WORCESTER, Mass,--It seems the class reunions being held around town are not the only get-togethers for Harvard alumni going on in Massachusetts this week.

The Worcester Centrum was the site of another Harvard reunion at the Massachusetts Democratic Party's state convention over the weekend.

Incumbent U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54-'56 and two Democratic candidates for governor--Michael J. Barrett '70 and Mark Roosevelt '78--were not the only Harvard alumni at the gathering of politicos. Two candidates for lieutenant governor and many delegates, voters, and volunteers usedtheir Harvard connections to trade endorsements.

Robert K. Massie, a candidate for lieutenantgovernor and a minister form Somerville, discussedthe impact of his Harvard education in his addressto the convention body.

"I went on to Harvard Business School where Iearned a doctorate," Massie said, "not so I couldmake a fortune...but so I could be a more forcefuladvocate for jobs and justice."

And another candidates for lieutenant governor,Joseph V. Mullin '69, a selectman from Weston,invoked his classmate--Vice President Al Gore '69.

The Harvard degree may have paid off forMassie, who qualified to appear on the primaryballot by earning the support of 24 percent ofdelegates. A candidate needs 15 percent to makethe ballot.

But even a Harvard education could not saveMullin, who failed to make the primary ballot.Mullin received the support of only 11 percent ofthe delegates.

The candidates were not the only group at theconvention with Harvard connections. Graduates andcurrent students voted as delegates.

Jomo A. Thorne '97, who is president of theHarvard College Democrats, was a delegate formCambridge's fourth ward and supported Barrett forgovernor.

"I voted for Barrett on both ballots because Ihad to make sure he was going to get on theballot," Thorne said. "The convention madepolitics more real...anyone who wants to can getinvolved."

Thorne, who plans to enter national politics,has also volunteered in campaigns for Kennedy andsecretary of state candidate Augusto F. Grace.

"I am planning to run to e a delegate for the1996 Democratic national convention," he said."But it will be a lot harder to win."

Many other Harvard students did not have votingprivileges but roamed the convention floor asvolunteers for various candidates.

Justin P. O'Brien '94 says he took a break fromSenior Week activities to manage floor operationsand "make a good show" for Kennedy.

"I went on the cruise last night," saidO'Brien, referring to so-called. "booze cruise"around Boston Harbor, "and it was a littledifficult to get out [to the convention]."

Despite O'Brien's sacrifice, he said Kennedydoesn't know who he is. "I don't know if he'd beable to spot me in a lineup," he said. "But he'svery nice."

But Robert W. Yalen '95, an intern for Barrett,says his candidate knows him and his othervolunteers.

"He has breakfast and pizza with his internsnow and then," Yalen says.DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION '94