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The Tech.\TOL{. XIII. B:BOSTON, JUNE 1, 1894. NO. 31.

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6HIE 6EGH.I'ublished every Thursday, during the college year, by students

of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

ANDIIEW DANIEL FULLER, '95, Editor in Chief.

CHARLES GILMAN HYDE, '96, Assistant Editor in Chief.

COLBERT ANDERSON MAcCLURE, '94.

WILLIAM HERBERT KING, '94.JOHN HOWLAND GARDINER, '95.

WILLIAM E. DAVIS, JR., '95.EDWARD ARTHIUR BALDWIN, '96.

BENJAMIN HURD, JR., '96.REGINALD NORRIS, '96.

SI-HELDON LEAVITT HOWARD, '97.

EDWARD ARTHUR BALDWIN, '96, Secretary.

ROBERT DOUGLAS FLOOD, '96, Business -Manager.

HARRIE P. CODDINGTON, '95, Ass't Business AManager.

Subscription, $2.50 per year, in advance. Single copies, io cts. each.

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

Contribuctions are requested fronm all un dergraduates, altumni, andojPrcers of instruction. No anonymous mzanuscript can be accepted.

FRANK WOOD, PRINTER, 352 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON.

of perrea

"Tis work for work's sake that we're needing;

Let us work on and on as if speeding

Work's end, but not dreamn of succeeding;

Because if success -were intended,

Why, heaven would begin ere earth ended,'

.W if HAT, indeed, issuccess? That

-:~Ba4 each man must

self. Success forone may be fail-

Y ,-,, ure for another.Youth is prone to

., lll- view indistinctly

as through a

glowing cloudthe possibilities

the future, and yet few, even of the ex-

'ienced, would have it otherwise. T-he

litv mav prove a bitter disappointment,

but by it may grow the man.

Ninety-Four, you go forth with the confi-dence and ambition that only a worthy prep-

aration can inspire. With you are the hopes

of your parents, your friends, and your A/lmazllater. Perhaps none of you will attain your

highest object, but '"work on and on as ifspeeding work's end." Remember the happy

days just ended ; observe the noble examplesthat may always be seen by those who loolk

for them keep your hearts pure and open,

and your aims high, then your lives will be

good and useful, no matter what is the cliterionof success. "They can conquer who believe

they can."

H-E winning of the Intercollegiate Chalni-

pionship simply proves what has fr'e-quently been asserted-that Technology has

(ood and abundant athletic material. Ho-wr-

ever, the difficulties under which our athletes

have had to labor makes their victory ldoublly

glorious, and doubly appreciated b)y all friends

of Technology. The thanks of every stu-

dent must be extended to President Walkerand the Faculty for granting the holiday dur-

ing the midst of examinations, whichl alone

made it possible for M. I. T. to be represented

at all at Worcester. The efficient coaching of

Mr. Graham must be recognized, too. He

had confidence in our material, and he la-

bored successfully to have his own early

prediction verified. The athletes themselves

have our heartiest congratulations for their

perseverance, pluck, and victory.We regret that we cannot make this an

athletic as well as a Class Day edition of TI-I

TEcCI-i. But our space is very limited, so we

can but give a- brief summary of the Worces-

ter events, and our ownl spring meeting at

tl-olmes Field must be omitted entirely.

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IN this Class Day edition of THE TECH arethe heartiest congratulations to the Class of

'94 for the past and best wishes for the future.Let not the hard times discourage you. Theworld still moves, and so does THE TECH.However, the spirits of both commendation andcriticism are stayed for the present, owing tothe conditions under which this number of THE

TECH is published. It is, nevertheless, fair. tostate that the Commencement Exercises of '94were as enjoyable and successful as any Tech-nology has had. Long live their memory!

N unexpected delay in the receipt of somenecessary manuscript prevented earlier

delivery of the CLASS-DAY TECHI. The edi-tors trust that even in this case it is "betterlate than never."

Calendar.

May 25 th.-Reception to Graduating Class by AlumniAssociation, Young's Hotel, at 8 P. M.

May 26th.-Concert by Glee and Banjo Clubs complimnen-tary to Senior Class, Huntington Hall, at8 P. M.

May 27th.-Baccalaureate sermon by Bishop Lawrence, inTrinity Church, at 4 P. M.

May 2Sth.-Class Day exercises, Huntington Hall, 2.30P. me. Reception in Engineering Building,4 P. M. Architectural Exhibition, Archi-tectural Building, 9 A. M. to 4.30 P. l.Senior Assembly, Pierce Hall, at 8 P. M.

May 2 9 th.-Final Undergraduate Meeting of Class of'94, Room i i, Rogers, at II A. M. Gradu-ation Exercises, Huntington Hall, at 2.30P. M. President's Reception in the Presi-dent's Room, at 4 P. M. Exhibition ofBuildings, Apparatus, and work of students,4 to 6 i. mI. Architectural Exhibit, 9 A. IM.

to 4.30 P. M.

CLASS DAY COMMITTEE.

Thomas Pelham Curtis, First Marshal; Albert BallTenney, Second Marshal; John Conynghamn Stevens,Third Marshal; Samuel Henry Blake, Edward DuttonClarke, Arthur Austin Clement, Charles Williamn DI)ickey,Lewis Stone Greenleaf, Frederick William Hlarwood, Jr.,William Herbert King, Luther Roberts Nash, John ChaseNowell, George WVilmarth Sherman, William Read West-cott, Charles Nelson Wrightington.

The Alumni Reception.

THE reception tendered by the M. I. T.Alumni Association to the Graduating Classat Young's Hotel, on Friday evening, May25th, was a fitting introduction to the five daysof final festivities in which the Class of '94indulged. One hundred and twenty membersof the graduating Class and as many morerepresentatives of the Faculty, Alumni, Cor-poration, Glee and Banjo Clubs, assembled inthe reception room of the hotel shortly aftereight o'clock. Soon the large dining hall wasthrown open, and every person did justice tothe bountiful and elaborate spread provided.Then the table was cleared and all settled backto enjoy the speeches. Mr. James P. Monroe,President of the Alumni Association, welcomedthe coming graduates to the Association, andhad a cordial word for each body represented.After bright remarks, in which the recent vic-tory at Worcester, the duties of alumni, andother timely topics were touched upon, he in-troduced Professor Sedgwick. PresidentWalker had been suddenly called to NewYork, to the regret of all present. ProfessorSedgwick's address was as broad-minded as itwas sincere and to the point. It consideredthe relations of scientific colleges to the publicand to classical institutions; and the use andduty of an alumnus was so strongly and ear-nestly described that we long to print hiswords in full. The Glee Club next gave aselection that was immediately encored, andthen Professor Runkle was called to the flooramidst the thundering applause of all. In hissimple, fatherly way, this noble old gentlemanspoke firom his heart to the Class of '94. Dr.Williams, of the Corporation, had previouslyspoken and testified to the unselfish work andinterest of Mr. Augustus Lowell of that body,who was unavoidably absent. The BanjoClub then played with its usual finish andwith the usual result, an encore. The next

speaker was R. B. Price, who, for the class,extended thanks to the Alumni Association,and explained from the student standpoint the

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attitude of the class toward Corporation, Fac-ulty and Alumni. More music followed, andMr. Monroe then closed the formal speaking,and thanked the musical clubs for their con-tributions toward the success of the evening.The Seniors, one and all, were delighted withthe reception.

The Alumni Association, in which is en-

rolled every graduate of Technology, nownumbers I253, about one fourth the total num-

ber of students connected with the Institutesince its foundation.

The Architectural Exhibition.

THE Architectural Exhibition in the Archi-tectural Building, opened on Monday morn-ing, hanging space being used on every oneof the six floors.

On the ground floor in the regular exhibi-tion room were hung the water-color draw-ings, pen-and-ink sketches, and problems in

History of Ornament.On the second floor, in the 3d year draw-

ing room, the " mention" problems in 3 d and

4 th year design, were exhibited. The studyof these problems forms the most important

part of the student's professional work; the

designs are wholly original, being based onlyupon the principles of one of the styles of

architecture. The work exhibited often

showed great beauty of conception and treat-ment, and evinced the refinement and unity

of expression which can only be taught thestudent by the use of the academic styles

On the third floor, the theses of the 4th and

5th year students were hung. They show toa great extent the splendid influence of Pro-

fessor Despradelle's genius, and are probably

the best set of theses ever exhibited. On the

floors above, examples of 2d year renderingand the work of the students in Freehand

Drawing and Life Class were shown.The catalogue of the exhibition issued by

the Architectural Society is gotten up in a

most artistic way, and reflects great creditupon the committee.

The Glee and Banjo Club Concert.

NOTWrIT-ISTAND)IN that the Glee and BanjoClubs had had scarcely a rehearsal since theI8th of April, their concert on the evening ofMay 26th proved very successful. Hunting-ton Hall was crowded with an appreciativeaudience of Seniors and their fi-iends, with afair sprinkling of underclassmen and alumni.Owing to a mistake, for which the Clubs werenot responsible, no piano hadcl been obtained,and the solos of Messrs. Bates and Barkerwere necessarily omitted. However, the Clubsplayed and sang with a spirit worthy of theoccasion, sustaining their well-earned reputa-tion. After the concert the clubs aLssemibled in

the corridor, gave the long Technology cheer,and then bade each other farewell after a mostsatisfactory season. This complimentary con-

cert, given so generously by the Clubs to theSenior Class, was in every way such a successthat repetitions of it may be considered a

settled feature for future Commencements.

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

IN the evening after the IntercollegiateAthletic nmeet at Worcester, on May 23d,

the New England Intercollegiate Press Asso-ciation held its annual meeting and banquet,at the Bay State House. Representatives

were present from nearly all the leading NewEngland college papers. For the ensuing

year the following officers were elected:President, lcllcslIcy Maggwz/nc; vice presi-

dent, Ti-znl z'ay Tab/cl; secretary-treasurer,Brunon ia', ; official organ, We4slcyan Ayrgus ;executive committee, Uiliz'cr1si/y Cynic, 7W.p. /., and f}illamns TJlVcck/ly. A committee,

consisting of Mr. Furnman of the Williams['ceckly, Mr. IHapgood of the I P. P. ., and

Mr. Price of T-IES TlcHi-r was appointed to con-

sider means for rendering the Associationstronger, broader, more efficient, and morebeneficial to its members. It was nearly mid-night before the twenty odd delegates satdown to enjoy the banquet prepared for them.

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The Baccalaureate Sermon.

THE Baccalaureate Sermon was deliveredon May 27th, by Bishop Lawrence, at theSunday afternoon service in Trinity Church.

Through the courtesy of Dr. Donald and thepew holders, the church was given up entirelyto the Seniors and their friends. More earnestand appropriate words than those in this ser-mon could hardly have been spoken.

Exodus xiv. 15. "And the Lord said unto Moses,Wherefore criest thou to me? Speak unto the children ofIsrael that.they go forward."

The words of the command are crisp and clear, and theyfind a response in the life and ambition of every youngman to-day. Forward is the -watchword of the century,of this country and of every young American. And asfor you, my friends of the Class of '94, although yourmemories are no doubt running backward over the pastfour years,-the friendships gained, the work accom-plished, and the happy days spent as a student,-yet, if Imistake not, your thoughts are now most strongly set forthe future; your ambitions are there, your life is there,your struggles and successes are there. Before the for-ward movement, however, it is well to stop for a fewmoments to gather to one's self the experiences of thepast and the anticipations of the future, in order that thefuture may be more successfully met.

In this hour we meet to confess the shortcomings andsins of the past, to ask God's help for the future, and, aswith the knight of old before starting on his holy quest,to pledge ourselves to truth, to honor, and to the greatKing himself.

There is one thing of which we may be sure, that how-ever different the work and interests of the future maylook to us as compared with our student life in the past,we are going to be much the same men. And the qual-ities which have made success in the past-intelligence,hard work, sympathy, and courage-are going to makesuccess in the future.

What, then, I want to emphasize is this: that the life

of education and the life of action are one; that they can-not be separated as if they had no relation to each other;and that the young man of education in entering uponhis profession, carries with him the same high ideals, thesame principles, and the same enthusiasm, simply re-adjusting them to the new surroundings and different

occupations.As one looks out upon life to-day, with its interests,

activity, and magnificent achievements, he cannot but beimpressed with one characteristic arising from the veryintensity and activity of interest,-a tendency on the partof each man to confine himself and his symlpathies to the

profession, business, or calling, which he has chosen.Division of labor has developed with wonderful rapid-

ity. As a mechanical and financial economy (and this hasbeen the first consideration), its results have been mar-

velous. But the question for the rising generation,-foryou-is as to its effect on the individual character, and on

the people as a whole.The realm of study is so large, and the work demanded

so thorough, that a man in order to be successful ispressed to turn his life and interest into one narrow life.

Hence the feeling arises that in order to insure success inthe next generatidn a man must narrow himself to oneline of interest, and be content to be a narrow man.

Granted this, and you have submitted to the demoraliza-tion of the individual. You have demanded that allscientists shall follow the example of their master, Dar-win,-so great and yet so Iimited,-and suffer an atrophyof poetry and religion. And you have shut the great andmodern callings in science, which the Institute of Tech-nology represents, into small and narrow pursuits.

Granted this apology for a narrow life, for a specialistwho is a specialist and nothing more, and you have lostone of the noblest objects and ideals of mankind.

Pardon me if I say that this strikes me as the imminentdanger of technical and mechanical schools. Intense ap-plication to the work of the school may narrow the sym-pathies and cramp the larger aspirations, and the younggraduate, keen, brilliant, able in his own calling, butnarrow, unsympathetic, without other interest, goes outto make his way in life. Such, I know, is not the idealset before you in this Institute of Technology. Thefounders were men with breadth of vision; your officersare such; the Institute is well placed in the midst of acultivated community. This very Copley Square, with itsnoble churches, suggestive of the spiritual life, its ArtMuseum, telling of beauty and truth, and its library, withits associations of history and literature, are daily remind-ers to you of greater thoughts. You have missed a largepart of the benefit of your course if you have not at leastfelt the influence of a culture broader than your studies,and of a character nobler than your calling. A man'sscience is no less science when he feels within and behindit the pulsations of art and poetry. The civil engineer isno less the civil engineer, and he is the larger and thehappier man if, in the deep woods through which he is tolead the railroad, he feels the solemnity of the primevalforest, and rejoices in the beauties of nature around him.The architect is the nobler architect and the greater manif behind the mechanics and the art of his work he feelsthe thrill of the religion which has made the gloriousfanes which are still the pride of architecture. In fact, ifarchitecture is the expression of the architect's ideals, wecan have no noble creations unless we have noble men asarchitects. I have emphasized this, my friends, because Iwant to press home upon you the spirit in which the edu-cated man takes up his life work; intensely interested inhis own pursuit, and widely sympathetic with all that con-cerns men.

Whatever pursuit you enter, then, be larger than thepursuit. Keep your mind open to the thoughts that seekentrance from every source; be alive to the interests ofothers; put yourself into sympathy with men of othercallings. Read and think of something beyond your owun

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business and the daily newspaper. Keep in touch with

the great minds and characters of all ages, and especially

of to-day.This is the hour when we should ask ourselves seriously

as to our ambitions. What is your definition of success?

Is it dependent on popular recognition? There is no ques-

tion that to the mind of many people success is closely

bound to public approval and renown. Men instinctively

look to their fellow men to j;udge their work. That is nat-

ural. Still the deeper question rises, does success depend

upon public approval? May it not be won, is it not often

won, when no note of approval is heard save from our

own conscience?What will result if this principle is expressed in the

quiet influence of an active, earnest life? Instead of a man

who is ever anxious lest the fame of his fortune or of his

talents does not get abroad before the grave closes on him,

you have one who in calm confidence or in buoyant

enthusiasm does his duty in life, puts his hand to the

business that life lays on him, reaches out his hand and

grasps duties that, without his volunteer service, life would

not have laid on him. In other words, my friends, only a

very small fraction of humanity is ever heard from, and

of that fraction it were wvell if a good part had gone down

in silence. The great mass of men, and as a rule the best

of them, simply do their work, find their little scrap of

truth, live their faithful life, give a little cheer to their

comrades, and then surrender the whole into God's hands,

and to the service of those who come after. It sounds little

but it is noble, very noble, to become a living stone in

that living temple of humanity, to help to build up man

into the glorious ideal which God has placed before him.

He serves posterity best who serves his owvn generation

best, and the ambition of the true man is patient, faithfuil,

present, silent service.There is another element in the active life of to-day

which needs sorely the spirit of a truly educated man.

Fromll the student's study, the scientists laboratory, and

from the depths of the masses of the people, there has

arisen a vague, popular fatalism, a sense that man is not

so free as he thought himself, a surrender to circumstance,

a stolid yielding to fate. There is that unthinking senti-

ment that things are so, and they have got to go onl

as they are. What has this to do with you, and with the

duty of an educated man? Education deals with life and

the history of life.Of all places next to the Church, the School of Learning

is the last place to weaken faith in the worth of character.

The history of civilization is thile history of the victorious

march of spiritual forces. Therefore, the graduate who

passes through the college gates to the problems of life

goes with a perfect confidence in this, that man has the

future in his grasp, that there is no social circumstance or

political situation or moral conditions which, if rightly

met, will not yield to the spiritualenergy of man. He has

no patience with the whine that because an abuse has

been, therefore it must be. Can thlere be a better object

lesson of the power of the spiritual forces of man than the

past century has produced? As wve run our memories

back over the history of our century to I794, we review themany social and political injustices of Europe, the bur-

dens of the Revolution in this country, the institution of

slavery as a mark of civilization, and find almost nothing

of that spirit of the common civic and social interests of

all classes, which has risen so rapidly in the last twenty-

five years. What has wrought the change? There is only

one answer-man,-xrvith his unique spiritual force, his

will, his intellect, his creative and inventive mIind. There

have been leaders, but there have been the rank and file of

kindred spirits who did their work, and did it as silently as

they lived.While these facts stand and these menmories last, who

of you is going to yield to the cowardly word that things

must be as they are, and that movements and tendencies

are greater than men, and cannot be guided andi created.

The list of what has been done by men suggests whiat

man has yet to do, and to do in this present generation.

You know what it is? The tremendous social questions,

the problems of politics and economics, of national integ-

rity, of charity, of the famnily, of the rights of property

and of the individual, of purity in society, of commercial

honor. These things are not going to drift. They are

going to move, and some of them to move rapidly; and

somne mnen are going to be behind the movemient; the ig-

norant, the charlatan, the selfish, and the immoral, if not

the intelligent, the honest, the unselfish, and the pure.

The question that I want to ask you, and that 1 believe

you are asking yourselves, is, what part are you going to

take in the work? Is the true, manly spirit, that believes

above all things in the waorth and power of character, going

with you into the activities of life? You will find fellow-

workers of intelligence and strength who never had an

education in the schools, but you have somnething of your

own, and of your student life and opportunities to bring.

Carry it with you, and believe in all humility that where

a mIan is wanted, there your work as a man can be done.

Sonme of you may think that I have hardly touched the

level of a sermon, for religion, as such, has hardly been

mentioned. On the contrary, my words have faliled of

their purpose if they have not been interpreted as a part

of religion. I know of no better way of serving God than

that of taking life in its larger and vwider relations, doing

our work faithfully, regardless of popular applause, and

with confidence in the worth of character. He who so

lives must live in the spirit of Christ. He must turn to

Him for his ideal, his support, and inspiration. Christ

has been at the foundation of all that has been good in the

movements of the past century. Christ m-ust be at the

foundation of every action for good in your generation.

This, then, is my last word to you, men of the Class of

'94: in your hopes and disappointments, in your success

and defeats, turn to I-Him for the richest embodiment of

manhood, and in His life rest in confidence.

A few more copies of " The Technology

Portfolio" may be obtained at Maclachlan's.

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The Class-Day Exercises.PROGRAMME.

Overture . . Orchestra.Address by President of the Class, Raymond Beach Price.History . . . . . Theophilus Clive Davies.

Oration . . . . . Charles Arthur Meade.

Music . . . . . Orchestra.

Poem . . Arthur Asahel Shurtlefft

Statistics . . . . Colbert Anderson MacClure.Music . . . . . Orchestra.

Prophecy . .. . Harold Mayson Chase.

Music .. Orchestra.

In answer to the prayers of the Seniors,beautiful weather greeted them and theirfriends on Class Day. At half-past two,Huntington Hall was filled with a thousandexpectant people. The class slowly marchedin to take their seats, and the Class Day offi-cers soon appeared upon the platform, whichhad been decorated by Galvin with plantsand flowers. After an overture by Daggett'sorchestra, President Price advanced to thefront of the platform and addressed theaudience.

MY CLASSMATES AND OUR FRIENDS:-

WHILE we are gathered here this afternoon,the last in the undergraduate existence of theClass of Ninety-Four, it might be a problemworthy a philosopher's attention to depict thevaried thoughts of those present. For parent,sister, and friend I cannot speak, but for myClass I can say that we extend to you all, ourfriends, a cordial welcome. Should the ex-ercises occasionally be lacking in interest, webeg you to remember that much of their pithand point can be clear only to those familiarwith our college life, and for this necessarycondition we would ask your indulgence. Asfor their simplicity, we can merely explainthat it is in accordance with the wishes ofWilliam Barton Rogers, the noble founder andfirst President of Technology.

Our thoughts, my classmates, may wellstray backward to scenes of four years ago.Then our pattering footsteps were heardfor the first time in this hall, as we came tomeet him who afterward proved so true a

friend President Francis A. Walker. Sincethen these doors have been shaken by classcontests; these leathern seats have withstoodour twitchings as we vainly endeavored in ex-aminations to extract missing information fromthe intellectual glances of the learned gentle-men upon the frieze above us. What excite-ment, what terror these events caused whilewe were in their midst! And now, as Sen-iors, almost as Graduates, we pause in con-templation. What have these four years donefor us? What have we done for them ?

Classes, like individuals, vary. Of Ninety-Four we may always carry a fond remem-brance, and seek individually to attain andmaintain her standards. Her aim has beentoward progress, breadth, and loyalty.

As years go by we shall realize more andmore the debt we owe Technology. She hasgiven us a broad education: if not, the faultlies with us. Perhaps the term 1" liberal," inits strictest sense, cannot be applied to herteaching, but our professors have sought todevelop the best there is in us, at the sametime giving us every opportunity to learn thesecret hidden in that little word "sympathy."The honest work of any person should neverbe despised, or considered of less value tomankind than our own. It is not fair for us tojudge. Some of the old, conservative, liberalschool believe that breadth and sympathy areinconsistent with specialism. The noble ex-amples of many of our most noted specialiststo-day prove that the incongruity lies chieflyin the narrowness of the conservative himself.If each one of us takes to heart the earnestwords of Bishop Lawrence in the baccalau-reate sermon of yesterday, we also, throughspecialism, may elevate, not degrade, humaneffort.

We are about to meet the world. Despitethe regret each must feel in ending his collegedays, all of us must experience considerablesatisfaction that an epoch in our lives has beenhonorably completed-its aim accomplished.For the coming struggle, we can but wait

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with mingled confidence and doubt. How-ever, let us remember that neither success norhappiness can be measured by dollars andcents even in hard times.

And now, my last words to you, my dearclassmates, concern our friendships. Duringfour years we have been side by side in joyand sorrow, success and failure. Our regardhas been little restrained by social distinc-tions; the cold, business-like methods of theworld have had slight chance to contaminatethe natural frankness and generous, open-heartedness of youth. Let us preserve thesebonds through life as our choicest treasures.They cannot but strengthen and ennoble usby their influence. A gentleman who com-bines in himself an unusual number of humanvirtues has said: "It is the love emanatingfrom us that enriches our natures, cultivatesour best efbfort, and produces the noblestfiruit." And surely such a gift is never wastedupon the receiver.

So, our friends, the emotions of the Classof Ninety-Four may vary as the past is recalled, the future predicted. Again we wel-come you, that you may share these feelingswith us.

It is my privilege to present to you the onechosen from our midst to officiate upon thisoccasion. He is a man who has workedearnestly and unselfishly tobr his class, and,above all, for Technology. No one can be-grudge the honor that has been bestowed byNinety-Four upon our Chief Marshal, Mr.Thomas Pelham Curtis.

Mr. Curtis then assumed his duties, begin-ning as follows:-

"I sincerely hope that there are but fewhere this afternoon who have been present atClass Day exercises in past years, and e-.xpectthis year to find novelties and more elaborateceremonies than heretofore. If there are suchI fear that they will be disappointed, for, as aglance at your programme will show, ourexercises to-day are to be of the usual simpleand very unassuming character adopted by

our predecessors; and can we only succeedin interesting you for an hour or so with ourhistory, oratory, etc., we shall be more thansatisfied. I believe that that is the usualsermon to begin such an occasion as thiswith, but I will try to make it the last offenseof the kind. As an 'opener,' so to speak,we shall tell you our class history. I takegreat pleasure in introducing our historian,Mr. Theophilus Clive Davies."

TH-I CLASS I-IISTORY.

As in all the great movements of history,the original germis from which sprang thatmighty civilizing factor, the transcendentalclass of Ninety-four, must be sought in an agefar prior to that in which it became a thingevident to the common herd, in an age ofsmall things and small minds. I refer to theage of infancy.

At that period many countries were busy(without their knowledge) contributing tovarious component parts of the above men-tioned great class. The larger portion camefrom the various parts of that great countrywhich enjoys the privilege of possessing thisInstitute of Technology. As was fitting,Boston itself has supplied the chair,-the chairupon which we set so great a Price.

We must go back two decades to the open-ing years of the seventies, and, if you will,we may trace some of the moving influencesof Ninety-four to their sources. For instance :At this early date the little Torossian mighthave been found playing on the banks of theriver Danube. Perhaps he acquired the artof dyeing his clothes with the proverbial bluewater; and doubtless he learnt by heart themusic of the " Blue Danube," which we knowso well and hear so often. Even Guatemalaat that time was training a sample child, whoshould shortly form one of the attractions inthe old curiosity shop on Boylston Street.

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A few preliminary courses of lectures arealways given by certain members of the Fac-ulty to the innocent strangers, before theregular work begins. The first of these wasgiven by "the Bird," and consisted of onelecture on the enormity of offering an umbrellato be checked with the ferrule toward thelecturess. The result, in our case, was un-doubtedly good, as it produced a feeling ofthankfulness that the Bird was caged. Thenext lecture was given to the class as a whole.A man appeared before us to urge the desira-bility of certain sets of drawing instruments,and also to persuade the class that he did notmake anything on the sale. His eagerness onthis last point caused us to open our eyes, andwe have ever since been suspicious.

Last of these preliminary lectures came thatwhich was announced by,-

"The President will meet the First-Yearstudents at ten o'clock in Huntington Hall."

It was then that we were introduced to theman to whom Technology owes so much, towhom every one looks with reverence andregard. The hush, that is felt when PresidentWalker approaches, is proof that the uniformkindness and sympathy he extends to all whoneed it have touched every one with whom he

comes in contact. And I venture to assertthat there is no one connected with us to-daywho does not realize that the institution isgreat which possesses such a President.

The first important event of classic historywas, of course, our first class meeting. And ofcourse the Sophomores, Ninety-three, strove tofrustrate all our efforts, being especially savageafter the indignities they had suffered at thehands of Ninety-two the year before. Ourfirst class meeting was held in the gymnasiumunder difficulties. Business had to be trans-acted intermittently. For instance, the chair-man called for nominations for Class President.Above the crowd which surged round thechairman towered the head of J. C. Stevens,a regular Saul among the people. Quick asthought his name was proposed. But thetime had been occupied by our opponents incharging down the hall upon us. We were,therefore, obliged to suspend business until wehad carefully replaced Ninety-three at theother end of the hall. Then we elected ourtemporary president, and were ready for thenext sortie.

Since we had come to study in Boston, wemust needs catch the Boston fever. So wewere soon hard at work playing soldiers.This is a game which several of us had notplayed for many years-but then, we had notlived in Boston. How it would have rejoicedour hearts in those days to have been allowed towear the pretty things which were now thrustupon us! But in Boston it is considered avery good game for old and young alike, forthey all play it there.

After we had marched about for a feAwweeks, proudly carrying real guns, we becameso thoroughly impressed with our own prowessthat it was decided to give the outside worldan opportunity to appreciate it. So a hallwas secured, and on the day appointed thebattalion marched forth before the admiringeyes of its friends. The band exhaustedthemselves in their efforts to induce sympa-thetic vibrations in the hearts of those who

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We were not permitted to wvin our spurswithout an effort. The usual programme wasrepeated by the Sophomore class,-the pro-gramme which has had to be recited so mo-notonously by every class historian. As,however, this was the last of its kind, it seemsfitting that it should be told.

The opening of the attack by Ninety-threewas announced in a very proper way by ashower of Boston Baked Beans. Had Ninety-four but known what a pork "scrap" was tofollow, but we anticipate. It is not knownexactly why the meal did not include fish-balls. They would probably have playedhavoc with the Freshman ranks. But wegallantly stood our- ground amidst the rattle ofthe beans. At length piercing shrieks wereheard, and there burst upon the scene a horridquadruped, called a greased pig. In pastages, we had read, men made use of a horseas an ambush, but it was humiliating in theextreme to find that members of our Institutehlead been forced to have recourse to a pig.Surely the Freshmen were to be pardoned ifthey did not know at first how to tackle this

lbrm of Ninety-three.But there was one who was equal to the oc-

casion. Our general had seen pork before inmany forms. Nothing daunted, he seized theintruder by the tail and caused him to returnto his friends. Imagine the proud feelings ofus Freshmen, as we beheld our gray-hairedcommander thus occupied. At the close ofthis exhibition several members of the Classof Ninety-three, assisted by the Faculty, wenthome with the pig, and never came back any11mor01e. That is why this programme iwas thelast of its kind.

The Ninety-four Freshman football elevenplayed three (gamens. Of these two were won,

and the other-against the Sophomore team-lost. It was at the close of this last thatNinety-four discovered what was really meantby a '" cane rush."

The rain was falling dismally. The cloudsof steam from the trains which were con-tinually passing only added to the obscurity ofthe clammy mist which hung over the field.The ground itself was one vast mud puddle,stirred by the feet of the throng of men whosurged round the spot where the struggle wasgoing on. The scrimmage continued for sometime, during \vhichl many exchangec garmentsNwith their enemies. Frequent diversion wasafforded to the Sophomores by the duels foughtby angry Freshmlen with each other,-eachcontestant thinking the other was a Soph.And after all we won the rush.

Up to this time we had numbered over threehundred and sixty (including wvomen andchildren). Now the first of those sad partingsoccurred which mark the history of everyclass at Tech. The semi-annual examinationshad arrivel. When Ninety-four returned forthe next term there were some vacant chairs.

The events of the second term of Freshmanyear iwere less striking than those of the first.The class Baseball Nine won three games,the fourth-against Harvard Ninety-four-resulting in a draw.

Our return next year placed us in newcircumstances. Many of us became inmatesof the Engineering Building. We now passedfrom under the control of the President; forin the Engineering Building reigns a despot,familiarly known as the "Colonel." He hasentire control of the engineering courses. Itis even rumored that he grants them theirdegrees. He is also responsible for keepingthe rooms clean. I-e is, in fact, the janitor.

As Sophomores, our football team wassignally successful against the class of Ninety-five. Our experience in the mud puddle ofthe year before had made us so proficient in theart of rushing, that we secured, with the cane,a large and valuable collection of cast-off

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Freshman garments. How it would havedelighted the eyes of Keezer-the patient,persevering Keezer! Is it not enough to melta heart of stone to see him as he stands uponthe curbstone piteously pleading ? The scorch-ing sun cannot force Keezer from his post.Let the rain drive in sheets,-still Keezerstands his ground. And when the storms ofwinter howl about old Rogers steps, and theblinding snow-flies wildly up and down, likesome poor thing seeking in vain for rest, still,between the gusts, you will hear the same sadwords, "I give the highest price for oldclothes."

But oh ! the joy of being Juniors! Whatprivileges might we not enjoy ! for we werenow allowed to array ourselves in silk hats.Oh, how nice!

On our return at the beginning of Junioryear, we found that a long-felt want had beensupplied. The architects-always a noisy set-- occupied the rooms over the physical labora-tories in the Walker Building. They had insome way become the proud possessors of asection of a stone column. With this play-thing they whiled away the long hours of manyan afternoon, rolling it from end to end oftheir drawing room. In vain did the sorrow-ing student below strive to adjust the delicatebalances to agree with his "original records."The earth quaked, and all work must ceasewhile the architects were at play.

Now. we found, a special building had beenput up for the Menagerie. Here the archi-tects have lived ever since. And, as thecurious gaze at them through the windowsthat open from the engineering drawing rooms,they may see stuffed birds and other thingssuspended over the desks. They bear largelabels, requesting strangers "not to feed theanimals," presumably because they are modelsfor the life class. At the top of the buildingare kept the large baskets in which the youngwomen studying at the Institute are said topractice rowing.

The great event of our Junior year was,

however, the issue of our annual "Tech-nique." The "Technique" Board had pub-lished their hope that this volume would prove"cthe best of all its predecessors," as thenotice said. Certainly they and their classwere not disappointed.

The advent of Senior year brought with ita proper amount of dignity; for we were nowpromoted to sit beneath the eagle eyes of theheads of our courses. Some of us were for-tunate enough to take a course in shop work.We have become liable to make the most rapidprogress by the purchase of notes - fromRidler.

But what did we not learn in our course onthe Theory of Elasticity. We had longknown the story of Peter Piper and thepickled peppers. We had reason to makean addition to the legend after our study ofstresses and strains in rectangular parallelo-pipedical particles.

As a finale, the class of Ninety-four canboast the most successful Senior dinner evergiven at the Institute. The attendance num-bered over the hundred, and included almostthe whole class.

The sojourn of Ninety-four here has beenmarked by an important growth in the Insti-tute. A new building has been erected, anda large piece of land has been added to itsproperty. When the class entered, four yearsago, it was the boast that they had swelled theattendance to the nine-hundred mark. Nowwe number over eleven hundred.

But as the class gathers here to-day,-allthat are left of us, left of three hundred andsixty,-we would not forget that death hastaken from us two of that number: PercyWinthrop Mead and John Aiken.

Gentlemen of Ninety-four, you have bornewith me while we have retraced together thehistory of our acquaintance. During theseyears has been revealed to us some slight con-ception of the marvels of matter and force.But one is overwhelmed by the thought that,though we catch some slight vestige of their

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laws, no man can tell us whence they are orwhy they are. I can take you no further thanthe present, for what is to be rests with eachof us separately. But surely we start forthon life with anll equipment of which we neednot be ashamed. God grant that we may usewhat we have gained here for ourselves, ourfriends, our countries (for we owe it them,also), but, above all, for Him!

Mr. Curtis then resumed:-"'Our historian having proved himself the

equal of Josephus, Bancroft, and Macaulay,we will now show you what we can do in theDaniel Webster ' line,' and I think we caneasily prove that old Daniel would not be ' init' with us for oratorical ability. I can evennow see his shade weeping mournful tears atthe thought of his laurels, so soon to besnatched from him. Allow me to present ourorator, Mr. Charles Arthur Meade."

THE ORATION.

FELLOWV CLASSMATES AND FRIENDS:

As we stand together to-day for almost thelast time as an undergraduate body,-proba-bly never to be again united as we now are,-the thought comes to us frequently, as theminutes slip away, that in a few hours at themost our lot will be cast with thatisomewhatshadowy and faintly remembered, but wetrust highly respected, line of alumni.

At present we may pause for a moment,and look in either of two directions: behindus, the scene of past triumphs or defeats, avista already mellowing in golden haze; orahead, where shines the bright light of theworld, and whence comes the call to widerfields and more stirring scenes. A contem-plation of the past is, perhaps, as sure to stirup vague regrets as to awaken happy mem-ories; and our eyes most naturally and will-ingly turn toward that brighter view we callthe future.

We are all too familiar with the graduate'spicture, as the wit of the modern press por-trays him; a picture more or less just accord-

ing as the artist has used for his model themore or less astonishing productions of thecollege mill. It will not do here for us todeprecate or defend idealism, so often scorn-fully called the only food and raiment hisAlmza Aater furnishes the graduate when sheexposes him to the jeers and buffets of a coldand cynical world. Rumor has it that Tech-nology does not thrust her graduates into quiteas naked a state of existence as some of hersister institutions. There are always, how-ever, two sides to the question. Idealismagain comes into the field of vision, and wemay see, and possibly realize, how some of usmay starve upon pottage, while some of ourbrothers will fare even sumptuously uponnothing but the wild honey and locusts of thedesert.

At any rate, to-day we are standing uponthe threshold of the doorway to the outsideworld. Glimpses of the land beyond arefaintly seen, and visions of varied hues passbefore our minds as we very naturally pauseto ask, "Where and what?" Probably thequestion of duty has never arisen before usmore vividly than to-day, coming, as it does,in a threefold form, calling imperatively atten-tion to our country, our college, and ourselves.

The problems of citizenship, which are sosoon to meet us with a very personal reality,are problems which it is pre-eminently theduty of every graduate to try to solve to thevery best of his ability. We believe thescientific education to be one of the greatestfactors in the advancement and enlightenmentof the age. The accusation has been made,and with no little seriousness, that scientificmen are very prone to narrowness; to seenaught but the problem in mnind; to be almnostentirely lacking of any sense of the largenessof the world about them. We must admit thatthe accusation contains something of truth,for we do not have to look far to see a few de-plorable examples scattered here and therelike warning beacons to keep us from strayinginto the desert.

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A short time ago a statement appeared inThe NVation, which one of our graduatesaptly commented upon in our college paper,where the graduate of the Scientific Schoolwas compared to the weasel, " training his eyeto follow steadily and unweariedly, lookingneither to the right nor to the left, the narrow,gilded track that leads to wealth, or, at anyrate, to bread and butter."

The statement is an unworthy one, butwhen such a conception arises, whether it befalse or true, whether it is the fault of studentor professor, or, what is most probable, thefault of the observer himself, it is our duty todispel it vigorously and immediately.

The solution of the political and socialproblems of to-day depend, in no small meas-ure, upon the readiness which we, and othersin like position, display in uniting our bestenergies with all who are eager and willing toserve their country best. At the presenttime we are feeling a lack in our nation ofthat fervent spirit wvhich animated the foundersof this commonwealth and union; the spiritwhich made Adams and Hancock, and Garri-son and Phillips such lights of history; thespirit which called forth the grand utterancesof such statesmen as Webster and Clay,thoughts and words which will ever exert anheroic impulse and noble influence.

The power of personal contact and influencehas always, in the world's history, playeda part of supreme importance. It is easyenough for our hearts to beat faster, and oureyes to glisten, when we recall the wordsLincoln spoke upon the battle field of Gettys-burg; but how feeble in comparison to thegreat wave of feeling and sympathy sweepingover the multitude as they listened in raptattention to the voice of the great leader.

The public of to-day is looking constantlyfor leaders, and is as constantly acceptingwhat are, if not downright cheats, but thesorriest makeshifts. Whether we shall beleaders or followers, whether our power shallbe great or small, it must always be our duty

Ito keep clear the flame of country love, whichhas burned so brightly in the past, and whichmust have an even brighter luster in thefuture.

As we leave here to-morrow, to add ournames to the roll of graduates, we carry withus, I know, a sincere regard for the welfareand success of Technology. Her interestsshould be our interests; whatever of successwe may attain, another addition to her fameand reputation, and all honor and glory,wherever won, should be hers as well as ours.It must be confessed with regret that theyoung alumnus of Technology does not main-tain this feeling toward his Almza Malter as heought. That he cherishes a feeling of sincereregard and profound respect there is not theslightest doubt, but, with a few exceptions, awarm and zealous love is most sorrowfullylacking. Our President has well said thatTechnology's strength lies in her undergradu-ates; but unless these same undergraduatesleave her full of admiration and love, fill ofdesire to help her in every way they can, theundergraduate power must necessarily fall farshort of attaining what it might when sup-ported by an enthusiastic body of alumni.During the years Ninety-Four has spent here,an apparent attempt has been made to closethe gap heretofore existing between Tech-nology and her graduates. Ninety-Four canand should do her part toward the finalaccomplishment of this union-a union, how-ever, we can never hope to accomplish untilthe graduate carries away with him a feelingof more potent influence than mere respect.

There is a small college in Ohio, adhering,it is true, to conservative methods of instruc-tion and learning, which has had a brilliantrecord in the past and promise for as bright afuture, due in great measure to the hearty sup-port and sympathy of her graduates. Tech-nology may well follow her example byinspiring her alumni with a like zeal andenthusiasm. On the other hand, the attitudeof the alumnus in the past has had far too

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much of the Zaissez-fai;-e principle about it.If we wish to help Technology onward andupward on the way she has struggled alonelong enough, we must urge the abandonmentof this policy with all possible earnestness,and join hands with those of faculty and un-dergraduates who desire to see her occupy aposition where she shall stand a lofty exampleto those around her.

This same idea of action, live and vigorous,each one of us must persistently adhere to ifwe are to stand among our fellow-men wherewe ought. A determination to do our shareof the duties devolving upon us in the com-munity wherein we may dwell, means toexperience a warmer interest in others, anda most wholesome development into a broad,rich life, gaining continually in power andinfluence by virtue of the control we may ex-ert upon affairs and men about us. It alsomeans hard work; it means, at times, self-sacrifice and a loss of luxury we might other-wise enjoy; but the end,-is it not worth thetoil ?

Whatever else we may have learned the pastfour years, two facts stand out most clearly be-fore us to-day. Whatever questions we meetin this world will never be answered to ourcomplete satisfaction unless it is by our ownbrains; and whatever is worth attaining de-serves the toil and patience its pursuit demands.The ability to think and act for ourselves is ofsupreme importance, and with this must bejoined that delight in action which everyhealthy mind and body experiences.

May we all hope to experience in the future,if we have not already in the past, what Mas-sachusetts' grand bishop once so wisely andtruly described: " To be at work, to do thingsfor the world, to turn the currents of thingsabout us at our will, to make our existence apositive element, even though it be no biggerthan a.grain of sand, in this great system inwhich we live,-that is a new joy of whichthe idle man knows no more than the moleknows of sunshine, or the serpent of the

eagle's triumphant flight through the upperair. The man who knows, indeed, what it isto act, to work, cries out, 'This alone is tolive '"

After more music, which seemed hardly upto Daggett's standard, the poet was introducedas follows:

"From oratory let me lead you to'Thoughts that youthful poets dlreamnOn summier eves near haunted streal,'

the thoughts coming in -his case from ourpoet, Mr. Arthur Shurtleff."

"AS A IMETEOR."

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Through the zenith, -where the old stars broodWith e)yes grown small with vwatching, fliesAn ar-row writh a train of fireAcross the dark concave of night,To quench its flame in the black flood

Of space unfathlomed. The old stars broodWith eyes grown small oultwatching time;And fr-om the top of some low hill,Housed in his wheeling dome to watchThe skies, the gray AstronomerMarvels, and doubts his aged sight.A meteor come from what vast voidBeyond the utmost scan of thouglht,To blaze an instant througLh the nilghtAnd plunge again to endless depths!Yet as a shaft fi-ol the true bowOf Sagittarius flies throughThe cunning patli the archer's eyeDetermined ere the shaft was loosed,So flies the meteor through the gulf,Constrained, within the destined pathWhich the great sun has bentInto a w.ide ellipse, to spanThe awful space beyond the stars.

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On a tired day, when laborers toil,And oxen bend the heavy yoke,Dragging from the fields the harvest's hoards,Into a cottage home there comesA life that was not there before,-A feeble child, in whose young cryIs heard the language of a soulUnused to earth; and One will say,This soul created here in dust,Now feels the first imnpulse of sense,And breathes the first strange breath of life."And One will say, '"This soul is comeFromn dwelling in some world unknown,

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Harbored within its suited frameThe young life grows, and finds the worldIn stature measured to its own,-A garden to the childish mind;A playground to the happy boy;Fame's high arena to the youth;And to the sterner man a fieldOf conflict, where the small and weakWages, with how successful strife,Battle against the strong and great;In which, though numbered with the strong,How oft he falters or deserts,Or turns against the better cause.At the rude tasks of husbandmen,Toiling upon the hill and plain,Sharing with them the lowly lifeThe cottage knows, and sharing, too,Their hopes, their fears, their sufferings,In trouble, counselor, in grief,Consoler and a steadfast friend,He earns their love and reverence.Men say: " A purpose wise has broughtThis soul to us from out the dark,To labor with us and to teach.And by the tenor of its life,In which that purpose still abides,To span the darker gulf beyondIt cannot fail; nor shall we failLearning from it a better hope,A better fear, to lead us on !"

IV.

At twilight, when the gray bats flyOn noiseless wings the gable 'round,And night moths fare their spectral courseAcross the hedge-row top, a lightStartles within the cottage gloom,And with the hurry of feet there comeAnxious entreaties, and the soundOf crying, for the lifeIs gone at length, and the spent frame

Upon the bed, the memory,The love of friends, and what the handsHave done or made, alone attestThat what is dead once nobly lived.And One will say, trusting his eyesTo prove the dark, "This is the end.Lost now as utterly this lifeAs a thin flame flared out, which leavesA blackened coal to mock the lamp."And one, whose countenance bespeaksA better truth, will say, '' Who lived,Lives now; and as the Alchemist,Seeing the laws of atoms, cries,

'No particle can be destroyed,'So I, seeing the laws of life,Declare, 'What lived shall all endure !'Think'st thou long years of noble life,-Long years of sacrifice, have wroughtStructure so frail, that if a pulseCease beating, or a breath is stilled,It crumbles like a house of sand?When such a soul is stilled in death,A haven, if there were none, would buildStraightway to shame unreadiness !"

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And we, who now commemorateThe close of our first task, which isA harbinger of greater tasksAugured by this to be at lastAccomplished through that constancyOf purpose which has conquered here,What is the tenor of our way?Augured by this no level course,Content to wander in the plain,But toiling on the steeper slopesTo find a freer air. Our pathLeads upward from the mists below.And when, the summit all but won,Our earth-strength fails us, and we fallUpon the path, though purpose bentTo struggle to its utmost heights,Shall all be ended, and the lifeHalt with the stricken clay? Say no!No more than halts that meteorShot from the Sagittarian bowWhen it has swum into dim spaceBeyond the utmost ken of earth,But through the ether dark pursuesIts course, unchanged, invisible!

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but we must now return to the stern realitiesof life in the calm, cold facts of our statis-tician, Mr. Colbert Anderson MacClure."

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FRIENDS AND CLASSMATES:

EACH year brings new faces upon this plat-form for the same purpose that we are here.Each year hears figures read and conclusionsdrawn which may be of vital and varied inter-estto the classes themselves, but, from the pointof view of the spectator, are thrown into per-spective, where they coincide with all previousreports. History repeats itself, and that iswhy I am here to-day. It is the same oldstory, but remember this is our class and ourday.

Technology is different from other collegesand universities in many of its customs. Unlikethese institutions, the terms Freshmen, Sopho-more, Junior, and Senior are never used offi-cially at Technology. They are replaced byordinals. We have no Commencement; ourformal leave-taking is styled "Graduating Ex-ercises." During the early days of the Insti-tute a successful candidate for a degree wasnotified that his diploma awaited him at theoffice when he chose to call. It was not untilI879 that the graduates were chosen to readabstracts from their theses before an audience.The result was so gratifying that this exercisebecame a regular custom. It will take placein this hall to-morrow with the same simplicitythat characterized its experimental stage.

The liberality of the Faculty toward ourstudent body has been conspicuous from thestart. No set rules govern our conduct. Wehave not had to ask for permission to "cut" fora day. There is even nothing to compel us toattend chapel; we are not even limited, atleast up to date, on "Technique" grinds.Throughout the entire course students are con-sidered as free moral agents as young menwho know what is fitting and proper, and whodo it without any fuss or comment. It is clear,then, thatwe have no need for a students' con-gress, and that we do not attempt to copy orrival other colleges or universities in mattersof government or general customs.

Such radical differences in the character ofour Alma czM ater naturally affect the statis-ticians. In this case it caused me to followin the footsteps of my predecessors, who sentletter circulars to the members of their classes,asking them all about their private affairs. Idid this in order to be a gossip without seem-ing to be impertinent. The circular wasmarked "confidential," but of course this wasonly a ruse, for it is clearly my duty to reporteverything received.

A thorough study of these answers warrantsthe statement that the organization of theClass of '94 was made possible, in the yeareighteen hundred and ninety, Anno Domini,by the arrival at the portal of this great insti-tution of two hundred and ninety-four humanbeings gathered from the four corners of theglobe as follows: one each from England,Scotland, France, and Peru; two each fromthe Argentine Republic and Japan; threefrom the Hawaiian Islands; four each fromCanada and the Eastern States; eighteen fromwest of the Mississippi; twenty from theSouth; thirty-eight from the Middle States;and from New England, one hundred andninety-nine; a goodly representation from theHub and the Spokes of the Universe. Ofthis number, seven were young women-theremainder were boys. The average age attime of entrance was nineteen years.

Of this two hundred and ninety-four, twohundred and fifty-two entered as regular four-year students. It cost the class thirty-eightand five-tenths per cent of its regulars to beinitiated into the mysteries of Sophomorism,thus leaving one hundred and fifty-five men todo battle with Heat. Seven and one-tenth percent of this number were prostrated by thetemperatures of Carnot's Cycle. Havingtaught us two severe lessons in percentage,Fate, in the guise of the Faculty, took onlyseven-tenths ofone per cent toll for entrance intothe fourth year. Out of the two hundred andfifty-two who started in as regulars, one hun-dred and fifty-nine, or sixty-three per cent, will

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not receive degrees to-morrow. This greatfalling off in our ranks is due partly to thefact that a few could not wait for their degreesbefore accepting the lucrative positions whichinvariably confront Tech men. The class,however, having been reinforced by five-yearstudents and graduates firom colleges, nownumbers one hundred and thirty-six. Thiswill be the largest class Technology has grad-uated. Of this number three are women; theremainder are qme. N. R. Craighill, W. W.Carter, and N. T. Quevado having alreadyreceived the degree of S.B., will receive thedegree of S.B.2 The average age of thegraduating class is twenty-three years, butlittle Kenneth Foster Wood requests me to sayhe was twenty-one on the 25th of this month.

There is nothing extraordinary about theheight or weight of the members of the class,the tallest man being only six feet three andone-half inches, and the heaviest man weigh-ing less than three hundred pounds. Eightper cent of the class are six feet or over.Neither does the size of hat or boot show any-thing remarkable about the class's intellector understanding. Only thirteen per centwear glasses: considering that Technology isin Boston, this is certainly a remarkably lowpercentage.

Forty per cent of the class claim to wearmustaches. A conscientious Course II. man,in answering the question " Do you wear amustache," replied, "Yes; but the boys sayI don't."

Five per cent admit that they smoke ciga-rettes habitually, nine per cent occasionally.Eighteen per cent use alcoholic beveragesrarely, eight per cent occasionally, and fourper cent habitually.

Only ten per cent of the class have takenregular physical exercise during their fouryears, and yet ninety-six per cent have en-joyed good health. This shows that a strongconstitution is one of the requirements for adegree.

Almost all the political parties, and nearly

all the creeds of the 'world, are represented.Among the latter are: Episcopal, Methodist,Congregational, Presbyterian, and Baptist;Unitarian, Clhristian, and Universalist; Ag-nostic, Cosmic, Catholic, Jewish, ChristianScientist, Swedenborgian, Salvation Army,and Sun Worshiping. Twenty-three per centof the class do not attend church. Eighty-four per cent have studied on Sundays (Bos-ton missionaries to foreign countries pleasetake notice). The attendance per month atchurch varied from eight to o0.3687 times.The latter figure was given by a Course VI.man, who guarantees it to be correct withinone ten-thousandth of one time.

The next group of questions asked was:For what did you come to the Institute ? Whenyou entered, did you expect to work hard?Have you been disappointed? The answersshow that a "Co-ed" came here to study apeculiar and eccentric being much writtenabout by l)arwvin and Huxley. A Harvardgraduate said he came to Technology to learnsomething. Comparatively feew knew howthey happened to come. One ascribes it tothe influence of the stars; another declaredthat he was talked into it by a man who had agrudge against him. Exactly one hundredper cent of the class expected to work hardwhen they entered; ninety-four per cent havenot been disappointed.

An opportunity was given to the membersof the class to suggest beneficial changes inthe curriculum. It seems to be generallyagreed that Janitor Norman should be put onthe Faculty, that the doors should be left un-locked between the Architectural and Engi-neering buildings, and that N. H-. Janvrinshould be made a professor. Courses II. andVI. strongly urge that a tablet be fixed uponthe walls of the Mechanical Laboratory whichshall bear the following sentences: This tabletis fastened to the wall by four three-inchrivets, forged by Carl Ball and riveted byP. P. Bourne. May they both have a vaca-tion until time shall eat the rivets ill twain !

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The answers show that fifteen per cent ofthe class would willingly go through the fouryears again. The remaining eighty-five percent might be induced by financial persuasionsvarying in amounts from expenses to fourmillion dollars. One of the young womenstudents would be induced by a promise ofeternal youth. She probably meant ass eternalyouth.

I asked the class how soon they expected tobe married. The answers were like these:When I find the girl; never; in ten years;none of your business. Three per cent do notthink it wise for a man to marry before he isthirty. Twelve per cent think it is eminentlyproper, and eighty-five per cent think it de-pends upon the financial circumstances of thecontracting parties or their parents. One mansays he will tell me definitely two weeks fromto-day, and promises to send me an invitation.

It is the general opinion of the class thatthere is no " snap " Course unless it be XIV.(which doesn't exist). Thirteen per cent ofthe class have received ten or more honors upto the time the Faculty abolished this mark.Twenty-seven per cent have never receivedan F on an annual or semiannual examina-tion. Frederick William Harwood, CourseVI., is the honor man of the class, he havingreceived twenty-four honors on these exam-inations.

Forty-five per cent believe in co-educationat Technology. The gist of their reasons isthat some women are smarter than most men.The objections to co-education were basedupon sentimental or aesthetic grounds.

It gives me especial pleasure to announcethat The Grand Old Man has again beenunanimously declared the most popular pro-fessor at Technology. May Professor Runklecontinue for many years to play his importantpart in the advancement of this great institu-tion, whose existence is so largely due to hisefforts and ability.

The votes for the handsomest man in theclass ran very close. Courses I. and IV.

took especially prominent parts in the race,and the latter finally won. The handsomestman in the class, according to vote, is GeraldMorse.

The next question was: Do you think anymember of the class ever distinguished him-self? If so, in what way? A keen observeranswered: Yes, several: Frederick W. Lordin track athletics, E. D. Clarke and T. P.Curtis in foot-ball, and F. P. Simonds atthe Senior dinner. Another thought W. D.McJennett distinguished himself by sacrific-ing the prettiest mustache in Technology toelevate the Stage, and J. C. Locke by climb-ing the greased flag pole to such a heightthat he has never recovered from the dizzinessexperienced.

Whom do you consider the oddest man inyour course, and why? brought many oddi-ties to view. In Course IV. it is "Colonel"McGoodwin, because he spends his Saturdayafternoons pricing plaster casts at Caproni's,and Sundays in wishing he were a " Co-ed "at Weilesley. A Course V. man replies:A. A. Claflin,-he needs but to be seen.Course X. offers up G. H. Anderson, for thefollowing reasons: He teaches Sunday school,never swears, and can detfy any man to de-scribe or to imitate his walk. E. D. Clarkehas won his reputation from the fact that hewent to sleep during a recitation in AppliedMechanics, and, when called up for it by Prof.Lanza, he replied that he could think betterwith his eyes shut. One third of CourseVIII. says sAhe is odd because the olher twofellows are even.

An experienced man states that in order tobe waited upon in the lunch room, one shouldhave the patience of Job, the guile of a ser-pent, and the personal charms of an Apollo.

R. B. Price is the busiest man in the class.He belongs to ten Technology organizations.

One man, who belongs to the Baker's Dozen,says he is one of the biscuits which has nocrust, notwithstanding he has been repeatedlyroasted. This could be nobody but Robert

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Loring. Most of us have regarded him as awater cracker, which is all crust.

The average expenditure of the class dur-ing the first year was $772.40; for the second,$773.75; the third, $795.25; and the fourth,$794.98. The greatest expenditure reportedfor one college year was $I,700. The averageof what the class considers a fair allowance is

$8II.55.With '94 a social Renaissance has come to

Technology. This has been made apparentby the revival of the Junior Assemblies andthe great success of the French play and theclass dinners. Ninety-Four has done muchto remove the feelings between the classes, notonly by advising, but by materially aidingthem in their enterprises. This magnanimityhas spread to the lower classes, and good re-sults are sure to follow.

Several poems were received, but most ofthem are, unfortunately, upon subjects for-bidden to Seniors. One, however, is avail-able. It is correctly entitled "Effervescence,"and was written by an architect upon receiv-ing notice that the Faculty had recommendedhim for a degree.

0, talk about your good old timesWhich linger on the wvay;

Which are scheduled for to-morrow,And which never come to-day;

Which are always just before us,And about which poets sing

Like the warbling of the robinsAt the near approach of Spring.

Heretofore we've never met the timesThough hopes were ever strong,

As we've worked away in silenceWhile we shoved the world along;

But at last we have attained the goal,Our victory is at hand,

For we leave our Alma Aflale-To enlist with Coxey's band.

No Faculty advice for us,No F, FF, or D,

Nor dread of warning noticesSigned by Harry WV. T.

We've only now to light our pipesAnd smoke them at our ease,

While the mortgage on the universeWe'll foreclose whene'er we please.

Then all stand back and hold your breathAnd listen to the boom,

For '4 will spread herselfIf she has lots of room.

The prophet was presented as follows:-"We all know how in old times the proph-

ets had a little way of running up to a kingand saying, 'You die ere noon,' or 'Yourfamily will be swept off the face of the earthin about a minute,' or some trifle like that.Let us hope, then, that modern prophecy haschanged its methods, and that we may hopefor a more pleasant future in the augury ofour prophet, Mr. Harold Mayson Chase."

THE PROPHECY.

I FEAR that you have just disproved the oldadage, "He who laughs last laughs loudest."Mr. Curtis has said that in olden times theprophet might say to the King, "To-morrowyou die." I hope that after the exercises you,as the kings, will not say to the prophet,"You die now." (A longp5ause.)

I am sorry to keep you waiting so long, butit requires time, even in this rapid age, fortwenty years to pass by.

As I look around upon these once familiarsurroundings I can hardly realize, and I doubtif you can yourselves, that two decades havepassed since the class of '94, lion-hearted butclad in sheepskin, went forth to meet and dobattle with the world. (That beautiful andimpressive figure of speech was supplied meby my old friend, Mr. William King, knownto you of old as "Billy." William is now aminister, and delights in making such beauti-ful metaphors.)

In spite of the years which have rolledaway since that memorable event, I see manya familiar face here this afternoon, and canalmost imagine that it was but yesterday thatI sat and listened to the eloquence of my class-mates. In fact, I can almost remember thejokes of the statistician and historian; and asI look upon them to-day, it is hard to believethat they have grown old, unless, perhaps,

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.ge is evinced by a slight weakness at the:nees and trembling of the hands. In fact, ILope that you do not remember those jokes,ourselves, for I should like to make a fewimilar ones myself.

This ancient hall, too, has not changed.[he "learned men upon the frieze" still adornts walls, and the interesting tug-of-war in theNorthwest corner seems as far as ever from alecisive ending. Upon the brow of the fair;pirit of co-education there still dwells the;ame calm look of intellectual superiorityvhich used to greet our eyes as we awokeromr our dreams at the end of a lecture.It would, indeed, be pleasant to bring to

7our minds the recollection of those fouriappy years spent under the guidance ofair Technology,-of our boyish escapades,)ur successes and our failures; but let useave them to the past. Others have filled

our places upon the steps of the Rogers Build-

ng. Our children attend the chapel whereonce we gathered. WVe have become backnumbers, and it is my duty to-day to turn thepages of our lives and reveal to you the fateor fortune of our classmates; a task which Iandertake with hesitation. Should I makemistakes, I trust that I may be forgiven, forthe time allotted me for preparation has beenComparatively short.

Only this morning I was in South Africa,visiting my old friends Blake and Robeson,who have control of the former's invention forthe artificial production of diamonds. Mr.Blake was just illustrating the process for mybenefit by turning out a very small specimen,-which, by the way, I kept as a curiosity

(pulling out from a pocket an zmmnzense dia-mond set in a lar-ge ring-, and placig- S'lt con-sp/icuously on _fng-er-),-when a telegram was

handed me from Mr. Dickey, secretary of theAlumni, bidding me to be on hand this aftel-

noon at a reunion of '94, prepared to give asfull an account as possible of the doings of itsmembers for the last twenty years.

I had just time to catch Benedict's nine

o'clock special rapid transit, but did not arrivein Boston until eleven o'clock, as we weredelayed on the way by a slight entanglementwith one of Cutler's high-speed mail packets.Out of respect to Mr. Cutler we were obligedto slow up and collect the fragments.

All this time I was puzzling my brain-which, by the way, is a false one, manufac-tured by Mr. N. H. Janvrin. It is really anadmirable brain, far superior to anything ofthe kind I ever had before. As I said, I waspuzzling my brain for a method of findingthe histories of my old friends, many of whomI had not seen for years. I even went to thetrouble of taking out that triumph of humaningenuity and examining it. I tried every

combination of push-buttons, catches, andsprings, but in vain. The fertile inventorhad actually forgotten something.

While in this quandary I happened toglance across the car, where my attention wasattracted to a strange-looking machine, some-thing like the ancient phonograph, which borea placard with the words, " Dalton's Electro-germ Elucidator. Drop a Nickel in the Slotafter Reading Directions." By a few mo-ments' study of the latter, I discovered thatthis was exactly what I wanted, as it would

put me in communication with the mind of afriend, by means of his particular electricalcondition of mind, which, according to Mr.Dalton's wonderful discovery, corresponds tothe number of hairs in one's head.

The machine worked to perfection, even ifit did cost a number of nickels. One mem-ber of our class I could not reach, however;a circumstance which troubled me exceed-ingly until it occurred to me that Mr. Ander-son was probably bald, and consequently didnot come within the scope of the machine.The deficiency was supplied, however; foras soon as I arrived in Boston, and my tiredfeet mechanically took their way-even afteryears of absence-toward the abode of oneJulius Fellner, what was my surprise to seeover the door of that hospitable resort the

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My old friends were apparently glad tosee me, and probably remembered my chronicfinancial condition, as they absolutely refusedto take anything for my refieshment, sayingthat they had much rather give it to me thanhave me owe them.

Leaving this hostelry I continued my waytoward the Institute of Technology, the mostfamous home of science and art in this uni-verse, not even excepting Fowle's school ofPhilosophy on the planet Mars. I first visitedthe chapel, where I found Duckworth andClafin still playing billiards.

I soon arrived at that once familiar buildingcontaining the engineering laboratory, nowthe finest in the world. As I looked downthe long aisles bordered with hundreds ofmachines, the triumphs of inventive genius, Ithought of the days of twenty years ago, andcould almost imagine a voice saying, " Well,I can't help that. You are ten seconds late,and you will have to lose the test and alsowork up an extra cylinder." But I did nothear the voice, owing to the demand for kin-dergarten teachers, which at one time seri-ously threatened the life of the engineeringlaboratory.

I had now just time to visit the lunch room.Worse and more of it! Cultured Boston hasdone away with eating, and where once weregaled ourselves in imagination watching thefavored few eat strawberry pie, there nowstands the well-known hypnotic cafe of similarprinciple. Sitting down beside an instrumentclosely resembling a piano, I gave my order tothe young lady in charge,-who, to tell thetruth, looked rather familiar,-and then tookhold of the handles as directed. My attendantsat down before the instrument and proceededto play me as good a dinner as ever was pre-pared in the olden days by Mrs. Parker her-self. Not being a native Bostonian the effectwas not as lasting as it might have been.

Moreover, the waiter must have rememberedme, for she finished up with a Wagnerian crash,evidently intended to represent lobster saladand pistachio ice cream. As I went away Isaw a plate upon the instrument bearing thewords, "Bean-Boston -4-II-44," and Ihave wondered ever since whether it referredto the combination for Boston's ancient deli-cacy, or to another '94 man well known forhis grand inventive genius.

I hope you will excuse my dwelling so longupon these matters which are doubtless familiarto you all, but they were quite novel to me,an untutored South Afirican. I will endeavornow to tell you, as concisely as possible, thehistories or occupations of as many of ourclass as time and memory will permit.

Only last night I saw upon the full moon inclear, black shadow letters, thrown, I presume,by Nowell's lunargraph, the words, " Goodevening! Have you used Beach's Soap ?" Thisarticle, I was informed by the nickel-in-the-slot machine, has become very popular amongthe Esquimaux for afternoon teas and lunches.Speaking of the Esquimaux-another nickelbrought me the information that Mr. J. C.Locke, discoverer of the North Pole, has justopened a hotel at that famous summer resort.He has also written a book, "The Life andWorks of J. C. Locke." The book is now onsale at Ridler's, reduced from $5.00 to $4.99.

Mr. Clement I saw myself as I was comingacross the Public Gardens to-day. I hadstopped for a few moments on the shore of thepond to watch the fishes, when I heard a voicesay, "Move on, there !" Turning around Irecognized our Chicago friend, in spite of hisbrass buttons and sceptre.

I was obliged to use two nickels to findmuch about Loring, but finally learned thathlie had drifted about a long time in searchof amusement, and ended by establishing alivery stable in Venice. Some people laughedat this idea, but our South Bostonian, seeingthat horses didn't suit Venice, decided thatVenice must be made to suit the horses. So,

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before the city fathers of the damp old townrealized their position, he had the canals filledup and a first mortgage on all the principalpalaces.

MacClure, like his predecessor MarkTwain, is, you observe, a remarkable success.Clark and Curtis are both gentlemen of leisureand members of the Rod and Gun Club. Theformer has a peculiarity of always catchingsmall, but very heavy fish, much to the disgustof his friend, who insists that if the fish didnot swallow the sinker they would not weighso much, which certainly seems logical.

Wood, after becoming leader of the 400,reduced the list to oave. His sole rival in NewYork Society is Price, the ruler of TammanyHall, which is now run in connection withMeade's church for reformed politicians. Thiscombination is an astonishing success.

McKibben organized a reform for the pro-motion of the 9 o'clock rule, and old-fashionedpeople who still sit up until I2 or I o'clock arefast becoming unpopular. Abbott, of CourseVIII., our mathematician and physicist, is atthe head of his department at Smith College.Hi-s untiring efforts for the benefit of his fellow-men have culminated in the establishment ofco-education at that institution. B6vey mar-ried a young lady named Hovey, because, liesaid, he was sorry for her on account of hername.

Miss Gallup, after a successful career aschemist, became disgusted with the othermembers of her profession and established ariding school. Bates has devoted his life tothe elevation of the German Band. His latestsong, "Willie doesn't see the Joke," may beheard at every corner. The other chemists,headed by Mr. Scott, formed a society calledthe I. Y. S. A. A. W. D. B. T. Y. T. I.Club. For the benefit of those who have neverhad anything to do with chemists, I will ex-plain that the initials mean, " If you see anyapparatus which doesn't belong to you, take it."

Lane finally succeeded in smiling, whichfeat so surprised him that he forgot himself

and laughed. He has not yet entirelyrecovered. Davies, as might be supposed,won renown as a historian. His recent workentitled, I"The United States before its An-nexation to Canada," has placed his namehigh on the lists of fame.

Kittredge (T f ") got around that em-barrassing formula by discovering a methodfor suspending friction altogether. A memo-rial window has been erected in his honor bystudents of Course II.

McJennett joined Coxey's army soon aftergraduation-tramped to Washington, and de-livered such a telling oration before Congress,that the latter assembly actually found him ajob. The shock was too much for him, andhe disappeared, and has not been heard fromsince.

Thus far the machine had answered to thepersuasive nickel with a readiness and pre-cision which was absolutely miraculous. Ihad now reached my last nickel, and droppingit in the slot I said, " Please connect with Mr.Kirk." Perhaps the nickel was a bad one-I cannot say-but, at any rate, the machinegave a gasping sound and then became silent,nor would any coaxing in the way of dimesand quarters compel it to answer. And thusendeth the chronicle of '94-

In conclusion the Chief Marshal said:"'All things must end, and we only ask

that you judge us leniently, and rememberthat we are not adepts at having Class Days,this being really our first attempt. ProfessorLanza will be very happy to see you all inthe Engineering Building immediately afterthe exercises, to show you experiments on histhirty-million pound testing machine. A lightlunch will be found on exhibition in the draw-ing room upstairs."

Then the great audience slowly left theshadow of Huntington -Tall to muse upon,perhaps, the most successful Class Day Tech-nology has held.

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The Sigma Tau Chapter of D. K. E. heldits usual Class Day reception at the Bruns-wick. It was largely attended, and provedfully as pleasant a feature as in the past.Some of the other fraternities held informalreceptions at their houses at various timesduring the festive days.

The Senior Assembly.MONDAY evening witnessed the gayest, and

to many the most pleasant, event of the festaldays. Pierce Hall, with its simple but beauti-ful floral decorations, never looked more invit-ing. As carriage after carriage rolled up tothe door, the scene became one of great ani-mation and brilliancy. There were peoplepresent from all parts of this country and evenfrom abroad, all equally bent upon enjoyingthe occasion to the utmost. Shortly beforemidnight the doors of the supper room werethrown open, and the tables, in all theirsplendor, were surrounded by eager throngs.All the while, Daggett's orchestra, hiddenamidst the foliage in the little balcony, playedtheir most inspiring strains. Finally, as toeverything, the end came, but memories ofthat evening are destined to linger long.

The matrons were Mrs. Francis A. \Walker,Mrs. Charles R. Cross, Mrs. Louis Krumb-haar, and Mrs. Thomas P. Curtis.

Thanks are due to Messrs. R. K. Shep-pard, Ames, Franklin, F. S. Howland, Hewitt,Green, Fitts, Barr, Fisk, F. WV. Fuller, Floodand Tillinghast, for their services as ushersthroughout the Commencement exercises.

The Last Senior Class Meeting.NINETY-FOUR held its final undergraduate

class meeting Tuesday morning, May 2 9 th,

in Room II, Rogers. The Constitution was

revised to suit the needs of a graduate organi-zation. Provision is now made for an annualmeetinog and banquet, to be held at such timeas the Executive Committee shall decide.Then Mr. R. B. Price was re-elected presi-dent, and Mr. C. A. MacClure vice-president,for next year. Mr. A. B. Tenney was madeSecretary-Treasurer, and Messrs. T. P. Cur-tis and C. N. Wrightington were elected toserve with the preceding on the ExecutiveCommittee. The class then extended a heartyvote of thanks to Dr. Donald for the use ofTrinity Church, to Bishop Lawrence for hissplendid sermon, to the Glee and Banjo Clubsfor their concert, and to the class officers fortheir services during the past year. It wasthen voted to let the Class Day Committeedispose ot its surplus funds as it saw fit, andthe meeting adjourned.

The Graduating Exercises.

AGAIN on Tuesday, Huntington Hall wascrowded to its utmost. At half past two theFaculty and a few members of the Corporationtook seats upon the platform, and the classfiled in to their places.

President VW'alker welcomed the audience,and then explr~ :ed the nature and purpose oftheses, a few ~ )stracts of which were to beread. He stated that students were not chosento read abstracts on account of scholarship orexceptional theses, but that from each coursea thesis was chosen which would representthe character of the course and prove of somegeneral interest as well. He then called uponthe following men to read their abstracts:Charles Greeley Abbot, Harry Reyburn Bates,Harry Wentworth Gardner, William StewartHulse, William Herbert King, ThomasGleason Richards, William Henry Sayward,Jr., George Wilmarth Sherman, John Conyng-ham Stevens, George Aymar Taber, andJoseph Earlston Thropp, Jr. The abstractswere well written, well read, and provedvery entertaining.

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Phen the class rose, and President Walkerigratulated them upon receiving their de-,es, "the worthy object of your exertions,"especially upon those exertions themselves.

'hey have made you masters of yourselves.is prize is not the reward, but the witnessLhat reward which is in you yourselves..Lr patient labors, your scholarly fidelity,Lr unremitting application to duty, have:ngthened and steadied you. They haveirged your facilities and more and morele you men. I wish you all happiness,:ess and prosperity. Be as, faithful in the;er world as you have been here, be asiful and loyal, and you will not fail."'he degree of Master of Science in Civil;ineeering was then conferred upon Fredericold Fay, S.B., and the following onedred and thirty-six men were made Bach-s of Science:-I2harles Greeley Abbot (VIII.)Zaleigh Bullard Adams (X.)}eorge Herbert Anderson (X.)edmund Lathrop Andrews (VI.)'red Charles Baker (II.)

George Edward Barstow (II.)Ioward Rittenhouse Barton (VI.)-larry Reyburn Bates (V.)Valter Vennard Batson (VI.);harles BuLrr Beach (X.)rving Everett Beach (V.)forwin Sherwood Bean (VI.)allette Lyman Benedict (VI.)[ereford Berry (VI.)[rosvenor Tarbell Blood, S.B. (II.)'harles Royce Boss (IX.)[illiam Howard Bovey (VI.)tephen Alec Breed (II.)Jalter Vail Brown (VI.)

7illiam Wood Carter, S.B. (VI.)[ason Smith Chace (II.)dhn Winslow Chapman, Jr. (II.)athan Coleman Winslow Chapman (II.)atold Mayson Chase (X.)lan Avery Claflin (V.)dward Dutton Clarke (VI.)red Hamilton Clarke (I.)rthur Austin Clement (X.)rescott Hilton Coolidge (I.)enry Fillmnore Copeland (I.)athaniel Rutherford Craighill, S.B. (VI.)orace Allen Crary (I.)harles Henry Cutler (VI.)

Nelson Wait Dalton (VI.)Henry Baldewin Dates (VI.)Theophilus Clive Davies (II.)Leon Keith Davis (X.)Nathan Brown Day, A.B. (II.)Harry Stafford Duckworth (V.)Henry Belin du Pont (X.)John Ellis (VI.)Arthur Jay Farnsworth (VI.)John Neil Ferguson (I.)Frederick Eugene Fowle, Jr. (VIII.)Harriet Tooker Gallup (V.)Harry Wentworth Gardner (IV.)Royal Waldo Gilkey (II.)Lewis Stone Greenleaf (VI.)Sarah Abbie Hall (VIII.)Burt Sylvanus I-arrison (IV.)Frederick William -arwood, Jr, (VI.)H-Iarry Payson I-astings (I.)George Bartholomew Haven (II.)William Reed Hill (IV.)Charles Frederick Hopewell (VI.)Theodore Horton (XI.)Clifton Armstrong I-howes (VI.)William Stewart Hulse (VI.)Albert Francis Hunt, Jr. (I.)Edward Marshall Hunt (I.)Ned Herbert Janvrin (I.)Charles HerbertJohnson (I.)Herbert Edward Johnson (VI.)Albert Lincoln Kendall (II.)Joseph Harris Kimball (XI.)William Herbert King (IX.)Robert Horner Kirk (II.)John Woodman Kittredge (II.)Charles Reay Knapp (IV.)Henry Osgood Lacount (II.)Lucius Page Lane (IX.)Frederick Meehan Leonard (I.)Robert Loring (X.)Frank William Lovejoy (X.)Guy Lowell, A. B. (IV.)Patrick Maurice Lynch (I.)Colbert Anderson MacClure (IV.)Angus Robert Mackay (Iii.)Marion Lucy Mahony (IV.)Fred Maynard Mann, B. C. E. (IV.)Virginins Augustus Mayer (VI.)Henry Kerr McGoodwin, B. S. (IV.)William Dargon McJennett (X.)Frank Pape McKibben (I.)Charles Arthur Meade (I.)Leslie Rogers Moore (V.)Luther Roberts Nash (VI.)Parker Cleaveland Newbegin, A. B. (I.)I-henry Leopold Newhouse (IV.)Frederic Martin Noa (IX.)John Chase Nowell (VI.)George Owren, Jr. (II.)

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Edwin Mason Parker (IV.)Walter Woodbury Patch (I.)Joseph WVarren Phelan (V.)

Walter Elbridge Piper (V.)Clarence Dubois Pollock (I.)William H1-emmenway Pratt (VI.)Samuel Cate Prescott (V.)Raymond Beach Price (X.)Richard Warren Proctor (V.)Louis Warren Pulsifer, A. B. (IV.)Narciso Tadeo Quevedo, B. S. (II.)Samuel Gordon Reed (II.)Howard Sidney Reynolds (VI.)Robert Duncan Reynolds (II.)Thomas Gleason Richards (II.)Henry Francis Ripley (II.)Franklin Henry Robbins (II.)Arthur Silas Rogers (VI.)Silas Anthony Savage (II.)Albert Haydn Sawyer (IX.)William Henry Sayward, Jr. (VII.)Ferdinand Alfred Schiertz (III.)Walter Osgood Scott (V.)George Wilmlarth Sherman (X.)Arthur Asahel Shurtleff (II.)Frederic Pond Simonds (IV.)William Alexander Soley (III.)Francis Marshall Southard (VI.)Austin Sperry (II.)John Conyngham Stevens (XI.)HenrD Aiken Swanton (II.)George Aylnar Taber (I.)George Taylor (II.)Albert Ball Tenney (II.)Joseph Earlston Thropp, Jr. (III.)Arthur Warren Tidd (I.)Toros Hovhanes Torossian, B. A. (I.)Theodore Varney (VI.)Henry Ellis Warren (VI.)Rigby Wason (VI.)William Read Westcott, A. B. (VI.)Robert Charles Wheeler '(I.)Kenneth Foster Wood (II.)Charles Nelson Wrightington (II.)

The audience then gradually dispersed, someto inspect the buildings with their interestingexhibits of apparatus, student work, etc.,others to prepare for leaving the city, as Com-mencement was a thing of the past. Butnearly all the graduates and their friends firstpaid their respects to President and Mrs.Walker, who received from four until six inthe President's Room, assisted by the MissesWalker, who poured tea and lemonade.

From that time grew the realization of whata college friendship means.

Champions !

IT was an enthusiastic delegation that ac-companied the Track Team to Worcester onMay 23d, and it returned even more enthusi-astic. In spite of the rain and heavy track,fair time was made in all the runs. Technol-ogy proved a very dark horse, and scored innearly every event. She made a total ofthirty-eight points, counting five for first, threefor second, and one for third place in thefinals. Brown came second with a total oftwenty-five and one-third points.

Below is given a summary of events andwinners :-

IOO-YARD RUN.

I. I-I. S. Patterson, Williams, IO} sec.2. W. S. Dleyo, Williams.3. R. W. Carti, M. I. T.

I20-YARD HURDLE.

I. S. Chase, Dartmouth; I6 sec. (record).2. B. Hurd, jr., M. I. T.3. F. W. Lord, M. I. T.

TW'O-MIILE BICYCLE.

I. W. C. Marmon, AM. 1. T.; 5 min. 5o0- sec. (record).2. J. T. Burns, M. I. T.3. J. W. Angell, Brown.

HALF-MILE£ RUN.

I. G. O. Jarvis, Wesleyan; 2 min. I- sec.2. J. A. Rockwell, Jr., M. I. T.3. C. O. Seymore, Amherst.

MILE RUN.

I. G. Clapp, M. I. T.; 4 min. 39 -L sec.2. A. G. Bugbee, Dartm-outh.3. G. ,W. Parker, Dartmouth.

POLE VAULT.

I. H. L. Town, Williams, M. D. Dunning, Amherst,tie: 10 ft 21 in.

A. P. Smith, Dartmouth; E. L. Morgan, Amherst;G. G. Russell, Brown, tie.

440-YARD RUN.

I. J. A. Rockwell, Jr., M. I. T.; 5I-;; sec.2 F. P. Claggett, Dartmouth.3. F. \V. Marvel, Brown.

220-YARD HURDLE RACE.

I. B. HIurd, Jr., M. I. T.; 26:- sec.2. A. M. Lyon, Dartm-nouth.3. E. Pictney, Willilams.

RUNNING BROAD JUMP.1. F. W. Marvel, Brown, 22 ft. 2 itl. (record).2. J. R. Allen, Williams.

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I. W. S. Deyo, Williams; 23* sec.2. R. W. Carr, M. I. T.3. H. L. Twitchel, Amherst.

RUNNING HIGH JUMP.

r. S. A. Macomber, Brown; 5 ft. 74 in.2. H. M. Tyler, Amherst.3. C. Borden, Bowdoin.

MILE WALK.

I. H. F. Houghton, Amherst; 7 nnin. i 5'- sec.(record).

2. W. B. Bliss, Williams.3. A. F. Post, Amherst

THROWING I6-POUND HAMMER.

I. F. E Smith, Brown; io9 ft. io in. (record).2. G. T. Ellis, Brown.3. C. H. Parker, M. I. T.

TWO-MILE RUN.

I L. F. Soule, Bowdoin; Io min. 283 sec.2. G. Clapp, M. I. T.3. D Hall, Dartmouth.

PUTTING I6-POUND SHOT.

I. F. E Smith, Brown; 37 ft. 31 in.2. S. Carter, Trinity.3. F. E. Mason, Dartmouth.

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The Track Team has been photographedby Chickering. The Athletic Club will havea picture framed for the trophy room.

For the year, '95 has captured the classchampionship cup with a total of 97 points;'96 is second with 87, '94 third with 33, and'97 last with 13 points. Technology recordshave been repeatedly lowered, and now areupon a par with almost any American College.

The individual excellence cup this year hasbeen won by Leander Burnett, '96. He scored28 points in Technology games. G. Clapp,'95, made 22 points; F. W. Lord, '94, 2I; B.Hurd, Jr., '96, I8; J. A. Rockwell, Jr., '96,I7; R. D. Farquhar, '95, I6; E. A. Boeseke,'95, I5; R. W. Carr, '95, I3; and J. W.Thomas, '95, I2 points.

Beta Mu, the Technology chapter of DeltaTau Delta, was reinstated on Thursday, MayI7th. The new members were initiated atTufts College. The charter members are:A. S. Hamilton, '96, A. W. Thomson, '96, A.F. Lindenlaub, '96, F. H. Walker, '96, J. W.Shuman, '97, A. C. Lamb, '97, D. C. Camp-bell, '97.

On May 23d twenty-one members of CourseVI. chartered the steamer Actaeon, for a day'strip down the harbor. Fishing,-for chowder,-salutes from H. M. S. Blake, and WillieClark's pull l:o Fort Winthrop were the eventsof the day.

For winning the New England champion-ship, Technology receives a large silk bannerand obtains possession for a year of the solidsilver Championship Cup. The banner is awelcome addition to the trophies collected inTHE TECH office for the trophy room.

"1 THE TECHNOLOGY PORTFOLIO," whichwas put on sale May 26th, contains albertypereproductions of the Faculty, the Senior Class(including regulars and specials), Rogers,Walker, Engineering and Architectural Build-ings, views in Copley Square, interior viewsof halls, libraries, studios, and machines,Class Day officers and Committee, '94's Tech-nique Board, THE TECH editors, InstituteCommittee, Varsity Football Team, Glee andBanjo Clubs, and the French play. It istastefully bound in red leather, and is gilt-edged. Some of the reproductions might bebetter, but on the whole it is a fine souvenir,and reflects credit upon the committee thatworked so hard to produce it.

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