Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-09
NEWELL HOLMES TAKES
 LIFE AT TRINITY
Graduate of The N. F. A. Found Dead
 In His Room.

Newell B. Holmes. a member of the
 Junior class at Trinity college, Hart
 ford, was found dead in his room in
 Jarvis hall at the college Thursday
 morning. An investigation showed
 that he had turned on the gas before
 retiring. Within a week of his Fist
 birthday, popular. successful in his college work. prominent in the outside
 activities of undergraduate life, no
 reason was known to his most inti-
 mate froneds why Holmes should
 have decided to end his life. His
 plans incIEded entering Berkeley
 The tiiseovety of the body ,vas
 made at 7.45 by Alfred P. Bond of
 Hartfcrd and George E. Boyce of Wa
 terbury. freshmen, also member of the
 D. K. E. fraternity.
 Holmes was an upper lassnau in the same fraternity anyd it is the cus- tom to have freshmen wake the old CT members living in Jervis hall, a college dormitory, each morning As
 the door was opened the two younger
 men were driven Sack by a flood of il- Illuminating gas. They summoned oth-
 CT students and the body, of Holmes
 was taken to an adjoining room on the third floor whete a number of fraternity mates endeavored to rem der first aid but it was too late
 Dr. Horace C. Swan. physical di-
 rector of the college. was summoned In all forty minutes were spent in try ing to revive Holmes:@
 Dr. F1avel s. Luther, president
 of the college was notified and
 broke the news to the boys mother
 Mrs l.. A. Holmes. who is boarding
 at No I'll Beacon street. Hartford
 Mrs. Holmes was prostrated by the
 sudden shock.
 Until he entered Trinity, Holmes lived in Norwich. He is the son of
 MT and Mrs. L. A. Holmes of this city
 but lately Mrs. Holmes had been liv-
 ing in Hartford. Holmes was born on March IS. 1896. His boyhood was spent in Norwich and he prepared for college at the Norwich Free Academy being graduated in 1914
 Of late both members of the fac ulty and fellow students had noted an increasinw despondency in the youth. He was reticent nature and as far as was known he had his friends. He was earning his way through college, working al night in an insurance company, and in addition shouldered heavy duties
 and responsibilities as editor in -chie1 of the Ivy. the year book of the Despite his fine physique he had complained of overworl< and it was believed his dependency was due ir some measure to this.
 An examination of his room showed i that he had closed every window and door in his room before retiring making 1t as air-tight as possible gas jet had been turned on full force | His friends thought overwork had af. | fected his mind.
 Holmes leaves A brother, H. M Holmes of New York city. besides his parents.
 Tn college Holmes was one of the leaders of the junior class and one of the most prominent men in gen era1 college affairs. President Lu. ther said his scholastic record was good and he had passed all the re. cent fnid-year examinations.
 He was president of his class | during the first term of the present I college year. and was elected editor. | in- chief of the Ivy. He was aise one of the assistant undergraduate Ii- brarians and has held number ot I minor class offices. Popular with botf his classmates and members of the col. l lege body generally, Holmes wa. ! thought to hold an enviabIe place a- l the institution and his action was 2 | great shock to both waculty and stu. ! dents. ArrAngements for the funer- I al are not completed.
 | Holmes was for some time an as. | sistant in the Sunday school and 2 | reader at St. Andrews church on Len. | OK street. Hartford. but gave up hi. l duties there in January His reason was that he did not have the necessar, l time to give to the work He wa: highly esteeded in the church.