CLASS OF 1868

The class of 1868 held its reunion at Commencement in June, 1908, with a banquet in College Hall Tuesday evening, the 23rd. Fourteen were present, nine of the twenty now living in the academic class, and five of the ten living in the scientific section of the class.

The class gathered about the table at 7.30, and occupied the time most pleasantly and profitably with reminiscences and personal experiences till past midnight; it was decided to issue a modest report at an early date, and a class tax was assessed. The class has apparently one distinction, at least; it graduated more men than entered the class in September, 1864. The number of men on the ground at first was 28, but 33 graduated, of which number 22 were of the original 28. Of the corresponding Chandler class seven entered, of which number only two graduated, though 13 men received the degree of B. S. at our Commencement. Thirty-four was the largest number catalogued in any year for the academics, while 17 were catalogued in the corresponding Chandler class. Only 41 different men were ever connected with the academic section of the class, and of the eight who did not graduate, four remained through sophomore year, two through junior year, one entered junior year but did not remain long, and one died senior year. The size of the class is easily explained through the misfortunes of the War of the Rebellion, which was about to close as the class entered College.

Of the academic section of the class, four have devoted their lives to the ministry, four to the profession of law, four to that of medicine, and four to that of teaching; most of the remaining half have followed persistently some form of business, though a few taught for a few years before going into business.

Three of the four teachers have been teaching in colleges most of the forty years, and one of the doctors has been a professor in medical schools for over thirty years; these four men have contributed 147 years to college teaching, and 79 of these years were in Dartmouth.