Deaths
[A listing of deaths of which word has been received within the past month. Full notices may appear in this issue or may appear in a later number.]
SOUTHGATE, FREDERICK. C., '74, Oct. 7, 1937. LESTER, DR. JOHN C., '77, Sept. 25, 1937. GRAY, JOHN C., '7B, Sept. 12, 1937. SMITH, FRED E., 'B9, Oct. 3, 1937. PIPER, ERNEST K„ '94, Sept. 11, 1937. SMITH, JAMES F., 'O3, Oct. 10, 1937. MARSHALL, REV. ROBERT E., 'O4, Sept. 21, 1937. SAGE, HENRY A., '26, Sept. 21, 1937. AUSTIN, JAMES A., '22, Aug. 8, 1937. RICHIE, CARL 8., '37, Sept. 13, 1937. LEACH, REGINALD 8., med. 'B3, Aug. 21,
ALUMNI NOTES
Necrology
Class of 1863
JOHN RANDALL BLACKBURN died at his home in Cincinnati, Ohio, May 31, 1937. The son of William and Fanny (Randall) Blackburn, he was born in Essex County, Va., April 4, 1841. He prepared for college in Cincinnati by private instruction, and remained in college but two years. In 1883 the College bestowed upon him the honorary degree of Master of Arts.
For ten years from July, 1861, he was principal of colored schools in Xenia, Ohio, and then for two years professor of mathematics in Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College at Rodney, Miss. He then returned to Xenia (in 1875) as principal of the Colored High School, and later held a similar position in Evansville, Ind. His last activity was as a teacher in the McCall School, Cincinnati, from which he retired in 1926.
Mr. Blackburn was a man of high character and great usefulness, a member of the Masonic order, and actively connected with the Bethel Baptist church.
He married Lottie J. Needham of Xenia, January 12, 1875. She died December 23, 1879, and he married Estelle C. Gates, August 9, 1880. Six children survive: Charles P., principal of a school in Columbus, Ohio; Robert, a mail carrier in Cincinnati; Mrs. Frances Wilson of Chicago; William', Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Caroline Summers, Michigan; and Albert, with whom his father made his home.
Class of 1874
FREDERICK CHESTER SOUTHGATE died at his home in Woodstock, Vt., October 7, 1937, after a long illness.
He was born in Ipswich, Mass., January 28, 1852, the son of Rev. Robert and Mary Frances (Swan) Southgate, and prepared for college at Phillips Andover Academy. He was a member of Psi Upsilon and Phi Beta Kappa.
After graduation he went to Woodstock to study law in the office of Warren C. French, and remained there for the rest of his life, winning the respect and "affectionate regard of his townsmen. He was admitted to the bar in December, 1876, and began practice as the partner of his preceptor. This partnership continued until the death of the senior partner in 1901, after which he practiced alone until his appointment as judge of probate in July, '912. This position he held until January last, when ill health compelled his resignation. He was state's attorney for his county from 1892 to 1894; town treasurer from 1886 to 1913; a trustee of Ottauquechee Savings Bank for more than 40 years; trustee of Norman Williams Public Library. He was a member of the Woodstock Congregational church, formerly its treasurer. October 31, 1877, Judge Southgate was married to Anna, daughter of Warren C. French, who died in December, 1895. A second marriage, April 24, 1905, was to Gertrude Lufkin of Boston, who survives him. There are two surviving children: Frances Swan, now Mrs. Robert B. Clark (Dartmouth 1902) of Pittsburgh, Pa., and Richard S. (Dartmouth 1907) of Hanover.
Class of 1877
DR. JOHN CREGO LESTER died September 27,1937, at the House of Mercy Hospital, Pittsfield, Mass. He had been a sufferer from diabetes for many years, but had continued his work with little intermission until a week before his death, when he took cold on the train coming from New York to his summer home in Egremont, Mass.
He was born at North Egremont, Mass., January 31, 1856, the son of George Washington and Susan V. (Willard) Lester, and prepared for college at the high school of Great Barrington, Mass., whither his parents had removed. He was a member of Psi Upsilon.
During the fall and winter of 1877-8 he taught at Goshen, Conn., and then pursued medical studies at the Long Island College Hospital, where he graduated in June, 1879. Later further medical studies were taken at Heidelberg, Germany.
After graduation he was for a few months assistant physician at the Kings County Insane Hospital in Brooklyn, and then medical superintendent of the Inebriates' Home at Fort Hamilton, N. Y. In January, 1881, he began private practice in Brooklyn, removing to New York in 1896. He retained his office there, but in recent years had spent much time in Great Barrington. He early began to specialize in diseases of the eye, ear, nose, and throat, and reached a high rank in that branch of the profession, as is evidenced by the following. For many years from 1894 he was assistant surgeon in the eye department of the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, the largest institution of the kind in the country, and also for twenty years chief of clinic. He served also at St. Bartholomew's Hospital and the College of Physicians and Surgeons. In 1919 he was granted a United States diploma by the American Board of Examiners in Ophthalmology, and in 1921 a similar diploma by the American Board of Otolaryngology. He was a member of the American Medical Association, fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and member of the American Ophthalmological Association, the American Otological Association, and the American Trilogical Association.
He wrote much on professional subjects, and was editor of the AmericanMedical Digest from 1882 to 1890. In recent years he published several important monographs, which have been mentioned in the class notes in the MAGAZINE.
June 24, 1880, Dr. Lester was married to Octavia, daughter of Noah M. Wadhams of Goshen, Conn. This union was ended by divorce, and September 24, 1911, he was married to Frances Edith, daughter of Oliver H. P. Ryerson of Yarmouth, N. S., who survives him. There are no children.
Dr. Lester had not been present at class reunions in recent years, but he was a ready and entertaining correspondent of the Secretary. The last letter received from him, written last May, had something to say of his philosophy of life, and ended with a quotation from Tennyson's "Crossing the Bar."
Class of 1878
John C. Gray, A.M., former superintendent of schools of Chicopee, Mass., and regarded there as superintendent emeritus, died September is, after an operation from which he was thought to be recovering.
JOHN CAMERON GRAY was born at Ryegate, Vt., April 22, 1851, son of Matthew R. and Parnel A. (Harvey) Gray. He prepared for college at Peacham Academy. He was a member of D.K.E. and was the first treasurer of his class in undergraduate days. Not much given to sports, he won the 100 yards backwards and competed in the three-legged race, indicating a side of his. nature which helps to explain the attachment his classmates felt for him. He was one of a very few, if not the only member of the class to give teaching as his intended occupation in his graduating statement, and to adhere to that intention. He taught every winter of his college course, and upon graduation went to Le Roy, Kansas, where he taught until he was elected county superintendent with headquarters at Burlington, and when reelected for a second term was unopposed, a rather unusual honor. He then became principal of the city schools of Burlington. From 1885 to 1887 he tried his hand at real estate and insurance, but in 1888 returned to school work as superintendent of schools at Fredonia, moving four years later to a similar position at Abilene, whence in 1896 he came to Adams, Mass., and thence after five years to Chicopee, where he served for twenty years, being retired in 1921 at the age limit. On this occasion he received a remarkable tribute from pupils, teachers, and school officials. At a reception in his honor he was presented with a traveling bag which contained SSOO in gold.
During his service at Chicopee he did pioneer work in industrial training, which was then just coming into recognition. Finding that the shops of the city were so specialized that they afforded no opportunity for boys to learn the machinist's trade as a whole, and that when a real machinist was needed there was none to be had, he introduced machine shop training into the high school, and made a success of it. He developed an original method of teaching arithmetic, and published it in a book for teachers which was welcomed as a help by his own teachers and many others and used in two of the Massachusetts Normal Schools. During the sixteen years since retirement he had devoted himself untiringly to working out a plan of teaching elementary English, testing each step in classroom in cooperation with certain public schools. As he neared his end, still going strong, with the aid of his daughter he was putting the finishing touches upon a text-book to incorporate this plan, which he looked upon as his crowning service, confident that it met a widely felt need.
The warm regard in which he was held by teachers who had come under his influence was again shown by the large attendance of present and former Chicopee teachers at the funeral, which is described by Parkhurst, the single classmate able to attend, as an impressive and satisfying service. His long-time pastor who officiated stressed the high quality of his citizenship and his large service to the community. Individual teachers speak not only of admiration for him professionally, but of gratitude for his sympathy and helpfulness in their personal problems.
Mr. Gray was married in 1882 to Miss Belle Jamison of Burlington, Kan., who survives him as do their three sons, Harry M. ('O7), an engineer located in Katonah, N. Y., John H. ( 08), a banker in San Francisco, Elmer J. ('l7), a lawyer in Detroit, and a daughter Mabelle (Mt. Holyoke 'l5), now Mrs. Elliott H. Rice of Chicopee. A grandson is now in college.
Gray was a loyal classmate. He had attended reunions regularly since he moved East, usually accompanied by Mrs. Gray, and was one of the few at our 40th (the war year), photographed with President Hopkins at its center and signalized by Gilbert in his characterization of "The Loyal Eight." He had served as class agent for the past thirteen years most efficiently, obtaining responses from classmates whom the class secretary was unable to reach.
Class of 1881
WESLEY WALTER PHELPS died on die 31st of August, 1937, of thrombosis, after an illness of three months in a hospital. He had retired from active work as an engineer seven years ago on account of heart ailment, and especially during the past year had been in failing health. His home during these latter years was at Santa Monica, Calif., where he lived that he might be near his son.
He was born in Bristol, Vt., May 31, 1855, his parents being Walter R.. and Jane E. (Lawrence) Phelps. He prepared for college in the public school of Middlebury, and graduated from the scientific section of the class. After graduation he went at once to Port Huron, Mich., where after ten months of general engineering he became the city engineer, remaining in that position until 1889, when on account of the health of his family he moved to Tennessee. He continued here in the work of his profession until 1896, part of the time in Rugby and part of the time in Elizabethton. He was then in Chicago for three years, working variously as railroad and city engineer. Returning then to Port Huron, he resumed his position as city engineer, holding it for ten years. He also had some private practice, served as president of the board of health, and was in charge of the canal, Lake Huron to Black River. In 1909 he moved to Los Angeles, Calif., where he was for a time with the American Eucalyptus Acreage Company, then two years city engineer of Santa Monica, then five years in private practice. He was then for fifteen years, until his retirement seven years ago as above noted, with the Southern California Edison Company in their engineering department, Los Angeles being his headquarters.
He was married in Bristol, Vt., Dec. 25, 188s, to Miss Sarah E. Wheeler, and has had three children: Mattie W., born Sept. 30, 1883, who died March 31, 1905; Flora J., born August 17, 1885, now Mrs. Wells and the mother of two daughters; and Lawrence W., born Nov. 18, 1894, an accountant and the father of one son. Mrs. Phelps now lives with her daughter at 303 Pala Ave., Piedmont, Calif.
Phelps was a member of the Vitruvian, now Beta Theta Pi, fraternity.
Class of 1888
BENJAMIN STEPHEN SIMONDS died at his home in Pottsville, Pa., May 16, 1937. He had been in failing health for more than a year, but had been able to be on the street occasionally until within a short time.
He was born in Hartland, Vt., July 2, 1864, and prepared for college at Mclndoe Falls Academy. In college he took part in baseball, football, and track athletics, and in senior year was president of the Lawn Tennis Association. In Junior year he was an editor of the Aegis. His fraternity was Phi Delta Theta.,
After graduation he entered upon the work of a teacher, and taught mathematics at Starke, Fla., in 1888-9. I*l *BB9 he went to Pottsville, and was vice principal and instructor of science in the high school until igo6, and then principal of the Center St. Grammar School until 1911. He built up the athletic standing of the Pottsville schools, and was known as the "father of Pottsville High athletics." In 1911 he left teaching, and was appointed county parole and probation officer. This position he held for several years, and was connected with many local activities. He was prominent in all those occasioned by the prosecution of the World War. In 1935 he was elected a member of the city school board, and held that office at the time of his death. Being interested in all youth activities, he was a leader in the organization of Boy Scout chapters in his region. He had been secretary of the Pottsville Board of Trade, president of the Kiwanis Club,, and identified with other local organizations. Possessed of a keen sense of humor and an entertaining speaker, he frequently addressed local clubs and societies. He was a faithful member and an official of the First Presbyterian church.
July 16, 1896, he was married to Marian Jennings, daughter of Rev. A. J. Quick, for many years pastor of the Congregational church of Rochester, N. H., who survives him, with their three children, Carlton M. (Dartmouth 1924), Robert T. (Dartmouth 1925), and Marian, a graduate of Mt. Holyoke.
Class of 1904
REV. ROBERT ELIOT MARSHALL died in a hospital at Watertown, N. Y., September 21, 1937. He had gone to Watertown on a visit, and was taken with a streptococcus infection which medical treatment failed to overcome.
He was born in Roxbury, Mass., June 1, 1883, the son of Andrew and Emily (Hentz) Marshall, and prepared for college at Roxbury Latin School. He took his freshman year at Harvard, and then transferred to Dartmouth, where his three brothers had preceded him, Benjamin T. '97, Andrew 'Ol, and Augustus T. 'olm. He was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa.
From July to December, 1904, he was in the employ of the Western Electric Cos. in New York. He then taught in Kenyon Military Academy, Gambier, Ohio, to February, 1906, when the buildings of the Academy were destroyed by a fire in which he nearly lost his life. In 1906-7 he taught in the Ridge School in Washington, Conn.
He then decided to make the ministry of the Protestant Episcopal church his lifework, and entered General Theological Seminary, New York, for the three years' course, graduating in 19x0. He began his ministry by serving as curate of St. Mary's church in the Bronx in 1910-11, and was then assistant at Trinity church, Hartford, Conn., and then rector at Bedford Hills, N. Y. He was then headmaster of Holderness School, Plymouth, N. H„ 1922-8, rector of St. Mark's church, Dorchester, Mass., 1928-30, and finally rector of the Church of the Redeemer, Lexington, Mass., from 1930 until his death. He was devoted to his work, and greatly loved by all his parishioners.
Mr. Marshall never married, and is survived by the three brothers mentioned above and by two sisters, Florence E. Marshall of Roxbury, and Jeanette, the wife of Ralph W. Hazen (Dartmouth '08) of Whitefield, N. H. Among the pallbearers at the funeral service were his classmate Carl F. Woods and two nephews, Andrew Marshall ad '22 and Benjamin T. Marshall Jr. '32.
Class of 1905
JOHN DWIGHT POST died suddenly at Ansonia, Conn., August 30, 1937, from cerebral embolism.
He was born at Holyoke, Mass., January 30, 1884, the son of Dwight and Sarah (Clifford) Post, and came to college from Hyde Park High School. In college he was a member of the band and of the orchestra from sophomore to senior year inclusive, and was a member of Phi Delta Theta.
For a year after graduation he was engaged in architectural work, and then for two years as a civil engineer for the Boston & Albany R. R. He then took a position with the American Brass Company, and after a number of years at their Torrington, Conn., branch he was transferred to the Ansonia branch in October, 1914, as chief draftsman. Two years later he was appointed assistant to the mechanical supervisor, and after a number of years promoted to be maintenance engineer. At the time of his death he was working directly as assistant to the mechanical supervisor, having charge of new construction, both buildings and equipment.
For a number of years he had been a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and was also a member of the Highland Golf Club.
At his funeral, held on September a, there was a large attendance of American Brass officials from several branches, and of business friends from many concerns. Burial took place at Torrington, Conn.
October 14, 1913, he was married to Elsie Louise Sabine of Torrington, who survives him, with a daughter, Marjorie Louise, fifteen years of age.
Class of 1913
FRANKLIN CLEVELAND ORTON died August go, 1937, at his home in Lincoln, 111. "Red" had been seriously sick for a week. He had suffered from cardiac asthma and high blood pressure, but his death was caused by uremic poisoning.
He was born in Lincoln, February 18, 1888, the son of Franklin C. and Caroline Orton. He prepared for college at Culver Military Academy and Phillips Exeter. As an undergraduate, he was class treasurer freshman year and on the freshman football team, and managed the freshman team his senior year. He sang in the college choir three years, and was on the Glee Club his last year. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi, Sphinx, and Round Robin.
After graduation he was for a time connected with the Macon Telephone Cos. at Macon, 111. In 1917 he entered the automobile business in Lincoln and built the Buick Garage. Since 193 a he had been with the state department of finance in the oil inspection division at Springfield.
August 9, 1913, he was married to Lucille Harris of Jacksonville, 111., who survives him, with their daughter Caroline.
Class of 1914
JAMES THEODORE MARRINER was assassinated on the morning of October 12 in Beirut, Syria, where he occupied the post of United States Consul General. His assailant was a mentally deranged Armenian embittered because of his inability to secure a passport to the United States, for the refusal of which the Consul General, was not personally responsible.
After graduating from college Ted took his master's and doctor's degrees at Harvard. During the war period he made several attempts to enlist but was prevented because of a weak heart. He was two out of a hundred to be accepted in an examination for the diplomatic service, his first post being Secretary to the Legation at Stockholm. Subsequently he served at Bucharest and from 1923 to 1926 he was detailed for duty in the Western European Division in the State Department at washington. Later he became Secretary to the Legation in Berne, Switzerland, and was likewise Secretary to the American Delegation to the Geneva Disarmament Conferences in 1926 and 1927. He became Charge D'Affaires in Switzerland and was a member of the United States Delegation for the signing of the Briand-Kellogg Anti-war Pact in 1928.
Further honors were membership in the 1930 Naval Conference and the post of Counsellor of the American Embassy at Paris. During his last stay in Paris he accompanied the French Premier to Washington in connection with the proposed war debt settlement. On his departure from Paris the French Government honored him with the rank of Commander in the Legion of Honor.
President Roosevelt, in his Columbus Day press conference, mentioning the incident referred to the Consul General as "Ted" and said he was sorry over his death, and .... "Ted had been doing a whollygood job." He added with a sigh. "It is oneof those things which can't be helped. Apparently just an individual act."
Secretary of State Cordell Hull, when informed of the tragedy, deplored, "Thisis a serious loss to the government. I havebeen greatly shocked to learn of the tragicdeath of James Theodore Marriner. Hiscareer since entering the foreign service in1918 had been an exceptionally distinguished atid notable one. His wide and unusual experience and sound judgmentmade him a particularly valuable memberof the service. His death is a serious loss tothe government and a great personal sorrow to his many friends both in and out ofthe foreign service."
Monsieur Yvon Delbos, the French Foreign Minister, cabled to Secretary Hull: "Deeply moved by the news of the assassination of Mr. Marriner, whose great distinction and eminent qualities, as shownboth at the Paris Embassy and at Beirut,the Frenich Government was for years in aposition to appreciate. I beg you to acceptthe expression of my sentiments of heartfelt condolence."
Thus is closed the career of a beloved classmate.
Besides his mother, Ted is survived by a sister, Mrs. Louis P. Hammett, wife of a Columbia University professor, at whose New York home Mrs. Marriner has been staying.
A later dispatch from Beirut states that the slaying of Consul General Marriner was due to a missent letter. The assassin had admitted slaying Mr. Marriner because he believed the official had refused to grant him permission to re-enter the United States. It subsequently appeared that the approval had been granted and had gone astray in the mails because of a change of address by Karaian, the Armenian who fired the fatal shot.
Class of 1936
It is with deep and sincere regret that we announce the death of HENRY AUGUSTUS SAGE. Heinie died on September 21 in the Easton (Pa.) Hospital after an illness of three years.
He was born in Easton, March 13, 1904, the son of Frank Raynor and Margery (Andrews) Sage, and fitted at Easton High School.
The football world knew Heinie as an All-Eastern and an All-American in 1924 and 1925. We, his classmates and fraternity brothers, knew him as a man. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi, Sphinx, and Green Key. He was on the football teams of 1924 and 1925, and he paired with George Tully to form the most famous end combination in Dartmouth football history.
After graduation he was associated in business with his father in the Sage Leather Store in Easton, and had also assisted as end coach at Lafayette College.
June 26, 1933, he was married to Carolyn Louise Middaugh of Valley Forge, Pa., who survives him, with his parents and a sister.
His friends are deeply bereaved at his death.
-FRANCIS E. MERRILL '26.
Class of 1927
WILLIAM MADISON PEPPER, a member of the class during the first two years of the course, died in Muhlenberg Hospital, Plainfield, N. J., March 4, 1937, from a ruptured gastric ulcer.
The son of William Madison and Elizabeth (Walsh) Pepper, he was born in Philadelphia, Pa., May 5, 1905, and prepared for college at Kingsley School, Essex Fells, N. J. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi.
He was for a time in the hosiery business in New York, and later with Merck & Cos., Inc., manufacturing chemists, of Rahway, N. J., as assistant treasurer.
August 14, 1930, he was married to Alton Mai Johns of Nashville, Tenn., who survives him, with a daughter, Sherran Elizabeth.
Class of 1937
ROBERT ROSS TAYLOR was killed in an automobile accident, August 29, in Millburn, N. J.
He was born in Pullman, Wash., February 18, 1916, the son of Archibald Wellington and Anna (Ross) Taylor, and prepared for college at Westfield (N. J.) High School. Entering Dartmouth with the class of 1937, he soon showed himself to be a young man with wide interests and capacity. He ran with the cross-country team, and worked in the offices of both The Dartmouth and the Green Book.
It was as an actor and an organizer that we knew Bob best. The Players were proud of him, and all agreed that he reached a four-year peak when he played the part of Gus McNeal in "She Loves Me Not." When the interfraternity play contest came around, it was Bob that organized the Zeta Psi production.
His father is the dean of the Business School of Columbia University, and Bob majored in economics. We are going to miss him.
CARL BENSON RICHIE died at the Trudeau Sanatorium, Saranac Lake, N. Y., September 13.
The son of Carl Wilfred and Stella (Cock) Richie, he was born at South Brownsville, Pa., April 28, 1915, and prepared for college at the high school of that place. In May of his freshman year he developed tubercular symptoms and left college, going to the Sanatorium. He appeared to be cured after a time, and re-entered college as a member of the class of '39, but on a recurrence of his trouble returned to Saranac Lake. In August an epidemic of intestinal gastritis broke out in the Sanatorium, 80 patients being affected, and this disorder proved fatal to him.
Medical School
Class of 1878
DR. ANSON CHURCHILL PECKHAM died in a hospital at Fall River, Mass., August 29, 1937, of cancer of the throat.
He was born in Somerset, Mass., September 3, 1855, his parents being Reuben M. and Elizabeth (Churchill) Peckham. The family removed to Fall River when he was three years old, and he received his early education in the schools of that city. He studied medicine with Dr. Isaac Smith Jr. (D.M.S. 1863), and attended two courses of lectures at Dartmouth.
Upon graduation he began practice in Fall River, and continued it until about six weeks before his death, but to a less extent since a failure of health and an operation in 1934. He was for 19 years from 1888 on the staff of Union Hospital and for seven years on that of City Hospital. He served for several years on the city board of health, and was an active member of local, county, state, and national medical societies. He was held in high esteem in his profession. He was a member of the First Baptist church and of the Masons and Odd Fellows.
In 1882 he was married to Ida, daughter of Benjamin H. and Sarah B. (Macomber) Waite, who survives him, with a daughter, Miss Sadie C. Peckham. The daughter writes that Dr. Peckham treasured a scrapbook which he had filled with Dartmouth pictures, many of which were taken from the ALUMNI MAGAZINE.
Class of 1885
DR. ONSLOW ALLEN GORDON died at his summer home on Lake Keoka, Me., July 4. 1937.
He was born in Blanchard, Me., May 13, 1853, the son of Onslow A. and Mary (Packard) Gordon.
After his graduation he entered St. Mary's Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y., as an interne, and continued there as attending surgeon until 1925, when he became a member of the senior staff. During all this period and until his death he was in active and successful private practice in Brooklyn.
He was assistant treasurer of the Medical Society of the County of Kings from 1895 to 1899, treasurer from 1899 to 1906, vice president in 1907, and president in 1908. He was also a member of the Brooklyn Pathological Society, the Brooklyn Medical Society, the New York Physicians' Mutual Aid Association, the Brooklyn Surgical Society, of which he had been president, and a charter member of the American College of Surgeons.
In 1877 he was married to Evelyn J. Buswell of Boston, Mass., who survives him, with a son, Dr. Onslow A. Gordon Jr. of Brooklyn, a daughter, Mrs. Lillian Harrington, and five grandchildren. One of these is Onslow A. Gordon 3d, a member of the present senior class at Dartmouth.
Honorary
EDWIN DOAK MEAD, who received the degree of Master of Arts in 1913, died at his home in Brookline, Mass., August 17, 1937.
The son of Bradley and Sarah (Stone) Mead, he was born in Chesterfield, N. H., September 29, 1849. At the age of 17 he entered the employ of Ticknor fe Fields, Boston publishers, and spent the years from 1875 to 1879 in study in English and German universities. The rest of his life was devoted to literary work, as editor, author, and lecturer. He was editor of the New England, Magazine from 1889 to 1901. He was president for several years of the Massachusetts Good Citizenship Society, also of the American Free Religious Association and the Twentieth Century Club of Boston. As director of the Old South historical work in Boston he edited the Old South Leaflets. He was author of the following books: "Martin Luther, a Study of Reformation"; "The Philosophy of Carlyle"; "The Roman Church and the Public Schools"; "Organize the World"; "The Influence of Emerson"; "The Principles of the Founders." He was widely known as an advocate of peace, and had been a director of the World Peace Foundation, a delegate from the American Peace Society to various European peace congresses, and chairman of the executive committee of the 13 th International Peace Congress, held in Boston in 1904.
September 29, 1898, he was married to Lucia True Ames, who survives him.
We include here the name of ANDREW WILLIAM MELLON, world-famous industrialist and banker, who died August 26 at his summer home at Southampton, Long Island, as he received the degree of Doctor of Laws in 1922.
Mr. Mellon was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., March 24, 1855, the son of Thomas and Sarah (Negley) Mellon, and was for a time a member of. the class of 1873 in the Western University of Pennsylvania (now the University of Pittsburgh).
Entering early upon a business career, he became an officer in many industrial corporations and in the Mellon National Bank, from the presidency of which he retired in 1921, when he was appointed secretary of the treasury. This office he held until 1932. For the year following he served as ambassador to Great Britain. At other times he was chairman of the Federal Reserve Board and the Farm Loan Board, United States secretary of the PanAmerican High Commission, director-general of the U. S. Railroad Administration, and member of the board of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. In 1900 he married Nora McMullen, who survives him.
Death of an Old Friend
JAMES CAMPION SR. died suddenly on Saturday, October 9, after an operation for the removal of a cataract the preceding day.
Although not in rugged health due to his advancing years "Jim," as he insisted on being called, had recovered from the effects of an accident suffered several months ago and of late had been seen almost daily in the new Campion Store in the Lang Building. He was born in Ireland in 1864 and after attending school there and in England he served three years in the British Navy. He continued military service after coming to America in 1883, serving seven years in the 4th cavalry in Arizona. For eight years he was engaged in the clothing business in Amherst with his brother, re-enlisting for the Spanish-American War and serving in the Philippines.
Shortly after the war he married and came to Hanover to settle for the rest of his life. His clothing and outfitting business grew with the years and since 1931 has been carried on by his son, James Jr. '2B.
Blessed with a remarkable memory, Jim knew hundreds of Dartmouth men by name and his cheery greeting and genial personality will be missed by all with whom he came in contact. Surviving him are his widow and son.
