Deaths
[A listing of deaths of which word has been re-ceived within the -past two months. Full notices mayappear in this issue or may appear in a later number.]
Hutchinson, Herbert S., '75, Nov. 26. Gardner, Charles F., '82. Rand, John L., '83, Nov. Brock, Charles H., '88, Oct. 23. Ruggles, Daniel B., '90, Dec. 2. Davis, Carroll A., '95, Nov. 20. Batchelder, James H., '03, Oct. 21. Merriam, James R., '05, Nov. 17. Richardson, Philip, '07, Nov. 13. Erwin, James R., '12, Nov. 23. Rud, Anthony M., '14, Nov. 30. Townsend, Robert S., '16, Sept. 15. Lowe, Lloyd E., '21. Ansin, Edward, '22, Nov. 28. Andross, William B., '23, Aug. 8, 1941. *Fuld, Stephen L., '29. Tozier, Charles W., '33, Nov. 8. Bennett, Gordon P., '37, Nov. 30. *Canfield, Leon W., '38. #Sleadd, Philip R. Jr., '41.
Wood, George P., th. '90, Oct. 15, 1940. Garfield, Harry A., hon. 'OB, Dec. 12.
Necrology
1875
DR. HERBERT STILLMAN HUTCHINSON, the oldest practicing physician in the state of New Hampshire, died at his home in Milford November 26, 1942, less than a month after his last professional call had been made.
He was born in Milford September 15, 1849, the son of Stillman S. and Emeline G. (Lull) Hutchinson, and prepared for college at the local high school. He was a member of Psi Upsilon.
After graduation he began the study of medicine. This study was intermitted by teaching, including a service of two years as principal of a high school in Toledo, Ohio. He obtained his medical degree at Bellevue Hospital Medical College in March 1880.
He began practice immediately at New Boston, N. H., but remained there only a short time, going thence to Francestown, where he practiced for five years. He then returned to his native town, where he continued through life the career of a country doctor.
He had few interests outside of his profession, but was much interested in baseball, being manager of the town baseball team from 1880 to 1890. He was also active in matters concerning the preservation of fish and game.
July 22, 1882, he was married to Harriet A. Wilson of Somerville, Mass., who survives him, with their two. sons, Herbert L. of Milford and Rollo W. (Dartmouth 1913), a commander in the U. S. Navy.
1877
FREDERICK WILLIAM WHITE died at his home in Hollywood, Calif., September 25, 1841, after an illness of a year. Mrs. White wrote the Secretary at the time, but the latter failed to reach him, and he has only recently learned of the facts.
The son of Dr. William Loren and Annette L. (Kennedy) White, he was born in Waterbury, Vt., December 25, 1857. His preparation for the Chandler Scientific Department was variously obtained, and he remained with the class only during the fall of freshman year.
His active life was connected with business in various capacities. From 1874 to 1883 he was in Burlington, Vt., first in the dry goods store of Lyman & Allen, next as manager of the Burlington Flouring Co., and then as paymaster of the Burlington Woolen Co. Then until 1897 he was in Omaha, Neb., first with a printing establishment, and then with the Steele-Smith Grocery Co. He was then for three years local manager for Swift & Co., wholesale meat dealers, in Lincoln, Neb., and then until 1907 credit manager for the Hammond Packing Co., at Hammond, Inch, and Chicago. From the last date until 1922 he was credit manager for Libby, McNeill, & Libby of Chicago. Retiring then from business, he removed to California.
March 22, 1882, he was married to Josephine, daughter of Samuel Scofield of Winooski, Vt., who survives him. They had two children, a son dying in childhood and a daughter in infancy.
Though with the class for so short a time, Mr. White was one of the Secretary's most faithful correspondents, and prized highly his connection with Dartmouth.
1883
HERBERT THOMAS KINCAID, the son of Thompson Kincaid, a shoemaker, was born in Tippecanoe, Ohio, September 12, 1861. Afterwards his parents took up their home in Troy, Ohio, where he prepared for college in Troy High School, entering Dartmouth College in the class of 1883, graduating therefrom with the A.B. degree. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi fraternity.
While in college he was of a retiring dispotion and took no conspicuous part in undergraduate activities.
After graduating from college he took up teaching as his life work, and was professor of Greek and Latin in Dayton High School until failing health compelled his retirement fifteen years ago. Since that time he has led an inactive life, but, as reported by an intimate friend, "his mind was keen and active to the last, and he retained his interest in reading and the following of current affairs, and as the years passed his love for Dartmouth College grew."
Last March he suffered a severe illness and he was in the hospital for five weeks. Thereafter his health was somewhat improved, but in August he grew worse and again he was forced to become a hospital patient, where he died September 19, 1942, of arteriosclerosis and senility.
February 6, 1884, he married Anna Kauff-man of Miamisburg, Ohio. They had no children. Herbert was the last of the Kincaid family.
He was a member of Dayton Lodge No. 147, F. & A. M., and was given a Masonic funeral. His burial was in the family lot at Troy, Ohio.
ASTOUNDING AND GRIEVOUS was the sad news of the sudden death of JOHN LANGDON RAND, associate justice of the Supreme Court of Oregon and president of our class. I immediately sent an air mail letter of sympathy on behalf of our class to the widow and family and asked for data which with what I had in hand would enable me to prepare a suitable obituary for insertion in the ALUMNI MAGAZINE, which now follows.
John Langdon Rand, the son of J. Sullivan and Elvira Wallace (Odiorne) Rand, was born at Portsmouth, N. H., October 28, 1861.
He was educated in preparation for college in the schools in Portsmouth, graduating from Portsmouth High School in 1879. While in college he did not put himself forward to become conspicuous in class affairs, being of a retiring disposition, but he was possessed of those innate qualities that became manifest in after life, so that he attained the highest position in public life of any member of his college class. He was a member of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity.
Immediately after graduating from college he went to Walla Walla, Wash., and taught in Whitman College, which awarded him the degree of LL.D. in 1928. He was a member of the Board of Governors of that college for a long time. While teaching there he studied law and was admitted to the bar of Washington in 1885. He soon afterwards removed to Oregon and took up his home at Baker, where he lived for half a century. In 1886 he was admitted to the bar of Oregon. During his early residence in Baker he served the city as city attorney for a long time and was also a member of the school board. In 1888 he was elected district attorney for the sixth judicial district, then comprising the seven large eastern counties of Oregon, an office which he held for four years.
Gov. Ben W. Olcott appointed him an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Oregon, and he continued to be a member of that court up to the time of his decease. He was chief justice of the court for three different terms, 1927-29, 1933-34. and 1939-40.
Judge Rand was the oldest member of the court with which he was so long identified, both in years and service. Apparently in good health, he suddenly suffered a heart attack on Tuesday, November 17, 1942, and died two days later.
He was a Republican in politics and was elected to represent Baker, Malheur and Harney counties in the state senate in 1903 and again in 1905, while in 1920 he was a delegate at large to the Republican National Convention.
The eminent jurist was a member of the Masonic lodge at Baker, of which he was a past master; Keystone chapter, R. A. M., Baker, of which he was past high priest; Baker Commandery, Knights Templar, which he formerly served as eminent commander; the Oregon Consistory of the Scottish Rite Masons; Al Kadar Temple of the Mystic Shrine; Baker Lodge, B. P. O. E., and the Knights of Pythias.
On July 23, 1895, Judge Rand married Edith G. Packwood, whose parents were pioneers of Baker county. Besides his widow he left surviving him two sons, Irving (Dartmouth 1918), an attorney at Portland, Oregon, recently elected a state senator, John L. Jr., a photographer at Baker; three grandchildren, and three brothers, Col. Irving Rand and Henry Rand, Portsmouth, N. H., and Dr. Charles Rand, Boston.
Judge Rand came of American fighting stock. The first of his family in America settled in Rye, N. H., in 1632, when the Indians did not welcome the white man and his great-grandfather fought the redskins in the Revolutionary war.
The funeral of the deceased jurist was held at Baker, where his remains were interred.
1888
CHARLES HENNRY BROCK died in Los Angeles, Calif., October 23, 1942. Mrs. Brock writes: "For ten months he had seemed the picture of health and had enjoyed life much." From his letters during the period it was evident that his old-time buoyancy of spirit was real. Mrs. Brock further writes: "On October 16 he lunched at home, and soon after, while on his way down town, he dropped unconscious to the sidewalk. He remained in a coma at the hospital, passing away on the 23d."
Few of our men who have not been permitted to attend class reunions have kept glowing such a genuine interest in the College and the class. His letters were an inspiration, a living exemplification of the "Dartmouth spirit." We well remember his cordial greetings, his courage under adverse conditions, and his determination to give his best to the work in hand.
Charles was born in Alfred, 'Me., March 27, 1863, the son of Cyrus K. and Susan M. Brock, and came to Hanover from Gilmanton Academy. He was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa and Phi Beta Kappa, receiving final honors in English.
After graduation he taught school for two years, and then for a year attended Boston University Law School. In 1893 he went to St. Louis, where he was admitted to the state and federal bars. In 1912 because of ill health he removed to Los Angeles, where after a few months he was able again to take up his practice of law. Two years later he was made counsel of the Title Insurance and Trust Co., retiring December 31, 1934, to re-enter private practice. At that time the Los Angeles Journal said: "Mr. Brock is known as one of the outstanding counsel on title matters and is considered an authority on Mexican land grants."
May 9, 1906, he was married to Henrietta H. Woolman, who survives him. There are no children. The family home is at 1845 North Van Ness Ave., Los Angeles.
From the College office we receive word that WALTER AVALAH JOHNSTON died June 12, 1941. For years his name has been on the list of the unknown.
He was born in Washington, D. C., September 6, 1865, the son of Horace S. Johnston. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi.
He left college at the end of sophomore year. For some years he was in the investment business in Detroit, and later practiced law in Washington, having his home in Chevy Chase, Md.
1890
The funeral of Judge DANIEL BLAISDELL RUGGLES, 72, of 95 Mount Vernon Street, Boston, special justice of Nantucket district court and prominent Dartmouth College alumnus, was held at 2 P.M., Dec. 5, at Forsyth Chapel, Forest Hills Cemetery. He died late Wednesday night at his home after an illness of several months. He was the son of the late Prof. Edward R. Ruggles, for many years head of the modern languages department at Dartmouth, and Charlotte Blaisdell Ruggles, and the grandson of Daniel Blaisdell, former treasurer of the college.
A native of Hanover, Judge Ruggles was graduated from Dartmouth in 1890. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity and Casque and Gauntlet Senior Society. He was graduated from the Boston University law school in 1892.
He was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1892 and for many years practiced law in Boston with offices first at 73 Tremont Street,, and more recently at 53 State Street.
For many years a summer resident of Nantucket, he was appointed special justice of Nantucket district court in 1929 by former Gov. Allen. For more than 10 years he sat in Brookline, West Roxbury and other greater Boston district courts. He was a former member of the corporation of Faulkner Hospital, Jamaica Plain; a member of the Old University Club, the Pacific Club of Nantucket and the Eliot Club of Jamaica Plain.
At Dartmouth he was a visitor under the Chandler Foundation and a trustee of the Dartmouth Educational Association. During the World War he served as an industrial advisor and government appeal agent and was a member of the Massachusetts Home Guard.
In 1897 he married Ellen Campbell Morrill of Cincinnati, Ohio, who died in 1909. Three years later he married his first wife's sister, Alice McGuffey Morrill, who survives him.
Besides his widow, he leaves two children, Daniel B. Ruggles Jr. '21, of Marblehead, and Mrs. Robert Semmes O'Leary of Pinckney Street; three grandchildren, Daniel B. Ruggles, III; Putnam J. and Thomas M. Ruggles, two brothers Edward F. Ruggles '94 of San Francisco, and Dr. Arthur H. Ruggles '02, of Providence, and a sister, Mrs. Helen R. Hodgkins of Phoenix, Ariz.
All of Dan's classmates, who live in the vicinity of Boston, attended the services.
1895
CARROLL ARTHUR DAVIS, while on his way from his home in Newport, Vt., to attend a meeting of the State Liquor Control Board in Montpelier, received injuries in an automobile accident from which he died a few hours later (November 20) in Heaton Hospital, Montpelier.
He was born in Glover, Vt., June 23, 1873, the son of Napoleon B. and Mary C. Davis, and prepared for college at St. Johnsbury Academy. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi.
After graduation he taught in the Rutland, Vt., High School for some time, and served in the Rutland company of the First Vermont Volunteers in the Spanish-American war. After recovering from a serious illness acquired in military service, he entered the U. S. Customs service in Newport, becoming deputy collector. He later resigned from this position to enter the customs brokerage business in Newport. During this period he joined the Newport company of the Vermont National Guard, becoming its captain, and served efficiently on the local school board. In 1935 he was appointed a member of the State Liquor Control Board, and remained on the board until his death. For six years he was chairman of the board, but had relinquished the chairmanship of his own accord.
He was a loyal Dartmouth man, and an enthusiastic attendant on football games whenever possible. He was a member and constant attendant of the Newport Congregational church, and a member of various Masonic bodies.
Davis' inherent sincerity and honesty of purpose, his loyalty and fidelity to a cause and his friends won for him the confidence and esteem of all who came in contact with him. He had a quaint Yankee humor which was a constant source of pleasure to his friends. He had no political ambition, and never sought office.
March 6, 1912, he was married to Helen Clarke of Island Pond, Vt., who survives him, having suffered injuries in the accident which was fatal to her husband. They had no children.
1903
JAMES HAYWARD BATCHELDER, died in Marlow, N. H., October si, 1942 after a long period of invalidism.
Born in Keene December 24, 1881, the son of Alfred Trask (Dartmouth 1781) and Alice Hills (Hayward) Batchelder, he attended the public schools and Phillips Exeter Academy before entering Dartmouth, where he remained until 1901. While in college he was a member of Psi Upsilon fraternity.
Returning to Keene, he became part owner of the Impervious Package Co., and engaged in the woodenware business until failing health caused his retirement many years ago.
He is survived by his widow, Hazel Lovell Batchelder, son, Peter H., now a senior in the Keene High School, and a brother, Nathaniel H. Batchelder of Keene, Dartmouth 1903.
1905
JAMES ROBERT MERRIAM, financial editor and lecturer and owner of the Alden Tavern at Lyme, N. H., died on November 18, 1942, at his home, 25 Orchard Street, White Plains, New York, of a heart ailment. He was sixty-two years old.
Mr. Merriam was born on December 9, 1879, in Conneaut, Ohio, and was graduated from Dartmouth College in 1905. From 1907 to 1916 he was head of the bond department of The Wall Street Journal and was a financial writer for Dow Jones and Company, Inc., 44 Broad Street. Later he was financial editor for World's Work and Review of Reviews.
He contributed many articles on financial subjects to magazines and was for a time a promotion copyrighter for Laurence Stern and Company, investment bankers, of 15 Broad Street, and lecturer at the Amos Tuck School of Administration and Finance.
In 1939 Mr. Merriam purchased and operated the Alden Tavern, which he closed for the duration of the war last June, and served as an auditor for the Roger Smith Hotel, Post Road, White Plains. He was planning to return to his former position on the Wall StreetJournal. His wife, Mrs. Mary Stokes Merriam, survives.
1908
JOHN B. GIBBONS died October 29 at his home in Dorchester, Mass. He had lived all his life in Boston, in recent years at 852 Morton street.
Funeral services were held Oct. 31 at St. Mathew's Church in Dorchester.
John entered Dartmouth in 1904 but left college before completing the course. He was a graduate of the Dwight school and Philips Exeter, and attended Colby college before going to Hanover. In his younger days he was well known as a college and amateur baseball player. For many years he was an executive of the United Printing . Machinery company. He was older than most of his classmates, being 64 at the time of his death.
Surviving are his wife, Margaret E. (Sheehan) Gibbons; two sons, Major John B. Gibbons Jr., a member of the amphibian troops, and Capt. William E. Gibbons, stationed in Northern Ireland, and two daughters, Miss Marjorie Gibbons, a private school teacher, and Miss Patricia Gibbons, secretary in a woolen company.
1912
JAMES ROBINSON ERWIN died at his home in Englewood, N. J., November 23, 1942. Suffering from a heart ailment for the past two years, he became gravely ill with streptococcus viridans soon after returning from Hanover last May, where he attended his son's graduation from Dartmouth. His death came suddenly, despite the fact that his illness was recognized as probably a fatal one. Born in Jersey City, N. J., May 23, 1890, he was the son of James S. Erwin, a prominent New Jersey attorney, and Martha J. Robinson Erwin. At the time of his death he was a judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Hudson County, to which he was appointed in 1934.
Judge Erwin received his early education in the public schools of Jersey City and Old Hasbrouck Institute. Affectionately known to all of his classmates as "Jim," he was prominent in undergraduate activities, particularly in dramatics, for which he had a talent that was reflected throughout his life in his ability and popularity as a public speaker. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi and Sphinx.
In his senior year at Dartmouth he organized a Theodore Roosevelt Club, and made many speeches for his candidate as his introduction into political activities, in which he was interested throughout his life. He ran for state senator of Hudson County in 1931 as a Republican, but was defeated. Later on he was boomed for the Republican nomination for governor of the state of New Jersey, and, though petitions that were circulated contained more than the required number of signatures, he declined to become a candidate.
Active in the affairs of his community, in 1936 he was elected president of the Jersey City Boy Scout Council, and later received the Silver Beaver award for his activities in Boy Scout affairs. In 1939 he became a member of the faculty of the John Marshall College of Law in Jersey City, teaching ethics. In 1941 he was presented with the Good Neighbor Award by the Jersey City Post, Jewish War Veterans of the United States. At various times he was president of the Union League Club of Jersey City, president of the Jersey City Kiwanis Club and Past Exalted Ruler of the Jersey City Lodge of Elks, and was a member of a number of other fraternal organizations. He was also past president of the Lincoln Association of Jersey City, the first Lincoln Association in the United States. In 1938 Beaver College gave him the degree of LL.D.
A forceful speaker, he was much in demand at public functions, and his tall, lanky frame, homey philosophy, and characteristic expressions of good humor made him a character universally regarded with affection and respect. He was a "Dartmouth Night" speaker at Hanover in March 1938. Characteristic of him was his speech at a testimonial given to him by fellow lawyers upon his elevation to the bench. When he said that a new rule was to be added to the regulations of his court, the lawyers present listened attentively only to hear the dry, simple, understanding statement "Don't take yourselves so damned seriously."
He leaves his widow, Elizabeth Davidson Erwin, a son, James R. Erwin Jr. '42, believed to be with the United States Army in Africa, a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Erwin Johnson, a brother, Hobart, and two sisters, Mrs. Margaret Erwin Scheville and Mrs. Martha Erwin Bullard, wife of his classmate, Gardner P. Bullard.
1913
CARROLL FORREST PEIRCE died in New York City on September 20, 1942. He was born in Wakefield, Mass., October 9, 1887, the son of Evalin G. and George H. Peirce. He entered Dartmouth from Cushing Academy. He was a member of Chi Phi.
After graduation "Smiler" was with the B. F. Keith Vaudeville companies as assistant to the publicity manager. Following the advent of the talking movies he left the Keith group and was associated with several interests in general publicity and press relations. He is survived by his wife, Grace, a daughter, Mrs. W. A. Dempey, and a son, John A. Peirce of Ridgewood, N. J.
1919
JAMES MASON BALCH died November 10 at the Polyclinic Hospital in New York City after a long illness.
He was born in Berlin, N. H., April 18, 1898, the son of James Whipple and Althea (Mason) Balch, and prepared for college at the local high school. He was a member, of the class during the first three years of the course. His fraternity was Sigma Phi Epsilon. While in college Jimmy was a popular member of the Jack O'Lantern board and art editor.
After leaving college he was art director for advertising agencies in New York, being finally with Lord & Thomas. Jimmy had strong natural talent along these lines and was a good friend to all who knew him.
A prayer service was held in Hanover and funeral services at Berlin, N. H., where the burial was. He is survived by his mother (now Mrs. D. W. Linton of Hanover), by a brother, Howard P. Linton '34 of Washington, D. C., and by two sisters, Mrs. Robert Newhall of North Randolph, Mass., and Mrs. Stanley Orcutt of Hanover.
1921
GARDNER RICH RIDLON died November 1, 1942, of a heart attack while on a hunting trip somewhere in the vicinity of Seattle. The body was cremated and his ashes sent to New Hampshire.
Rid Ridlon was born May 29, 1899, in Gorham, N. H., the son of Gardner A. and Elizabeth (Richardson) Ridlon. He prepared for college at Gorham High School and entered Dartmouth with 1921 at the beginning of freshman year. After completing the Medical School course in Hanover, he went to Columbia, from which he was graduated with an M.D. degree in 1925. While at Dartmouth, in 1918, he was a member of the S. A. T. C.
After serving an interneship at Bellevue Hospital, New York City, Rid specialized in urology, and ultimately settled in Seattle. He built up a successful practice there and acquired something of a reputation as a lecturer, traveling extensively throughout the Pacific Coast area in connection with his lecture work. He was a member of the American Medical Association, the Masonic organization, the American Legion, and the Seattle Country Club.
Rid made the long journey from Seattle to Hanover, partly by airline, to be with 1921 at our twentieth reunion but a brief 18 months ago. It was the first time he had been in Hanover in many a year, and the first time most of the men in the class had seen him since graduation. The trip was one Rid had been planning for a long time, and he missed not a single opportunity to participate in the events of the extended week-end. Now he has returned to his native New Hampshire for all time.
January 31, 1925, he was married in New York City to Grace O. Spear, from whom he was later divorced. Of this union a daughter was born about 11 years ago. His survivors include his mother; a brother, Seward A. Ridlon of Concord, N. H.; and a sister, Mrs. Harriett E. Swan of Oak Park, Ill.
1922
EDWARD ANSIN and his wife, Beatrice, lost their lives in the Cocoanut Grove fire in Boston on November 28, 1942, at the time when they were entertaining various theatrical men and screen stars at a party in the Boston night club. Double services were held at the Temple Ohabei Shalom, Brookline, Mass., on December 1.
He was born in Lynn, Mass., February 16, 1901, the son of David and Lena (Pearl) Ansin, and was with the class only through freshman year. He was a member of Sigma Nu.
Ed was a Mason and part owner of Boston's Trans-Lux Theatre and president of Interstate Theatres Corporation, which owned and operated theatres at various points throughout Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont.
Beside his father, Ed leaves a daughter, Eleanor, two sisters, Mrs. Emma Joslin and Mrs. Francis Goodman, and brothers, Jacob, Harold S., and Lieut. Herbert G. Ansin.
His wife, who had been active in civic and social affairs, is survived by her parents, Mrs. and Mr. Morris Rudnick.
1927
It is with deep sorrow that we record the death of Jack Zimmerman, who was killed in the service of his country early in November. Jack spent freshman and sophomore year with us in Hanover. He was a member of Psi Upsilon fraternity, and played on our freshman football team. He was born in Fremont, Ohio, June 6, 1905, the son of Harry and Beulah Belle (Johnson) Zimmerman, and prepared for college at Culver Military Academy. The following account from the November 8 issue of the New York Herald-Tribune tells of his splendid record.
The death of Colonel JACK ZIMMERMAN, control officer of the United States Ferry Command, in a plane crash in the Gulf of St. Lawrence on Monday was disclosed today.
Colonel Zimmerman joined the Ferrying Command last May after having served Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc., for thirteen years as pilot and chief pilot of the line's Eastern and Atlantic divisions. His record showed more than 2,000,000 miles of flying He was one of the first United States air-mail flyers, and he had flown the Atlantic 116 times.
On Dec. 1, 1939, he brought the first transport plane into LaGuardia Field, opening the new municipal airport to regular passenger service. And on June 9, 1940, inaugurating T.W.A.'s new stratoliner service, he set a new record for scheduled trans-continental service, landing his Boeing stratoliner at LaGuardia Field twelve hours and thirteen minutes after taking off from Burbank, Calif.
With his father he sold real estate in Lakeland, Fla., until the 1927 realty crash, then returned to Fremont, where he worked for a junk dealer, cutting up scrap iron with an acetylene torch. It was the junk dealer who encouraged him to become an aviation cadet. He failed his first Army examination, passed the second, but the Army still wouldn't accept him because he had no college degree. He entered Ohio State University, but was there only two months when the Army decided it needed him. He went to Marsh Field, Calif., for training in March 1928.
His first instruction was in a 180 horsepower trainer. He soloed in five hours. He celebrated his graduation to 400-horsepower De Haviland planes by crashing a tree top thirty miles from the field. The regulations said he shouldn't have gone more than five miles from the base, so he was demoted from cadet lieutenant to a private.
In November 1929, he was transferred to Kelly Field, Tex., as a pursuit pilot. As a second lieutenant in the Air Corps Reserve he went to Langley Field the next March. He found it hard to get actual flying at Langley, and on June 1, 1929, he joined T.W.A.'s predecessor company. Transcontinental Air Transport.
1937
DR. GORDON PERLEY BENNETT of Swampscott, Mass., was fatally injured in the tragic fire that swept the Cocoanut Grove, Boston, on Saturday evening, November 28.
Dr. Bennett was born in Lynn, Mass., May 21, 1915, the son of Dr. Hamlin P. (Dartmouth 1903) and May Jennie (Snow) Bennett. After graduating from Swampscott High School and Hebron Academy, where he played on the football teams, he entered Dartmouth College. At Dartmouth he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon, Palaeopitus, Green Key, the Vigilantes, and Fire Squad. He was a member of the freshman football and hockey teams, played on the varsity in both sports and was captain of varsity football. He was president of his class.
After graduating he enrolled in the Harvard Medical School from which he also graduated in 1941. He was serving his internship at the Boston City Hospital and the Free Hospital for Women.
Newspapers paid tribute to the heroism of Dr. Bennett during the fire. According to reports, "he drew his fiancee close to him and shielding her as much as possible, Dr. Bennett managed to get outside the building. Before he got out himself, however, his clothing and body formed almost a human torch and he was badly burned when taken to the Boston City Hospital, where an emergency operation was performed, but he died at 5 o'clock on the morning of the 30th."
The morning of his death a notice was received from the National Board of the American Medical Society that he had been accepted as a member. He was to report for duty in the Army on February 1.
Dr. Bennett is survived by his parents. Funeral services were held at St. Stephen's Episcopal church in Lynn, and interment was in Pine Grove Cemetery in Lynn.
Thayer School
1890
News has only recently been received of the death of GEORGE PILLSBURY WOOD, which occurred October 15, 1940.
He was born in Lebanon, N. H., March 2, 1866, the son of James and Rebecca (Pillsbury) Wood, and graduated from the New Hampshire College of Agriculture (now the University of New Hampshire) in 1886.
After finishing his Thayer School course he was associated with the King Bridge Co. in Cleveland, Ohio; then assistant to the city engineer of Roanoke, Va., and to the city engineer of Baltimore, Md.; then draftsman in the Bureau of Yards and Docks, Navy Department, Washington, D. C.; with the Board of Water Supply, New York City, from 1906 to 1917. Since then he had been engaged in private engineering work and in patent development, making his home in Peekskill, N. Y.
April 12, 1894, he was married to Mary Ridout of Roanoke, Va., who survives him, with two sons.
Medical School
1899
DR. FREDERICK NATHAN BROWN died at his home in Providence, R. 1., May 23, 1942, after a long illness of arteriosclerosis and a fractured hip.
He was born in Coventry, R. I., March 5, 1863 or 1865 (the year is uncertain), the son of George Walker and Nancy (Blanchard) Brown. His early education was obtained in the public schools of his native state, and he also attended the Bryant and Stratton Business College. His entire medical course was taken at Dartmouth.
He practiced in Providence through his active life, meeting with excellent success, particularly in obstetrical and pulmonary cases. For about ten years ending in 1936 he was editor o£ the Rhode Island MedicalJournal. He was active in legislative matters pertaining to his profession, and in the advocacy of a workmen's compensation law.
In June 1899 he was married to Mary Woodhull, daughter of Philip and Sarah Forbes (Woodhull) Coombs, who died January 27, 1941. Two sons, Frederick N. Brown Jr. and Henry Woodhull Brown, survive their parents. There are also six grandchildren.
Faculty
CHARLES NELSON HASKINS, Professor of Mathematics on the Chandler Foundation and one of the best known of Dartmouth's teachers, died at Dick's House on November 14, following a recurrence of a heart ailment which had forced him to suspend teaching earlier in the semester. He was 68 years old.
Professor Haskins had been a member of the Dartmouth mathematics department since 1909. In that year he joined the faculty of the College as Assistant Professor, after having held the same position at the University of Illinois for three years. Previously he had taught at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, of which he was a graduate in the class of 1897, and at Yale and Cornell Universities. In 1916 Dr. Haskins was named Professor of Mathematics on the Chandler Foundation, the chair which he held at the time of his death.
During his long career at Dartmouth, Professor Haskins was vitally interested in the College library and from 1920 to 1929 served as chairman of the Faculty Committee on the Library. He was also chairman of a special committee on the planning of the present Baker Memorial Library, and the fame and utility of the building today are tribute to the labors which he undertook over a fouryear period. In awarding him the honorary Doctorate of Science in 1928, President Hopkins hailed him as an associate "whose painstaking research undertaken and valuable data secured on Library problems and whose indefatigable labor and unceasing solicitude have contributed to make the recently acquired and greatest utility of the College of maximum effectiveness."
Professor Haskins was born in New Bedford, Mass., on May 7, 1874, the son of the late Herbert K. and Sarah Nelson Haskins. He attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology and following his graduation in 1897 continued his studies at Harvard, where he received the degrees of Master of Science in 1899, Master of Arts in 1900, and Doctor of Philosophy in 1901. In 1909, the year of his coming to Dartmouth, he was married to Miss Edith Delano Dexter of New Bedford.
In the World War, Professor Haskins was with the Army ordnance department as master computer. He was also an associate member of the U. S. Naval Institute and a Fellow of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science. As a member of the American Mathematical Society he served as vice president in 1920 and as council member from 1914 to 1916. He also held membership in the American Statistical Association and was a Trustee of the Dartmouth Savings Bank. His writings in the field of mathematics were numerous and appeared in the publications of the American Mathematical Society, the U. S. Bureau of Education, and the U. S. Bureau of Mines.
At the time of his death Professor Haskins was collaborating in general research with the Dartmouth Eye Institute.
Funeral services were held November 16 at New Bedford, Mass., and burial was in the Rural Cemetery there. Dr. Haskins is survived by his wife and by his sister, Susan F. Haskins of New Bedford.
JUDGE DANIEL B. RUGGLES '90
* Died in war service.
