Marvin himself mailed cards to members of his class on which he said they could request duplicate ballots from Kennedy's office. Kennedy's office, however, did not recognize them, and mailed out letters asking those who had used the cards to state their reason for wanting another ballot.

The Overseers will probably not reply to these complaints, and, with Marvin's defeat, the complaints may be forgotten. But what may not be forgotten are old splits in the Class of 1941 that Marvin's candidacy has partly reopened.

The splits can be traced back at least to 1947, Powers said yesterday, when Marvin ran for chairman of the permanent class committee. Though Marvin was a popular First Class Marshal in 1941, a faction of the committee was opposed, for personal reasons, to his campaign in 1947. The faction boycotted the election meeting and Marvin was finally elected by Powers, Morris Yarosh '41 and several proxy votes, all of which added up to a clear majority.

In 1956, the faction charged that Marvin was unfit for class leadership. This time they were joined by Powers, and formed a special committee of Powers, George H. Hanford '41 and David D. Henry '41. This committee has been leading class affairs ever since.

Since that time, there has been some reconciliation -- between Marvin Powers, for example. "I'm convinced that Marvin, as he stands now, is worth ordinary men," Powers said yesterday. And, in April, the class committee stated formally that, as a group, it was neither for nor against any Overseers candidate.

But interested members of the Class 1941 now know which members of class committee were for Marvin and which against. Between the two groups there is breach that may be irreparable.