Excerpt from Harvard College Class of 1885: Secretary's Report No; II, 1888-89 To the Class of Eighty-five: - It was my sincere hope, apart from all selfish motives for escaping the work, that this second report of your secretary to the class should be entirely the work of your first choice for that office, Walter A. Halbert, and as such, when completed, a cherished souvenir of a most beloved class-officer. It was he who began the task, now more than a year ago, and to him is due the credit of obtaining by far the largest part of the material for the report in the form of the lives which follow. Even after he had felt obliged to resign from the office of secretary, he continued the preparation of this report, and only gave it up when he found that his continued ill-health did not enable him to do more work than his regular daily duties called for. Since that time the work of completing the report has been my care, and it is for me to bear the responsibility for any defects or errors which appear in it as it stands. In the Lives, I have endeavored to let each man tell his story in his own words as nearly as possible. Where any one has failed to throw information returned on his blank into the form of a sketch, I have endeavored to do it for him to the best of my ability; and where, as has sometimes happened, no return whatever has been made in reply to my numerous entreaties and autograph letters, I have had to supply such defects either from personal knowledge of the actions of the delinquents, or by inquiries among and information supplied by other classmates familiar with them. It has been my aim to have the returns as complete as possible, and I have made every endeavor to reach even those among the temporary members of the class who have never made any previous returns to class documents or inquiries. The result has been gratifying, and the report will be found to contain at least something about every one of our one hundred and ninety-one graduates, and about all of the temporary members, except four. 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.

Excerpt from Harvard College: Class of 1885, Secretary's Report No; V The duties of the secretary have again led him into communion with most of the class in the course of the preparation of this fifth report for our fifteenth anniversary. The class have responded well and fully - not without urging in some cases, to be sure, but in a manner to make the pleasure of the commission outweigh the labor. 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.

Excerpt from Class of 1885, Harvard College, Vol. 7: Secretary's Report, No; VII, Twenty-Fifth Anniversary, 1910 To the class: Herewith is presented the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Report of the Class of '85, being Report VII of the secretary. It is intended as a permanent record of many facts, besides a statement of the activities of members during the period since the publication of the last report. The class "lives," the pictures, the tables and statistical matter have all been gathered and made especially for purposes of record, in conformity with a practice among the classes in their twenty-fifth anniversary reports, which has been developing for the past twenty years and reached the present completeness of treatment a very few years ago. Because of the size of the book no attempt has been made to reprint in form adapted to date professor Gardiner's excellent monograph, and map, "Harvard, 1885-1905," published in Report VI, pp. 117-137 inclusive, or any similar treatment of university development. In preparing for this anniversary and report the secretary has had some touch with every member of the class except Collins, and with every temporary member except Ferris. Such as it is, with no claims and with no apologies, this report goes out as requested and directed by the class for publication at commencement, 1910. With it go hearty thanks for and full appreciation of the assistance which the men in responding have rendered to make this book possible. Henry Morland Williams, Secretary. 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.