Deaths

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

Holmes, Edward S. '90, Dec. 2, 1950 Teague, Henry N. 'OO, Oct. 2 Adams, James S. '05, Sept. 22 Newick, Ira A. '05, Oct. 9 Tileston, Roland R. '07, Sept. 18 Hammond, Karl R. '09, Oct. 6 Johnson, David L. '10, Oct. 7 Palmer, Donald F. '10, Oct. 7 Davis, Ralph W. '13, Sept. 14 Gray, Philip M. '13, May 31 Heaney, Francis C. '18, Sept. 25 Zulick, Arthur L. '18 Worthen, Alfred R. '19, Sept. 25 Loomis, Robert B. '20, July 25 Orr, Clifford B. '22, Oct. 10 Ranney, Winthrop R. '22, Sept. 20 Kendal, Robert L. '32, July 1 Blum, W. Robert Jr. '48, Oct. 10 Lapointe, Leon P. '52, Sept. 7

In Memoriam

1890

EDWARD STANIELS HOLMES died on December 2, 1950 in Stoughton, Wis. He was born in Plymouth, Mass., September 15, 1868, and prepared there for college.

After one year at M.T.T. he entered the Chandler Scientific School and graduated with honors in 1890. He immediately entered the employ of Western Electric Cos. in Chicago and remained with them until his retirement in 1931. He had always made his home in La Grange, 111., until last fall, when he moved to 914 Giles St., Stoughton, Wis.

In April 1897 Holmes was married to Bertha Tracy of Chicago who survives him.

Always loyal to his alma mater Holmes was a constant contributor to the Alumni Fund and was seldom absent from the annual dinners of the Chicago Alumni Association.

1892

WILLIAM ROBIE PATTEN EMERSON died in Boston 013 September 5 from the result of a stroke suffered weeks before.

Billy was born in Candia, N. H., September 29, 1869, the son of Moses F. and Abigail (Patten) Emerson. He prepared for college at Pembroke Academy. In college he was a member of D.K.E. and C. 8c G. He received his M.D. from Harvard in 1899.

Billy very early acquired a national reputation as an expert on nutrition and physical fitness. He was one of the founders and president of Nutrition Clinics for Delicate Children, Inc., and was consultant on physical fitness at various pri-vate schools, including Storm King, Loomis and Choate. From 1924 to 1936 he was Medical Consultant in Nutrition and Physical Fitness at Dartmouth. His views on nutrition and physical examinations often brought him into conflict with school authorities, because of his courageous attacks against sub-standard health he so commonly encountered among school children. Two of his books, Nutrition and Growth in Children and Diagnosis of Health, focused attention on these problems, particularly adequate nutrition for school children. From 1905 until he retired as professor emeritus in 1935, Billy taught pediatrics at Tufts Medical School. Since 1932 he had served as Consultant in Physical Fitness with Aetna Life Insurance Co.

Billy was a member of a staunch Dartmouth family. He was a nephew of John D. Emerson '53 and Luther '63 and William Patten '08h. His brother was Natt W. 'oo,' and live of his nephews graduated from Dartmouth. He was serving as class treasurer at the time of his death.

Billy's integrity and pleasing personality gained for him the confidence and affection of all who knew him. He was a loyal member of '92. We share loss of him with his wife Edna, to whom we extend our deep sympathy. She now resides at 290 Commonwealth Ave., Boston.

1900

HENRY NELSON TEAGUE died in the Whitefield (N. H.) Hospital on October 2, after an illness which had lasted many years.

He was born at Manset, Maine, on June 2, 1875, the son of George E. and Martha (Dunham) Teague. His father was a sea captain who died when his children were small. Henry received his secondary education at the Gloucester (Mass.) High School and entered Dartmouth with the Class of 1900. In college his individuality was such as to make him a marked man in the undergraduate body. He enlisted as a private in the Spanish War and came nearer being a casualty in that contest than any other Dartmouth man, returning from service an emaciated shadow of his former self as a result of an almost fatal attack of typhoid fever at the Chickamauga Camp. He was a member of the first class to take the course of the Tuck School and was one of the three men (and the last survivor) to receive with that class the degree of M.C.S. in 1901.

Immediately he was appointed Comptroller of the Dartmouth Dining Association, to take charge of dining arrangements in the then newly-erected College Hall, the first attempt of the institution to provide dining accommodations for students. This position he retained until 1905. He then removed to New York, first becoming assistant steward of the Hotel Gotham and then, from 1907 to 1915, manager of the New Weston Hotel. In 1910 he became lessee and manager of the Greylock, a large summer hotel at Williamstown, Mass. This was a highly profitable enterprise to which eventually he gave his full time. During this period he maintained a large farm at Williamstown, became interested in politics, and was a member of the Democratic State Committee and Democratic candidate for treasurer of the state in 1918. He also, with Roger Babson, was director of the Division of Public Works and Construction Development of the Department of Labor, as well as personal representative of Secretary of Labor Wilson on a confidential mission to governors of states and mayors of large cities throughout the country.

In 1923 he became lessee and manager of the new Hotel Miramar at Miami, investing much of his capital in furniture for the structure. It was a bad period for Florida investments and the eventual result in 1929 was the failure of the hotel and the loss of most of his invested funds. He set himself valiantly to rebuild. After a year as manager of the Landlord's Inn at Templeton, Mass., he acquired from the Boston and Maine possession of the railroad up Mt. Washington, the first cogwheel mountain railroad ever to be built. It had never been highly profitable, but through careful personal management he made a success of the enterprise which included not only the railroad but the hotel at the summit of the mountain (renamed the Mt. Washington Club) and the facilities at the base. This success, in general, he has maintained despite the yearly uncertainty of weather conditions, the large damage to the property caused by the hurricane of 1938, and the necessity of closing for three years during the war period. His was a most important contribution to the recreational assets of the state and as such was recognized by the very informal bestowal upon him of the title of colonel by Governor Winant; a title which he always demanded should be applied to him.

During a portion of the Mt. Washington period he served as manager of the Mt. Kineo House in Maine and later of the Venetian Hotel at Miami. For the last ten years his health has been increasingly infirm and his activities much restricted, although he was always mentally in command of the situation.

Henry was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa and was secretary of the class from 1903 to 1913. He was unmarried and left no near relatives. Services were held at Heald's Funeral Home at Littleton, N. H., on October 3 and burial was at Southwest Harbor, Maine, near his childhood home, on the following day.

1904

DONALD BRIGHAM LOGAN died in Rockland, Maine, on June 22 while vacationing at his summer home in Friendship. Don was born in Worcester, Mass.,

November 8, 1881, and prepared for college at Worcester Academy. He was a member of Psi Upsilon and Dragon. He received his M.C.S. from Tuck School in 1905.

Don's father was one of the organizers of U. S. Envelope Cos. and immediately after graduation Don joined the Logan division of the company. He later went to Holyoke as treasurer of Taylor Logan Cos. He left with the Holyoke company of the 104th Regiment for service on the Mexican Border. In World War I he served as a captain with Headquarters Company under General Pershing. On his return from France he rejoined U. S. Envelope Co. as manager of the cup division from which position he retired in 1946.

On June 1, 1907, Don was married to Sarah Marie Briggs of Newburyport, Mass., who survives him with their daughter Constance, now Mrs. Elbert S. Pratt. Don's home was at 53 Elm St., Worcester, Mass.

His genial disposition and sympathetic understanding won Don a host of friends who share their loss with his classmates.

RALPH NASON WILEY died in Tampa, Florida, on April 21. He was born in Gardner, Mass., June 6, 1881. He graduated from Gardner High School and entered Dartmouth with our class, but was obliged to leave college before the end of the first semester due to ill health.

In Gardner, where he was treasurer and general manager of Gardner General Foundry Cos. he was active in fraternal and town affairs. He later moved to Highland Park, Pa., where he was employed by the N. Y. Life Insurance Cos., but failing health forced him to move to Florida.

He is survived by his wife Bernice and three children, Mrs. Lucius Morse, Mrs. Richard Goodwin and Gordon N. Wiley. His home was in Sulphur Springs, Tampa.

1907

ROLAND RAY TILESTON died in Pasadena, Calif., on September 18 as the result of a stroke and ensuing paralysis.

He was born April 28, 1886, in Randolph, Mass., and came from there to Dartmouth. After graduation he spent a year as a transit man with the Boston street railway company. He then returned to Dartmouth where from igoB to 1911 he was an assistant instructor in physics and did graduate work, received his A.M. in 1911. From 1913 to 1925 he was Professor of Physics at Colorado College, where he received the D.Sc. degree in 1925. He then became Professor of Physics at Pomona College until his retirement in 1946. Dr. Tileston was recognized by his colleagues throughout the country as a "producer of producers of physics." Probably no man had encouraged more students to go on into graduate work in physics and many of the outstanding physicists in the country are "Tileston men." In recognition of this he was awarded the Oersted Medal by the American Association of Physics Teachers for "notable contributions to the teaching of physics," one of the highest honors to be conferred on a colleague. In his modest letter of acceptance he said, "There has been a stimulation in being a link in the chain of transmission of a type of knowledge and human endeavor which carries the elements of drama based on fact." A student said of him, "He is one of those outstanding personalities that in men's lives not only mark turning points but also indicate the paths."

Besides his academic work Dr. Tileston was Director of the Army Radio School at Colorado Springs during World War X, and during World War II he was director of the Army Air Forces Premeteorology Program at Pomona. His abiding loyalty to Dartmouth had been expressed by his close interest in the development of the College and by the large number of students he had sent to Dartmouth for graduate work. Between 1907, when he sent the best graduate from his very first class in Colorado College, and 1938, twenty of Tileston's top men were graduate Teaching Fellows in physics at Dartmouth.

A few months ago he published PhysicalScience in the Small College, setting forth his views regarding the teaching of physics. In it are listed 101 of his students who have majored in physics, some of them now outstanding men in American science.

In recognition of his zeal and inspired teaching, and in grateful remembrance of his loyalty to the College, the Dartmouth Department of Physics on October 16 placed a tribute to Dr. Tileston on the records of its seminar.

Dr. Tileston is survived by his wife who is living at 1245 Oak Grove Ave., Pasadena, and two married daughters.

1910

The death of ARTHUR COLEMAN GOW occurred August 31 in Washington following an operation at Georgetown Hospital. Cancer was the cause of death.

Art Gow was born in Bridgeport, Conn., April 12, 1888. He entered college with 1910, coming from Somerville Latin School. During college years he contributed many drawings and sketches to college publications and his work was used liberally in his class Aegis.

Art put in several years as an engineer for the Isthmian Canal Commission in Panama, before entering the industrial field. He was with Winchester Arms Company during World War I and with Downey Shipbuilding Company on Staten Island. After the war he went to the American Telephone and Telegraph Cos., to standardize operating procedures. Following fourteen years in that capacity he entered government service as an economist and analyst, serving with the Farm Credit Administration, Federal Communications and Federal Power Commissions. At the time of his death, Art was an economist with the Department of Justice. He was a member of the Chevy Chase Baptist Church and the Dartmouth Club.

Art married twice. His first wife, the former Frances Anderson of Tompkinsville, S. 1., died in 1941. Survivors are his widow, the former Ann Rishaw of Cleveland, who is living at 6420 31st St., N.W., Washington; a brother John R. Gow and a sister, Mrs. Arthur C. Kemble.

RICHARD GEORGE VINCENS died suddenly on July 18, at his home, 73 Perry St., Brookline, Mass. Born in Springfieid, Mass., April 3, 1886, son of George E. Vincens and Rosa Barnett, Dick prepared at Springfield High School. He entered college with.,the Class of 1908 but spent only one year with that group. Returning in 1907 he became a member of 1910 and was graduated with our class.

Soon after graduation, Dick became associated as an accountant with General Electric Cos. in Lynn. At the time of his retirement in May 1951 he was assistant to the manager at the River Works.

Dick was married May 3, 1915 to Anna B. Farrell. His widow, two sons, Richard G. and John R. '39, and one daughter Ann, survive.

FRANK WIGGINS FLEMING died in Beverly, Mass. on Jufy 19, after an illness of two months. Frank was the son of William K. and Alice (Wiggins) Fleming and was born at Manchester, Mass. January 8, 1888. He was stricken with rheumatic fever in the fall of sophomore year and forced to leave college.

Frank entered the field of heavy construction in 1908 with Frank B. Gilbreth, New York contractor of "Cheaper by the Dozen" fame, who was the first to try to streamline construction. Frank Fleming was one of the first men to be used in this experiment. In 1916 he began operating his own contracting business in Portland, Me. During the recent war he served as supervisor of construction at Fort Devens, South Weymouth and Taunton, Mass., and at Portsmouth, N. H., and Brunswick, Me. After finishing the Brunswick airport, he was stricken with virus pneumonia and was unable to return to construction work. He became a sales engineer for Pioneer Insulation & Modernizing Corp., Swampscott, Mass.

Frank was a member of the Tool Owners Union, Washington, D. C., and of Golden Fleece Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Lynn. He was married in Beverly, December 28, 1910, to Martin, who survives him.

1903

RALPH WILLIS DAVIS died on September 14, at the Veterans' Hospital in Manchester, N. H., after a long illness. He was born on June 28, 1890 in East Derry, N. H., the son of Albert Augustus and Ella (Fellows) Davis. He graduated from Pinkerton Academy and entered Dartmouth with the Class of 1913. In college he was on the debating team and in his senior year won the Woodbury Law School Prize. He graduated from Yale Law School in 1916 and was admitted to the bar in 1920.

During the First World War he served in the Navy, enlisting on May 13, 1917. He became an Ensign in the submarine service, stationed principally at New London, Conn., and Newport, R. I.

He married Marion Sullivan on November 18, 1922; Virginia was born December 18, 1924 and Barbara, October 21, 1927-

" Ralph was one of the most successful trial lawyers in Granite State annals. He was Attorney General during Governor Tobey's term of office and a member of the law firm of McLane, Davis, Carleton and Graf since 1919.

Ralph was named by Governor Winant in 1933 to the State Racing Commission, and served as special counsel for a U. S. Senate subcommittee on elections which heard evidence in connection with alleged irregularities during the 1940 senatorial primaries in New Jersey. He served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Marion S. Davis of 1224 Union St., Manchester; two daughters, Mrs. Virginia D. Atwater of WestMass., and Mrs. Barbara D. Sawyer of Wellesley, Mass.; two brothers, Albert and Bert Davis of Derry; and by two grandchildren. Private funeral services were held at Goodwin Funeral Home in Manchester.

PHILIP MARSHALL GRAY died on May 31 in Holland, Mich.

He was born on October 16, 1891, in Boston, Mass., the son of James M. Gray, a clergyman. He came to Dartmouth from the New Trier High School in Chicago, but left during his freshman year. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi.

He taught at one time at the Ridgefield School in Ridgefield, Conn. Some years ago he lived in New London, N. H„ and then went to New York City where he worked with the 77th Division Association, Inc.

After 1948 he went to Holland, Mich., and was associated with the Curtis Cos. and the Dupris Candy Cos.

1918

FRANCIS CLIFFORD HEANEY was killed on September 25 when his private plane crashed near Cairo, III. He had been commuting to Chicago from his farm in Baxterville, Miss. Cliff was born in Marion, lowa, March 11, 1895. He was a member of Psi Upsilon. After two years with our class he transferred to the University of Chicago.

For some years he had owned an automobile agency in Chicago. At the time of his death he was the owner of the Abbott Advertising Co. in Chicago.

On May 28, 1918, Cliff was married to Sarah Dunlevy, who survives him and is living at 96 Middlewood Rd., Glen Rock, N. J. He is also survived by three daughters, Mrs. Sarah Benken of Glen Rock, Mrs. Mary Pendergast of Arlington Heights, III., and Mrs. Edith Marshall of Bogota, N. J.

ARTHUR LUCIAN ZULICK died in Orwigsburg, Pa. This spring he had undergone four operations 0and was hospitalized for several months.

On November 6, 1894, Al was born in Orwigsburg, Pa., where most of the residents of the town work for the Zulick Cos., manufacturers of fine shoes for children.

In college Al was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, played in the college orchestra and was assistant editor of Jack-o-Lantem. He literally clowned himself into the hearts of all who met him. He left college in March 1917 to enlist in the Army, serving as a 2nd Lt. in the Field Artillery. Since 1919 he had been a partner in the J. S. Zulick Cos.

On October 25, 1920 Al was married to Margarett Starr who survives him with four daughters and a son. Everyone loved AI and he will be greatly missed.

1920

SELWYN ROGERS MACK, good friend of Dartmouth and of 1920, died at his home 376 Girard Ave., East Aurora, N. Y„ on September 7. Surviving a serious illness last spring, he came back in June for our 30th Reunion, where his classmates enjoyed his company, admired his courage, and hoped for his complete recovery.

Sel came to Dartmouth from Medina, N. Y.. a town he was always proud of. The son of Charles Alfred and Jean (Tuttle) Mack, he was born in Medina August 16, 1898, and was graduated from the high school there. At Hanover he played some baseball and won a place on both the freshman and varsity squads. He was a wiry little fellow, energetic and likeable. Sigma Alpha Epsilon was his fraternity.

During his college days Sel attended one of the Officers Training Camps at Plattsburg and was commissioned second lieutenant. After graduation from Dartmouth, he won his LL.B. degree at Harvard Law School, passed the bar examinations in New York State, and set himself up in practice in Buffalo. There he remained until his death, commuting to the small town of East Aurora, where he preferred to raise his family. At one time Village Attorney in East Aurora, he was a member of the American Legion, a Presbyterian, a Mason and a Republican.

Sel's surviving family consists of his wife, Anne (Marshall), whom he married in 1924; daughters Elizabeth (Mrs. John B. Lyon Jr.), Ruth (Mrs. James Wilson), Eleanor and Jean; and sons William M. and Andrew C. 1 here are two grandchildren, Paul Douglass and Deborah E. Lyon. The funeral, from the family residence on September 10, followed Masonic memorial services conducted the ni<rht before by Blazing Star Lodge.

1922

WINTHROP RODGERS RANNEY passed away on September 20 at Pittsfield, Vt., the victim of a heart that played out. Warned of the weakening of his heart, Win went to his Pittsfield home in 1948 for a year of complete rest but failed to make the recovery for which he

Win was born in Tewksbury, Mass., on March si, 1900. He prepared for college at Hanover High School at the time when his father, the late Dr. Archibald J. Ranney '94m was on the athletic staff at Dartmouth. Following graduation at Dartmouth, he pursued further study at Harvard and received his Master of Arts degree in 1923. That same year Win joined the faculty at New York University's College of Arts and Science as an instructor in English. He was made a full professor in 1947 and in recent years served as faculty secretary. He was not married. as ac a ctnrlpnt anH was. elected

Win excelled as a student and was elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa. He belonged to Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity and was a member of The Arts. His extra-curricular activities included intramural baseball and Jack-o'-Lantern.

A brother, Archibald H. Ranney '19, died a few years ago leaving Win the sole survivor of his immediate family. Hospitalized in Randolph, Vt., a good part of last summer, Win was visited frequently by Bill Angell and occasionally by Stan Miner. It was apparent then that he was waging a losing fight.

WILLIAM ROBIE PATTEN EMERSON '92

HENRY NELSON TEAGUE 'OO

ROLAND RAY TILESTON 'O7