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

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Experiment Station, and must be continued. Second, certainly, yes. Third, yes ; the cost of the study of medicine at the present time is very heavy. I know of no institution which is giving a better preparatory course for such professional life than our college. Rightly advertised, under the name of the ' Massachusetts College, ' it ought to have l oo students yearly of such kind. Fourth, no ; the farmer has had the college thirty years and does not appreciate it. The more that he is given, the more he cries out. Farmers save up the money to educate their sons in classical institutions and go by our own college. The common people of the cities and large towns should have the benefit of our institution, under a new name. Legally, I believe that all of the appropriations and grants can be held under the name of ' Massachusetts College. ' (Physician.) XL First, as the Experiment Station is an adjunct of the college, and such effective work is done by both institutions for agriculture, I cannot see how injury would result to scientific agriculture, assuming, of course, that the general scope of the scientific work be not abridged. The college should bear the State name, but I am not convinced that the word ' agriculture ' is a benefit. Seco7id, yes. Third, I believe many students are lost because of the impression that the college Ks purely agricultural, dJidfrotn lack of knowledge as to the scope of studies pursued. Fourth, I do not believe the college is doing its best work for the common people of the State, not because of its name or for lack of name, but because the value of the education given is not generally known or appreciated. (Civil Ftigineer.) XII. First, no. Second, yes. Third, yes. Fourth, no. (Business Man and Civil Engineer. ) XIII. ' ■ First, in my judgment it would not suffer. The work accomplished and not the name is where the importance of the institution is, as relates to agriculture. Second, I cannot see how the name affects the quality of the work. Any of the bulletins which go out relative to crops, analysis, etc., could go out headed, ' From the Agricultural Depart- ment. ' Third, from a limited number of students, which has been the rule for the last twenty years, one ' s judgment would be that the name had been rather of a hindrance in the getting of students ; as other institutions in the country, not as favorably situated nor with an equal corps of professors, seem to have been favored with an increased number of students. Fourth, the college is doing a very limited amount of work, and whether the name is altogether the cause might be an open question ; but any change or any bid for students would seem, if it resulted in an increased number, for the benefit of the people of the State. {Business Man and Farmer.) XIV. ' First, yes. Second, yes. Third, yes. Fourth, no. [Business Man connected ■with Agriculture.) XV. First, no. Second, yes. Third, yes. Fourth, no. The farmer has had the college for thirty years and has almost repudiated it. A splendid plant is there, and by a change of name and by other means possible, a large number of students should be edu- cated. Men who are not going into agriculture, yet getting a knowledge of agriculture at our college, no matter what course they may pursue, will always be friendly to agriculture, and therefore, under a change of name and a larger number of students, agriculture would be directly benefited. (Business Man cojinected with Agriculture.) XVI. ' ■ ' ■First, no. Second, yes. Third, yes. Fourth, I think not. [Business Man.) XVII. Am heartily in favor of changing the name as a possible, and I think, proba- ble means of increasing the attendance and popularity. It is certainly time some decisive step was taken to secure that result, and I have always felt the present title failed to do the college justice. [Business Man.) XVIII. ■First, I do not think that agriculture would suffer by a change in name that would make the word ' agricultural ' less prominent. A large percentage of students attend the college for its scientific work, and I think the change in name would increase this number. Second, I do not see that the change in name could alter the character of the work. Third, yes. Fourth, no. [A Professor of Mathematics .) JOHN ASHBURTON CUTTER, M. D., New York. Class of ' 82. 24

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I90L Class Colors. Olive-Green and Orange. Class YelL Hullabaloo ! Hooray = Hooray ! Hullabaloo ! Hooray=Hooray ! Ra! Re! Ri-Ro-Rum ! Aggie College ! Naughty=One ! Class History. Visions of the summer haunt me, And the autumn ' s bygone days ; Old September ' s cheery greeting, And October ' s golden rays. Vision s of the so-called Freshmen, Standing now triumphant o ' er The remains of 1900, Not the mighty class of yore. For, my high and mighty brethren, If my horoscope is true, There is not so much of glory In old M. A. C. for you. (IE, the Class of Nineteen-Hundred and One, began our college IL iJ course on the 9th of September, 1897. We were, as might be expected, very green and inexperienced. Before us loomed an obstacle of unknown power, namely, the Owl Club. Is it then to be wondered at that a few of us fell into the toils of the Sophs, and gave a free-for-all entertainment on the goal posts ? I need not go into the details of this little exhibition, but suffice to say that we, in our small way, tried to amuse them, and surely, the exercises were varied. 26