Record and Statistics Author:Yale University Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CLASS OF '54. The "Class of 1854" has had eight re-unions since it parted on the steps of Centre church, on that never to be forgotten July day, forty-two yea... more »rs ago, to go forth to face the trials and uncertainties of life. At each of them there has been a business meeting and a gathering about the festive board, the chief interest settling in the latter. The first banquet was held in the New Haven House in 1857, and presided over by Taylor. At this gathering Blackman presented the Class Cup to the infant son of Horton, and the father responded in the child's behalf; not to mention other displays of eloquence that moved our youthful hearts. The second banquet was held in 1860, and was presided over by Cutler. The third, memorable for the touching tribute paid by Erskine White to the memory of the brilliant and lamented Hooker, was held in the New Haven House, in 1864, and presided over by Seiler. The fourth was held in the Insurance Building on Chapel street, in 1869, and presided over by Lord. The fifth was held in 1874, and presided over by Huested. The sixth was held at Savin Rock, in 1879, and presided over by l lowland. The seventh was held in the former hall of the Brothers in Unity, in the Alumni building on the college campus, in 1884. It was supplied by the Brunswick Hotel in New York City,and was the finest spread ever served to a class in the City of Eims. That celebration of twenty-fifth anniversary of our graduation recalls a story told by Twombly in his speech in Alumni Hall as the representative of our Class. The year before, the Class of '53 had celebrated their twenty- fifth anniversary with their usual modest assumption of an achieved greatness that made each member "a bigger man than old Grant." Glancing over the hall, Twombly remarked, "I do not see many ...« less