Class of 1896

After many years of inquiry, the Secretary has just learned that Herbert Jackson Hapgood died in Sydney, Australia, September 6, 1929. Hapgood entered college from New Hampton Academy. He came from Boston, and the records show he was the son of Charles M. Hapgood, a shoe manufacturer, and was born July 5, 1870. He belonged to the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. At our freshman class dinner held in Claremont February 21, 1893, he responded to the toast "Our New President," and at the sophomore banquet he again responded to the toast "Our Departed." He was active in fraternity matters, being a prize speaker and winner of whist tournaments. He was secretary of the class in 1894 and member of the Press Club. He was manager junior year of the Aegis, was business .manager of TheDartmouth senior year as well as the Dramatic Club, and edited "Echoes fromDartmouth."

After graduation he organized an employment agency for college graduates, being the first of its kind in the country. Later he was an organizer of Hapgood's, Ltd., London, the Hapgood Sales Company, selling the Razac, a new safety razor. He was an organizer of a development on Long Island, and later at Mountain Lakes, N. J., where he built houses in various forms and sizes, making it possible for a buyer to make the selection wanted in houses already built.

Not much has been known of "Happy" since our Twentieth Reunion, when he rolled into town with a large Packard car. At the Dartmouth annual dinner in Boston February 8, the following were present: Louis S. Cox, Guy C. Richards, S. L. Staples, Philip Young, A. C. Cummings and two friends, and C. H. Richardson. Regrets were received from C. A. Weston, Louis Richards, and H. D. Lakeman. Notice was received that Tom Ham was just recovering from pneumonia and about to leave the hospital.

Secretary, Tremont Bldg., Boston