1887

The ranks of our living members have been reduced in the past year by the deaths of JohnDana Bell, Stanley Johnson and Henry OtisCushman. (This leaves Morris Knoles and Frank B. Sanborn, both 91 years old as the only living members ... yet 100 hopefuls at beginning.)

Cushman was born in Lisbon, N. H., August 25, 1865, and died in Boston, February 5, 1956. When he was 14 years old his father moved, the family to Vermont and "Cush" entered St. Johnsbury Academy where in four years he received an excellent preparation for Dartmouth College. As a roommate he selected Fred Howland and for four years they were close friends and, moreover, they continued so for the rest of their lives ... until they were both 90 years old.

At Dartmouth, Cush was a member of Alpha Delta Phi Society. As a student, he was characteristically modest and retiring. He reported in the Anniversary Book that was published fifty years after graduation, "My college activities were ordinary, neither excelling in the classroom or doing anything of note on the campus. In my senior year, I was one of the editors of The Dartmouth and one of the founders of the Casque and Gauntlet Society."

The following members of his family were Dartmouth men:

Stepson: Wslter ?. Ksnkin 1900.

Grandsons: Walter Merserve Rankin (Provdence) 1926; Andrew Merserve Rankin (Boston) 1927. Spencer Smith (Springfield) 1922, married his granddaughter.

Great-grandsons: Philip E. Pemberthy (Detroit) 1944 Grover N. Pemberthy (with State Dept. in Germany) 1945; John M. Pemberthy (Detroit) 1950.

A fine funeral tribute was paid to Cush by Dr. Charles Park of the Boston Unitarian Church, as follows:

My Friends: About two minutes of sober conversation with Mr. Cushman was enough to tell you what kind of man he was. There was nothing furtive or secretive about him. He wore no disguises, even temporary ones. Everything was open, frank and honest. You knew at once that he was a quiet orderly nature, absolutely straight, upright, honorable and trustworthy. He was not temperamental or given to moods. He liked to be always his whole balanced self, wherever he was, or whatever he was doing. We got the impression that his silent inner life was singularly resourceful. He was never reluctant to be alone. That means he had a genuine interest in religion; but he demanded the privilege of being religious in his own way, quietly, sincerely and totally. He had no with a religion that satisfied his emotions but disgusted his mind. The whole man insisted on being satisfied.

He did his work ably and thoroughly. His thought had more than average range; the world to which he strove to correlate himself was by no means a little world. He was loyal in friendships, generous in motives, true to himself. There was nothing ostentatious about him; but he is a hard man to forget, and every time we think of him we have a feeling of admiration and affectionate gratitude. As much as to say: good Friend, thank you for living among us. It has been a privilege we shall never forget; and never cease to' cherish.

Secretary and Treasurer 37 Arlington St., Cambridge, Mass.