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THE TECHVOL XlV. BOSTON, JUNE, 1895. Class-dav Number.

THE TECHP'ublished every Thursday, during the college year, by students

of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

CHARLES GILMAN HYDE, '96, Editor in Chief.

EDWVARD ARTHUR BALDWIN,'96, Assistant Ed. in Chief.

BENJAMIN HURD, JR., '96.

SHELDON LEAVITT HOWVARD, '97.

WILLIAM THORNTON PARKER, '97.

RALPH SPELMAN WHITING, '97

THOMAS EDDY TALLMADGE, '98.

RAYMOND SMITH WILLIS, '9g.

SHELDON LEAVITT HOWARD, '97, Secretary.

W., R. STRICKLAND, '9S, Business Manager.

Subscription, $z.5o per year, in advance. Single copies, IO cts. each.

For the benefit of students THE TE CII will bepleased to answerall questions and obtain all possible information pertaining to anydelartmeni of the College.

Contributions are requested front all undergraduates, alumni, andofficers of instruction. No anonymous manuscribt can be accepted.

Entered in Post Office, Boston, Mass., as Second Class Matter.

OR the Senior, commencement*' ends the careless freedom of

college days, but marks onlythe beginning of the more in-

| timate associations with the

4q J outer world which the collegeI'~ ̂ graduate is to experience. It

betokens the assumption of responsibilitieswhich before have been to him matters ofsmall concern. What is the aim of the collegeman, of a graduate of Technology, '95? Tobecome a successful man, perhaps. But wNhois the successful man? Success and failureare indeed terms whose significance is toodeep to admit an off-hand definition. Scarcelydo the subtlest analysis and keenest scrutinyrender possible a definition of those two greatopposites which confront mankind almost fromcradle to grave.

,"Not alone the A, B, C, raises man indignity," as the German has it, not alone doesthe faithful practice of technical profession as-sure a successful life. Honor, probity, cour-age, good citizenship, are but a few of thequalities which help win true success. Manyquestions, too, other than professional, lessvital to him individually, perhaps, but no moreto be ignored, must be to the man who wouldlive other than the hermit's life matters for hishonest reflection.

THE TECH has no desire to preach. Ninety-five may feel that they go into the world aswell prepared as modern educational methodscan prepare them. To them THE TECH ex-tends its heartiest wishes for success andhonor. It trusts that they will ever rememberwith increasing loyalty their Ahna Maler andits noble work. It doubts not that they willform a worthy addition to the already impos-ing array of alumni for whom Technologyhas done so much, and from whom she rightlyexpects encouragement, sympathy, and aid.

HE Senior Class as a whole,and particularly its several

X -A committees, are to be con-. § E I- gratulated upon the excellent· | -P arrangements for the events

of the week. The entireseries of festivities proved a

happy success and showed evidences of carefulplanning. Such conscientious work as wasperformed by the men in charge is mostencouraging to see, and can but arouse thehope that the commencement gaieties of futureclasses may be as signally marked as thosejust completed.

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HE editors must apologize for the extremelateness of issue of this class-day num-

ber. Several exasperating delays in thereceipt of manuscript and the loss of consider-able time in endeavoring to replace other man-uscript that had been thoughtlessly destroyed,may account for the tardiness. Notwithstand-ing these untoward circumstances THE TECHtrusts that its appearance even at this late daymay be at least not unwelcome.

The Alumni Reception.

-------_ =~ H E reception ten-'=~ .-i~_ dered by the Alumni

Association to theFaculty and to theSeniors on Fridayevening, May 2 4 th,at Young's Hotel,proved an entirely

r t iEsuccessful and ex-t r e m e I y enjoyableaffair. The guests,

X[ ilgwho numbered near-ly three hundred, in-

cluded representatives from the Faculty andfrom the Corporation; nearly every memberof '95 was also present, and the total wasfurther augmented by the presence of the Gleeand Banjo Clubs.

After a pleasant, informal reception theparty adjourned to the spacious dining room,where a delightful collation was served. Thefeast of good things having been well disposedof, Mr. James P. Monroe, '82, President ofthe Alumni Association, began the speaking.Mr. Monroe is an exceedingly happy speaker,and his remarks abounded in bright hits whichwere received with applause on every side.President Walker was then introduced. Hetraced the growth of Technology during thepast year and touched upon her needs, speak-ing with feeling of the timely aid which she

had received from the State. Music from thBanjo Club followed, and their effectivplaying earned an encore.

President Monroe then introduced HoIJosiah Miller, of the Massachusetts Legislhture, who had labored so earnestly for thenactment of the bill granting Technologthe much-desired appropriation. He was received with great applause and spoke mointerestingly, dwelling on the legislativfeatures of the enactment. Mr. Miller ht

,a son in Technology, who, by the waxwas one of the four drillers who defeated thHarvard four in the recent competitive dri!After music by the Glee Club, President Moroe arose and introduced Dr. Drown, payina brilliant tribute to his work at Technolog"Dr. Drown made no allusion to his callLehigh, but confined his speech to remarnon certain theories of teaching. More musfollowed, after which Mr. Arthur L. Canfiespoke on behalf of the Seniors, delivering ~interesting and well-written speech.

The speaking was then brought to a clo-by Mr. Monroe, amid Technology cheers arunanimous expressions of the enjoymentthe evening's festivities.

The Ninety-Five Portfolio.

HIE Senior portfoli,X Fso long anticipate

was at length issurr j[,s ~toward the end

May, and showedgratifying improv

ment along many lines. Thebook, attractivebound in red and white cover embellished wifantastic lettering, was well up to the expetations of all, and proved to the men of Ninet-five a worthy souvenir of Technology andtheir classmates.

Following the first four pages, which weoccupied by the photographs of the membeof the Faculty, came the pages devoted to tI

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likenesses of the candidates for advanced de-grees. Succeeding these came the pictures

of the regular class members, which occupiedtwelve pages. Facing these and the preced-ing were pages upon which appeared, inplaces to correspond with the reproductions,

the name, fraternity, athletic and class dis-tinctions, and title of thesis of the men pic-tured on the opposite page. The remainder

of the book was taken up with group picturesof the athletic teams, social and dramaticorganizations, Class-Day Officers, Institute

Committee, and other representative bodies,followed by well-selected views in and aboutthe various Technology buildings.

The reproductions were all made in photo-

gelatin by the Albertype process, and,printed on heavy paper of excellent quality,

gave impressions of depth and clearness.The book showed throughout evidences ofconsiderable care in its production, the credit

for which rests with the committee, whichconsisted of Mr. E. Johnson Loring, chair-man, Mr. Azel Ames, Jr., Mr. F. B. Mas-

ters, Mr. D. N. Marble, and Mr. F. A. Park.

N. E. I. P. A. Meeting.

THE annual meeting and

" I? banquet of the New

England Intercollegiate, , Press Association was

/,f House in Worcester on

Saturday evening, MayI8, immediately follow-

' -~ " ~ing the intercollegiiteathletic games. A number of' well-knoxwncollege papers were represented and an in-teresting meeting resulted. The officers forthe ensuing year were elected as follows:President, Mr. Hyde of '('HE TFCH; VicePresident, Mr. W. C. Holman of the A/mzherstLiterary Monthlly; Secretary and Treasurer,

Mr. J. S. Murdock of the _Brunonian.

Rather than to follow a custom adopted inprevious years of electing certain publicationsto office, a method which attached but littleresponsibility in carrying on the work of theorganization, it was determined that all elec-tions be made individual. Moreover it wasdecided to draw up a new constitution whichwould be more binding and would invite thesympathy and co-operation of the collegeperiodicals in New England.

The business meeting was followed by awell-served dinner, after which the toast listand a round of stories were enjoyed. Thetoasts were -

"'Public Offlice a Private Snap" ." Our Society Editor ""Dividends" .

" The College Organ "" The New Woman " ." The Waste Basket" ."The Devil" .

Wellesley Ilag, razine.

BrownDally Ie rald.The Dartmoulh.

The fiount Holyoke.Tritly TCab/el.

* . The Tech.

The Glee and Banjo Club Concert.

HE festivities of Commencementwere inaugurated in earnest withthe Senior Concert of the Gleeand Banjo Clubs on the evening

of May 25th. The seating ca-pacity of Huntington Hall was

severely tested, for a goodly audience of thefriends of Ninety-five was present to greet theClubs, through whose courtesy this compli-mentary concert was tendered to the Seniors.

The ranks of the Clubs were sadly depletedand their work far from the usual standard ofexcellence. Nevertheless, the audience wasappreciative and the programme was listenedto with evident enjoyment. The Glee Club

introduced two novelties, the I" Little AlabamaCoon," which found immediate favor, and" Alma Mater," a Technology song by

Schmitz, '95, former leader of the Glee Club,who received many congratulations upon hiscomposition. Mr. Howland's songs were also

well received, and the mandolin and guitar

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PROGRAMME.

Part I.

I. Onward .

GLEE CLUB.

2. Darkey's ParadeBANJO CLUB.

3. Mandolin and Guitar DuetMESSRS. BARBER AND SHUMAN.

4 Off for PhiladelphiaGLEE CLUB.

5. Zither Duet . .

MESSRS. HALL AND OLIN.

Part II.

i. Little Alabama CoonGLEE CLUB.

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JOHN HASTINGS HOWLAND.

4. M. I. T. Medley Lansing.BANJO CLUB.

5. Alma Mater . Schmitz.GLEE CLUB.

The Baccalaureate Sermon.

-: M:'"" T HE Senior Class as-sembled in Trinity

Church Sunday' i. Safternoon, May 26th,

to listen to the bacca-laureate sermon byDr. Lindsay, of St.Paul's. It was aneloquent address de-livered with earnest-

ness and force, and full of the most excellentand practical advice.

The text was taken from Mark x., 37-45,teaching the doctrine of service: " For eventhe Son of Man came not to be ministered

unto, but to minister." The speaker showedthat Christ's life was primarily and pre-em-inently one of service. He assumed the titleof the "Son of Man," and as the child ofhumanity he set the example of pure anddevoted service, all the more noble in itshumbleness and 'unostentation. " Such aman might easily have commanded the de-votion of men, and used his powers ofawakening their enthusiasm to draw abouthim a band of followers to overthrow theRoman rule, but he willfully chose a life ofhumility and ministry." " Self-surrendermakes the hero." The names most reveredand honored in history are not those of menwhose achievements were actuated by a self-ish purpose, but of the men who devotedtheir gifts to the good of mankind. "Nosplendor of genius can exalt a man in theworld's best thought who has lived for him-self; no glory of success can conceal his truelittleness from the just discrimination of pub-lic opinion ..... This line of thoughtseems appropriate to an occasion like this,when the graduating class of the Massachu-setts Institute of Technology assembles inthe house of God to engage in worship andlisten to a sermon on the eve of their entranceupon that real life of labor for which theyhave been fitting themselves through yearsof patient preparation. Your life work, mybrethren, will bring you very near to Godand very near to man. Some of you willmake discoveries of your own in the worldof nature; most of you will be dealing inthose elemental forces which are signs of theDivine presence. Believe me, when the twoare rightly understood there can be no war-fare between religion and science. I beg ofyou to be reverential in the vast temple ofnature in which God dwells. Search for thetruth as the devout soul bows in solemnprayer, as the prophet waits for the Divinemessage; with awed spirit read the revela-tion that comes to you. Bring back to yourfellowmen what God has made known to

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Tyou, that he may be honored and theyblessed.... I beg of you not to allowyourselves to be caught in the materialisticcurrent, or swept away by the tide of selfish-ness, to make money or preferment the chiefobject of your life. Realize that your pro-fession is sacred, that in a sense you areministers of God. If your nature be trueand high you will not be content with apurely selfish life, and only this view of yourcalling will redeem it from bitterness andutter sordidness.

*May God guide you in all your ways, andbless you in all your undertakings. Mayyour fellowmen recognize your worth andcall you to posts of honor and opportunity.May your life close with the plaudits fromthose who have known you; 'well done,'to be echoed in the new life when you takethe places there prepared for you and forwhich you have prepared by lives of servicerendered to God and man in the spirit of himwho 'came not to be ministered unto but tominister."'

The Class-day Exercises.PROGRAMM3E.

Overture . . . . . . ORCHESTRA.

President's Address . . ARTHUR LAKE CANFIELD.

Music . . . . . . ORCHESTRA.

History . . . MILTON LATHROP FISH.

Music . . . . . . . ORCHESTRA.

Statistics . . . . LUTHER KELLER YODER.

Music . . . . . . . ORCHESTRA.

Prophecy . . . . ALBERT WESLEY DRAKE.

Music ORCHESTRA.

Oration . ROBERT KIMBALL SHEPPARD.

NINETY-FIVE was greeted by a thousandexpectant friends as it marched to its seats onthe afternoon of Class Day. Huntington Hallwas tastefully decorated with bunting andpalms, and the music, by Daggett, was unex-ceptionable. The marshals and the membersof the Class-day Committee having takentheir places upon the platform, the President,

Mr. Canfield, advanced and addressed theaudience:-

PRESIDENT S ADDRESS.

Classmates, Ladies and Gentlemen, friendsof the Institute of Technology, and especiallyfriends of the Class of Ninety-five, we welcomeyou to our Class-day Exercises. We wish toextend to you a welcome such that you will feelour sincerity in making it. There may be otherclasses that can boast of greater brilliancy:some may excel in athletics, some mayeclipse all others in scholarship, but thosewho know the history of Ninety-five will admitthat she is noted for her good fellowship andhospitality on all occasions.

To-day, while it is hoped that everyone,both individually and collectively, will feelthe spirit of the day and of the class to beone of welcome, there are those among uswhom we wish particularly to honor andwelcome to these halls. First and foremost,let us honor our parents, those to whom weowe the most and to whom we can repay buta trifle of what they have given us, througha life of care, and work, and self-sacrifice.The parents of many of us have undergonepersonal discomfort and self-denial that wemight have the blessings which have broughtus to this hour. Let us see to it that theyunderstand, to-day, how deeply we appre-ciate our advantages and their sacrifices forus, and as we lead them from room to roomof these familiar halls and laboratories, donot let us forget to make them know that wehave profited by our years of work andstudy.

To the members of the Faculty, and to ourother officers of instruction, we also extendour welcome. To-day is the only day in allour four years' course at Technology onwhich we may as a class extend to them aninvitation to these halls. To-day belongs toNinety-five alone. This is the day set apart forus to take charge of affairs and conduct the ex-ercises of the Institute. So it is entirely.

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proper that we should return in a measurethe welcome and good feeling always shownto us by every member of the corps of pro-fessors and instructors. Many, very manyof this body of men we have come to knowpersonally, and it is a great pleasure to havethe opportunity of showing our appreciationand grateful feelings. But there is one amongthem whom above all others we delight tocall our friend. He has won all hearts byhis kindly and considerate bearing towardus, his scholarly attainments, and his earnestcounsel. There is not a member of Ninety-fivebut has been benefited by contact with this man.To those of Technology I do not need to say Imean our honored President. To him, firstof all at Technology, we extend our mostcordial welcome.

As classmates we welcome each other, as onmany past occasions, and we hope the day willprove one of mutual pleasure and satisfaction.

And last, but far from least, we greet thistime-worn hall, these plain and solemn wallswith their frieze of industrious figures, busilyengaged in the pursuits of art and science.Here we have often struggled and come outvictorious, and the very presence and surround-ings of this familiar room lend impulse to ourbeating hearts. But we must not forget ourobligations.

To the corporation and the great founder ofthe Institute we owe the very possibility of aneducation such as we have received; to theable management of our President we owe itscontinuance; to the grand old State of Massa-chusetts, who came to our assistance in time ofsorest need, we are under the deepest obliga-tion; to our Faculty and other officers ofinstruction we owe the principles instilled intoour minds and hearts; to all these we acknowl-edge our deep indebtedness.

We also wish to thank the several organiza-tions of the Institute that have added to ourentertainment. The Glee and Banjo Clubsespecially have our thanks for the delightfulconcert of Saturday evening. This was a

particular compliment to the Senior Class, andwe assure the clubs that their kindness isappreciated. To the French and GermanSocieties we are also indebted, although not inthe same personal sense, but with the rest ofTechnology, for their splendid presentations ofseveral plays brought out by them duringJunior Week. To the Junior Class we extendour thanks for their services during the presentoccasion.

There are many others who have served usat Technology, and to whom we are grateful,but lest I should consume more time than isallotted to me, I now discharge a duty which isextremely pleasant, although it is largely amatter of form. To the members of '95 whohave worked with our First Marshal for thepast four years, and know him to be the manhe is, an introduction is unnecessary, but tothose who are not so intimately acquaintedwith him, I may say a word. The office ofFirst Marshal on Class Day is the highest andmost honorable in the gift of the class, and onthis occasion we are proud to say that theplace is held by one of our number who notonly stands among the first as a scholar, butalso among the popular men of his class; aman well liked by every one, and liked thebetter the longer he is known. To him fallsthe duty of conducting these exercises, and itis with great pleasure I have the privilege ofintroducing Mr. Thomas Butler Booth, FirstMarshal of the Class of Ninety-five.

Mr. Booth then assumed his duties as FirstMarshal, proceeding as follows:

"Friends of the Class of Ninety-five: It ishighly complimentary to us that you considerit of sufficient importance to be present thisafternoon, and listen to the singing of ourpraises and the recital of our virtues. The as-sociations connected with the Class of Ninety-five have been, are, and, I hope, alwayswill be, very dear to us; and although theself-conceit of the college graduate is pro-verbial, yet, as you also well know, it is a

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quality with which he very soon must part,and we hope the exhibition of a little vanityupon an occasion like this will seem par-donable.

" You will doubtless regard it as modesty inthe extreme, then, when I say that we proposethis afternoon, by a continuous chain of evi-dence, to show that, from the Freshman year tothe present, the career of the Class of Ninety-five has been without an equal; that, as atpresent constituted, it is without a rival, whilethe future offers such possibilities to its membersas to cause surprise and wonder even amongourselves.

"We wish then first to review the four yearsgone by, to recall the hardships and pleasureswe have experienced, and to dwell upon theties and friendships formed, which, for manyof us, are so soon to be broken.

"I This will be done by one who entered withus in our Freshman year; who, to-morrow,will graduate with us, the president of hisclass in our Junior year,-Milton LathropFish."

THE CLASS HISTORY.

Mr. Marshal, Mr. President, Fellow Class-mates, Ladies, and Gentlemen: Glancingback through the " Techniques" which haveappeared during our experience at the Insti-tute, we notice recorded for each year thecomplete history of the Class of Ninety-five.You will find chronicled there glowing descrip-tions of our athletic victories, and generallywe have been honorable enough to mentionour defeats. A rehearsal of these events wouldbe tiresome to you. Each class passes throughthe same experience, and a history of onewill apply with but slight changes to almostany class. We shall therefore attempt to dealmore with our experience and development asindividuals, and would refer you to the afore-said" Techniques " for accounts of our athleticvictories. We can assure you that we aresincere in our reasons for pursuing this course,since Ninety-five has been unusually success-

Iful in class contests and general athletics, andthe historian has abundant material and agrand opportunity to write an athletic history.Looking over the Institute athletic recordyou will find that five out of the fifteen recordsin standard events are held by this class.Having so excellent a reputation, we feel thatwe can well afford to let others sing our praises,while here we simply record a few of thevaried experiences through which we havepassed during our course at Technology.

The beginning of our Freshman year is sofar removed from the present that we have for-gotten just how we appeared at that time.We gathered from the four corners of theearth, some of us with definite ideas as to ourpurpose in coming to the Institute, but morehaving only vague notions further than thatthey desired an education. The latter con-sidered this as a proper course to fill a periodof great uncertainty, and hoped that beforethe four years were ended they might settleupon some occupation to their liking, whichpromised maximum returns with minimumeffort.

It is surprising to find how soon a class of325 students becomes acquainted. Introduc-tions were unnecessary. We quickly becamefamiliar with the names as r-ead from the in-structors' rolls, and as soon as we fitted themto the men we henceforth felt acquainted andconnected by a bond of union which hasgrown stronger as acquaintance has ripened.

The drawing-room at the top of Rogersis one of the spots which has left the mostvivid impression upon our minds. It washere that we first learned to manipulate theT-square and the drawing pen. Also inLinus's -book we pondered over that illustrateddescription, " How to draw parallel or per-pendicular lines with a pair of .triangles."Such a use of the triangles has now becomeso familiar to us that we imagine that theknowledge came from original investigation,but here is this page of Linus's confrontingus as a reminder of the day when it was a

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difficult task to lay off a fifteen-degree angle.It was in the drawing room that the first classofficers were decided upon, and this has eversince been the hotbed for political influence.

Many of us remember the themes we werecompelled to write at this time, and the abilitywe developed in expanding our ideas and en-larging our handwriting to cover the requisitenumber of eight by ten sheets.

Taking it all together our Freshman workwas rather dry and uninteresting, but then wehad been taught that this grind was neces-sary for the foundation and timbering of our,structure, and that the clapboards and mould-ing would come at the proper time.

All men, although they may be loath toacknowledge it, look back upon their Fresh-man year and wonder how they passedthrough that period without realizing theirinnocence. Only those who have had thisexperience, get the full force of the state-ment, " Every man must be a Freshman."Nevertheless we probably obtained more en-joyment from this year than from those whichhave followed it. The very fact that wewere innocent and had not taken on our pres-ent sophistication allowed us to find enjoy-ment in artless little acts which we shouldnow consider far beneath our dignity. It isduring this year only that you will hear ofmen being compelled to change their resi-dence as a penalty for having too good a time.So quiet a man as Williams was gentlyhelped to move out. If you were to askhim about it to-day, he would probably layit to his hilarious firiends and disclaim all re-sponsibility. Libby also had to move butthen Libby moved because he wanted toget into town, nearer his work. These ex-cuses remind us of the men who leave Tech-nology on account of their poor health.

Our class was a model in some ways, evenin the Freshman year. Since our entranceyou have not heard anything about trips toMoon Island; we never advertised that ourGeneral would eat a bale of hay; nor have

we ever considered greased pigs as necessaryto the success of the Drill.

It was during this year that the final at-tempt was made to continue the custom ofgiving a dinner to the Senior class. Ournumbers were thoroughly canvassed and theJunior plead eloquently: "Come out andmeet the Faculty. It will pay you to getacquainted with them. The price is a littlehigh, but then it comes only once a year, andyou will appreciate it more." Then hewould wind up by saying impressively, "Thecustom must be continued." The Seniorscame to a man and the affair was a greatsuccess so far as they were concerned; thoseof us who attended have no reason to com-plain.

The beginning of the Sophomore yearfound us again congregated in Rogers corri-dor, but this time we belonged to the hand-shaking, happy crowd, while the Freshmenstood around in the outer circles trying toappear at home and look natural, just as wehad done the year before. It seemed goodto have some one to look down upon, and itcame natural to magnify the height of theplane from which we made our observations.Cultivating the eccentricities of a genius andassuming a patronizing air, we surely exhib-ited an appearance of wisdom far beyondour years. As We have progressed farther,we have lost all contempt for those below us;and now as Seniors we are, perhaps, moregracious to a Freshman than to a man of anyother class.

We now separated into the special work ofthe different courses, and our studies becamemore interesting. Three times each weekwe congregated to take our dose of Physics.We appreciated this opportunity for meetingas a class again, and also enjoyed the lec-tures. The examinations were rigid enoughto excite due reverence for the subject. De-scriptive Geometry caused us some trouble,and we never yet have seen the necessity ofdrawing a pretty cone and then spoiling the

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picture by sketching a complicated curve toshow the intersection of another cone.

Then came that little speech, which hasbeen so ably described in . Technique,"officially advising us for the first time thatcheating was not allowed at the Institute:"There is no possible excuse, no extenuatingcircumstances, under no conditions whateveris a man justified in palming off work whichis not entirely and absolutely his own."

The Junior year is a time of hard work andgreat uncertainty; a period when the Facultyfirst begins to associate the name and the facetogether. The student, too, realizes that thefavorable opinion of the Faculty is to bedesired, and therefore he becomes more sedateand dignified in his bearing. The successfulcompletion of the work of this year will meanthat graduation is almost assured.

The subjects which brought us together thisyear as a class were Political Economy andBusiness Law. FHow studiously we avoidedmaking the acquaintance of Lawyer Brandeis.Even now we can see him standing at this verydesk, pleading for information upon somedifficult point of law, and as a last resort hestraightens back, puts one hand in his pocket,and says, "Well now, Mr. Sheppard, what doyou think of this case?"

The ways of the Institute had becomefamiliar to us, and we now felt thoroughly athome. In our Freshman year we regardedan instructor or an assistant with great awe,almost approaching reverence, sometimes be-ing inclined to call him " Professor." Duringour Junior year we were more liable, in manycases, to slap him on the back and addresshim as "Old Man."

This was the year upon which we took ourturn at publishing "Technique." The generalcomment has been that this edition had neverbeen equaled before, nor since, for that matter.We were singularly fortunate in the selectionof our Editor in Chief, Mr. A. D. Fuller, whowas well qualified for the position by his pre-vious experience upon the staff of THE TECH.

Finally comes the Senior year. Thestudent, imbued with even greater dignity, nowsaunters around with an unconscious familiar-ity, inwardly realizing that he is the envy of allof the lower classmen. The professors and hisold instructors are gracious to him, and he feelsthat this is not such a bad world after all. Hispatient forbearance leads even the Freshmanto feel at home in his presence. It was asmeek a member as your humble servant whowas approached by a sporty Freshman andasked to step over to the " Chapel" and havea game.

The work which was most looked forwardto in this year was the thesis. Our imagina-tion had been often greatly excited by refer-ences to footnotes which said, "These resultsare taken from the thesis of Messrs. A. and B.of the class of i8 -. " Many of us have beendisappointed, for the great discoveries whichwe had anticipated, and the glories which wehad pictured, have proved to be only phantoms.A few of us have gained renown. If youquestion this, Waite, for to-morrow will dispelall doubts.

And so our four years have passed away.We have climbed over the same paths, andmet the same obstacles that beset our gray-haired alumni. Some of the same old jokesthat they laughed at have been sprung uponus by our professors, and we have taken justas much pleasure in them as if they werefiresh for the occasion. We have viewed theend of our course with considerable dread,but yet shall feel exceedingly relieved to getout into the world, to be free from restraintand compulsory study, and at liberty to followour own inclinations.

In remembering history we find that it isnatural for us to associate the individual withthe event. Often we do not realize this fact,the association being unconsciously made;but as soon as one is mentioned we imme-diately recall the other. Let us illustrate bya few examples in our own class: How couldone better recall our first class meeting than

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by asking, "Who is Belknap?" Mr. Boothwill be marshalled with to-day's exercises.Almost any stranger can see a similarity inthe names Canfield and Chicago. Haydenwill be thought of in connection with theFreshman Battalion. The friends of John J.Colvin Wolfe say that he reminds them of the" financial depression." For Swope you cantake your choice between St. Louis and ourcomplicated method of Class Day Election.In years to come students will point back toThomas, and tell of -the glories he won uponthe gridiron; and what member of Ninety-Fivewill ever see the name of Tillinghast withoutrecalling how admirably -he conducted usthrough those stormy " Technique" meetings?With this memory, too, will come vividly thethought of that transcendent moment, when,in the lull of heated debate, arose the plain-tively persuasive voice of Rhodes, unsuccess-fully urging upon the class for the hundredthtime that little bill for tin horns and chewinggum. Reference to the Glee and Banjo Clubswill at once remind you of Schmitz andShepard, their able and successful conductors.Besides all these there are many synonyms,among which may be mentioned, Huxley andthe Locomotive Test; Masters and ArtisticTechnique; Kotzschmar and Hamblet; Mil-ler, Sheridan, and Jamaica; Bowie andlate.

This brings us finally around the circle ofour panorama, and we desire to thank you,our friends, for so attentively viewing thesefew pictures, which from their personal char-acter must be rather uninteresting to those notacquainted with the subjects.

Only four years ago we started out as astrong, portly body of three hundred andtwenty-five members to train for the race oflife,-the human race. Our training has re-duced us from portliness to a well-proportioned,muscular, brawny body of one hundred andforty-three members, and to-day we standtoeing the mark, awaiting to-morrow's finalpistol shot as a signal to be off.

After music by the orchestra, the statisticianwas introduced as follows:-

"' One of the results of our training has beento develop in us a peculiar reverence forstatistics. Since the time when we filled outour first attendance card and received ourfirst intermediate, we have all become firmbelievers in the statistical method of impartinginformation; and such has been our delightin furthering and adding to the statistics ofthe Institute that we have rarely failed toanswer a summons from its statistician in

\chief, Dr. Tyler."Figures do not lie; although, as another

result of our training, we have foand that theyquite frequently make very uncomfortablestatements. But to-day we fear neither factsnor figures, but look forward with considerableanticipation to the results of the labors of ourown statistician. No fact has been too trivialto escape his eagle eye, no difficulty too greatto overcome his perseverance.

"It gives me great pleasure to introduce ourstatistician, Luther Keller Yoder."

THE CLASS STATISTICS.

The Statistician of the Senior class is contin-ually becoming a newborn factor of the futureworld. Plainly speaking, he represents a manplaced in a hole, sufficiently deep-that is, thehole-that he is only able to show his head, andcompelled to take in everybody at a glance.

He is supposed to see through everybodyand have seen through everything. Really,he is the man who is supposed to be the bestable to crack jokes at the expense of every-body in general and nobody in particular, andset off the graduating class as a shining lightof the Ig9 th century.

If you think you get this much, all well andgood; but let me state that the tallest usher atmy left will pass around keys to all the jokes,and cyclostyled copies may be had from Ridlerat a price of $5.75, bound in morocco.

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somewhat strange things,--one was the classof Ninety-five; to-day, he would lik-e to getout of some strange things,-one is the Statis-tician's position for the class of Ninety-five.

This class is a most singular but remarkablebody of humanity. Just think! from a pas-sable 350, four years ago, we are able tosport but I36 men, 6 boys, and I Co-ed. We

have brushed up against one another for fouryears, and know of course each other's pecu-liarities; and to-day the statistician is readyto decide the standing of each and everymember.

It is a very funny thing, but this classhas actually produced twins; a descriptionwill be given later. We have no especiallyso-called freaks, yet we are very near it;neither have we any extremely remarkablespecimens of humanity, but we have a fewmen like our president, for instance (that is,the president of our class), who do say,-"I am . . . what I am." The next speciesmay be those between the wonders and thefreaks, and known as the 1" best fruits of fouryears' labor," piloted under the care of Cupid ofCourse II., whose surname is Louis the First.

This class has tall men; it has short men;it has heavy men and it has light men; it haslean men and it has fat men; men with bigfeet; in fact, any kind of men you want.We have embryo civils, mechanicals, andminers; architects, chemists, and biologists;electricians, physicists, and general freaks;chemical engineers and sanitary investigators;geologists and fishermen.

How lovely it is to be tall, especially whenone graces this position so admirably asMaurice Le Bosquet of Course V., with aheight of 6 feet 2 inches. Little JohnnyWolfe of Course II. is a contrast to this,since he claims to be the shortest man in theclass, but modesty forbids telling the height.Can it be possible that so small a man canhave so large a name as John-Jacob-Colvin-Wolfe-Esq.? The average height of theclass is 5 feet io7 inches. Not bad-is it?

The oldest man in the class is a short,chunky fellow, of Course VI. He knows thetaste of horseflesh, since he has been raisedin Kentucky. The youngest man is theBrooklynite of the same course. He is talland of electric pole type; but five days agohe became twenty years old, and he celebratedhis birthday with a plate of ice cream and ahair cut. The average age of the class is 22

years, 9 months, 7 days; thus we are goodgame for some politician. Who is this poli-tician? Who can it be? We have had ourTammany pools, our ring leaders, and our pollspeculators; but who has ever been so great,so powerful, so beneficial, so painstaking forhis own interests, so generous toward thewelfare of a position for himself, so mighty inthe sway of his tongue, as the celebratedpolitician of the class of '95--John DennisJoseph Moore ? He never thinks for a momentthat there are " moore " of them.

If this vast body of honorable gefitlemenwere to rise and reseat themselves at one andthe same time, they would generate workamounting to one half horse power. This isknown from an average weight of I48 lbs.Our heaviest man is a model of symmetry.With huge limbs and a massive trunk, hereigns supreme as the big boy from Iowa.Frank Curtis Schmitz tips the scale at 200

lbs. Eddie Huxley is an easy second at I88lbs. The little cupid who flits from desk todesk in the drawing rooms of the EngineeringBuilding, and who is constantly in a stewabout the placards on his back, is sorely dis-appointed to find he is not the lightest man ofthe class. Edwin Clement 'Alden weighsII8 lbs., and is only lighter than Louis Abbotby the weight of a box of cigarettes.

It is a very interesting thing to know thattwenty-one per cent of the class were born inJanuary. Good reason for their being cold toone another. April and October babies aver-age thirteen and one tenth per cent. Julybabies come to ten and four tenths per cent,while February, March, September, and No-

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vember babies have seven and nine tenthsper cent, August five and two tenths andMay, June, and December have each twoand six tenths. As these babies have grown,it became necessary to widen the bands oftheir kilts to accommodate the increase ofseasons, and to-day we find Eddie Huxleywith a waist of thirty-nine inches. Wouldn'tEddie look cute in kilts at this present mo-ment? There is no use in talking, the FrenchBallet has had its evil effects on AndrewDaniel Fuller. He has actually laced totwenty-four inches. The Statistician has often wondered whether or not he wears corsets.

The heads of this class of '95 would beprecious gems for a phrenologist; for we findthe head of Milton Fish has grown to fit aseven and three eighths size hat. The statis-tician wonders whether the head contains thesame quantity as the hat. There is no doubtabout this. FranGois of Course I., the brotherto the other one, has the smallest head. Hewears a six and five sixteenths hat. Howpleasant it must feel to know one has suchsmall things about himself! I wonder whethersmall heads are prized as highly as smallfeet.

The nationality of the class is principallyAmerican. We have 92 men from Massa-chusetts-how proud the State must be of herdear boys-8 from Pennsylvania, 7 firom Ohio,6 firom Rhode Island, 5 from Maine; NewYork and Connecticut, each 4; Illinois, Iowa,and California, 3 apiece; Indiana, Minnesota,Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, and Ken-tucky, each one. New Brunswick has givenus one, Old Ireland another, while Hollandgives us two.

It is a pleasure to state that we (the Facul-ty) graduate the largest class in the history ofthe Institute. This class has thirty-five andseven tenths per cent of its men wearingglasses since they have begun a course at theInstitute. What grinds they must be to studyso hard! Eighty per cent of this numberwear pince-nez and twenty per cent spectacles.

Schmitz wants to inform the class that hebegan to wear glasses when he needed them.Isn't that funny ?

To-day it appears as if this class has had agrand shave. This may be due to a gradu-ating gift, or to a Sunday night previous tosuch an occasion. Nevertheless, this classclaims to sport one third of one per cent ofmen with moustaches, thirty-three per centapologies, sixty-six and two thirds per centnothing at all. Wallace Clarke Brackett, ofCourse XI., says his moustache is alreadygrown-alas, how mistaken he must be!Franklin Atwood Park has the longest hairin his moustache. It is 2.24 inches long.The boy from Iowa has no use for a mous-tache, as his friends prefer a smooth face.Alas! Louis Abbot has never shaved. J.-W.Thomas is dangerously ill from becomingbald; could it be due to a burden of athletichonors? We find that thirty-five per cent ofthe class part their hair in the middle.Charles Arthur Meserve thinks it unmanlyto part his hair in the middle. He is madbecause he has a "cow-lick" in the wrongplace and cannot follow suit.

Thirteen per cent of the class may be con-sidered lazy, since they wear congress shoes,

an easy thing to "push on." Ninety-sixper cent wear shoes. Four per cent wearnothing. Seventy-six per cent are laced andtwenty-four per cent are buttoned.

What a religious class we have before us!Twelve and one half per cent of the menattend church regularly, three per cent some-times, eighty-four and one half per cent never.

H. N. Rust goes to church but has no re-ligion. Charles C. Taft has neither churchnor religion. Alden says he is a heathen.From latest report we find all three studyingthe War Cry of the Salvation Army. SamuelSchmucker Sadtler is a freethinker and abeliever in free love. Wally Powers attendschurch every New Year. J. C. Dickermangets there four times a Sunday. Moral, join.the Tech. Y. M. C. A.

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In politics the class is decidedly one-sided;two per cent are independents, three per centdemocrats, one Coxeyite, and ninety-five percent republicans. Our first marshal is aCoxeyite, as pedestrianism is his futurepastime.

This class is wholly single with the ex-ception of two. These are engaged. Whoare the two men? Both are heavy-weightsand both ambitious; their portly figures haveoften graced prominent positions during theirTechnology life. They know each other, yettheir dispositions are as different as day andnight. One wears a half decent moustache,the other has a smooth face. Now guess.

Seventy-five per cent of the class smoke--generally a pipe-and forty per cent smokehabitually. Ninety-two per cent have smokedcigarettes some time in life.

Remember, Fred Hannah thinks chapelshould be made compulsory.

Forty per cent of the class dance. I wonderwhat the others will do to-night,-probablyeat. Sixty-nine per cent of the class matchpennies. In the words of Ballou, "I matchuntil I am broke." What a speculating crowdof men we do have.

How strange it is that some expressions ofthe face tell a tale. In a certain class room,some days since, a lecturer desired to givenotes by writing the same on the front black-board. When he found this board filled heexclaimed,--" Gentlemen, this morning wemust be contented with a side board." Imme-diately a smile rose on the face of HughMercer Tucker.

Sydney K. Clapp is the long-distancewalker of the Institute. Distance, four thou-sand three hundred and twenty miles. Time,four years-scratch event. This distance wascovered between home and the Institute.Nine thousand five hundred miles is the great-est distance traveled on a railroad by anyone man during a course of four years.Charles Williams and Walter Ellis, of CourseI., have " hung up " their overcoats just before

they came in, since they are desirous of havingrailroad transportation home at an early futuredate.

The average expense for four years' course,board, room, books, etc., is $8oo. Expenseof railway fares and incidentals, with books, is$6oo a year. Expense for books and inci-dentals for one living in the town is $320. Avote of thanks would be extended to theFaculty,-provided the price, $25, as cost ofbooks, etc., would be changed to a morereasonable figure.

'Tis more than strange that so small a per-centage of this class possess any estheticqualities whatsoever. The majority of theclass disapprove of co-education. It is apleasure to state that Franklin T. Miller ofCourse XIII. would like to give the girls achance. The greatest number of study nightsin a week is 7 - no architect can boast of sucha record. Ask E. J. Loring for further in-form ation.

Technology this year may well be proud ofher musical composition by a Senior. It isknown as Stevens' Lullaby dedicated to JesseBourne, written in C sharp for the slide rule.Copies to be had at the " Cage."

The greatest speculation this class has everknown is that on the race between the Bursarand the Secretary's assistant. Bets run tento one on the Bursar, since lie holds suchstrong bonds over the boys. Again a poorknight is better than a " T3yler's " page. TheWard McAllister of '95 is Dorville Libby, Jr.,of California. Francis Wheelwright Belknapis -next in turn.

The most industrious man in the class isTom H. Wiggin, Course I.- what a grind hemust have been ! The most ambitious man isCharles Lester Parmelee. I-He is fortunateenough to carry off two degrees at one time.This man has methods of thinking twice atthe same time. The vote for the religiousman of the class has been a tie. Fred Han-nah and Herman Kotschmar, Jr., seem alikedevout. The class says Coddington smiles

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the most. The handsomest man in the classhas also been troubled with a tie vote. Thecandidates are Richard Brinsley Sheridanand Charles Arthur Meserve. Could a con-trast be more marked? To whom shall wegive it? The man with the most gracefulcarriage is Bill Taylor.

At last we have the twins:Now fill up a glass to our promising twins,

I never could tell them apart;I am eager to grind them, too, in my mill,

But can't tell with which one to start.

If Francis dons a striped tie,Then Jerry sports one too;

I've looked in vain for differencesBetwixt and between the two.

I hope the recording angelHas discernment keener than I,

And will have their records separateWhen their souls go up on high.

And yet I can't help thinkingIn order that both may pass,

'Twould be better if the angelsRegard them " as a mass."

Let Francis score an honorWhile Jerry get an "L,"

Yet Jerry reach high heavenAnd Francis

As I was about to say:THE TECH should be patronized for the

amount of material it does not contain. Pop-ular prices 5 cents a copy, for sale in corridorafter the exercises.

The '96 " Technique " is a volume of vaciuity,a marvel of mediocrity, an enduring monu-ment to the insufficiency and incompetency oftheJunior class. All this, "mein freund," youget for $I.25.

Dear kind friends,- who honor us withyour company to-day,-the Class of Ninety-five is before you, ground to pulp in thestatistician's mill.

Let its mute helplessness appeal eloquentlyto your sympathies and commiseration.

I have shown you its better aspect; for theother, I'll leave you to the tender mercies ofthe class prophet.

Mr. Booth then resumed as follows:-"We have now reached the interesting,

though sometimes risky, task of looking intothe future, uncertain as to whether it will re-sult in drawing a prize or a blank. As I be-fore stated, however, it will soon be shownthat the blanks are few and the prizes many.The methods pursued are strictly scientificand may be regarded by you as accurate ornot according as to whether you draw a prizeor a blank. I introduce to you Albert WesleyDrake."

Mr. Drake's prophecy was witty and amus-ing, showing the foibles of his classmates in apithy manner. We regret exceedingly ourinability to reproduce it here, but unfortunatelyMr. Drake destroyed his manuscript beforeTHE TECH could secure it for publication.

More music by the orchestra followed, afterwhich Mr. Booth presented the orator in thefollowing words:-

" Like every other good and honest fable,our story is still incomplete without its moralattached. To-day, celebrating, as we are, theclose of our undergraduate career, there arethoughts and feelings common to us all whichare peculiar to the occasion. As we endeavorto sum up in one brief moment the advan-tages, mental, moral, and social, we havederived from our course, as we try to analyzeour feelings of regret that the end has come,tempered with hope for the future, we find ourpowers of expression surprisingly deficient.

"It is my pleasure to present to you onein whose judgment and experience we havethe fuillest confidence, who shares our ownthoughts and impulses, and who, above all,we know will give expression to them in away in which we would have them expressed,and in a way in which we would have youhear them. I present to you Robert KimballSheppard."

THE ORATI!)N.

Mr. 'Marshal, Mr. President, Classmates.Ladies and Gentlemen: Yesterday ! To-day !

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To-morrow! Words which fathom, but can-not express, our present feelings! Our"Yesterday " recalls the simplicity of ourchildhood, the roguish savagery of our boy-hood, the aspirations of our young manhood.Our I"To-day"' is a period of mingled hap-piness and regret, of which we cannot judgerightly until years have made it "Yester-day." Our "To-morrow " is made up ofideals, hopes, perplexities, and doubts.

Mothers! Fathers! As to-day we standupon the threshold beyond which there lies alife of labor, to you we turn first to recog-nize thus earnestly the patience, the wisdom,perchance the sacrifice, with which you havedirected our feet into the paths of learning.Her vistas which provoke our wonder stretchbefore us to such marvelous distances thattheir beauty is but half discerned. But thevision has been glorified by the love whichbrought us hither.

At this time, which seems to be a momentof triumph, we do not forget that scienceencloses within its labyrinth only a portionof the realm of learning. We are hunterstruly, but our game has not yet left its cover.In our future searchings we may wander farbeyond the limits of engineering thought andaction. What, then, you ask, will be thevalue of the time just gone? As an answerwe would give the thought of Goethe, that"the object of true living is to impress uponthe perishable an imperishable worth." It istrue that each instant, even of conscientiouslabor, at its completion is lost in the greatnessof the past. But its value is everlasting, be-cause the mind, the heart, the ideal of thelife of man is changed thereby. Duringthese years of study we have been subjectedto the kindly influence of men whose mindsare trained for concentrated work, whosethoughts are valuable because they are theoutcome of years of labor. With them wehave traced the growth of inductive science,and are satisfied that all progress is but devel-opment. Then, whatever our occupations may

be, we shall remember that the advantages ofthe age in which we live are the results of thestrivings of our fathers to "impress upon theperishable an imperishable worth." Whenwe recall the impulses to honest researchgained within these walls we shall know that"there is a fellowship among the virtues bywhich one great, generous passion stimulatesanother." The influence of these passions wehave felt. And to be in our turn the authorsof such stimulation will be our aim, becauseit has been the subject of our admirationduring the years which are gone.

My Classmates, as to-day we stand to-gether before the portals which are about toopen to permit our exit, let me turn to youwith thanks for innumerable kindnesses re-ceived from you. Our entrance into the mostactive period of our life is at hand. And atthat entrance there must come pai-tings whichwill teach us that the friendships of four yearscannot be broken without a struggle. Youmust go your way, and I must go mine. Butthere are paths so broad, so common, thatunwittingly we shall traverse them together,though we be separated by miles of land orsea.

By our acceptance of the privileges whichthis institution affords we have shouldered agreat responsibility. No man is justified inforever absorbing and never giving. Weenter life neither maimed, nor halt, nor blind.If our education has been productive it musthave given us the power of penetration.Ours has been, indeed, but an introductionto science. But let us recall the words ofLowell,

0O small beginnings, ye are great and strong,Based on a faithful heart and weariless brain!

Ye build the future fair, ye conquer wrong,Ye earn the crown, and wear it not in vain ! "

The fields we go to glean have been sownand watered, half reaped, and the productgarnered by men whose success has dependedupon their own remarkable, unaided abilityand activity. Let not the pride of youth por-

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voke us to unseemly rivalry. But let us profitby the store of wisdom which the years havebrought to them, adding day by day theexperiences given to us from our educationand our life.

Beyond the sphere of our professions wehave calls yet more imperative. The greatopen hearths in the old country mansions ofone hundred or fifty years ago have vanished,or are maintained to-day only as a bit of styl-ish, antique furnishing. The conditions oflife of which they are emblematic, like them,are endangered by the methods of our time.A loss of unity in our families is a menaceto our homes. We recall the joyousness ofour early days. Shall not the impulses ofthose times go with us now and abide with us,that we may make our country grander bythe harmony existing between her sons anddaughters? Let us give to the womenof our land all rightful honors, privileges,and respect, ever remembering the nobilityof womanhood. But let us still insist thatwoman shall be woman.

The patriotism of the past is not more glo-rious than that to which we are summoned.Our strength is the strength of youth. Letour manhood be known by the enthusiasm ofour age combined with clear thinking andright acting. The fair fame of the politiciansof our time too often has been sullied by actswhich are not honorable. We may not bestatesmen, but as honest, thoughtful citizenswe can protest against abuses, vote againstthem, act against them. And by united workand sacrifice, in municipal affairs at least,we can suppress them. We are called tothis.

Silently and passively the world recordsour acts. From most of us this history willbe quietly hidden as leaf after leaf is turned.But that it perishes we know can not be true.What, then, shall be the writing on thosepages? Our moral being places its stampupon every margin. Each of our fellowswith whom we come in contact is affected

well or ill by the unsuspected influence ofour thought. Rise, then, exert the mightof right. Stand ever for the truth, though itcost all ease, though it supplant ancient faiths.Forget not that the brotherhood of man de-mands our patient zeal, our earnest teaching,our most loving forbearance. Remember theinstitution which we leave so soon, and loveher fondly as the mother of our noblestthoughts, our longed-for success.

Thus growing, thus living from better tobest, we shall learn, ere the end, the deepmeaning of Browning's expression,-

" Fear death ?-to feel the fog in my throat,The mist in my face,

When the snows begin and the blasts denoteI am nearing the place,

The power of the night, the press of the storm,The post of the foe;

Where he stands, the Arch Fear, in a visible form,Yet the strong man must go:

For the journey is done and the summit attained,And the barriers fall,

Though a battle's to fight ere the guerdon be gained,The reward of it all.

I was ever a fighter, so-one fight more,The best and the last!

I would hate that death bandaged my eyes and forbore,And bade me creep past.

No! let me taste the whole of it, fare like my peers,The heroes of old,

Bear the brunt, in a minute pay glad life's arrearsOf pain, darkness, and cold.

For sudden the worst turns the best to the brave,The black minute's at end,

And the elements' rage, the fiend-voices that rave,Shall dwindle, shall blend,

Shall change, shall become first a peace out of pain.Then a light, then thy breast,

O thou soul of my soul! I shall clasp thee again,And with God be the rest!"

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At the conclusion of these very successfulClass-day Exercises, the guests of the after-noon slowly deserted the old Hall, betakingthemselves to the various buildings on tours ofinspection. The big Emery testing machinewas "at home," and delighted and awedmany of its neophyte visitors, who werelearnedly instructed in the secrets of this andother apparatus of the Engineering Laborato-ries by their friends in Ninety-five. Refresh-ments were served in the drawing rooms up-stairs, which were gaily decorated.

The Sigma Tau Chapter of Delta KappaEpsilon held its customary Class Day recep-tion in the parlors of the Brunswick. Manyguests were present, and the occasion provedone of the pleasantest of the day.

Commencement Week Ushers.

THE Class of '95 is indebted to the followingmembers of the Junior class, who kindlyserved as ushers during Senior Week: C. G.Hyde, B. Hurd, Jr., J. A. Rockwell, F. W.Fuller, H. G. Fisk, B. H. Shepherd, R.Norris, W. M. Stearns, F. E. Guptill, J. S.Pechin, P. Urquiza, L. S. Tyler, J. L. Put-nam, and E. A. Baldwin.

The Class-day Funds.IT is a pleasure to know that after all the

Class-day bills have been settled the treasurerof the committee will still have a substantialsum remaining. With proper application thissurplus may serve some exceedingly usefulpurpose. Several suggestions for using it toleave some memorial have, it will be remem-bered, been already broached.

The Class-day Assembly.

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The class was honored in having forpatronesses Mrs. Francis A. Walker, Mrs.Thomas MI. Drown, Mrs. William T. Sedg-wick, and Mrs. W. R. Livermore.

Among the young ladies present were:-

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The Graduation Exercises.

T-was as large an audi-ence as on Class Day,even, that filled Hun-tington Hall to over-

i flowing, on Tuesday,May 28th, the occasionof the commencementexercises. At about

half past two PresidentWalker and the Fac-ulty, together with anumber of the membersof the Corporation,

took seats on the platform. Shortly afterwardsthe Seniors marched slowly to their seats inthe center of the hall.

President Walker then arose and welcomedthe audience. He spoke briefly of the valueand purpose of theses, and explained thatthose to be read this afternoon were selectednot alone for technical excellence, but for thefact that they were representative of the workof the several courses, and possessed of gen-eral interest beside. The following men thenread abstracts from their theses: Azel Ames,Jr., George Linder Bixby, Herbert W. Cham-berlain, S.B., Luther Conant, Jr., Walter

Nathan Crafts, A.B., William Johnson Drisko,Rolte Marshal Ellis, Francis Cushing Green,Edward Haley Huxley, Loren Gleason Waite,William Henry Winkley.

The reading of the abstracts proved a veryinteresting as well as a valuable feature of theafternoon's exercises, and applause was fre-quent.

The class then rose and were addressed byPresident Walker. He complimented them ontheir high standard of scholarship, and con-

gratulated them on having. successfully at-tained the object of their four years of work.Degrees were then conferred as follows:

MASTERS OF SCIENCE.

CHARLES GREEI,EY ABBOT, in Physics.FRED MAYNARD MANN, in Architecture.

WALTER OSGOOD SCOTT, in Chemistry.

BACHELORS OF SCIENCE.

Course I.AZEL AMES, JR.HAROLD KILBRETH BARROWS.

FRANCIS 'W7HEELWRIGHT BELKNAP.

SIDNEY KINGMAN CLAPP.

BENJAMIN CURTIS DONHAM.

WALTER HOWE ELLIS.

ANDREW DANIEL FULLER.

JOHN HERBERT GREGORY.

GEORGE EDWARD HOWE.

ANDREW J. G. LOGAN.

FRANCOIS EMILE MATTHES.

GERARD HENDRIK MATTHES.

JAMES T. R. MCMANvS.

GEORGE F. C. MERRISS.

RICHARD MOREY.

CHARLES LESTER PARMELEE.

LoUIs KEEGAN ROURKE.

FRANK CURTIS SCHMITZ.

ALFRED LESLIE SIMMONS.

WILLIAM EVERETT SWIFT.

STURGIS lHOOPER TIIORNDIKE, A.B.

EDWARD AUSTIN TUCKER.

RALPH NORMAN WHEELER.

THOMAS HOLLIS WIGGIN.

CHARLES GOODNOW WILLIAMS.

CoZurse II.LoUIs ANDREW ABBOTT.

LATIMER WILLIS BALLOU.

EDGAR AUGUSTUS BOESEKE.

JESSE HASKELL BOURNE.

ARTHUR LAKE CANFIELD.

I IENRY MIDDLEBROOK CRANE

GEORGE ALBERT CUTLER.

ALFRED LOUIS DEJONGE.

FRANCIS EDWIN FAXON.

JOHN HOWLAND GARDINER.

FREDERICK AUGUSTUS HANNAH.

HARRY MERRITT HAVEN.

GEORGE REUBEN HOWARTH.

EDWARD LAWRENCE HURD.

EDWARD HALEY HUXLEY.

HERMANN KOTZSCHMAR,JR.

ALFRED VARNUM LINCOLN, JR.

THOMAS MARK LOTHROP.

WALTER CARPENTER IVIARMON.

FRANK BIRD MASTERS.

JOHN D. J. MOORE.

FRANKLIN ATWOOD PARK.

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WALTER FREDERICK STEVENS.

JAMES WINTHROP THOMAS.

CHARLES FOSTER TILLINGHAST.

HUGH MERCER TUCKER.

JOHN J. C. WOLFE.

LUTHER KELLER YODER.

HENRY YOERG.

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ARTHUR STONE COBURN.

WALTER NATHAN CRAFTS, A.B.

FRED WALLACE DRAPER.

Course IV.

ETHEL BARTHOLOMEW.

WALTER DANFORTH BLISS.

FRANK AUGUSTUS BOURNE.

HERBERT W. CHAMBERLAIN, B.SC.

WALTER SIMONS CHASE.

WILLIAM BEMENT CLAFLIN.

FRED EDWARD COX.

WILLIAM EDWARD DAVIS, JR.

ROBERT DAVID FARQUHAR, A.B.CHARLES MERRICK GAY, JR., A.B.PERLEY FRED GILBERT.

ERNEST JOHNSON LORING.

WINTHROP DANA PARKER

EDWARD PHILLIPP SCHOENTGEN.

ALFORD EDWARD ZAPF.

CourCse V.ERNEST FRANKLIN BADGER.

SAMUEL LAWRENCE BIGELOW, A.B.

PERLEY HARTWELL BLODGETT.

GEORGE DEFREN.

JOHN TOMPS6N DORRANCE.

ROLFE MARSH ELLIS.

WILLIAM THOMAS HAILL.

MAURICE LEBOSQUET.

CHARLES ARTHUR MESERVE.

SAMUEL SCHMUCKER SADTLER.

JOSEPH EDWARD WALWORTH.

WILLARD HASKELL WATKINS.

DAVID BRAINERD WESTON.

Course VI.BENJAMIN ADAMS.

CHARLES MILLS ADAMS.

EDWIN CLEMENT ALDEN.

LAWRENCE BARR, A.B.

CHARLES WILLIAM BERRY.

JOHN BOEDEKER.

THOMAS BUTLER BOOTIH.

ARTHUR HENRY CLARK.

CHARLES PRENTICE COOK.

JOHN WILLIAMSON COOKE.

JOHN WINFIELD COOKE.

ARTHUR DAVIS DEAN.

ALBERT WESLEY DRAKE.

CHARLES 'FREDERIC EVELETH.

MILTON LATHROP FISH.

FRANCIS A. J. FITZGERALD, B.A.

WATSON EDWARD GOODYEAR.

GEORGE WELLINGTON HAYDEN.

HENRY ATKINSON HOLDREGE.

LEMUEL F. HOWARD.

SAMUEL PARKER HIUNT, A.B.

HENRY OSGOOD LACOUNT, S.B.

RALPH RESTIEAUX LAWRENCE.

DORVILLE LIBBY, JR.

DWIGHT NEWCOMB MARBLE, A.B.

ARTHUR FLEMING NESBIT, A.B.

WILLIAM FLETCHER PATTEN.

WALTER WILSON REEI)

HAROLD NORWOOD RuUST.

JOHN CARLETON SHIERMIAN.

ALFRED PRITCHARD SLOAN, JR.

GERARD SWOPE.

LOREN GLEASON WAITE.

Coz-se VIZI.

SCHUYLER STEVENS CLARK.

WILLIAM JOHNSON DRISKO.

Course LIrY.ALLEN PERCY BROWN.

LUTHER CONANT, JR.

CLIFFORD BARTLETT SANBORN.

ROGER JAMES WILLIAMS.

Course X.GEORGE LINDER BIXBY.

EDWARD ELIAS DENISON.

JUDSON CHARLES DICKERMAN.

SAMUEL PARKER HUNT, A.B.

JOHN LOUIS NEWELL.

WALTER CHAMPION POWERS.

FREDERICK LEONARD RICIIARDS.

GEORGE ARNOLD R)CKWELL.

ROBERT KIMBALL SHEPPARD.

CHARLES CHESTER TAFT.

WALTER SCOTT WILLIAMS.

Course XI.WALLACE CLARK BRACKETT.

FRANCIS ,USHING GREEN.

FREDERICK WALTER HARRIS.

CHARLES LESTER PARMELEE.

Courise XYII.EDMUND DRINAN \BARRY.

CARL HERBERT CLARK.

FRANKLIN THOMAS MILLER.

RICHARD G. B. SHERIDAN.

WILLIAM HENRY WVINKLEY.

After the exercises the recently graduated

Seniors and their friends paid their respects toPresident and Mrs. Walker, who, assisted bythe Misses Walker, received hospitably in thePresident's room until six o'clock.

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Ninety-five Class Meeting.

T I o'clock of the afternoonof Class day, '95 as-

'- X sembled in Room II,

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v undergraduate cl a s sI nw,, meeting. The neces-

sary revision of the con-stitution to suit the needs

of a graduate organization was quickly effected,and the election of officers was at once begun.Mr. G. W. Hayden was elected president,and Messrs. T. H. Wiggin and T. B. Boothwere chosen vice presidents. - These officersserve for one year. The election for thesecretary-treasurer, who serves five years,resulted in the choice of Mr. R. K. Sheppard.

A hearty vote of thanks was extended toDr. Donald fbr the use of Trinity Church,and to Dr. Lindsay for the Baccalaureate ser-mon. A similar expression of thanks wasalso tendered to the Glee and Banjo Club fortheir concert, and to the retiring class officers.

After brief discussion of the coming eventsof the afternoon the meeting was adjourned.

The Class-day Committee.

THE Class-Day committee was composedof the following men: Thomas Butler Booth,First Marshal; George Wellington Hayden,Second Marshal; Richard Brinsley Sheri-dan, Third Marshal; Azel Ames, Jr., GerardSwope, Edward Augustus Boeseke, EdwardAustin Tucker, Thomas Mark Lothrop,Thomas Hollis Wiggin, Dwight NewcombMarble, Charles Goodnow Williams.

Secretary Tyler is spending the summer inEurope.

A few copies of the Senior Portfolio are stillto be had at Maclachlan's. Price, $5.75.

A new office for the use of Dr. Hough hasbeen fitted up in the rooms of the Biologicaldepartment.

One hundred and twenty-eight studentswere enrolled in the summer schools of Tech-nology.

Mr. W. A. Johnston, instructor in the me-chanical engineering department, was marriedearly in June.

President Walker left Boston soon aftercommencement for an extended tour in theNorthwest, which will embrace a trip toAlaska, British Columbia, and Washington.

The indications from the first series ofentrance examinations are that the Class ofNinety-nine will number about as many mem-bers as the last Freshman class.

Dr. Bigelow has been appointed Librarianof the Institute vice Dr. Andrews, who re-signed in order to accept his present positionas organizer of the Crerar Scientific Libraryin Chicago.

Technology was represented, through heryacht club, by a larger delegation of craft atthe races in New London than any othercollege. Much courtesy was shown to theclub, "' visiting"' from boat to boat was frequent,and the cruise was most heartily enjoyed.

THE TECH office misses the silver inter-collegiate cup, which formed one of its mostvalued ornaments during the past year. Thatunlucky day at Worcester has decreed for ita temporary sojourn at Hanover, but the silkenbanner still remains.

Certificates were awarded to the followingstudents in the Lowell School of Design:Edward Pierce Borden, John Tod Burns,Joseph Robinson Byram, Jr., Clarence AllenHall, Herbert Wilbur Hill, William FranklinHowes, William Everett Lavers, Emma Car-oline Vogel.

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