Excerpt from Harvard College, Class of 1897: Fourth Report, June, 1912 A determined effort has been made to gather for this volume a greater amount of accurate information relating to the Class than has been heretofore attempted. The general response to the Secretary's appeals has been admirable. The resulting record is significant, hopeful and full of interest. It discloses the fact that the year 1912 finds the Class on the firing line of business and the pro fessions, -taking an active and useful part in the world's work, and devoting its energies freely to various forms of social service. It gives evidence that a college education imbues men with a belief in altruism and idealism which persists in very many instances. It indicates that, on the average, material success has come in a liberal measure as well. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.