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brought greetings from the fifty-year class and a challenge to the
Class of 1921. Next class to be called to the stage was 1881, bearing
an equally beautiful American flag, which was presented to the
Institute by the class president, William P. Dallett.
The subsequent program of speeches extended until far into the
night. Paul B. Morgan, '90, paid a tribute to all who had made the
endowment campaign a success, with a special tribute to Arthur
D. Butterfield. Dr. Hollis gave a summary of endowment results and of
future plans. Governor James Hartness of Vermont, guest speaker,
called on engineers to solve the problem of the waste of human energy
and productiveness caused by unemployment. William G. Thompson, '84,
spoke with much feeling of the work and ideals of his father,
Principal Charles 0. Thompson. Frederick M. Feiker, '04, newly
appointed assistant to Herbert Hoover, paid tribute to his chief and
to the far-flung activities of the United States Department of
Commerce. Then at the end, that most beloved of Institute sons,
Charles G. Washburn, spoke in his characteristically delightful
fashion of his long service as a member of the Corporation, an account
filled with intimate reminiscences. He closed with an expression of
the honor that was his to have been instrumental in bringing
Dr. Hollis to Worcester.
Saturday morning a large number of the alumni returned to the campus
to be entertained by a student program. On Alumni Field, Professor
Carpenter conducted a calisthenics class. This was followed by a
highly colorful and amusing bull-fight and a faculty-alumni baseball
game. In the afternoon there was a program of water sports at Lake
Quinsigamond, followed by supper and dancing.
One of the most unusual features of the reunion was a series of side
shows in tents on Alumni Field. Each tent contained an exhibit of some
product for which one or more of the alumni was responsible. Of chief
interest was "America's First Car," a photograph of the original
vehicle that Elwood
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