we would say that he was an exemplar of fidelity and integrity. Away from the forum, away from his law office, he was a tender, devoted, and loving husband and father."
PROFESSOR RALPH DENNISON BEETLE died very suddenly of a heart attack at Camp Neshobe, Lake Fairlee, Vt., on the evening of July 9. Since he had been in his usual robust health up to that time, the news of his death came as a great shock to his large circle of friends, colleagues, and classmates. The funeral was held at his home on North Balch St., in Hanover on July is, with burial in the old Dartmouth cemetery.
He was born in New Bedford, Mass., January 21, 1886, the son of John Henry and Lottie Clara (Dennison) Beetle. He prepared for college at the New Bedford High School and entered Dartmouth with the class of 1907, but his brilliancy of mind and great powers of concentration enabled him to complete his course in three years and to be graduated magna cum laude in 1906. In his first year he was a Rufus Choate Scholar; in his sophomore year he won the second Thayer prize in mathematics and received honorable mention in mathematics and physics; and at graduation he was appointed one of six Commencement speakers.
In 1906-7 he served as an instructor in the Littleton (N. H.) High School, returning to Dartmouth the next autumn as instructor in mathematics. He received the A.M. degree from Dartmouth in 1911. From 1914 to .1916 he held a fellowship in the graduate school of Princeton University, taking his Ph.D. degree there in 1916. Returning to Dartmouth, he was promoted to an assistant professorship in 1916 and to full professorship in 1931.
Professionally he was ever held in high esteem by both his colleagues and his students. His clear, logical mind, his kindly understanding of the problems of his students, and his great capacity for accurate and painstaking work made him an excellent teacher in his chosen field. On the faculty he was noted for his services as an able committee man. For nine years he was a faculty member of the Athletic Council, and for four years served on the Administration Committee. At the time of his death he was a member of the Committee on Educational Policy, and because of his broad knowledge of the College and his sound powers of judgment he made extremely valuable contributions to the deliberations of that committee. For many years he acted as head proctor of the midyear and final examinations in the gymnasium, and in this position became known to all the younger alumni in their undergraduate days.
He held membership in Phi Beta Kappa, Gamma Alpha, Zeta Psi, the Masonic order, the American Mathematical Society, and the American Mathematical Association. Besides publishing numerous mathematical articles in the periodicals of his profession, he had edited the McGraw-Hill series of texts in mathematics.
His natural abilities and his generous willingness to work brought him into office in all the many organizations with which he was connected. He was associate justice of the local municipal court and for several terms had served as moderator of the Precinct of Hanover. He was nationally known as a whist player. Since 1920 he and Mrs. Beetle had been associated with the summer camp for girls at which he died, and for the past ten years he had been its director.
On June 30, 1908, he married Helen M. Ackerman of Bristol, N. H., who survives him, with their three children—Mrs. Barbara Brown, a graduate of Wheaton College, "Alan A. Beetle, Dartmouth '36, and Mary Helen Beetle, who is to enter Wheaton this fall. He also leaves two sisters, Miss Bertha Beetle of New Bedford, Mass., and Miss Clara Beetle of Washington, D. C.
Class of 1908
JOHN BALDWIN GLAZE, Dartmouth 1908, died September 3 in Buffalo, N. Y. Funeral services were held September 7 at Forest Lawn Chapel, in Buffalo. Among the large number of friends at the services were hundreds of Dartmouth men, and flowers were received from Dartmouth associates and friends in nearly every state.
John's sudden death followed an operation in which the surgeons tried to remove a tumor back of his stomach. They were unable to take all of the malignant growth, and John died at 9:30 in the evening of September 3.
He was the son of Daniel Wolfe and Caroline Glaze. He was born June 25, 1885, in Denver, Colorado. His father, a descendant of General Wolfe, was one of the pioneers who went to California in 1851. John attended Boulder State Preparatory School in Colorado before entering Dartmouth in the fall of 1904.
In Dartmouth John Glaze had an outstanding career in athletics. He played on the football team in 1904, 1905, 1906 and 1907. He captained the team in 1906 and again in 1907, and in 1908 was captain of the baseball team. As a quarterback he has had few equals in precision and judgment. In baseball he was a pitcher, one of the best. It is said he was the first college pitcher to use the spitball. When nearly the entire baseball team of 1907 was lost to college athletics through eligibility rules it was John Glaze who shouldered the burden of developing a new team and leading it through a successful season.
CAPTAIN OF THREE SPORTS
John was a member of the KKK fraternity, Turtle and Sphinx, class marshal in his senior year, captain of three major teams; probably a record in Dartmouth athletics. He continued his interest and help in later years, and scouted rival teams during Jess Hawley's regime as head coach, often returning to Hanover to assist in the coaching and to help plan the strategy of the Dartmouth teams.
With his athletic ability John had rare qualities of leadership. One of his teammates and close associates says . . . His judgment was never faulty, and as aleader he was the best. In all my athleticcareer I will say I have never met a moreperfect character. I never heard him say anunkind word about anyone. I never knewhim to do anything unworthy of a gentleman, nor have I ever seen a man with sucha host of loyal friends."
Following graduation in 1908 John worked in New York for a while and then attended M.I.T. where he took the first course ever offered there in electro-chemistry. His character was demonstrated at that time. He was coaching at Exeter, to earn money for his technical studies. No text books had been written in English dealing with the subjects in which John wished to specialize. So he studied and learned German, while coaching at Exeter and attending M.1.T., in order to perfect himself in the technical science he had chosen for his life work. Those close to him at the time say it was a nearly superhuman assignment he set for himself, and completed as John completed everything he ever undertook.
John's character, ability and knowledge were recognized by the Norton Company, with which he was associated for many years until his death. He was manager of the company's large plant in Worcester. He was particularly valuable to the company's plant at Niagara Falls, especially during times of labor troubles. He also travelled extensively for the company. In Niagara Falls he built a beautiful home. He was devoted to his home, his family and his fine gardens.
August 18, 1915, John married Miss Marion Strauss of Denver. She survives him with three children, Donald Ralph, born January 20, 1917; John Melvin, born June g, 1920, and Mary Caroline, born October 24, 1921. John also leaves his older brother, Ralph, Dartmouth 'O6, whose home is at 25 Isabella Street, Melrose Highlands, Mass.
John took up golf and tennis in recent years, and developed into an excellent player in both games. He was president of the Country Club, and also of the local Tennis Club, and was a member of the Rotary Club.
His enthusiasm for the class and for Dartmouth College never waned. For years he was one of the Class Agents for the Alumni Fund. He attended most of the class reunions in Hanover, and was looking forward to the 30th next June.
It is indeed difficult to realize that John Glaze will be missing at the next reunion, and from all future ones. He was such a vital part of the class and of the Dartmouth of his generation. To thousands of Dartmouth men the name of John Glaze stands for all that is best in the athletic traditions of the College. To the hundreds who were privileged to know John intimately he stood for everything most admired in character, personality, loyalty, friendship. No man ever enjoyed the deeper love of his fellows. His love, his leadership, his influence will not end with Death.
Class of 1909
On June 3 we lost ALBERT SCHOFIELD, who had been ill for some time in the Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Medford, Mass., with epidemic cerebro-spinal meningitis.
He was born in Sheffield, Pa., February 17, 1886, the son of Lane and Mary (Mac-Nair) Schofield. His parents removing to Newton, Mass., he came to college from the Newton High School, where he was captain of the baseball team and a member of the football team. He made his numerals at football with us. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta, the University Club of Boston, the Converse Lodge of Masons, and Friends of China.
After graduation he went into the wool business, and traveled extensively in South America, Australia, and the southern part of the United States as a wool buyer, until 1934, when, on account of the practical elimination of the wool buyer, he became an insurance broker.
March 25, 1916, he was married to (Judge) Emma Latimer Fall of Maiden, Mass., daughter of George Howard Fall, who survives him with two sons, Parker and Albert, two fine boys. He also leaves two brothers, Lane and Bill, both of Akron, Ohio, and a sister, Mrs. Myra Magnuson of New York.
Al was well known to everyone in the class and was well liked. He was an enthusiastic supporter of the College and the class, and we shall miss him.
Mrs. Schofield also lost her father at the same time. Her leadership among Massaachusetts women at the bar and in business has been gained in part by a calm courage that will help her in her loss. She is admired by all the members of the class who knew her, and will have the sympathy of all of us in her and our loss.
RALZA MILON "SLIM" CUMMINGS passed away on July is as the result of a heat stroke.
The son of Milon David and Sarah (Cochran) Cummings, he was born in Concord, N. H., March 5, 1885, and was one of a group who came to the class from Concord High School. He was a member of DICE and Sphinx.
After graduation Slim joined E. H. Rollins & Sons in Boston, and from 1913 to 1918 was with Filene's in Boston. He was then for a time with Best & Cos., New York City, as shoe buyer, and then in retail shoe business for himself in New York. For several years prior to his death he was a real estate broker in Douglaston, L. 1., where he resided.
April 20, 1916, he married Genevieve Warner of Brooklyn, N. Y., who survives with their daughter Jean, who graduated this June from Wheaton College, magnacum laude. Alvah C. Cummings '96 is a brother.
Slim was quiet and genial—distinctly and obviously a gentleman in every real meaning of the word. We need more of such men, and cannot afford the loss of any of them.
ERNEST FREDERIC WELLS died in Bellingham, Wash., August 1.
He was born at South Framingham, Mass., June 19, 1887, the son of Fred R. Wells. He was at Dartmouth only through freshman year, and was a member of Phi Gamma Delta. He later entered the University of Washington, where he graduated in 1910, having been a member of the football and baseball teams and the class crew.
After graduation he went to Lincoln High School, Seattle, Wash., where he was athletic coach from 1910 to 19x7, viceprincipal, 1916-17, and boys' advisor 1919-22. In 1917-18 he was second lieutenant of infantry, serving overseas. From 1923 to 1936 he was principal of Whatcom High School, Bellingham, Wash., and then from 1936 of Bellingham High School. He had served as president of the Rotary Club and captain of the Bellingham company in the National Guard, and was also on the advisory board of the Boy Scouts for that district.
In January, 1914, he was married to Ina W. Cherry, who survives him, with their son, Jack Cherry.
The minister at the funeral service described him as having lived a rich, full, and useful life, during which he rendered many services to the community, and that in all sincerity and to the best of his ability he realized and met the many responsibilities that he carried, and left a helpful and abiding influence in thousands of young lives.
Class of 1911
ROBERT REED FULTON died at his home in Springfield, Mass., on August 5, 1937. He had been in ill health for a few years, although he had been able to work actively on his job. He was able to attend our last reunion, and it was a great pleasure to the boys to see him entering into the activities with them. A prayer service was held at his home in Springfield, and the body then taken to East Corinth, Vt., where services were held in the old church and burial in the old burying ground.
Bob was born in Nashua, N. H., August 24, 1889, the son of Robert R. and Annie H. Fulton. They later moved to East Corinth, Vt., which remained their home, Bob going to Bradford High School, from which he graduated in 1907. After graduating from Dartmouth he entered the employ of Cheney, Bigelow Wire Works, Springfield, Mass., in which city he has resided for the past twenty-three years. At the time of the war he entered the 9th Brigade, 9th Division, a6th Regiment, Field Artillery, and was stationed at Camp Jackson, S. C„ and Camp McLellan, Ala. Following his war service he returned to Springfield, where for the past twelve years he has been employed as a clerk in the United States post office. Although this work for many years involved night duty, he was continually at it and never complaining. He was a member of Hampden Lodge, A. F. & A. M.; Springfield Post 21, American Legion; Local 497, National Federation of Post Office Clerks; and the First Congregational church.
July 10, 1924, he married Hazel M. Maiden, who survives him, with two sisters, Mrs. Edward Thulin of Maiden and Miss Irene Fulton of Fitchburg.
Class of 1912
DR. WILLARD LYMAN WRIGHT died on August 18, 1937, at his home at 82 Beacon St., Chestnut Hill, Mass. The son of Frank Herbert and Mary Elizabeth (Dart) Wright, Dr. Wright was born August 27, 1888, in Keene, N. H., where he prepared for college, and was two years with the class of 1912. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta. After leaving Dartmouth, he studied for a year at the Columbia University Medical School, and graduated in 1914 from the Tufts College Medical School. After an interneship at the Springfield Hospital, he became assistant surgeon at the Boston Dispensary in 1917. During the war he served as Ist lieutenant in the Medical Corps at Camp Meade, Md. He returned to the Boston Dispensary and had charge of both morning and evening clinics. He was promoted to head surgeon in 1923, and served in that capacity for fourteen years, and was a member of the faculty at Tufts Medical School. Burial was at Keene.
Willard leaves a widow, Agnes Harvey Wright, to whom he was married December 13, 1918, a mother, Mrs. Mary D. Wright of Keene, and two sisters, Bertha C. Wright of Keene and Mrs. Elbert Dole of Lebanon, N. H.
Class of 1913
JOHN HAY BORLAND died at Port Richmond, Calif., January 15, 1937, of heart disease.
The son of James Thompson and Elizabeth (Faulkner) Borland, he was born at Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland, April 24, 1889. Coming to this country, the family made their home at St. Johnsbury, Vt., where John prepared for college at St. Johnsbury Academy. At the end of freshman year he transferred to the University of Pennsylvania, but returned to Dartmouth at the beginning of junior year and graduated with the class. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta and Dragon.
After graduation he became connected with the American Trading Company of New York City, and had charge of the cherry division. Later he was associated with D. Antolini 8c Cos., with Phelan, Borland, & Fearons, and with Asiam, Inc., in the same city. In 1931 he removed to California, where he was engaged in the brokerage business, mainly cherries.
In October, 1925, he was married to Anita Nasner of New York, who survives him.
ALLAN CHARLES THURMAN died on June >9- !937> at Raleigh, N. C„ at the Rex Hospital. He had been in poor health for several years and since the first of the year had been seriously ill. Allan was born at McMinnville, Tenn., 011 August 16, 1888, the son of Charles T. and Cora (Barnes) Thurman, and after attending Marston University School finished three years at Dartmouth with the class of 1913. In college he was active in dramatics and was a Commencement usher his sophomore year. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta.
From 1912 to 1916 he was at Baltimore with the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company as a soliciting agent, while his father was general agent there. He married Miss Dorothy Blair of Baltimore on November 30, 1912. With his father he went to Raleigh, and in 1918 succeeded his father as general agent in that city and became widely known throughout the state.
Last rites were conducted June 21 in Christ Church with the Rev. John A. Wright officiating. Burial was in Oakland Cemetery.
Allan is survived by his widow, Dorothy, two sons, Allan Charles Jr. and Edward, and a daughter, Dorothy. Clarence T. Thurman 'l4 is a brother.
Class of 1914
ALBERT DAME GILBERT was born in Methuen, Mass., on March 7, 1888, the youngest child of John Franklin and Ida Raymond (White) Gilbert. When three years old he had a severe case of whooping cough which he barely survived, from which developed a spinal curvature and chest deformity which impaired his health for the balance of his life. Inability to attend school during his early childhood delayed his graduation from Methuen High School until 1909 and kept him from college until 1910, when he entered Dartmouth with the class of 1914. The work of the course proved more than he could endure, so he withdrew at the end of the freshman year. Later he entered Colby College at Waterville, Me., where he graduated in 1915- Throughout his school and college years he was much interested in music, being a member of the musical clubs, orchestra, and band.
After finishing at Colby he operated a general store in Methuen until 1916, "when he joined his two older brothers in the manufacture of drug and pharmaceutical products in their laboratories, located in Ballardvale, Mass. In 1918 the plant was moved to New Jersey, where he lived in Maywood. In 1925, when their new laboratories were opened in Morristown, N. J., he moved there.
In 1918 he began raising poultry as an avocation, and later narrowed his stock down to a line of light brahmas, both the large birds and bantams. He developed his strains until they were internationally known, and recognized as one of the highest in America. At the great poultry shows in Madison Square Garden and in Chicago his entries were consistent winners. It was in the poultry line that his chief constructive work was done, in which he also developed several remedies for poultry diseases. These were manufactured by Gilbert Laboratories, and are recognized by poultrymen as remarkably effective and valuable.
Unfitted for hard physical work, he naturally resorted to much reading and study, and throughout his life was enthusiastic in everything musical. He never married, and made his home with his mother as his companion until her death about a year and a half preceding his. He died in Morristown on January 15, 1937, after a short confinement which was the culmination of the lifelong cardiac and respiratory impairment. Interment was in Methuen.
Class of 1923
BERNARD GEORGE MANNING was killed in an automobile accident at Westhampton, Mass., September 3, 1936.
The son of John Cashman and Mary Elizabeth (Toohey) Manning, he was born in Northampton, Mass., December 29, 1899- He prepared for college at Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Mass., and before coming to Dartmouth he had been for a time in Catholic University, Washington, D. C. He left Dartmouth in February, 1920, and returned to Catholic University, where he remained for two years. From October 1, 1918, to December 18, 1918, he was in the military service as corporal of infantry.
Since leaving college he had been in business at Northampton, first as manager of a women's wear specialty shop, then as president of Manning 8c Baxter, Inc., insurance and investments, and finally associated with an uncle in the onion brokerage business.
October 1, 1927, he was married to Pearl E., daughter of Fred C. and Eleanor T. (Johnson) Graves of Easthampton, who survives him. They had no children.
Only recently has the death been reported of JUDSON PORTER SPORE, who was drowned while swimming in Sandusky Bay, Ohio, July 18, 1936.
He was born in Sandusky, June 23, 1900, and prepared for college at the Culver Naval School and Sandusky High School. His parents were Arthur Marion and Minnie (Porter) Spore. Leland P. Spore 'l4 is a brother.
His freshman year was taken at Oberlin College. He was at Dartmouth from September, 1920, to February, 1922. Later he returned to Oberlin, where he graduated with the class of 1924.
Since graduation he had been with the American Crayon Company of Sandusky in various capacities, being at the time of his death export manager and manager of the graphite lead department.
August 1, 1925, he was married to Ruth Emma Knapp, who survives him, with their two children, Tudson P. Tr. and Barbara Ruth.
Class of 1935
GEORGE FRANKLIN HILL, better known as Jack, was killed on July 28th at North Conway, N. H., when a truck he was driving hit a guy-wire, somersaulted, pinned Jack beneath it, and caused instantaneous death from a fractured skull.
Jack was born in Littleton, N. H., July 14, 191 a. He prepared for Dartmouth at Worcester Academy, where he won a name for himself in athletics, particularly football and baseball. Entering Dartmouth with the class of 1935, he continued his athletic career as a member of the freshman football, basketball, and baseball teams. A member of Delta Kappa Epsilon, he was elected to Green Key and served as treasurer of that organization. In his senior year he was captain of football, president of the Interfraternity Council, vice-president of Paleopitus, a member of Sphinx, and a Senior Fellow.
Since graduation Jack had been enrolled at Harvard Medical School, where he showed promise of becoming an excellent doctor. All reports on his work indicated that he was just on the threshold of a fine career.
The funeral was held at his home in Littleton, N. H., the class being well represented by Don Hagerman, Rand Stowell, Dan Reagan, Bill Clark, and Jim Higgins, who acted as bearers.
Jack's untimely death is deeply mourned by all who knew him, for his wide circle of friends, and his devotion to the College, made him an exceptionally valuable member of the Dartmouth family.
DONALD C. THORPE was drowned in the Charles River at Boston on May 18, after having disappeared from New York a few days earlier. The facts of the case are vague but it has been generally accepted as a suicide.
Donald Thorpe came from Lisbon, N. H., where he was born April 7, 1913. He entered College from the Lisbon High School. His father, Jesse L. Thorpe, was a member of the Dartmouth class of 1903.
Class of 1937
ROBERT Ross TAYLOR was killed August 29 in an automobile crash in Millburn, N. J. A more extensive necrology notice will appear in these pages next month.
Medical School
Class of 1899
DR. JOHN HENRY DEGROSS died June 12, 1937, at his home in Los Angeles, Calif., of apoplexy, following a heart ailment. The son of John Henry and Mary (Fitzgerald) DeGross, he was born in Manchester, N. H., April 30, 1862, and received his early education in the Manchester schools.
His entire medical course was taken at Dartmouth, and he served two years as house officer at Mary Hitchcock Hospital. He then began private practice in Manchester, where he was city and county physician for four years. In 1906 he removed to Bath, N. H., where he was health officer and representative in the state legislature of 1915. In the latter part of 1915 he removed to Lisbon, N. H., where he practiced until his removal to Los Angeles in 1920. There he was in active practice until a short time before his death.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Anna B. DeGross, and by a son and a daughter, who live in Portsmouth, N. H.
DR. HOWARD WEBSTER KNIGHT died at his home in Saco, Me., February 18, 1937, of cancer of the stomach.
He was born in Saco, August 31, 1858, the son of Edward T. and Sarah C. (Boothby) Knight. He graduated from Saco High School and studied music, becoming a finished musician on the organ and piano and a competent music teacher. He finally decided to study medicine, and took his entire course at Dartmouth.
CHANGED TO BUSINESS
He practiced for a time in Dorchester, Mass., and then left the profession and entered the employ of Scholterbeck & Foss of Portland, Me., with whom he continued for 25 years, retiring in 1934 after long service as sales manager. He was actively connected with the Methodist church and with the Odd Fellows.
July 4, 1884, he was married to Alfreda Brown, daughter of Sewall M. and Mary (Brown) Libbie, who died March 6, 1928. They had no children, and the nearest surviving relatives are nephews and nieces.
JACK HILL '35 Former senior fellow and football captainwho was killed in an auto accident inNorth Conway, N. H., July 28. He hadcompleted his second year in HarvardMedical School and planned eventually topractice in his home town, Littleton,New Hampshire.
