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

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(O J ' ItqHIS is our first contribution to the Index, and we hope 0) that it may compare favorably with those of our prede- cessors. We have not been here long enough, as yet, to get into the ways of the college, although we have got into the way of those charitable (?) fellows, the Sophomores, who ' s barber-ous manners show that in one short year they have been enabled fully to understand and appreciate the meaning of the word Hero. It is also exceedingly hard for us to understand how that out of a class of three-score and ten Sophomores, enough could be found to rush a dozen Freshmen. It was certainly nothing short of a miracle. But enough ; we were fairly beaten and as fairly own it. Our thanks are due to our friends, the Juniors, for our settings up exercises, and also to the Sophomores for their motherly care of us, hoping that at a time not far distant we may have the honor (?) to be ranked as Sophomores our- selves, and then we will see that the class of ' 84 has its rights respected. Their slumbers shall be like unto those of a log, neither shall their rest be broken by those enchanting solos, which are produced by the reed instrument commonly known as the fish-horn, on which some of our students are exceed- ingly proficient. Classmates, we have now fairly entered into our college life with all its pleasures and sorrows, the work and recrea- tions, with all the modern facilities for helping us, and the

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16 THE INDEX Our numbers have somewhat diminished, some having en- tered higher classes, while others have left their college home to cope with the sterner realities of life. We wish them suc- cess, and only hope that as they mingle amid the busy scenes of the world, and are loaded down with its responsibilities, they will occasionally find time to cast a simple thought for ' 82 and their Alma Mater. The work of the year has commenced in good earnest, and our success depends, as heretofore, upon hard work and close application. Classmates, let us not tarnish our hard-earned fame by unfaithfulness to duty, but rather strive more dili- gently to reach a higher degree of perfection. w.

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THE IN DEX, best of helpers. Let us do our part, each one to the best of his ability, remembering that what we learn here is all for our future prosperity and happiness, and that the more thor- ough we are while here, the more successful will be our pur- suits in after life. h. Never mind, it ivlll be a little liarger after the Netv England Fair.