The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-15
HARVARD SENIOR ALUMNI
HONOR ROLL OF ACADEMIC SENIOR
tTY DURING TWO CENTURIES.
Begins with Comfort Star Class Of to47
and Ends with Joseph W. Cross,
Class OF 1928.

Cambridge, Mass, July 1.-THE most
impressive feature Of the Harvard com
mencoment exercises is the procession OF
the classes IN the order of seniority from
the college ward to the alumni dinner in
Memorial hall The procession forms at
the corner of Massachusetts hall the old
est bulldlng now standing IN the yard, and
marches hall round the quadrangle before
~ ISSUES INTO the street. 1t is headed by
a BRASS band, behind which are the faculty,
the guests OF the Alumni Association
including those who have received an
honorary degree In the morning exercises
and the sherins OF MidulesVA and Sudolk,
Boston. The graduates follow, the scat,
lttihg Few who represent the classes OF
hIty or sixty years ago being succeeded
NN constantly larger and larger dcicgatll
until the youthful companies IRON the
c.assts OF the last decade are reached at
the close.
BY custom of many years standing
those who do not join Ia the pro e,siup 10
the dinurr are supposed TO cheer the pass
ING procession class by class, as it passes
III front o. University hall From wear
to year, now one class, now another, Is
received with special euthu@aSH-a few
Years ago the class of lSiG perhaps. with
william p. Russell as It's most popular
memueG and this last year the Glars OF
1850 in whicn Sir, Roosevelt walked FOR
the frst time since being elected vice
president But the cheer for the old
cradle men walking at the head Of the
me, always seems the heIrHeSt ana mos
sincere They compose the portion OF the
procession to which all the rest ineVitH-
bly, tends; they are the living repositories
of the ancient traditions which Harvard
men tax about, perhaps, but little, but
which are really the most cherished pos
session of the university They are ev!.
IDENTIFY nearing the goal which to reach
means to became the oldest living GIVE
uatC,
BY the term oldest living graduate,
however, Is usually meant, not the sradu-
ale Of the college who mas attained the
greatest numher of years. hut the one
VINO represents the earliest class; strictly
speaking he should be called the senior
aiumuus, since he ranks not by priority OF
age but OF graduation. complete list
during the last 200 years has recently been
completed, beginning with Comfort Star
Of the class "a l6il-liftS years before any
other Americas college had been founded
VINO died In England in 1Tll, down to
Joseph w. Cross OF The class OF 1898. who
is still living. In all there are sixty eight
nam on this roster. making an average of
almost exactly three years for the two
centuries which, rOughly speaking, the
record comprises, Thomas Cheeyer of the
class of 1877 held the position longest,
of 1873, whose death occurred In January,
lbs and himself dying In December. ltia.
the Interval between the two deaths being
a day or two over eleven years aud c,c,eu
months, ONcnbwdge 9hacher of the class
OF 1898 survived his predecessor Salmon
Treat OF the class Of 1894. 10y a little over
ten years ON the other hand. Benjamin
Willis Of the class Of lI4O outliNcd his
cassmate, Samuel Hale by just three days
the FORMER dying July Is anI ne la ter
July 10 1901 But perhaps the list OF the
even 100 years OF the last century may be
sufficiently interesting to print entire. for
the reader to extract his own statistics.
1t is here given, accordingly eaca name
accompanied by the date of graduation
and o. death
Thaddens Mason, 172s 1902, May !
5 Nc Is l12 So lS9I Derem ag samuel
1872. 1906 April .: samuel IaI', 1740, 1891,
July 10. Benjamin Willis, lIi0, 1907, Jui'
Il Joseph Roberts, lIil ISL. april 20;
Waldo, l74i. 1916. April; Peter FIRE., l7i4,
1920. February nehemiah Poryer. l7iI,
1870, Febrpqry % Edward llolgoke,
1746, 1920. March 81; Paine Wingate, 1ll9.
ls;is, March Z samson $ Blowers, l7a5,
1872, October 81. Ezra Green, 1865. 1877,
July 25 Timothy Farrar. 1867 1919, Feb
rnary p; James Lowell 1776 $50 July -.
Asa Andrews, 1883. 1876 January l3: Jacob
Norton. 1886, 1855, January Il AbIai An
YER fTss 1855 April IS; Josiah Qu,ul Y,
I 1880. 1854, July Samuel Thatcher. 1923
1872. Julr IS Horace Kinney, 1857, IL ;,
Angua, ~ IA,%mas Aspinwail , tss ~ ~
February 81, Joseph Head lHoi' leN@ April
II. William Thomas. 1901. iss2, SeFtrmper
70: William Perry, l6ll, 1881. JahntN -
William r. So, I, ISL. 1851 Orrlher .;
william Goddard, 1918, 1sSs, May - vi
liam W. Allen. 1871 1883. Novr n ar .;
samuel y. seweu 1917 t-7S De- NOR
20; Geotgp Bancroft 1877 1891 January
/ ri Frederick A Farley. ISIS. 1882 March
1 %. william II Furncss, 1870. 1896 January
40. SAMUEL W Chandler 1892, 1890, April
| 10. Jn.rph W Cros IS
it is curious to note IN this list that tue
/ senior almnnas ~ $50 erla 80 M ~.
e..d his successor IN ~ er1 igf'i In ISIS
each u them, that Is, = yeas out OF col
I'm tinlv tour - - -rYli -i1uh nae
YIN centeuarians. ~ ,td y 'ENn.c
| t74G 100 wears. months; Samson 9. Flow
ers 1TG3 100 years, months: W Green
| iTG5 100 years. ] month; ana IiiHlhy
| Fartar 1861, 10l years, : months