Harvard University - Red Book Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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Photographs by THE NQTMAN Smvmos, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Engravings by S-UFFOLK ENGRAVING AND Em:c'mo'rYP1NG COMPANY, Cambridge, Massachusetts Printed by MCGRATHQSHERRILL Pxmss, Boston, Massachusetts.

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DAVID MASON LITTLE '18 LAWRENCE SHAW MAYO '10 UNABLE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN TWO SINCERE FRIENDS THE CLASS OF I 9 2 6 GRATEFULLY DEDICATES A THIS BOOK TO ITS TWO DEANS DAVID MASON LITTLE AND LAWRENCE SHAW MAYO WHOSE SYMPATHY AND UNDERSTANDING HAVE GUIDED THE CLASS THROUGH ITS FOUR YEARS OF UNDERGRADUATE EXISTENCE

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Preface nu Hixnv.xan Cinxss Annum is a definitely established institution. It has existed in varying form since the .Harvard Portfolio, a meagre pamphlet of thirty-eight pages, appea1'ed in 1890. The following years it added a complete pictorial record of the class with the aid of the Senior l'hotographic Committee, long since defunct, and absorbed a rival competitor, The Harvard Class Book. For the past twenty years it has sought to publish a complete and accurate record of the undergraduate history of each succeeding class. It is not the custom at Harvard to abandon old principles rashly, or create new ones without care- ful and cautious consideration. And so the 15126 Album Connnittee has made no vast changes in the book, nor has it revised where revision iliil not seem peculiarly warranted. It is only natural that one college generation after another will desire the same conservative tone in its class album. It is also but natural that each succeeding committee should add its little list of suggestions and amendments, which it sincerely believes will perfect, the form and order of its book. This year it seemed necessary to reclassify the Faculty under two new headings and to make cer- tain changes in those departments. To that end Officers of Administration were grouped apart from those of Instructiong the unallied subjects of Mathematics and Chemistry were separatedg and two new divisions of Instruction were added, those of Military Science and Medical Supervision. The Tutorial Department, tremendously increased, was moved up ahead of these two new groups, as a division more closely knit to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. ltloreover the Committee agreed to exclude such pictures ol' teams in action as have been appearing in preceding albums. In the past, these photographs have sometimes given the appearance of filler, have often jarred with regular team pictures, and have been apt to give to t.he book somewhat of a rotogravure Havor. The Harvard Class Album, burdened with so much invaluable historical data, should not pre- tend to possess news value. Ten years ago the question of eligibility for the Album was not of any particular importance. Before that time and during the hectic war days that followed, men were admitted to the Album who were in any way atliliated with the Senior Class. Former committees worked hard to make their lists as full as possible. Today the 1926 Album Committee feels that the book has reached its point of maximum growth. Although it is still the duty of each Album to publish a history of the class, it necessary that such a history should be confined to the Senior Class alone. To that end, only those members of 1926 have been included who have been with the class one year and who have received promotion at the end of that time from the College Office. This is the first strict limitation of its kind. It is safe to predict that with the increasing size of each Freshman Class, other restrictions will follow. The 1926 Senior Album Committee is greatly indebted to the ltLtCG1'3,tl1-SllC1'1'lll Press. It is one thing to have the services of an absolutely first rate press, and quite another to have their personal and enthusiastic interest as well. The Suffolk Engraving Company and Notman's Studio have likewise co- operated most willingly. It is impossible to close this preface without mention of Miss Magruder's tremendous assistance in the compiling of lists and data. The Committee wishes to thank her as warmly as possible for all that she has done. And lastly Dean Greenough's kindly advice has clarified a great many mysterious points of college etiquette. VVe are deeply grateful for what he has done also. LEBixnoN RUssELr. Brxnicisa, Ja. James H1+IN1t1' DURGIN L.xwnENcE ORLEN P1m'r'r LmcEs'r1sa HAYDON SHERRILI. DONA'Ii1J LEBOSQUET SWHENEY Cambridge, Massachusetts May, 1926