Amherst College - Olio Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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VOLUME LV, 1912 if X 1 5 Q. X ix if . w ' HQ Q JUG PA XWYIUW Y ' -92. '-37:1 A 5 0 0 flf gp ? 1 2. . if I MZ!!! nxnl ' tg' - I LD .! . y 1 17.3, .IRR . I Il i? N fl ll :CQ H A : f ,-wi,- .. , 4 sf fljh ,I Il 'A wv,.Qx W Q? 51 3 A 3 i'1ffgf,f. l4f,3gL1,i 5 I ml CX ,, will ri Q, ,ff 5 W WW - -4-4. . .,,,,,,, , ,Huw ,s j. , . 'V O lr A I '- 1 ' I It I' I A I I A ' -In mln. I 1 D I Mhkhlwwlv Afimwi XXMLKXHK1-Hlallll-nu A-H-.vfurnav 5 I W ,M f,,,A on .,,-, ,I i ,.. O is E 1 , x Tf is-2 f 1 .2 F 2 Bff - , s ,,.- - Board of Editors ROBERT WELLES Editor-in-Cllicf ARTHUR B. LYON St:mt.isl,ic:1l Editor :md Soo1'ct,au'y ROLAND H. BROCK WILBUR F. BURT THOMAS W. BUSSOM H. GORDON DE CHASSEAUD REINHART L. GIDEON RALPH B. HEAVENS FRED B. MILLETT BENJAMIN RATHBUN WAYLAND H. SANFORD WINFRED C. SHELDON HOWARD D. SIMPSON RAYMOND W. STEBER EVERETT C. BANFIELD Business Mamogor ALBERT V. BAUMANN, Jn. Assistant Business Mmmgcr

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8 THE AMHERST OLIO Preface OLLOWING the appearance of the 1911 OLIO, there were - directed against it certain criticisms which seemed hardly justified by the unusual quality of the book, but due, rather, to a growing dissatisfaction with certain regular features of fiifiifif 'mi' it, the feature most criticised being the so-called obituary, this in spite of the fact that the obituaries in the 1911 OLIO seemed unusually good. The editors of the 1912 volume decided that the fault lay not so much in the obituaries themselves as in the system of publication which made them necessary, and we determined, for this and for other reasons, to change the system. Our plan was to publish the book in 1912, at the time of graduation. This plan, if adopted, would make each OL1o a complete record of the class by which it was edited. Secondly, it would do away with the necessity for having another class book, which, if it is published at all, appears at the time we proposed to publish this, and which necessarily contains much of the subject matter of former or subsequent OL1os, thus involving needless repetition. Thirdly, it would enable us to change completely the character of the obituary by substituting facts for fiction. The college body, howeve1', for both partial and impartial reasons, were opposed to our making the change. The 1910 Scarab appointed a committee to look into the matter and to decide which was the better time for the OLIo to be published-Junior year or Senior year. The committee reported practically that there was much to be said on both sides. Opposition from the college body, however, grew so strong that we were obliged to give in, and the book appears in our Junior year. A slight change was made in postponing publication from December to May. WVe feel that this change not only is an improvement in itself, but that it will pave the way to a greater improvement in the near future. We present this volume of the OL1o with the ambitious hope that it may meet with general approval and admiration. ' The Editors.

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10 THE AMHERST OLIO The Corporation of Amherst College GEORGE A. PLIMPTON, B.A. . . Prcstflcnt of the Corporation. REV. GEORGE HARRIS, D.D., LL.D. President of the College. PROFESSOR WILLISTON WALKER, D.D. . Secretary of the Corporation. G. HENRY WHITCOMB, M.A. . . REV. WILLIAM HAYES WARD, D.D., LL.D. CHARLES M. PRATT, M.A. . . . HON. CHARLES H. ALLEN, LL.D. . REV. HENRY H. KELSEY, M.A. ARTHUR CURTISS JAMES, M.A. JOHN W. SIMPSON, LL.D. . . . REV. CORNELIUS H. PATTON, D.D. . DEAN WILFORD L. ROBBINS, D.D., LL.D. FRANK WATERMAN STEARNS, B.A. . ARTHUR CHARLES ROUNDS, M. A. . PROFESSOR ARTHUR LINCOLN GILLETT, D.D. . TALCOTT WILLIAMS, LL.D., L1r'r.D. . ROBERT ARCHEY WOODS, M.A. . HARRY WELTON KIDDER, B.A. Treasurer rd the Corporation. . New York, N. Y. Amherst, Mass. New Haven, Conn. Worcester, Mass. New York, N. Y. Brooklyn, N. Y. Lowell, Mass. Marietta, Ohio New York, N. Y. New York, N. Y. Boston, Mass. New York, N. Y. Boston, Mass. New York, N. Y. H:u't,forcl, Conn. Philadelplxia, Pa. Boston, Mass. Amherst, M ass. Overseers of the Charitable Fund REV. JOHN M. GREENE, D.D. . . . M. FAYETTE DICKINSON, M.A. . . PROFESSOR WILLIAM B. GRAVES, M.A. JOHN C. HAMMOND, M.A ..., LEWIS W. WEST, B. A. . . REV. JAMES W. BIXLER, D.D .... REV. CHARLES W. MERRIAM . . . Lowell, Mass. Boston, Mass. Andover, Mass. Northampton, M ass Hadley, Mass. New London, Conn. Greenfield, Mass. HARRY WELTON KIDDER, B.A., Commtssioncv'