Deaths

[A listing of deaths of which word has been receivedwithin the past month. Full notices may appear in thisissue or may appear in a later number.]

Kendall, Henry A., '66, Feb. 22. Harris, Thomas J., '86, March 15. Wheat, Alfred A., '89, March 11. Nims, Herbert E., '97, Feb. 26. Tirrell, Herbert L., '09, Feb. 18. Maynard, Newell C., '10, Feb. 25. Hawkes, Willis E„ '11, Oct. 29, 1942. Gove, Lewis P., '16, March 6. North, Ralph M. Jr., '21, Sept. 20. Lamb, Theodore W., '24, Feb. 22. *Burford, William J., '37, Dec. 11, 1942. *King, Laurence H., '38, Jan. 13. Williams, Adelbert F., Med. '97, March 11. * Died in war service.

In Memoriam

1866

HENRY APPLETON KENDALL died at his home in Somerville, Mass., February 22. At the time of his death he was with one exception the oldest living graduate of the College.

The son of Rev. Henry Adams and Harriet Greenwood (Appleton) Kendall, he was born in Dublin, N. H., March 29, 1845, and prepared for college at Henniker Academy. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon.

For two years after graduation he attended Harvard Medical School, but did not complete the course. For the next four years he was employed at the Old Corner Bookstore in Boston, and then for 17 years he was bookkeeper for Conant Brothers, plate glass importers of Boston. Then followed a service of ten years as head bookkeeper and cashier for one of the leading Boston department stores.

In 1895 he retired from business and went into literary work, being for some time a columnist on the Boston Transcript and Herald and writing many poems. A modest and retiring man, his chief interests in his later years have been his home and his college. For some time he had served as secretary of his class.

June 21, 1870, he was married to Frances Lovett, daughter of William and Hannah (Fornis) Conant of Mont Vernon, N. H., who died April 8, 1901. Three children survive them: Mrs. Gertrude Greenwood Conant of Cincinnati; Franklin Conant Kendall of Philadelphia: and Mrs. Marcella Fornis Osgood of Somerville, the wife of Paul M. Osgood '99. Another daughter, Mrs. Marion Colby Fickett, is not living.

1886

REV. FRED MAYNARD WISWALL died February 4 at his home in Newfane, Vt„ after an illness of several years.

The son of Henry Taintor and Ruth (Lawrence) Wiswall, he was born in Marlboro, N. H., December 27, 1859, and prepared for college at Kimball Union Academy.

For three years after graduation he studied at Hartford Theological Seminary, graduating in 1889. He then became pastor of the Congregational church in Windham, Conn., remaining there until 1892. Returning to his home in Marlboro, he lived there for several years, often preaching for neighboring churches. In March 1896 he became pastor at Putney, Vt., and so continued for two years. He then removed to Newfane, where he taught for several years, finally engaging in farming. He preached occasionally, and was active in the Newfane church, which he served as deacon.

November 27, 1901, he was married to Carrie A. Lowe of Newfane, who died in 1913. A second marriage, January 21, 1916, was to Lilla L. Moulton of Dover, Vt., who died April 3, 1937. There were no children of either marriage.

Mr. Wiswall was a man of the highest type of personal character, and was respected and held in affection by his townsmen.

1897

HERBERT ELWIN NIMS, who was with '97 at Dartmouth for two years and transferred to Yale in 1895, from which he graduated in 1898, died at his winter home in Richmond, Va., on February 26, 1943. He was born at East Sullivan, N. H., November 1, 1873.

He was graduated from Cushing Academy in '93; joined the faculty there in '01, and was made head of the English Department in 1903. This position he held until his retirement in '33.

Nims never married. He leaves a sister, Miss L. Mabel Nims of Ashburnham and Richmond, Va., a hal£ brother, Leslie Nims, and a half sister, Miss Mary Nims, both of Ashburnham.

It is said that he could identify and name instantly more than 2000 graduates of Cushing Academy.

1900

HORACE HOLMES SEARS died at Kingsport, Tenn., on February 6, 1943. He had returned to his lodging house from his work on that day, and was hanging up his coat and hat when he expired almost instantly, with no previous premonition of ill health.

Horace was born in Hyde Park, Mass., on March 27, 1876, the son of Bartlett and Harriet (King) Sears. Graduating from the Hyde Park High School, he entered Dartmouth in the class of 1899. During his college course he was obliged to remain out a year for financial reasons, and thus was graduated with the class of 1900. As an undergraduate he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity and also of the varsity track team. A second place won by him in the 100-yard dash in the Worcester meet of 1897, the last event to be decided, secured for Dartmouth a rather unexpected and much appreciated victory in that contest. He was also a member of the college relay team and a participant in the vaudeville show. His senior year was taken in the Thayer School, but he did not return for his degree from that institution.

After graduation, Horace held a variety of engineering positions, as a draftsman and otherwise, having largely to do with bridge construction. In 1910 he went to California as a construction engineer; for a time he was city engineer of Redwood, and was a member of the California National Guard. Returning to the east in 1917, he combined engineering work with the study of law, receiving the degree of LL.B. from New York University in 1922, and being subsequently a member of the New York bar and that of the United States District Court. From 1923 to 1938 he was legal editor of the American Banker and of the Bondbuyer, making his home at Hastings-onHudson. In recent years he has been engaged in defense construction, his last position being with the Charles T. Main Company at Kingsport, Tenn. His permanent address was Gales Ferry, Conn.

He was married on June 1, 1904, to Miss Helen J. Rogers of Gales Ferry, who survives him, as does their son, Alfred Dana, a first class pilot on inland waterways, and two grandsons. His funeral was held in New London, Conn., on February 11.

1910

NEWELL CARROLL MAYNARD died at his home in West Medford, Mass., February 25, after a long illness.

He was born in Marshfield, Me., November 26, 1880, the son of Magloire and Lauretta (Harmon) Maynard. After preliminary education in Maine schools, he entered Bangor Theological Seminary, where he graduated in 1907. In 1908 he entered the junior class at Dartmouth with two other Bangor graduates, Frederic Kenyon Brown and William C. H. Moe, and he graduated with the class.

For a year after graduation at Bangor and before entering Dartmouth he was assistant pastor of the Eliot Church in Newton, Mass., and was there ordained to the Congregational ministry. He was pastor at Peabody, Mass., in 1911-13, at Middleboro, Mass., in 1914-17, and at Haverhill, Mass., in 1918-23.

In the summer of 1922 he was instructor in public speaking at the Harvard Summer School, and in 1923 became professor of oratory in Tufts College, where he continued until his retirement four years ago. He was visiting lecturer on English at Harvard in 1926-27, and received the degree of Master of Education there in 1927. He also served for some years on the staff of lecturers for the National Society for Broader Education.

October 9, 1911, he was married to Mrs. Olive (Henderson) Dunne (Smith '06) of New ton, Mass., who survives him, with a son, Paul,of Schenectady, N. Y.

FERDINAND DOUGLAS ARMSTRONG, widelyknown to Dartmouth men as "Bunny," diedsuddenly at the Newton (Mass.) hospital January 17. Having completed successful treatment for kidney stones, he was sitting in bedand reading a paper just as he was about toleave for home when he collapsed with embolism in the stomach, death following shortly.

"Bunny" was born in Winchester, Mass., July 21, 1887, the son of Robert M. and Marilla (Weeks) Armstrong. Preparing at Winchester High School, he entered Dartmouth to graduate with the class of 1910.

After graduation he entered the shoe business, to make it a life career except for a brief period when he was with the Sanborn insurance agency. First with A. M. Creighton Cos. of Lynn, later with Abbott, Armstrong, Abbott, Inc., he became one of the best shoe merchandising men in New England.

SON AT DARTMOUTH

June 24, 1923, he married Eleanor Richardson of Philadelphia. One son, Douglas Knox, was born to them, he at the present time being a sophomore at Dartmouth—also a daughter, Judith. His wife and children survive him.

"Bunny," who divided his residence between Waban, Mass., and Friendship, Me., possessed that happy faculty of making true friends easily, and there never was a dull moment when he was around. In college he played in the band and was a member of Phi Kappa Psi.

Entertaining and ever hail-well-met, he was deep in loyalty to Dartmouth and his friendsand was extremely kindly and sympathetic. His untimely passing is a real loss.

Funeral services were held in the chapel of Newton Cemetery, with Julius Warren, Slip Powers, and Norton Cushman in attendance.

1912

Word has just been received of the death of WILLIS EVERETT HAWKES on October 29 in Lowell, Mass. Bill was struck by a taxi cab on October 23 when crossing a Lowell street, and received serious injuries from which he died six days later. Funeral services were held at the O'Donnel Funeral Home on October 31, and burial was in the Lowell Cemetery.

Bill was born in Lowell December 1, 1887; attended the Lowell schools; and entered Dartmouth with the class of 1911, getting his degree with the class of 1912.

Following graduation, he was employed in Lowell and spent most of his life there. We have seen little of Bill as he was not active in class affairs. During college, he was a popular member of the class, making many friends, who will regret the news of his sudden death.

1920

JOHN GARDNER FOWLER died of pneumonia on February 2, 1943, in an army hospital at Fort Belvoir, Va.

"Gardie" was born in Lynn, Mass., Oct. 7, 1897, the son of John Chandler and Grace West (Gardner) Fowler, graduated from Lynn Classical Institute in 1916 and from Dartmouth in 1920. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta.

Shortly after graduation he entered the employ of the Brown-Wales Cos., Lewiston, Me., manufacturers of mill supplies. He subsequently became vice president and general manager of this concern. "Gardie" held this position when he enlisted in the army last September. He was long interested in military affairs and at one time was an officer in the National Guard. He was attending an officer's candidate school when he was taken ill, about three weeks before his death.

June 25, 1925, "Gardie" married Isobel Soutar of Auburn, Me., who survives him as well as his mother and an aunt, Miss Anne Gardner.

"Gardie's" loss is an example of real patriotism. He left his family and a high place in his vocation to protect those things which we all hold dear. It is up to us to see that his sacrifice was not in vain.

1921

RALPH MASON NORTH JR. died September 20, 1942, at Mountainside Hospital, Mont clair, N. J.

He was born July 28, 1899, in Verona, N. J., the son of Ralph Mason and Mabel (Crevier) North, both of whom were active in public life, his father as mayor of Verona and his mother as a New Jersey assembly-woman in the early 1920's.

Preparing for college at Verona High School, "Mase" North was with us in Hanover until the middle of sophomore year, when he transferred to Rutgers, from which university he was graduated. His business career was in the insurance and real estate fields. At the time of his death he was real estate manager for the Globe Management Corp. of Newark.

Mase was a Verona councilman from 1930 to 1935, and resided in that city his entire life. He is survived by his parents; his wife, the former Margaret McManus; a son, Donald C. 3rd; a daughter, Margaret Adele; and a brother, Donald C. North, all of whom live in Verona.

1931

The recent death of Private James (Jim) D. Gorrie came as a shock to us, as it will to others of his friends.

Jimmie we all remember as the piano player in the Freshman Commons, and then later on with the Green Serenaders. He always had a ready tune at his fingertips and was ever willing to play for the entertainment of his friends.

JAMES DWIGHT GORRIE was born in Fitchburg, Mass., December 27, 1907, the son of Andrew and Annie Maud (May) Gorrie, and prepared for college at Fitchburg High School.

LONG INTERESTED IN AVIATION

After leaving Dartmouth he worked as a special accountant. He enlisted in the Air Corps last March and was stationed at Keesler Field, Miss., before being assigned to Amarillo Field in Texas, from which notice of his death on January S3 was received. He had had a longstanding interest in aviation, and took the Civilian Aeronautical course at the Fitchburg Airport. After trying to enlist in both the U. S. Army Air Force and the Royal Canadian Air Force as a pilot, where he was rejected because of his age, he then entered the Air Corps ground crew and was sent to glider school.

Jim leaves no immediate family except his mother, who is now residing in the South, and to whom we all extend our deepest and sincere sympathy.

1938

A grave numbered 328 in an Algiers cemetery marks the resting place of LIEUT. LAWRENCE H. KING, pilot, Army Air Forces. Larry, who was first pilot on a B-26 bomber, was killed in action in North Africa on January 14th. He was commissioned last July 3rd, after basic training in Georgia, and was a member of the contingent of aviators that accompanied the American invasion force to North Africa last November.

Again, as if to remind us that the war is very close to home, one of our classmates has sacrificed his life for his country and for us. Our indebtedness to him cannot be measured here, except that it only makes more certain our determination to do everything we can to remove the cause and reason for such future sacrifice.

Medical School

1884

DR. FRANK SAMUF.L LOVERING died December 25, 1942, in Huggins Memorial Hospital, Wolfeboro, N. H., after an operation on the gall bladder.

The son of John and Sarah Elizabeth (Piper) Lovering, he was born in Freedom, N. H., April 7, 1861. He studied medicine with Dr. A. D. Morrow, and attended one course of lectures at Bowdoin and two at Dartmouth.

After graduation he practiced for a few years in Laconia, N. H., and Hyde Park, Mass., and then for more than half a century on Sandwich and Moultonboro, N. H.

He was town clerk in Sandwich for some years, and in Moultonboro was a member of the school board for over 30 years, school physician, and town auditor. He was a past master of Red Mountain Lodge, A.F. and A.M., in Sandwich, and had been a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Grange in Moultonboro.

In 1893 he was married to Josephine Hoyt of Moultonboro. They separated in 1918, and in 1923 he was married to Bessie E. Wakefield of Moultonboro, who survives him, as do three children, Mrs. Gladys Hale of Lynn, Mass., Mrs. Madeline Kipp of Niverville, N. Y., and Earl M. Lovering of Shelburne Falls, Mass.

1895

DR. ERNEST AARON GATES died at his home in Springfield, Mass., January 5, 1943, of arteriosclerosis.

He was born in Montgomery, Vt., January 20, 1873, the son of Aaron and Jane Elizabeth (Carpenter) Gates.

After graduation he served for a time as an intern at New York City Lying-in Hospital, and then began practice in Springfield, where he remained for the rest of his life except during the period of his military service.

He was surgeon with the rank of captain in the Second Massachusetts Regiment in 1898, saw active service in Cuba through the Spanish-American War, and was discharged as a major. He saw service in the Mexican border campaign and in military camps in the first World War, retiring with the rank of colonel.

In 1900 he was married to Isabel Nicholson, who died in 1936. They had no children. Surviving relatives are a brother, Dr. George C. Gates of Springfield (D.M.C. 1903), and two sisters.

Associated Schools

1905

JOHN BERTRAM ANDREWS died January 4 at the Postgraduate Hospital, New York City. He was born at South Wayne, Wis., August 2, 1880, the son of Philo Edmund and Sarah Jane (Maddrell) Andrews, and graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1904. He received the degree of A.M. at Dartmouth in 1905, and during his year of study was assistant in economics. He held the same position at the University of Wisconsin in 1905-7, and received the degree of Ph.D. in 1908.

Entering upon a career as an economist, he achieved high standing. Since 1909 he had been secretary and member of the executive committee of the American Association for Labor Legislation. In 1911 he founded the American Labor Legislation Review, a quarterly, and had since been its editor. In 1913-14 he was a member of the New York mayor's Commission on Unemployment, and in 1921 of the president's Unemployment Commission. He was associate editor of the Documentary History of American Industrial Society, a writer of U. S. government reports on occupational diseases, author of Labor Problems and Labor Legislation, and joint author of Principles of Labor Legislation. He lectured on Social Legislation at Columbia University in 1920 and 1928, and at the University of California in 1922.

August 8, 1910, he was married to Irene Osgood of Big Rapids, Mich., who survives him, with a son, John Osgood.

HENRY A. KENDALL '66