Amherst College - Olio Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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Now that the Mead Fine Arts Building has been completed, the question of the spire is still a matter on which members of the Board and of the alumni body disagreef' Pres. Stanley King Amherst, to each one of us in a differ- ent way, is greater than the sum of its parts. We will take from Amherst what we will . , . perhaps these pic- torial and verbal impressions may cast some new lights on four years at Amherst, and may give a sense of the way things have changed, and have not changed, in both the distant and the immediate past. Our impressions in the large part are formed by these various buildings and monu- ments which mold, to a great extent, our lives at Amherst, and which are often neglected in the weekly round of classes, athletics, and social ac- tivities. Mead and Stearns Tower . . . Dr. Morgan and the Stoa . . . what does T he college library was contained in a single bookcase six feet wide located in the north entry of South. The books numbered nearly seven hundred volumesf' Pres. Stanley King

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ibedicafion gown? .fgfgindon Professor Geoffroy Atkinson '13, for thirty-six years has been a teacher of Romance Languages in his Alma Mater, and during two world wars has served his country. Fearlessly honest, he has always set for his students and for himself the highest standards of scholarship. His numerous books on voy- age literature have earned him the highest reputation as an historian of ideas, and that reputation has been confirmed by his recent studies of Balzac. A poet himself, he has translated Francois Villon. His originality and his wit have stimulated generations of Amherst men to think straight. To Professor Atkinson this issue of the OLIO is respectfully dedicated. 3

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The eject of the system of physical educa- tion on the health, strength, and general ap- pearance of the students . . . is visible and palpable to the senses of the casual observer. Statistics kept by the department for the last thirty years show a sensible diminution in the percentage of sickness and deaths . . fi William S. Tyler that guy do who sits inside the door? . . . Mike Mazur in Rome . . . the pic- tures sometimes explaining the Lit Mag's obscure poetry, and some- times confusing it, and us, even more . . . Pen and Pencils 23 . . . all those reproductions in the corridor down- stairs . . . how d'ya memorize a paint- ing, anyhow? . . . artwork in Valentine lobby, and the Snack Bar's decor . . . Converse Library . . . the fascination of the stacks . . . when does the Re- serve Desk close this weekend? . . . so many books, so little time . . . the wel- come smoke on Converse steps, relax- ing against a column of warm stone . . . the smokey Pit filled with unshaven intellects with encircled eyes . . . the 5