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

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' Board of Tvuoioao. MEMBERS EX 0FFICII8. His Excellency WILLIAM GASTON. Col. WILLIAM S. CLARK, LL.D., President of College. Hon. JOSEPH WHITE, LL.D., Secretary of Board of Edneation. Hon. CHAELES L. FLINT, Secretary of Board of Agriculture. . MEMBERS BY ELECTION. Hon. MARSHALL P. WILDER, Hon. CHARLES G. DAVIS, NATHAN DURFEE, M. D., HENRY COLT, Esq., . Rev. CHARLES C. SEW ALL, PHINEAS STEDMAN, Esq., Hon. ALLEN W. DODGE, . Hon. GEORGE MARSTON, Hon. WILLIAM B. WASHBURN, Prof. HENRY L. WHITING, HENRY F. HILLS, Esq., . Hon. DANIEL NEEDHAM, - WILLIAM KNOWLTON, Esq., JOHN CUMMINGS, Esq., . Boston. Plymouth. Fall River. PiTTSPIELD. Medpield. Chicopee. Hamilton. New Bedford. Greenfield. Cambridge. Amhekst. Groton. Upton. WORURN.

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12 THE INDEX. We hope for the good order, good sense, and good reputation of one New England College, if in no more, that the execution is as eif ectual as the hangman ' s knot, and that there will be no resurrection of a barbarous practice, either in body or in spirit. In some colleges Sophomores are required, on pain of expulsion, to sign papers to the effect that they will, un- der no circumstances, haze a fellow student, while differ- ent methods for its abolition are resorted to in others. How the change is effected matters not, but that it be done we believe all candid persons will admit. Class of ' 79 ! How distant does that sound. What endearing friendships will be consummated, and what ties dissevered, ere Old Father Time brings ' round that now distant year. But the moments pass quickly, and the days glide by, and the months and years roll on, classmates, slowly, but yet so surely that, ere we are aware of it, o ur four years will have passed, and we be launched upon life ' s fluctuating tides. Hence the need that we improve to the utmost our opportunities, and that we cultivate those virtues and principles which are requisite for our guidance when our college days are over. In the Faculty of this college we are fortunate. Of them with whom we have had intercourse, we speak in unqualified terms of praise. We appreciate their in- terest in us, and hope to merit their constant favors. Let us not receive the false impression that to them alone is intrusted our success in the pursuit of knowledge ; that they are responsible for any failure in the fulfillment of our mission here. Classmates, it lies with us ; it is for us to decide what progress shall be made and what attain- ments acquired,; what duties perfoimed, and what slighted ; and it is we who are amenable for any lack there may be in our acquirement of the studies here pursued. Then may we so improve the present, and be so influenced throiighout our course that, looking back, we can see not one cause for regret. The future is be- fore us. May it bring days of prosperity to us all. B.

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ExecuiivQ Commiiioe. President WILLIAM S. CLAEK. HENRY COLT, Esq. Hon. JOSEPH WHITE. PHINEAS STEDMAN, Esq. Dr. NATHAN DURFEE. WILLIAM KNOWLTON, Esq. SEGBETAnY, Hon. CHARLES L. FLINT, Boston. A UDITOR, HENRY COLT, Esq Pittspield. TREASURER, Dr. NATHAN DURFEE Fat.l River. ASSISTANT TREASURER, GEORGE MONTAGUE, Esq., Amherst. BOARD OF OVERSEERS, THE STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. EXAMINING COMMITTEE OF OVERSEERS, Hon. p. a. CHADBOURNE, D. D., LL.D. THOMAS P. ROOT, Esq. JOSEPH N. STURTEVANT, Esq.