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

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1892. Fall Term Closes ------- Friday, December 23.. 1893. Winter Term Opens - - - - - - - Tuesday, January 3. Winter Term Closes ------- Thursday, March 23. Spring Term Opens -------- Tuesday, April 4. Commencement ---------- June 18-21. Spring Term Closes ------- Wednesday, June 21. Examinations for Admission ------ Thursday, June 22. Examinations for Admission ----- Tuesday, September 5. Fall Term Opens - - - - - - - Wednesday, September 6. Fall Term Closes ----- • - Friday, December 22.

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Ifntrobuction. IN placing the twenty-fourth volume of the Index in the hands of its readers, it is not our intention to dwell at length on the merits of our work, as we believe that whatever of true worth the book contains will be freely acknowl- edged by the public ; yet there are some features of the present volume which it seems quite within the limit of becoming modesty to mention. Our aim being to raise the standard of the Index, both as a literary and as an artistic production, we have endeavored not only to improve the quality, but also to increase the amount of literary matter and the number of illustrations which it contains. To make room for these additions, considerable matter of minor importance, such as the list of privates belonging to each company of the battalion, has been omitted, and at the same time the number of pages in the took has been somewhat increased over that of former volumes. We would call the attention of our readers particularly to the article entitled ' A Voice from the Alumni, written by one of our leading graduates. It defines so admirably, and in such a pleasing manner, the present status and most pressing needs of our Alma Mater, as to make it worthy of careful perusal by every one interested in the welfare of the college. Of course our volume will be criticised — that is expected; but we would beg our readers to remember that the average Index editor, when he begins his duties, is wholly inexperienced in the kind of work which he is to perform. Were we to publish another Index, it would doubtless be more pleasing to the keenly analytic mind of the critic. Our task has been a pleasant one, and in spite of the hard work which it has involved, it is not without a sigh of regret that we relinquish the cares of state to our successors, the ' 95 Index Board.

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Boarb of Xttustees. Members Ex Officio. His Excellency, Gov. WILLIAM E. RUSSELL, President of the Corporation. HENRY H. GOODELL, M. A., LL. D., President of the College. Hon. JOHN W. DICKINSON, Secretary of the Board of Education. WILLIAM R. SESSIONS, Secretary of the Board of Agricjilttire. Members by Appointment. Thomas P. Root of Barre Plains, Francis H. Appleton of Lynnfield, Elijah W. Wood of West Newton, Daniel Needham of Groton, Henry S. Hyde of Springfield, James S. Grinnell of Greenfield, J. Howe Demon d of Northampton, William Wheeler of Concord, Charles A. Gleason of New Braintree, James Draper of Worcester, Merritt I. Wheeler of Great Barrington, J. D. W. French of North Andover. Officers Elected by the Board of Trustees. James S. Grinnell of Greenfield, Vice-President of the Corporation. George F. Mills of Amherst, Treasurer. William R. Sessions of Hampden, Secretary. Charles A. Gleason of New Braintree, Auditor.