"Despite the fears of men of little faith, the Class of '49, and the Classes of '45 and '50, have proved that we can make our ideal of broadened opportunity work in the nation's colleges and universities. . . . To the classes of the future, we owe the assurance that the experiment will be continued."

The seniors, also heard Antonio G. Haos, Ivy Orator, read a playlet "showing what life at Harvard must be like in the composite American imagination."

Dean Bender then told the Class, which he called "the most promising" to be graduated from any college this year, that "Harvard deserves your support, which doesn't necessarily' mean your money."

The Class Ode was recited by George Bluestone, Odiel, and sung by Milton S. Heath Jr., Chorister.

A raw-boned junior usher from Brooklyn, New York, stole the first Class Night show in Harvard history last night and turned the Eliot House courtyard into a tumult of screams and shouts, as an overflow crowd tossed off barrels of beer while watching a vaudeville program staged by the 1949 Class Day Committee.

The usher, Donald Carnwell '50, performed as master of ceremonies introducing other scheduled activities between two-line jokes and jovial ripostes.