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

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Presentation. ' If a.ny of us spea.k nvell, a.ppla.ud him ; If any speak ill, applaud him too ' VERY book has an introduction, and it would not do for Volume XXX. of the Index to omit that important opening, although we are all well aware that few pause to read the preface. In fact we ourselves have never read one till it be- came necessary to do so, in order that we might know what an introduction really is, and what it should contain. It was solely with this purpose in view that we perused, with great care, the opening pages of twenty-nine volumes of the Aggie Annual, and you can imagine with what astonishment, and we may say bewilder- ment, we found the introductions almost identical in each. We were bewildered to know why this was so : was there some unwritten law which we must follow in writing our introduction, that in it we must boast of our many fine points, of our originality, and of our superiority over all other similar works ; and must we copy that time-worn twenty-nine times repeated saying, We have anticipated for you a little surprise; viz., its enlargement, new form of cover, and improved general appearance, or, ' We wish to call particular attention to the originality of our work ? etc. Now, originality Is the great feature of our work, and we cannot be an originalist and a copyist at the same time ; so we will forbear the use of such expressions, and simply say : We have tried to please ; we have tried to arrange our statistics in as interesting a manner as possible ; we have tried to bring to your notice the improvements about college and the progress which our Alma Mater has made during the year ; we have also tried to recall to your memory the many little happenings, — the little incidents, accidents, and slips in a manner pleasing to ever} one. We have endeavored to tell you something about a l the prominent men in college ; and if by chance the name of one has been omitted who conscien- tiously feels that his prominence entitles him to mention, to him we say, Forgive us ; it was an oversight, due undoubtedly to our lack of experience. Trusting we will receive the hearty support of our fellow- students and the friends of the College, and hoping that our efforts will be appre- ciated, that our defects will be overlooked, we present this — the Thirtieth Volume of the Index.

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Calendar. Wednesday, January 4th Thursday, March 23d Wednesday, April 5th Wednesday, June 21st Thursday, September 7th Thursday, December 21st 1399. Winter term begins. Winter term closes. Spring term begins. Commencement. Fall term begins. Fall term closes. Wednesday, January 3d Thursday, March 2 2d 1900. Winter term begins. Winter term closes.

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PI)ilip 5- Ha broQCt). HE one to whom this publication is dedicated, in apprecia- tion of his earnest zeal in behalf of our College, was born in Libertyville, Ulster County, New York, in 1870. Philip B. Hasbrouck received his first education at the New York State Normal School, in New Paltz, and from there entered Rutgers College, New Brunswick, New Jersey, in the fall of 1889. While in college he pursued the scientific course, and at the beginning of his sophomore year he elected mathematics and civil engineering, which studies he made his specialties during his entire course, and in which he obtained a very high standing. His college social life was much benefited, in that he was a member of the Chi Psi Fraternity. After bemg graduated he was secretary to the director of tlie Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station; a position which he continued to hold until April, 1895, when he w as appointed to fill the vacancy of Assistant Professor of Mathematics in our own Alma Mater, and in June following he was elected to the same position. During the summer of 1897 he took a special laboratory course in physics at Cornell University, that he might the better fulfill his position here. On June 30, 1897, he was married to Miss Carrie Van Valin. In Professor Hasbrouck we feel that we have one who is ever exerting his utmost to further the interests of our College, and also the interests of the students. Since he has been among us he has placed his department of Mathematics upon that firm basis where it never rested before. As an ex- ample of his untiring efforts we have a newly equipped physical laboratory. In the preparation of this room, and obtaining modern apparatus for its equipment, he has spent many a valuable hour that we students might have better facilities to study nature ' s laws. Whereas, before we had practically no physical laboratory, we now have one which is no very mean affair. Though uneventful his life has been, And not among the great he ' s seen, (All cannot be so blessed,) As one among the rest, He serves his God the best, By serving him without complaint In this, his lowly test. C. A. C.