Amherst College - Olio Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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George Koski and the Social Dorm Referendum-the fraternities win, with qualifications . . . initiation ban- quets and formal attire at the Wil- liams pep-rally . . . the Phineas Phol- lansby Phootrace Phor Phreshman Phraternity Phledglings . . . the dis- crimination problem and increased assumption of responsibility by the Houses. These impressions and many, many more we have. In making these sym- bols of our lives at Amherst an inte- gral part of us, we may sincerely hope and trust that we fulfill the ex- pectations of one 'Amherst writer' who said that . . . wherever he can, the student should try to line himself up on the side of good sense, good taste, and if possible, good humor. ,QMLA It is acknowledged that there is in some of the societies too much fondness for prome- nacles, dances, and other amusements, espe- cially in the winter term, which is the most appropriate and favorable season for relig- ious interest. But drinking and carousing are not tolerated in the society houses . . . William S. Tyler ' ' - ' ' I ' f ' . , 1 'Jie -3'-'.f-'lf A L v' '55 'gr-'Jiri i ' ' zi. . fl .,.-...em .-.1 , ' 'l , ' X . ' ..,.. . -.. gg4 - . - - Y - , -- we - . .e:,. .' -n7 .'.i-me-we. .-sa: ' 5 ----' uf-..f . . 1 , , u ,. W' ,,: . ,. ,,, , ,-,Z ,sv ,.,, J- -- az+..,.g,4-f, ' --M - 1 --....- 4' at ,.,,....,. ,.,, ..,, ,,,T.., N . , . A, W -J .i ., ,Www , . Q . , A ' ' A -' ' , ,, .. . -.,.....:.-,.-f ,,...n.itrg - -. M- ,,.. J-M --,,,-,.,.u. , ,, ., .- - . --,,.,- iss t . - -W---4---Q--' ' -A -1- , i--A A ' U, .fu , -Hi U t W ,. - , ,J... ,311 V .Sril- ' 139 - ' N' ' . , Aa,-, e. 1:v1fzj.-,.. - . .V '-:NL n f iw-ge..:, , ,s ' - ' ' aff? . 'H' ' -iffif A- .f- if 1 - . 'l-Y -1--7 -cliffs v-,1-Las , 1-1' ' ' ' 'L ' - An , . , -:,g.g?..:-,v P ' .,,,, . 1 ., . .,. Y , , -, s 1 . -..:.-nhl:-,.. - - 13

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Almost immediately we were engubed in the worst hurricane that had struck New England for a century. The roof of lllorrow Dormitory, of heavy copper, had been rolled up like paper and had then fallen four floors to the ground. Everywhere we went I told the students that we would expect them in chapel at the usual time tlze next morning . . .', Pres. Stanley King The instruction in the various branches was mainly in the handseof young men, who combined enterprise and progressive spirit with scholarly ambition in teaching 126 students, of whom 98 were considered to be 'hopefully piousif' The College Book: 1878 12 Appleton and classes . . . Prof. Baird climbing in the window to prove a point . . . what's the relation between the psych experiments on the second floor and the English department on the first fioor? . . . will marks be posted this year? and are we going to have an Honor System? . . . how's your thesis coming?-l've got to find a topic . . . the STUDENT's variously received Course Critiques . . . the New Curriculum and Liberalism and Conservatism . . . are the fraternities really anti-intellectual? . . . we need only look at the academic references in KT's Fair Lady, AD's Literary Productions, and Psi U's defunct Togo Party . . . cops at the doors, courtesy of Pres. Cole, to negate everyone else's theory that Amherst exists solely to further the cause of better Smith-Yale relations . . .

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