Word: classe
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...ought, after all, to preserve enough interest in the world - you need not have much, of course - to care whether your crew is supported, and whether your class gives say two-thirds of her quota towards its 'Varsity. I 'm quite aware that '82, as you state, failed to support both her crew and the 'Varsity; still, that class did not get a very good reputation by such conduct. Then, too, it is very fine to say, "Confound all class matters, what do I care for my class?" like the '80 men, and though, like '80, liberal with your money...
...Harvard Necrology for 1878-79 presents some very interesting facts. The unwearied devotion of Mr. Sibley has been rewarded by the discovery of particulars concerning the death of many of the older graduates. Among these are Samuel Cobbett of Lynn, class of 1663, who died at Fairfield, Conn., 1713; Pascal Nelson, class of 1721, died at London, Eng., 1760; William Phipps of Cambridge, class of 1728, died at Pemaquid, Me., 1750 - 51; Samuel Moffatt, class of 1758, died at Demarara, 1780. The Necrology contains the names of seventy-five Academic graduates, fifty-eight of whom have died since last Commencement...
During the year William Freeman, the oldest living graduate, passed away, nearly ninety-six years of age, leaving the venerable Joseph Head, class of 1804, patriarch of the Alumni. There still remains at least one representative of every class since 1803, with the exception...
...have been conferred on, graduates may be promptly forwarded to Mr. John Langdon Sibley, No. 9 Phillips Place, Cambridge, accompanied by answers to the questions to be found in the Triennial Catalogue, and if obituaries have been published, to send the newspapers containing them. It is also suggested to class secretaries to forward their reports as soon as published...
FIVE Overseers are to be elected to-day for the term of six years, to supply the places of the Class which goes out of office after the close of this Commencement Day. One Overseer is to be elected for the term of two years, to supply the place of Alexander Agassiz, resigned. All the foregoing are to be voted for on one ballot, in Massachusetts Hall. The polls will be kept open from the hour of ten in the forenoon to the hour of four in the afternoon...