Amherst College - Olio Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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, . ,.Q, ,. 2, fl' p J 435.3 W f , f . ' .Nl 'f . 'X-.J V I the Amherst philosophy . . . A desk for every man! . . . The administration ponders the blight of uundeskingw while Red China bombs Quemoy and the Air Force enters the sputnik race with moon rocket Pioneer I . . . Parents' Weekend . . . spirited rally, families in the classroom, Robert Frost and Prof. Douglas . . . a victory over the Midshipmen . . . Amherst hits the press . . . a Smith alumna extolls the virtues of Jeff football weekends in Sports Illustrated while Life rather quaintly shows that small colleges also can have fun at foot- ball games . . . C. Wright Mills and Wright Morris contribute to a stimulating fall lecture series . . . Democrats sweep national elections to the delight of the faculty while Rockefeller charms New York . . . Homecoming Weekend . . . fraternity initiations and Converse bonire on Friday night . . . girls from home, and our friends from Hamp and across the Notch . . . Amherst and Williams both emerge victorious . . . Mardi Gras . . . Smithies with hula hoops and the G'Gotcha Cha-Cha . . . a predominance of facial foliage . . . the joys and sorrows of six-weeks' grades . . . President Cole's commit- tee to study long-range trends in the Amherst A L Wright Morris ponders a question. The Gotcha Cha-cha. y al C5