University of Massachusetts Amherst - Index Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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6 THE INDEX. The pipe is the solace of nearly all of U3, anilwhah more rational enjoyment can we have than after supper to fill the Woodstock with cavendish, and in the blue wreaths of smoke see bright visions of the future ? We doubt if there ever was a class that worked together so well as ours. There seems to be a unity, a oneness of purpose, that has marked our course from the beginning until now, and may it always be so. We have but a little longer to stay, and when we leave our Alma Mater, let us do so with no cause for regret, and a determination to do rio ' ht. — I

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Comniiinicatioiis, Nearly three years ago we entered this College as the first class. As we look back, we see many improyenients ; even in that short period dormitories and other buildings necessary both for the Col- lege and the farm, have been erected. What shall we say for ourselves ? Are we the stereotyped Juniors of former days, in felt hat and shawl ? No, ' 71 is a jolly set of chaps, delighting in sugar scrapes and Hamp as much as anybody. We feel as though our course thus far has been productive of much good to the College. Have we not planted elms, whose gen- erous shade shall shelter future generations ? Have not jDines been set out around some of the lesser buildings ? Who but a ' 71 man could have had such forethought 1 Our relations with the Faculty have been, and are, very pleasant, and we are i:)leased to learn they are not afraid of us. AVith ' 72 we have had much to do. We hope they do not chafe under the recollections of rushes, mode trials, blanket-tossings, c. But bygones are bygones to us both, and Juniors and SojdIis smoke the pipe of peace. We have nothing to do with ' 73, save to help them organize ' ' secret societies. Many of us are votaries of the national game, and we furnish a goodly number to the Wilder Nine. Music hath icS charms for us, both vocal and instrumental. Among the instruments used are the piano, violin, violincello, cornet, clarionet and flute. We have learned to feel the pomp and circumstance of glorious war, in the drill of the manual of arms and bayonet exercise, imder the tutelage of Capt. Alvord.

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7 (2. Vive la ' 72. Who are these in bright array ? Wh}-, of courfee ' 72, the flower of the College, the smartest, joUiest set of j-ouths ever brought together for the purpose of studying the Bucolic art or any other art. Know thou, reader of the Ikdex, Vve are Soph- omores, which is of itself sufficient reason for being as above stated. Our class still thrives. We boast the largest number of men, have as good standing in studies as any, send four of our men to the Wilder Nine, and keep up our reputation in other out-door sports. Since first entering, our numbers have somewhat diminished, but we look upon that as a necessary evil. Our duties have been rather heavy, but we tliink we have performed them creditably. Doubters are requested to communicate with the Secretary of the Black Harolcs. With our Professors Ave have always been on the best of terms, and we are especially glad to ' have the help of Prof. Goessmann in chemistry this jevcr. Our military drill has come to be one of our regular duties, and we are heartily glad of it, for while it gives as good exercise as a gymnasium drill, it teaches us what will be inval- uable in case of another on pleasantness. We have seen very little of Prof. Stockbridge this winter, his duties in Boston requiring his presence most of the time. With Prof. Goodell our relations have been, as ever, of the most pleasing nature. We have read consider- able from the life of a Taugenichts, and though the study has been rather hard, the recitations. have been made interesting and amusing enough to fully repay us for our labor. With the other classes we have alv ays got along well, with the exception of one or two collisions with ' 71, in which both claim to be the victor. But 1st us not speak of those times when we were Freshmen, but of the latter days, when the Sophomore comes out in all his dignity. With ' 73 we have had very Httle trouble ; they have attended to their own business, and with a few exceptions we have not molested them.