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

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resfymcm Class. OFFICERS. President, Herbert Raymond Wolcott. Treasurer, Willis Sikes Fisher. Vice-President, Samuel William Wiley. Class Captain, Willard Quincy Kinsman. Secretary, Thomas Herbert Charmbury. Historian, George Henry Wright. MEMBERS. Charles Newcomb Baxter Quincy. ii N. C. C. S. C. Y. M. C. A. Alexander Cullen Birnie Ludlow. Mrs. Clark ' s. $. 2. K. Y. M. C. A. Class Foot-Ball Team, Class Foot-Ball Manager, Foot-Ball Director. Thomas Herbert Charmbury Amherst. Home. Q. T. V. Orchestra, Class Secretary, Class Base-Ball Captain. Clifford Gay Clark Sunderland. Home. Willis Sikes Fisher Ludlow. 15 N. C. 4 . 2. K. Y. M. C. A. Class Treasurer. George Caleb Hubbard North Amherst. Home. Henry Holt Amherst. Home. £. 2. K. Class Base-Ball Manager. Willard Quincy Kinsman Ipswich. 3 S. C. D. G. K. Y. M. C. A. Class Captain. Alexander Montgomery, Jr Natick. 2 S. C. C. S. C. Director Reading-Room Association. John Peter Nickerson West Harwich. 27 N. C. Q. T. V. George Harris Austin Thompson Clinton. 27 N. C. Q. T. V. N. H. S. Class Polo Captain. Athletic Director, Class Sergeant at Arms. Herbert Raymond Wolcott Amherst. Home. £. 2. K. Class President. Randall Duncan Warden Roxbury. D. K. Bangs ' . i . 2. K. Class Base-Ball Captain, Base-Ball Director. Samuel William Wiley Amherst. Home. I). G. K. Tennis Director, Class Vice-President, George Henry Wright South Deerfield. 5 S. C. £ . 2. K. Class Foot-Ball Captain, Class Historian. 26

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college. When we had been here but two or three weeks we received a challenge from the Sophomores for a rope-pull. This was accepted, and although our Captain had only about half as many men to choose his team from as did the ' 97 Captain, yet by dint of hard, determined practice and by the help of the Juniors, he was able to train his team so well that it won the rope, a thing that has not been done before by a Freshman Class for several years. (Please do not say anything about this victory to the Sophomores, as most all of them are good fellows, for they are very sore about it.) As our class is so small we were unable to get up a good foot-ball team with- out working in some First Year Men. Now it is against the principles of ' 97 to have anything to do with Two Year Men, this year, although we are told that they were glad of their help last fall in their contests with ' 96, so we had to forego the pleasure of defeating the gallant Sophomores on the gridiron. In spite of the fact that we are few in number, we have made ourselves felt in college circles. We have furnished two men for the Glee Club and one for the band, and others for various other organizations. The way we have gone at our work in the classrooms shows that we realize what is the principal thing for which we are in college. We have not been here long enough to predict with certainty how we shall succeed in the end ; but we can at least say that we have made a good start. W.

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TresH U men. 1 P from noisy city streets, and from the quiet plain, The verdant tide of Freshmen has risen once again ; They come from care of parents, from sister ' s fond embrace, With footsteps slow and faltering, to run the college race. Fooled by wily Sophomores, they soon begin to see Things are not exactly what they often seem to be ; They hear strange sounds ; mysterious signs, discovered here and there, Warn them that in midnight hours of Owls they must beware. Tricked again, they stand alone beneath North College stair, Waiting patiently to find the elevator there. Reaching Hamp, they see the sights ; ' tis late e ' er they get back, And set their boots outside the door for Canavan to black. Now, ere long, the gentle goat, with his attendance kind, Drives all thoughts of other things out of the Freshman ' s mind ; Fellowship with loyal hearts, the finding of new friends, Brings sweet content, and to his life a new found pleasure lends. Thus the path of college life is often smoother made, And the sure foundation stones of future greatness laid ; Fighting battles all alone, on self he must depend, And finds that honest, faithful work in true success will end. 27