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When the twenty-fifth reunion class comes back to sing "Fair Harvard" and glory in the memories of the good old days, they will start out with one distinction already theirs. 1931 will be the largest reunion class in Harvard history, with its attendance exceeding...
Modern History: Cypriots were agitating for enosis or reunion with Greece as early as the 19th century. In 1931 Orthodox priests led a brief revolt, declaring that the Patriarch of Cyprus had proclaimed the end of British rule "because the people will it." Greek Premier Venizelos disowned the revolt, the riots subsided, and two bishops were deported to England...
...mechanics of the drives was improved. Each year the donations from various members of the classes would be placed in a bank to accumulate interest towards the final campaign goal. At the end of the twenty-five year period, the total accumulation would represent the classes' reunion donation...
Over the past thirty years, the reunion gift has gradually grown, although it did experience a drop back to the $100,000 level during the depression years. In the last two years, the classes of 1929 and 1930 have given approximately $300,000 each, even though they were originally the "depression classes" which first claimed they were too poor to contribute much to their reunion fund. Present figures indicate that the Class of 1931 is well on its way to reaching the $300,000 goal for next year...
...what was designated for 25th-year gifts, went towards the proposed library. Even special donations from 25-year campaigns were accepted. For $10,000 a graduate could dedicate, with a bronze plaque, one of the book-collection alcoves to the memory of a relative. The College also took the reunion gifts from the Classes of 1921, 1922, and 1923 using them to exceed the original $1,500,000 goal by several hundred thousand dollars...