Class of 1876

One of the Secretary's rarest experiences of late has been in reading the report of the 'Fiftieth" of '86. Such occasions as this cannot certainly be had at their best by planning, however painstaking. They depend on a variety of elements which are seldom all at their best: planning, indeed, but also the quality, the temper, the esprit of classmates; on their loyalty and devotion, on environment and occasion, on the wives and relatives of classmates in their interest and loyalty, and on other subtle and not unimportant features. The class of '86 had these elements in full measure. The joy to be had in such a superlative occasion as the "Fiftieth" of '86, at times a tender, sober joy, is beyond all estimating.

To the space accorded Newell '79, in the February issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE, the Secretary is inclined to add so much as is necessary to mention that in prep, school days Newell was an outstanding baseball pitcher on a well-balanced and efficient nine of which Hardison '76 and Murdock '77 were members; a nine that in local contests achieved such scores as 62 to 9, and 77 to 11, and seldom met defeat.

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