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

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fZresl mani Class Colors — Peacock Blue and Cream. Class Yell — Rah-Rix-Rah, Zip- Boom- Bah, ' p4-p4-Rah-Rah-Rah. FIFTY strong — willing to take our share of college work and fun — we, the class of 1894, make our first bow to our colleagues at the M. A. C. and our friends at large. It is much too soon for us to say what the extent of our influence will be, but, if numbers and good intentions count, we hope that ere the four years are passed, which make us graduates from our Alma Mater, we will have done our part towards proving that the spirit of the college is to make men out of boys, and useful citizens of all her pupils. Though our class outnumbers any other in college, we trust the awfulness of this majority will not tempt us to lessen its size in order to be more like in quantity, as well as in quality, the respected class of ' 93. There is such a thing as anticipating one ' s greatness, but in matters involv- ing the skill of a class, such a maxim does not apply. Hence, we feel no temer- ity in stating that thus early in our career we have captured the Rope, which ' 93 counted among its choicest treasures. We have also rushed them success- fully. Let us forbear! This is only a hint of what is yet to be developed in our ranks. We have met ' 93 in a game of foot-ball, resulting in a score of 12 to 12; and, better still, we squelched the too over-confident Intelect Freshmen by a score of 18 to o. A modesty common to all good Freshmen, obliges us to leave the remain- ing worthy doings of our class to be related by some one else. So far, the transgressions upon our rights have been too few to mention, 26

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knowledge we gained last year, we are determined to get a great deal more in the same length of time henceforth. The rope-pull, that event to which the whole college looks forward with in- terest, has fallen through, owing to a slight disagreement as to the number of men to pull. As to rushes, we have had but two with the Freshmen, which, although not considered wholly decisive by them, were very satisfactory to us. Classmates, let us fasten the bonds of friendship still tighter, and shoulder to shoulder faithfully attend to the duties laid out for us in the next three years, trusting that our course will not be interrupted in the future by temporary sus- pension, and remembering that greatness and a high position in this world is for him only who works earnestly for it. c. 25

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but we are prepared to resent any trifling with our dignity as the largest class in college. And so, hoping that the Future will smile on us as kindly as the Past has done, and with a sound and hearty Rah-Rix-Rah, Zip-Booni-Bah, ' p4- ' p4-Rah-Rah-Rah, we make our exit. G. y - 27