Amherst College - Olio Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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AMHERST OLIO. SOPHOMORE y g C I X ' ww VMI li llllifgf A- z ri Cklg gf!! E , ' 'WP 5' ' ff HB-, I gulf: . -17 qksilljn N, 1 5 I ' H- ' unified , ll-E-El ftfltlli' ffl Xizxy , -E ,VW -..: ' Ng , n'An gif ' I- o , , a f L E! HE characteristics which distinguish any class have eer- ' , tainly begun to be developed on its attaining the dignity of Sophomore year. It has acquired to some extent unity and individuality. This is true, at least, if the class of '76 be taken as a criterion. The characteristics which she has acquired are marked and her excellences need no mouth- pieceg they speak for themselves. It is with mingled feelings of pleasure and regret that we 100k back, over our past year. Pleasure--that we are now free from the drudgery and inferiority of Freshman year, that We have advanced farther into the paths of knowledge, and that the bounds of our intellectual horizon have been widened. Regret-that our college life seems passing so quickly away, and that some few have left us. But we gladly greet those who have recently come into our midst and ex- tend to them the right hand of fellowship, feeling that although they will not cause us to forget our absent friends, they will, at least, console us for their loss. 4 Taking a retrospective view of the past year we may congrat- ulate ourselves, that, on the whole, our career has been such as begged gentlemen, and that, as a class, we have done nothing of which We should be ashamed. In the class room

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AMHERST OLIO. Although the manly forms and voices of some of our com- rades are no longer seen and heard in our midst, yet their places are filled, and while we miss them we feel a warm pleasure in welcoming others to our number. But our victories and successes have been many and marked. In every race for a noble, manly or patriotic end, our .vessel .has been foremost. Six men of our, number hold the' championship in boating, and never but once has their time been excelled. Our nine has battled well and manfully for the ffirst position in base ball, and has exhibited a mostpraisevvortliy pluck in meeting any and every'-antagonist, whatever may have been the circumstances, however unfavorable the time or place. Our Glee Club has been the object of-much, praise and many well deserved compliments, And to us must be attributed the honor of having instituted and carried out the iirst Sophomore class supper. Such is the record of the past, at which we may look with a feeling of just pride. But the turning buoy is but just passed, and the record of the last years yet to be made, when we shall have cast aside the follies of the under-class-man, and assumed the well-becoming dignity of the Junior and Senior. Junior year is already begun, and its peaceful pleasures entering deeply into our hearts have already stamped an expression of repose upon our countenances. The Freshman beholds with envy our disre- gard of petty Sophomoric annoyances, and the Sophomore listens to our words of advice with proper respect and humble gratitude. Never have we been annoyed by class feuds or party dis- turbances, but together we stand, and the words of our class motto, llrivrsq Ilfin-mv .Z'6Wmzm, well express our regard for each other. Allare the allies-all the friends of all. So let us remain, and at tl1e end of Junior year we will hope to find our class thc same it has always been, and to look back upon a happy and well-spent season. S.

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IO AMHERST OLIO. '76 has acquitted herself creditably and has received the well merited approbation of her instructors., ln physical strength we yield the palm to no class in collegeg the present Junior class will, perchance, bear reluctant witness to our valor. The national game has received an unusual amount of attention from us, and we have unquestionably the best organized class nine in college, which gives us full assurance that it will ever meet our highest expectations. Our crew was certainly the finest Freshman crew which Am- herst ever produced, and, but for untoward circumstances, would, doubtless, have carried oifthe champion flag at the late inter-collegiate regatta. In spite of every obstacle she ac- quitted herself nobly and earned for us the second place, an honor not to be despised. The stroke of our last ff University crew also hails from '76. Of course, '76 has had her stereo- typed Burning of Matl1ematics, which, although regarded as a questionable amusement by the authorities, is, neverthe- less, highly conducive to class fellowship. There are many enduring memorials of our last year's career, not the least attractive of which are the beautiful Bible and hymn books in the new college church, which will long exist as reminders of our generosity. ' On the whole, our past year 'has glided quietly and happily away and the beginning of our new year has been auspicious. We have returned with renewed spirits and increased numbers to follow in the footsteps of those who erst were Sophs, imitating their virtues and taking warning from their failures. Our course thus far as Sopho- mores has been comparatively peaceful. Instead of the traditional rush, our class voted to substitute the rope- pull, a fairer and a less fatal method of testing the relative strength oftwo classes. Owing to unforeseen emergencies, the trial of our strength with the Freshman class still remains undecided, but when it comes '76 will, doubtless, hold her own. May the beginning of each new year iind us with as good cause to be satisfied. And when, having completed our college course, we shall have entered upon the duties of active life, may we never cease to be animated .that by which has hitherto been our mainspring of action-the true spirit of '76. .