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

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SENIOR APPOINTMENTS. ,- President. E. A. JONES, . . . . . . . . Historian and Orator. C. HERMS, Prophet. H. D. HOLLAND, Prophet ' s Prophet. L. SMITH, . • Toast Master. 12

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, fop fy HE curtain rises, the class of Eighty-four appears on the stage of college . life with her history. But as we look out upon the audience, we hardly fknow what words will interest them. When We look over the boastful greetings of former classes, we blush for shame at the self-assurant air with which they flaunt their brave deeds before the world. We surely cannot imitate them, our modesty forbids it. We also take the liberty to give less prominence to the time honored phrases usually found in writings of this nature, as Swiftly rolls the tide of time ; ' • Another year has passed away; or that We are Seniors and this is our fourth and last communication to the Index ; or other similar chronological facts expressed in metaphorical language much more elegant than the above. We assume that most of our readers are tolerably well acquainted with such truths as these, and especially unnecessary is it for us to herald the fact that we are Seniors. Who does not know it ? Is not the very atmosphere through which we move permeated with a profound dignity, which, of itself, reveals the true character of Eighty-four ? Controlled by our inborn modesty, we shall preserve a perfect silence concern- ing our manifold merits. We shall never disclose how when in the lowly condi- tion of Freshmen, we were the flower of the college, the admiration of the com- munity, and the terror of the Sophomores. Nor shall we reveal to a prying public the astounding fact that our foot ball team never lost a game. Nothing could induce us to relate or even call attention to our many and marvelous ex- ploits in the field against superior numbers, or our wonderful qualities of mind, as shown in the class room. Although conscious of our vast superiority, yet we would not hold ourselves up as models for future classes. Oh, no ! far be it from us. Let the brazen trumpet of fame herald our excellencies, and proclaim the profundity of our genius, not we ourselves. But alas ! the days of Eighty- 14