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The time has come for the college to say its good bye to Ninety-two. Like all good byes it has to fall short of the fullest expression to which the college would like to give voice; it cannot tell all that the college wants to tell, because what the college feels cannot well be told in mere words. It was while Ninety-two was a part of the college and lived the college life with all the rest of us, that we could best appreciate its worth and honor the class. When there was no thought of saying good bye, it was simple enough to speak out to Ninety-two and say how much we respected it. And yet although the thought of having to bid farewell to a class takes away much of the spontaneous expression of feeling which at other times it was so easy to give, still after a class has finished its course and done all its work it is easier to take a more comprehensive glance at the class as a whole, and discern its true excellencies. The claim of a class to distinction is generally measured nowadays by its success or failure in athletics. Although Ninety-two athletes have not shone especially brilliantly on university teams, they still have a record in athletics of which no class could be ashamed, and ever since its freshman year the class has shown a spirit in athletics of which it may well be proud. But it would be a narrow criterion by which to judge a class, if its worth was limited solely to its showing in athletic sports. What Nine-two has most to be proud of is the quality of the men that make up the class. They are eminently steady, solid men, who will add to the world as they have added to their university. They have loved their university and cared for its interests in a way that Harvard will long remember and be grateful for. It can warmly be said of the men of Ninety-two that they have left Haryard better than they found it.

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