Deaths
[A listing of deaths of which word has been received within the past month. Full notices may appearin this issue or may appear in a later number.]
Lucas, Arthur, '85, Dec. 14, 1940. Dußois, Charles G., '91, Dec. 23, 1940. Norton, Herbert F. J., '92, Dec. 19, 1940. Chandler, Frederic N., '93, Dec. 28, 1940. McAuliffe, Florence J., 'OB, Dec. 13, 1940. Driscoll, James G., '09 Jan. 11. Davidson, Joseph J., '10. Butler, Clarence K., '14, Jan. 4. Page, Donald S., '15, Dec. 23, 1940. Stewart, Benjamin W., '40, Jan. 12. Huse, Ernest L., med. '07, Dec. si, 1940. Kenney, John J., vied. '08, Nov. 7, 1940.
Necrology
1878
Charles Bacon WHITTEL.SEY died December 8, 1940, at San Diego, Calif., which had been his home for 53 years. He was born in Malone, N. Y., October 27, 1855, son of Charles C. Whittelsey. He prepared for college at franklin Academy in Malone, entered what was then the Chandler Scientific Department of the College, and was one of the all-around men of that department, active in class affairs. There was a quiet precision about his movements that made him an interesting performer to watch at sports, indoors or out. He and Ball '77 were the only exponents in college of the fine art of figure skating. In the days when a spot of ice in the river was "kept clear of snow by cooperative enterprise of which H. M. Paul '73 (then in Thayer School) was the active and powerful agent, mother skaters looked on in wonder to see these two pirouetting over the ice in dazzling fashion, and a few were inspired to attempt timidly some of the simplest of their gyrations. The pair may well be credited with sowing the seed for carnivals and for the multiplied skating clubs now in bloom the country over.
Whittelsey left college in October of junior year to accept a position as teller in the National Bank of Malone. For a time ill health pursued him. Perhaps for this reason, he left "Malone for the West in 1881, and became successively teller in banks of Carson City nd Leadville, Colo., cashier of banks in National City and San Diego, Calif., and auditor of the First National Bank of the latter city, retiring from that position at the age of 70. Thereafter for a time he occupied himself in connection with a real estate concern, but for some years last past he was much of an invalid.
During the World War he had charge of sales of Liberty Bonds, War Savings Stamps, and Certificates, and was active in Red Cross, Y.M.C.A., and other relief drives and measures for maintaining morale in near-by military and naval training centers.
He was a member of Sigma Delta Pi, now Beta Theta Pi. Betas are so numerous in the vicinity of San Diego as to hold regular and frequent meetings, at which he was one of the three most regular attendants up to the time his health failed.
He was married in 1893 to Miss Jessie Gordon, who survives him, as does their only son, Stuart Gordon Whittelsey, who, at the time of the World War, left college for war service, earned a commission as 2d Lieutenant of Infantry, and when Armistice came, returned and graduated at Stanford, and now resides with wife and one son at San Mateo. His mother is now resting at his home.
1885
ARTHUR LUCAS non-grad died at his home, 3 Riverside Drive, Rensselaer, N. Y., December 14, 1940, after a brief illness.
He was born in Albany, N. Y„ September 10, 1859, and was the son of Upka E. and Helene Hermine (Meyer) Lucas.
He prepared for college in the Albany High School and entered Dartmouth in the fall of 1881. At the end of his freshman year he decided to give up a college course, and at once entered active business.
During the next few years he was employed in the various following occupations, a school teacher, a clerk in a fire insurance office, an operator in a telephone office, a book agent, sewing machine agent, clerk in a commission house, and then as a reporter on the Schenectady Union Star; this last marked the beginning of his 45 years of newspaper work; he became city editor of the Schenectady Union, later transferring to the Albany Express, where he also became city editor, later going to the Albany Evening Journal as editor and later managing editor and finally with the Troy Times, which he served as associate editor until he retired from active work about eight years ago.
He married Jennie Haber in Rensselaer on July 22, 1885; he was studious-minded, independent in thought and speech, and was keenly interested in the scientific and inventive progress and development of our modern world, which he well expressed in a letter he wrote to the Secretary about three years ago from which the following is quoted; "My classmates, have you ever stopped to think that during the period of our lives more products of inventive genius have appeared than in any previous period of equal or even greater length, outstanding are the telephone, electric light and power, the submarine, the airplane, the radio, wireless telegraphy, the automobile and many others not so outstanding, but all very useful, about all we need now includes some means of transportation to other planets, the exploration of the interior of the earth, the means to store summer heat for winter use and, most important, the prevention of war for all time."
He is survived by his wife, a daughter, Ethel Christine, who is the wife of Dr. Lloyd Stickles of Newark, N. J., and a son, Dr. Harold A. Lucas of Albany, N. Y.
1891
CHARLES GILBERT DUBOIS of Englewood, N. J., died on December 23, 1940, at Harkness Memorial Pavilion, New York City, from complications following pneumonia.
The son of William H. and Anne Eliza- (Gilbert) DuBois, he was born in New York City March 22, 1870, but early was brought to Randolph, Vt., receiving his public school education in that town and graduating from the local high school. In college he took high rank as a scholar, and in junior year was awarded the spade because of his studious habits. He was a member of his class baseball team and was manager of the varsity nine in senior year. He belonged to Delta Kappa Epsilon and the Sphinx, and graduated with Phi Beta Kappa honors. His interest in Dartmouth was lifelong, and from 1923 to 1933 he was a trustee of the College, serving one year on the Committee on Degrees, three years on the Executive Committee, and four years—the last two as chairman—on the Committee on Investments.
On June 6, 1901, he married Sue, daughter of Hazen P. Sanford of Randolph, who survives him, with two children, William Sanford DuBois, Dartmouth 1924, and Mrs. Susan DuBois Phillips, residents, with six grandchildren, in Engiewood, N. J.
In 1891 he entered the Western Electric Company's New York offices as a clerk. In 1895 he was back in Randolph as cashier of the Randolph National Bank. In 1896 he returned to the Western Electric Co., as chief clerk in its Chicago office, and in 1898 was made secretary in charge of accounting. In 1901 he traveled in Europe, inspecting accounting methods installed in Western Electric factories on the basis of improvements he had originated at home. In 1907 he was appointed comptroller of the American Telephone and Telegraph Co., resigning from General Electric to assume the post. In the next decade he developed the accounting system that was adopted throughout the Bell system. In the World War he served as comptroller of the American Red Cross in Washington and as a member of the advisory committee to the director of finance of the War Department.
Returning in 1918 to Western Electric, he was made a director and vice president in charge of administrative work. The next year he succeeded H. B. Thayer (Dartmouth '79) as president. In 1921 he became chairman of the board of directors. He resigned in 1926 as president, but continued for a year as board chairman, finally resigning from the company in 1927. He had since spent much of his time in Randolph, Vt., where he developed and improved the Sanford farm. He had many other important business connections and was a member of numerous clubs and local and national organizations.
1892
HERBERT FRANZ JEAN NORTON died in Buffalo, N. Y., December 19, 1940, just nine days after the death of his wife, whose long illness had taxed his strength severely. He had been stricken with a heart attack two days earlier. Memorial services were held in the chapel of the Westminster Presbyterian church, of which he had been a member 40 years, eight of which he had served as deacon.
Herbert Norton was born in Porter, Me., June 19, 1864, the son of Ebenezer and Martha (Sargent) Norton, and fitted for college at Kent's Hill Seminary. He was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity.
After graduation he read law in the office of his brothers, Nathaniel W. (Dartmouth '78) and Roswell M. Norton of Buffalo, and began practice there in 1894, becoming a member of the firm of Norton Brothers. He played an important part in the civic life of Buffalo, was identified with several local associations, and had been president of the Dartmouth Association of Western New York.
April 18, 1900, he was married to Blanche, daughter of Alexander Weller of Buffalo. They had two daughters, both of whom survive them, Mrs. Frank N. Farrar and Miss Ruth Edwards Norton. There is also a sister, Miss Florence Norton of Porter, Me. It was in Maine that Norton had a summer home, where he spent many of his vacations.
In the death of Herbert Norton the class of 1892 sustains a severe loss. Loyal to class and college, he has constantly maintained an active interest in both. He was a regular and enthusiastic reunion attendant, and was looking forward eagerly to the Fiftieth. Lovable, friendly, generous, he had a high sense of integrity, justice, and fair play, virtues which never forsook him.
1893
On the morning of December 28, 1940, after a week's illness of pneumonia, FREDERICK NATHAN CHANDLER died at his home in Andover, Mass., and was buried December 30 in the West Parish Burial Ground.
Judge Chandler was born in I.awrence, Mass., August 1, 1870, and was the son of the late Henry F. and Margaret (Richardson) Chandler, through whom he traced his ancestry back to the early colonial settlers from England of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He attended the public schools of Lawrence and prepared for college at the Lawrence High School, entering Dartmouth in 1889 with the class of '93 and graduating therefrom with a degree of B.L.
While in college he was active in all college affairs; wias a member of Alpha Delta Phi, Crinologian Club, Dramatic Club, Press Club, Casque and Gauntlet, and was a commencement week prize speaker. He was particularly active in the Dramatic Club, being well remembered as Sir Anthony Absolute in "The Rivals."
After graduating from Dartmouth he attended the Boston University Law School, and at the same time taught school in Lawrence. A year before receiving his law degree cum laude in 1897, he was admitted to the bar by examination in Massachusetts and began to practice, still continuing his teaching. He was the founder of the Lawrence Evening High School, which he served as principal for eight years.
In 1899 he formed a law partnership with Fred H. Eaton, and from then on Eaton & Chandler has been one of the leading legal firms of Essex County. In 1901 he was named judge of the Lawrence District Court, and in 1927 became presiding justice.
Judge Chandler was prominent in legal, civic, and fraternal groups, having been president of the Lawrence Board of Trade, the Lawrence Cooperative Bank, the Lawrence Bar Association, the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, first president of the Lawrence Rotary Club, director of the Bay State National Bank and trustee of the Essex Savings Bank. He was a Mason, being a member of the Blue Lodge, Commandery, and Shrine; and he was a member of the Elks and the Andover Country Club. Judge Chandler's hobby was roses, and on the beautiful grounds of his home are many varieties. He was a member of the American Rose Society and the New England Horticultural Society. On October 9, 1901, he married Genevieve Chandler of Collinsville, Ill. Through this marriage a son. Gordon H. Chandler, was born July 1, 1903. The son was hit and killed by an automobile on February 6, 1930.
The funeral services were held at the late Judge's residence at 148 Main St., Andover, Mass., with a large number of jurists, lawyers, professional and business men and women paying final tribute. Rev. Roger W. Blanchard of St. Peter's Church, Beverly, conducted the services. Mrs. Chandler survives and also a sister, Mrs. C. E. Parkhurst, of Somerville, Mass. Many tributes to Judge Chandler's strong character and firm justice appeared in the daily press at the time of his death.
1905
RALPH L. LIBBY died very suddenly at his home in Houston, Texas, December 12th, after suffering a heart attack.
He was born in Dover, New Hampshire, March 4, 1881. He graduated with Phi Beta Kappa honors in the Class of 1905 and received his degree of Civil Engineering from Thayer School the following year.
He had lived in Houston twenty-Sight years during which he was connected with the Peden Iron and Steel Company as chief engineer of the reinforcing steel department. He was a member of the Unitarian Church of Houston and served for a number of years as President of the Board of Trustees.
Since formation of a Dartmouth Alumni Club there last Spring he had been one of the most loyal and enthusiastic members and apparently was most happy to once more have some contact with the college. He was also still strongly attached to Dover and his native state. Only recently, having learned that a New Hampshire contingent of the National Guard was quartered at Camp Hulen, Palacious, Texas, he made a trip to the camp and had planned to entertain some of the Dover men during the holidays.
Mr. Libby never married, but with a strong affection for children, especially boys, was known as a foster father by all the youngsters in his neighborhood. His only immediate relatives are an aunt, Miss Elizabeth Gray of Houston, with- whom he lived, and three cousins, Misses Elizabeth, Madge and Maude Parsons, all of Dover, New Hampshire.
Funeral services were held at the Heights Funeral Home, December 21st, with Rev. John C. Petrie and Rev. A. H. Winn officiating and burial was in Forest Park Cemetery, Houston.
1908
FLORENCE JOSEPH MCAULIFFE died Decem- ber 13 in New York City. He had been in failing health for several years.
"Mac" was one of the outstanding men in the class of 1908 during the two years he attended Dartmouth. He was captain of the freshman football team in 1904, arid on the varsity squad the next year. Known and liked by every man in the class, there was general felt obliged to leave college to go into business with his father in Worcester.
He was the son of Timothy J. and Annie Boyle McAuliffe of Worcester. He graduated in 1901 from English High School in that city, and when he entered Dartmouth in 1904 he had considerable training in architecture and sculpture. He was by nature an artist and made it his life work.
For several years after leaving college he was associated with his father in the studio in Worcester. Then he was for a while in the Andres O'Connor studio in Pax ton, Mass., before he joined Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney in her New York studios. There his ability won rapid recognition. As a member of the Whitney studios he spent two years in Spain supervising the construction of the statue in Huelva in honor of Christopher Columbus.
The fountain with lion's head carved in granite in College Hall in Hanover was one of his earliest works, done while an undergraduate, and it gave evidence of the talent later to be given wide recognition.
McAuliffe served in the World War in the 24th Coast Artillery. He married, and though he attended few alumni gatherings his interest in the college and contact with a few classmates made him a loyal alumnus until his death. His wife died in 1930.
McAuliffe leaves two daughters, Anne T. and Mary V. McAuliffe, and three sons John, Francis and William. Also two sisters, Anna D. and Mary K. McAuliffe, and a brother, John B. McAuliffe, Dartmouth '16.
Funeral services were held December 17 at the family home in Worcester with high mass at St. Paul's church.
1910
HAROLD INGHAM GOODERE was born in Vergennes, Vt., October 9, 1886, the son of H. Edmund and May A. Goodere. The family moved to Fitchburg, Mass. where Harold lived until he went to Goddard Seminary to prepare for Dartmouth.
After graduation from Dartmouth in the Class of 1910, he went to Chicago where he has lived continuously until his death on December 8 although he made frequent visits to relatives in Vergennes.
"Hap" was a good basketball player, and if possessed with more size, would probably have been a varsity regular. He played on the freshman and sophomore class teams, and was on the varsity squad in junior and senior years, playing in many games.
He belonged to Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity, and later became a 32nd Degree Mason.
Details of his life since graduation are scant in the College and Class records, and although he received his degree with 1911, he has remained affiliated with 1910.
Surviving are his widow, Estelle D., and his son, Philip James.
1915
DONALD SHARPLEIGH PAGE died suddenly in New York City on December 23, 1940, after a brief illness, believed to have been a heart condition. Don and his wife had been to the Pennsylvania station to meet their daughter, who was returning from school, when he was stricken. He was taken to the Doctors' Hospital, where he passed away two days later.
He was born in Maiden, Mass. June 21, 1893, the son of Daniel Stone and (Shaw) Page, and lived all his early life in that city, graduating from Maiden High School, where he prepared for Dartmouth. He was manager of the football team at Maiden.
Entering Dartmouth in the fall of 1911, he started almost immediately a college stage career which led him to stardom at a time when the Dartmouth Dramatic Association came into its own as an outstanding college theatrical organization under the direction of Walter Wanger. Don starred in the "Green Parasol" freshman year, and from then on, with Hap Leonard, no performance of any kind was complete without them in the cast.
He took time out during his sophomore year from dramatics to be elected by his classmates to compete for athletic managerships, and was rewarded at the end of the training period by being chosen assistant manager of freshman football, succeeding automatically to the managership his senior year. But even then he was active in some of the productions on the stage, which he enjoyed so much, and later was in a leading role in "Ta Ta Tango," 1915's own Junior Prom show, and in the "Misleading Lady" senior year.
He was a member of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity and the Casque and Gauntlet senior society.
After graduation, he was with the Bassick Manufacturing Company of Bridgeport, Conn., but left this company in 1921 to enter the employ of the Curtis Publishing Cos. in Connecticut. In 1928 he was made manager of the New York office of The Ladies' HomeJournal, and was with this concern when he died.
Don married Marjorie DeLoss of Bridgeport, Conn., on January 22, 1925, and had two daughters, Marjorie and Dorothy, who survive him, as well as four sisters: Mrs. W. A. Hersey of Wellesley Hills, Mass., Mrs. Carl Smith of Portland, Me., Mrs. Sheldon Johnson of Old Lyme, Conn., and Mrs. H. King Cornwell of Washington, D. C.
He was a World War veteran, having served during the entire World War as an Ensign on the U. S. S. Oklahoma in the overseas fleet. His clubs included the Union League, Fairfield Country Club, and Black Rock Yacht Club of Bridgeport.
Funeral services were held in the Montrose Chapel, Bridgeport, Conn., on December 24, with a large gathering of Dartmouth men in attendance, and the class of 1915 was represented by Charlie Griffith, a former president of the class, and by Carl Gish, a close friend and associate of Don's both in college and since.
Don was an active and interested member of the class and a regular attendant at the class reunions, as well as many informal gatherings. He was one of the reuners at our 25th in June 1940, and it was remarked by many that he was one of the few members of the class who still maintained their youthful undergraduate appearance.
1920
RALPH KIMBALL WHITNEY died in Springfield, Mass., November 24, 1940, after a brief attack of sleeping sickness.
Born in Methuen, Mass., June 16, 1898, the son of Willard Roscoe and Mary Elizabeth (Russell) Whitney, he spent his early school life in Springfield, where he graduated from Central High in 1916.
After Dartmouth and a year at Tuck, his career was teaching, except for a few months' association in his father's real estate business. From his first school position in Whitman, Mass., he went on to Manchester and Henniker, both in New Hampshire, and thence to principalships in Peterboro and Lebanon.
His master of education degree he won from Harvard in 1932. During the last three years he taught at both Northeastern University School of Business and Boston University School of Education. At the latter he had nearly completed his doctorate requirements, when he was called to Springfield Northeastern as registrar last August. During the summer of 1939 he traveled and studied in England, in conjunction with his doctorate work.
Jim Frost and Bud Weymouth represented 1920 at the funeral which was in Springfield. Burial was in Lisbon, Me. Survivors are his stepmother, Mrs. Stella Whitney, and his brother, Russell Whitney, Dartmouth 1919, both of Needham.
Classmates will remember Ralph for his friendliness, his enthusiasm, and his capacity for getting things done; qualitites, by the way, which endured through his busy life. Indeed, it was around Ralph's "fresh morning enthusiasm," that Dr. Deck built his eulogy.
Among his societies were Theta Chi, Phi Delta Kappa (Harvard), and the Knights Templar.
1922
GERALD FRANCIS (Jerry) MURPHY died in Boston, Mass., on November 22, 1940.
He was born in Boston, December 5, 1898, the son of Michael P. and Clementine (Ryan) Murphy, and prepared for college at the University School of Boston.
Jerry was in the brewing business and a resident of Boston all his life.
During college days he was a member of the varsity baseball squad and the class baseball team.
1932
KENNETH SHIRLEY LEGRO was shot to death as he walked up the front steps of his home in Hull, Mass., after returning from work on Dec. 16. The murder was the culmination of a series of threats on the victim's life made by George M. Corey of Salem, a rejected suitor of Legro's bride of three months, the former Marie Chenery of Peabody. All three were classmates at Peabody High School. Corey disappeared after the shooting, was the object of a nation-wide search, and was located by the police.
Ken's death was a shocking loss to his friends, not only because of the unfortunate circumstances surrounding it, but also because it came at a time when he had every reason to expect the most from life. Married on Sept. 6 in Peabody, Ken and his bride lived in Salem for a month, then moved to a cottage in the North Weymouth section of Hull. An accountant by profession, Ken was employed as auditor by the American Agriculture and Chemical Co. of North Weymouth at the time of his death.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Legro of Peabody, Ken was born in Peabody on Oct. 13, 1910. At Peabody High he was athletic editor of the school paper and a good student, winning a Harvard book prize.
He played freshman hockey at Dartmouth, majored in economics, and held membership in Delta Upsilon.
1936
LEVI SCOTT MALONEY died August 5, 1940, in Townsend, Del.
He was born in Townsend, December 7, 1913, the son of Levi Lattomas and Nina (Scott) Maloney. He prepared for college at Tower Hill School. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi.
After graduation he studied at M. X. T„ and received the degree of Ph.D. He had since been employed by the Du Pont organization in Wilmington, Del.
Medical School
1901
DR. NICHOLAS YOUNG BRADFORD MACKENZIE died of pneumonia at the Franklin (N. H.) Hospital, November 27, 1940.
The son of Colin and Elizabeth (Corbett) MacKenzie, he was born in Ellsworth, Me., August 14, 1876. His early education was in the schools of Ellsworth, and he graduated from Somerville (Mass.) High School.
After graduation he was connected with the Lying-in Hospital in New York City, and then with Massachusetts General, Children's, and City Hospitals in Boston. He first opened an office in Tremont, Me., but removed in 1904 to Salisbury, N. H„ and in 1917 to Andover, N. H., where he practiced his profession for the rest of his life.
July 18, 1905, he was married to Adelaide P., daughter of Julius and Katherine Trask, who survives him, with six children.
1907
DR. ERNEST LESLIE HUSE died at his home in Meriden, N. H., December 21, 1940, of coronary thrombosis.
He was born in Newton, N. H., January 18, 1880, the son o£ Stephen Sanborn and Adelaide (Adams) Huse. He graduated from the Newburyport (Mass.) High School in 1899, and was engaged in the work of stationary engineer for some time before beginning his medical studies.
After graduation he was for one year house officer at the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital in Hanover, and then settled in practice at Meriden, where he remained with professional success and in the affection of the community until his death. For a portion of the World War he served in the Medical Corps with the rank of first lieutenant.
In January 1910 he was married to Ida A., daughter of Arthur Pond of Franklin, Mass., who died January 31, 1936, leaving two sons, E. Leslie and Raymond A. October 7, 1936, he was married to Mrs. Helen T. Huse, widow of his brother, Rev. Stephen S. Huse, who survives, with two children of her former marriage.
Dr. Huse had taken high degrees in Masonry, and was a member and officer of many local organizations.
