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

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our time will soon be spent. As the studies relating to the natural sciences are being advanced and enlarged, just so much more demand will there be for the M. A. C. graduate. And so, classmates, let us keep up our standard of scholar- ship, thus fulfilling our object in first coming, and also in furthering our object in our business life. p. He: — Angelina, do you love me? 5 i(?.-— Permit me to ask if you are a Junior. He: — I am most happy to say that I am. 5 z .-— Adolphus, I love you with all my heart. 23

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d unioPi Class Colors — Magenta and Old Gold. Class Yell — Rah-Rah-Rahj Oo-Ah-Oo; Oo-Ak-Ooj ' p2. TNOTHER of the four stepping stones of our college life has been passed, (S jL and it finds us in the enviable Junior year, with its pleasures, its duties aud responsibilities. ' 92 has stood the strain of the tirst half of her course with the accustomed grit, and although she has come out somewhat lessened in num- bers, yet in intellectual ability much has been gained. Upon assembling at chapel at the opening of the term, we found ourselves much diminished in numbers, but, as time passed on, all but six returned to their Alma Mater; and now, although some of the brightest and most popular faces are missing, we hope to press on to the graduation platform with unbroken num- bers. In our recitations, we have generally accjuitted ourselves with credit, and although a professor ' s frown may occasionally remind us that we are over-step- ping the bounds of a student ' s right to question, yet, as one of them said, We get there. On the campus, we have tried to do our duty. We cannot boast of a Stagg, or any other athletic celebrity, but we have all turned out and done our best. Our protege, the Freshmen, taken as a whole, are a good-looking class of men, and we wish them all the best of success and fun during their course. The size of their class enables them to take good care of themselves, so that, with a few points at the opening of the term, we were allowed to occupy our easy chairs, only occasionally reminding a Sophomore that he must not be noisy or attempt to make any disturbance. As we consider the course of study we pursue, we cannot but regret that 22

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' ophiomore, Class Colors — Pink and Garnet. Class Yell — Vazoi?, Yazoo; Zi Za Zi; -Rah, Rah, Rali ' pj. S once again we gaze on the all-fleeting hands of time, and perceive that a whole 3 ' ear of college life has passed away from us, we cannot but be im- pressed with the idea that we are no longer the troublesome Freshmen of the previous year, but rather the high-minded and popular class who take pleasure in the name of Sophomores. The sensations which we endured on arriving at college last September, dif- fered materially, of course, from those that we experienced a year ago, in being- more like those of acclamation and usefulness than of mingled fear and green- ness. There was also a feeling of sadness caused by the absence of many faces which we were accustomed to see about the buildings. x ' mong them were sev- eral of those who entered the battle with us, who have dropped out to pursue other courses in life; and one, the life of us all, the one to whom we all looked when brain and leadership were required, has left this mortal state of trial and vicissitude and no longer stands on this side of eternity. Tne loss of these, how- ever, although keenly felt, is partially remedied by the entrance into our ranks, of five new men of whom any class might well be proud. In athletics we have done but fairly well. We ha e supplied quite a num- ber of men for the foot-ball team, both last year and this. Although we fur- nished no players to the baseball team last season, yet we showed that we had some good material amongst us, and feel sure that some men will go on next spring. In the way of intellect, we have made an appreciable advance. Having kept in mind a raising of the standard, the Professors made it unusually hard for us, but we hope they see that we are masters of the situation. However much 24