Deaths

(This is a listing of deaths of which word hasbeen received since the last issue. Full notices,which are usually written by the class secretaries,may appear in this issue or a later one.)

Baker, Rufus H. '93, March 19 Morrison, Henry C. '95, March 19 Ricker, Guy C. 'Ol, January 30, 1943 Melvin, Thomas 'O5, March 5 Salmon, Allen P. 'io, April 5 Rohrs, Franklin H. 'l5, March 10 Parthum, Edward F. 'lB, February 27 Luey, Donald 'l9, March 27 Pelletier, James S. 'ig, February 20 Bradley, Ralph S. '2O, March 26 *Wheatley, Edward B. '2B *Kull, Kenneth K. '3O, March 2 ♦Allison, Michael M. Jr. '32, November 28, 1944 *Crankshaw, Orrin F. '32, February 23 * Chase, Robert P. '36, February 3 *Bottjer, Herbert E. '37, March 6 "Collins, Clark '4l, November 5, ig43 *Britton, Russell H. '42, February g *Todd, Charles N. '42, March 8 *Coffin, Joel S. 3rd '44, March 3 *Holmes, Stephen W. '44 *Mackoff, William S. '44, February 22 *Alworth, William F. '46, February 11 *Dilsaver, Jewell I. Jr. '46, November 22, 1944 Adams, Dr. Charles E. m' 94, January 26 Burton, Harry E. hon 'OB, March 20 * Died in War Service.

In Memoriam

1883

REV. LEON DUSTIN BLISS died at his home in Atascadero, Calif., September 10, 1944. He was born in Calais, Vt., June 2, 1861, the son of Frederick Dustin and Frances Prescott (Hitchcock) Bliss, and prepared for college at Caledonia County Grammar School, Peacham, Vt. He was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa. For two years after graduation he taught in Hopkins Academy, Oakland, Calif., and then took three years in theological study, beginning at Pacific Seminary and soon transferring to Andover Seminary, where he graduated in 1888.

His life work was in the pastorate of Congregational churches, beginning as assistant pastor of Central church, Worcester, Mass., 1889-91. His following churches were these: Woodland, Calif., 1891-5; Great Barrington, Mass., 1896-1905; Lenox, Mass., 1908-17, where he also taught in Trinity School; Sheffield, Mass., 1918-21; Paso Robles, Calif., 1922-5; and Atascadero, Calif., from 1925 to his retirement in 1930.

December 18, 1929, he was married to Belle Goldthwait of Berkeley, Calif., who survives him.

i893

RUFUS HENRY BAKER died March 19, 1945, at Cambridge, Mass., of heart complications superinduced by bronchial asthma. While somewhat inactive for the last several years, nevertheless he retained active interest in various organizations with which he was affiliated.

He was born at Bow, N. H., July 16, 1870, the son of John B. and Sarah (Locke) Baker. He prepared for college at the Concord, N. H.T High School and entered Dartmouth in the fall of 1889 as a member of the class of 1893, graduating with an A.B. degree and as a mem- ber of Phi Beta Kappa. His fraternities were Kappa Kappa Kappa and Tiger senior society. He was active in tennis and a member of the athletic teams of '9l, '92, and '93.

At athletic meets he excelled in pole vault, the broad and high jump, and the hurdlesrepresenting the College at various intercollegiate meets. He was also a member of the class baseball team. On Commencement Day he presented the dissertation "The Relation Between Anglo-Saxon and Modern English." In June 1896 the College granted him the A.M. degree in course.

In 1893 he studied law in the offices of Streeter, Walker, & Chase, Concord, N. H. Acting as secretary to his uncle, Congressman Henry M. Baker, at Washington, D. C., he studied law at the Columbia University Law School and the George Washington Law School, Washington, receiving from the latter institution the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1896. He became a member of Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity, and in 1897 received the degree LL.M. from Columbia University Law School.

He was admitted to the practice of law by New Hampshire in 1897 and became associate justice and clerk of the Concord Municipal Court. He carried on an insurance agency with I. E. Keeler under the firm name of Baker and Keeler to 1913, in which year he retired to reside in Bow as executor of the Henry M. Baker estate and to supervise, among other important matters, the Baker Memorial Library, of which he was life trustee and treasurer. He was in religion, an Episcopalian; in politics, a Republican. His great interest outside of his family in his later years was the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, in both the New Hampshire and the National Society, of which he had been made an honorary member.

On August 13, 1896, he was married to Grace L. Tuck of Concord, who survives him.

Their children are: Perley Dustin Baker, born May 8, 1897, the class baby, now a member of the faculty of Norwich University from which he graduated, currently released to the U. S. A. R. Chemical Warfare Division; Bradley Locke Baker, born July 22, 1899, is connected with the Concord, N. H., postoffice; John Henry Baker, born June 9th, 1910, now of Cambridge, graduate of New Hampshire University and until the war assistant treasurer of that Institution.' There is one grandson, Bradley Locke Baker Jr., born February 9, 1923, graduated from New Hampshire University in 1944, and now serving in the armed forces overseas.

Funeral services were held in Concord, March 21, and the burial in Blossom Hill Cemetery in that city.

1894

ARCHIBALD JOSEPH MATTHEWS died suddenly from a coronary thrombosis at his home in Potsdam, N. Y., February 15, after two years of failing health. The following sketch has come from his family, and is given without substantial change:

Mr. Matthews was born in the town of Pierrepont, N. Y., May 18, 1869, a son of Henry D. and Helen (Woodruff) Matthews. He was educated at the Potsdam State Normal School, predecessor of the present State Teachers' College, at Burr and Burton Seminary, Manchester, Vt., and at Dartmouth College, where he graduated in 1894 and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Delta Theta. He took postgraduate work at Dartmouth and at Albany State Teachers' College, receiving the degrees of Master of Arts and Master of Pedagogy-

He became the first male principal of the Glens Falls High School. After a few years he entered the New York City school system, serving for 25 years as teacher of English in Morris High School.

December 26, 1906, he married Mabelle Hepburn, daughter of Hawley Hepburn, wellknown lumberman of Colton, N. Y., and Davenport, lowa, and niece of A. Barton Hepburn, New York banker and philanthropist. The couple resided in New Rochelle, N. Y. Mrs. Matthews died February 17, 1925, and the following year Mr. Matthews and his sister, Mrs. Gertrude E. Gibson, made their home in Potsdam.

Mr. Matthews built a house at 71 Pierrepont Ave., and after occupying it a short time presented it to Clarkson College to be used as the official residence of the president, and moved into a house on an adjoining property. The college residence is known as Hepburn House, in memory of Mrs. Matthews and her parents. Although adverse to publicity concerning his philanthropies, Mr. Matthews was well known for financing college careers for young men of limited financial means. He took a personal interest in the college and in its students, and often was approached in an advisory capacity.

Mr. Matthews is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Gibson and Mrs. Wesley (Corinne) Jones of Horseheads, N. Y., a niece, Mrs. Leonard Andrus, daughter of Mrs. Jones, of Horseheads, and a nephew, Capt. Roland A. Gibson, public relations officer of the Army Quartermaster Depot at Philadelphia.

Mr. Matthews was a member of the North Avenue Presbyterian church of New Rochelle and was active in the First Baptist church of Potsdam. He was a member of the Masonic lodge of Glens Falls. When the. Potsdam Hospital was built, he was chairman of the fund raising committee. He has traveled extensively both at home and abroad.

1895

HENRY C. MORRISON, Professor Emeritus of Education at the University of Chicago, died of a heart attack Monday, March 19, while working in the garden of his home at 5739 Blackstone Ave., Chicago. Professor Morrison, who was 73, enjoyed good health, and his death was entirely unexpected. He had purchased a residence in Andover, Mass., to which he and Mrs. Morrison were planning to move in May.

A lifelong student of public education, Professor Morrison had a distinguished career in the public school systems of New Hampshire and Connecticut before accepting a professorship at the University of Chicago in 1919. As State Superintendent of Public Instruction in New Hampshire from 1905 to 1917, he reorganized the public school system of that state, and his work there had considerable influence on the development of public school policy in the other New England states. From igi7 to 1919 he was associate secretary of the Connecticut State Board of Education.

At the University of Chicago, Professor Morrison developed his principles of education in the School of Education's laboratory schools, which he supervised from 1919 to 1928. These principles were presented in his university courses and in several books, The Practice ofTeaching in the Secondary School, Basic Principles in Education, The Curriculum of theCommon School, School Revenue, The Management of the School Money, School andCommonwealth, and American Schools. At the time of his death Professor Morrison had largely completed a comprehensive study of the American university.

Through his writings and lectures at the University of Chicago and elsewhere Professor Morrison had a wide influence on educational thinking in America; his ideas on educational method also received much attention abroad, particularly in England, Belgium, India, and China. He strongly opposed the more radical theories of the so-called "progressive" school, and lived to see the abandonment of most of the extreme methods of that school.

Professor Morrison was born in Oldtown, Maine, October 7, 1871. He attended Dartmouth College, graduating valedictorian of the class of 1895. He received the honorary degrees of LL.D. (University of Maine, 1914), and H.L.D. (University of New Hampshire, 1931).

Professor Morrison is survived by his wife and three sons, John A., geographer, at present employed in the Office of Strategic Services in Washington; Hugh S., art historian, professor in the Department of Art at Dartmouth College; and Lt. Robert D., formerly teacher of history at the Wisconsin State Teachers' College at Stevens Point, Wis.

Funeral services were held on Monday, March 26, at Christ Church (Episcopal), An. Dover, Mass.

1897

Learning recently that ROBERT JAMESHOTCHKISS has died more than two years ago (December 19, 194 a), the class secretary wrote Mrs. Hotchkiss and received in reply a letter from which the following is an excerpt:

"I cannot write you anything in the nature of an obituary, other than that my husband was an outstanding architect in Peoria, 111., where he lived all his life. He was always a loyal member of the class of '97, and his interest in things concerning Dartmouth was constant and keen. My husband and I visited Dartmouth several years ago and that visit meant a great deal to him, as he made a name for himself at Dartmouth in his freshman year on the football team. Later on, at the University of Illinois where he graduated, he became captain of the team and qualified for the 'All American.'

"He married a Peoria girl, a graduate of Wells College, and has three sons, George, Robert J., and Laurence, all of Peoria and all actively engaged in essential war industry. Of his grandchildren, we hope that 'Jimmy' may enter Dartmouth in the near future."

1901

THOMAS HART BENTON HALLMAN, passed away at his home in Collegeville, Pa., March 6, 1945, after a long illness.

Tom Hallman was born March 6, 1880, at Mingo, Pa., the son of the late Elwood L. (Dartmouth 1880) and Elizabeth (Benton) Hallman. His father was a well known lawyer.

After his graduation from Dartmouth in 1901, he studied law under his father and was admitted to the Montgomery County bar in February 1905, and had practiced law there ever since. Attorney Hallman for some years was solictor to the sheriff of Montgomery County and took an active interest in politics. He was also referee in bankruptcy, and was a director of the People's National Bank, and belonged to the Masons and Odd Fellows.

In college Tom Hallman was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He is survived by his wife, a brother, and his stepmother.

1905

WAYLAND FRANCIS DOROTHY died in Concord, N. H., December 19, 1944. He was born in Enfield, N. H., June 5, 1876, his father being W. H. Dorothy, and prepared for college at New Hampton. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta.

He studied law at Boston University, graduating as LL.B. in 1907, and practiced in" Boston until his retirement some years since, when he returned to Enfield. He never married, and is survived by distant cousins only.

1912

HUGH CLIFFORD EATON died April 3, 1945, from a heart attack suffered while making a business call at Baltimore, Md.

He was born at Keene, N. H., on February 21, 1890, the son of Lloyd S. and Nellie J. (Cook) Eaton.

After preparing at Keene High School, he entered Dartmouth, graduating with the class of 1912. He was married to Ida E. Jenks at Worcester, Mass., on December 24, 1914.

His entire business career was spent with the United States Rubber Company, commencing work with that company in December 1912. Two years later he was transferred to the New York office in the Sales Department of the company, and later went into the Manufacturing Department as supervisor of production, then becoming the head of a new department of style and design. At the time of his death he was sales manager of the Beacon Falls Rubber Footwear Division of the United States Rubber Company.

He is survived by his widow and a son, Lloyd Eaton. Interment was at Keene, N. H. 1915

FRANKLIN HENRY ROHRS died March 10, 1945, in a hospital at La Junta, Colo., after a long illness.

He had been a resident of Denver for many years, where he went when his health failed in 1934. Prior to that time he had resided in Albany, N. Y., where he was sales manager for the Hudson Motor Cos. in the northern territory of New York state.

Frank was born in New York City on Jan- uary 8, 1893, the son of John H. and Catherine (Moats) Rohrs, attended the High School of Commerce in New York, and entered college in the fall of 1911, graduating with the degree of B.S. January 30, 1917, he was married to Dorothy A. Stever, and she and his two daughters, Ellen Rohrs of Denver and Mrs. Leonard Sibley of Wilmington, Del., survive, as well as his mother, Mrs. John H. Rohrs of New York City, a sister, Mrs. Eugene Schmitt, and a brother, George Rohrs of White Plains, N. Y.

While a resident of Denver, he contributed poetry and articles to local publications and did business research for the Author and Journalist publication, until once more ill health forced his complete retirement. In college he was a member of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. He was a member of the Lutheran church.

Funeral services were held March 13, 1945, in the Chapel of Fairmount Cemetery in Denver, and entombment was in the Fairmount Mausoleum.

1918

EDWARD FREDERICK PARTHUM died in his sleep at his home at 910 North 4th St., Phoenix, Arizona, February 27, 1945. He had diabetes, which had a strong hold on him before it was recognized. His health began to fail two years ago, and eventually he was unable to work.

He was born in Lawrence, Mass., October 10, 1893, the son of Richard F. and Mary (Rudolph) Parthum, and prepared for college at Lawrence High School and Phillips Exeter Academy. He was a member of the class only daring freshman year.

He served in World War I as a warfare chemist, and after his discharge in 1919 he studied at Leland Stanford University. He then took over his father's insurance business, and later planted a citrus grove, to which he devoted all his time.

The Class extends its deepest heartfelt sym pathy to his family.

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JAMES SEDGLEY PELLETIER died February 20, 1945, at his home in Albany, N. Y.

He was born in New Bern, N. C., October 5, 1895, the son of Philip Hughes and Mary Elma (Stimson) Pelletier. He was a member of Sigma Chi, and was on the freshman basketball team.

May 4, 1917, he enlisted in the Navy. He saw sea duty from May 10, 1918, to December 10, and was discharged January 3, 1919, as gunner's mate, first class.

Until 1927 he was with Stanley Works, New Britain, Conn., and since 1928 had been secretary of Munro Brokerage Cos. of Albany. May 9, 1925, he was married to Dorothy M. Munro of Albany, who survives him, with two daughters, Chloe Meredith and Suzanne Cornell. Philip H. Pelletier Jr. 'l5 and John A. Pelletier 'l6 are his brothers.

DONALD LUEY died at his home in Holden, Mass., March 27, following a long illness. He was born in Athol, Mass., November 2, 1895.

He was a Psi U at Dartmouth, and entered the Naval Reserve as an ensign in the Radio Service in April 1917. After his release from active duty he returned to his home in Worcester, where he married Christine Stoddard.

His wife and their three children, Barbara, 22, Robert, 19, and Marcia, 17, survive him. Don had his own radio business in Holden.

1922

KENNETH WADE HOGLE died suddenly in Montreal on February 22, 1945. Feeling ill, he went into a drugstore for something to relieve his condition, and upon returning to his car passed away.

Hogle was born in Malone, N. Y., November 15, 1899, the son of Mary (Smith) Hogle and the late Edwin E. Hogle. He was graduated from Franklin Academy and from New York Military Academy, and attended Dartmouth for freshman year, 1918-1919, during which time he became a member of Phi Delta Theta.

After leaving college he entered the auto- mobile business with his father in the Hogle Motor Sales at Malone. After the disbanding of the. business several years later, he became connected with another Malone automotive concern, where he remained until he went to Montreal fourteen years ago. Since 1940 he had conducted an importing agency, Berkel Products Ltd., at Peel and St. Catherine Sts.

He was married to Gladys McCracken of Huntingdon, Que., some years ago. She survives with two daughters, Miss Dorothy Hogle and Mrs. Gretchen Hoke. He also leaves his mother, a brother Clarence, and a grandson Robert Hoke Jr.

1924

EDWARD ALBERT SCHUTZ, a member of the class during his freshman and sophomore years, died of a heart attack at his home in Minneapolis, Minn., November 14, 1944.

He was born in Minneapolis. December 31, 1900, the son of George P. and Augusta (Prelivitz) Schutz, and prepared for college at the North High School in Minneapolis.

He was for a time with Washburn-Crosby Cos. of Minneapolis, later with the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce, and then with Spencer, Trask & Cos. of New York City.

October 4, 1930, he was married to Rose S. Stepan, who survives him, with a daughter, Patricia, and a son, Ronny.

I936

PVT. ROBERT PARKS CHASE died of pneumonia in a German prison camp last February 3d, after being previously listed as missing in action since December 21.

Bob was born March 18, 1914 in Dover, N. H., the son of Joseph Parks and Eva May (Clark) Chase, graduated from Dover High School in 1932 and attended Dartmouth before transferring to the University of New Hampshire, where he graduated.

He is survived by his wife, Beverly Ann Bodt, a daughter, Carol Ann, and his mother, residing at 177 Central St., Dover, and a sister, Mrs. Harvey P. Bernard of Denver, Colo.

After graduation he was active in Scout work, Master Councilor of the De Molay, and was employed as office manager of the Loan Service Corporation in Geneva, N. Y., before entering the service on December 29, 1943,

1937

CAPT. HERBERT EDWIN BOTTJER was killed in action in Germany on March 6.

The son of George Frederick and Edna (Jelley) Bottjer, he was born at Woodhaven, N. Y., January 6, 1916, and prepared for college at Lynbrook High School, Nassau, N. Y., where he was editor of the year-book and salutatorian of his class. In college he was editor-in-chief of the Aegis.

After graduation he was employed by the Jones and Loughlin Steel Cos. of Pittsburgh, and was later consulting engineer for Coverdale and Colpitis in New York.

He entered military service February 21, 1941, and upon the completion of his course of training at the officer candidate school, Fort Benning, Ga., was commissioned second lieutenant March 28, 1942. He remained there as instructor until August 8, 1944, when he was transferred to Camp McCoy, Wis. He was comswissioned first lieutenant in October 1942, and promoted to a captaincy the following May. He werit overseas around last Thanksgiving, and had been at* the front only about a month, serving with an infantry unit of the Third Army.

His parents survive him, living at East Rockaway, N. Y„ and a brother. Lieutenant Commander George E. Bottjer '36.

1940

CALVERT SHERIFF BOWIE has been missing in action off Guadalcanal since May 30, 1943, when the torpedo bomber he was piloting failed to return from a mission. Information received by his family from other pilots in the squadron leaves no hope that he survived the action.

Cal was a First Lieutenant in the Marine Air Corps, and had been overseas since December 1942. He received the Air Medal for meritorious achievement in an action May 14, 1943. He enlisted shortly after graduation, and was called in June 1941. He received his commission at Corpus Christi, Texas, in Tune 1942.

Cal was born February 13, 1918, in Washington. At Dartmouth he was an outstanding member of the class, an S. A. E., Dragon, Green Key, and member of the Glee Club.

J 943

The death of HENRY PEYTON INGE JR., in action on August 21, 1944, has been reported, but particulars are lacking.

The son of Henry Peyton and Dorothea (Anderson) Inge, he was born in Dallas, Texas August 21, 1921, and early enlisted in the Army Air Corps.

1944

WILLIAM SAMUEL MACKOFF died February 22, 1945, from wounds received in action in the battle of Iwo Jima.

He was born in St. Paul, Minn., April 6, 1923, the son of Herbert Aaron and Gertrude Beulah (Harwitz) Mackoff. He attended high school in Dickinson, N. D., and also Culver Military Academy, where he was active in several musical organizations.

Bill entered Dartmouth in the fall of 1940 and was graduated in June 1943 under the accelerated program, whereupon he enlisted in the Marine Corps. He was in Company I, 3d Battalion, 28th Regiment, sth Division of the Marines, and was a member of the amphibious force landing on Iwo.

1946

PFC. LOUIS CONNER EPSTEIN was killed in action while crossing a river in Germany on December 14, 1944.

He was born in Cambridge, Mass., June 20, 1925, the son of Arnold Harry and Ethel (Conner) Epstein.

He enlisted in the Army October 17, 1943, and went overseas in November 1944.

J 947

PFC. LESTER WILLIAM BIXBY was killed in action December 4, while fighting with the Seventh Army in France.

The son of William Hanson and Sarah Mabel (Whitehill) Bixby, he was born in Newton, Mass., and prepared for college at Newton High School. He enlisted in the Army December 28, 1943.

Medical School

REV. JOHN GOODRICH LITCH died at his home in Enterprise, Fla., February a 6, 1945.

He was born in Boston, Mass., June 3, 1859, and was for a time a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His medical course was begun at Harvard and finished at Dartmouth in 1890.

After graduation he practiced medicine for 15 years, a part of the time at Leominster, Mass. He then studied for the ministry of the Episcopal church, having removed to Florida. He was ordained deacon in 1908 and priest in 1910, and from 1908 to 19a 1 was rector of All Saints church, Winter Park, from 1921 to 1925 of St. Mark's church, Cocoa, and from 1925 to 1935 of All Saints' church, Enterprise. He had since lived in retirement at Enterprise.

In 1882 he was married to Mary Kate How- ard, who died in September 1944. Their two children, who survive, are Miss Katherine H. Litch of Enterprise, and John Howard Litch of Cambridge, Mass.