Amherst College - Olio Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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TAMHERST PLUCK, IN UNRESERVEU ADMIRATION Ol THAT SPIRIT NVIIICII I-'IGIITS VAI,IAN'I'l,Y UNTIL Y The Inst down is called, The Inst man is out AND The last heat is over, THIS VOLUME OF THE OLIO IS DEDICATED.

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Preface. The Omo again comes before the college world. It makes no apologies for what it ought to bc, but only asks for a fair consideration of what it is. Not governed by the-ideas of pre- vious Ouos, its plan has again been changed. The aim of the Ouo Board has been to present a faithful chronicle of collcgc life. In doing this, it would consider its work but half done, if the two memorable events in Amherst College history for the last year were not recorded. The Board refers to the irrepar- able loss of a professor whose ripe scholarship the present junior class had just begun to enjoy when death bore him from us. Also to the resignation of Amherst's President, whom the college world had learned to love and respect, and the accept- ance of that chair by a man who, in a brief administration of two months, has proven himself worthy of such an honor. If sometimes it seems too grave for a history of jolly student life, remember that students are often gayest when feeling the saddest, and that a chronicle would not deserve its name unless it expressed the undercurrents of college life side by side with the more rapid surface of the stream. In the at- tempt to mingle the grave and the gay, the crayon and pen have shared the work. It seemed time for the junior annual to outgrow, to some extent, the long sarcastic harangues ofpast years, and to allow the artist more freedom in his iield. With this explanation of the OLIOFS aim and objects, the Board leaves the further interpretation to the reader.