HA RV A RD CO L L EG E T HE C L A SS O F 1 8 7 6 SEVENTH REPORT OF THE SECRETARY COVERING THE CLASS HISTORY FOR TWENTY-FIVE YEARS TO MDCCCCI P RINTED FOR THE USE OF THE CLASS M YM UN P B N 1 0 1 THE ERR O T RESS, OSTO , 9 CLASS COMMITTEE FRANC I S CA BOT LOWELL W AM A N B D ILLI M SO RA LEY H ARcovR'r AMO RY CLASS SECRETARY ER WH E R JO HN TYL E LW IG HT THE NO O NTIDE HE M orning-star is fled; the golden light O ear l da on ra r ant o enin ers f y y f g p g , ’ The dewy freshness of lifi s youth 1powers Have left us fiell upon our brows doth smi te The blaze o noon intolerabl bri ht f , y g . Few birds sing now the heavy-fi eighted hours Br in toil and re The Noon the Noon i ca . s our " g , s The clocks strike loud and to resh tasks in ite f v . Look on our elds 0 labourers the da " y fi , of y The har ests ite thout r r v wh n. Some wi ewa d Faint b the wa Some voices silent are y y. That san with us our mor nin -m ic a g g us g y . Enou h enou h in th eld 0 Lord g , g if y fi , ”fe toi not ain til the eni - tar l v l l Ev n s . , y, g W THEODORE C . L S IL IAM . P REFACE LASSM ATES : Th e twent -five ears y y , wh ich have passed since th e Class of 1 8 6 ra uate ave rou t such reat 7 g d d , h b gh g c an es to arvar t at u on rev s tin it we H , p , har g reco n z odur hold co e e i i g h dly g i e ll g . Enteri ng only three years after th e accessi o n of res ent E ot we foun h is ener at wor P id li , d gy k bu ildi ng a new superstructure upon th e old foun ation Durin res m an ear we were er d . gF h y p m itted to p ursue our req u i red studies wi th our m inds unfretted by th e n ecessity ofchoosing for ourse ves b ut th e t ree succee n ears com l , h di g y lle us to e out of ea n s rin We wer pe d g t l di g t gs. e gi ven a broad cho ice of elective studi es ; our at ten ance at o ur courses was m a e vo untar As d d l y . is we nown t s i era s stem h as wit cer ll k , hi l b l y , h ta n w se re u at ons een m a e st m ore , b b eria anid its gr lnci es ave th rdou iltlh e c anli es l , p i ipl h , gh h g in th e entrance re uirem ents een e ten e nto q , b x d di th e se on ar sc oo Th e enera rinc e h as c s . p p d y h l g l i l ’ been adopted by th e C ollege that a Bachelor s de gree is n ecessary for adm ission to all profess ional courses of stu s m a es it m ortant t at dy . Thi k i p h th e conditi o ns for adm i ssi on to th e C ollege or en ific c oo s a b e era conce ve Sci t S h l h ll lib lly i d . M r C ane in th e Re ort ofth e C ass . W . L , p “ l of says : Th e req u i rem en ts of 1 881 al low th e substituti on in th e place of Greek of a cons era e am ount of sc ent fic stu inc u id bl i i dy, l d in som e a vance m at em at cs b ut do not al g d d h i , low th e substitution of any m odern language or of stor a anese stu ents m a su st tute an hi y . J p d y b i e am ination in th e Japanese an ua e and itera x n ln g g l ture for En lis , i th e C i ese an ua e and l terature fogr e hem entar hree anl d gin Egn is i l y G k, gl h for elem entary Lati n ; while students and grad n ates ofth e Im perial Univers t ofJapan m i t i y ” gh b e a m itte wit ou t e am nat on . 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