CLASS OF 1888

Good wives and children have always been a specialty of the class of 1888, so that it is not strange that to the thirty-two men who answered the call for their twenty-fifth reunion there should have been added nearly as many collateral representatives. The excellent records and well-set-up appearance of the men, .now in their prime, is also testimony. to the good judgment which they showed in choosing their consorts and descendants. The class, although it had an excellent athletic history, showed for the first time a tendency to sit on the bleachers rather than to play the games of Commencement, and refused either to appear in uniform or to march in parade. The men of '88 always manifested an unwillingness to want the same thing at once or to want it twice in succession. This no doubt explains its unusual democracy, and the fact that this was one of the few regroupings of a company of men where nobody cared how much or little money the other had.

A tender service on Sunday in Rollins Chapel, kindly assisted by the College organist, was spontaneously chosen as the beginning of a reunion which had no other formal occasion. Visits to the graves of old professors, walks to oldtime sites, and rapid trips in autos to places which we used to visit on foot filled the days that were too short. At the class dinner each man spoke simply about himself, what he is doing, how he looks at life, and this, with the informal chats during the week, formed new acquaintance of the deeper virtues of the old fellows.

The class has perhaps shown a somewhat equal level of achievement. It has not furnished men of pre-eminence, but has contributed more than its share toward the uplifting of, the commonweal. No man, so far as is known, is a failure. Seven of its sons have entered Dartmouth.

Secretary, Rev. Wm. Byron Forbush, 1714 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.