Amherst College - Olio Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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THE AMIIERST COLLEGE OLIO. II the luckless undergraduates. The Freshman, deprived of the kind counsel of parent and pastor, enters upon his course in fear and trembling, dangling helplessly from the tail of the Collevfe charffer. o o , The Sophomore in the second quarter has obtained H1 lfifjgm lo . . . . NJ' 771 ' . a precarious position on the posterior edge of the Clam Hl.N0rz.eY ' ffl- ':?' . . . . ' 1 ' animal and is constantly apprehensive of gettlng 1-,V34 Ohm. fllf gk .. , : dropped. , . ,fig T The suggestive humor of the two remaining illustrations ,, must be seen to be appreciated. We therefore submit them to the reader's attention. fFigs. 8 and 9.5 the general reader. Some few, however, may perhaps be cited. We invite the at- - , .H,.?zf 41. .s ' V' 'Q-fu' ' C: M s 1 l f ' Q 4, in , ,te Q 423 5? Q. 'lil' Q' fi vf f 0 X :lx I X , . 21 fi xlib ae' ' Wit '!',w,,, .ai 1 1 .-ea., 'Ui-.elif itll ' .. 'i'Ntil6'l: l In this brief account of the 01.10 we have purposely omitted mention of the organizations and statistics, because of their lack of interest to The Oqgnniza iious amz' S!1zlz'.rz'z'e.r. '11 I am gahlg' to be tough and have a big' flllllf. lim not going lo worry abuul keefing' ug' eaulrnri, nm! lY'.r 11 eolzt' :lay when the College 7'L'IIl01lL'IfV1IJII we am!! mn't chars il 1Ijl mn! ealrh 17. Thnllx lhe kim! qflz hflllf-fly! I nm, nm! fz'vu'l you j1r1g'e.l H! Brave up, Satan, and dmfl gel behiuri me . ' Fm. 6. Perhaps we may also devote a few lines to a re- view of the defunct organieations. Alexandria, Athenac, and the Social Union Societies have naturally died away ' f as the Secret Societies have become more numerous. But we sincerely mourn the decadence of the fol- lowing:- '73 OL1o:- tention of the base-ball cranki to a pe- rusal of the following statistics from the Amherst 'zfersus Williston, zo S Amherst versus NVilliston, 8 21 Amherst 1fer.m.v Old Elms of Pittsfield, 25 7 Amherst versus Mutuals of Springfield, 24 7 77 43 ' Totals, 1 350 FN , x-,1 S Q X X .V 'igkgfe Wt' , .1 lZClnl::'.. .sffligf . h r . 'R 'i ,.. 'ii 12' , ' f a, X y ' lv if fiiiav . X! . '4 - iffy ff' f, ff, I X ff i ff I am j, 0IVl-Q' lo lu' rr guna' boy, Ifrllfll 1101 lessazlx well, mul' 011111: 1101 dem' frfgkssarr low me, nr ummum lah! me to. FIG. 7. 'lf To our great discomfiture a reprehensible pun has here lowered the tone of the history. The devil was so pleased with it that hc maliciously refuses to make any alteration. XVe can only beg the indulgence of our rcaclcrs. T This slang term has been so generally used of late years to indicate a kincl of hcnighletl mono- maniac that we do not hesitate to employ it here.

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IO '1'lIE AMI-IERST COl.I.liGl'I OLIO. the exaggerated childishness of Freshmen. We may mention in this connec- tion the rude cartoon representing Athletic Day fFig. 5j. i This spirit of fun presents perhaps too boisterous a phase in a notorious cartoon in the '76 01.10 which represents the Faculty as a convivial club. The humor of this illustration is perhaps not readily appreciated to- l1'q1ef!1'ou.r on Ike A70l0I'I'0ll.Y Carlow: in '76 01.10. day, when smoking and drinking, together with card-playing and dancing, have been rescued from the debasing influences of the tavern and saloon and have become social accomplish- ments. But in those remote days the Amherst Faculty looked upon these harmless recreations as unpardonable sins, and hence this cartoon must have scandalized the worthy professors and caused unholy mirth among the undergraduatessl' But our description of the origin and development of the illustrations and witticisms 7Wu zllorlurn Era, 187 1. popularity, but history. has caused us to digress sadly from the strict chronological sequence. Let us therefore retrace our steps and consider critically the Modern Era, beginning with the '71 OL1o. This date can be easily remembered 1 as the year of the introduc- tion of Class Histories. These soon attained remarkable we find on careful examination that they contain little accurate However, the so-called histories led to a decided advance in the artistic beauty of the publication. The four ages of Youth,Q Freshman, Sophomore, I zgflueucc Q' C lass flzB'1orz'e.r on A rtzlrfic lfllpzzlsc. in the '84 01.10 Junior, and Senior, are typified by original drawings. The most suggestive of these are perhaps the Sophomore and Fresh- man in the '83 OLIO QFigs. 6 and 77. These will certainly compare favorably with the best of the cartoons in the Lou- n'aul'11111'h. The series of illustrations to the class histories is also well conceived. The college course is represented as a race-track around which ride in various degrees of apprehension or elation 4' For a more satisfactory treatment of the same subject see 'go 01.10. 1' 'l'llCl'C is a tradition that the 01,10 Board were expelled from College on account of this cartoon, but we cannot give it credence. I 'l'lianks a1'e due Prof. Morse for this characteristic phrase. 5 We intend no parody on SllI'lliCS1JC2ll'C,S Seven Ages of Man.

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I2 TIIE AMHICRST COLLEGE OLIO. The Shakespeare Club, The Beethoven Club, The Class Glee Clubs, The Amherst Navy, and The Chess and Whist Clubs. The only' one of these which attained a world-wide fame was the Amherst Navyf' The sad decadence of the Beethoven and Class Glee Clubs renders possible the ignorance of, and lack of appreciation for, classic music at Amherst to-clay. Worst of all, the death ofthe Chess and Whist Clubs has resulted in a deplorable indifference to the mathematical studies of the College curriculum. if jlvvtf 1 ,Q I lv,4 ' ?f5'fS',.-.9 f'-:VW .742 -:-1' 'T , f X . .1-Af X ., ,.? ,lx fmfjff Fm. 8. r N