CLASS OF 1871

As the years accumulate, reports of the class secretary fall so much under the head of necrology, that he fairly needs a shock-absorber, when called upon to write redivivus." In the last.General Catalogue the name of our classmate, Gilman Hazelton Jenness, is marked with an asterisk, the place and date of his death being noted with painful exactness. It appears, however, that in his case, as in another often quoted instance, the facts have been greatly exaggerated. Jenness is still in the flesh. Since graduation, with the exception of about three years devoted to teaching and farming in Illinois, he has resided continuously at Chester, N. H. He engaged in farming, has taken an active interest in school affairs, and been a useful citizen in his town, a typical illustration of—

"Beatus ille qui procul negotiis, Ut prisca gens mortalium, Paterna rura bobus exercet suis."

Of the forty-eight living members of the class, distributed through nineteen states, thirty have reported to the secretary within the past few weeks, and all appear to be facing our forty-third class milestone with good cheer and courage.

Charles Ham sends on this bit of admonition from San Francisco: "You boys will make the mistake of your lives, if you don't come out here next year."

Secretary, William S. Dana, 6 Beacon St., Boston