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

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irlH Vol. VI.] [No. I .0 ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' fi ' 4 ' a . 18 4. ttblistfed bg the utiior h s. HIRAM KENDALL, THOS. E. SMITH, EDITORS: WILLIAM A. McLEOU, GEO. P. URNER, WILLIAM S. POTTER, HOWARD. G. WETMORE.

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Editorial. UR College life is filled with many duties, each varying X V in the degree of pleasure afforded, and now we come l to that of editing the Index, which task we hope to perform in a manner that will be pleasing to our Col- lege mates and friends, and an honor to our class, at least, so far as our humble genius will permit. To the Students of the College, the object of the Index needs not to be explained, but to our friends into whose hands it may fall, we would say that it has no pretentions to literary merit, but is simply a student ' s catalogue published by, and for, the students, and contains, principally, information valu- able only to them. In this, our editorial, we purpose to avail ourselves of the opportunity presented to us, of commenting upon the differ- ent departments and branches of our institution. Our col- lege is improving; each class that enters it, by reason of a stricter and more difficult examination, is better qualified to undertake the more advanced branches taught here than those that have already entered, and hence the average is being raised. In each class that graduates, a larger number than in the preceding, engage in agricultural occupations, showing that the real object for which the institution was founded is being maintained, and the facilities for teaching this branch increased. Our farm on which is carried on agricultural ex- periments, so instructive to the students, is being gradually improved; the large stretch of uneven, wet land, opposite the college buildings is being drained and graded, and along our principal avenues trees of various kinds have been set out. If this good work continues it will be but a few years before our farm will be the model for all others in New England.