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This diversity and size was distinctly lighted in the Class Marshal elections of the Class of '59. For the last few years it has not been unusual for the First Marshal to be elected with only a fifth of the votes in his Class. However, in the Class of 1959, the First Marshal was thought "unrepresentative" by several hundred of his classmates. Ironically enough, the Class of 1959 was brought to unified Class action because of its extreme diversity...
...first time in history, the CRIMSON editorialized that the Class Marshal positions should be abolished. The CRIMSON argued: "As things stand at present, although one may regret the growth of the College into such a large, impersonal body, one can scarcely deny that the election of a symbolic leader for a Harvard Class is a rather meaningless proposition," and concluded: "Since the actual responsibility of the Marshals is quite small, and since the House system has changed the make-up of the "old Harvard" to a very considerable degree, it would seem best to remove the anachronism of Class Marshals...
Whether the Class of 1959 will be the last Class to elect Marshals remains to be seen. Nonetheless, the internal dissension of the Class of '59 after the Marshal elections was the most tangible manifestation of the breakdown of the Class as a meaningful unit. The Class of '59 marked yet another turning point in the history of Harvard Classes. It became immortalized by being the last class to hold a Freshman Smoker. Although special precautions were made, '59's Smoker proved too hectic for University Hall. As Dean Von Stade tersely reported to the Dean of the Faculty...
...posts were held by R. G. Ames, president of the Student Council; Robert Breckenridge, president of the Harvard Dramatic Club; and Gordon C. Streeter, head of Phillips Brooks House. John H. Dean, who had been president of the Junior Class, was the football captain, and subsequently was elected First Marshal of the class, the Second Marshal being Ames...
Elected were Dean Monro, of the Class of 1934, Henry W. Bragdon '28, history teacher at Phillips Exeter Academy; Theodore Chase '34, Boston lawyer and Chief Marshal for Commencement; Milton E. Lord '19, Director of the Boston Public Library; and Hughes Mearns, '02, poet and author of "Creative Power...