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

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Frontispiece, Table of Contents, Editorial, Communications, . Officers and Students. Memorials, Senior Appointments, Secret Societies, Literary Societies, Military Department, Rifie Association, . Fencing Association, Base Ball Association, Athletic Association, Musical Organization, Reading Room, Alumni Association, Alumni Statistics, Alma Mater, . Prizes Awarded, Eating Clubs, Miscellaneous, Calendar, Finis (Cut), . 3 4 5 9 17 28 30 31 37 42 47 48 48 50 52 53 54 55 59 61 62 66 71 72

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EDITORS : D. E. BAKER. A. A. BRIGHAM. C. E. COBURN. J. N. HALL. C. S. HOWE. C. O. LOVELL. H. E. STOCKBRIDGE.

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L - feuJWPJtAflW - L r Deak Keaders of the Index : It is now ' 78 ' s turn, and now it is that she rouses her slumbering editorial talent, takes up the pen and the responsibility at the same time, and proceeds, with great hopes, and as great misgiv- ings, to the compilation of a work, sure some to vex, but never all to please. ' 5 And, Eeaders, before we go on, let us beg your kind consideration. Whate ' er there be of good in our little volume, kindly acknowledge it as such, and mercifully pass over our faults, if that be possible. Mercy such as this is indeed twice blessed, even if it is a little strained. The Indexical year, just passed, has been fraught with loss to the College in divers ways. Our beloved and respected President left us in early Spring, for a new field of useful labor at the antipodes, otherwise Japan. At first, this seemed to us a loss, and yet, the thought that our College, after due deliberation and comparison with similar institutions of learning, was chosen from the many, by the government of that far off nation, as a model for the Agricultural College of Japan, and that our honored President, from the fact of his being such, and also, of course, from his own superior qualifications for the position, was selected as the most proper man to found such an institution, and to foster it in infancy, reconciles us to our loss of him, and we count it to ourselves as gain. Ere another twelvemonth has gone by, we hope to welcome his safe return, after a period of labor crowned with perfect success. The College and its ' friends have good cause for honest pride in the selection of two of its Alumni as Professors, the one of Chemistry, the other of Mathematics, in this College at Sapporo.