Deaths
[A listing of deaths of which word has been receivedwithin the past month. Full notices man appear in thisissue or may appear in a later number]
Lougee, William W. '88, Jan. 10 Humphreys, Clifton S. '90, Dec. 23, 1953 Ebbs, Robert C. '93, July 13, 1953 Peck, Robert E. '98, Dec. 8, 1953 Pratt, Harold H. '09, Jan. 31, 1953 Slafter, John L. '10, Dec. 21, 1953 Dwinell, George F. '11, Jan. 4 Macdonald, John S. '13, Dec. 31, 1953 Kellogg, Gladstone B. '13, Dec. 19, 1953 Barbour, Eric N. '16, June 25, 1953 Piper, Franklin '16, Dec. 10, 1953 Sloane, William E. '16, Nov. 10, 1953 Merrell, Leslie C. '18, Dec. 30, 1953 Bluesky, Bertram '18, Dec. 2, 1953 Aitken, Edward C. '20, Dec. 15, 1953 Wilkinson, Ralph B. '23, Dec. 12, 1953 Smith, Francis B. '24, Dec. 14, 1953 Skeels, Homer G. '39, Jan. 2 Boyle, David P. '40, Jan. 5 Hunt, William W. '87m, Dec. 18, 1953 DeGrange, McQuilkin '28h, Dec. 29, 1953
Faculty
MCQUILKIN DEGRANGE, Professor of Sociology, Emeritus, died in a Boonton, N. J., hospital on December 28, at the age of 73. He had taught in the Sociology Department for the 26 years preceding his retirement in 1950. Of a vigorous and original mind, he was known as an inspiration to many of his students, who followed in his footsteps as teachers of sociology.
He was born on June 12, 1880, in Frederick, Md. Professor DeGrange, who graduated from Johns Hopkins in 1900, received the M.A. degree from Columbia in 1909 and the LL.B. in 1903 from Catholic University. In 1923 he was given a signal honor when the Diplome d'Etat was conferred upon him by the Universite de Clermont in France. At that time he was the only American to have received this recognition. He was a member of several learned societies, which included Les Palmes Academiques and the Sociological Society of America.
Professor DeGrange came to Dartmouth as an Instructor in Sociology in 1924, after teaching in various secondary schools and colleges. He became Assistant Professor in 1926 and Professor in 1928. He was also made an honorary member of the Class of 1928. In Hanover he made his home at 1 Barrymore Road. A bachelor, he is survived by two brothers, H. Clay DeGrange and Garrett S. DeGrange.
During World War I, from 1917 to 1919, Professor DeGrange served as a sergeant, and in World War II as a civilian in the 0.W.I. for the year 1941-42. He was the author of a number of books dealing with his subject, among them, The Nature and Elements ofSociology. In a review of this treatise, Leonard W. Doob '29, a former student, now Professor of Psychology at Yale, wrote: "There are pitifully few opportunities in a dismal world for men to be lifted into the clouds and thereby secure rational perspective. ... DeGrange has always offered his students such an opportunity."
Upon Professor DeGrange's retirement in 1950, President Dickey wrote of him, in the College's Sociology Bulletin, "We first met as professor and student in his great course, The Search for Social Law. ... For me, both as a student and colleague, he has always embodied the campus trinity of scholar, teacher, and gentleman."
1890
CLIFTON STEWART HUMPHREYS died at the hospital in Skowhegan, Maine, on December 23.
Clif was born in Portsmouth, N. H., August 29, 1868, the son of George and Margaret (Gray) Humphreys. In college he was a member of Sigma Chi and was prominent in athletics, winning his letter in baseball, football and track. In the Chandler School he took several prizes for excellence in scholarship, especially mechanical drawing.
Immediately after graduation, he went to Madison, Maine, as resident engineer for the Manufacturing Investment Co. plant which is now the Great Northern Paper Co. He became its first superintendent in 1894 and served until 1900 when he resigned to open an engineering office with which he has been associated ever since. In 1936 he became general manager and treasurer of Humphreys and Clark Timberland, Inc.
Clif was a 32nd degree Mason, member of the Shrine and a life member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. He was a charter member of the National Football Hall of Fame Association.
On April 30, 1894, Clif was married to Grace A. Collis of Portsmouth, who died on September 3, 1950. He is survived by two daughters, Mildred J. Humphreys and Mrs. Grace Van Derzee, and by a son Philip C. Humphreys '21.
A loyal '90 and Dartmouth man, Clif was serving as class agent. He had expressed many times the hope that he might live to see his grandson Ray A. Humphreys enter Dartmouth in 1956.
1898
ROBERT EARLE PECK died on December 8, at Carmel, Calif., where he had made his home during the latter years of his life. He was born in Winsted, Conn., July 15, 1876, the son of John Fisk and Nancy Maria (Percy Peck He prepared for college at the Winsted High School. His fraternity at Dartmouth was Psi Upsilon.
For the first year after graduation he taught Latin at Vermont Episcopal Institute in Burlington, moving in 1899 to St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H., in their Latin department. His interest in the Classics was life long and in 1919 he was made head of the Latin Department at St. Paul's. He continued in this capacity until his retirement in 1941.
Throughout his career he was interested and active in work beyond his classroom limits For five years, from 1926, he was an examiner in Latin on the Secondary Examination Board, serving one year as its chairman. He was Corrector of Latin on the 1927 College Entrance Board. He was a member of the Latin Committee on the report of study of the secondary curriculum. Secondary Education Board, 1929-1932. He was author of a book on Latin prose published in 1905.
In 1904 he was married to Alma Adelle Taylor, from whom he was divorced in 1929. In 1942 he married Mrs. Ruby Norton Hoffnell of Winsted, Conn., who survives him with a step-daughter, Mrs. Ruthita McCormick.
I901
CHARLES WARREN KIMBALL passed away at the Lawrence Hospital in Bronxville, N. Y., on October 31. He had been ill about six weeks.
Charlie was born in Plainfield, N. J., January 15, 1877, the son of Charles W. Kimball '71 and Mary Coffin. He attended the public schools in his native town and prepared for college at the high school in Haverhill, Mass. After graduation, he was employed successively by Cluett, Peabody & Co., the Singer Sewing Machine Co. and the J. B. Colt Co., a subsidiary of the Union Carbide Co. His phenomenal success as sales manager of the Colt Co. won his promotion to the vice presidency. In recent years he had become widely known in the metropolitan area as a printing press broker. In all his business relations his integrity and trusted judgment were appreciated by all his clients and associates.
Charlie had been a resident of Mount Vernon, N. Y., for 35 years. His home was at 16 Archer Ave. In his younger days he was an ardent golf enthusiast and for many years was on the rolls of the famous Seventh Regt. of New York National Guard. In college he was a member of Theta Delta Chi.
A most loyal Dartmouth man, he loved the College. In a recent letter he wrote, "The older I grow the more I cherish the memories of the four years spent in Hanover with my fellow classmates." He endeared himself to his family and his friends with his fine sense of humor, his genial and even disposition and his loyalty and devotion. He is survived by his wife, the former Mary Mills Coffin, a daughter, two sons and two brothers. Leigh W. Kimball '03 is one of his brothers.
1905
WALDO SAVAGE PALMER, after a year of suffering from hardening of the arteries with complications, died on October 8 at his apartment at 185 Huntington Ave., Boston.
Although born in Maiden, Mass., January 14, 1881, his principal home as a young man was Manchester, N. H. It was from here that he entered Dartmouth at age 20 in 1901. His father, who was an Army colonel, had died while Waldo was in high school.
Equipped with a good mind, he was tall, handsome, quiet and well-to-do, but remained in college only a few months. During this period, his widowed mother was pleading with him to return home. This he finally did. Thereafter he was employed as a retail salesman in Manchester, Natick and Boston. He was long with W. F. Noble & Sons, Somerville, Mass., milk dealers, then with H. P. Hood Milk Co. He was a man of exemplary habits, trustworthy and quiet. He was a home-loving man, but had little home life.
On October 12, 1915, he married Grace A. Batchelder in Boston. Ten years later they separated by divorce. They had no children. In 1931 he married Eleanor Wright of Wollaston, a young teacher of domestic science in the Boston schools, who, in summer, conducted a gift shop and tearoom in West Falmouth. They bought a home in Wollaston near her parents' home. However, Mrs. Palmer died five years later, at the birth of their daughter, Nancy. Nancy's grandparents, the Wrights, then brought her up while Waldo returned to living quietly in lodgings.
Mr. Palmer is survived by Nancy, his only child, now a 17-year-old young lady who has not only completed high school but is supporting herself creditably in a Boston office.
1914
ROBERT NEWTON HOGSETT died of a coronary thrombosis on August 8 at his home 437 E. Main St., Somerville, N. J. He had recently been forced to retire from business because of high blood pressure, but his condition had not appeared serious.
Bob was born in Hillsboro, Ohio, August 5, 1892, and prepared for college at University School in Cleveland. He was a member of DKE.
Active in athletics, and captain of football his senior year, he always continued his interest in athletics and had been active in the building of the All-American Hall of Fame at Rutgers. Just last July he had been appointed chairman of District 2 for a national membership drive to be conducted by the Intercollegiate Football Association of All-Americans.
After graduation Bob was with the Universal Motor Co. in Ohio, until the outbreak of World War I. He enlisted in Army ordnance on May 8, 1917, and served with the A.E.F. as first lieutenant.
After his discharge Bob was for a time with the White Co. of Baltimore, the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co., and Lake Erie Power and Light Co. For some years, until his retirement, Bob had represented a firm which manufactured academic gowns.
On August 28, 1917, Bob was married to Dorothy Ogden who survives him with one son.
1916
ERIC NEWELL BARBOUR died on June 25 at his home in Lyons, N. Y.
Eric was born in Rochester, N. Y., May 26, 1892, the son of Clarence A. and Florence (Newell) Barbour. After attending West High School in Rochester, he entered Dartmouth with the Class of 1916, and always retained his interest in the College even though he did not remain to graduate. He was member of Delta Kappa Epsilon.
During World War I he served in the U. S. Marine Corps. Following the war he worked for a while for Standard Oil in Rochester, and after that for the Ailing & Cory Co. of Lyons, N. Y. and Hill Bros. & Laird Co., of the same city. For the past twenty years he had had a farm in Lyons.
Eric is survived by his wife, Mrs. Pauline Barbour, and his brother Harold R. Barbour '19.
The death of WILLIAM EARLE SLOANE occurred in Brighton, Mass., on November 10, after an illness of seven years' duration. Interment was in Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass. He is survived by his wife, Ruth C. Sloane, of 131 Washington St., Brighton, Mass.
Mr. Sloane was born in Medford, December 27, 1893, the son of William Francis and Nellie (Litchfield) Sloane. He attended Melrose High School, and after graduating entered Dartmouth College, where he remained for only one year. He was associated with the New England Telephone and Telegraph Co., and later with the Merchants National Bank of Boston.
FRANKLIN PIPER, one of the most likeable and little known members of the Class of 1916, died in Santa Barbara on December 10, as the end result of an automobile accident last spring, in which Mr. Piper was seriously injured. His home was at 153 Cedar Lane.
Franklin Piper was born in Maiden, Mass., February 5, 1893, the son of Charles H. Piper and Alice (McIntire) Piper. He attended Broadway High School in Seattle, but returned to New England to attend Dartmouth for the year 1912-13, where he was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa. Later he attended Boston University, graduating with the degree of LL.B. in 1916.
His business connections included the Noyes Buick Co. of Boston, the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, the First National Bank and Trust Co. of Santa Barbara, the International Banking Corp. of Santo Domingo, the Los Angeles Gas & Electric Co. and the United Fruit Co., for which concern he spent several years in Central America. He was also engaged for a time in the stock brokerage business in Los Angeles and Miami. He was a specialist in the field of finance and accounting. He was an air pilot in World War I.
In 1929 he was married to Grace Wilson, in Mexico. Mrs. Piper and their 10-year-old daughter Emily, who survive him, were both ill in the hospital at the time of Mr. Piper's death.
For some time Mr. Piper had been engaged in building a home for his retirement in Santa Barbara, on a beautiful site overlooking the city and the Channel Islands. He remained thoroughly a New Englander, and although he had spent most of his life in Latin America, he enjoyed talking over his college experiences with Louis Bell and Carl Eskeline, classmates who reside in Santa Barbara, and retained a delightful sense of humor and a homely philosophy often associated with the small towns of New Hampshire and Vermont. He had lived for some time during his youth in Littleton, N. H. His funeral services were attended by the two resident classmates, who placed a wreath in the name of the Class of 1916.
1919
ROBERT STAVERT HUDSON, well-known and popular member of the Class, passed away suddenly in Detroit on December 7 of a heart attack.
Staff was born on December 4, 1895, in Weymouth, Mass., the son of Alan Bedford and Ella (Stavert) Hudson. He came to Hanover from the Allen School in West Newton, Mass., and was a member of Delta Tau Delta.
During World Wars I and II, Staff served in the Naval Aviation service, retiring in 1945 as a lieutenant commander. He was prominent in Dartmouth affairs in Detroit, being a past president of the Dartmouth Club. He also was serving on the Class Bequest Committee at the time of his death.
He is survived by three children, Ann, Carol and Alan, and a brother Henry C. Hudson '24, to whom go the most sincere sympathies of the Class. A memorial service was held on December 10 in the St. Columbia Episcopal Church in Detroit.
1920
After months of illness, EDWARD CLARKSON AITKEN died in Allegheny Hospital, Pittsburgh, on December 15. It was a tragic aspect of his death that he had been looking forward to the holidays, when he would visit again with his son Thomas, a sophomore at Dartmouth.
"Pip" was the son of Thomas and Ena (Gobie) Aitken. Born in New York October 13, 1896, he came to Dartmouth from Groton, Mass., where he had been a student at Lawrence Academy. Circumstances interrupted his college career, but he returned to graduate in 1922, and remained throughout his life a loyal and much-liked member of the Class of 1920. Those who knew him best recall especially his dry and delightful sense of humor.
Pip Aitken was a widely travelled man. Although Punxsutawney, Pa. became home base for him in more recent years, his work as a civil engineer took him at various times into the most remote regions of the western hemisphere. In the late Twenties he became the first white man to set foot in portions of Guatemala and Honduras (working at that time for the United Fruit Co.), while in 1943 he was a supervising engineer at the mouth of the Amazon. Between times he worked on surveys and engineering projects in Pennsylvania; took a turn at raising silver foxes; and during the war hooked up with an Army Air Force Specialist School. At the time of his death, he was with Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Hall and Macdonald, and had been most recently occupied with underwater test borings in their big project at Hampton Roads.
Besides his son, Pip is survived by his wife, who was Marion LaRue Depp and who became Mrs. Aitken, December 23, 1932. Their address is R.D. 2, Punxsutawney.
Leon Tanzi
LEON TANZI, lifetime resident of Hanover and a friend to countless Dartmouth alumni, died at his home on January 6. A partner in the firm of Tanzi Brothers for thirty years, he had retired four months ago because of illness. He had been associated in business with his brothers Harry and Charles since graduation from high school.
Born on April 5, 1901, Leon was the son of Angelo Tanzi and Delia Woodward Tanzi. He was an outdoor enthusiast and while as a participant he most enjoyed skiing, he followed the Dartmouth winter sports teams with unfailing interest. He was a member of the Hanover Lions Club, the Hanover Country Club and the St. Denis Church. He liked to sing and took part in local entertainment groups.
Surviving him are his wife, Katharine latterson Tanzi; his father; two daughters, Mrs. Shirley Verveka and Mrs. Patricia Connors; five grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Anthony O. Cacioppo, Mrs. Floyd Trombley and Mrs. John Roberts; and five brothers, Ernest, Harry, Angelo M., John and Charles Tanzi, all residents of Hanover.
Funeral services were held at St. Denis Church on January 9.
Arthur C. Barwood
ARTHUR C. BARWOOD, manager of Hanover's Nugget Theater for thirty years, died at Dick's House on January 3, following a long illness.
He was born in Hanover on November 21, 1893, the son of Charles and Miriam Filiau Barwood. After graduating from Hanover High School, he worked in the post office for ten years, then accepted his work as manager of the Nugget. Over the years he learned much about the range of undergraduate tastes, and from long experience he was tolerant of the freely-expressed responses of the Nugget's college audiences. Mr. Barwood had unusual skill in printing and painting, ana since 1933 he had hand-lettered the names on all Dartmouth diplomas. Several of his paintings were exhibited last Call in Carpenter Art Galleries. Golf was one of his favorite recreations; he was twice winner of the Hanover Country Club championship.
On March 10, 1913, Mr. Barwood was married to Edith M. Brown, who survives him. He is also survived by three daughters, Mrs. Frank J. Lepreau Jr., of Westport, Mass., Mrs Roy A. McKie Jr., of New Hope, Pa., and Mrs. Howard M. Oliver of Keene, N. H.; two sons, Robert B. Barwood and Hal B. Barwood, both of Hanover; and thirteen grandchildren.
McQUILKIN DeGRANGE '28h
CLIFTON STEWARD HUMPHREYS '90
LEON TANZI (r), Hanover merchant known to thousands of alumni, died Jan. 6 after a long illness. His brother Harry is shown with him.
