Using the example of a blind photographer whohad never seen his own celebrated works, Chapmanstressed that life's true meaning has nothing todo with pictures and publicity.
"Some people wait their whole lives for othersto christen their lives meaningful," said Chapman,a Crimson editor. "The meaning isn't inthe...images or titles of our lives. We have tofind it, like blind photographers seeing in ourown darkness."
Mark Fish '94, who delivered the traditionallycomic Ivy Oration, told the collegiate fairy taleof Princess Sue (as in summa cum laude)whose demanding father, King Harvard opposed herrelationship with one socalled Sir Cumference.
King Harvard arranged a contest between threemore eligible suitors: Prince Adams, a pretentiousintellectual, Prince Mather, a tetherball star,and Prince Quincy, a nondescript pre-med with aproclivity for foosball.
In the end Sir Cumference pre-vailed--but onlyafter Queen Radcliffe broke a lengthy silence inorder to tell the king to "take back the knight."
The Class Day exercises concluded with thesinging of this year's Class Ode, written by WenT. Shen 94, and Gavan F.P. Meehan '94, and thetraditional "Fair Harvard.