At Chautauqua, during the last Assembly, a class organization was
effected and badge adopted as our class colors, after which the following
officers were chosen: J. B. Underwood, President, Meriden, Conn.; Mrs.
Philomena Downs, Vice President, Burlington, Iowa; Miss Carrie Hart,
Treasurer, Aurora, Indiana; Miss N. M. Schenck, Secretary, Osage City,
Kansas. It is with regret that I am compelled to say the attendance of
the class of ’85 was so small it was deemed most expedient to leave the
adoption of a class motto until our next annual gathering, when it is
earnestly desired that the then to be seniors will be largely represented.
One local member of the Meriden local circle, removing from the city to
an adjacent township, knowing from observation and experience the good
that might be accomplished by the organization of a circle, at once set
about the task by becoming a regular Chautauquan, and soliciting others
to join her, and as a result of these efforts she rejoices over the
establishment of an enthusiastic corps of students, and has been honored
by being made their president. The same enthusiasm by each ’85 member
renders us as _invincible_ as our immediate predecessors of ’84 are
_irrepressible_. Let us one and all rally to the work and be prepared in
the summer soon upon us to “Gather a pilgrim band” at our famous and much
loved retreat, “The Hall in the Grove.”