Fiftieth anniversary and final report . dly our gaze oer the conflict well cast,Yea, brothers! fond y well think of the past, Think of our own Sixty-One. SONGS 69 The parting hour beholds us here together; The world, impatient, chides delay;The restless tide that lately bore us hither, Now swells to sweep us proudly on our way. Chorus We come! we come! our hearts are strong;For conflicts and for toils we long:No smooth, inglorious race our feet shall run,—All men shall hear the fame of Sixty-One! One backward glance, of mingled love and sorrow, On thee we turn, our Mother dear;While Hope and F
Fiftieth anniversary and final report . dly our gaze oer the conflict well cast,Yea, brothers! fond y well think of the past, Think of our own Sixty-One. SONGS 69 The parting hour beholds us here together; The world, impatient, chides delay;The restless tide that lately bore us hither, Now swells to sweep us proudly on our way. Chorus We come! we come! our hearts are strong;For conflicts and for toils we long:No smooth, inglorious race our feet shall run,—All men shall hear the fame of Sixty-One! One backward glance, of mingled love and sorrow, On thee we turn, our Mother dear;While Hope and Faith illuminate the morrow, The Past shall claim the gilding of a tear. Chorus. Now loose the rope! the breezes seaward blowingToo long in vain our prow have swayed; The sails are set, the current swiftly flowing,—Away! we follow where our fortunes lead. Chorus. Forever onward! to the masthead nailing Our flag unfurled to greet the wind;With joy the Motto there emblazoned hailing—- The Day before us, and the Night behind! THE STANDARD BEARER FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY, 1861-1911 THE DINNER A feast of good fellowship was served at the Union Club, June27, 1911, at There were present: Brashear, Cobb, Chauncey, Hallo well,Hardy, Hackett, Holmes, Lincoln, May, McDaniels, Powers,Ritchie, Sanborn, Senter, Storrow, Walker, and Wright, seventeenof the twenty-five living members. Letters were read fromBoone, Whitney, and Sawyer, and a telegram was received fromBigelow, to whom the wires carried back a cordial reply. Cooperwas disabled by a broken leg. R. Stone sent verbal greetings,leaving but Kent Stone and Bixby unaccounted for. Wright called the meeting to order, and, at the suggestion ofHallowell, Hardy was asked to preside. He called attention tothe fact that Bowditch, Emmons, Holbrook, and Inches haddied since we last met, and asked that we rise and drink to theClass, the living and the dead. Copies of the War Lettersby Fiske were received from his daughter, and
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