C l as s S e cre t am GUY EMERSON Gl as s ( t re as ure r ’ CARLTON APOLLONIO arch 1 1 0 Die dM 4, 9 9 DWIGHT STI LLMAN BRIGHAM Glas s C ommit t e e HAR OLD VINCENT AMBERG MORTON LEWI S NEWHALL Ex s omclo GEORGE GI LL BALL . JOHN RICHARDSON , JR GORDON GOLDWIN GLASS To the Mem b e rs of the Cl ass of 1908 This volume purports to be a com p il at ion of statis ti cs of i ss andits is t o r our Cla wh le in College , object b i ng you clos er together by p utting vou in t ouch with the Cla ss as a whole . Perhap s the record of those three or fo u r yea rs m ay see m y ou r n y to now . mo e tha it will t e n e a rs hence . a story of X’‘ Ol d u y far - , nhapp . off thi ngs . an n A d battles lo g ago . is w as an -m n But it epoch aki g pe riod for most of us . andI us ou find c r of n w tr t y will thi s re o d it ot itho ut some val ue . That it is absolutely accu rate I cannot hope.for the re w e re u s rs i um r far-off n s in r r ss d ring tho e yea nn e able thi g p og e , n “ ” f and cou tless battles ou ght . andthe m em o ry of them is as vagu e and intangible as if they had occ urred in the time be yond which m em ory of man runne th not back . wh e n the re. was no Univers ity Daily to r ecord our achievem e nts . For mu ch of the accu rat e w o rk here i n ou r thanks are due to ’ ml 08 s s ul and ons s e n ff has e n C . V . I ay . , who e kilf c i t t e ort b e r or of the greatest help to m e in p rep ari ng thi s e p t . It is alm ost im poss ible to reach e ve ry m e mb e r of so la rge a r . w e not r e . Class . From thi s ideal , howeve have depa t d and The 7 11 out of our total of 7 52 have bee n hea rd from . e delinqu ents Will confer a g reat f avor b y falli ng i nto lin . o h S re ry That you keep in constant com m u nicati n w ith t e ec ta is the chief requ e st to b e m ade in thi s p re face — whe the r b y - r n w s e r n or w e n an post card or lette , by e pap clippi g ddi g nounce m ent or even b v t e leg ra m if t he i m porta nc e of t he , news seems to j usti fy such m e a ns in t he e ve of the proud parent . o rs In this report di stinction is m ad e be twe en degree h lde t s w as s a b y Mr . Gar andaffiliated m em bers of 1908. b u a id m e e s on th e f s n n ri son in a fo rm er report . as ti go chie di ti ctio iii which will survive in the Class reports will be between those ’ " s s s w who an wer the Secretary notice and thos e ho do not . Succeeding reports will c ontain chiefly revi sed l is ts of ad dresses and occupation s . until the report of 1933 which will contain a min ute tabulation of the achieve me nts of every mem ber of the Cla ss u p to that time— and m ay th e y be many and glorio us ! ’ As s u s ide from report , the Grad ate Magazine and the B ulletin are the official mean s of recording the doin gs of the Class ; the news you send in will be printed in the Magazi ne and will be eagerly read . s the s o A o o w as The udden death of Trea urer , Carlt n p ll nio , a deep sorrow to the whole Cla ss . His accou nts were in per . w as d feet order , and D S Brigham , who appointe by the Class Com mittee to fil l the vacancy . found no di ffic ulty in taking up the work . As is the us ual preced e nt of the Clas s es . su s fi b ss m e e nc ch vacancie are lled y the Cla Co mitt at o e , subject to the formal vote of the Cla ss at the Comme ncement nex t following . Thanks are due to the many friends who have cheerfull y l e nt their aid in the preparation of thi s report . I wi sh n fii ce Re v. especially to tha k the College O , the Library . the i r ct Prof . W . W . Fenn for his courtesy in supply ng a co re Mr. version of the Baccalaureate Sermon , Wm R Thayer for his kindness in giving me the benefit of his ex pert knowled ge of ss ff s o s R MS N use of Cla a air , the edit r of the C I O for the e fi s s s s s th ir invaluable le , and the ecretarie of club for upply s s y due ing li sts of members . Thanks are al o e peciall to the i a p ubli shers . t he Cri m son Printing Company . for the r c reful attention to the detail s of the report . I make thi s final appeal to you to keep me con stantly p ost ed s o as to vou r address es . and to send in all the new ab ut your t he s e lve s while it is news . so that our para graph in Grad ’ nat e s Ma gazi ne may always cover at leas t a column . Since rely yours . MER N e cre tar . GUY E SO , S y 31 o s H lyoke Hou e , M Mav 1909 . Cambridge , ass , iv C O N T E N T S ADDRESSES AN D O CCUPATIONS ATHLETI C R ECORDS A ssociation Football Baseball Basketball Boating C r icket Fencing Football Golf Gymna stics Hockey Lacrosse Shooting Swimm ing Tenni s Track Athletics BACCALAU REATE HY M N BACCAL AUREATE SER M ON CLASS D AY E X ERCISES Class Oration Class Poem Ivy O r ation Ode CLASS MEETI NGS CO M M ENCE M ENT D AY E X ERCISES Latin Oration Di squ i sition s Com m enc em ent D ay Literatu r e andLife CONTENTS Diss ertation : The Responsibili ty of the Business Man of the Fut ure CO AI MENC EMENT PARTS DEATHS D EEATING A D G H LD R B . E REE O E S E H LD S S B . DEGR E O ER DI REC TOR Y MARRI AGES AND BIRTHS MEN W HO ENTERED T HE PROFESSIONAL S CHOOLS PRI ZES AND HONORS PUBLI CATIONS SCHOLARSH I PS S CHOLARS H IPS RADU ATE AND FELLO WSH IPS . G , S OCIAL LITERARY AND OTHER RGANIZATIONS . , O S PECI AL ST UDENTS AND AFFIL I ATED MEMBERS STATISTI CS O F THE CLASS ’ TREASUR ER S REPORT T R EA SU R ER ’ S R EPO R T STAT M NT AS OF MA E E RCH 11909 . , UB IP I . S SCR TIONS TO CLAS S FUND . subs c ripti on s ub s cripti ons 306s ub s cri ptions ra e su s r on Ave g b c ipti , II . GENERAL ACCOUNT . F rs ns a m e n i t i t l t , S e on ns al m e n c d i t t , h r ns a m e n T i d i t l t , Pai u s u s r ons d p b c ipti , e r ue a oun s Ov d cc t , B al an e not due c , T o a s u s r ons t l b c ipti , TREASURER ’S REPORT III . BALANCE SHE ET. Dr. Bal ance from p re vious Paid H arvard Union e ar Un on on ac oun; y , i c t Fi ins a me n of re vi ous e ars rat t l t, p y . Se cond ins tal me nt . Pri nt i ng andstati one ry. Thi rd i ns tal me nt. Cl aaa re port . ii rat t hre e Pai d up s ub scri ptions . ins tal me nts . S urpl us from Cl ass Day Se ni or d inne r. ommi e e Se n or cni e fici t C tt . i pi c d , Round Tabl e surpl us .