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]
Pattee, Fred L. '88, May 6 Sleeper, Alvah G. '99, April 30 Fay, Clarence D. '01, April 3 Hersey, Arthur U. '01, June 14, 1949 Parry, Augustus N. Jr. '02, March 10 Patch, George W. '03, March 29 Tapper, Charles A. '03, date unknown Romayne, Harry C. '07, January 10 Harrison, Henry R. '10, April 15 Lowell, James R. '10, April 25 Ryan, John J. '11, April 7 Vasconcells, Jerry C. '15, April 17 Woodruff, T. Tyson '17, March 22 Mills, Clarence H, '18, April 13 Fullaway, Wilbur M. '20, March 30 Rogers, Howard L. '28, April 15 Buchan, George T. '42, 1944 Scannell, Edward J. '01m, April 11 Hanson, William T. '04m, April 20 Marcy, William L. '24h, October 1943
In Memoriam
1883
Through the inevitable result that comes to all of us, another of the very few survivors of the class of 1883, WARREN AUGUSTUS BENNETT, passed to the "Great Beyond" on March 27, 1950, leaving only William F. Carter, president of the class and myself to complete the story of 1883.
Warren was a native of Manchester, Mass., the son of John and Emily (Kitfield) Bennett.
His parents located in Gloucester, Mass., and his father became interested successively in the fish, coal and lumber business. Warren matriculated at Dartmouth College with the class of 1883 and he received his B.A. degree in 1885.
While in college he joined in the various activities of the class and was a genial and popular classmate, yet in post-graduate years he did not attend any reunions.
He was a member of the Theta Delta Chi Fraternity and was the right fielder of the 1883 baseball team, which doubtless led to his becoming a confirmed fan of the game in the latter part of his life.
On June 24, 1887, he married Mabel H. Rust, who was treasurer of the Martha Washington Chapter of the O. E. S. for several years.
There was born to them one child, a son, Karl, an honor graduate of Harvard University, who held a responsible position in New York City for many years but finally took up his abode with his father in his last days.
Warren was a life member and one of the oldest members of Tyrian Lodge, F. & A. M., and one of the oldest graduates of Dartmouth.
He was for a long time the manager of the Gloucester City Highway Department but was forced to relinquish the duties of that position on account of heart affliction.
He was in retirement thirteen years.
The Bennetts celebrated the Golden Anniversary of their wedding on June 24, 1937. Mrs. Bennett died six years ago.
Funeral services were held on March 30, at the Pike Memorial Funeral Home, Rev. Leon S. Simonette officiating.
Interment was in the Oak Grove Cemetery where the Tyrian Lodge held a committal service.
Classmate Bennett's body was laid to rest beside that of his wife on her birthday anniversary.
A. E. WATSON 'B3
1894
WILLIAM JAMES WALLIS died in the Georgetown University Hospital, April 2, where he had been a patient for more than three weeks. But he had been in failing health for a much longer time, one element of which was an increasing loss of sight. At the time of his death he was three weeks past his 82nd birthday.
Born in Gaysville, Vt., he moved to Lebanon, N. H., with his widowed mother, and for a time worked in a woolen mill. He was one of nine men to enter college with our class from the Lebanon High School, only two of whom, the Smalley brothers, are now living. He helped pay his way in college by work in the Library. His fraternity was DKE.
Following graduation, Billy Wallis, as he was always called, taught for short periods at Hyattsville, Md., and Nashua, N. H., but in 1896 began a career of forty-two years in the Department of Mathematics, in the High Schools of Washington, D. C. At the beginning of this period he continued his studies and won a degree of A.M. in 1899 at Georgetown University, and a second degree of LL.B. from the same University in 1906. In 1924 he was made head of the Department of Mathematics in the Junior and Senior High Schools of the city. However, he did not give up teaching and at the time of his retirement on account of age in 1938 he was giving instruction at Wilson Teachers' College.
His standing as a teacher is evidenced by his attendance in 1931 as the United States delegate o the 13th International Congress of Secondary Education, which met in Paris. Six- teen men went into teaching from our class, of whom seven survive. Billy Wallis was among those who stayed in one place for a long term of years and thus built themselves into the life of their schools and their communities.
It was a source of the deepest regret to Billy that he was unable to attend our 55 th reunion. No one had enjoyed the 50th more than he, and as he put it, he had the "con- stant wish, intention, and plan" to be on hand five years later. And he didn't give it up until shortly before when his condition took a turn for the worse. His feeling toward the Class is expressed by his word to the Matt Jones Round-up last October: "Do remember me to the boys on Oct. 21 and say that to me it has always been a satisfaction that I was of Dartmouth '94."
He in turn was highly respected for his unusual integrity of character.
He was married in 1911, to Florence K. Hall, who died in 1922; and, in 1927, to Marie Leontine Becker, who died in 1938.
Funeral services were conducted by Dr. Charles W. Lowry, of All Saints Episcopal Church, of which Billy had been a member for around forty years. He was also a charter member of the Chevy Chase Masonic Lodge No. 42, and of the Royal Arch Chapter in Lebanon.
He is survived by two older brothers, Herbert A. Wallis of Somerville, Mass., and Alva E. Wallis of Cocoa, Fla., and by a nephew and a niece.
1897
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ADAMS, died on March 22 at his home, 3717 Morrison St., Washington, D. C.
Ben was born in Hinsdale, N. H., and attended the schools there, where the father of E. K. Hall, as village schoolmaster, sought out country boys and gave them the ideals and the training which made Dartmouth a possibility for them.
A Phi Delt, Ben was a class athlete and a member of the Dramatic Club and performed, without distinction, on that Victorian instrument known as the autoharp.
In 1903 Ben received his LL.B. from George Washington University. For many years he added to his active practice in Washington service in public capacities in the District. He was appointed by President Coolidge as civilian commissioner of the Public Utilities Commission. In 1936 he was appointed Tax Assessor for the District, which position he held until his retirement in 1948.
In 1908 Ben married Harriet A. Hersey of Washington, who survives him. He is also survived by a brother, William C. Adams of Hinsdale.
1901
CLARENCE DANA FAY, who was with our class during freshman year, passed away on April 3, at the Osgood Infirmary in Brattleboro, Vt., where he had been a patient for over a year.
He was born in Hinsdale, N. H., November 12, 1878, the son of Walter E. and Luella (Parks) Fay. He attended the public schools and was graduated from Hinsdale High School in 1897.
For many years he had been active in the affairs of his native town, where he had always made his home. He had served as town and school moderator, and from 1917 to 1946 was Chief Engineer of the Fire Department, until he retired due to failing heath. Clarence Fay was a member of the Golden Rule Lodge of Masons, and a charter member of Naomi Chapter of O.E.S.
On June 25, 1902, he married Eva N. Stratton, who died in 1938. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Peter Zavorotny, of Hinsdale, and Mrs. Albert D. McKim of Manderson, Wyo.
1902
AUGUSTUS NEWELL PARRY JR. died March 10, at the Veterans Hospital, Bath, N. Y., where he had been confined by illness for over six years. He was born February 2, 1880, and prepared for college at Amesbury, Mass., High School. At Dartmouth, he was a popular member of his class and a member of Sigma Chi and Casque and Gauntlet.
After graduation he worked as purchasing agent and Salesmanager in Cleveland, Boston and Amesbury and in 1916 as bond salesman for H. F. Bachman of Philadelphia. Most of his life, he' was in the construction and real estate business at Jackson Heights, N. Y. In World War 11, while working as assistant engineer in the New York Navy Yard, he suffered a cerebral thrombosis and was taken to the Veterans Administration Hospital at Bath, in December, 1943, and had remained as a patient there ever since.
His wife and one daughter survive him, a son Elliott having died at the age of eight years.
1903
GEORGE WILLIAM PATCH was born March 19, 1880, in Shelburne Falls, Mass., the son of Jane Townsley and Henry Severance Patch. He was educated at Arms Academy in Shelburne Falls and at Dartmouth where he majored in classical studies. He was graduated with A.B. degree in 1903 and received his M.A. in 1904. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Patch was one of the fine scholars of the class. During his post-graduate year at Dartmouth he was an instructor on the Moor Foundation and taught at Hanover High School.
A strong scholar in the classics, he acquired an outstanding reputation as a master of Latin. He served for a few years in a wellknown private school at Pensacola, Fla. From there he went to Mercersburg, Pa., and several summers traveled for the academy interviewin" parents and prospective students of the school. He then became Latin master at St. Paul's School, Garden City, Long Island.
When a new private school at Cranbrook, twenty miles out of Detroit at Birmingham, was established, Patch was selected for the first faculty. This school had a wonderful modern plant featuring not only liberal arts education, but arts and crafts. He remained there until his retirement in 1944. His services and loyalties both to the school and the undergraduates were recognized and honors were paid him that do not too frequently happen in the teaching profession. He was the master emeritus of the school.
Since retirement he has spent his time in the management of two apple orchards at Shelburne Falls with his brother William, Dartmouth '09, as a partner.
He is survived by his wife, Margaret Merwin, whom he married in 1930, his brother William, a sister, Mrs. William Woods of Shelburne Falls and a sister Mrs. Cleves Kinkead of Louisville, Kentucky.
E. H. K.
1907
HARRY CARLYLE ROMAYNE died on January 10 at his home, 309 Euclid Ave., Elmira, N. Y. He is survived by his wife; his son, Rodman: a granddaughter, and a sister.
In addition to his B. A. degree from Dartmouth, and Master of Commercial Science degree from Tuck School in 1908, he received a Master of Arts degree from Columbia University.
Following a brief business career, he devoted his life to the teaching profession, prin- cipally in Elmira, Becoming director of grade schools in 1939. He was forced to retire in March, 1948, following a heart attack, a re- currence of which caused his death.
1910
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL died at his home, 46 Country Club Rd., Melrose, Mass., on April 25. Four years ago he suffered a coronary thrombosis from which he made good recovery. About six weeks prior to his death he suffered a recurrence, was hospitalized three weeks but came along so well that he was taken home, and continued to make progress until the night of April 35 when he passed away quietly after another attack.
Jim was born in Portland, Maine, on August i, 1886. A graduate of Portland High School, he entered Dartmouth to graduate with the Class of 1910. In 1915 he graduated from Harvard Law School, having spent the intervening year ranching in Wyoming. He practiced law in Boston from 1915 to his death. He was attorney for Melrose Savings Bank and Blackstone Savings Bank, and at various times did work for the Mass. Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children. During World War I he served as Lieutenant in the Aviation Corps of the Army.
On October 4, 1916, he was married in Belmont, Mass., to Helen A. Shapleigh, Vassar '11 and sister of Bill Shapleigh '12. To them were born two daughters, Elizabeth, now Mrs. Charles H. Ryland of Warsaw, Va„ and Mary now Mrs. Kells M. Boland of Washington, D. C.
In college Jim belonged to Kappa Kappa Kappa, was a member of the Varsity Debating Team, and was Senior Class Orator, as well as winner of the Smith Extemporaneous Debate in 1910.
Soft-spoken and gentle, devoted to his family. College and friends, Jim Lowell was as nice a fellow as you could hope to meet on this sphere.
HENRY ROGER HARRISON passed away in Denver, Colo., on April 15 after a serious illness of several months. Born there on December 26, 1888, he attended local schools, graduating from East Denver High School in 1906, to enter and graduate from Dartmouth with the Class of 19,10. He received a Civil Engineering degree from Thayer School in 1911.
From 1911 to 1914 he was with Whitney & Cos. of New York, from 1914 to 1916 with Colorado State Engineering Department and in 1916 he became president of the Harrison Motors, Inc., of Denver, which office he held up to the time of his death.
In college "Harry" was widely known, very friendly and highly respected. He played on freshman baseball team, and was a member of Beta Theta Pi, Dragon and Palaeopitus, being on the Honor List during senior year. In Denver he belonged to the Masons and the Lakewood Country Club.
He is survived by his wife, Emma Lundahl Harrison, and a son, Henry R. Jr., who was born June 18, 1915. Their home is at 2835 E. Cedar Ave., Denver.
Belated word has come of the death of CHARLES WATSON DEVINE who died in Pueblo, Colo., on December 12, 1947. Born in Winchester, Ill., on April 14, 1885, he attended St. Paul's and Harstrom schools to enter Dartmouth with the Class of 1910.
Remaining in college only freshman year, he left to return to Colorado. It was impossible for the College and Class to obtain information from him, but we do know that he was in the automobile business in Pueblo at one time, and later in business in McAllen, Texas.
1917
THOMAS TYSON WOODRUFF died at the Mennonite Hospital, La Junta, Colo., on March 22.
Ty was born in Boston November 19, 1894, the son of Thomas Tyson and Sylvia (Ingersoll) Woodruff. He prepared for college at New York Military Academy. He was with the class for three years and was a member of Phi Gamma Delta. Soon after termination of his service in World War I, Ty went to La Junta, Colo., where he has since made his home.
For a short time Ty was partner in an apparel shop and then he became president of the La Junta Finance Co. In 1930 Ty entered the Law School of the University of Colorado, his wife enrolled in the University as a special student, and his son entered the University grammar school. Receiving his LL.B. in 1932 Ty began the practise of law in La Junta which he continued until his death. During the war he served as an administrative assistant at La Junta Army Air Field. At one time he was assistant State Securities Exchange Commissioner.
Ty was active in the American Legion; a member of Blue Lodge, A.F. and A.M., and Consistory Shrine, Elks.
He is survived by his wife, the former Gladys Wood, and by his son Thomas T., Jr.
1920
WILBUR MORSE FULLAWAY was lost to the Class, suddenly and tragically, on March 30. In apparently the best of condition, he paused between games of a badminton match at the Omaha Athletic Club, collapsed, and died. He had been consistently active in net games since leaving College, having shared in the winning of the Nebraska tennis doubles championship as recently as 1941.
Omaha was always Wilbur Fullaway's home town. He was born there on Christmas Day, 1897, and was graduated from Omaha's Central High School before coming to Dartmouth. After graduation from college, he returned immediately to Omaha and entered the investment business there. He moved steadily ahead in his career, serving with a number of different firms and becoming manager in 1948 of the local office of Paine, Webber, Jackson and Curtis.
There was one significant interruption in Wilbur's active business life. For two and a half years, beginning in 1942, he served in England with the air forces, first, in turn, at the Headquarters of the Eighth and Ninth Air Force Service Commands, and finally as head of the American Component of the Statistical Control Section, Allied Expeditionary Air Forces. He left the service with the rank of lieutenant colonel.
At all times Wilbur Fullaway was a good Dartmouth man and a loyal member of the Class of 1920. Recently he had been serving as one of the assistant class agents in Alumni Fund campaigns and he never passed up an opportunity to renew acquaintances in the Dartmouth fellowship. Omaha knew him as a many-sided good citizen.
The immediate surviving family includes Wilbur's wife, Elizabeth (Trimble), two daughters, Elizabeth, 21, and Phebe, 17, and a son, Wilbur M. Jr., 19. Funeral services were held April 3 in Burket Chapel, Omaha and burial took place in Forest Lawn Cemetery. The family home is at 5209 California St.
1925
Notice has been received that KENNETH MELROSE CRUIKSHANK passed away on December 21, 1949. Ken came to Dartmouth from Southeastern High School in Detroit where he was captain of football and senior class president. He roomed off campus at 41 East Wheelock Street and left college in 1923.
Ken had quite a long session with TB. He lived on about half a lung for a long time. After he left Dartmouth he came to Detroit and went into Detroit Medical College, which is now part of Wayne University, and he got up to within a year of graduating when he was taken ill with a kidney infection. He was very, very sick for a long time and when he finally regained his strength he moved down south, where he obtained an outdoor job with the Health Service in Louisiana and was with them for quite some time. Then he thought he would take up farming and moved to a farm near Jackson, Miss., where he lived for the last seven or eight years. He came home for a visit and passed away in Detroit.
1928
HOWARD LEWIS ROGERS was found dead in the garage at his home, 183 Salem St., Reading, Mass., on April 15. A medical examiner said he died after inhaling fumes from the exhaust of his automobile. He left a note saying he was sorry for his act, but gave no explanation.
He was born in Maiden, Mass., March 18, 1906, the son of Howard L. and Cora (Buxton) Rogers. Howie was a brilliant student from his days at Maiden High School, through Dartmouth and Harvard Law School. At Dartmouth he majored in Psychology and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and then stayed on as an instructor in the Psychology Department for a year before going to Harvard Law School.
He practised law in Boston since 1932, opening his own law office in 1941. In March, 1942, he left to serve in the Navy, and rose from the rank of lieutenant, junior grade, to lieutenant commander. He was assigned to the Discipline Section of the Bureau of Naval Personnel in Washington. Upon his separation from the service in 1946 he reopened his law office. On March 1 of this year he became associated with the Boston law firm of Parks & Spencer.
Howie served two terms in the Maiden City Council, and was a trustee of the Maiden Home for Aged Persons.
Besides his wife, the former Alice Smith, whom he married in 1934, he leaves three children, Lois, aged 6, Janet, 5, and Elizabeth, 3; his mother, Mrs. Cora Rogers of Cape Cottage, Me., and a sister, Mrs. Henry W. Hardy of Boston.
Howie was always a loyal Dartmouth man, and served as an assistant class agent. His many friends in Boston and in '28 will miss a fine friend.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ADAMS '97
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