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

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' US • jT ' IIK class coiuuuinic-alion : W ' liat liall it foiiiiiiuiiicato? It ■V ' . is not iii ' cessary to iiifonn you of tin- imuilx ' r of txir men, the ; - valor of our class, nor the history of our exi)loits and victories, as in years past. Our deeds have, without doulit. been uri ' iit and olorions, hut like all diH ' ds of t ' arth, however noble, they aie rapidlv sinkinir into oblivion, and leave only their inllu- ence liehind. Vhat, then, shall we tell you? Shall we izive llie customary ailvice to tlujsi ' who are followinu- tui in the y. oxer whii ' li we have just come? Then ' is. imleed. a ureal teiii|ilali(in to do so. fi i- the roail is never so plain as when just passed ovit. No times or opportiniities seem so i)reci()us as those we look back upon. V instinctively desiri ' to have those who are followin i- us piolil by our mistakes and experiences. As. howcvei ' . advice is cheap. we will not lire ycMi with it now. These vears of college life are so pleasant and U ' vk ' , llial it is with deei» retrret wi; lind them nearly passed away. Vel. like some fascinatiu! play wliieli holds oin- atleiilion too lonu. lill m ' iiecoiiie uneasv ami tired of hard chairs wliicli were al liisl so com- forliible. the studies and events of collcLie life wliieli lia c so loiii;- occupied oin- minds, ' jrow more and nioic interestiiiu llie deeper we follow tlieiii. linally become liresonie by keeping Us from the main business of life. .Nowliei ' c. outside of college walls, liowevci ' . are the |iecnliar conditions furnisiicd which we lind so conducive to the real enjoy- iiuMit and licsl development of both body ami mind. Conslanl (;oii(acl with the sironir. .-ictivc minds of oin- honored professors fjvc.H UH, at a critical periotl of oin ' progress, ;j;real assistance in

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' 86. G. S. STONE, . K. SANBORN, W. AY RES, . C. W. CLAPP, R. B. MACKINTOSH, Qfficers. President. Vice-President. Secretaky and Treasurer. Historian. Class Captain. residences. ROOMS. Ateshian, Osgan Hagope Atkins, William Holland Ayres, Winfield Carpenter, David Frederic Clapp, Charles Wellington Duncan, Richard Francis Eaton, William Alfred Felt, Charles Frederick Wilson Mackintosh, Richard Bryant Sanborn, Kingsbury Stone, George Sawyer Total, Sivas, Turkey, Westiield, Oakham, New Salem, Montague, Williamstown, Pierpont- on- Hudson, N. Y. Northboro ' , Dedham, Lawrence, Templeton, Mr. Dickinson ' s. Mr. White ' s. 11 N. C. Mr. Tilson ' s. 29 N. C. 27 N. C. , Mr. Wright ' s. 29 N. C. 9 N. C. 5N. C. 11 N. C. 11 17

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forming those most valuable habits of life and thought which result in sound princii)les, a well-trained mind, and a good character. Nowhere are the friendships which we form more pleasant, elevating, or enduring. And furthermore, we here learn, to some degree, our capabilities, and are better fitted to take our position in life and fill it more satisfactorily to ourselves, and we hope, to the world. The nearer the time approaches when we shall bid farewell to these walls and halls of our dear old Alma Matei the more we realize how pleasant and profitable the time which we have passed here. We feel grateful to our State that it has founded and cherished an institution so useful, so beneficial to her sons, as the M. A. C. May they never bring dishonor upon it! We thank our Instructors for their patience and kindness toward us, and we wish them to feel that their constant exertions in our behalf are fully appreciated. We can never forget them, for the results of their work will remain with us as long as we live. To our college friends we shall soon be obliged to sa} , farewell. The force of circumstances separates us, but we shall mutually remember so many jolly times spent with one another that we shall often meet in the pleasantest of memories, though far awa}- from the scenes now about us and from each other. C. 19