1902

When we entered college, we were told that tradition expected a freshman to know, at least by sight, every man in the College, and to be acquainted with every man in his Class. Apparently no one ever came around to check up on these expectations, but most of us did fairly well in respect to classmates, even though the sections of required courses were made up alphabetically.

As time moved on, we found at Reunions that there might appear a stranger who turned out to be a bona fide member of the Class, attending for the first time a Reunion. More than that, a man who felt that he had not changed much might be asked to identify himself; or after the badges were provided, find a man whom he recognized staring at his badge.

So it happens that photographs of a class at Reunion may provide some questions of iden- tity, and require an ability to fill in some gaps. It is not at all strange that group photographs, or even individual ones, serve no purpose when the man who proudly had it framed and hung in his home has gone to his reward. That picture might still have a real value to later generations if, when it was newly acquired, the owner had provided a memorandum to go with it. For example, what the group is, where the picture was taken, and of course, a list of those in the picture, arranged in such manner that each in- dividual can be readily identified.

Secretary and Class Agent 6 Pasture Lane Darien, Conn. 06820