Class Of 1920 Harvard College PDF Download

Excerpt from Harvard College Class of 1905: June, 1920 Since the last Report was offered to the Class, the world, and the Class as a part of it, has gone through the test of the Great War. How well the Class stood the test is shown in the number of men who did their parts here and abroad. To those who died no finer tribute can be given than was given in the address of Palfrey Perkins at our memorial service last year. This is printed elsewhere in this volume. There is, however, the reverse of the medal. Great things have been done, and a great Victory won and now we all seem averse to undertaking the ordinary minor things, the drudgeries that are necessary for the final rehabilitation of the world. This is shown most clearly in the difficulties of the work of the various class secretaries during the past year. I speak not alone for myself. The number of men who did not return their class "lives" was remarkably large, the number of men who had changed their addresses and sent no notice to the secretary so that for the time being, at least, they were rated as "lost" was greater than ever before. All this can be laid, it seems, to the spirit of "we have fought a good fight and won, let us rest a bit." Petty as these things may seem, yet they exemplify the spirit of the times. Too great credit cannot be given to Charles E. Mason for the publication of this report. It was thought best that it be published in Boston and as a result he took it in charge and by him all the real work has been done. I also wish to thank Sam Hinckley for leaving to me a perfectly oiled piece of machinery in his records and system so that practically all I had to do was to stand by and watch the wheels go round. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.