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

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established reputation of the clafss may not fall, but on the contrary, may take a higher stand before all who have been acquainted with our career. And now in closing this article, we would wish to bid farewell to all the members of the fac- ulty, especially those who have shown so much interest in our welfare. One there is whose name is not now enrolled among the Instructors, to whom we feel that we are doubly indebted for his efforts to conduct us through the intricate mazes of mathematics, and also for his patience and perse- verence which we know were often put to a severe test. Fellow Students, in bidding you adieu, there is little that we can say, endeavor to emulate our example so far as it may have seemed right, taking equal care to avoid our failings. Cultivate a spirit of class independence. Do what in your own judgment appears for the best, without regard to what other classes have done or may expect of you, and in this way you will gain the hearty admiration, if not open praise of all who know you. Finally, wishing you all the success, both in College and after life, that you have energy to labor for, and courage to receive, we bid you God Speed. B.

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THE INDEX. Communications. r x- ' LASSMATES; the time has come for us to bid the Index i good bye. Almost daily we are reminded of the short- 3j ness of the remainder of our college life, but the brevity of our stay has not been so forcibly pr e- sented to our minds as when requested to write this final communication. Although we are all happy to think that the time is near at hand when we can launch our boats upon the, for us, untried ocean of life, and rely upon (jur own vigor of body and mind to propel and direct them on their course, yet there is much of melancholy in the thought of leaving these familiar places, bidding farewell to professors, beloved class- mates and fellow students, and thinking that it is hardly pos- sible that ruling Providence will ever again permit us to meet here below. For more than three years, we, as a class, have been bound together by many ties ; few have been the dis- cords among us, and all have striven to do honor to their class and classmates. In looking back over our course, we can see many points where our present experience would doubtless have been of great assistance to us, yet for the most part, without being egotistical or boasting, we may be proud of our class record. Our numbers have suffered much from time and adverse circumstances, and there now remains to us about one third of the original class, but we hope that it has been like the purifiers ' fire, that has removed the dross and allowed the true metal which remains to shine forth with re- doubled beauty and clearness, making up in quality what it has lost in quantity. Let us all remember all that it devolves upon us, the remaining few, to make extra exertion that the

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THE INDEX. % — y HE past year has quickly flown, and we are no longer Sophomores, but have reached the enviable Junior year. We are just beginning to comprehend the mean- ing of those familiar words: For once I was a Sophomore, But now I am a man ! With a slight decrease in number, we begin the second half of our stay at the M. A. C. Nearly all of those who have departed from us are busily engaged in the various du ties of science, agriculture and music, — one who was unfortu- nately called to his home in Japan, has been appointed to an important and responsible position in that country. He still has an almost insatiable thirst for education, and we hope he will have a chance to satisfy it, either in this country or in Europe. In scholarship we can safely say we stand at the head. During the past year we have had a class average above any other in college. The principles of Mechanics; the Science of Fruit Culture; and the structure, form and habits of in- sects are a few of the many interesting studies in which we are now engaged. German and Rhetoric have taken the place of French and History. Zoology with all its prizes for increasing our love of snakes and turtles, is past, but not forgotten ; for what we don ' t know about it isn ' t worth knowing. All the practical surveying we are having this term, is find- ing the bearmg and distance of the dinner table, and having ar- rived at this station we do our levelho-sX. at going through