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Persons listed in Black Bold have obituaries posted on the In Memoriam pages.
Arthur Chase
Andrews 1854-195 Anna (Bancroft) Roe* 1855-1912 Jennie Elizabeth (Castle) Woodford c. 1855- Burt Erastus DeYo c. 1856-1931 Evaline A. "Lena" Fitts c. 1855- Hiram W. Fobes 1853-1915 Mary J. (Godley) Royce 1855-1940 Alice Henry c. 1853- Will Henry 1851-1919 Anna Holland Jones 1855-1932 Frances Maria "Fannie" (Keep) Patton 1856-1895 |
Charles Beebe Martin 1857-1947 Cassie Alba (Reamer) Terry c. 1857-1944 Hattie M. Redington c. 1854- Lida Robertson (Seymour) Fiske c. 1854-1922 Abbie Armville M. (Stone) Cummer 1854-1932 Laura J. Stone c. 1856- Mary Strong Lucy Ella (Wright) Whittlesey 1857-1882 |
The members of the Class of 1871 did not
actually graduate
in 1871.
The newspaper referred to the exercises, held in the College Chapel, as
an "Exhibition," as opposed to a "Graduation,"
and concluded with this paragraph:
"The
announcement was then made that the class of fifteen [18?] which was to
have been graduated at that time was held over
for one year's further instruction,
the
standard for graduation having been raised by the Board so as to fully
fit graduates to enter college. The fifteen who under the old
requirements
would now be graduates from our high school had passed their
examinations
with credit, and were only prevented from appearing as a class to
receive
their farewell words by reason of the late change and addition to the
course
of study."
Eight of these people graduated in the following two years. Eighteen persons actually took part in the exercises. Perhaps three students actually did graduate in 1871, but they are not so identified. |