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

Text from Pages 1 - 350 of the 1918 volume:

LIBRARY MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE }URCELA.lu, Qa ' 5D_ . = Xs.5-e r-.. MAC COLLECTION s.of- a. ASSOClAi E ALUMNI OF M, A. C. flNMMb ?P f HE PWMSMEft BY fMEeMHVNME- fEEN-glGHfffiN F If BAKER QJT 2l I. A, C, .ircTiou EfflE gp ihem HOWARD L. RUSSELL, Edilor-in-Chief Hiterarp Department MISS ELIZABETH E. ADDITON, Editor NATHAN W. GILLETTE RAYMOND R. WILLOUGHBY THEODORE B. MITCHELL MARSHALL O. LANPHEAR statistical Department EDWARD N. CARLETON T. SMITH MITCHELL, Editor WILLIAM R. LORING FRANK J. BINKS rint 6 Department LEO C. HIGGINS, Editor FOSTER K. HAINES 9rt department FOSTER K. BAKER, Editor ADDISON C. STOWERS THOMAS E. CARTER CAMILLE B. FULLER, Photographer ISusiiirss Department KENNETH L. MESSENGER, Busiiiess Manager DAVID M. LIPSHIRES OLIVER G. PRATT THEODORE H. REUMANN CM an V n fy-i try - FSAEWSAft T HE INDEX must function as a mirror, holding up to its readers a clear image of the life and ac- tivities of the College and its students. That this mirror should have the clearest of glasses and the smoothest of silver linings, has been our earnest endeavor. But this mirror must have more than physical prop- erties. It must reflect those intangible yet powerful factors -stfhich contribute totOard the very atmosphere of the campus; the inspiring personality of the teachers, the vjholesome spirit of an institution dedicated to the enrichment of rural life, and that love and loyalty that all Aggie men ha e for their Alma Mater. We know our skill unequal to the task of constructing such a mirror. We complete this book, hovJever, satisfied that it contains our best efforts. For the Class of 1918, we present this book to Aggie men and all friends of the College as a mark of the undying fealty and appreciation of its members. t Wo Currp ft. fttcfes In appreciation of his tire- less efforts in behalf of tKe College and in ad- miration for his genial personality and strong character, the Class of 1918 gladly dedicates this volume. WE 1918 m Currp g tarr J tcfesi 9n appreciation LUE October skies, trees glowing with the colors of Autumn, a touch of frost in the air — these were Nature ' s contribution toward a successful dedication of M. A. C. ' s Alumni Field. October 9, 1915, will go down in the history of the college as the day that marked the realization of M. A. C. ' s long cherished dream of an athletic field of her own. Many agencies helped on to the desired end. Generosity of the Legisla- ture, wise aid from the Trustees and faculty, subscriptions from alumni and stu- dents, as well as actual work on the field by the student body did much toward reaching the wished for goal. But, more than all, is credit due to the man who saw the possibility of organization and accomplishment, who not only dreamed the dream but worked with might and main to make the dream come true — Curry Stan- Hicks. Born in central New York, Professor Hicks spent his early years on his father ' s farm, moving to a farm in Michigan when fourteen years old. His college prepara- tion was gained in the public schools and in 1902 he entered the Michigan Agricul- tural College for a year ' s work. After teaching for several years he again took up college work at the Michigan State Normal College, graduating in 1909 with the degree of B. Pd. During the last year of his college course he acted as instructor in Physical Education at the Normal College. From 1909 to 1910 he held the Edward Hitchcock fellowship of Physical Education at Amherst College. 1910 was spent as director of athletics at the Michigan State Normal College and in September, 1911, Professor Hicks came to the Massachusetts Agricultural College as assistant professor of Physical Education and Hygiene. In 1914, he was ad- vanced to the rank of associate professor. As a student athlete his record was above reproach, a man who played the game for the game ' s sake, who believed it a greater distinction to lose honorably than to win dishonestly. This attitude has marked all his work at M. A. C. and every student knows that nothing underhanded will be countenanced in any con- test under the control of Professor Hicks. In this way he has done much for the work in athletics at the college. In the scarlet fever epidemic during the winter of 1913, Professor Hicks worked long and well. The student body of that day will not soon forget the unselfishness with which he threw open his home to house as many as it would hold until satis- factory adjustment of rooming conditions could be made. If the friends of Pro- fessor Hicks were asked to suggest a name for his home, there would be none more appropriate than The house of the friendly hand. Professor Hicks insists on hard work from the students, but he sets the pace himself. Whether in athletic practice or in actual work in construction on the field the men follow because he leads. His control over the men is well shown by an incident in the Springfield Training School game of 1915. As the struggle grew more intense, the tension increased among the spectators and protests and criticisms came from the M. A. C. bleachers. From his position on the gridiron, Professor Hicks indicated his disapproval of the shouting. The first man to notice the gesture, shouted — Shut up, fellows, Curry says so and the threatened dis- order stopped. WE 1918 m A man esteemed by his co-workers on the faculty, Professor Hicks stands to the students for the best type of Physical Director, a man not desiring that physical achievement shall take the place of mental training, but that the sound body shall house an equally sound mind. That hard work with head, or hands, or both, is the best possible employment for a man is Professor Hicks ' s belief, and his daily life embodies his belief. Of Professor Hicks ' s work in intercollegiate activities, Dr. Paul Phillips, Physical Director of Amherst College, says: ' ' Some directors of physical education have horizon and ideals but are not practical. When one has all three of these characteristics and the energy and tact which makes them efficient his success is assured. This statement represents as nearly as I can express it the feeling of the Society of Directors of Physical Education in Colleges regarding Professor C. S. Hicks, who has been a member for several years. He has impressed our Society most favorably during these years both by his personality and his contributions in papers and discussions. On pure merit Professor Hicks is each year making himself a larger place in the Society . That M. A. C. may long number Curry S. Hicks among her instructors is the wish of every Loyal Son of Old Massachusetts. U ! StsisClA X tyj r- oC %tm WE 1918 m m tsmsm jUlemberg of tije Corporation Frank Gerrett of Greenfield Harold L. Frost of Arlington Charles H. Preston of Danvers Frank A. Hosmer of Amherst Davis R. Dewey of Cambridge John F. Gannon of Worcester Arthur G. Pollard of Lowell George H. Ellis of West Newton Elmer D. Howe of Marlborough Edmund Mortimer of Grafton Nathaniel I. Bowditch of Framingham William Wheeler of Concord Charles A. Gleason of New Braintree James F. Bacon of Boston TERM EXPIRES 1917 1917 1918 1918 1919 1919 1920 1920 1921 1921 1922 1922 1923 1923 jllembcrs; €x= ©fficio His Excellency Governor Samuel W. McCall . President of the Corporation Kenyon L. Butterfield ...... President of the College Payson Smith ...... State Commissioner of Education Wilfrid Wheeler .... Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture (Officers of ttjc Corporation His Excellency Governor Samuel W. McCall Charles A. Gleason of New Braintree . Wilfred Wheeler of Concord Fred C. Kenney of Amherst Charles A. Gleason of New Braintree . President of the Corporation 1 ' ice-President Secretary Treasurer . Auditor WE 1918 m tanbtng Commuters of tlir Cotporation Committee on Jfinantc Charles A. Gleason, Chairman George H. Ellis Nathaniel I. Bowditch Arthur G. Pollard Frank A. Hosmer Edmund Mortimer Committee on Course of g tubp anb Jfacultp William Wheeler, Chairman Frank A. Hosmer Elmer D. Howe Payson Smith Davis R. Dewey John F. Gannon James A. Bacon Committee on Jfarm Nathaniel I. Bowditch, Chairman Frank Gerrett Committee on Jftorticulture Harold L. Frost, Chairman Charles A. Gleason George H. Ellis Edmund Mortimer Elmer D. Howe Wilfrid Wheeler Committee on experiment department Charles H. Preston, Chairman Arthur G. Pollard Wilfrid Wheeler Harold L. Frost Edmund Mortimer Committee on iitmlumgs anb arrangement of rounbs Frank Gerrett, Chairman George H. Ellis William Wheeler Charles H. Preston James F. Bacon Committee on extension erbite Elmer D. Howe, Chairman Davis R. Dewey George H. Ellis Wilfrid Wheeler Harold L. Frost John F. Gannon examining Committee of ©berseers from the £ tate JSoarb of agriculture John Bursley of West Barnstable Frank P. Newkirk of Easthampton William E. Patrick of Warren John J. Erwin of Wayland Charles W. Freehan of Great Barrington The President of the College is ex-officio member and secretary of standing committees. fThe Director of the experiment station is a member of the Committee on Experiment Department, without vote. 1(1 Plfl IHIIH IRGPI SfspS J ERPEDIMCNr SMfH mM -j !Ubmtni£!tration William P. Brooks, Ph. D. Joseph B. Lindsey, Ph. D. Fred C. Kenney . Charles R. Green, B. Agr. . Director Vic e-Director Treasurer Librarian department of Agriculture William P. Brooks, Ph. D. ....... Agriculturist Henry J. Franklin, Ph. D. . . .In Charge of Cranberry Investigation Edwin F. Gaskill, B. Rc Assistant Agriculturist Robert L. Coffin Assistant department of JJotanp ano Vegetable $atljologp A. V. Osmun Botanist George H. Chapman, M. Sc. .... Research Physiologist Orton L. Clark, B. Sc. Plant Physiologist Bepartment of (Entomology Henry T. Fernald, Ph. D Entomologist Burton N. Gates, Ph. D Apiarist Arthur I. Bourne, A. B Assistant Entomologist department of Agricultural (Economics Alexander E. Cance. Ph. D. .... Agricultural Economist WE 1318 m Orpai Intent of plant anb annual Onnisht ' Joseph B. Lindsey, Ph. D. ....... . Chemist Edward B. Holland, Ph. D. Associate Chemist in Charge of Research Div. Fred W. Morse, M. Sc. ...... Research Chemist Henri D. Haskins, B. Sc. . . . In Charge of Fertilizer Division Philip H. Smith, M. Sc. . . In Charge of Feed and Dairy Division Rudolph W. Rtjprecht, Ph. D. . . . . . . . Assistant Carleton P. Jones, M. Sc. . . . . . . . . Assistant Windon A. Allen, B. Sc. . . . . . . . Assistant Carlos L. Beals, B. Sc. . . . . . . . . Assistant James P. Buckley, Jr., B. Sc. ...... Assistant Thomas L. Harrocks, B. Sc. . . . . . . . Assistant Lewell S. Walker, B. Sc. . . . . . . . Assistant Harry L. Allen . . . . . . . . . Assistant James R. Alcock . . . . . . . . . - . Assistant James T. Howard . . . . . . . . . Collector Department of horticulture Frank A. Waugh, M. Sc. . . . . . . . Horticulturist Fred C. Sears, M. Sc . Pomologist Jacob K. Shaw, Ph. D. . . . . . Research Pomologist department of Jfleteorologp John E. Ostrander, A. M., C. E. . . . . . . Meteorologist department of jflicrobiologi Charles E. Marshall, Ph. D. . . . .In Charge of Department F. H. Hesselink van Suchtelen, Ph. D. Associate Professor of Microbiology Department of JJoultrp usbanbrp John C. Graham, B. Sc. Agr. . . . .In Charge of Department Hubert D. Goodale, Ph. D. ..... Research Biologist Department of Vetermarp Science James B. Paige, B. Sc, D. V. S. . . . . . . Veterinarian George E. Gage, Ph. D. . . Associate Professor of Animal Pathology John B. Lentz . . . . . . Assistant in Veterinary Science Arnold P. Sturtevant, A. B. . . . Assistant in Veterinary Science 12 1916 September 20-23, Wednesday-Saturday — Entrance Examinations September 27, Wednesday, 1.30 P. M— Fall Term Begins; Chapel October 12, Thursday Afternoon — Half Holiday, Columbus Day November 29, Wednesday, 12 M.-Friday, December 1, 1 P. M. — Thanksgiving Recess December 22, Friday, 5 P. M.— Fall Term Closes; Christmas Recess Begins 1917 January 1, Monday, 1 P. M. — Christmas Recess Ends; Winter Term Begins February 22, Thursday Afternoon— Half Holiday, Washington ' s Birth- day March 23, Friday, 5 P. M— Winter Term Closes; Spring Recess Begins April 2, Monday, 1 P. M. — Spring Recess Ends; Spring Term Begins April 19, Thursday Afternoon — Half Holiday, Patriots ' Day May 30, Wednesday — Holiday, Memorial Day June 23-27, Saturday-Wednesday — Commencement June 27, Wednesday — Spring Term Ends July 2, Monday — Summer Term Begins September 19, Wednesday, 1.30 P. M. — Fall Term Begins i 3 O  : o Bi-B mut a -z-v kj uZ £ y£ 7 ' ■ , ; w ■ u ft ? 1 v ■f K X T 1 W l - Y Rjf WE 1918 WIS IBregibente of tfje College President Harry F. French, M. A. President William S. Clark, Ph. D., LL. D. President Charles H. Flint, M. A., LL. D. President Levi Stockbridge President Paul A. Chadbourne, D. D., L L. D. President James C. Greenough, M. A. Acting-President Henry H. Goodell, M. A., LL. Acting-President Charles H. Fernald, Ph. D. Acting-President William P. Brooks, Ph. D. President Kenyon L. Butterfield, A. M., LL. D. Acting-President Edward M. Lewis, A. M. 1864-1866 1S67-1879 1879-1880 1880-1882 1882-1883 1883-1886 1886 1905-1906 1906 1913-1914 Beans of Hje College Dean George F. Mills, M. A. Dean Edward M. Lewis, A. M. 1907-1914 1914- 18 WE ISIS Mb Brooks Hurd Marshall Fernald Hasbrouck Kenney Sprague Butterfield Foord Watjgh gJimtimstrattbe BUkcx6 Kenyon L. Butterfield, A. M., LL.D., President of the College and Head of the Division of Rural Social Science. Born 1868. B. Sc, Michigan Agricultural College, 1891. Assistant Secretary, Michigan Agri- cultural College, 1891-92. Editor of the Michigan Grange Visitor, 1892-95. Editor Grange Department Michigan Farmer, 1895-1903. Superintendent Michigan Farmers ' Institutes, 1S95- 99. Field Agent, Michigan Agricultural College, 1896-99. Graduate Student, University of Michigan, 1900-02. A. M., University of Michigan, 1902. Instructor in Rural Sociology, University of Michigan, 1902-03. President of R. I. College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, 1903-06. President of Massachusetts Agricultural College since 1906. LL.D., Amherst College, 1910. Member U. S. Commission on Country Life, 1908-09. U. S. Agricultural Commission, 1913. K . Charles H. Fernald, Ph.D., Honorary Director of the Graduate School. Born 1838. Bowdoin College, 1865. Ph.D., Maine State College, 1886. Studied in the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Cambridge and under Louis Agassiz on Penekese Island. Also traveled extensively in Europe, studying insects in various museums. Principal of Litchfield Academy in 1865. Principal of Houltoii Academy, 1865-70. Chair of Natural History, Maine State College, 1871-86. Professor of Zoology at Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1SS6-1910. Director of Graduate School, 1909-10. Honorary Director of the Graduate School since 1910. Edward M. Lewis, A. M., Dean of the College and Professor of Languages and Literature. Born 1872. B. A., Williams College, 1896. M.A., Williams College, 1899. Graduate of Boston School of Expression, 1901. Instructor in Public Speaking, Columbia University, 1901-03. In- structor and Assistant Professor of Public Speaking and Oratory, Williams College, 1903-11. Instructor, Harvard Summer School, 1903 and 1906. Instructor in Elocution, Yale Divinity School, 1904-16. Member of American Academy of Political and Social Science. Assistant 19 f HE isis INft M3 r Professor of English and Assistant Dean, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1911. Professor of Literature and Associate Dean, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1912. Dean and Professor of Languages and Literature, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1914. $ K i . Fred C. Kenney, Treasurer of the College. Born 1860. Ferris Institute, 1890-91. Bookkeeper for Manistee Northeastern Railroad Com-, pany, 1895-1907. Assistant Secretary and Cashier of Michigan Agricultural College. Treasurer of Massachusetts Agricultural College since 1907. William P. Brooks, Ph.D., Director of the Experiment Station and Lecturer on Soil Fertility. Born 1851. Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1875. 2 K. Post-graduate, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1875-76. Professor of Agriculture and Director of Farm, Imperial College of Agriculture, Sapporo, Japan, 1877-78; also Professor of Botany, 1881-88. Acting President, Imperial College, 1S80-S3, and 1886-87. Professor of Agriculture at Massachusetts Agricultural College, and Agriculturist for the Hatch Experiment Station since January, 1889. Ph.D., Halle, 1897. Acting President of the College and Acting Director of the Experiment Station, 1905-06. Director of the Experiment Station since 1906. 4 K 4 . William D. Hurd, M. Agr., Director of the Extension Service and Supervisor of the Short Courses. Born 1875. Graduate Lansing, Mich., High School, 1895. Michigan Agricultural College, 1899. $ T A. M. Agr. Michigan Agricultural College, 1908. Teacher, Lansing High School, 1899- 1902. Nursery Inspector, University of Illinois, summer 1900. Professor of Horticulture, School of Practical Agriculture and Horticulture, Briercliff Manor, New York, 1902-03. Professor of Agriculture, University of Maine, 1903-06. Dean of the College of Agriculture, University of Maine, 1906-09. Lecturer, Summer School Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1908. Director of the Short Courses, Massachusetts Agricultural College, September, 1909-10. Director of the Extension Service since 1910. Fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science; member, Society for the Promotion of Agricultural Science; American Society of Agro- nomy; Association of Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations; National Association of Farmers ' Institute Workers. A Z. 4 K 3 . Charles E. Marshall, Ph.D., Director of the Graduate School and Professor of Microbiology. Born 1866. Ph.B., University of Michigan, 1895. Assistant Bacteriologist, University of Michi- gan, 1893-96. Bacteriologist, Michigan Agricultura l Experiment Station, 1896-1902. Jor- genson ' s Laboratory, Copenhagen, 1898. Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1902. Professor of Bacteriology and Hygiene, Michigan Agricultural College, 1902-12. Pasteur ' s Institute, Paris, and Ostertag ' s Laboratory, Berlin, 1902. Koch ' s Laboratory, Berlin, 1912. Scientific and Vice-Director, Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station, 190S-12. Director of the Graduate School and Professor of Microbiology, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1912. A Z. $ K . Philip B. Hasbrotjck, B. Sc, Projessor of Physics and, Registrar of the College. Born 1870. B. Sc, Rutgers College, 1893. X W. Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Massa- chusetts Agricultural College, 1895-1902. Associate Professor of Mathematics, 1902-1911. Registrar of the College since 1905. Professor of Physics, Massachusetts Agricultural College, since 1911. Member of American Association of Collegiate Registrars. $ K $. Ralph J. Watts, B. Sc, Secretary of the College. Born 1885. B. Sc, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1907. 2 K. Teacher, Choate School, Wallingford, Conn., 1907-08. Secretary to the President, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1908-14. Secretary of the Massachusetts Agricultural College since 1914. 4 K . Charles R. Green, B. Agr., Librarian. Born 1876. Connecticut Agricultural College, 1895. The Hartford Courant, 1895-1901. As- sistant Librarian, Connecticut State Library, 1901-08. Librarian at Massachusetts Agricultural College since September, 1908. Charles H. Gould, B. Sc, Field Agent. Born 1893. B. Sc, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1916. X. Field Agent, Massa- chusetts Agricultural College, 1916. 20 WE 1918 IM6 F Ska . ' -! WKMMM m ■ W V i s « ' © ® w • L JhBl fl H : ■;■■;- u l g£|lH HNIN8 Fish Drain Purington Pushee Coons Merkle Peacock Quaipe Lockwood Foord Gunness Jones Lund Jamieson Btbifiton of Agriculture James A. Foord, M. S. A., Head of the Division of Agriculture and Professor of Farm Administration. Born 1872. B. Sc, New Hampshire College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, 1S9S. K 2. M. S. A., Cornell University, 1902. Assistant in Cornell University, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1900-03. Professor of Agriculture, Delaware College, 1903-06. Associate Professor of Agronomy, Ohio State University, 1906-07. Associate Professor of Agronomy, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1907-08. Professor of Farm Administration, Massachusetts Agricultural College since 1908. 2 H. K . William P. B. Lockwood, M. Sc, Professor of Dairying. Born 1875. B. Sc, Pennsylvania State College, 1899. K 2. With Walker-Gordon Laboratory Co., of Boston and Philadelphia, 1S99-1901. Instructor in Dairying, Pennsylvania State College, 1902-03. Inspector, Hires Condensed Milk Co., Malvern, Pa , 1903-06. Creamery and Con- densing Construction Work, 1906-08. M. Sc, Pennsylvania State College, 1909. Assistant Professor of Dairying, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1908-10. Associate Professor of Dairying, 1910-1913. Professor of Dairying since 1913. A Z. John C. Graham, B. Sc. Agr., Professor of Poultry Husbandry. Born 1868. Milwaukee State Normal College, 189-4. Student at Chicago University, summers of 1894-98. Teaching and Institute Work in Wisconsin, 1894-1907. B. Sc. Agr., ' University of Wisconsin, 1911. Associate Professor of Poultry Husbandry. Massachusetts Agricultural Col- lege, 1911-14. Member of American Association of Investigators and Instructors in Poultry Husbandry. Professor of Poultry Husbandry, Massachusetts Agricultural College, since 1914. Christian I. Gunness, B. Sc, Professor of Rural Engineering. Born 18S2. B. Sc, North Dakota Agricultural College, 1907. Instructor in Mechanical Engi- neering, North Dakota Agricultural College, 1907-12. Superintendent of School of Tractioneer- ing, La Porte, Indiana, 1912-14. Professor of Rural Engineering, Massachusetts Agricultural College since 1914. 4 K I . 21 WE 1918 IN John C. McNutt, B. Sc, Professor of Animal Husbandry. B. Sc, Ohio State University, 1907. Farm Manager, Ohio State University, 1907-08. Assistant Professor of Animal Husbandry, New Hampshire State College, 1908. Associate Professor of Animal Husbandry, New Hampshire State College, 1909-10. Professor of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, North Carolina State College, 1910-15. Professor of Animal Husbandry, Massa- chusetts Agricultural College, 1915. Elvin L. Quaife, B. Sc. Agr., Assistant Professor of Animal Husbandry. Born 1887. B. Sc. Agr., Iowa State College, 1911. ASP. Instructor in Animal Husbandry, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1911-14. Assistant Professor of Animal Husbandry, Massa- chusetts Agricultural College, since 1914. A Z. Orville A. Jamison, M. S., Assistant Professor of Dairying. Born 1889. B. Sc. Agr., Ohio State University, 1912. Instructor in Dairying, Michigan Agricul- tural College, 1912-13. Instructor in Animal Industry, University of Maine, 1913-15. Assistant Professor of Dairying, Massachusetts Agricultural College, since 1915. M. S., University of Maine, 1916. Earl Jones, M. Sc, Assistant Professor of Agronomy. Born 1886. B. Sc. Agr., Ohio State University, 1912. M. Sc, Ohio State University, 1913. Instructor in Agronomy, University of Maine, 1913-15. Assistant Professor of Agronomy, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1915 — . Samuel Coons, Instructor in Dairying. Certificate of Proficiency in Dairy Industry, Cornell College of Agriculture. With W. R. Boynton, 189S-1908. Superintendent, Delhi Dairying Co., 1908-11. Short Course Instructor, Massa- chusetts Agricultural College, 1909. Manager, Prattsville Dairy Co., 1911-12. Instructor in Dairying, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1912 — . Harry D. Drain, B. S., Instructor in Dairying. B. S., Ohio State University, 1913. Mt. Lake High School, Minnesota, 1913-14. Miss. Agricul- tural College, Dairying Department, 1914-15. University of North Carolina, Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairving, 1915-16. Instructor in Dairving, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1916. Walter M. Peacock, M. S., Instructor in Farm Management. B. S., 1913; M. S. Agr., 1915; Cornell University. Instructor in Farm Crops, Cornell University, 1913-1916. Enumerator for Long Island and Steuben County Farm Management Surveys, 1913. Supervisor of Monroe County and Clinton and Franklin County Surveys, 1914. Secretary of the New York State Potato Association, 1914-16. Instructor in Farm Management, Massa- chusetts Agricultural College, 1916. Acacia Fraternity. Loyal F. Payne, B. Sc, Assistant Professor in Poultry Husbandry. Born 1889. B. Sc, Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College, 1912. Instructor in Poultry Husbandry, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1914-16. Assistant Professor in Poultry Hus- bandry, 1916. Everett H. Rucker, B. Sc, Instructor in Poultry Husbandry. Born 1892. B. Sc, University of Missouri, 1914. Instructor in Poultry, University of Missouri, 1915. M. A., University of Missouri, 1916. A Z. Instructor in Poultry Husbandry, Massa- chusetts Agricultural College, 1916. Frederick G. Merkle, B. Sc, Assistant in Agronomy. Born 1892. B. Sc, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1914. Graduate Student and Graduate Assistant, 1914-15. Assistant in Agronomy, 1915. 22 WE 1918 m Dickinson, Wadgh, Whiting, H. F. Tompson, Clark, C. H. Thompson, Barker, Chenoweth, A. S. Thompson, Harrison, Nehrling, Johnson Bibiaton of horticulture Frank A. Waugh, M. Sc, Head of Division of Horticulture and Professor of Land- scape Gardening. Born 1869. Kansas Agricultural College, 1891. K £. Editor Agricultural Department, To- peka Capital, 1891-92. Editor Montana Farm and Stock Journal, 1892. Editor Denver Field and Farm, 1892-93. M. Sc, Kansas Agricultural College, 1S93. Professor of Horticulture, Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College, and Horticulturist of the Experiment Station, 1893-95. Graduate Student, Cornell University, 189S-99. Professor of Horticulture, University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, and Horticulturist of the Experiment Station, 1895- 1902. Horticultural Editor of the Country Gentleman, 1898-1911. Hospitant in the Koenigliche Gaertner-Lehranstalt, Dahlem, Berlin, Germany, 1910. Professor of Horticulture and of Land- scape Gardening, Massachusetts Agricultural College, and Horticulturist of the Hatch Experi- ment Station since 1902. 4 K 4 . Fred C. Sears, M. Sc, Professor of Pomology. Born 1866. B. S., Kansas Agricultural College, 1892. Assistant Horticulturist at Kansas Ex- periment Station, 1892-97. M. Sc, Kansas Agricultural College, 1S96. Professor of Horticul- ture, Utah Agricultural College, 1897. Director Nova Scotia School of Horticulture WolfviUe, Nova Scotia, 1898-1904. Professor of Horticulture, Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Truro, Nova Scotia, 1905-07. Professor of Pomology, Massachusetts Agricultural College since 1907. William D. Clark, A. B., M. F., Professor of Forestry. Born 1879. B. A., 1904; M. F., 1906, Yale University. United States Forestry Service, 1906-OS. Professor of Forestry, Pennsylvania State College, 1909-12. Professor of Forestry, Massachu- setts Agricultural College, 1912. A Z. 23 WE 1918 INft Walter B. Chenoweth, A. B., M. Sc., Associate Professor of Pomology. Born in Missouri, 1872. A. B., Valparaiso University, 1902. Assistant in Botany, Valparaiso University, 1902-03. Head of the Department of Science, Chillicothe Normal School, Mo., 1903- 10. Secretary of the Missouri State Board of Horticulture, 1912. B. Sc. Agr., University of Missouri, 1912. Instructor in Pomology, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1912. A Z. 2 S. Arno H. Nehrling, F. H. S., Associate Professor of Floriculture. Born 1886. F. H. S., Missouri Botanical Garden and Shaw School of Botany, 1909. Instructor in School of Gardening, South Chicago Public Schools, 1909. Instructor in I loriculture, Univer- sity of Illinois, 1909-10. Associate in Floriculture and Assistant in Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Illinois, 1910-14. Assistant Professor of Floriculture, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1914. Associate Professor of Floriculture, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1914. University Landscape Architects Society. ATP. K 2. Harold F. Tompson, B. Sc, Professor of Market Gardening. Andrew S. Thomson, A. M., Assistant Professor of Market Gardening. Cortland Normal School, 1890. Teaching, 1890-94. Ph. B., Brown University, 1898. Super- intendent of Schools in Massachusetts, 1898-1910. A. M., Columbia University, 1912. Head of the Department of Agriculture and Pedagogy, Clarion State Normal School, 1912-15. Assistant Professor of Market Gardening, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1915 — . Arthur K. Harrison, Assistant Professor of Landscape Gardening. Born 1872. With Warren H. Manning, Landscape Designer, Boston, acting at various times in charge of the Surveying and Engineering Department, of the Planting Department, and of the Drafting Room, 1908-1911. Instructor in Landscape Gardening, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1911-13. Assistant Professor of Landscape Gardening, Massachusetts Agricultural College, since 1913. Charles Henry Thompson, B. Sc, M. Sc, Assistant Professor of Horticulture. Born 1870. B. Sc, Kansas Agricultural College, 1893. M. Sc, Kansas Agricultural College, 1898. Field Agent, U. S. D. A., Division of Botany, 1893. Instructor in Botany, Washington University, St. Louis, Mo., 1893-95. Botanical Assistant, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Mo., 1895-99. Forestry Service, U. S. Dept. of Interior, 1900. Graduate Student, Leland Stanford, Jr., University of California, 1902-04. In charge of the Department of Succulent Plants and Botanical Assistant, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Mo., 1904-15. Collabora- tor, U. S. D. A., 1909-11, studying succulent plants of arid regions of America and Mexico. As- sistant Professor of Horticulture, Massachusetts Agricultural College, since 1915. 2 S. John T. Wheeler, Assistant Professor of Horticulture. Frank W. Rane, M. F., Lecturer in Forestry. Born 1868. B. Sc. Agr., Ohio State University, 1891. M. Sc, Cornell University, 1892. $ A 0. Lecturer in Forestry, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1906. 24 WE 1918 m Patterson, Mackimmie, Payne, Rand, Ashley Goessmann, Lewis, Sprague, Neal, Julian, Prince Btbiston of umantticsf Robert J. Sprague, Ph. D., Head oj the Division oj the Humanities and Projessor of Economics and Sociology. Born 1868. B. A., Boston University, 1897. B © II. Studied industrial conditions in Eng- land, 1898. M. A., Harvard University, 1900. Ph.D., Boston University, 1901. Head of the Department of Economics and History, Knox College, 1901-06. Studied socialism and socialistic development throughout northern Europe, 1903. Head of the Department of Economics and Sociology, University of Maine, 1906-11. Appointed to research work, Carnegie Institution, Washington, D. C, 1906. Head of the Division of Humanities and Professor of Economics and Sociology, Massachusetts Agricultural College, since 1911. B K. 4 K 4 . Edward M. Lewis, A. M. Literature. (See Administrative Officers.) Dean of the College and Professor oj Languages and Robert W. Neal, A. M., Associate Professor in English. Born 1873. A. B., University of Kansas, 1898. A. M., University of Kansas, 1899. Assistant in the Department of English, University of Kansas, 1898-99. University Scholar, Yale Graduate School, 1899-1900. Teacher in Wallingford, Conn., High School, 1900-01. Instructor in English, University of Cincinnati, 1901-02. Harvard Graduate School, 1902-03. A. M., Harvard, 1903. Substitute Instructor in English and Acting Head of the Department, Rutgers College, 1903-04. Editorial Department of the World ' s Work, 1904-06. Assistant Professor of English and In- structor in German, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1906-08. A. M., Yale University, 190S. Assistant Professor of English, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1908. BK. K 4 . 25 WE 1918 INft Edgar L. Ashley, A. M., Associate Professor of German. Born 1880. A. B., Brown University, 1903. J K f. Instructor in German, Brown University, 1903-06. A. M., Brown University, 1904. Student, University of Heidelberg, 1906-07. Instructor in German, Bates College, 1 907-08. Instructor in German, Massachusetts Agricul- tural College, 1908-11. Assistant Professor of German, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1911-15. Associate Professor of German, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1915—. B K. $ K . A. Anderson Mackimmie, A. M., Associate Professor of French. Born 1878. A. B., Princeton University, 1906. Bondinot Fellow in Modern Languages, 1906-07. Instructor in French, Colcester Academy, Truro, Nova Scotia, 1906-08. Instructor in French and Spanish, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1908-11. K F t . Assistant Professor of French, Massachusetts Agricultural College, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1911-15. A. M., Columbia University, 1914. Associate Professor of French, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1915. BK. K . Adelphia. Walter E. Prince, Ph. B., A. M., Assistant Professor of English and Public Speak- ing. Born 1881. Ph. B., Brown University, 1904. A. M., Brown University, 1905. Instructor in English, University of Maine, 1905-12. Instructor in English and Public Speaking, Massachu- setts Agricultural College, 1912-15. Assistant Professor of English and Public Speaking, Massa- chusetts Agricultural College, 1915 — . Helena T. Goessmann, Ph. M., Instructor in English. Elmhurst Academy. Providence, R. I., 1887. Studied in Boston and New York. Ph. M., Ohio State University, 1895. Studied in England and Paris, 1899. Studied in Munich, 1900. Pub- lished The Christian Woman in Philanthropy, a novelette entitled Brother Philip, and a small book of poems, A Score of Songs. Member of the Pen and Brush Club of New York. Assistant in English, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1910-14. Instructor in English, Massachusetts Agricultural College, since 1914. William L. Harmount, A. B., Instructor in French. Born 1881. A. B., Yale University, 1903. Tutor in college preparatory subjects, 1903-06. Instructor, Kingsley School, Essex Falls, N. J., 1907-08. Instructor in French, Kiskiminetas Springs School, Saltsburg, Pa., 1908-11. Student at Cours de Vacences of the Universities of Caen and Grenoble, France, summer of 1910. Instructor in French, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1911. B K. Arthur N. Julian, A. B., Instructor in German. A. B., Northwestern University, 1907. Instructor in German at Elgin Academy, Elgin, 111., 1907-10. Travelled in Germany and student at Berlin University, 1910-11. Instructor in German, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1911. B K. Frank P. Rand, A. B.-, Instructor in English. Born 1889. A. B., Williams College, 1912. Instructor in English, University of Maine, 1913-14. Instructor in English, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1914 — . A THE 1918 INft NOVITSKI Hart Phelan iStbiSton of JXural Social Science Kenyon L. Butterfield, A. M., LL.D., President of the College and Head of the Division oj Rural Social Science. (See Administrative Officers.) William R. Hart, L. B., A. M., Professor of Agricultural Education. B. L., Iowa State Law School, 1880. A. B., University of Nebraska, 1S96. A. M., University of Nebraska, 1900. Department of Psychology and Education in Nebraska State Normal at Peru, 1901-07. Professor of Agricultural Education, Massachusetts Agricultural College, since 1907. Alexander E. Cance, A. M., Ph. D., Professor of Agricultural Economics and Supervisor of Agricultural Surveys. B. A., Macalester College. Graduate Certificate, State Normal School, Oshkosh. M. A., Uni- versity of Wisconsin. Professor of Greek and Literature, Avalon College, 1S97-99. Principal, Asheville Industrial School, 1901-04. Supervisor of Practice, First Pennsylvania State Normal School, 1904-05. Fellow in Economics, University of Wisconsin, 1906-08. Ph. D., University of Wisconsin, 1908. Instructor, 1908-10; Assistant Professor, 1910-12; Associate Professor, 1912-15; Professor of Agricultural Economics, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1915. John Phelan, A. M., Professor of Rural Sociology. Born 1879. Graduate Western State Normal School, Kalamazoo, Michigan. A. B. and A. M., University of Michigan. Assistant, Department of Economics, University of Michigan. 1909-10. Acting Director, Rural School Department, Western State Normal School, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1910-11. Director, Rural School Department, State Normal School, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, 1912-1915. Professor Rural Sociology, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1915 — . Ralph M. Rutledge, M. S., Instructor in Agricultural Economics. B. S., Oregon Agricultural College, 1914. Secretary of the School of Agriculture and Experiment Station, Oregon Agricultural College, 1914-15. Graduate Student, Oregon Agricultural College, 1914-15. Research Assistant in Agricultural Economics cooperating with the U. S. D. A. Office of Farm Management, University of Wisconsin, 1915-16. M. S., University of Wisconsin, 1916. Instructor in Agricultural Economics, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1916. Joseph F. Novitski, Assistant in Rural Sociology. Born 1884. Graduate State Normal School,! )shkosh,Wis. County Superintendent of Schools, Brown County .Wisconsin, 1910-16. Assistant in Rural Sociology, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1916. 27 ffli isis m General Bepartmente jUtlttarp Science anb tactics Henry W. Fleet, Captain, U. S. In- fantry, Professor of Military Science and Tactics. Born 1880. Graduate Culver Military Acad- emy, 1899. University of Virginia, 1900, 1901. Appointed 2d. Lieutenant 2d. U. S. Infantry, 1902. Promoted 1st Lieutenant and assigned to 19th IT. S. Infantry, 1908. Placed on duty at the Massachusetts Agricul- tural College, January 11, 1915. Promoted Captain U. S. Infantry, 1916. logical (Education Curry S. Hicks, B. Pd., Professor of Physical Education and Hygiene. Born 1885. Michigan Agricultural College, 1902-03. B. Pd., Michigan State Normal College, 1909. Assistant in Physical Education, Michigan State Normal College, 1908-09. Edward Hitchcock Fellow in Physical Education, Amherst College, 1909-1910. Director of Athletics, Michigan State Normal College, 1910-11. Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Hy- giene, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1911-14. Associate Professor of Physical Education and Hygiene, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1914-16. Professor of Physical Education and Hygiene, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1916. Harold M. Gore, B. Sc, Instructor in Physical Education. Born 1891. B. Sc, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1913. Q. T. V. Assistant in Physical Education, Massachusetts [Agricultural College, 1913-16. Instructor in [Physical Education, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1916. Adelphia. 28 THE 1918 INft Itano, Hazletine, Regan, Gordon, P. J. Anderson, Robbins, E. Anderson, Martin, Serex, Clark, H. C. Thompson Ball, Osmun, Marshall, Fernald, Chamberlain, Shaw, Lindsey, Machmer, Gage Bibtsiton of Science Henry T. Fernald, Ph. D., Chairman of the Division of Science and Professor of Entomology. Born 1866. University of Maine, 1885. B IT. M. Sc., University of Maine, 188S. Graduate Student in Biology, Wesleyan University, 1S85-86. Graduate Student, John Hopkins Univer- sity, 1887-90. Laboratory Instructor, John Hopkins University, 1S89-90. Ph.D., John Hopkins University, 1890. Professor of Zoology, Pennsylvania State College, 1890-99. State Economic Zoologist, Pennsylvania, 1898-99. Professor of Entomology, Massachusetts Agricultural College, since 1899. Associate Entomologist, Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station, 1899-1910. Entomologist, Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station, since 1910. Fellow in the Ameri- can Association for the Advancement of Science. Member in the Association of Economic En- tomologists, Entomology Society of America, and Boston Society of Natural History. Massa- chusetts State Nursery Inspector since 1902. 1 K I . Cftenujstrp Joseph B. Lindsey, Ph. D., Goessmann Professor of Chemistry. Born 1862. B. Sc, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1883. A 2 I . Chemist. Massachu- setts State Agricultural Experiment Station, 1883-85. Chemist, L. B. Darling Fertilizer Co., Pawtucket, R. I., 1885-89. Student at University of Gottingen, 1889-92. M. A., Ph. D., Uni- versity of Gottingen, 1892. Student at Zurich Polytechnic Institute, 1892. Associate Chemist, Massachusetts State Experiment Station, 1892-95. In Charge of Department of Foods and Feed- ing, Hatch Experiment Station. 1895-1907. Head of the Department of Chemistry and Goess- mann Professor of Agricultural Chemistry, Massachusetts Agricultural College, since 1911. Mem- ber of the American Chemical Society. Fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science. K I . Charles Wellington, Ph. D., Professor of Chemistry. Born 1853. B. Sc, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1S73. K S. Graduate Student in Chemistry, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1873-76. Assistant Chemist, United States 29 A WE 1918 Mb Department of Agriculture, 1876. Student, University of Virginia, 1876-77. First Assistant Chemist, United States Department of Agriculture, 1877-82. Ph. D., University of Gottingen, 1885. Associate Professor of Chemistry, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1885-1907. Pro- fessor of Chemistry, Massachusetts Agricultural College, since 1907. ! K 4 . Joseph S. Chamberlain, Ph. D., Professor of Organic and Agricultural Chemistry. Born 1870. B. Sc, Iowa State Agricultural College, 1890. M. S., Iowa State Agricultural College, 1892. Instructor in Chemistry, Iowa State Agricultural College, 1894-97. Ph. D., John Hopkins University, 1899. Instructor in Chemistry, Oberlin College, 1899-1901. Volun- tary Assistant in Chemistry at Wesleyan University, summer of 1900-1901. Research Assistant to Professor Ira B. Remsen, John Hopkins University, 1901. Chemist, U. S. Department of Agriculture, 1901-09. Chief of Cattle Food and Grain Investigation Laboratory, Bureau of Chemistry, 1907-09. Student, University of Berlin, 1909. Associate Professor of Organic and Agricultural Chemistry, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1909-13. Professor of Organic and Agricultural Chemistry, Massachusetts Agricultural College, since 1913. American Chemical Society. Deutschen Chemischen Gesellschaft. Fellow in the American Association for the Ad- vancement of Science, Washington Academy of Science. 4 BK. 4 K I . Charles A. Peters, Ph. D., Professor of Inorganic and Soil Chemistry. Bom 1875. B. Sc, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1897. AS . B. Sc, Boston Uni- versity, 1897. Assistant in Chemistry, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1897-98. Graduate Assistant in Kent Chemical Laboratory, Yale University, 1899-1901. Ph. D., Yale University, 1901. Professor of Chemistry, Head of Department, University of Idaho, 1901-09. Student at the University of Berlin, 1908-10. Exchange Teacher, Friedrichs Werdersche Oberrealschule, 1909-10. Graduate School Yale University, 1910-11. Assistant Professor of Inorganic and Soil Chemistry, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1911-12. Associate Professor of Inorganic and Soil Chemistry, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1912-16. Professor of Inorganic and Soil Chemistry, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1916. S S. $ K 4 . Ernest Anderson, A. B., Ph. D., Professor of General and Physical Chemistry. Born 1881. B. A., Trinity College, Texas, 1903. B. S., University of Texas, 1903. Fellow in Botany, University of Texas, 1903-04. M. S., University of Texas, 1904. Fellow in Chemistry, University of Texas, 1904-05. Instructor in Corsicana High School, Texas, 1905-06. Fellow In Chemistry, University of Chicago, 1906-07. Associate in Chemistry, University of Chicago, 1907-09. Ph. D., University of Chicago, 1909. Research Instructor, University of Chicago, 1909-12. Assistant Professor of General and Physical Chemistry, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1912-14. Associate Professor of General and Physical Chemistry, Massachusetts Agri- cultural College, 1914-16. Professor of General and Physical Chemistry, Massachusetts Agricul- tural College, 1916. t B K. 2 H. I K . Paul Serex, Jr., B. Sc, Assistant in Chemistry. Born 1890. B. Sc, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1913. K I . M. S. 1916. Graduate Assistant in Chemistry, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1913-15. Chemist, New Hampshire State College, 1915. Assistant in Chemistry, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1915 — . 30 WE 1918 im $otanj A. Vincent Osmun, M. Sc., Professor of Botany and Head of the Department of Botany. Born 1880. B. Agr., Connecticut Agricultural College, 1900. Assistant, Storrs Agricultural Ex- periment Station, 1900-02. B. Sc, 1903; M. S c, 1905, Massachusetts Agricultural College. Q. T. V. Assistant in Botany, 1903-05; Instructor in Botany, 1905-07; Assistant Professor of Botany, 1907-14, Massachusetts Agricultural College. Associate Professor Botany, Massachu- setts Agricultural College, 1914-16. Acting Head of the Department of Botany, Massachusetts Agricultural College and Experiment Station, 1914-16. Professor of Botany and Head of the Department of Botany, 1916. 4 K 4 . Paul J. Anderson, Ph. D., Associate Processor of Botany. Born 1884. A. B., Wabash College, 1910. B K. Ph. D., Cornell University, 1914. 2 X- Fellow in Plant Pathology, Cornell University, 1910-13. Pathologist, Pennsylvania Chestnut Blight Commission, 1913-14. Instructor in Botany, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1915. Assistant Professor in Botany, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1915-16. Associate Professor of Botany, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1916. Orton L. Clark, B. Sc, Assistant Professor of Botany. George W. Martin, M. Sc, Instructor in Botany. Born 1886. Litt. B., Rutgers College, 1912. M. Sc, Rutgers College, 1915. Assistant in Plant Pathology, New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, 1912-15. Assistant in Botany, Rutgers College, 1913-15. Graduate Student in Botany, University of Chicago, 1915-1916. Instructor in Botany, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1916. T A. 2 E. Cntomologp Henry T. Fernald, Ph. D., Professor of Entomology and Chairman oj the Division of Science. Born 1866. University of Maine, 1885. B n. M. Sc, University of Maine, 18SS. Graduate Student in Biologv, Wesleyan University, 1885-86. Graduate Student, John Hopkins University, 1887-90. Laboratory Instructor, John Hopkins University, 1SS9-90. Ph. D., John Hopkins University, 1890. Professor of Zoology, Pennsylvania State College, 1S90-99. State Economic Zoologist, Pennsylvania, 1898-99. Professor of Entomology, Massachusetts Agricultural College, since 1899. Associate Entomologist, Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station, 1899-1910. Entomologist, Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station, since 1910. Fellow in the Ameri- can Association for the Advancement of Science. Member in the Association of Economic En- tomologists, Entomology Society of America, and Boston Society of Natural History. Massa- chusetts State Nursery Inspector since 1902. I K I .  % 3 ■i- w L 4? -:3 ■ | 31 THE 1918 Mb Burton N. Gates, A. M., Ph. D., Associate Professor of Beekeeping. Born 1881. Cornell University, College of Agriculture, 1901. A. B., Clark College, 1905. K S . Scholar in Biology, Clark University, 1905-06. A. M., Clark University, 1906. Fellow in Biol- ogy, Clark University, 1906-07. Assistant in Biology, Clark College, 1906-07. Field Fellow, Clark University, 1908-09. Ph. D., Clark University, 1909. Lecturer in Beekeeping, Massa- chusetts Agricultural College, Spring, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1910. Collaborator, Bureau of Ento- mology, United States Department of Agriculture, February to July, 1907. Expert in Apiculture and Apicultural Assistant, ibid., 1907-10. Assistant Professor of Beekeeping, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1910-16. Apiarist, Massachusetts Experiment Station and Inspector of Apiaries, State Board of Agriculture, since 1910. Fellow in American Association for the Ad- vancement of Science. Member in American Association of Entomologists; American Genetic Association; National Geographic Society. Ex-President of the National Beekeepers ' Associa- tion. A E T. G. Chester Crampton, A. M., Ph. D., Professor of Insect Morphology. Born 1882. A. B., Princeton University, 1904. A. M., Cornell University, 1905. Student at Freiburg and Munich, 1907. Ph. D., Berlin University, 1908. Instructor in Biology, Princeton University, 1908-10. Professor of Biology and Entomology, South Carolina State Agricultural College, 1910-11. Associate Professor of Entomology, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1911-15. Professor of Insect Morphology, Massachusetts Agricultural College, since 1915. B K. K $. William S. Regan, Ph. D., Assistant Professor in Entomology. Born 1885. B. Sc, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1908. Ph. D., Massachusetts Agricul- tural College, 1915. Assistant in Entomology, 1914-15. Instructor in Entomology, 1915-16. Assistant Professor in Entomology, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1916. jWatljcmaticg John E. Ostrander, A. M., C. E., Professor of Mathematics and Civil Engineering. Born 1865. B. A. and C. E., Union College, 1886. Assistant on Sewer Construction, West Troy, N. Y., 1886. Assistant on Construction, Chicago, St. Paul and Kansas City Railway, 1887. Draughtsman with Phoenix Bridge Company, 1887. M. A., Union College, 1889. Assistant in Engineering Department, New York State Canals, 1888-91. Instructor in Civil Engineering, Lehigh University, 1891-92. Engineering Contractor for Alton Bridge, summer of 1892. Pro- fessor of Civil Engineering and Mechanic Arts, University of Idaho, 1892-97. Professor of Mathematics and Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Agricultural College, since 1897. Member of Committee No. 6, International Commission on the Teaching of Mathematics, 1909-1911. K . C. Robert Duncan, B. Sc, C. E., Assistant Professor of Mathematics. Born 1884. B. Sc, Rutgers College, 1906. C. E., Rutgers College, 1914. On East River Di- vision of Pennsylvania Tunnels, 1906-08. Instructor in Mathematics and Physics, Massachu- setts Agricultural College, 1908-11. Assistant Engineer on Valuation of Boston and Maine Railroad ' s Property in New Hampshire, summer of 1910. Inspector of Bridge and Pier Con- struction, Florida East Coast Railroad ' s Extension over the Florida Keys, summer of 1911. Instructor in Mathematics, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1911. On Valuation Survey for Canadian Pacific Railway in Ontario, Canada, summer of 1912. On Topographical Survey in connection with Flood Protection Work in Ohio, summer of 1913. Chief Inspector of East River Tunnels, summer of 1915. X1 r . 32 WE 1918 Mft William L. Machmer, A. M., Assistant Professor of Mathematics. Born 1883. Graduate of Keystone State Normal School, 1911. Teacher in Fublic Schools, 1901-04. A. B., Franklin and Marshall College, 1907. Head of the Department of Mathematics, Franklin and Marshall Academy, 1907-11. A. M., Franklin and Marshall College, 1911. In- structor in Mathematics, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1911-13. Assistant Professor in Mathematics, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1913. BK. K . A S 4 . Burt A. Hazeltine, B. Sc, Assistant in Mathematics. B. Sc, Tufts College, 1913. ATA. Assistant in Mathematics, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1913—. jUtcrobtologp Charles E. Marshall, Ph. D., Director of the Graduate School and Professor of Microbiology. (See Administrative Officers.) Frans H. Hesselink van Suchtelen, Ph. D., Associate Professor of Microbiology. Born 1885. Degree Nederlandsch Gediplomeerd Landbouwkundige from the Rykslandbouw- school. Ph. D., Georgia-Augusta University at Gottingen, 1910. Private Assistant to Dr. Reitz Stuttgart. Student in Berlin under Geheimer Regierungsrath, Prof. Dr. Delbruck. Student in the University of Leipzig under Prof. Dr. F. Lohnis. Research Assistant, Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station, 1911. Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1913-15. Associate Professor of Microbiology, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1915—. Arao Itano, B. Sc, Instructor in Microbiology. Born 1888. B. Sc, Michigan Agricultural College, 1911. Assistant Chemist at the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station, 1912-13. Assistant Bacteriologist, Michigan Agricultural Ex- periment Station, 1912-13. Graduate Assistant, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1913-14. Student at Copenhagen, Denmark, 1914-15. Assistant in Microbiology, Massachusetts Agricul- tural College, 1915-16. Instructor in Microbiology, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1916 — . General Investigator at Woods Hole, 1916. Ph. D., Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1916. 33 we iaiB m Philip B. Hasbrouck, B. Sc, Professor of Physics and Registrar of the College. (See Administrative Officers.) Harold E. Robbins, B. Sc, M. A., Assistant Professor of Physics. B. Sc, Trinity, 1908. M. A., Yale University, 1910. Laboratory Assistant, Sloane Laboratory, Yale, 1910-11. Instructor in Physics and Mechanics, University of Colorado, 1911. Instructor Science Department, Hartford High School, 1912-13. Assistant Professor of Physics, Massa- chusetts Agricultural College, 1913. S E. 4 K $. Harry C. Thompson, B. Sc, Assistant in Physics. Born 1893. B. Sc, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1915. Assistant in Physics, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1915 — . Jetertnarp Science James B. Paige, B. Sc, D. V. S., Professor of Veterinary Science. B. Sc, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1882. Q. T. V. Farmer, 1882-87. V. S., Montreal Veterinary College, 1888. D. V. S., Faculty of Comparative Medicine and Veterinary Science, McGill University, 1891. Veterinary Practitioner, 1888-91. Student in Pathology and Bac- teriology, McGill University, Medical School, summer 1891. Post-Graduate Student in the Konigliche Tierarzlichen Hochschule and the Pathological Institute of Ludwig-Maximilians Universitat in Munich, 1895-96. Professor of Veterinary Science at Massachusetts Agricultural College since 1S90. K £. George E. Gage, A. M., Ph. D., Associate Professor of Animal Pathology. B. A., Clark College, Clark University, 1906. K $. M. A., Yale University, 1907. Physio- logical Chemist, Sodium Benzoate Investigation, U. S. D. A., 1908. Ph. D., Yale University, 1909. Associate Biologist, Maryland Experiment Station, 1909-10. University of Michigan, 1910. Special Student in Pathology, University of Michigan, summer of 1910. Biologist, Mary- land Experiment Station, in charge of Pathological Investigation. Assistant Professor of Animal Pathology, Department of Veterinary Science, Massachusetts Agricultural College, since 1911. 34 We 1918 Mb MPr Hoologp anb cologp Clarence E. Gordon, A. M., Ph. D., Associate Professor oj Zoology and Geology. Born 1876. B. Sc, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1901. C. S. C. Student Clark Uni- versity, summer session, 1901-03. B. Sc, Boston University, 1903. Instructor, Cushing Acad- emy, Ashburnham, Mass., 1901-04. Graduate Student in Zoology and Geology, Columbia Uni- versity, 1904-05. A. M., Columbia University, 1905. Instructor in Geology, summer session, Columbia University, 1905. University Fellow in Geology, Columbia University, 1905-06. Assistant Professor of Zoology and Geology, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1906-12. Ph. D., Columbia University, 1911. Associate Professor of Zoologv and Geologv, Massachusetts Agri- cultural College, 1915. B K. i K S . Stanley Crittenden Ball, Ph. D., Instructor in Zoology. Arms Academy, Shelburne Falls, Mass., 1905. Lumber Business, 1905-08. Ph. B., Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University, 1911. Ph. D., Yale University, 1915. Assistant Curator of Zoology, Peabody Museum, Yale University, 1915-16. Instructor in Zoology, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1916. ENTOMOLOGY BUILDING 35 WE 1318 m W$t extension g erbtce £ tatf William D. Hurd, M. Agr Director of the Extension Service and Supervisor of Short Courses Ernest D. Waid, B. Sc. Agr. Assistant Director Sumner R. Parker, B. Sc. Assistant State Leader and Extension Professor of Rural Organization George L. Farley . . Extension Professor of Agricultural Education Ezra L. Morgan, A. M. . Extension Professor of Community Planning Laura Comstock .... Extension Professor of Home Economics E. Farnam Damon, B. Sc. . Extension Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics A. D. Killian ..... Extension Instructor in Pomology Frank A. C. Smith, B. Sc. . Extension Instructor in Civic Improvement Erwin H. Forbush .... Supervisor of Correspondence Courses Ethel H. Nash . . . Extension Instructor in Agricultural Education Alfred G. Lunn, B. Sc. . Extension Instructor in Poultry Husbandry Eric N. Boland, M. Sc Extension Instructor in Charge of Boys ' arid Girls ' Pig Club Work Marie Sayles, B. Sc. . . . Extension Instructor in Home Economics Wesley H. B ' ronson, B. Sc. . Extension Instructor in Farm Demonstration William F. Turner, B. Sc. . . Extension Instructor in Animal Husbandry 30 we isib Mb rabuate gtotetante J. Stanley Cobb J. A. PURINGTON . Ernest E. Fish William L. Doran Donald White Gerald E. Perry . Ralph L. MacNeil Paul Beebe . Arthur L. Prince Stuart C. Vinal . Carrick E. Wildon Irving C. Root George B. Ray Roy C. Avery Egerton G. Hood S. G. Mutkekar . Robert P. Armstrong E. G. Wood . Lloyd L. Stewart Agronomy Agronomy Animal Husbandry Botany Botany Chemistry Chemistry Chemistry Chemistry- Entomology, Experiment Station Floriculture Landscape Gardening Microbiology Industrial Tests, Experiment Station Industrial Tests, Experiment Station Industrial Tests, Experiment Station . Pomology, Experiment Station Pomology . Poultry Husbandry College inftrmarp The present infirmary owes its inception to the disastrous epidemic of scarlet fever which made its appearance here in the winter of 1912-13. The magnitude of this situation, which neces- sitated the requisition of an emergency isolation hospital on Mount Pleasant, and which caused the death of one man and the entire disorganization of the college work for some time, seems to have focussed public attention on the need for some sort of establishment for caring for the health of the student body. Accordingly the Legislature, during the same winter, voted $15,000 for such a purpose. It was originally planned to construct a general hospital, which might be capable of handling without outside aid any such situation that could develop, but the size of the appro- priation rendered necessary a change in the plans. In consequence, the buildings were constructed with the idea of furnishing temporary isolation hospitals, and are in the nature of makeshifts until an appropriation for the proposed general hospital is secured. Construction was started in the spring of 1915, and the buildings w ere ready for use in the fall of the same year. They comprise the general ward, located in the southernmost building, which contains two ward rooms ot four beds each, two bathrooms, and quarters for nurses; and the contagious ward, in the northern building, identical in all respects save nurse ' s quarters. A kitchen is also included in both houses. The general administration of the enterprise is in the hands of Dr. Charles E. Marshall, head of the department of microbiology. The nurse in charge is Miss Florence N. Levensaler. Miss Levensaler is a graduate of the Boston City Hospital, and has had extensive experience in various parts of the country; she is excellently fitted by training and disposition for the manage- ment of such an institution . As at present administered, the avowed purpose of the infirmary is to help maintain the general good health of the student body in which it cooperates with the Physical Education De- partment, and to furnish a suitable place for medical attention duringserious illness or accident . The students are accordingly urged to go there at any time when they may feel any necessity for it, and are urged as well to consult the nurse for any advice regarding their physical well-being. The charges at the institution are moderate, a fee of $1.00 being assessed against the student for each day of occupancy. For special attention or supplies or for purely personal charges the student is also responsible. Propositions have been put forward in the Student Forum to adopt a method of general taxation to defray the infirmary expenses of individual students, and it is expected that something of this nature will be undertaken in a reasonably short time. In the meantime, the infirmary as a safety measure and as a moral asset fulfills in an efficient manner a definite need in the Aggie social order. 38 Wfyt Jfflicrotriologp puilbtng In the new microbiology building, a much needed addition to the equipment of the College was made. The building which was completed in September, 1916, at a cost of 867,500, is but one of three units which will eventually contain, in addition to the microbiological laboratories, the physics department and a lecture amphitheatre. This laboratory will permit of much more extensive work in the microbiology department, for up to this time, due to cramped quarters, no investigational work has been carried on, nor has there been room to accommodate all the student applicants. The equipment when complete will provide table space for 86 students. Special investigational laboratories will also make up part of the equipment. l ije IXural engineering puilbing The new Rural Engineering shop in the rear of Stockbridge Hall, which was constructed during the last summer vacation, is a necessary adjunct of the Department of Rural Engineering, which has been established as such in the college for only two years. The broader purpose of this department is to teach the principles of all agricultural engineering, but for the present it undertakes more specifically, work involving the care of farm machinery and the construction of farm structures. The new building will be used as a laboratory for the study of farm machines, including power machines, and will give an opportunity for practical shop work, in which the repair of those machines and carpentry will be emphasized. The work, in fact, is divided on this basis, a line being drawn between work in wood and work in metals. These courses are sophomore electives; a senior course in the designing of buildings is also offered. The establishment of this department and its prompt equipment may be said to have a peculiar significance at this time. There are a large and increasing number of men coming to Aggie from city homes, and of those who come from the farm a surprisedly large percentage are inadequately trained mechani- cally; and it is felt that machine farming in this country has reached a degree of importance that every man in an agricultural college, whatever his major, should have the opportunity to acquire some famil- iarity with its principles. The in- troduction of this building into the college plant is of local interest, to, in view of the popular clamor that the college is becoming too classical. It appears from circumstances such as these that the work of the insti- tution is tending to become more, rather than less, technical. :« WE 1318 INft Agricultural Jllajorg Despite the all-too-prevalent belief to the contrary, M. A. C. is essentially an agricultural college, for far better than fifty per cent, of the students are taking courses that will fit them for rural vocations of some kind. Many of the graduates from these courses obtain positions as farm managers or return to their own farms. Others are connected with fertilizer companies, experiment stations, or up-to-date dairies, while those so fortunate as to be blessed with the silvery tongue become instructors in agricultural high schools, academies or colleges. The M. A. C. student has his choice of five majors under the general title of agriculture — agronomy, poultry, animal husbandry, general agriculture and dairy- ing. The atmosphere of rural husbandry hangs most heavily over Stockbridge Hall, the new, splendidly equipped, $225,000 agricultural building. This is truly a fitting place for Professor Foord to teach his progenies the science of farming. From his sanctum he supervises the major in agriculture, and also the destinies of the College Farm. Here, too, is located the agronomy department with its well equipped labora- tories fitted for the study of the many different varieties of soils found in the vicinity of Amherst. In these rooms it is not uncommon to see Assistant Professor Jones demonstrating to a group of awe-stricken classmen, the mastication process of distinguishing clay from sand, or to hear Mr. Cobb glibly telling a group of future tillers of the soil the value of seed corn selection. Professor Graham has one cor- ner of the building allotted to him that he may the better tell the story of his chickens from start to finish. Much of the laboratory work in his major, however,, is carried on at the large poultry plant, where poultry husbandry in all its phases can be studied. The home of the dairy department is in the Flint Laboratory. Here can be found all the up-to-date machinery and other equipment to be had in a modern dairy. Guided by the able assistance of Professor Lockwood and his staff, dairy students become proficient in the handling of milk from the time that it is brought in from the farm until it comes out as cheese and butter, or still better — ice cream. Still other men cast their lot with Professor McNutt and his animals. He has a great variety of specimens with which to work, ranging from old worn out dairy cows to registered prize winners, from bony old farm plugs to the splendid Percheron stallion prized by all the department . Men who have chosen these majors are doubly fortunate in being able to en- joy the use of first class equipment in their work and in having the privilege of studying under men of unusual ability and rare personality. 41 WE 1918 1Mb horticultural jfflajors Professor Frank A. Waugh is the head of the Division of Horticulture, which includes four distinct majors: Floriculture, Forestry, Landscape Gardening and Pomology. Assistant Professor Charles H. Thompson is the man who last year introduced the uninitiated into the mysteries of the general subject of Horticulture, but under the new three-term plan, the Pomology Department now offers the elementary course to Freshmen. The Floriculture Department aims to train men for three different lines of work; commercial floriculture, investigation and instruction, and private garden work. This department is well equipped for its work. The north wing of French Hall is devoted entirely to Floriculture. There are, in addition, six greenhouses, a palm house, a conservatory for the culture of sub-tropical plants, a propagation house and a garden containing over five hundred varieties and species of perennials. This garden is the only one of its kind planted solely for teaching purposes. Pro- fessor Arno H. Nehrling has charge of this major. He claims that the rapid de- velopment of this type of work has created many more openings than there are competent men to fill them. The Department of Forestry is under the guidance of Professor William D. Clark. Two lines of work are recognized in the major; city forestry and the man- agement of forest land. This last is a work of growing importance in the country. There is a steady demand for trained foresters by the Federal Government, by the various State Governments, and by private concerns such as lumber, water, paper and railroad companies. Recently a large tract of land on Mt. Toby has been obtained. This will be used as a demonstration forest or field lahoratory for the training of foresters and for experimentation. Landscape gardeners are trained by Professor Waugh with Professor Arthur K. Harrison as his aid. Mathematics is a prerequisite in this major and is especially emphasized by this department. The fact is also emphasized, however, that landscape gardening is an art, not a science, and that something more than theoret- ical knowledge is necessary to one who is to be successful in it. Men majoring in Pomology work under Professor Fred A. Sears and Professor Walter W. Chenoweth. This department is located in Wilder Hall but the labora- tories are the orchards on the college land. In these orchards, the men get practical experience in spraying, pruning and renovating. A modem and thoroughly equipped cold-storage plant greatly facilitates the work of the department. Horticultural subjects are fascinating and the work, especially in the fall and spring, is of a pleasant nature, but they cannot be recommended to any one troubled with weak knees, since the taking of notes for ' two hours at a time in a standing position is not conducive to comfort. Gastronomically speaking, pomol- ogy is the only course on the campus, but every major has its advantages. 43 WE ISIS INft humanitarian Jflajorg It is in the Division of the Humanities that we find ourselves drawn from the plain prosaic atmosphere of practical farming to the realm of literature and lan- guages. Here we meet the men and women who have to cope with our struggle against culture and our aversion to polish . Miss Goessmann made a noble beginning in our cultural training during our Sophomore year. Charming our ears with most interesting stories of high society and travel abroad, interestingly woven into skilled interpretation of English au- thors, she makes her courses so attractive that, as Juniors and Seniors, we return again to absorb her view,s on The Literature of Rural Life . Neither will Dean Lewis ' dreamy rendering of poetry be soon forgotten, nor the laugh which the drooping eye called forth. His aids in teaching us the higher forms of enjoyment and education are Professor Walter E. Prince, Assistant Pro- fessor Charles Patterson, Mr. Frank P. Rand, Mr. Philip Payne and Associate Professor Robert W. Neal. The last mentioned is the college authority on short story writing, being the author of a text-book on the subject. Moreover, he is the adviser and head of the Major in Rural Journalism, the only real Major in the Humanities. On the fourth floor of Stockbridge Hall there is a veritable editors ' den, where those majoring in the subject may be seen half buried in papers and clippings and busy with pen and pencils vainly endeavoring to apply the journalistic principles of getting and suitably presenting material adapted to the non-urban reader . A few upper classmen brave the wilds of public speaking but mere prefer to journey to the foreign parts where Professor MacKimmie teaches French, but more Life than French. Indeed, most Aggie students do not feel that they are edu- cated unless they have had at least one course under him. Professor Harmount is more scientific in his method of teaching French and illustrates well the necessity of study. Perhaps Professor Ashley appeals more directly to our aesthetic sense, if we are guilty of such a thing, through his one hour a week music course. No one taking the course fails to enjoy the hour at the Faculty Club, where the victrola and piano are called into use. Professor Ashley is also head of the German De- partment with Mr. Julian as Aide-de-Camp. But we cannot forget, with Professor Sprague ' s piercing eye fixed upon us, that an interesting course in economics and sociology is carried on under his super- vision. Miss Lorian P. Jefferson supplements his work by giving several ccurses in History and Government, particularly the history of New England. It is plain, then, that the work of injecting culture and an appreciation of things aesthetic into the minds of Aggie students is in the hands of a staff of teachers whose worth and abilities are in proportion to the magnitude of the task. 45 WE 1918 m Jflajors m Hural Social Science Exactly what caused the unusual influx into Aggie Economics has not yet been discovered by the statisticians; but whether it was a natural even-class reaction from the ultra-domestic tendencies of ' 17 or whether it was the logical result of the graceful soaring of the Hash House rates, the new major has attracted probably more men from 191S than any other. There is a peculiar fitness, to speak seriously for a time, in this reflection in M. A. C. of the changing popular sentiment toward agriculture. It is as though the college were a huge barome- ter, detected in the process of rising, in accordance with progressive popular thought, from the production aspect, which has ceased to be the immediately pressing issue, to that aspect which brings the farmer more and more into social and economic relationship with his neighbor and the world. The scope of activity of a man trained in economics in the rural community is broad in this day and generation. To such votaries of Land, Labor and Capital as will offer up on the altars of those divinities a sufficient quantity of midnight oil and writer ' s cramp, they graciously promise anything from a sound and useful comprehension of the whole subject of farm relations to a lucra- tive job in the IT. S. D. A. Office of Markets, a la Read ' 14 ' . O ye shades of those wonderful spring afternoons and balmy nights spent in unholv wander- ings through the maze of cotton, corn, pigs and other unhallowed denizens of our librariette, smile benignly on our more daring brethren! Perhaps of all our majors, none links us more with the actual farming community than that which trains men and women to carry the college to the people. The significant note in the ad- ministration of the Department of Agricultural Education at present, is the proposed reconstruc- tion of courses, which aims so to change the relation to the college of the courses in method that the students preparing to teach agriculture may serve two terms as apprentice teachers under the direction of an experienced teacher of agriculture ; also to introduce courses suitable for persons preparing to take up garden supervision, home economics and canning among boys and girls ; a program of the usefulness and general commendability of which there can be little doubt. The most familiar aspect of this department from the student point of view is the well-known vista down carefully laid out rows of school gardens, flanked by sundry mysterious ropes, stakes, hoes and other warlike instruments struggling with sturdyyoungsters of indeterminate nationality ; and terminated by the broad back of Prof. Hart himself, as he helps some future farming expert with his present problem in applied agronomy. The work is interesting, because significant. To the 1918 recruits we can do no better than to commend for consideration Prexy ' s watchword: Agriculture — from the soil to the soul. For more than forty years farmers ' organizations and farmers ' clubs have constantly called attention to the importance of the social problems of farm and community life in the maintenance and further development of rural citizenship. M. A. C. was the first agricultural college in the United States to offer a course in response to this demand; it was the first to establish a department for teaching and research in social prob- lems; it was the first to undertake, through the extension department, the problem of community building. In 1905, a course of lectures, without credit, on the Rural Community was offered by President Butterfield to the Senior Class. A large number of men took the course. The next year regular elective courses were offered by the President. Professor E. K. Eyerley was ap- pointed head of the department in 1900, a position he held for five years. In 1915, Professor John Phelan was appointed head of the department. Mr. J. F. Xovitski comes to the depart- ment this year as assistant. That rural sociology is now taught in many of the leading universities, agricultural colleges, normal schools and high schools is evidence of the fact that it met a keenly felt need. Though the demand for teachers of this subject is now, and for several years to come will lie, far in excess of the supply, yet the largest service of the Rural Sociology department will be that of training capable young men and women who go from the college to the farms of Xew England to study systematically the social conditions and needs of their communities in order that they may take their part as intelligent and thoughtful citizens and bring to their communities the spirit of fellow- ship, progress, and labor for the common good for which our college stands. 47 - WE 1918 m Scientific jHajor£ If you are inclined to wander about that work of art known as the chem building, you may find in one place a calm man with pointed beard with fingers stuck in his coat pockets; in another you may hear a voice like that of a huge steer in its native Texas; and, seeking, may find a man, never stopping to take breath, but lecturing straight ahead, with one eye watching lest the unwary slumber and with the other lest a test tube boil over. Farther on you may find a sage chasing a piece of chalk all over a black wall, but never catching it; the wall looks like the result of an explosion in a tvpe foundry, with the addition of a few minor bursts like Ccoo- H Nu.FeS ,-o. And what, we asked, after making all these, observations, aside from the asphyxiation of sundry students per annum, is the end of all this paraphernalia? Ah , grinned the genius of chemistry from the battlefield on the wall, kno west thou not, young man, that some of the greatest aids to the farmer of the future will be worked out by the present victims of these noxious stenches? After the necessary circumnavigation of the pond, we inquired of the head of the Ent department for particulars concerning the subject. Quoth he: Entomology is that branch of zoology which treats of insects. All species of insects, from the smallest to the largest, are con- sidered; their anatomy, economic importance and methods of control being the principal topics studied. Just why should you, need to study their anatomy? we inquired. Well, came the reply, it might be interesting sometimes to know whether an insect was biting or stinging, if only to determine the best means of feeding them. And what good are insects? I said. Why, some of them feed upon other insects, which saves us the trouble of preparing meals for them. But come to my office to-morrow and I will procure a few students to demonstrate these points. We were satisfied. Microbiology , said the Grand Mogul, in answer to our question, sometimes called bac- teriology or mycology, is a scientific study of such minute forms as Schizosaccharomycetes. One minute , said I, I fail to comprehend the meaning of your terms. Well , he said, they should have sent around a man who knows the subject, but I shall do my best. You have heard of tetanus, poliomyeletis, spinal meningitis? Who? I queried. Pardon me. I am used to dealing with intelligent gentlemen. I subside. Minute bacteria and other microorganisms are prevalent everywhere in nature. Microbiology, which deals with them, is thereby concerned in the canning and spoiling of fruit and vegetables, molding of bread, rotting of potatoes, souring of milk, and practically all the diseases of plant, animal and man. The subject is a branch of science still in its infancy in many ways, for there are what are called invisible organisms which cause infantile paralysis, rabies and other diseases of which little is definitely known. It is a branch of pure science, but is of tremendous practical impor- tance. There is a great deal yet to discover and every discovery is a great help to mankind. Have you followed me? And now at length, we glanced back to last spring, when we overworked the microscope three times a week and pursued the modest violet, born to blush unseen, a large part of the re- mainder of said week, and took account of ourselves. It seemed as though, softened by the haze of even that small distance, we could begin to grasp the outlines of the science of Botany and their relations to agriculture and agricultural economy. So we proceeded forthwith to the quiet gentleman who presides over Clark Hall. Yes , he admitted, Your required course is designed to form a general backgroimd for the science. Now for such of you as continue with the work, there will be courses in Pathology, Morphology and Physiology with numerous scattering seminars. Of course, I need not impress upon you the economic significance He spoke truly; Already our typewriter had begun to click. We had been sufficiently bescienced for one day . 49 THE 1918 INft {Efje College Jfarm Go back with me to the day when our college was but a dream — the dream of far-sighted seers who saw down the shining vista of the years agriculture as a science and occupying an exalted place among the pro- fessions. Gradually the dream began to materialize, until, as it were, fine farms emerged from out of the mists of the valley, offering the first possibilities of realization of the vision. But what a problem they offered — Each farm was surrounded and divided by its own fences, supplied with its own roads, lanes, and Prof. Foobd buildings, all of which were nearly worthless and re- quired removal before the land could be brought into shape for being conducted under one management. The entire estate was intersected in every direction by miles of Virginia fences har- boring unsightly and unprofitable hedges of several years growth, clumps of alders and worth- less orchards of scraggy, unproductive, seedling apple trees. Much of the land had been so de- pleted by constant and improvident cultivation as to have become comparatively sterile; al- though our inheritance of desolation brought forth bountiful crops of white daisies, yellow docks and wild turnip. To this, in 1865, seventy-three more acres of land in a similar condition were added. The time for dreaming had gone and the time for action had come. So carefully and competently was this problem solved, that by 1881 we find the college year book speaking of the college farm and campus as a well-tilled, comparatively productive and wonderfully beautiful estate, without hedge, fence, ditch or gully; laid out in smooth fields; intersected by well-kept and shaded drives, paths and pleasure grounds; ornamented with trees, flowers and fountains; supplied with new and appropriate buildings . At this time the college farm itself included two hun- dred and fifty acres, one-half of which was in fine tillage and mowing land, and the remainder about equally divided into pasturage and woodland. A large model barn with drained cellar, stack and hay floors, each accessible to loaded wagons, with one wing for sheep, swine, breeding animals, steaming apparatus and windmill; and another for vehicles and tools; a large corn barn; a house for machinery, tools and farm office; a sugar house, containing grinding mill and evapora- tors; a dairy house and foreman ' s building made up the building equipment of the farm. Gradually, since that time, new land has been bought, bringing the total acreage up to six hundred, but the land has been redistributed among the various departments until the final amount settled as farm land is two hundred and thirty acres. Meanwhile the farm buildings have been changed in character, number and value. At present, they include a. horse stable near the Farm Superintendent ' s house; a model dairy barn with a large capacity square silo; a young stock barn with the open pen system for some of the young stock, one wing for the college hulls and a round silo; a piggery, a sheep shed; various types of henhouses; anil a small house for the help, principally Hie milkers. Mi:. B UVBEB 51 f ME 1318 1Kb During the same period of time, the college herd has been built up and improved by careful home breed- ing. At present it includes sixty-four cows representing four breeds — Holstein, Jersey, Guernsey and Ayrshire. The Holstein and Guernsey bulls are better animals than the Jersey and the Ayrshire, but the college will probably soon dispose of the old Ayrshire in favor of a younger bull that they have just obtained. It is to be regretted that the Jersey cannot be replaced now. But we pride ourselves on the fact that the sire of the Holstein known as Woodcrest Gordon Fayne is a half- brother to the sire of Findeine Holingen Fayne, who made 1116 pounds of fat — the world ' s cow record. Following are some noteworthy records from our barn of several individuals, showing first the number of pounds of milk produced, and second the number of pounds of butter fat. Milk Fat Holstein— Concordia Pietertje 21,921.4 lbs. 690.55 lbs. Holstein— Concord Maid 18,203.5 624.65 Holstein— Beth Blossom 2nd. 19,129.2 683.4 Jersey— Chrysalids Golden King ' s Lass 5,798.8 333.95 Jersey— Nantaska 4th. 8,748.6 469.65 Ayrshire— Chevleryin ' s Beauty 3d. 6,242.5 261.83 All these records are far in advance of the individual requirements for advance registry. From seven hundred to seven hundred and fifty quarts of mdk a day are produced on the farm. Most of this goes to the college certified milk plant — connected with the dairy barn. There it is prepared for shipment to Boston and the surplus goes to that original home of dietetics, the college dining hall. All milking is done by hand at the poetic hours of 1 A. M. and 1 P.M., in order to make train connections. All feed is carefully weighed and measured and the record of each individual cow is kept. The certified milk is the only farm product of real commercial value. But pigs is pigs so they are kept on the further edge of the fields where the proper perspective lends enchantment. There are three different breeds repre- sented and housing to suit, as the small pen, piggery and open lot or green crop systems are .all utilized. They are quite set apart, for their nearest neighbors are flocks of sheep of two different breeds who have the freedom of three comparatively large lots and a common fold at night. In the other direction, we find the poultry plant where from one day ' s end to the other the old hens cluck and gossip 1 , the young cocks strut about in their self-satisfied way, and the chickens fight regardless of civilization. The little Rhode Island Red who made a record of two hundred and seventy eggs in a year, told us confident ' ally that she didn ' t know what hens were coming to with all this fuss nowadays. She said that her ancestors had no house at night, but slept in the trees, laid only enough eggs to rear a flock of chicks, then quit. But now, one laid and laid and laid until one could lay no more. Then too, she didn ' t know whether her mother was an incu- bator, an improved incubator, a hen or a goose. Neither did she approve of the jealousy which all the different and modernized houses created among the twenty-five breeds of poultry. Pro- fessor Graham was her chief antipathy, as she couldn ' t understand why he was always haranging about types and breeds, housing, range system, feed- ing, egg and meat production, incubating, brooding, caponizing, crating, killing, shipping to Boston mar- f -i I kets and worst of all being sent to the college dining hall f H I ' ll T I r ii ' ' ' ■ tor student consumption. ' ' Leaving such petty and flighty individuals as these chickens, we go to the college stable, which af- fords a splendid specimen of horse flesh — an imported Percheron stallion whose pedigree is well worth study. Ker David is the sire of many of the younger horses on the farm, the most promising offsprings being two colts of about five months whose dams are farm draft horses. 52 THE 1318 IN w Besides these, a three year old Morgan, now being broken for horseback riding, a French Coach horse Jennie and her offspring furnish interesting material for the study of light horses. In addition, the stable is full of good draft horses ranging from 1,400 to 1,600 pounds in weight. Indeed, they are so good that it is not much of a condescension on John Green ' s part to drive with them after driving his seven passenger Mitchell. The one man who keeps personally in touch with the farm life every day in the year is Mr. Barber, the Farm Superintendent. Though apparently quiet and reticent, he knows how to get the work done. Orders come from the throne room in Stockbridge Hall where Professor Foord, as farm manager, listens to suggestions from six department heads as to the improvement of soil conditions, crop rotations, feeding, breeding, marketing and so on. From these he culls the best, making special arrangements for demonstration and experimental work to be carried on on the farm for the benefit of students taking Agriculture, Dairying, Agronomy, Animal Husbandry, Rural Engineering, and Poultry. This last arrangement is the thing which keeps the farm from being an entirely successful Dusiness proposition; for who can make money out of crops and live stock that they start simply to show the ignorant that they will not grow here or under certain adverse conditions? In spite of some adverse criticism, the college farm is an extremely successfukinstitution when we come to take into consideration the dual role it plays of financier and instructor. So, at last, we have the -dream come true — we have agriculture put on a scientific basis and taught as a profession. Before us every day lie the problems of rural life and labor. Let us make the most of our opportunities until we can visualize an ideal college farm; on which vision some future generation will found an agricultural Utopia. 53 II MSB WE 1918 im OTtlltam ft. Potofeer, 71 Mr. Bowker was of the type of men that have made this institution and other great enterprises a success. Imagine, if you will, the enthusiasm, faith and un- daunted courage that it must have taken to enable the pioneers of ' 71 to stick to a new and poorly equipped college; the discouragements and setbacks this Old Guard must have encountered. As one of these fear- less souls Mr. Bowker has endeared himself to us to such an extent that we all feel, with President Butter- field, that in his death we have lost a staunch friend and supporter. For thirty-one years he was a trustee of our college, serving well and faithfully. In this capacity he was one of President Butterfield ' s most far-sighted and keenest advisers, for he was a wide reader of stimulating literature and a shrewd judge of men. Thus he was well fitted to keep in close touch with the workings of the college, and to express his approval or disapproval of its affairs, his criticism generally proving construc- tive. By way of illustration of his enthusiastic in- terest in the welfare of M. A. C, Doctor Lindsey likes to relate the following anecdote: At one time Mr. Bowker had invited one of the professors at the Agricultural College to go out to lunch with him to talk over some matters of mutual interest. Professor X. went into his office about one o ' clock, and instead of being greeted in a cordial manner, as he had expected, Mr. Bowker began at once to upbraid him because of a certain publication which had been issued by the college which did not meet with his approval. Professor X. listened quietly and made occasional remarks until he became rather out of patience, and, rising, said to Mr. Bowker, Now, Mr. Bowker, I do not know anything about this publication, was in no way responsible for it, and I do not see why I should be so severely censored. If I remember rightly, you invited me to go to lunch with you, and I came in for that purpose. Mr. Bowker stopped suddenly, rose from his chair, smiled, and said Professor X., you are right; let ' s go to dinner . Mr. Bowker appreciated a man with courage to combat him in argument, especially one who fights in the open , to use his own expression. This phase of his character may easily be associated with his liking for strong-minded men of President Eliot ' s type, although he also loved the simple country folk, for he was by nature a friend to all. Having considered Mr. Bowker as a trustee, let us now look at him as a business man. It has been said that in all his commercial connections he was a most creditable representative of the upright business man. The vigor with which he carried himself even to the last, his erect, alert figure, frank forehead, and bright eyes in which lurked a merry twinkle, all bespoke a man to be trusted. In this respect we can pay him no greater tribute than has Frank E. Miller, who was closely associated with him in the Bowker Fertilizer Company. He was first, last, and always a man ' s man — a man with a thick shock of iron-gray hair, with clear, wide-open, kindly eyes, with broad shoulders and broader views ' , a man who knew what it was to work with his two hands and who stood squarely and solidly on his two proper feet . Last, but not least, Mr. Bowker was a farmer. He made Farmer a proud and noble title; all his business was transacted in the interest of farmers, and for a while he himself was a farmer. As a friend he was beloved by those who knew him. How fitting it seems that he should have passed away at the close of the season which he held dearest — the Christmas season of love and joy. To close this tribute it seems appropriate to recall a few lines loved and often quoted by him : Give fools their gold and knaves their power, Let Fortune ' s bubble rise and fall, Who sows a field or trains a flower, Or plants a tree, is more than all. For he who blesses man is blest, And God and man shall own his worth Who toils to leave as his bequest An added beauty to the earth. 56 THE 1318 m Herbert Jlpricfe, ' 82 A story of the rise of an individual from among the ranks of his fellows to a position of honor and power fascinates and charms the average reader. Aggie men, young and old, cannot but be inspired by the following biog- raphy of Herbert Myrick ' 82 of Springfield, a fellow student and alumnus who not only has gained individual success of the highest order but has, by unswerving devotion to the wel- fare of all, left his mark upon community and nation alike. Herbert Myrick was the son of a minister and received that inspiration and guidance that can only come from God-fearing parents. The old New England principle that a boy should be trained in the way he should go, was not waived in the case of Herbert Myrick. His mother taught him to do all kinds of housework, and under the tutelage of his father he was initiated into the mysteries of horticulture through the medium of hard labor at hoeing and weeding. One of the first green- houses in the vicinity of Castine, Maine, was owned by his father. At the early age of twelve and a half Herbert Myrick was placed in full charge of the greenhouse. In another year he accompanied his father to the West, where in four years he lived through experiences rarely crowded into a forty 3 ' ear period of most men ' s lives. His experiences ranged from herding sheep and punching cattle to ordinary farming. He helped to construct the first irrigation ditch in Colorado. Fighting Indians kept life from becoming too dull. During these four years from 1873 to 1877, he became in addition to his other activities a printer ' s devil, local editor and finally publisher. In 1877, Mr. Myrick returned home and managed his father ' s farm at Concord where he made the rocks pay. In the fall of ' 78 he entered M. A. C, his financial resources being limited to $50 which he had saved from his Western trip. It would be well for all Aggie men to compare their undergraduate activities with the strenuous schedule followed by this man. In his Freshman year, he tended the plant house furnaces, emptied slops in North College, milked cows, and worked on the farm at 8c per hour. Later, he set type in the evenings for the Amherst Transcript. At the same time he began to write for the New England Homestead, furnishing the paper with news of the college, Amherst, Leverett, Shutesbury and Hadley. In addition to this general news, he would supply every week a column article of a technical nature as well as numerous short paragraphs. For this work he received one dollar a month and a free copy of the paper. Canvassing for new subscribers for the New England Homestead began to occupy Mr. Myrick ' s attention while yet a student. When he took up this line of work there were four subscribers to the paper in four townships. Before he gradu- 57 WE 1318 INft ated from college he had increased the number to 1000, most of whom are now subscribers. While Mr. Myrick entered college with but $50, he succeeded in paying all his own expenses, contributed $700 to the support of his parental home, and at gradua- tion had $147.50 in the bank. Perhaps there was some justification in the state- ment of a classmate that Boots Myrick could make a living if placed on a rocky - island in the middle of the Pacific. An outline of Mr. Myrick ' s activities during a typical week of his Senior year serves to illustrate his wonderful store of energy and stick-to-it-iveness. On Wed- nesday he would leave Amherst for Springfield on an early train; work for the New England Homestead till 11 o ' clock at night; repeat on Thursday; work on Friday until 8 o ' clock and return to Amherst. Saturday morning was occupied by recitations. Saturday noon he would start out to canvass the nearby farmers for subscriptions to his paper, which would occupy his time till midnight. Sunday mornings, Monday and Tuesday were devoted to study and recitations. Upon graduation from M. A. C, Mr. Myrick became the Agricultural Editor of the New England Homestead as well as Agricultural Editor of Farm and Home. These magazines were both published by the Phelps Publishing Co., of which Mr. Myrick became President and Editor in 1890, and controlling owner in 1899. His present position as President and Editor of the Orange Judd Co. was assumed in 1891. In addition to his journalistic activities Mr. Myrick has been the leader in the organization of various enterprises for promoting agricultural interests, such or- ganizations as the New England and American Tobacco Growers ' Association, New England and New York Milk Producers ' Unions, American Maize Propaganda, and the League of Domestic Producers in 1901 and ' 03, bearing the stamp of his per- sonality. Mr. Myrick is a thorough student of American agricultural conditions, particu- larly those of the Northwest. He plans to visit every state at least once a year. He has an unbounded faith in America and in American ideals. He is profoundly In August 1916, Mr. Myrick Took a Swing Around the Circle Making Innumerable Speeches on the New Federal Loan System 58 THE 1918 1Mb interested in education, art, sciences, literature, history and development of natural resources and individual character. - Among his hobbies is the collection of original data about pioneer days, Indian warfare and early history in the Northwest. At present Mr. Myrick is President, Editor, Manager and Director of the Phelps Publishing Co., the Orange Judd Co., the Good Housekeeping Co., and President of the Educational Press and Patriot Publishing Companies. Mr. Myrick has been called the Father of the Rural Credits Bill signed by President Wilson on July 17th, 1916. It was in large part due to his tireless efforts that this bill became a reality. His interest in the bill prompted him to conduct a nation-wide campaign of education on the rural credits. After the signing of the bill, Mr. Myrick visited almost every state, speaking daily to large and en- thusiastic crowds in explanation of the Rural Credits Bill. In his own words, Mr. Myrick ' s success has been due in large part to his will- ingness to work and work hard . Undergraduates who would grumble at the present day burdens of the curriculum as well as alumni who have not yet arri ved may do well to look closely at the record of this son of Aggie of a former generation. It brings home the truth spoken by the sages of all times that the great difference between men, between the feeble and the powerful, the great and the insignificant, is energy and invincible determination. A. Herbert Myrick — Father of the Rural Credits Bill. Me. Myrick is Now in Possession ofthe Pen With Which President Wilson Signed the Bill 59 WE 1918 m 7 W j WE 1918 INft  intf)rop Cltetoortf) g tone, ' 82 Winthrop Ellsworth Stone, ' 82, was born in the New Hampshire hill town of Chesterfield in 1882. As an Amherst High School lad of sixteen, he responded to the call which assembled the famous class of ' 82 at M. A. C. A town boy, he escaped entanglement in many of the escapades which marked the days of the old south dormitory . Under the system of class work then in vogue he did his bit in grubbing up the stumps in the west meadows of the college farm. Mili- tary drill was his bete noir which probably accounts for his rising to no higher rank than that of high private in the entire four years, but as a scout and strategist his ability was acknowledged. Grateful tribute he always pays to the galaxy of great men who were members of the faculty at that time, Clark, Stockbridge, Chadbourne, Goodell, Goessmann and Maynard. In lieu of athletics he found healthful exercise on the home farm in Mill Valley and in the daily walk to and from college. By senior year he began to come to the front, was president of his class and chairman of the committee which planted the row of elms along the west side of the county road; and at graduation scooped all the prizes in sight, viz., the Hills botanical prize, the Grinnell Prize, and the prize for the best military essay; delivered an oration on Arctic Exploration; and at the class banquet uttered a class prophecy more sensational than accurate, in the light of subsequent events. Having a scientific bent of mind, he took employment at Houghton Farm, near Newburgh, N. Y., a kind ot private experiment station, where he was for two years scientific assistant to D. P. Penhallow (M. A. C. 1873), followed by two years ' service as assistant chemist in the Experiment Station at Amherst under Dr. Goessmann. Gradually the longing for foreign study took form and in the summer of 18S6 he set forth for Germany and for two years enjoyed, as he describes it, the pleasantest period of his life under Tollens, Meyer, Berthold and other leaders in the Uni- versity at Goettingen, whence he emerged in 1888 with his degree of Doctor of Philosophy and a position as chemist to the Experiment Station in connection with the University ot Tennessee. One year later he was called to the chair of chemistry at Purdue University, which has been the scene of his labors for the past twenty-seven years. From 1S92 to 1900 he was not only Professor of Chemistry but Vice-President of the University. In 1900, being elected to the presidency, his active career as a chemist ceased. In eleven j ' ears he had published over seventy scientific papers, mostly on the subject of carbohydrates. His researches have been widely cited and become permanent contributions to this important field. He has often expressed regret at the fate which called him from the laboratory to the duties of an executive. Purdue University under his guidance has taken first rank among the land grant colleges and technical institutions of the country for the integrity and thoroughness of its work. He has taken an active part in the Association of Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations, as member of the executive committee, chairman of various other committees and as President in 1912. He is an active member of the Indiana State Board of Education; of the governing board of the Indiana Legislative Reference Bureau; past president of the Indiana State Teachers ' Association; of the Indiana College Association; formerly a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; Fellow of the Indiana Academy of Science; Charter member of the Purdue Chapter of Sigma Xi; a writer and speaker on education. In 1907 he received the honorary degree of LL.D. in connection with the celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Michigan Agricultural College. He is a loyal son of M. A. C, maintaining a keen interest in its welfare, and a staunch sup- porter of President Butterfield. As a member of the Western Association of M. A. C. Alumni, he is a contributor to the annual prize awarded to the student making the most marked progress. Dr. Stone is a keen lover of nature and of all outdoor recreation. In recent years he has achieved a reputation in mountaineering circles for his climbs and explorations in the Canadian Rockies and Selkirks, and his publications in Alpine journals. He is an active member of the Canadian and American Alpine Clubs, of the Appalachian Mountain Club, and The Mazamas. Ill WE 1318 INft . a. C S Jftrfit 3nbian g tubent Satwaji Gundoji Mutkekar was born March 22, 1886, in Belgaum, In- dia. The first school that he attended was the London Mission Marathi School in his native city. Beginning school at the age of eight, he prove d so efficient in his studies that he received the Middle School Scholarship, which amounted to one dollar a month. He completed his course here at the age of twelve years. He next attended the Sirdars High School after working two years in a store. There he studied for seven years and passed the matricu- lation examination, after which he served in the military department. Two years were then spent at the Rajaram College, Kolhapur, where he successfully passed the previous ex- amination for college. Next he work- ed for one year and received a scholar- ship from the Prince of the State of six dollars a month, after which he joined Poona Agricultural College in Poona for the purpose of taking their four year course. This college honored him with the degree of B. Agr. For the next four years, Mr. Mut- kekar worked in the Bombay Govern- ment Agricultural Department as Superintendent of dry farming experiments under Mr. Knight, a graduate of M. A. C. and a professor in the Poona Agricultural Col- lege. Mr. Knight became convinced of Mutkekar ' s ability and requested the Bombay government to send him to America for further studies in agriculture. The government approved of the plan and granted him two years ' leave of absence and signed an allowance of ten dollars a month for his family. Mr. Mutkekar ar- rived at M. A. C. in June 1914 and worked for four months on a farm, thus getting practical experience. In October of the same year, he entered M. A. C. as a graduate student. Ever since his entrance to M. A. C, Mr. Mutkekar has supported himself by his own labor, as he has had no one on whom he could depend for financial assistance. To all those with whom he has come in contact he has shown himself an ardent worker and on the whole a man whom M. A. C. can point out with pride as one of her graduates. Mr. Mutkekar has now completed all his work for the Master of Science degree with the exception of his thesis. He has recently been awarded a fellowship in the department of Microbiology and has obtained an extension of his two years ' leave of absence in order to study for the Doctor ' s degree. 62 WE 1918 INft proofed Jfarm Jfyow t The burning of the Brooks farm house on Saturday, December 11, 1915, brought to a close the history of one of ' ' Aggie ' s most famous student lodging places. The house was a part of the old Cowles estate which formerly included land on both sides of the road and ran back to the river on the west side. The college has acquired parts of the es- tate and private parties have bought up the rest. A large part of the land on which are located the experiment station plots on the east side of the road was once part of the estate. In 1907, the farm-house and other buildings came into the hands of Dr. Brooks, Director of the Experiment Station. All the buildings except the house, which was still kept as a lodging place for Aggie ' s sons, were removed. The house was closed during the spring of 1915, but was opened in the fall of 1915, being leased to Mrs. Minnie MacLagen, who was living there at the time of the fire. Many tales are told of the life at Brooks Farm. Before the advent of steam, the stove w: s the only source of warmth in the rooms. When it was necessary to empty the ashes, the stove was carried to the w indow and its contents dumped on the lawn below. If there was no available help to move it, the desk drawers were found to be handy receptacles. The various landlords of the Farm have had a good deal to stand from the students. A story is told that Mr. Noah Pease, M. A. C. 1915, who rented Brooks Farm for sub-rental, was surprised one night when he was about to retire, to find that his cot bed had disappeared. A diligent search revealed the spring in the attic, the head and foot in the potato bin, and the minor parts all over the hosue. When the bed was assembled. Pease was unable to sleep until West- man, Stjernlof, Kilbon and Walkden had tired themselves out singing Annie Laurie . Pease ' successor was A. James Hicks, Jr. The 1918 lodgers had so little consideration for him that they were eventually denied the privileges of residing under the same roof with him. This group departing under protest were the last students to occupy the house for, soon after, during an informal, all gathered around to see the house disappear in a spectacular blaze. Some of Aggie ' s best men have spent a year or two or at least a few nights at Brooks Farm just to get a taste of the roughhouse for which it was noted. 63 THE I9IB INft jspf A ..MM :J i g 538P ■ik«Bift z« f«fi 3RJE«li ' .vl : ' ' ;j! ; - . ' ■ ' ■■ ' •■ flHl M KgjgajpBG ' .. Alumni Jfielb Late on the cool, clear, autumn afternoon of Oct. 9, 191.5, a happy crowd of informal girls and Aggie men filed out through the gates of Alumni Field after witnessing the first inter- collegiate contest on the new ground. Playing cleanly and forcefully, one of M. A. C. ' s greatest elevens had dedicated the new field with a 26-0 triumph over the hard playing Colby team. The dreams of twenty years of Aggie men had been realized. When Professor Hicks came to the college five years ago, plans were under way for a new field, and had been for years. Difficulties in procuring land, and the lack of someone to boost the project, were accountable for the continual delay. The athletic board then controlling ath- letics had no recognition from the trustees by which it might do business. In June, 1913, the trustees incorporated the Joint Committee on Inter-collegiate Athletics, and accepted plans for the control of athletics and for the construction of the field. The original plan was to change the course of Lincoln Avenue, but because this would necessitate great expense, and because the land did not belong to the college, the site was given up. Professor Hicks found that the chief objection at the different colleges was that their fields were too far from student activities to be easily accessible. With this in mind, the trustees at their meeting on June 17, 1913, set aside for the field the section of land now occupied by it. The next step was to raise funds with which to build the field. This campaign was set off by an enthusiastic mass meeting by the student body, Dec. 3, 1913, at wdiich §2,500 was pledged. A canvass of the alumni followed. April 10, 1913, the work of draining the field commenced with student labor, and was successfully completed under plans made by Professor Haskell at a cost of but $100, by reason of the fine work of the students, and despite the pessimistic warnings that the field was full of spring holes and could not be drained. In June 1914 the contract to grade the field was made with G. S. Dickinson of Amherst, and by the following September the work was completed. During the summer of 1915 the field was fenced on three sides. However, the field cannot be considered finished until the fence, the 220 yard straightaway, and the quarter- mile cinder track are completed, and until the tennis courts and the grand stand are built. Recently a section of land of seven acres on the south end of the field has been acquired in in connection with the Recreation Field plan, and blue prints for its utilization have been drawn up by Professor Hicks. These call for the moving of the quarter-mile track farther south so that it will not conflict with the baseball field, for a concrete walled hockey rink which will be filled and emptied by gates opening into the brook, for two football and two baseball fields, and for a section to be devoted to minor sports. Up to the present time $11,00 has been paid into the field, besides $200 which the Class of 1916 set aside at graduation for the purpose of planting a hedge on the north and west sides of the field, and over $2,000 which the directors of the original athletic field committee are holding and adding to by soliciting from the older classes as a fund for the building of a grand stand. Alumni Field, an investment of $12,500, has put athletics at M. A. C. on a truly collegiate basis-. It has been made possible by the unselfish giving of both labor and money by the under- graduates and alumni, and by the leadership of Professor Hicks, who believed in making a venture, and whose phrase of success is, If you have a dollar, — spend it! Alumni Field stands as a monument to his integrity, resourcefulness, and service. 64 WE ran m Alumni Coacfjes; of Jf oottmll George Beabp iHcItcan ' 15 The search for an alumnus who could carry and sustain the enviable reputation of Aggie football established by Doctor Brides was difficult because of its thoroughness but comparatively simple because of the ease with which George filled all the qualifications. A four years ' prep school experience; a brilliant collegiate football career, the details of which are still fresh in the minds of Aggie men; a close and intensive study of the game, and a sustained interest in Aggie football, made Giggie the logical choice for Head Field Coach. We are justified in having no little pride in the fact that Aggie football history has progressed to the stage where the credit of Aggie victories can be laid at the feet of Aggie men. George IB. palmer ' 16 The regrets and gloom incident to the disorganization of the wonderful team of 1915-16 by the graduation of so many of its members were greatly allayed by the news that Gawge was returning as coach. The close and hard fought victories of the season of 1915-16 were made pos- sible to a large extent by the clever directing and spec- tacular kicking of this little giant general. While Har- vard breathes easier at George ' s absence from the line-up, no one doubts his ability to pass along his skill to others who, like him, may drive Harvard backwards by the force of their punts. Ctigar 8. $ertp ' 16 In undergraduate days, insurance writers never bothered Ed. When playing football, he wasn ' t considered a good risk. Apparently constituted without fear or even caution in his make-up, Ed ' s appearance on the field always prompted the question of the irresistible body meeting the immovable object. The reason he was so rarely hurt was that seldom did he find a foe that more than once would care to challenge his right of way on the football field. As a player, Ed had the rare faculty of inspiring an exhausted team to play like supermen. The example of his great courage and gameness in games gone past and his rare ability as a linesman make him invaluable as a coach. Varolii ffl. (gore ' 13 Pep, spirit, vim, vigor, call it what you will , but Kid has it just the same. Here we have a never failing foun- tain of that enthusiasm and ceaseless energy which carries men over and through all obstacles to sure success. Ath- letes in the embryo come to the campus and learn first to respect this remorseless taskmaster and then to love this big-hearted teacher and loyal friend. No student can stay long on the campus without benefiting by contact with Kid ' s contagious personality. Fitted by nature and training for leadership in his chosen profession, Kid fills his position as freshman coach in the most efficient man- ner. Combined with his loyalty to his Alma Mater is a clear vision of Aggie as a leader in principle and in deed; a vision which he generally succeeds in placing before the eyes of all who come under his tutelage. T T 65 WE 1918 Mb rabuate tubent£ Robert P. Armstron Roy C. Avery Harold C. Bales Paul Beebe Willard G. Bemis Arthur I. Bourne Wesley H. Bronson John T. Caruthers Edward A. Chapin Raymond K. Clapp J. Stanley Cobb William L. Doran Arthur E. Etter Charles H. Fernald, Ernest E. Fish Arthur G. Fletcher Egerton G. Hood Benjamin F. Hubert Linus H. Jones Harold R. Kelly Austin D. Kilham Emmons B. Liddell 2nd. Ralph L. MacNeil Frederick G. Merkle Ezra L. Morgan Satwaji G. Mutkekar Clayton W. Nash H. A. Noyes William C. Pauley Curtis Peckham Gerald E. Perry Bennet A. Porter Arthur L. Prince James A. Purington George B. Ray Irving C. Root Paul Serex, Jr. Lloyd L. Stewart Leland H. Taylor Stuart C. Vinal Donald White Carrick E. Wildon Elwin G. Wood Allison M. Woodman J?ot CanbtbatcS for a Begrcc Walter M. Peacock W. Bradley Thompson Henry H. White M. A. C. GRADUATE CLUB 66 f ME ISIS m vu ' ldinc; Grayson belpftta Jllemuerg in tfjc Jfacultp George H. Chapman Harold M. Gore Curry S. Hicks A. Anderson Mackimmie William L. Doran i esibent jfflemberfi George D. Melican William L. Machmer George B. Palmer 3ctibe fflzmbtvsi Lewis T. Buckman David H. Buttrick James H. Day Emory E. Grayson William R. Irving Richard W. Smith Almon W. Spaulding Arthur F. Williams Adelphia is an honorary senior society whose aim is to foster and uphold the best interests of the college. In doing this it is the part of the society to work in a quiet and unobtrusive manner, not seeking honors. In fact, it endeavors to avoid publicity, believing that its best can be done in this way : but it takes active steps to advance the college in every branch of college life and work, and exerts itself against anything which it considers detrimental. Adelphia interests itself in all matters which concern the student body and often works jointly with the Senate in remedying faulty conditions and endeavoring to keep college politics clean. In considering and electing men to membership in Adelphia, the society tries to draw into its membership representative men in college who are leaders in the various branches of student activity. 68 A WE 1918 INft •■- — wzr — HKJ? K fe • i T ' ' W Han E ix 1 ' fl ■ V ■ A - M BUCKMAN 1917 CLASS PRESIDENTS Grayson Smith Spaulding Irving Mentor ( fttcersi Almon W. Spaulding . President Joseph F. Whitney . 1 ice-President John T. Dizer .... . Secretary Samuel F. Tuthill . Treasurer Edmund B. Hill .... Class Captain John M. Sauter . Sergeant-at-Anns 69 WE 1918 iro Senior Class; ingtorp |OR the last time so read all Senior histories, as each year another class write the last lines of its undergraduate page and passes on, leaving its place to a climbing brother; stepping out to meet those j who have gone before. We, the Class of 1917, have almost reached our college goal. The peak toward which we gazed as freshmen is within our grasp. A few short months and we will bury the hatchet of class rivalry, sing our class song for the last time together, smoke the pipe of peace, and, turning over the guiding reins and tradi- tions of our Alma Mater to our ' 18 brothers, step out, leaving behind us another Senior Class. We will be freshmen again, with our college work behind us, looking forward to the bigger things of life looming up on our horizons just a little farther on. Then later when success has come, when each man has done his best, we can gather round a fire in the open grate, and, taking the Index from its resting place, bring back from its yellowing pages scenes from our College days. Freshman and Sophomore years — how far away seems the activities of those early days. Rope pulls and picture scraps, ball games and night shirt parades, class sings and banquet seasons, Dean ' s lists and finals, contests of every kind; some lost, some won; all had their places in the natural order of college life. Then came the period of reconstruction. With the class watchword Stick still ringing in our ears, we came back as Juniors. Amoeba and paramoecium were things of the past ; laws of gravitation and motion had lost their fear-creating pow- ers; and the great Triumvirate had passed us on, with only here and there some wayward one returning for another seance. We were upperclassmen, ready to as- sume with new dignity the duties of our position. A new athletic field greeted us; a new agricultural building was finished for our benefit, and in due time a new Index appeared to perpetuate the records of 1917. So we moved on, till the Junior Prom held for its short time the center of the stage, topping the social life with a crown of success. Then to the Hotel Nonotuck where around the class banquet tables were cemented the final bonds of class friendships and ambitions. Class trees we planted as guardians of the entrance to the athletic field we had helped to make. Commence- ment time came;— a few parting words from 19 Hi and we were Seniors. So far the records are written; the rest is yet to come. Barely one half of the entering class of 1917 remains. Each passing term has seen more and more join the ranks of the ex men. Each one of the hundred left is but a unit of the whole , one percent of the hundred which makes up the efficiency of 1917. For the last time ,— as we began, so will we end. For the last time we write our history as a class in college and with the watchword of the year, Ambi- tion , before us, we pass on. 71 THE ISIS m Class of 1917 Babcock, Philip Rodney ........ Lynn K 2 House; Lynn English High School; 1893; Microbiology; K 2; Microbiology Club; Class Track (2). Behrend, Oswald Natick Commons Club; Natick High School; 1893; Microbiology; Commons Club; Microbiology Club; Rifle Club; Vice-President (2). Bell, Alfred Whitney, Jr Newton Highlands 53 Lincoln Avenue; Newton High School; 1896; Animal Husbandry; Mandolin Club; Class Track (1, 2, 3); Class Cross Country (2, 3); Varsity Track (3). Boles, Robert Stewart Dorchester B K House; Mechanic Arts High School; 1894; Agriculture; B K ; Class Baseball (1, 2); Class Football (2); Varsity Football (3, 4). Bonn, Wesley Copeland ........ Grafton Commons Club; Grafton High School; 1895; Agronomy; Commons Club. Booth, Alfred Campbell Hall, N. Y. 12 South College; Middletown High School; 1S92; Agriculture; K T J ; Class Football (1,2); Manager Six-Man Rope Pull (1). Boyce, Harold Prescott Haverhill 15 South College; Haverhill High School; 1893; Agricultural Education; K F £. Buckman, Lewis Taylor Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 13 South College; Harry Hillman Academy; 1896; Pomology; 6 X; Adelphia; Roister Doisters; Dramatics (1, 2, 3); Manager Class Football (2); Class President (1); Fraternity Conference (3, 4); President Fraternity Conference (4); Squib Board (2, 3, 4); Editor- in-Chief 1917 htdex; Chairman Junior Prom Committee; Senate (3,4); President Senate (4). Buttrick, David Herbert .... . Arlington S K House; Arlington High School; 1894; Poultry; 2 K; Glee Club (2); Roister Doisters; Adelphia; Captain Ckss Football (1); Varsity Football (3); Varsity Hockey (1, 2, 3); Captain Varsity Hockey (4); Sophomore-Senior Hop Committee (2); Informal Committee (3); Class Hockey (1, 2); Captain Class Hockey (2). Carruth, Glenn Howard ......•• Orange 3 North College; Orange High School; 1894; Agricultural Education; Commons Club; Stockbridge Club. Clough, Charles Henry Dedham 11 North College; Dedham High School; 1892; Agriculture; B K ; Class Track (2, 3); Stock Judging Team (4). Cross, Walter Irving Hingham 6 North College; Hingham High School; 1894; Floriculture; Florists ' and Gardeners ' Club; Six-Man Rope Pull (2). Curtin, Charles Warren Newton 10 Hallock Street; Newton High School; 1894; Entomology; A X A; Class Hockey (1, 2); Collegian Board (1, 2). Chamberlin, Frank Shirley . . ... Framingham Commons Club; Framingham High School; 1894; Entomology; Commons Club. 72 WE 1918 m Davis, Monsell Henry ....... Orange, N. J. 16 North College; Newark Academy; 1894; Agriculture. Day, James Harold ......... Hatfield A Z J House; Smith Academy; 1895; Entomology; A S 4 ; Adelphia; Varsity Football (2, 3, 4) ; Class Football (1) ; Varsity Baseball (2, 3) ; Class Basketball (2, 3) ; College Senate (4) . Dempsey, Paul Wheeler ....... Dorchester 15 North College; Newton High School; 1895; Pomology; A X A. Dickey, Harold Gammell ....... Dorchester 8 South College; Dorchester High School; 1896; Animal Husbandry; Q T V. Dillon, Thomas Stevenson ....... West Warren Aggie Inn; Springfield Technical High School; 1892; Animal Husbandry. Dizer, John Thomas ....... East Weymouth East Experiment Station; Weymouth High School; 1894; Floricul ture; Commons Club; Florists ' and Gardeners ' Club; Class Secretary (4) ; 1917 Index Board; Collegian Board (4). Duffill, Edward Stanley ...... Melrose Highlands 8 Allen Street; Wakefield High School; 1893; Floriculture; Commons Club; Landscape Club; Florists ' and Gardeners ' Club; Class Tennis (1, 2, 3). Dunham, Henry Gurney West Bridgewater 11 North College; Howard High School; 189.5; Microbiology; B K 1 ; Microbiology Club; French Club. Edwards, Francis Gill ........ Beverly $ 2 K House; Salem High School; 1893; Microbiology; t S K; Microbiology Club; Roister Doisters; Glee Club (1, 3, 4); Leader Glee Club (4); Quartet (4); Class Footbal (1, 2); Varsity Track (3); Class Captain (1). Elliot, Ralph William ........ Chartley Flint Lab.; Norton High School; 1S96; Dairying; Commons Club; Stockbridge Club; Country Life Club. Everbeck, George Charles ....... Winthrop 1 South College; Winthrop High School; 1893; Agriculture; 2 E; Class Basketball (1): Class Rifle Team (2). Fearing, Ralph Watson ....... Dorchester 3 North College; Dorchester High School; 1S94; Agriculture; Commons Club. 73 THE 1918 Wb B7 i 1 JB - a Flagg, Wayne McCrillis . . Mittineague B K House; West Springfield High School; 1894; Microbiology; BK$; Microbiology Club; Class Foot- ball (1); Class Track (3). Flint, Oliver Simeon .... Lowell 120 Pleasant Street; Lowell High School; 1891; Poultry; Class Track (1, 2); Class Cross Country (2); Captain Class Rifle Team (2); Manager Class Track Team (3); Manager Varsity Track (4). Goldstein, Maurice .... Lynn 10 North College; Lynn English High School; 1894; Mi- crobiology; Commons Club; Microbiology Club. Graham, Leland Jenkins . . Amherst Lincoln Avenue; Amherst High School; 1896; Poultry. Grayson, Emory Ellsworth . . Milford A-$ House; Milford High School; 1894; Agriculture; AS ; Senate (3, 4); Class Athletic Board (4); Var- sity Football (2, 3, 4) ; Captain Varsity Football (4) ; Class Football (1, 2); Varsity Baseball (3); Class Base- ball (1, 2); Class Hockey (1, 2); Class Basketball (1, 2, 3); Captain Class Basketball (1, 2.) Gurshin, Carl Alfred . K 2 House; 1895; Entomology; K 2; Glee Club (1, 2, 3, 4); Orchestra (3, 4). Lynn Hagelstein, Charles Henry Dorchester 14 South College; Dorchester High School; 1895; Microbiology; K T ; Microbiology Club; Country Life Club; Class Football (1, 2); Class Basketball (1, 2, 3); Class Baseball (2); Class Tennis (3); Varsity Football (4). Harlow, Frank Edward Maiden 10 North College; Maiden High School; 1894; Agriculture. Harlow, Paul Goodhue • • Maiden 2 K House; Maiden High School; 1895; Agriculture; 2 K; Class Baseball (1, 2); Varsity Baseba ll (2, 3); Captain Class Baseball )2). Henninger, Roswell Woodward Williamsport, Pa. 87 Pleasant Street; Williamsport High School; 1893; Poultry; 2 $ E; Poultry Judging Team (3); Secretary Market Poultry Show (3). Higginbotham, Harry .....•••• Taunton North College; Taunton High School; 1894; Microbiology; X; Microbiology Club; Class Football (1, 2); Class Baseball (1, 2); Class Hockey (1, 2). Hill, Edmund Baldwin Rutherford, N. J. A 2 House; Rutherford High School; 1893; Floriculture; A 2 ; Varsity Track (3); Chairman Sophomore-Senior Hop Committee (2); Junior Prom Committee (3); Informal Committee (3, 4) ; Pluto ' s Daughter (2) ; Roister Doisters. Holden, Richard Lynde . Haverhill 11 South College; Proctor Academy; 1897; Animal Husbandry; A X A; Stockbndge Club ; Manager Varsity Football (4); Varsity Track (2); Class Track (2). Holder, Ralph Clifton Farmington, N. H. 17 Kellogg Avenue; Millis High School; 1895; Chemistry; Varsity Baseball (2, 3). 74 f ME 1318 m Westport, Conn. Hubbell, Franklin Homer ...... 14 South College; Staples High School; 1896; Pomology; K F f . Irving, William Raymond ........ Taunton 13 South College; Taunton High School; 1892; Entomology; X; Adelphia; Senate (4); Informal Committee (3); Class Football (1, 2); Class Basketball (1, 2, 3); Captain Class Basketball (3) ; Class Baseball (1, 2); Manager Class Hockey (2); Class President (3). Kelsey, Edmund Dean . . . . . . . . Amherst Commons Club; Rindge Technical School; 1892; Agriculture; Commons Club; Class Rifle Team (2). ' Kelsey, Lincoln David ..... West Hartford, Conn. 90 Pleasant Street; West Hartford High School; 1894; Agriculture; B K ; Stockbridge Club; Debating Club; Country Life Club; Fraternity Conference (3, 4) ; Roister Doisters; Class Basketball (1, 2, 3); Burnham Eight (1); Flint Contest (1, 2); Class Treasurer (2); Public Speaking Council (2, 3); Varsity Debating Team (2, 3). Merrimac Stockbridge Kinsman, Alfred Oberlin, Jr. ... . Math. Building; Merrimac High School; 1893; Animal Husbandry; A X A; Club; Class Football (1,2). Everett Class Baseball (2). . Norwichtown, Conn. K 1; Stockbridge Club; Larson, Frederick Christian ..... 12 South College; Huntington School; 1893; Forestry; K T $; Latham, Paul Walker ...... 12 North College; Norwich Free Academy; 1895; Agriculture; Y. M. C. A.; Burnham Eight (2); 1917 Index Board. Lawrence, Milford Robinson ...... Falmouth K 2; Lawrence High School; 1896; Landscape; K 2; K I ; Landscape Art Club; Flor- ists ' and Gardeners ' Club; University Landscape Architects ' Society; Glee Club (2, 3, 4); Quartet (2, 3, 4); Collegian Board (1, 2, 3, 4); 1917 Index Board; Manager Varsity Hockey (4) ; Chairman Freshman Banquet Committee; Class Vice-President (3). Light, Brooks ......... Brookline 4 South College; Milton High School; 1893; Poultry; 2 I E; Six-Man Rope Pull (2). Loring, Albert Briggs ...... Nantasket Beach 16 North College; Hingham High School; 1893; Dairying; Class Track (1, 2, 3). Lydiard, Harry Crowther ...... Hartford, Conn. 2 North College; Hartford High School; 1894; Floriculture; Florists ' and Gardeners ' Club; Landscape Art Club; Glee Club (1, 2). Mack, Walter Adams . ... . . Springfield 15 South College; Springfield High School; 1895; Microbiology; K F $; Microbiology Club; Rifle Club; Catholic Club; Class Football (1, 2); Varsity Football (4); Class Basket- ball (2, 3); Class Baseball (2); Varsity Rifle Team (2). 75 WE 1918 m MacLeod, Daniel Johnston ....... Wakefield Hillside Avenue; Wakefield High School; 1896; Agriculture; Stockbridge Club. Marchant, Horace Greenough ...... Cambridge 5 North College; Milton High School; 1895; Pomology; S 4 E. Mayo, Frank Willard ........ Houlton, Me. 4 2 K House; Foxcroft Academy; 1890; Agronomy; J S K; Fraternity Conference (3, 4); Junior Prom Committee (3); Class President (1); Business Manager 1917 Index; Class Baseball (1, 2). Mayo, William Irving, Jr. ...... Framing-ham Center Experiment Station Farmhouse; Framingham High School; 1893; Agronomy; Commons Club. McNamara, Michael Joseph Stoughton Stockbridge Hall; Stoughton High School; Dairying. Merrill, Dana Otis . East Pepperell 10 North College; Pepperell High School; 1896; Agriculture; Commons Club; Y. M. C. A. Moorhouse, Newell . . . Worcester 9 South College; 1894; Agriculture; Q. TV.; Manager Varsity Basketball (4). Nash, Herman Beaman . . . Amherst 13 North College; Amherst High School; 1895; Agricul- tural Education; Commons Club; Y. M.C.A. Nelson, John Brockway . . Newburyport 15 South College; 1894; Microbiology; K F 4 ; Microbi- ology Club; Manager Class Tennis (2, 3). Noyes, Samuel Verne . . . Georgetown 11 North College; Newburyport High School; 1894; Animal Husbandry; B K ; Stockbridge Club; Stock Judging Team (4). Pierce, Harold Barnard Kansas City, Mo. 80 Pleasant Street; Manual Training High; 1894; Chemistry; B K ; Microbiology Club. Pratt, Harold Arthur Shrewsbury Plant House; Worcester English High; 1894; Floriculture; AX A; Florists ' and Gardeners ' Club; Class Cross Country (1, 2, 3); Varsity Cross Country (2); Varsity Track (2, 3); 1917 Index Board; Squib Board. Quimby, Charles Frederick ..... Cape Neddick, Me. 83 Pleasant Street; York High School; 1896; Agriculture; Class Hockey (2). Randall, Earle MacNeill Winchester 11 South College; Somerville High; 1896; Landscape; A X A; Landscape Art Club; 1917 Index Board. Richardson, Lewis Elmer ....... Rockville 11 South College; Millis High School; 1894; Animal Husbandry ; AX A; Class Rifle Team (2); Class Track (2); Class Cross Country (2, 3); Varsity Cross Country (3). Jfe .. f ::r:; ' ; -7 - ■ ' W; F° Wk fflml ffMf l 76 WE 1918 Mft Rodger, Raymond Miller ........ Everett 16 South College; Everett High School; 1892; Chemistry; B K $; Class Football (1 2V Orchestra (2, 3); Manager Class Baseball (-2); Class Track (3). Rogers, Roland Winsor . . . . ' . . . . Braintree 12 South College; Mechanics Arts High School; 1894; Landscape; K T ; Landscape Art Club; K $; Y. M. C. A. Rorstrom, Hans Alfred ........ Boston Experiment Station Farmhouse; Mechanic Arts High School; 1892; Agriculture; A X A- Stockbridge Club; Class Football (2); Class Basketball (3); Six-Man Rope Pull (2); Class Captain (3). Ross, Louis Warren ........ Arlin°ton $ 2 K House; Arlington High School; 1893; Pomology; 1 Z K; Mandolin Club (3 4V Class Football (1, 2); Class Hockey (1, 2); Captain Class Hockey (1); Varsity Hockey (1, 2, 3); Class Baseball (1, 2); Class Captain (2). Saidel, Harry Samuel ........ Worcester 2 North College; Worcester High School; 1895; Floriculture; Commons Club. Sargent, George Leonard ........ Merrimac 4 North College; Merrimac High School; 1895; Agriculture; Commons Club; Y. M. C. A. Saunders, William Putnam ....... Lawrence 20 South College; Lawrence High School; 1S93; Journalism. Sauter, John Martin ........ Turners Falls 13 North College; Turners Falls High School; 1892; Microbiology; Microbiology Club- Class Football (1, 2); Varsity Football (4). Saville, William, Jr. ........ Waban 7 South College; Newton High School; 1895; Pomology; Q.T.V.; Roister Doisters (1, 2 3V Advertising Manager (3); Collegian Board (2, 3, 4); 1917 Index Board; Sophomore-Senior Hop Committee (3); Class Tennis (3). Schaefer, Leonard Charles Holvoke Entomology Building; Somerville High School; 1893; Entomology. Schwab, Andrew Nathan Yalesville Conn. French Hall; Wallingford High School; 1895; Floriculture; Commons Club; Glee Club (1, 2); Florists ' and Gardeners ' Club; Class Track (1, 2, 3). we iaiB m Selkregg, Edwin Reimund . . North East, Pa. 10 South College; Entomology; Q. T. V.; Dramatics (3). Shumway, Paul Edward . . . Greenfield 60 Pleasant Street; Greenfield High School; Pomology; X; Class Baseball (1, 2). Sims, James Stanley .... Melrose 20 South College; Melrose High School; 1894; Chemistry; S K; Class Football (1); Orchestra (3). Smith, Herbert Dwight Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 60 Pleasant Street; Poughkeepsie High School; 1894; Entomology; Commons Club. Smith, Richard Woodworth Pittsfield 12 North College; Pittsfield High School; 1895; Landscape Gardening; K 2; Senate (3, 4); Adelphia; Landscape Art Club; Class President (2); Chairman Informal Committee (4); Collegian. Board (1, 2, 3, 4); 1917 Index Board; Ban- quet Committee (1). Spaulding, Almon Whitney ...... Newton Highlands 16 South College; Dorchester High School; 1895; Rural Journalism; B K $; Manager Class Basketball (2); Sophomore-Senior Hop Committee (2); Senate (3, 4); Adelphia; i K S ; Manager Varsity Baseball (3); President Greater Boston Club ; Class President (4) . Squires, Paul Revere ........ Belchertown A 2 House; Springfield Technical High School; 1895; Entomology; AH ; Class Basketball (1, 2, 3); Captain Class Basketball (2). Stearns, Carlton McIntyre ....... Melrose 15 Phillips Street; Melrose High School; 1895; Pomology; Commons Club; Class Track (1,2,3). Stiles, Albert Ralph ....... Arlington Heights 8 South College; Arlington High School; 1894; Chemistry; Q. T. V.; Class Hockey (1, 2); Class Rifle Team (2). Stowell, Harold Thurber ........ Amherst 193 South Pleasant Street; Amherst High School; 1894; Agriculture; Y. M. C. A.; Man- dolin Club (3, 4); Class Hockey (1, 2). Thayer, William Wallace ....... Somerville A X A House; Somerville High School; 1895; Agriculture; A X A; Fraternity Conference (3, 4); Glee Club (2, 3, 4); Class Tennis (2, 3); Class Sing Leader (2, 3). Tuthill, Samuel Fuller ....... Mattapoisett 16 South College; Fairhaven High School; 1894; Agriculture; BK ; Rifle Club; Stock- bridge Club; Glee Club (1); Class Hockey (2); Varsity Rifle Team (3). Upson, Everett Langdon ...... New Britain, Conn. 7 South College ; New Britain High School; 1893; Animal Husbandry; 2 E. Walbridge, Henry Blood ..... 7 North College; Bennington High School; 1894; Agriculture. Bennington, Vt. 78 we isis im Warner, Merrill Pomeroy ....... Sunderland 8 South College; Amherst High School; 1894; Agricu lture; Q. T.V.; Rifle Club; Musical Club (2); Dramatics (2); Collegian Board (1, 2, 3, 4). Warren, Harold Manson ........ Melrose 1 South College; Chauncy Hall School; 1893; Microbiology; Roister Doisters; Class Foot- ball (1, 2); Band (1, 2, 3, 4). Warren, James Joseph ... . . North Brookneld 3 North College; North Brookfield High School; 1892; Poultry; Commons Club; Catholic Club. Webster, Frank Cedric ........ Harvard Math. Building; Harvard High School; 1892; Animal Husbandry; A X A; French Club; Class Football (1); Six-Man Rope Pull (2). Westman, Robert Clayton ...... Roslindale 15 South College; Mechanic Arts High School; 1S96; Economics; K F 4 ; Country Life Club; Senate (3, 4); Class Baseball (1); Class Hockey (1); Varsity Baseball (3); Class Vice-President (2); Class Secretary (1); Cheer Leader (4); President Agricultural Eco- nomics Club (4). Whitcomb, Warren Draper ... .... Waltham X House; Waltham High School; 1895; Entomology; X; Class Baseball (2) ; Junior Banquet Committee. Whitney, Joseph Fradley ...... Brooklyn, N. Y. 96 Pleasant Street; Erasmus Hall High School; 1895; Landscape Gardening;; KS; Landscape ArtClub; Mandolin Club (2, 3, 4); Leader(4); 1917 Index Board; Collegian Board (3, 4); Class Cross Country (1); Class Track (1, 2, 3). Wies, Calmy .......... Maiden 31 Pleasant Street; Maiden High School; Agriculture. Wilber, Charles Raymond ........ Walpole 6 North College; Walpole High School; 1895; Floriculture; 2 1 E; Roister Doisters; Fraternity Conference (3, 4); Florists ' and Gardeners ' Club; Dramatics. Wilcox, Timothy Palmer ........ Andover A 2 i House; Punchard High School; 1S94; Animal Husbandry; A 2 $; Mandolin Club; Glee Club; Dramatics; Fraternity Conference (3, 4); Class Football (1); Class Baseball (1); Class Track (1); Sophomore-Senior Hop Committee (2). Williams, Arthur Franklin ...... Sunderland 10 South College; Amherst High School; 1S94; Pomology; Q.T.V.; Roister Doisters; Musical Club (3, 4); Adelphia; G eneral Manager Dramatics (4); Class Vice-President (3); Mandolin Club (3, 4); Junior Prom Committee (3); Business Manager Dramatics (3). Williams, Herbert Clifton . Pleasant Street; South Hadley High I ' hool; 1894; Chemistry . South Hadlev Falls Class Baseball (2). 79 f ME 1918 INft 3 r 1917 €xtt planting On the night of May 5, 1916, the juniors added their bit toward the furtherance of the established custom of planting a class tree. The ceremony differed in certain respects from that of former years, inasmuch as two trees were planted instead of one. In accordance with the general scheme of decoration of the new athletic field, these were set at either side of the proposed gateway at the north side. The ceremony was opened with a speech by President Irving, who gave a brief history of the custom and called to the attention of the ' 17 men the peculiar appropriateness of the ceremony for them, as their class, as freshmen, had seen the beginning of the athletic field as a reality. Spaulding and Buckman followed with a few remarks, after which the entire class proceeded to throw in the traditional shovelful of earth per man, the trees having been already set in their locations. The assemblage then marched to the gravel pit in the rear of the barns, where light refreshments were served and speeches and songs given by members. Among the speakers was Captain King of the baseball team, who prophesied the defeat of Amherst next day; it is a matter of history that King ' s prophetic reputation did not suffer by the test. The gathering broke up with the singing of Sons of Old Massachu- setts . The committees in charge were as follows: tree, Whitcomb, Rogers, Larson; refreshments, Buckman, R. W. Smith, Williams; ceremony, Birchard, Henderson, Westman. SO WE 1918 m 1918 Class %i tovv MJ E suppose that a class history exists, iljlj primarily, for the purpose of show- ing wherein its subject differs from gz rm the classes that have been before ffi ii and from those that shall be after. But we are not different; and we think we are not disloyal in saying it. Yes, our men have played on winning teams, our speakers have won some fame, our energy and grit have been praised by other classes; in which we have behaved essentially as would any other body of vigorous and immature youth. We have been thoughtless, we have been selfish, we have been narrow, too; but we should hardly think of those faults as con- fined to ourselves. Our only claim to great- ness, if we have one, is, like Lancelot ' s, that we know we are not great; that we have seen, perhaps, a little more clearly than have others, and, in the seeing, have been compelled to ad- mit that not only those others but we ourselves as well were not kings or queens, but pawns. We hope, then, that we have begun aright in the old Socratic wisdom which says that only he is wise who knows that he knows nothing. Nevertheless it is true that we have acquitted ourselves not discreditably in those external activities which constitute,in the popular mind, the expression of the class as such. Of our freshman football team — the less said the better; but in basketball and baseball we repaired the breach. We were hauled through the pond in the sixty-man rope pull, and lost the six-man by a narrow margin, but retaliated in part on the indoor rifle range; we failed to get our picture into the 1916 Index, but, in the fullness of time, successfully carried out our freshman ban- quet in Greenfield. In our second year, we could not resist the temptation to follow in the footsteps of former classes, and we enjoyed ourselves a week or two at the expense of 1919. We won, also, the picture contest, both rope pulls, and class football, but lost in basketball and the rifle match. Hockey went to our friends the enemy in a hard-fought game, as did baseball the following spring. After working out a thorough system of patrolling, the freshmen outwitted us after all and held a decidedly successful banquet. Meanwhile we had been amply repre- sented on varsity athletic -teams, on debating teams, on the Collegian, and in divers other machinery of college life. Of the present year we can say little as yet, except that, like our predecessors, we tend to drift apart somewhat, and that we have rendered unto the freshmen our traditional share of moral support. So then, our greatest history, let us hope, lies, as always, just ahead. May we, still setting up before us high ideals of service and of power rightly applied, seek ever for our distinctiveness not in the transitory field of what is evident in college, but rather in the permanence, of our ideals and their later helpfulness. S3 A we iais m 1918 Clastf ®ttktv Jfrcfifjman gear, ist Semester Jfrcsfjman gear, 2nb g emesiter Robert L. Boyd . Lewis W. Spaulding Richard W. Thorpe Harlan N. Worthley Herbert H. Baxter Forrest Grayson Harold E. Jones . President Vice-President Secretary Treasu rer . Captain Sergeant-at-Arms Historian Chairman Banquet Committee Member Banquet Committee Howard L. Russell Alfred Sedgwick Frank M. Babbitt Harlan N. Worthley Robert P. Holmes Forrest Grayson Harold E. Jones John J. Maginnis George J. Duncan i?opl)otncire gear, l£t g ctne£iter ikipbomore gear, 2rrt) Semester Frank M. Babbitt Sidney S. Smith . Marshall O. Lanphear Harlan N. Worthley . Stephen M. Richardson Robert P. Holmes Harold E. Jones . President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Class Captain Sergeant-at-A rms Historian Sidney S. Smith Stephen M. Richardson Nathan W. Gillette . Harlan N. Worthley Robert P. Holmes Thomas J. Gasser Harold E. Jones junior gear, I sit Cerm Roger W. Weeks . Lewis W. Spaulding Oliver G. Pratt . Harlan N. Worthley Robert L. Boyd . Stephen M. Richardson Raymond R. Willoughby . President . Vice-President . Secretary . Treasurer Sergeant-at-A rms Captain Historian 84 WE 1918 INft Class of 1918 €U?abeth Cmerp gbbtton Gentle and true, simple and kind was she With gracious speech to all and gladsome looks. Newton Centre Draper Hall Newton High School 1895; Agriculture; 1918 Index Board. Once upon a time there philosophized a philosopher to this effect: You can ' t understand a woman, so why try? But a wiser than he arose in the land, and quothed thuswise: Why indeed, thou boob? If you could she ' d cease to have any attraction for you. But this specimen of humanity combines so many opposite and equally de- sirable qualities that we ' re in no danger of succeeding. A dignified reserve toward fellows, yet an engaging friend- liness and tact; an infinite capacity for hard work, yet a very human love of a good time; an inexhaustible fund of practical good sense, but a keen appreciation of the deeper things; a virtual fountain of good cheer, even in the midst of disheartening difficulties; the sister of the class — SOME class! George Iitng babbitt Kino Mornin ' , Cy Boston A 2 4 House Williston Academy 1893; Agriculture; A 2 ; Class Baseball (2). King first began doing chores along the Great White Way. As yet, however, he has never fleeced any lambs on Wall Street. From then on his life has become a merry-go-round, like down to the fair , and just where his parental hatrack is now would make a good subject for debate. His greatest pastime is to linger somewhere between the second and third sacks and grab the elusive sphere as long as anyone will consent to knock it at him. What he ' s a-comin ' to is somethin ' good. Jfranfe Pencbtct Jgainbrtbge Frankie He can fight, but you ought to see him run Paterson, N. J. 5 South College Paterson High School 1896; Economics; Q. T. V.; Assistant Manager Roister Doisters (3); Class Track (1, 2); Varsity Track (1, 2); Varsity Cross Country (3); Manager Class Football (2). This staunch defender of the honor of old Paterson early showed his rare judgment when he forsook his native haunts and became a loyal Son of Old Massa- chusetts . Frank may well be ranked among the peppiest and gamest members of 1918. That he soon attained popularity is evidenced by his repeated invitations to certain select parties when a freshman. Frankie has proved his merit by emulating the example of John Paul Jones, outpointing Doc Cance in an argument on the silk industry, and submerging self in support of Hughes ' principles. This but shows that Frank is prac- tically indispensable on the campus and we would predict a great future for him in whatever line he may undertake. 85 WEiaisim % % Jfofiter Hcnnetf) $afeer Beany His years are young, but his experience old Fairhaven Apiary Fairhaven High School 1894; Plant Pathology; 2 4 E; Y. M. C. A. (1, 2); Class Cross Country (1); Class Track (1); Class Rifle Team (1); Class Athletic Board (2); Art Editor Squib (2,3); 1918 Index Board; 1918 Prom Committee; Student Committee 50th Anniversary. Beany — the boy artist! He can even draw his own picture. He charmed Mr. Blanchard and Doc Gordon with his zoo sketches, and is now exercising his artistic ability under Prof. Osmun in the Clark Hall. Dean Lewis succumbed to the depths of his poetry — look further in the book, if you would find a fair sample, — and could find no excuse to post him. His extraordinary hieroglyphics are sure signs of greatness, along with a great amount of ambition, and certain integrity of purpose that make him a sure winner in the race of life. ettrp 3 apmonb Jgafecr Bake ' ' beseech you all be better known to this gentleman Amherst West Street Amherst High School 1896; Microbiology; K V J . Bake is one of our Amherst representatives or am- bassadors, very true to type also. Quiet and unassuming, Raymond ekes out most of his life in peace among the fields of West Street. His tranquil demeanor, however, serves a purpose in covering up a more lively trait. For he is wont to do a little cutting up of his own at times. He is right there with the proper spirit in the pinches also, and has always been a faithful worker in time of need. (george Wenbell barton Bart Thou ' rt a scholar; let us therefore eat and drink North Sudbury 36 North Prospect Street Concord High School 1896; Agriculture; Commons Club; Class Rifle Team (1,2). During his prehistoric age, — before the fall of 1914 — Bart was in the semi-dormant stage, absolutely guar- anteed to be perfectly harmless. As polishing has dis- covered the priceless gem in the roughest stone, so college has revealed the amazing originality of Barton. With his ingenuity he uses this recently disclosed attribute. It is expected that these last two years will not prove fatal to his awakened aspirations, but that he will eventually tuck the sheep skin in his little blue bag, along with the poetry he wrote for Miss Goessman. 86 WE 1318 m - -- Jfranfe Joseph Jitnfes Red ' ' May such a man of solid worth Long choose to stay upon this earth; On ' Binxie ' we would bet our neck, But not, Lord, in Aggie Ec. Maynard B K £ House Maynard High School 1895; Rural Journalism; BK $; Interfraternity Con- ference (3); Collegian Board (2, 3); 1918 Index Board. With us unto death is this cool container of excessive trust that the future will come to him right side up without his care. His philosophy is to exercise a fair amount of ability thru a reasonable length of time, and expect the meed therefor. He came to us with a set pur- pose, and like an alarm clock, he will probably do his duty automatically when the time comes. His righteous wrath is aroused at times by too large lumps of nigger work in one week, especially in that noble perusal of how the farmer makes a living and why. William enrp Poa? Bill ' ' My heart is ' in Virginia, My heart, it is not here Covesville, Va. I 2 K House Randolph Macon Academy 1894; Pomology; £ K; Varsity Track (2); Class Cross Country (2); Class Track (2). There were very few of us who did not hate Billie while we were freshmen, and it was not until he later joined us that we found out the princely qualities of this genial descendant of the Sunny South. His friends are by no means confined to the masculine sex, for as far as memory carries us he has been a visitor at Smith on numerous occasions. His ability as a high-jumper and a hurdler will make him as great an asset to the track team during the remainder of his college course as it was to the class in the indoor me et last year. Robert ILuciutf $opb Chip May your shadow never grow less Lynn 7 North College Lynn English High School 1892; Floriculture; K r I ; Interfraternity Confer- ence; Class Football (1, 2); Band (1, 2, 3); Captain Six-Man Rope Pull (1, 2); Class President (1). Oh, see the little Cupid! Robert forsook the spiritual town of Lynn in the fall of ' 13 and entered Aggie as a seventeener, but decided to add his little mite to the ' IS pep the next year. The banquet season was his chief de- light both years, and his good right arm proved to lie a tower of strength to ' 18 on several occasions. lie has never been seen fussing, but we have Brsl hand informa- tion that he goes as often as they fall for it, and we ask, Who wouldn ' t fall for that cherubic smile? If the chief reason for his coming to college is to become broad- ened, then Chip has fulfilled his purpose. 87 THE 1918 Mb W K xum ir 3n e Walter ©riffiti) Prucc Walt Nothing great rvas ever done without enthusiasm Amherst 21 Fearing Street Springfield Technical High School 1894; Animal Husbandry; Commons Club; Stock- bridge Club. Appearances do not deceive in the ease of this studious- looking personage. From his early youth up to and in- cluding his two and a half years at M. A. C, he has per- severed in his ambition to become a scientific and original farmer, and from present indications there is every likeli- hood that he will succeed with a thoroughness seldom equalled. Walter ' s pet obsession is domestic animals; two years ago he carried off first prize in the freshman stock judging competition, and he has continued his studies in this line by selecting An. Hus. 3 in the last semester of his sophomore year. Walter rap udrjanan Buch In manners tranquillity is the supreme power Chicopee 97 Pleasant Street Chicopee High School 1893; Agricultural Education; Commons Club; Six- Man Rope Pull (1, 2); Class Track (1,2); Mandolin Club (1, 2). Buch entered Aggie with an odd class but soon realized his error and cast his lot with the ' 18 bunch. Altho noted for his prowess in various six-man rope pulls, Buch is also somewhat of a runner. This perseverance and rugged determination shown upon the track combine with a true sincerity to make Walter esteemed by all with whom he comes in contact. Whatever his chosen calling, Buch is certainly laying the foundation stones of true success. Jfrattfeltn artooob Canlctt Hungry He hath a lean and hungry look Bedford 36 North Prospect Street Concord High School 1896; Pomology; Commons Club; Class Rifle Team (1, 2); Varsity Rifle Team (1, 2). Not large — one might say wiry — of good appetite and medium looks, is our hero of the rifle range. Here, there, or somewhere else, you can never know exactly where he is. His presence is as uncertain as the ever-changeable color of the chameleon. Nevertheless, he is a sticker when it comes to rifle shooting and his persistence at this art has won for the class and himself more than one rMt . Hungry Henry, as he is often called, always stands ready behind the gun, and we pity the fellow who happens to get in his line of sight. the iaiB im Jfreb Albert Carlson Fritz The mildest manners with the bravest minds Pittsfield 84 Pleasant Street Pittsfield High School 1897; Agronomy; 2 E ; Class Track (1, 2); Varsity Track (1); Class Basketball (1, 2). Colossal uncommon sense is the natural label of our Carly. Fred is best explained thru his friends, and, since everyone is his friend, the problem is simple. Imag- ine a modern Greek athlete who prefers philosophy or geology to the hammer-throw, with a disposition like a humanized piece of Chippendale furniture, and you have Fritz . All except one factor, that being Howard. You know those theorems in Euclid about similar each to each, etc.; Carlson and Howard, the inseparable, the reciprocal — united they stand and divided they tower, assets of old ' 18. Cbomas Cbtoarb Carter Nick He ' s gentle and not fearful Andover A X A House Punchard High School 1896; Animal Husbandry; A X A; Class Football (1); Manager Class Track (2); 1918 Index Board. Nick received his prep training at Punchard High. He is a loyal alumnus, for he frequently reviews to his friends the time that Punchard almost beat Haverhill in baseball. He is also a supporter of Andover Academy, al- though not having spent any of his time within its walls. Tom ' s personal traits have made him many friends. Honesty is one of his strong points; it has been said that he is too darned honest to live long in this world. As to the girls, Tom fits; he has often been accused of stealing other fellows ' girls, but it has always appeared that it was an accident. In view of Nick ' s geniality, however, we feel disposed to pardon these irregularities. gbumner jfisffec Chamberlain Summie ' ' His ways are ways of pleasantness Holden 83 Pleasant Street Holden High School 1895; Pomology; Commons Club; Y.M.C.A. (1, 2, 3); Roister Doisters (1, 2). 1917 lost one of her worthiest men when Summie transferred his allegiance at the beginning of our sopho- more year. His outstanding qualities are perseverance, equanimity, and friendliness. He is always on hand with the goods when it comes to a class scrap, and when given a job to do one may always rest assured that it will be performed in a reliable fashion. Sumner ' s forte is botany; he succeeded in getting together, they say, a collection of over 200 excellent specimens to pass in instead of the re- quired 75 his sophomore year. 3t 30 89 WE 1918 m ogcr James Chambers Rog A good fellow! Could more be said? Dorchester North College Dorchester High School 1895: Chemistry; A 2 ; Class Football (1); Class Baseball (1. 2); Captain Class Baseball (1); Varsity Base- ball (1, 2); Assistant Manager Football (3). Rog ' ' broke into the minor leagues on October 13, 1895, and after successful seasons on the sandlots of Dorchester he started his career in Amherst by choosing plays for our memorable class football team, and in the spring he handled all the hot ones sent to the short field. In his sophomore year he made a strong bid for the varsity and was rewarded with the coveted M . Rog has lately formed a new league in Hamp ; his batting eye is perfect in this new winter league, so we may expect a new social light at the Drill Hall soon. John lbcn Chapman Cute His worth is warrant for his welcome Salem SK House Salem High School 1897; Chemistry; 2 K; Musical Clubs (1, 2, 3); Fencing Club; Roister Doisters; Class Football Manager (1); Assistant Manager Varsity Football (3); Sophomore- Senior Hop Committee (2); Senate (3); Informal Com- mittee (3); Junior Prom Committee (3); Commencement Show (2). Salem has a peculiar characteristic of blossoming into fame periodically. First it was witchcraft, then the big fire, and now behold Cute . Of these three Cute is by no means the lesser light. His grin is one of the bright spots in the Mandolin Club and his occasional stupendous frown from beneath his red and black hat is the terror of misguided freshmen. His aspirations have led him steadily up the rungs of college social life since those days of temporary chairmanship of the freshman class. oger Jframte Clapp Rog 0, thou art too mild, too mild; — I pray thee swear Salem 79 Pleasant Street Salem High School 1896; Floriculture; Commons Club; Roister Doisters; Fencing Club; Dramatics (1, 2); Assistant Manager Basketball (3); Manager Class Tennis Team (1). We suspect that it must have been Roger ' s good looks that won him the post of battalion adjutant. Good looks are not his only strong point, however; his even disposi- tion and readiness with a smile and a cheerful word are the qualities which draw people to him and cause them to value his friendship. Though well able, if he wished, to shine in society, he much prefers, in the company of one or two individuals, to tramp thru the woods armed with a botany can. His ability to carry out successfully all which he undertakes presages a brilliant career for him in Floriculture. 90 WE ISIS Mft l£ g tetoart g anbp Clarfe Stew His bark is worse than his bite Holyoke Chemistry Laboratory Holyoke High School 1895; Chemistry; Commons Club; Y. M. C. A. This great scientist in embryo spends a large part of his time in the old Chem Lab, although he hasn ' t lost his old trick of hustling around the campus trying to be in several places at once. His efforts toward chemical analysis show up well in class meetings where he is a great man for the deep dope . Stew must have met the lady of his choice, for we miss the sweater and shirt so familiar to former years. €ltopn $)agc Cotton Cot He has to study to estimate his ignorance Woburn 87 Pleasant Street Woburn High School 1895; Agriculture; 2 J E; Stockbridge Club; Class Football (1, 2); Band (2, 3); Class Track (1, 2); Dra- matics (1, 2); Class Baseball (2). This boll hails from the noted Woburn. He used to play football, but we suspect that he was too frequently down. Tradition says that he jangled a sword at his side while on duty in his high school army; he was a captain, according to the source just noted. Times have changed, however, as is further evinced by the fact that he has shaved the rough off his neck and turned student. His favorite pastime, besides availing himself of the possibilities of the ' ' open season , is sporting about immediately in rear of a capacious pipe. Slbert J oab Babte Al Mingle a little folly with your wisdom Amherst 4 Chestnut Street Springfield Technical High School 1893; Pomology; M T. Erstwhile of Clark College, now of Aggie, much to the benefit of the latter. The gentleman is the possessor of a quiet, well-poised manner, a friendly dignity, and a quick intelligence which have won him much respect from the friends lie has made since he came to us during our sophomore year. Al functions as a bright star in Aggie Ec, we have several times observed, in spite of the fact that his major is pomology. 91 we isiB m OUiigfjt £ iiaU) BaDts ' ' Dave ' ' Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw Woburn Commons Club Black River Academy, Ludlow, Vt. 1897; Pomology; Commons Club; Mandolin Club (2). Beau Brummel gathered the major portion of his early training in fussing at the Broad River Academy, in the Vermont hills. This neglect, he has studiously endeavored to repair in his first two years at Aggie by a careful planned course in informals. Dwight also pursues athletics to a moderate degree, basketball and baseball being his pet pastimes. With an entirely commendable desire to broaden himself he has added religious and semi-religious activities to his other fields of endeavor, being prominent in Bible classes and Y. M. C. A. work. William Hatoreme Uotob Bill He will give the devil his due North Amherst North Amherst Amherst High School 1894; Entomology; Catholic Club; Class Hockey (1,2). ' ' Bill never loses his smile even if an instructor threat- ens to get him. He takes his exercise in the form of tag-football and hockey, and is quite proficient in both. It is quite the usual thing to see him tearing up the old athletic field, or hockey rink, harried by a host of pursuers. Sometimes he may lose the puck or football, but never his happy grin. Bill lives in Cushman and commutes between his home town and the civilized world every day. George 3Samt6 JSutuan Dunk ' ' My life is one dem ' d horrid grind Arlington Colonial Inn Arlington High School 1894; Floriculture. After a somewhat tortuous journey Dunk arrived at Aggie in the fall of 1914. His entry was quiet and he immediately started the old grind. But he sprang into immediate prominence when he tried to snapshot two Gilmore beauties from a window across the street. He owes his super-prominence, however, to that ever-flowing demijohn behind his door. He spends his odd moments in writing to Anita, who dwells somewhere in the vast dim environs of our little world. His ability to fool the profs comes from his aptitude in wrinkling his high Scottish forehead. He expects to fool them another year, and then — oh blissful thought! — he will return to Anita and Arlington. 92 THE ISIS Mft rtf)ur $aul Burnt Art ' ' God bless the man that invented sleep ' ' Maiden 91 Pleasant. Street Maiden High School 1896; Journalism; B K ; Varsity Football (1, 2, 3). Maiden claims Dunn as one of her favorite sons, for it was there that he put football on the map, after temporarily giving up his ambition to be a policeman or a prize fighter. He is giving Aggie the best of his football knowledge, and we admire his energy and grit on the gridiron. Meanwhile, our modest Arthur dispenses that which we cannot afford to be without at the Aggie Inn. His pet hobby is of a somnolent nature, which may explain his earlier aspira- tions ; chapel and first hour classes are in consequence the bane of his existence. Babtb libet iBtourgc €be£ Don Amidst the soft variety I ' m lost Bolton 82 Pleasant Street Clinton High School 1895; Agriculture; A X A. The bearer of this polysyllabic cognomen came into this vale of tears in Bolton, Mass., where he grew up to be the type of vigorous young manhood which he now represents. He is not given to vain boasting nor to over- estimation of his mental powers, but by quiet, consistent plugging manages to demonstrate to the Profs that he de- serves a passing grade. He is also very self-possessed, a quality which even Billy ' s lightnings could not shake. But even the best of us has his Gad habits, and Don is no exception; he smokes! But it is better thus than if he had been a burglar or a bartender, so we should permit him this one baneful custom. Balpi) CJjtcb CUtss Pipe ' ' Here you may see Benedict the married man ' ' Los Angeles, Cal. Colonial Inn Newton High School 1895; Agriculture. His fame is but too small a reward for his fortitude. Being disqualified by nature for the notoriety of being born first or dying first, Ralph took the only other road to glory. Up to date his marital adventures have apparentlv not damaged his capacity for enjoying college life, as his class scrap exploits and his tumultuous residence at the Colonial Inn can testify. His favorite avocation appears to be manfully manipulating a pipe while tossing a base- ball up and down Baker Place. We presume it is in order to wish him a very happy connubial voyage. 93 THE 1318 INft MW  9 ILouis |3l)tUp Cmmerick Louie The best things come in small packages Paterson, N.J. 6 South College Paterson High School 1895; Economics; Q T V. ' ' Louie didn ' t want to be famous when he came to the campus but he was in the wrong company. There is no doubt, however, that many of the clever stunts pulled off by the Patersonian trio originated in the fertile brain of this silent little man whose heart is in inverse proportion to his size. Everyone has given up trying to stick him on any business enterprises connected with various athletic contests. Louie can be depended upon to fill his niche in the world with credit to himself and his class. (gcorgc €btoin Crtcfeston Ertck Of their own merits modest men are dumb Brockton Lincoln Avenue Brockton High School 1895; Agriculture; Commons Club. Erick , as he is commonly called, hails from the eastern part of the state. Dpwn in Brockton he has been acquiring proficiency in Boys ' and Girls ' Club work. Having efficiently supervised the school gardens for two seasons, he expects to succeed in his chosen work with Prof. Hart ' s aid. Erick has one peculiarity, — that of falling asleep whenever studies present themselves. However, he was sufficiently awake to keep off the sopho- more Dean ' s board — an unrivaled achievement. ILto Joseph Jfaneuf Spot ' ' True beauty dwells in deep retreats, ivhose veil is unremoved West Warren Birch Lawn Warren High School 1896; Chemistry. An open-mouthed, go-lucky chap is Spot from War- ren ' s seedy lap. From hay fields and farms into our midst; ambition high — a great chemist. All in all Spot is a hard working chap, and is probably now, under the new dining hall system, contemplating buying a touring car or a bungalow. 94 WE 1918 INft Beltom J vutt Jfarrar Del Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb Amherst 1 Dana Street Amherst High School 1894; Poultry; Q T V. Del is the only poultry man known who doesn ' t spend his time over the river, but, of course, there may be a reason, you know. He managed to get thru his first two 3 ' ears without changing the curriculum, though he tried hard to put across the argument that physics and aeronomy didn ' t have anything to do with poultry. Withal, however, he is most agreeable and earnest. He has ambitions, as shown by his early risings in the spring to pitch for the Sunrise League; it takes ambition to pitch that mud-laden ball, even for five innings. arolb Carter Jfellotosi Jackie Now wherefore stopp ' st thou me t Peabody Commons Club House Peabody High School 1896; Chemistry; Commons Club. This rubicund embodiment of the smile that won ' t come off is usually to be discovered up on Mt. Pleasant, illustrating the law of inertia. His face fairly radiates contentment, and he never gets angry or enters into a controversy — save perhaps a class controversy; witness the banquet season, when Jackie with his coat off and his sleeves rolled up was a spectacle to inspire terror. In his studies, however, he is far from easy-going, and plugs away like a good ' 18 man. He claims to be a confirmed misogynist (see glossary) but the bigger they are the harder they fall. Sbaline Hatofion Jfcrrts She is pretty to walk with. And witty to lull; with, And pleasant to think on, loo Ridgefield Park, N. J. Draper Hall Ridgefield Park High School 1895; Floriculture. A V Addie is another of those near New Yorkers who try to look unconcerned when the Campaign against Mos- quitoes reel is put on during Farmers ' Week. She be- lieves in a liberal education, a fact which may explain her ten weeks as a shorthorn last year, as well as her trial of 1917, before she finally decided to join a real class. It ' s a far cry from Psychology and History at Columbia to plain farming at M. A. C, but we ' ve always believed in Addie ' s good judgment and we consider her choice of an Alma Mater an excellent one, to say the least. 95 THE 1318 Wlb ' ;$J0 Itlltam Albert Jfolep Bill His life is gentle, and the elements so mixed in him that nature may stand up and say to all the world, ' This is a man ' Palmer North College Monson Academy 1897; Animal Husbandry; Stockbridge Club; Catholic Club. Another big thing done up in a small package! When the package bursts, the fire-works will begin; for Bill has the determination of a bull-dog. He simply won ' t be beaten in an argument. He likes farming very much. His choice of majors seems to be due to a wonderful little project he has in mind — namely, to go back home after graduating, and develop his father ' s dairy farm. His congenial nature and willingness on all occasions must bring him success. Hamilton UnigJjt Jfosfter Ham ' ' On either side he would dispute, confute, change hands, and still confute New Rochelle, N. Y. 4 Lessey Street New Rochelle High School 1895; Landscape; Commons Club; Debating Club; Varsity Debating Team (1, 2); Prize Debater (1). Ham ' s most prominent characteristics are a bound- less optimism, an abiding good fortune, a broad grin, and an ability, which in our experience has never deserted him, to carry on a conversation whenever and wherever circumstances might demand. In his freshman year he made the varsity debating team and was accorded one of the three gold medals. His bent is military and mathe- matical, and he himself confesses to a deep, dark intrigue to juggle the majors so as to further his own ideas of pre- paredness. ftop icnttoortij Jfotfter Duke He ' ll whip the tune from the violin Lynn A X A House Lynn English High School 1896; Microbiology; A X A; Class Rifle Team (2); Orchestra (1, 2, 3). In intimate terms the Count . No one is positive of the origin of this appellation, but possibly his high fore- head or imposing hair-comb suggest nobility. At any rate the height of his forehead must have had something to do with it; for he has elected microbiology as his major, and no one but a man of brains, with such a title to back him up, would ever have the courage thus to commit himself. But then all signs fail in dry weather . 9G WE 1918 INI JSonalb gmtttl) Jfrancts! Don Sleep, my pretty one, Sleep Athol BK House Monson Academy 1894; Pomology; BK4 . Don is the original profanity-bane and has delivered more sermons against swearing than Billy Sunday has. Don gets his ears tuned up to the delicate cooings ol the Smith maidens and when he comes back to Amherst and earth our coarse language grates terribly on his ears. Next to fussing Don enjoys Lefty ' s sentimental readings of the love poems in the Century Readings . Don proved that he is a hard worker by getting out of Doc Cance ' s Aggie Ec final. Charles alien Jfraser Baldy ' ' Some that smile have in their hearts, I fear, millions of mischief Plymouth K 2 House Plymouth High School 1893; Chemistry; K 2. Plymouth is proud of two things — the Rock and Baldy , and that is enough for any small town. He is remarkably proficient at telephoning. At the old Lanthorne, while he was still a member of those nonenti- ties, the unclassified students (a root of the genus imper- fecti), the call Fraser on the telephone was far from rare. He is also noted for his ability to sit back and smile, while others sweat over finals. Come, stretch those six foot appendages and show a little Aggie speed. We all know it is in you, for you ' ve shown it. Srtfjur Heater Jfrelltcb ' ' Fido ' ' believe they talked of me, for they laughed constantly Everett 13 Phillips Street Everett High School 1895; Chemistry; B K I . This officious looking personage has entered upon his second childhood, as is evidenced by his gray hairs and his baby linguistic endeavors. In the Everett High School he learned to wear those impressive tortoise-shell glasses and prepared to weather the storms of the now defunct triumvirate. His verbosity is very imposing; he has some line — in fact, it ' s a whole rope-pull. The fact that he loves the ladies has nothing to do with his holding a job in a poultry market during the summer. As a society man he is second only to Faneuf; he may be seen any of these days fussing around the aromatic lab. 97 WE 1918 INft Camillc Palbtotn Jfuller Camel His years are young, but his experience old Quincy Commons Club Quincy High School 1896; Microbiology; Commons Club; 1918 Index Board. The secret of Camille ' s success at Aggie has been in his inherent gentlemanliness, his good-tempered equanimity, and his perseverance. He is also possessed of something of an artistic temperament, and many of the photographs in this volume owe their existence to his sense of the ap- propriate and careful technical skill. Strange stories con- cerning the banquet scrap at Plum Trees hover about of late, for with an Aggieite of Camille ' s romantic temper- ment romance can be found even in such occupations as clearing up after a fracas. Cfjomajs Jeffergott dagger ' ' Thobs A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance Uxbridge 14 North College Uxbridge High School 1895; Agriculture; AS ; Class Baseball (1, 2); Class Basketball (1, 2); Varsity Baseball (2); Sergeant-at- Arms (2). Tom hails from the beautiful little hamlet of Ux- bridge. At an early age he developed a propensity for heaving round stones over the fence, and came to Aggie with Goo and Kenn to transform this ability into throwing baskets the whole length of the floor. Thors has a remarkable asset, his beaming smile, and he uses it to get around the umps in baseball. Between the seasons Tom studies Agriculture, as he intends to go back to the farm and make it blossom like the rose, therein follow- ing the example of his illustrious namesake. jflabcl ifflapbeto (Sifforb Giff There ' s nothing ill can dwell in such a temple West Tisbury 6 Nutting Avenue Mt. Hermon School 1895; Economics; Commons Club; Band (1, 2, 3). Giff is of the vintage of Marthas Vineyard, and ap- parently of good stock. He makes efficient grafts and cuttings, but better whistles. Though quiet, he is of the fiber of which musicians are made. Indeed, he manipu- lates the trombone ' ' to beat the band. He is the type of a man that we know will make good and we wish him the best of luck. WE 1918 INK Jlatfjan Warner (Gillette Nappy ' ' The children laugh loud as they troop to his call Revere 5 South College Revere High School 1896; Agricultural Education; QTV; Collegian Board (2, 3); 1918 Index Board; Class Secretary (2); Class Track (2); Class Basketball (1, 2). Here we have a by-product of Revere — called Nappy for short. Sometimes he studies, but his real hobby is boys ' club work. And when it comes to giving the little fellows a good time, Nathan is a Johnnie on the spot . They follow him as a dog his master. At times, however, his attention is wont to wander from his fold to the genus femina, but this is only natural. Nappy is also an ambitious fellow and likes to be in about everything except the classroom. George Itucien §oobrrtige Goody Though learned, well-bred, and though well-bred, sincere Melrose A X A House Melrose High School 1896; Animal Husbandry; A X A; Six-man Rope Pull (2). The strength of character which marks Goody belies his nickname. His strong build, erect carriage, and steadi- ness and persistence in ail his work go far toward winning him friends. But even these friends cannot fathom his extravagant desire to milk cows; for it seems as though his vacations ' labor on dairy farms would reduce it to a minimum. This same idea has led him to take Animal Husbandry, which vocation, we hope, will not draw him from New England to the ranches of the wild and woolly west . William 3(rbing £ oot U)tn Gyp What man. dare, I darel Bradford A X A House Haverhill High School 1896; Economics; AX A; Six-man Rope Pull (.1); Orchestra (1); Mandolin Club (1); Manager Class Indoor Rifle Team(l); Varsity Football (3). Since February 19, 1896, Gyp has been chiefly noted for a determination to carry thru to a successful completion whatever he undertook. His early history isn ' t well known, but upon his arrival at Aggie he became a royal member of the Brooks Farm gang, and immediately gave a good account of himself in the first picture scrap. This was followed in his next year by sterling efforts on (lie sophomore six-man rope pull team. He lias the right idea with regard to his studies also; never a grind, he has stuck with them until, as with his other activities, success has been the result. 99 we iaiB m Jfrcbertck George orbon Fussy-top ' ' Virtue is its own reward Plymouth North Pleasant Street Plymouth High School 1897; Poultry; Class Cross Country (1, 2, 3); Class Track (1, 2); Varsity Cross Country (3). Fred first saw light in Cambridge, but, not being satis- fied with that city, he tried others; however, he was forced, like the Pilgrims, to the conclusion that Plymouth was the best place. He is a quiet fellow whose chief ath- letic interest is in running. At M. A. C. he first found trouble when he tackled his namesake ' s course, wherein he found that a similarity of names does not necessarily indicate a similarity of minds. He is majoring in poultry so that he can go back to the Cape and help solve the problem of the poultry supply in Massachusetts. ifttilton Perforb grap Sam A chip off the old block. Woods Hole 13 Phillips Street Falmouth High School 1895; Poultry; 2K; Class Football (1); Class Track (D- Once a son of ' 17, Sam found it better to his liking in ' 18, and has always proved a loyal man. He has always been a star in studies, and was a critic for the best of writ- ers. His fri ends expect to see published a work of wonder by this versatile student. Sam spends his summers on the briny deep collecting specimens that tax the brains of the sophomores in the zoo lab. Sam seldom says no and is a friend well worth having. We know that he will be an efficient man whatever he does, and we wish him the best kind of luck. Jforrest rapjSon Goo As wild of thought and gay of wing as Eden ' s garden bird Milford 1 North College Milford High School 1895; Dairying; A 2 4 ; Class Football (1, 2); Cap- tain Class Football (2); Class Baseball (1, 2); Class Basketball (1, 2); Captain Class Basketball (2); Varsity Football (3). This product of the jungles of Milford is a regular guy. He is game for anything from dragging a chaperone to an informal to hooking a freight to the Dartmouth game, and is as timid and shy as a rhinoceros at bay. His worm- like form may be seen on the football field or the basket- ball floor, playing the game hard and putting the pep into his team. Moreover, he has something in his scolex, and wallops the books in the same way he hits everything else he tackles. Forrest ' s specialty is class scraps — nuf ced. 100 WE 1318 INft Jfoster lUngSlep dairies Tacks No wit like thine to make a jest Peabody 120 Pleasant Street Peabody High School 1896; Forestry; Commons Club; Mandolin Club (2, 3); 1918 Index Board. Foster was born in Salem October 11, 1896, but was reared in the Tannery Town . His well-known sobri- quet was bestowed because of his summer vacation la- bors in the wr.y of tacking leather. Foster is a member of the Mandolin Club. Turn to the picture of the Man- dolin Club and see how unconcerned he looks in a dress suit. Tacks ' major is forestry and he intends to do graduate work at Yale. F. K. may go over the moun- tains to see the timber; but it is rumored he is becoming a sure enough fusser . Jforregt §s awzbutp Stance Fat ' ' A prodigy of learning Paterson, N. J. Colonial Inn Paterson High School 1896; Landscape; X. This handsome, ever-chuckling Jersey youth has been growing fat steadily since his freshman year, in spite of his association with the other two members of the restless Paterson trio. He did not become really famous until the Great Movie War of 1916; in that dreadful conflict he soon became the hero, and although the evidence against him was merely a large feldspar boulder concealed in his pocket, he pleaded guilty, to the great surprise of Prof. Neal ' s crack reporting squad. If at any time you happen to see an up-to-the-minute Ford spinning around the campus, inspect it carefully and perhaps you may see Forrest carefully picking out the road from the ruts. We heartily recommend him to any landscape corporation who can use a live wire. alpJ) Wallace artooob Pete A man in all the world ' s new fashion planted Barre 4 2 K House Barre High School 1895; Agriculture; I 2K; Manager Class Track (1); Class Hockey (1, 2); Sophomore-Senior Hop Committee (2); Class Athletic Board (1). Pete is the proverbial maiden, handsome as any one could wish — and such a fine complexion. He is a hearty, straightforward, dependable chap who never gets excited, as was shown in the banquet scrap at Sunderland last year. Pete has confined his activities to hockey, where he put up a great game at forward in both class games. Always jovial, ever willing to do anything for a friend — he has no foes. No one ever accused him of talking too nAich, but when he does have a word to say it is worth hearing. This is but a brief summary of Pete , for we know that the future will for itself discover him a worthy friend. 101 WE 1918 INft Robert Borman atolep Bob That hath a mint of phrases in his brain Springfield I 2 K House Springfield High School 1895; Economics; EK; Fraternity Conference (3); Class Football (1); Class Basketball (1, 2); Class Athletic Board (3); Manager Varsity Baseball (3). All men have ambitions, but not all realize them — Bob , however, is one who does. When he entered the institution there was a charm in the managership of base- ball for him. He did not sit down and long for it, but went after it — the only real way to get things. He has been a mainstay of the class basketball team for two years and he put up a great game of football for the class his freshman year. He has made friends in the class rapidly, and our best wishes go out into the world with him. lin l apeg Oliis He is complete in feature and in mind Lawrence 7 Nutting Avenue Phillips Andover Academy 1892. A little present straight from Tech, and maybe we don ' t appreciate it! ! Just because our Dean is keeping him on probation doesn ' t mean that our class is. In fact, it ' s quite the opposite; we welcome him with The more, the merrier . The faculty especially ought to appreciate him, for he was so careful about breaking probation rules that he hesitated about going to Hamp to have his picture taken for our Index. $aul 3John effron Hefp Full many a flower is bom to blush unseen Sherborn Birch Lawn Sherborn High School 1S95; Agriculture; Commons Club; Catholic Club. Paul, thinking it wise to follow his brothers ' example, bravely set out from Sherborn in the fall of 1913 on his way to M. A. C. to become a freshman at what he called the one American college. Despite his earnest efforts he was obliged to leave the class of 1917 and join ' lS ' s happy throng. He is perfectly contented with the change, and is proving to be a studious, ambitious, and loyal son of Aggie. Sherborn will be none too big for him. 102 we laia m lito Clement Wiggins Elsie What ho, Aldeborontiphoscophornio Where left you Chrononhotordhologos? Amesbury 24 Beston Street Amesbury High School 1896; Journalism; Debating Club; Catholic Club; Stockbridge Club; Le Cercle Francais; Class Track (1,2); 1918 Index Board; Squib. Nirvana has no charms for this Bard of Amesbury when, seated before his lil ol ' typewriter, he pounds out frown busters for the Squib and the Index, and dreams of the day when a journalist he will be. Hig is tender- hearted, for although the girls have been unable to fox him, he has a great fondness for the chickens and for Billy . Little does he care for the sciences nor frets he much from overwork, and wherever L. C. is, divil-a-bit do clouds withstand his happy presence. Education, ' tis a pity, seems to be subduing his effervescence and ladening him with care. In spite of his joviality, in the council chambers Hig is there with a punch. Harriett Jfrankltn l iUtfeet A sweet attractive kind of grace, A full assurance given by looks Lynn 9 Phillips Street Lynn Classical High School 1896; Agriculture; 2 K. Harriett is our co-ed mystery — we find it hard to fathom her. The strangeness of new surroundings has at no time phased her — she remains quiet, observant, and calmly frank. In her brevity is the soul of wit . In- deed, she is quite democratic; for with her all men count, but none too much . (gcorge jfrebertcb holmes Gawge Were silence golden, I ' d be a millionaire Ipswich 60 North Pleasant Street Manning High School 1S96; Economics; Commons Club. A man hewn out of solid oak is George, who comes from Ipswich but without any yarn. After progressing from the newsboy and high school leader stage he enlisted in the ' IS army as a private. His industry and rugged stuff made him a general friend. His experience handling men gave him an asset for class scraps. He helps build that team. He jangles a tin sword with the rest of the officers as a result of an early love for tactics inspired by the ex- ample of Sampson, a former wife of George F. lie is very ambitious, although he had some restaurant experience, and we watch his progress with delight and hope that George will be taken for what lie is sterling. 103 WE 1318 1Mb 7 M9 Robert palmer holmes! Bob Alack, there lies more peril in thine eye Than in twenty of their swords Wakefield Aggie Inn Wakefield High School ' 1894; Floriculture; K 2; Class Football (1, 2); Var- sity Football (2, 3); Class Hockey (1, 2); Class Baseball (1,2). Woof, woof the bloody Englishman hails from Wakefield, where he acquired a most wonderful imagina- tion. Bob can keep one interested for hours at a time by relating his experiences among the snow clad mountains of Canada or in the tropical regions of Wakefield and South America. He takes part in all the college activities but basketball and fussing, which he thinks are too rough for one with a delicate constitution. Our friend expects to devote his time and energy to the study of floriculture, that is, when he is not busy waiting on customers at the Aggie Inn. Arthur Jflerchant otoarb Hunker Blessed are the innocent , for they have lots to learn Pittsfield 84 Pleasant Street Pittsfield High School 1895; Agriculture; 2 E. Art is one of the chosen few who have come to us from western Massachusetts to learn the new methods of farming. His originality and wide-open smile-that-won ' t- come-off have been tremendous factor s in gaining him his popularity about the campus. Like a brave, even if somewhat battle-scarred, veteran, he takes delight in looking back over the battlefields of math and physics. Only one question regarding his otherwise perfectly trans- parent manner of life worries us — sh-h-h! We sometimes wonder why his visits to Westfield are so frequent. Albert C toarb otoe Al have a little studied physics, but now I ' m all for music Needham Lincoln Avenue Needham High School 1S94; Agronomy; Orchestra (1, 2, 3); Mandolin Club (1,2,3). Needham was too dull for Al, so he forsook his native haunts and cast his lot with old ' 18. Al shines with the ' cello, and every year we find him one of the mainstays of our orchestra. But best of all is his sunny disposition and cheery smile, with which he greets everyone unreserv- edly. We can see a great future for A. E. , even though he chooses agronomy for his major. 104 Honalti Jfranris otoes Don ' ' Books were his passion and delight Ashfield Birch Lawn Sanderson Academy 1898; Pomology; Y. M. C. A. Our infant prodigy from Ashfield is a living exemplifica- tion of the fact that youth and brilliancy commonly go together. Don is one of the youngest members of his class, nevertheless he has succeeded in performing several notable scholastic feats; e. g., he was one of the triplets who were spared the ordeal of the sophomore, agronomy final. Also, we feel obliged to assure the reader that the specimen doesn ' t bite, notwithstanding the expression and intonation of something approaching righteous re- sentment that he habitually employs. $aul Jfigfec unnetodl Honey I awoke one morning and found myself famous Winthrop $SK House Somerville High School 1895; Economics; 2 K; Class Hockey (1,2); Class Football (1); Manager Class Basketball (1, 2); Class Athletic Board (1). Honey — of course a ladies ' man; for what fair damsel could resist the gentleman portrayed here? Gentle reader, cast your eyes upward and judge for yourself ere you turn the page. He has made friends rapidly, for you could always spend an entertaining evening tall ing to him. He has ideas on most subjects, and original ones, too, that had never occurred to you before. Honey takes part in most all branches of athletics and has worked his hardest to make ' 18 come out on top in her class con- tests. He views the world thru rose-colored glasses, is always happy, and scatters sunshine wherever he goes. ©ouglas cnbcrsson $untoon Doug The world knows nothing of her greatest nun Norwood ! ' 2 K House Norwood High School 1894; Poult ry; 2 K; Class Baseball (1); Class Track (1, 2); Class Football (1). Doug is somewhat of a large fellow but he keeps it all to himself. He is a consistent plugger at the books and consequently has always been able to take a little extra vacation at final times. He appears to some to be wrapped up in a shell, but when the shell is broken there always emerges something well worth while. Hun is a great admirer of the gentle sex, but has never showed us that he is very much interested in Smith or the femmes over the mountain. When Doug goes out into the world, he has the best wishes of the class with him. 105 WE 1918 INft alpf) Walter urlburt ' ' Walt Diligence is the mother of good fortune Ashley Falls 94 Pleasant Street Searles High School 1896; Agriculture; 2 E; Stockbridge Club; Y. M. C. A.; Class Rifle Team (1, 2); General Improvement Prize. Another representative of the House of Berkshire. Walter is a born farmer, his specific tastes leading toward dairying. He played football, baseball, and basketball in. high school, but has never followed up athletics here ex- cept to make the class rifle team. However, he is deter- mined to make the most of his opportunities, and carried away the sophomore improvement prize last June. He is a shark at math; he is not musically inclined, dances little and fusses less. Walt is a hard worker, a good student, a quiet but congenial fellow. Jtlargaret eble SUman ' ' Demure, a studious girl Schuyler Falls, N. Y. Draper Hall Tilton Seminary 1895; Agricultural Education. Just a maid, not afraid to come to an agricultural college; for she is a country lass, and knows the joys of early rising. Moreover, she is quite erudite, and thus has been attracted by the glories of ' 18 to such an extent that she left ' 17 in the second half of her sophomore year. Since her return she has been doubly quiet and studious, whence we doubt whether her presence has been duly ap- preciated. We must not overlook the fact that she comes from Connecticut, whence have also originated, as was re- marked recently, other of our great men . Srbing Meatier 3ngallg Uncle ' ' What if it looks like rain? It ' s fine now Brooklyn, N. Y. BK House Manual Training High School 1896; Chemistry; BK ; Class Cross Country (2); Class Rifle Team (1); Class Track (1); Squib Board. This boid foist saw the light of the electric light in Brooklyn. He is the minor member of that famous com- bination Ingie and his line , which line is all bull and a yard wide. Ingie showed his class spirit by finishing eighteenth in the Tech cross country run. His dry humor and everlasting arguments are the spice of our young lives, although they are not exactly pleasing to Uncle ' s major advisor Smith. 106 WE 1918 IN gfotatjam Jepsfep Abe I am not in the roll of common men Medway Birch Lawn East Boston High School 1895; Chemistry. A graduate of Boston ' s school system, Abe has been sent to us as a living incarnation of a modern Galileo. He shines with undeniable luster in math, and although he has chosen chemistry as a major, he has twice managed to elude Miss Goessman ' s English exam. His stories of M. I. T. are certainly illuminating. We trust that those who have left our fold and gone to Tech are a s profuse in their praises of their erstwhile Alma Mater as he is of his freshman year at M. I. T. Pirgcr Hats 3Fof)ngon ' ' Johnnie Self commaritt is his main elegance Dorchester 29 McClellan Street Dorchester High School 1895; Chemistry; K T ; Class Baseball (1). B. L. has as many different kinks in his character ' as there are inches in his lofty stature. His talents range all the way from baseball to machinery and mathematics; once his brow begins to furrow like a plowed held and his tawny hair to bristle, he has never been stopped by any physics problem up to date. Of all his studies, however, he has least preferred animal husbandry and agronomy. Although his temperament is capable of varying on occa- sion from slight dejection to almost desperate hilarity, for the most part he displays an equanimity that makes him one of the sanest of friends. Carl Jfranctfi Hetmebp ClUTo The fellow picks up wit as pigeons peas Milford 8 North College Milford High School 1894; Economics; AS ; Catholic Club; Class Base- ball (1, 2). When Carl first made his appearance here with the class of 1918, he was voted the best looking man in liis class by the coeds of that time. Since then he has added knowledge to looks ; though he seems unable to resist the tempta- tion to kid informalites . His clog dances, which arc the amazement and terror of North Dorm, by reason of the attendant racket, are easily pardonable, as his genial nature makes friends for him wherever he goes. We expect nothing less of him than a promising community leader. 107 WE 1918 m Jflarsfjall 0lir llanpftear White ' ' This man for genius, wit, and lore, Among the first ivas numbered Windsor, Conn. K 2 House Hartford High School 1894; Agriculture; K2; Stoekbridge Club; Collegia?! Board (1, 2, 3); 1918 Index Board; Junior Brom Commit- tee; Class Secretary (2). Two years and a half is all too little in which to get acquainted with this delightful composite; so that we are quite undecided as yet whether he is more of a lady than a rough-houser, more of a social light in temporary abey- ance than a master of satire, or whether perhaps he may not be more of an all-round good fellow than any of these. Whitey ' s forte is writing, whence his present job as managing editor of the Collegian as well as that requiring him to grind out sundry reams of copy to fill these columns against the day of need. ILetaig l cnxv Uatorcnce Dick A lad of mettle — a good boy Falmouth 79 Bleasant Street Lawrence High School 1896; Floriculture; Commons Club. This long, lean specimen was born on March 10, 1896, in Falmouth, Massachusetts. He safely passed thru High School and arrived at Aggie with us to take up his favorite study, mathematics, which, however, seems to give him considerable bother. Botany, though, is his strong point, and his herbarium was one of the very finest. To talk with him is to know what part of the world he comes from, as one of his chief objects in life seems to be to convince people that Cape Cod is a darned fine place to live in. alpi) Milfaer Hatoton General ' ' Tis better to be brief than tedious Fall River 17 Fearing Street Fall River High School 1896; Floriculture; Commons Club. Yes, this modest, silent, but nevertheless determined aspirant for the post of military advisor to Fresident Wil- son is from Fall River, but don ' t let that prejudice you. His mask of thoughtful expression conceals a capacity for making himself useful, as some of the ' 19 men who occupied the Flint Lab during the banquet season could testify. He has an appreciation for a good joke, though he can ' t seem to spring one himself. We almost forgot to say that at the beach last summer Jawn proved that he has the makings of a hero. For more information see the files of the Fall River News. 108 f ME 1918 INft a alpf) gbtanlep Heonarb Stan Belter be small and shine than be great and cast a shadow Melrose 120 Pleasant Street Melrose High School 1896; Pomology. M. I. T. became too small to hold this youth, hence he sought a bigger place; bringing up at M. A. C. as a sophisticated junior. Of course we don ' t know him real well, but from a brief acquaintance, we think he will settle down to be a loyal Aggieite . Then too, his aspirations toward the cross country team point out an active career for him. Bartotn Solomon ILcbine Darby ' ' His worth is warrant for his welcome here Sherborn 11} Amity Street Sarvin Academy 1897; Forestry. Darwin comes to us from the Sherborn High School. While there he played football, but, finding it too strenu- ous, he has taken up fussing instead, and now qualifies as an expert therein. He is a man of studious habits, and his interpretations of Browning quickly made for him a way into Dean Lewis ' heart. He is also somewhat of a poet, having written a collection of poems which Miss Goessman has edited and which he expects to print in the near future. JBabib ifflanjeto UtpsfjtreS Dave The business of this man looks out of Kim Roxbury Flint Lab. Somerville High School 1896; Economics; Commons Club; Debating Club (1, 2, 3); Greater-Boston Club; Manager Musical Clubs (3); Sec.-Treas. Greater-Boston Club; Roister Doisters (1); Class Football (1); Class Basketball (2); Class Debating Team (1); Varsity Debating Team (1, 2); 1918 Index Board; Squib Board; Public Speaking Council; Student committee on 50th anniversary. Forsooth! You behold before you the most energetic little Christmas present ever displayed before bewildered and admiring relatives. However, Aggie thinks well of him, which is recommendation enough. Dave is an active partner in several well-known business enterprises, among which is the Squib. He became a varsity debater his freshman year, and was picked as one of the three best in college. That he has an analytical mind is shown by his choice of Agricultural Economics as a major. His quick wit and energetic qualities have endeared him both to 1918 and the whole student body. f%= i fi 101) WE 1318 Mb e- 9« Militant Rupert Hortng Bill He was a man all in all I shall not look upon his like again Great Barrington Physics Lab. Searles High School 1893; Agricultural Education; 2 J E; Stockbridge Club; 1918 Index Board; Burnham Eight (1, 2); Six-man Rope Pull (2); Class Debating Team (2). Here he is, the rustic son of agriculture from the Berk- shires. We have modified Bill ' s idea of life somewhat, but there are two things about him we have not changed — his comely gait and his ethical idea of the gentler sex. Bill ' s biggest flaw is his lack of one. This may be the reason why he always sees them in others. But he is bound to succeed, if from nothing more than his name — consider Bill Shakespeare, Bill Bryan, Buffalo Bill, and, last but not least, Billv Sunday. Iloute Jlartttt ILponi Louie Doesn ' t talk much; just does things 1 ' Norwell East Experiment Station Norwell High School 1897; Agricultural Education; A X A; Varsity Track (1, 2); Class Track (1, 2); Varsity Cross Country (1, 2); Class Cross Country (1, 2); Captain Class Track (2). You could never accuse Louie of being noisy, in fact, he is so quiet that you would never know he was near. Quietness in him is a virtue rather than a fault, and saves time for him by avoiding useless words with strangers. Achievement is his motto, and success seems to have at- tended him so far, his splendid track work being a fair example. 3oi)n Sfosicpi) iHaginnis Mac The mills of Lawrence grind slowly but surely Lawrence A S J House Lawrence High School 1895; Economics; AS ; Varsity Baseball (1, 2); Class Baseball (1,2). The pride of Lawrence has been known to astonish many denizens of the Aggie campus with his sure aim, both with repartee, paper wads, and the horsehide pellet. His excellent showing as varsity second baseman the spring of his freshman year qualified him admirably for his duties as captain of the sophomore zoo lab sharpshoot- ers. Occasionally he lias been known to indulge in study- ing as a side line. Mac intends to pursue money and sundry species of -optera with an entomologist ' s net after being graduated. 110 WE 1918 IN6 grtfjur ££ itmej Jflallorep Sid Young in limbs, old in judgment Lynn 15 Hallock Street Lynn English High School 1894; Agriculture. Still waters run deep, and Sid , though not by any means self-assertive, is noted for perseverance. Outside of studying, which occupies most of his time, his chief oc- cupation is planning poultry houses for Professor Graham. During the summer, his chief duties are caring for chickens (literally speaking) and a cow or two in the New Hampshire hills. Contrary to appearances, he says one of his chief difficulties is keeping away from the girls. He expects to put in his spare time lecturing to farmers, having success- fully passed thru the ordeal of Agronomy 1. Jfflax H feitimore jUarsfjaU Max Though learned, well-bred and though well-bred, sincere Amherst 44 Sunset Avenue Amherst High School 1897; Microbiology; K £. Max Hiker Marshall is the Weston of M. A. C. That his quiet demeanor on the campus is no criterion to judge him by is evidenced by the stentorian tones used in drilling freshmen and his general Johnny-on-the-spot attitude when there is anything doin ' . Only a man of courageous heart and a desire for unusual and exciting ex- periences would have undertaken to walk from Amherst to Michigan, but Max accomplished this and contemplates even more ambitious stunts . Ultlliam tytmp jfWcHcc Bill Thai man thai hath a tongue, I say, is no man, If with his tongue he cannot win u woman. Chelsea College SI on ' Chelsea High School 1895; Economics; X; Varsity Football (2); Class Football (1,2). We are mighty glad that Bill escaped the big Chelsea conflagration. This old Scotchman is the fire under the boiler of the College Store enterprise and keeps the steam at high pressure all the time. Bill ' s middle name is business and success is his slogan. lie gets wlij ' .t he goes after whether it ' s fooling the Big Three or dabbling in the game of love. For inspiration, those who desire to gather unto themselves the coin of the realm are advised to ask Bill to tell how he got his first million by repre- senting the aluminum trust. O r in THE ISIS m marten enrp JWcJ aught Fat In arguing, too, the Parson own ' d his skill, For e ' en- though vanquished, he could argue still Plymouth Colonial Inn Plymouth High School 1894; Chemistry; Dramatics (2). Fat first came into prominence as a member of ' 18 in the old Lanthorne. After once hearing his hyena-like yelling one would always recognize the approach of War- ren. During the. sophomore year ,he was the light of Billy ' s physics class and conducted a little session of his own to aid some of Billv ' s goats. Since coming to col- lege, besides his accomplishments as a student, he has be- come a habitual user of the vile weed, and will even speak to a girl that he knows. He has gained a reputation of being one of the most generous in the class. Herbert anfetn iHc ae Dusty The flower of sweetest smell is shy and lowly Maiden 4 Nutting Avenue Maiden High School 1893; Animal Husbandry; Commons Club; Band (1, 2, 3). Mac is another of the men who realized the value of belonging to ' 18, leaving the ranks of ' 17 in his sophomore year. Although he is very quiet most of the time, he manages to liven things up occasionally wi ' a wee nippie o ' dry Scotch — what ' s that? No, no, you ' re all wrong; wit, mon, wit, we were about to say; that ' s different. But at that, you might think so if you heard some of the noise he made that alto horn in the band responsible for last year. Mac hopes to have a farm, probably in Maiden, and raise live stock of as good quality as Sophie XIX. lixenneth Herop Ken ' [eSSenger A moral, sensible, and well-bred man Winsted, Conn. K £ House Gilbert School 1892; Landscape; K 2; Senate (3); Fraternity Con- ference (3); Business Manager 1918 Index; Glee Club (1, 2, 3); Assistant Manager Musical Clubs (3); Sopho- more-Senior Hop Committee (2). The reason why Ken is hailed by all as a worthy friend is that he is quiet, modest, unassuming, and whole- heartedly optimistic. What could the Dean ' s office do without him? And how would a Kennethless Index Board solve its financial problems? Those who have entered the portals of his thoughts have found a serious and fair- minded attitude towards all important matters. A man destined to do big things, and universally welcomed into the work of the day and social world because of his re- markable adaptability. 112 WE 1918 arolb 2§albtotn JilillartJ Milord Exceedingly well read Great Barrington Veterinary Lab. Searles High School 1891; Rural Sociology. Harold has always been a hard-working, conscientious fellow, and a good Berkshirite withal. Among his ac- complishments, besides a talent for versifying, are his love for books, music, dancing, and girls. He plays a banjo quite well. He never blossomed forth as an athlete, though he pretends tobe a runner; he has a love for baseball, though he has never played it here. H. B. has spent his summers in Amherst since coming to college. Seekonk, a suburb of Great Barrington, is his birthplace. Best of all, he is a good and true friend to those with whom he makes friends. 3fobn $acon iHtnor, f r. Jacky For thy sake, tobacco, I would do anything but die Plainville, Conn. K 2 House Cheshire School 1896; Chemistry; K 2; Class Football (1); Class Rifle Team (1, 2). Jack ' s greatest scholastic ambition is to follow in his Dad ' s footsteps. Although he won ' t make I K $ , he seems to be getting out of most of his finals. His most notable habit seems to be rising at one minute of eight, visiting the Aggie Inn, smoking a cigarette, and then wandering into class in his usual state of preparedness. But he knows how to work it. Although he isn ' t very large outwardly, his friends have found something large beating regularly beneath his calm exterior. Use your cuts while you have a chance is Jack ' s motto. Cbtoarb J afjum jfflitcbcll Mitch Endurance is the crowning quality Medford 2 K House Medford High School 1895; Agronomy; I 2 K; Class Cross Country (1, ' J. 3); Class Track (1, 2); Varsity Track (1); Collegian Board (2, 3); 1918 Index Board. For versatility commend us to the protracted gentleman from Medford. He was equipped by nature with a re- markably efficient running apparatus, which he has main- tained and developed with very gratifying results — witness his cross-country and board track records. In addition, he has won for himself a place on the Collegian Board and Hie Index Board; has attained third place in the Burnham Fight his freshman year; and has taken sufficient interest in things military to start him on the road lo promotion with a sergeant ' s duties his sophomore year. 113 WE 1918 m ! , - Oi l9 Cljeobore J@crttsi jfllitcljeU Ted Outstrips his compeers in each liberal science Needham 15 North College Boston Y. M. C. A. Evening Prep. School 1S90; Entomology; A X A; Orchestra (1, 2, 3); Band (1, 2, 3); 1918 Index Board. Here we have the other Mitch , sometimes called T. B. just to differentiate. He has acquired a reputa- tion for blowing (his cornet, of course) and by some this is not held against him. Like other celebrities, he has his weak points, one of the most pronounced of which is his liking for gut courses, such as agronomy, physics, and zoo, not to mention geology. It must have been very humiliating for Ted when he was obliged to take half of the sophomore English final, having successfully escaped all the rest. Carlos ®aft iHlotocr Carl A foot more light, a step more true Ne ' er from the counter dashed the slew Montpelier, Vt. K 2 House Montpelier High School 1894; Agronomy; K 2; Glee Club (1, 2, 3). This smooth chap hails from the metropolis of Vermont, Montpelier, and you have only to mention that state to find it out. His freshman year he was induced to go over the mountain one night, but since that time he has left the fair sex entirely alone. Occasionally Dear rises to nights of eloquence entirely unsuspected by one who is used only to seeing his benign countenance. He expects, in the future, to fill the position left vacant by our former friend, Sid Haskell. Patrick 3Tosicpi) ifflojmifjan Pat I love tranquil solitude and such society as is quiet, wise, and good Holyoke AS House Holyoke High School 1895; Agricultural Education; AS ; Class Football (2); Varsity Football (3). We owe the accumulation of Patsy en route to his discontent with the Catholic University at Washington, D. C, or perhaps to a natural desire to be near his home in Holyoke (or was it Mt. Holyoke he wanted the society of?) At any rate Aggie is richer by a corking good football man by reason of the deal. We fear it was a bit unhospitable in the Triumvirate to meet him with the traditional wel- come (?), but Pat managed to weather thru in fair shape. P. J. spends his summers extracting kale from the city ' s coffers, and Dame Rumor hath it that there is a little Elmwood girl who helps him enjoy it. 114 WE 1918 INft (gaplorb grtijur i etoton Newt He ' s gentle and not fearful Durham, Conn. 21 Fearing Street Middletown High School 1898; Animal Husbandry; Commons Club; Stock- bridge Club; Y. M. C. A. Newt, as he is commonly called, hails from the Nut- meg State. The spice of his existence seems to be animal husbandry ; for he is rumored to have broken in colts, and trained oxen to the yoke in a masterly way. Otherwise, the even tenor of his habits has been as quiet and unal- tered as the hills (for the same space of time). We wonder if his apparent reserve is merely a youthful state of coma, from which he will some day emerge to find himself a star in oratory and arts. Larimer Clpbe J orcross Nojrkie A firm quick step and a firm quick liearl Brimfield 35 East Pleasant Street Springfield Technical High School 1893-; Agriculture. Glee Club. This stalwart son of the soil strode masterfully upon the campus in the fall of 1914, dropped his bundles, took a hasty look around, and, finding the place to his liking, promptly settled down. Although of a somewhat retiring nature, this flaxen-haired young giant more than makes up for it by his work in the class-room. He is what is known as a shark in all subjects. It is very rarely that he is not ready for a good time, his favorite beverage being sweet cider. Norkie is every inch a man — and there are lots of inches — and one well worth knowing. ILegtct i tcJjolsf € toamss C ' UBSES Thy modesty ' s a candle to thy merit Salem 79 Pleasant Street Salem High School 1895; Microbiology; Assistant Manager Basketball (3). To most of those who know him he is just Lester, but to a few of us he is known as Curses . In his early youth he moved from Waltham, his birthplace, to the Witch City, whose high school prepared him effectually for his struggles with the Triumvirate here. He is a one girl advocate, and Creeper ' s horse is fast wearing out by rea- son of the frequency of her letters. He contemplates the pursuit of microbes as a life work, as well as preparing himself on the side to be a sort of chemical Sherlock Holmes. 115 WE HIB 1Mb Sugtuit iteonarb 0txttl Len South Hadley Falls South Hadley High School 1895; Animal Husbandry. August came to us when we were learning to be sopho- mores, and shared with us the vicissitudes of our contests with the freshmen. To him, the studies that every sopho- more fears were but obstacles to be surmounted, and his complacent, confident air of going about them made it apparent that he would have no trouble from that quarter. In college activities he has taken little part, for he believes that it is better to do one thing well than to do many things poorly. For the future, we predict that his pru- dence, wisdom, and patience will bring him success in his chosen field, Animal Husbandry. jfrattrisi fatness (J ' cron Frank ' ' This gentleman has happily arrived for his own good and ours ' ' East Milton 5 North College Milton High School 1893; Botany; 2 $ E; Fraternity Conference (3). Time, the fall of 1915. Enter two new personalities on this campus. The smaller figure with the omnipresent roll-up between his fingers is the subject of the present discourse. He has a quiet and self-contained, but mag- netic manner. Again, that fall in the classroom we saw that this same reserved classmate of ours is always ready to aid a fellow when he can, and does so with sympathy and understanding. His sense of humor is keen, his ability to string a fellow being practically unsurpassed, and harmlessly exercised. In a word, he is a wonderful pal — a most loyal little big person. ©liber Jflaurtce 0 ' .dll Tip Man delights not me; no, nor woman either Dorchester 29 McClellan Street Dorchester High School 1S93; Chemistry; K T ! . Oliver, alias Tip , claims he is of very good Scotch descent, and as proof twirls his r ' s and places Burns above all poets; but his face and beard give him away. The former is as open and frank as that of any son of old Erin, and the latter is long and dark fifty-two times a year. Tip ' s chief delights are his pipe and his chemistry, and it is the prayer of us all that some day he will combine the two with the beneficent result of eliminating the chem lab from the reaction. 116 WE 1918 m Hatorcnce - cnrp $atcf) Dan In peace, there is nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility Wenham Wilder Hall Salem High School 1896; Agriculture; @ X; Y. M. C. A. Such was the name added to the Wenham directory soon after March 15, 1S96. The roar of the nearby ocean has been a part of his life, which explains the fact that he can sit cheerfully thru the lectures of some of our roaring profs with such fortitude and patience. His usual aspect is one of benevolent tranquillity, which may not be logical, for we learn that he is about to take up dancing, which, mingled with his occasional trips over the mountain, is liable to raise havoc with any good intentions. artfmr Victor $etit Vic Enlarged him and made a friend of him Amherst 31 East Pleasant Street Amherst High School 1894; Chemistry; Varsity Football (3); Class Football (1, 2). Is there any of us who has not noted the dignity, the urbanity of Vic Petit? And he a chemist, too! Tough, to hide that natural smile, the neat manner, the capacity for laughing as well as for dinner, in a test-tubular, flasky laboratory. And as for business management, Victor handles things almost as easily as Kennedy coins a fairy stunt . When Vic gets excited we eat plank steaks at Draper; all of which goes to say that he is an intensive chemist and an extensive friend with a circle of geniality as rotund as the perimeter of his white flannel jeans at the zone of attachment. Clarence Bttcfttc -pfnpps Carrie Oh! How sad a thing is a man in love! Dorchester 88 Pleasant Street 1895; Entomology; X; Rifle Team (2). C irrie ' s ■ai- 5-free : ind worry -proof disposition, beside being invalu ibl 3 in he ping him pass off Wear -Ever oi an un ■inspect n S public has been nstrumcntal in his adding eonsk incre: lerable sed ro lirdupi dity, lis sin,v 1 lowever, c joined our ranks. His has apparently not do tract c (1 from his skill a s a devote !• uf Terpsichore. Phip pie ' s ' steadj h Hid ai d clear e YC, which won for him ;i place of honor in the Rifle Club, are but indicative of the clean strong mind and heart that has won for him the respect and affection of his classmates. 117 WE 1318 im etitoarb William Pf.ppee goes the weasel ' ' Albany, N. Y. 9 North College Albany High School 1894; Floriculture; AS . When the trainman at the South Station begins to bellow Worcester, Palmer, Springfield, Pittsfield, Albany, and the West, ' board! ! ! Edward pricks up his ears and shows vast intelligence, for, prithee, ' tis me ' ome. Ed- ward has lived there for some time, for he was born quite young and has resided in said place since. But wait — said place has not yet been said. If at all curious ask Pop and he will put it on the map; we leave one little hint. It ' s the capital of New York. Pepper ' s pastime proves to be the light fantastic. Very good, Eddie. 3fameg Congbon -potoell Jim Youth on the prow and pleasure at the helm Newport, R. I. 6 South College Rogers High School 1895; Pomology; Q T V; Mandolin Club (1, 2, 3); Collegian Board (1, 2, 3). Jim was washed up on the shores of Newport with the rest of the mermaids and seaweed about twenty-one years ago. Thus Jim instinctively exhibits a peculiar affection for maids in general and the weed in particular. James Congdon can flirt like a widow with nine grave- stones to her credit. They say that co-eds will gather around just as if they were a lot of kittens and Jim had a pan of milk. Good looks and a pleasant manner are a tremendous handicap sometimes, Jim , but we ' ll put our money on you to be up with the leaders at the finish. ©liber oobell -pratt Slats I am resolved to grow fat and look young till forty Salem K 2 House Salem High School 1896; Pomology; K 2; 1918 Index Board. It takes all kinds to make a world — hence Slats . This length of the thread of existence wandered in with the rest of pur tribe and easily found himself a place in our midst. Ever since that day we have been trying to pick a flaw in him, but to date without success. He has no bad habits, goes to bed early nights, and never even wastes his substance on the Hamp cars. There is a rumor that he gathered dope from freshman class meetings at banquet season last year, attending said meetings with impunity, because, having no breadth, he was entirely invisible. 118 WE 1918 fofm Jieteoif $reble Preb Ordained to guide the embodied spirit home Jamaica Plain X House West Roxbury High School 1895; Pomology; X; Y. M. C. A. (1, 2, 3); Roister Bolsters (1, 2). One Easter morning this cute little chap was left in Jamaica Plain. Jack pursued his studies diligently and in due time became an Aggie man. Spasmodically John leaves college (for a few hours) and departs for parts unknown (?) ; we even saw him at an informal once. If he hadn ' t gone over to Carnegie Hall one night we could give him the prize for being the model boy. Jack is quite an actor, his specialty being female parts, but he has confined his athletic activity to Gilbert Hall, starring on the football, baseball, bid whist, and marble teams of that (ln)famous institution. Jack has chosen Pomology as his major. Clinton i ufuS iaapmonb Bugs Here is a man — but it is before his face; I will be silent Beverly A X A House Beverly High School 1896; Pomology; A X A; Class Tennis (1, 2); Class Rifle Team (2); Varsity Rifle Team (2); Class Football The small town of Beverly was Bugs ' playground be- fore he came to Aggie. You can imagine how proud the town must have been of such a manly son as is here pic- tured. He seems a little shy at first; but once the barrier is removed, he is an interesting man to know. In fact everyone likes him, except the soldiers that have to keep up with his seven-league strides on a hike. Qtheooorc cnrp Neumann Ted Wait till you hear me from the pulpit, there you cannot answer me New Bedford 87 Pleasant Street New Bedford High School 1896; Rural Sociology; S I E; Y. M.C. A.; Debating Club; Varsity Track (2); Flint Winner (2); 191S Index Board. Among other things, Aggie is noted for the number of ministers ' sons in her flock. Here is one of them. Ted 1 ' believes in action first, last, and all the time. Social ser- vice and business are the channels in which his ambitions he. Some day our children may vet study under him as a professor of rural sociology, for he is headed that way now. bike his ambitions, he sometimes vaults high with the bamboo, and likewise generally lands safely. 11!) WE 1918 m Stephen iHorgc tcftarbs ott Steve To almost all things could he turn his hand Marlboro 6 South College Marlboro High School 1894; Economics; Q T V; Musical Clubs (1, 2, 3); Class Baseball (1, 2); Varsity Baseball (2); Class Football (1, 2); Varsity Football (3); Class Hockey (1, 2); Captain Class Hockey (1, 2); Class Captain (2); Vice-President (2); Class Athletic Board (3). By voting him the best all-round athlete in 1918, Steve ' s classmates did not wish to belittle his many other accomplishments. Enhancing a multitude of vir- tues and talents is his uniformly genial disposition and kindly attitude toward the world in general. Steve may be regarded as a true sportsman rather than a sport . What he goes into, he enters with heart and soul. Activities ranging from Mandolin Club to Baseball profit by his enthusiasm. Market gardening is the pro- fession that looks most attractive to him and he will doubtless score as heavily in getting fresh vegetables to market as he has in bringing runs across the pan in M. A. C. baseball games. Ctncst fitter Rttt Though I am not splentilive and rash Yet I have something in me dangerous New Britain, Conn. X House New Britain High School 1894; Agriculture; X; Stockbridge Club. This Teutonic representative might be described, a la Gray, as adventive from ' 17 , since he, along with sundry others, joined us from the camp of the enemy in the fall of 1915. From the evident symptoms we should hazard the guess that Smith held certain attractions for him, though it is apparent that he doesn ' t believe in publicity in this connection. We also have a fleeting recollection from the dim past that Ernie once signified his intention of taking up farming for himself, but again his somewhat retiring nature makes this information a bit unreliable. ©liber Cousens Roberts Toby Heavy work in youth is great rest in old age Arlington 88 Pleasant Street Phillips Andover Academv 1S95; Pomology; X; Class Football (1, 2); Varsity Football (2, 3) ; Student Committee on Fiftieth Anniver- sary. Here the Gods have combined two hundred pounds of substance, a large order of gray matter and a brave heart to make one of those well balanced mortals whose steady progress in any line of work or play is at once the delight and despair of those less gitted by Nature. One does not have to compete long with Toby whether in rough- housing or in the pursuit of knowledge to realize that his inherent tenacity of purpose and his strong will are quali- ties that are bound to lead him to success. After two more years of football, Toby expects to return to Maine to tackle farming via the Little Henry method. 120 THE 1918 m iltlliam Herbert Robinson Robbie He wears the rose of youth upon him Lynn 87 Pleasant Street Lynn Classical High School 1897; Microbiology; £ E. He ' s a linnet but not a singer, for he comes from the town next to the home of I. W. W., and consequently, he can stir up considerable noise. An adage says: Sense, sincerity, simplicity — the college man ' s three graces ; but Bill says: Fussing, frittering, and fooling are his three graces . His wit is ever ready, like the dry cell battery. It has been said that he has aspirations to be a doctor some day. He is on the right track, for he is now enjoying chemistry and microbiology, which make one feel the need of being a doctor or having one. Pirgcr JXctgnolb ikoficquigt Rosie 0 he sits high in all the people ' s hearts Brockton A 2 House Brockton High School 1895; Animal Husbandry; A E J ; Collegian Board (1,2,3). Rosie was unfortunate enough to enter college with an odd class, but soon realizing his mistake he wisely joined ' 18. In the business department ot the Collegian Rosie has faithfully chased the elusive ad. Though it is not generally known, Birger has one hobby — seeing how hard he can make Creeper work by writing letters to the one he left behind. So far his daily average has been pe rfect, and he takes especial delight in the one to read on Sunday . A real friend and conscientious in everything, Birger has the respect of all. otoarb ILetgh usoscll Russ Who, not too eager for renown, Accepts but does not. clutch the crown Worcester 116 Pleasant Street Worcester South High School 1893; Economics; X; Senate (3); Inter-fraternity Conference (3); Agricultural Economics Club (3); Vice- President Boston Club; Secretary Worcester Club (1, 2); Public Speaking Council; Class Debate (1): Varsity De- bating Team (1, 2); Flint Winner (1); Class President (1); Editor of 191S Index; Chairman of Student Commit- tee on 50th Anniversary. To a man of Russell ' s culture and versatility belong by natural right the praises of all factions; for while there may be legitimate contention as to the degree of merit shown by the man who forgets himself to serve his college or forgets his college to serve himself, there can be little difference of opinion regarding a man whose interests comprise intercollegiate debating, music, economics, philosophy, international politics, and constructive direc- tion of class and college affairs — all carried on in conjunc- tion with the maintenance of a high scholarship grade. May the brilliancy of his college career be still more heightened by his prospective two years ' membership in the Senate. 121 we isis m mwJf a Walter jfrebertcfe Gutter Rutt He thinks too much; such men are dangerous Lawrence 17 Fearing Street Lawrence High School 1894; Animal Husbandry; Commons Club. Walter commenced his education a year too soon, but rectified his mistake by joining our ranks. He soon de- veloped a fondness for drill, and in order to retain his sword he went to Plattsburg last summer, where he learned to rule with an iron hand. As Walter has a leaning to- ward culture and refinement, he chooses his companions from among the profs rather than from his fellow students. The name of his girl is Annie Hus., and some day he in- tends to settle down with her in his native Lawrence on the banks of the Merrimae. JXapmonb Skxanber gj t. George Saint He dwelt at peace with himself and all mankind East Lynn Commons Club Lynn English High School 1894; Entomology; Commons Club. Quietness and steadiness are the chief characteristics of this gentleman. He also has considerable of the thing called nerve, as shown by the fact that he elected geology his sophomore year and chose entomology for his major. During his spare time he prowls about the zoology labora- tory making sure that no Amoebae or Paramoecia escape. Jfrebmcfe JHucfenam gbampson Sammy A minister, but still a man Fall River 60 North Pleasant Street Fall River High School 1S95; Chemistry; Commons Club; Country Life Club; Y. M. C. A.; Debating Team (1, 2); Public Speaking (1,2). In Sampson we have a jolly good fellow, depressed by neither sunshine nor rain, physics nor zoo, and enthusiastic in whatever he undertakes. Like his namesake he is a mighty man of valor, and carries his sword in our Aggie Army as gracefully as milady carries her fan. He has shown skill in oratory not only as a member of the college debating team, but also in the Burnham Declamation Contests. He is a member of the Cercle Francais and was its vice-president during his sophomore year. ' We predict his success, for we believe him capable of filling any posi- tion from that of Friar Tuck to that of General Funston. 122 f me ia« m ©cane IHal ron Sanborn Lefty Blushing is the color of virtue Nantucket North Pleasant Street Nantucket High School 1895; Agriculture. The quiet leader of the clan which was burned out of Brooks Farm, and which reassembled in the following year in the vicinity, is Sanborn, the heir of the land, ac- cording to Scripture: Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth . He is the type of fellow who is sure to get out of such finals as Aggie Ec, and who can take all kinds of hard work in lumps without a murmur. In short, he is a thinker, a competent planner, and a doer. IHcsflep §s tt icn atupcr Wes Full many a lady I hare eyed with best regard Jamaica Plain B K I House West Roxbury High School 1895; Botany; B K ; Botany Club; Class Football (1); Assistant Manager Hockey (3). ' Tis difficult to believe that this soulful visage is the stamping ground of the wear ever grin. But remember, this catches Wes in one of the intense moments of his young life. This eversetting sunset smile has made many friends, and it might be said that it never shines brighter than when Wes picks the old rose pin feathers out of it with a Durham , of a Sunday night, and takes it for an eight mile ride on the Connecticut Valley. Wes finds relaxation from college cares and worries (?) in the goat-getting of Uncle Ingie , and in the mutilating of Webster ' s Unabridged. His optimism is invaluable, and is sure to attract friends and bring success to Y. S. wherever he goes. militant eorge H atoper Bill Thy smile becomes thee well Berlin 8 South College Hudson High School 1895; Economics; QTV; Glee Club (1, 2, 3); Roister Doisters; Class Football (1); Pluto ' s Daughter (1); Under Cover (2). Behold Bill from Berlin. Not the Kaiser, but a close second in the art of conquering. But where the Kaiser conquers with his sword, this Bill wins victories with his ever-ready smile and good humor. He is one of the original gloom dispellers in the class, so if you ever feel blue, drop around for a talk with W. G. and that feeling will soon disappear. He also adorns the first row in the Glee Club, and endeavors to hit the highest spots on the scale with his tenor. Bill intends to put his artistic ability into landscape gardening, hoping to make Berlin the most beautiful city in the state. 123 WE ISIS INft e - ©eorgc Corner g d)lougf) Shorty The best things come in small packages Waltham A X A House Waltham High School 1896; Pomology; A X A; Class Baseball (1); Manager Class Rifle Team (2). Shorty is certainly an excellent example of this proverb. He comes from the fast town of Waltham, but seems to have left all his fastness at home. He spends his summers at the seashore behind the soda fountain. Sid is the only prof who has been able to get Shorty, although Billy did his best. He is the original come-back kid, having a retort ready on the slightest provocation. He is often associated in our minds with a drill shirt and a green can, with Doc Fos- ter and Keck Laird hovering in the vicinity. limits; Hkbtoattj Louie With the swiftest wing of speed Melrose West Experiment Station Melrose High School 1893; Chemistry; Class Track (1, 2, 3); Class Cross Country (1, 2, 3); Varsity Cross Country (3). Louie will rank high some day as an agricultural chemist. He is very enthusiastic about his future pro- fession, and even devotes the time between the courses at the Dining Hall to writing equations on the table cloth with a spoon. Any evening you will find him doctoring the nitrogen flasks at the Experiment Station. He also enjoys a reputation as a runner and may be seen con- verting C plus O2 to CO2 any day during the fall cross country season. Catleton {Eotocr i? mtti) C. T. To hear his girlish voice in laughter ring, But oh, ye gods, to hear him sing West Newton A X A House Newton High School 1897; Microbiology; A X A; 1918 Index Board; As- sistant Manager Hockey (3). Bang, Biff, Smash, clouds of dust, smoke, shoes, clothes and furniture issuing forth from the windows of Gilbert Hall, sounds of pistol shots, the sight of bodies moving frantically to overtake the syncopations of I love a piano , a grand ecstacy of noise crowned by a silvery rippling laugh, tells the bewildered passerby that Carleton is again surrounded by admiring friends basking in the warmth of his genial and happy disposition. Ever ready for a good time, yet capable of serious and sustained appli- cation to any task set before him, C. T. is a man of accomplishment whose obvious enjoyment of life in all its aspects makes all those about him the happier for it. 124 WE 1918 im itmcj Sumner gmuti) Sid Fate tried to conceal him by naming him Smith Roslindale 3 Fearing Street Boston English High School 1895; Economics; Commons Club; Senate (3); Class President (2); Vice-President (2); Student Committee on Fiftieth Ann iversary; Public Speaking Council (2, 3); Manager of Debating; Junior Prom Committee. This essence of optimism is always there with the peppery stuff , especially when it comes to class scraps. As a financier, a most successful career awaits him in the business world. Somebody else is waiting too, they say — which may account for his total lack of interest in the in- habitants of neighboring towns. His chief pastime so far has been hunting deer in the fastnesses of Mt. Toby. It may be that the solitude of such pursuits is responsible for the witty couplets and verses which he showers promis- cuously about him. ILc ' miiZ HUtnanS H paultiing Louie Who wooed in haste and means to wed at leisure South Hingham 5 South College Hingham High School 1895; Economics; Q T V; Class Football (1, 2); Varsity Football (2,3). Louie won the title of wild man of the class when he attempted to capture the Chapel steps singlehanded during the picture scrap freshman year. The title, how- ever, belies the serenity of disposition with which he pur- sues the even tenor of his way thru Aggie. Instead of roughing up Steve , he has now directed his surplus pep to football, where he holds now a place in the line. That work holds no terror for him is evidenced by his de- cision to attempt to fool the Doc in the Aggie Ec major. Jfranfe CljarluS g?tacfepolc Stack .I pendulum betwixt u smile mid a tear Somerville 15 North College Somerville High School 1892; Economics; A X A; Glee Club (2, 3); Class Cross Country (3). Anyone with curly hair ought to be perfectly satisfied with himself, but with this particular man it is not l In- case. He thinks he needs education in addition to his other advantages, and so stays put here in spite of the past efforts of the Triumvirate. His coming from Somerville is not held against him by his friends, lie is taking Aggie Education along with Poultry, probably with the object of educating chickens. WW 9c =.9 125 A THE 1318 m gxel Uno g tjernlof Ax Fez noi i to« the poet ' s mind Worcester Care Prof. A. P. Julian Worcester South High School 1894; Chemistry. Axel ' s idea of a wonderful time is either to face a sur- geon in the operating room or to face a pile of books at night that must be digested before morning. If this were true, Axel has been enjoying a continual round of pleasure since entering Aggie. As an example of industry, Axel, hustling about with his little leather bag full to overflowing with books and papers, is a constant reminder that in- dustry is the sure road to success and happiness. Reams and reams of poetry have been known to come out of this fertile mind. Axel ' s talent in this direction was formerly squandered on white-aproned nurses and fair town damsels but now he seeks the Muse for the sake of Kultur alone. JXapmonb Cimotljp iHotoe Ray He has common sense in a way that ' s uncommon Scitico, Conn. 51 Amity Street Enfield High School 1895; Pomology; Commons Club. Scitico, Conn., is responsible for the advent of this en- tirely innocuous looking brother into our midst; his ap- pearance in that quaint old town can be found recorded as taking place October 6, 1895. R. T. is noted chiefly for his quiet perseverance in his work, curricular and otherwise, for the results it brings, and for the fact that he rooms with Mallorey. Ray doesn ' t aspire to be a comet; he has a higher ambition — to be just a good, steady, fixed star of the first magnitude. And we ' ve noticed that such ambitions usually get results. Sbtiigon Clifford g totocr£ Addie I ' m sure care ' s an enemy to life Dorchester I £ K House Dorchester High School 1896; Landscape; M; 1918 index Board. The spirit of Addie is so animated by joviality and the determination to get off grinds that it is contagious. No subject ever discussed can fail to evoke from him a witticism that presents the lighter side. It has helped a lot of us, when the dark shades of gloomy finals were set- tling fast, to be shown that optimism, after all is said and done, can surmount the greatest difficulties. He becomes serious enough once in a while to draw a few sketches for this volume and the Squib. It is not difficult to discover just how much we owe him. 126 we isis m arolb Heo Umlltban Sully Put me amongst the girls Lawrence 9 North College Lawrence High School 1896; Microbiology; AS ; Dramatics (1); Class Football (1). Since July 3, 1896, the world has little known where next to expect a certain beauteous tenor voice, for our friend Leo is extremely versatile. He has tried every- thing from football to informals with equal success. He drained the bitter cup of freshman football to the dregs, and took for a chaser a female part in Pluto ' s Daughter . His latest venture is the Glee Club (we can but hope that he will not be too persistent). However, despite the fact that he hails from Lawrence, parts his hair in the middle, and once roomed with Maginnis, he has done nobly at Aggie. apmonb (Halter g toift Ray A stranger in a strange land North Amherst 16 Summer Street Amherst High School 1895; Chemistry, Commons Club; Orchestra (1, 2, 3, 4); Band (1, 2, 3). When one thinks of Ray music is always the next thing that comes to mind; for his name is in reality a synonym for that particular form of art. He can play any genus or species of musical instrument from a bass drum to a flute, and get away with it. The cornet is his specialty, however, while the others are merely thrown in for the sake of variety. As a side line he is studying chemistry. Tommy Your coffee ' s rotten, I ' ll hart sonic lea Adams A 2 ' ! House Adams High School 1895; Landscape; A 2 I ; Mandolin Club (2,3). Tommy , the boy from the Bcrkshires. Believe us, the kid is almost clever! He ' s a good student, an early riser, and a marvel at the social game. He plays the mandolin and the women; he is good at the former, but the latter — oh, boys! Dark eyes, dark hair — you know, the kind they all fall for. He doesn ' t say much about them; he just has that leave-it-to-me-I ' ll-tend-to-this sort of an air. Yes, you ' ve got to hand it to him; he certainly has done well for a fellow who has had the misfortune to spend his early and tender years away up in the backwoods of Adams. 127 we iaiB im Q , trt)arb fflHarren Cljorpe Dick Whatever sceptic could inquire for West Medford $ 2 K House Medford High School 1S95; Pomology; 2 K; Class Hockey (1, 2). Dick is not what might be called a ladies ' man; true, there have been certain rumors, but he steadfastly affirms that They are all fickle! He brought with him to Aggie a large stock of information on all sorts of subjects, and he has been adding to it ever since. Dick uses his information to back up his arguments — and he surely does like to argue. He has opinions on every subject from Wilson ' s Mexican policy to our co-eds, and is always willing to discuss them with anybody. He takes an interest in his work, and though he ties things up once in awhile and gives us a good laugh, he gets on very well. rtf)ur ©ana Ctltott Tilt Good night, what a shape Wellesley $SK House Wellesley High School 1895; Entomology; 2 K; Glee Club (1, 2); Orches- tra (1, 2, 3); Band (1, 2, 3); Class Football (1); Varsity Squad (3). At a glance, one would conclude that there is nothing small about Tilt , and a further acquaintance confirms this opinion. Arthur found time during his freshman year to play football, but since then he has confined his exer- cise to the band, where he makes a noise that some may call music. He came to Aggie, however, with a purpose — to graduate — and all else has been subordinated to this one aim. He is good-natured and so built that you cannot help liking him, and it is needless to say that we do. Hetotg ifflorrdl ban Stetpne Van One foot on sea and one on shore To one thing constant never — xoell, er — hardly ever Kinderhook, N. Y. S K House Burrows ' Private School 1893; Landscape; SK;Y.M. C. A. We suspect that Van chose Aggie as his Alma Mater for two reasons — because it is near Mt. Holyoke, and be- cause it is near Smith. Although he dwelt during his freshman year in the Lanthorne (which to be sure was hardly an abode of culture) nevertheless the spectacle of his claw-hammer bobbing circularly around the Drill Hall floor at informals was a frequent and edifying one. If he cannot get a position as husband to some beautiful maiden, he plans to set up a landscape gardening establishment, after having absorbed as many details as possible from M. A. C, Harvard, and studies abroad. 128 WE 1918 IN ogcr (Kolcott Weeks Rajah To be strong is to be happy Hyde Park K 2 House Hyde Park High School 1894; Pomology; K 2; Class Football (1); Varsity Football (2, 3). Roger, or Rajah as he likes to be called (a most fitting name too) is a progeny of Hyde Park — down near Boston, you know. Nature blessed him with a superabundance of pep and lots of muscle to back it up. If you don ' t believe it, just ask the fellow who bucks up against the big Aggie fullback on the gridiron, or better still, let Roger show you in person. He is such a congenial chap, however, and takes such pleasure in a little fun. that it is a real pleasure to have him pound you. Rajah sings some also and has been known to make frequent visits over the river . He even studies a little. Hatorencc Weston Slilbur Father He reads much; he is a great thinker, and he looks quite thru the deeds of men South Middleboro B K I House Middleboro High School 1894; Agricultural Education; B K ; Y. M. C. A.; Six-Man Rope Pull (2). Since coming to Aggie Father has spent most of his time at the Epworth League meetings and the rest trying to bugle. He likes nothing better than teaching his class of young ladies at the Methodist Sunday School. Because of his angelic countenance Father is very popular with the ladies, especially school teachers, and their proposals and daily letters sometimes get boresome. His relations with the ladies evidently strengthened his arms, for he surprised us by winning his numerals in the six-man rope pull. Father may apply for a position in a ladies ' seminary by preference, but we feel sure that wherever he goes he will be a successful teacher. apmono oj cc (UliUougljup Will What he does not know is not worth knowing New Britain, Conn. 24 Beston Street New Britain High School 1896; Rural Sociology; 1918 Index Board: Class His- torian (3). Marcus Aurelius was a piker compared with this merci- less logician. Down among the nutmeg philosopher s in New Britain Will ranks as a demi-god; most of the time he is surrounded by a psychic aura so rarefied that the mosquitoes drop dead when they try to pass thru it. Ray wields a typewriter ami isn ' t afraid to express his ideas. He has been Russell ' s right bower on the Indix and is responsible for much of the literature spilled on these pages. Will ' s chief trait is his earnestness. He is in deadly earnest about an astonishingly large number of things. We need more such men at Aggie — may his tribe increase . 120 we ia m p r $aul Bennett Moobtng Woody And ne ' er did Grecian chisel trace A Nymph, a Naiad or a Grace Of finer form or lovelier face Yalesville, Conn. Plant House Wallingford High School 1895; Economics; 2 E. This gay and chivalric fusser may be seen or heard at. any time humming love songs in his retreat among the flowers. He is a master of the flute, harmonica, and potato whistle. He has real possibilities as a social light, but he is shy and must be sought if you are to know how amiable and contented he is. Paul ' s best bet is his tremendous fund of good sense (that is — er — we mean, in all matters not involving sentiment) gained from a solid foundation in hard work. His build and high school experience would entitle him to the rank of a leading athlete here, but he has chosen rather to devote himself to other things. Proofed Woobtoortf) Woody The dome of thought Lowell A 2 i House Lowell High School 1895; Pomology; AS . He hath a fiendish smile which he unwinds at such re- lations as those of Sammy and McNau ' ght. He is the referee in the daily debates on Fall River and Plymouth, and forever berates Sampson for his old Fall River Line, which the judges at one contest thought worthy of ten dollars in cold coin. He is a ready acquirer of news, and parts with his penny rapidly at the sight of the loud seller of papers. When he yells Bone , he has not found an un- welcome portion of the fish ' s vertebra in his soup, nor does he desire the stick that the beef was cut from; he wants his paper. Harlan J opcg HortJjlep Har He lived in that ideal world, whose language is not speech but song Greenwood K 2 House Somerville High School 1S95; Entomology; K 2; Glee Club (1, 2, 3); Soloist and Quartet (1, 2, 3); First Prize Burnham Contest (1); Class Treasurer (1, 2, 3); Student Committee on Fiftieth Anniversary. Though Carus ' accomplishments are many, the one by which he has brought fame to his class and college is his splendid singing; he has been a member of the glee club and of the college quartet during his whole stay here, besides favoring the neighboring churches frequently, and it is safe to say that he is easily the best baritone Aggie ever had. He is also something of a business man, in which line his talents have been sorely tried, we fear, by his duties as class treasurer for five semesters. His great ambition is to discover some new bug. 130 4 WE 1918 INft 3n Jflemortam Eollin I)ugljes puck Hfanuarp 30, 1894 December U, 1915 131 WE ISIS INft EH ' 18 Amos Lawrence Allen Leland Christy Allen Ralph Emerson Allen Ftank Madison Babbitt Francis Collins Barbour Herbert Hill Baxter Herbert Ocumpaugh Beadle Edgar Stearns Bennett Winthrop Herbert Bent Rolfe Nelson Bolster Sylvia Bowen Brigham Robert Edward Brown Rollin Hugh B uck Chester Swan Burtch Herbert Hale Calderwood Walter Leslie Cameron Howard Boy den Capen Louis David Chefferds Joseph Lawrence Drummond George Arthur Dubois Norman Owen Durfee Edward Stuart Faber Robert Dunning Fairchild Samuel Ferriss Walter Greene Fletcher Mary Ellen Monica Garvey Howard Goodwin Gilbert George Cole Howe Robert Patterson Irvine Charles Henry Jackson Albert George Jenks Sidney Clarence Johnson Forrest Dean Jones Harold Ellis Jones Leon Dudley Jones Philip Lefftngwell Kirkham Frank Edward Knight David Lasker McCarrell Hudson Leiper John Isaiah Lusk William Mather Adams Newton McClellan Donald McKechnie James Patrick Murrin Edward Buckland Newton Waring Eugene Randall Waldo Whiting Robbins Arthur Jones Seavey Alfred Sedgwick John Sliski Arthur Winthrop Spencer Frank Parker Stanton Stephen Arthur Stickney William Perkins Strong Ralph Sutherland Hubbard Swift Weston Cushing Thayer Lee Heston Tucker Arthur Leslie Underwood John Vicker George Jones Walker Wesley Raymond Warren Louis Elijah Wolfson Ray Willard Woodbury Frank Archibald Woods John Lindsey Wright John Yesair 132 we isis m 1915 panguet Reason Came spring, and with it the long heralded banquet season. Many weeks before the date set for the big doings , the skillful brains of 1918 men were hard at work scheming up ways to outwit the wily vigilance committee which the Sophs set on the trail of their adversaries. Des- pite an observant watch, however, our plans ran smoothly. Election ballots were sent in to Herb Baxter during the Easter vacation and, at his home, counted by the committee. Then in open class meeting, held in the Ent building, the real election was carried out, code fashion, while the Sophs stood on the outside looking in. True, 1917 would much rather have been on the inside looking out, but the freshman line held for downs. Result — expense account No. 1 payable to Shylock from the Sophomore class for broken glass. The big meeting was put off until Friday night before the banquet. Then did all loyal 1918 men stealthily steal down to the Masonic Hall, purposely rented for the occasion, to get the final dope . The fighting squad was picked, the other fellows advised to beat it for home as soon as possible, and with a parting On to Greenfield , the meeting broke up — not one Sophomore having invaded our sacred precincts. The real excitement began with the opening of the season, May 1st, at the scheduled mass meeting. It was the plan of 1917 to hunt out or run down certain suspected freshies after they left the Chapel. Frank Babbitt was one of these. But the wily freshman proved a faster fox than Nap Morehouse a hound and he soon skipped the Sophs, not to appear again until Mon- day at the Mansion House. Nineteen seventeen had followed the right trail, however, for Bab turned out to be the class secretary. But for the rest of the class — Directly after the mass meeting, 1918 formed en masse and marched off toward North Amherst, closely followed by a few curious Sophs. In froxit of the Experiment Station, the pro- cession suddenly halted and in an instant three or four blanketed freshmen rose in the midst, soon to be loaded into a waiting push cart. The mysterious procession moved on. The cart was finally dumped of its precious cargo in North Amherst at the Gaskill house. Their share of the work completed, most of the Freshmen beat for the tall timber, not to reappear till hunger called them to the banquet in Greenfield. But to follow the fate of the three men at Gaskill ' s. ' 17 kept a strong guard outside all the first night. Once they broke into the house, succeeded in handcuffing Beadle, Johnson a.nd Baker, guards of the lower floor and came within one wall of getting the real booty. But a miss is as good as a mile. Evidently thinking the Gaskill house a mere blind, 1917 now relaxed the watch, leaving only two or three men on guard. As a result, early Monday morning, Jack Preble, seemingly the only other refugee, made good an escape. The Sophs, thinking he was the last of the kind, ceased the watch altogether. A short while later, three handsome young ladies, by name Howard Russell, President; Harlan Worthley, Treasurer; and Harold Jones, Historian, walked out of the Gaskill house, unmolested, stepped into a waiting auto and were soon being whizzed away to a safe shelter at the Mansion House, Greenfield. Most of the excitement centered in Sunderland. Several of the officers were on the baseball squad playing at Williston. They were hurried off to their hiding places after the game, slipping the ever watchful Sophs in a mad auto race up through Turners Falls and back to Sunderland. But the shades of night were falling fast and to find the house already prepared for them proved a hard task. They landed at the wrong dwelling and, in an endeavor to correct the mistake by crawling snail-like through brush and briar to the right house, aroused the dozing Sophs. After a merry scramble, two of the men, Grayson, Sergeant-at-Arms, and Maginnis, Chairman of the Banquet Committee, stealthily got away by travelling in a horizontal position. They finally took up their abode in the house first visited. The Sophs eventually got wise and early Mon- day morning raided the place. Just as they were in a position to grab the two officers, our twenty- man fighting crew cainc rushing (into the scene in autos. Ensued a battle royal in which flour and fists held lull sway. When the dust cleared, there could be seen, vanishing in the distance, four autos bearing with them to safely with the fighting squad, two more freshman class officers Holmes, the other man with Grayson and Maginnis, had a little excitement also, lie was unable to escape when the Sophs arrived, so he sought safely on the top rail in a tobacco barn. Perched here he was able to watch the drowsy second year men search the shed several times. Little did they realize that their prey was overhead. By morning it had flown. Leaving the shod in the black of night, Bob was again unable to find the right house. He prowled around for some time until he came upon the Bullis homestead. After convincing Mr. Bullis that he was no ex-convict, the class captain, for such Holmes was, found shelter there. He was rescued by the fighting squad and taken to Greenfield by auto on Monday afternoon. When the roll was called up yonder at the Mansion House 152 Freshmen out of 154 in the class wen- able In answer a lusty present . And so another banquet season, reviewed from 1018 ' s standpoint, the best ever, — was rung out. 137 WE 1918 m Jfollte of 1918 Jforctoorb Bear with us, we are yet young. Have patience: patience is its own reward. All bouquets and other appreciations intended for the cast, will be collected at the door and presented in a barrel. We ' d rather have them in a bunch than in pieces. Co-eds will kindly remove their hats. The audience is requested to maintain strict neutrality. ®f)e 3 a?oo iffltngtrds; Warren, Interlocutor Tambos, Hunnewell, Lasker Kirkham, Preble, Sawyer, Minor, Stowers, C. T. Overture ....... Introducing Spike Jones The Swiss Cheese Yodler, in the popular spasm entitled, Addie, ' : When the Chapel Bell Rings Ding Dong That Hash-house Tea . They All Had a Finger in the Pie You Made Me Study Hymn 1001 ; Congregation Standing Barcarole Waltz ........ The Hoss Race ........ Class Quartette — Worthley, Sawyer, F. K. Baker, Sutherland Lefty at the Bat ..... telegram from JBab 9 Scenic fectclj in £ ne S ccnc Characters Paul Pildreth, a student Harold Gidsore, a football coach Pete the Pink Peril Terry the Terror . Melly Gravy, cheese of police Mick O ' Hanaranagan, a messenger Bones, Hawley, L. D. Jones Smith, Van Alstyne Witinark or Why Co-eds Leave Home. . Geraldine Hunnewell Zowie Lasker Oswald Hawley . Spike Jones Orchestra M. H. Leiper de Wolfson Hopper boy Mrs. Gertie Gidsore, Zudora Wopwinkle ' Harold E. Jones Lewis Spalding M. H. Leiper Frank Bainbridge Robert L. Boyd Walter Fletcher The Maid of Mystery 13S ,vhV ft, fME ISIS m tEfte Camera ikrap The camera scrap, or picture season, was formerly an annual contest between the Freshman and Sopho- more Classes. It was only of recent years that it be- came an established M. A. C. custom; for the first class seriously to contest the taking of a Freshman Class picture was that of 1916. The custom was short-lived, however; its demise being brought about by joint action of the Faculty and Senate in the spring of 1916. Starting from an informal, illy regulated scrap, the picture season went through a rapid evolution until, in the fall of 191.5, it was carried out under formal rules and the close supervision of the Senate. Instead of a week, as formerly, the Freshmen were given twenty-four hours in which to take a picture of their class. To make up for the reduction in time, the Freshmen were to be allowed to have the picture taken with any campus building for background instead of being confined to the Chapel steps. The opening of the season on a Saturday noon, found the Class of 1918 divided into squads, four of which were stationed at different points at the edge of the campus and the fifth, the fighting squad, located centrally so that it could get to any part of the campus quickly. Each squad, in addition to its captain or leader, had a bugler whose trusty horn was to rouse the ' IS warriors in case of attack : ' At 12.15 the serenity of the campus was broken by the piercing notes of the bugle which brought several squads of ruf necks to the lawn in front of the Entomology building just in time to break up a little parade being held by nineteen. A few cameras were accidentally smashed before the Freshmen realized that they didn ' t want a picture anyway. The next eighteen hours were broken only by the inspiring vocal efforts of the various squads as they sang themselves to sleep, the measured hoof-beats of Del Farrar ' s horse as he galloped from station to station and the occasional false alarm whoops of the upperclassmen anxious to see some action. A sharp watch was kept up during the night, but the attack of the Freshmen failed to ma- terialize. A bright clear moon shone down upon the valiant Sophomores, but its charm and beauty was hardly appreciated in view of their efforts to keep warm by means of blankets, coats, mackinaws and a fire built of parts of Billy ' s poultry plant. The enemy was not heard from until six o ' clock on Sunday morning, when a classmate who had fallen into the hands of the Freshmen and subsequently escaped reported that the Freshmen had spent the night in the carbarn at North Amherst and were preparing an attack at daybreak. An electric car with the Freshmen aboard coming from North Amherst was easily stopped by means of a big reel of wire rolled across the tracks. The sight of a few squads of Sophomores ready for action discouraged the Frosh who, without the semblance of a fight, took up their home- ward journey without even a civil Good morning, sir to the hosts who had waited all night for them. 139 1918 TRACK TEAM— WINNERS 1916 a, - ' — ■j ■■J ' i -fjafcpl T 1 1 i ■ - - . i nj fl v RJ ¥ i H ♦ v. ' ? W. ■ - w ;JF i j ?i ! 1 • f 1 Hirj- JI tf _1 ■; , w fj ' -- S- ' ' i m J-L— i i  Bi- Allen ? - ' . i Ch -tyyvA • -fi Partol MUX KliKSIIMAX H1FLE TEAM SOPHOMORE FOOTBALL, 1918—21; 1919—0 1918 M MEN FRESHMAN BASEBALL, 1918—14; 1917—1 FRESHMAN BASKETBALL, 1918—29, 1917—12; 1918—13, 1917—12 FRESHMAN DEBATING TEAM, CLASS CHAMPIONS, 1915 SOPHOMORE ROPE PULL ime isis m g opf)omore Cla si gtetorp HE Massachusetts Agricultural College takes great pleasure in announcing the successful production of the musical com- edy Very Good Nineteen . This pro- duction, staged by the members of the Class of 1919, was the most remarkable exhibi- tion of its sort ever witnessed. The show appeared on the Aggie campus from Sep- tember 1915 to June 1916. The faculty and the three upper classes of the college attended the entire performance and re- ceived therefrom both amusement and worry. The musical ability of the cast was pronounced. Undoubtedly several of the songs will be the hits of the coming season, especially among the members of 1920. How Green I Am was sung in a very touching way by the entire class clad in evening clothes (?). How Wet the Water Looks was sung by sixty strong men. Another interesting number, composed and sung by the co-eds, was entitled Why Can ' t We Go to the Banquet? All rights on these songs are reserved by the class. To prevent the show from becoming tiresome, the management introduced a big feature consisting of athletic contests between the classes of 1918 and 1919. These contests were staged at intervals throughout the show and were enthusiasti- cally received. The 1918 football team trimmed the 1919 team very efficiently. This defeat stirred up the ' 19 men and they started to rub it out . Did they? Ask any man who attended the show and saw the basketball, hockey, and baseball games. Just before the curtain rang down, a banquet was suggested for the members of 1919. It was at this time that the ' 18 men evinced a desire to prevent the ' 19 class officers from getting indigestion. After nine months of highly inter- esting and instructive entertainment, the performance ended with the singing of Finals . 147 r he iais m g op )omoxt iiktx$ Allan Leon Pond Olive Evangeline Carroll Helen Aramintha Sibley Arthur Martin McCarthy Roger Readio William Kimball . Stewart P. Batchelder . President . Vice-President . Secretary . Treasurer Captain Sergeant-at-Arms . Historian ' ONE-WAY TICKET I IS WE 1918 m Class of 1919 Alden, Dean Watson ........ Proctor, Vt. A X A House; Proctor High School; 1896; A X A. Bagg, Qtjincy Austin South Hadley Falls 60 Pleasant Street; South Hadley High School; 1898. Baker, William Alphonso ........ Melrose A X A House; Melrose High School; 1898; A X A; Class Baseball (1); Assistant Manager Baseball (2); Class Football (1). Baker, William Herbert, Jr. ..... . Chesterfield X House; Mount Hermon School; 1897; X; Class Baseball (1). Batchelder, Stewart Putnam . . . . . North Reading 7 South College; Reading High School; 1898; Q. T. V.; Class Basketball (1); Class Base- ball (1). Batista, Victor ! ' Havana, Cuba B K $ House; Lawreneeville Academy; 1896; B K i ; Y. M. C. A.; Class Treasurer (1) Baxter, Herbert Hill . Brighton A 2 House; Brighton High School; 1894; AS . Beadle, Herbert Ocumpaugh ...... Lima, N. Y. 18 Nutting Avenue; Genesee Wesleyan Seminary; 1893; Y. M. C. A. Bigelow, George Samuel ....... Millville, N. J. 3 McClure Street; Millville High School; 1897. Blanchard, Carlton Douglas Uxbridge 96 Pleasant Street; Uxbridge High School; 1898; K2: Class Football (1); Varsity Football (2); Class Basketball (1). Blanchard, George Kinson ........ Abington 96 Pleasant Street; Abington High School; 1897; K 2; Varsity Football (2). Bogholt, Carl Moller ....... Newport, R. I. 29 Pleasant Street ; Rogers High School; 1896. WkM if 1 fFRESBM® ! H jjgj ■ 1 nfbM IV ' ' ■ : ' MJ 149 fHEiaiBINft Boland, Kells Shepard ....... South Boston 120 Pleasant Street; Berkelev Preparatory School; 1896; E 2 K; Orchestra (1, 2); Man- dolin Club (1, 2). Bond, Herbert Richard . . . . . . . . Dover Lincoln Avenue; Dover High School; 1898; 4 2 K; Y. M. C. A.; Class Football (1). Bowen, Arthur Newton ........ Quincy 15 Phillips Street; Quincy High School; 1897. Bowen, Maurice Stetson ........ Lakeville 81 North Pleasant Street; Middleboro High School; 1896; Commons Club; Stockbridge Club; Y. M. C. A. Boyce, Alan Freeman ..... Colonial Inn; Melrose High School; Commons Club. Boynton, Raymond Woods .... North College; Framingham High School; A 2 £. . Melrose Framingham Groton Newtonville Ayer Bradley, William George ...... 88 Pleasant Street; X. Brigham, Sylvia Bowen ...... Draper Hall; Newton High School; 1897; A J T. Brown, Ralph Hall ....... K 2 House; Ayer High School; K 2. Buffum, Eliot Mansfield ........ Waban 10 South College; Newton High School; 1897; Q. T. V.; Assistant Manager Varsity Base- ball (2); Class Hockey (1); Class Tennis (1); Collegian Board (1, 2). Burt, Henry John ......... Arlington 10 Allen Street; Somerville High School; 1895; Commons Club; Debating Team (1). Burton, Lee Williams . . . Plainville 35 East Pleasant Street; Worcester Academy; 1895; Orchestra (1). Callanan, John Edward . . Dorchester 60 Pleasant Street; Boston English High School; 1896; K T I ; Catholic Club; Class Track (1). Callanan, Vincent DePaul . . Maiden 4 Chestnut Street; Maiden High School; 1896; Catho- lic Club; Class Track (1). Carpenter, Hall Bryant . . Somerville K 2 House; Somerville High School; 1896; K 2; Y. M.C. A.; Class Cross Country (1, 2); Class Track (1); Varsity Track (1). Carroll, Olive Evangeline Dorchester Draper Hall; Dorchester High School; 1896; A 1 !.-)( me isis m Cassidy, Morton Harding ....... East Boston 82 Pleasant Street; East Boston High School; 1897; A X A; Y. M. C. A.; Orchestra (1). Castle, George Btjrdette . . . . . . . . Pittsfield 77 Pleasant Street; Pittsfield High School; 2 E. Chandler, Arthur Lincoln ....... Leominster 3 Nutting Avenue; Leominster High School; 1897; 2 $ E; Y. M. C. A. Chapin, Frederic Charles Greenfield West Experiment Station; Mount Hermon School; 1895; Commons Club; Y. M. C. A.; Class Track (1); Class Cross Country (1, 2). Chase, Malcolm Willis ....... Amesbury 94 North Pleasant Street; Amesbury High School; 1896; K F ! ; Band (1). Chisholm, Robert Dudley ........ Melrose 66 North Pleasant Street; Melrose High School; 1897; 2 K; Manager Class Basketball (1); Class Hockey (1); Class Secretary (1); Class Athletic Board (1). Clapp, Augustus Warren ....... East Braintree 82 Pleasant Street; Thayer Academy; 1895; A X A. Coderre, Ernest Laurier ....... Southbridge 35 North Prospect Street; Southbridge High School; 1896; A 2 . Collins, Robert Burleigh ........ Rockland © X House; Rockland High School; 1898; © X; Class Debating Team (1). Cone, Willis Refine . . . . . . . Mittineague 42 McClellan Street; West Springfield High School; 1897; BK . Cooley, Edwin Prince ........ Sunderland Sunderland; Amherst High School; 1895; Commons Club; Y. M. C. A.; Class Football ( 1 ) ; Class Debating Team ( 1 ) . Cosby, Alfred Francis ........ Westfield 15 Amity Street; Westfield High School; 1897; 2 4 E. Crimmin, Royce Brainerd ........ Haverhill 82 Pleasant Street; Haverhill High School; 1896; A X A; Class Debating Team (1). Crowe, Charles ........ Norwich, Conn. K 2 House; Norwich Free Academy; 1896; K 2. 151 THE 1918 m Davies, James Pillsbury . Cambridge 6 Phillips Street; Phillips Andover Acad- emy; 1895; 2 K; Manager Class Rifle Team (1); Varsity Rifle Team (1). Day, Harold Ralph . . Milford A 2 4 House; Hopedale High School; 1897; AS . Dickinson, Victor Abel . Amherst Mt. Pleasant; Amherst High School; 1896. Dunbar, Charles Oliver . Westfield 84 Pleasant Street; Westfield High School; 1895; 2 E; Band (1, 2); Orchestra (1, 2); Mandolin Club (1). Erhard, Bena Gertrude ....... East Milton Draper Hall; Milton High School; 1897; A l T. Erickson, Gunnar Emmanuel . . . . . . • Lynn 29 McClellan Street; Lynn Classical High School; 1897. Evans, Myrton Files ........ Somerville K 2 House; Somerville High School; 1898; K 2; Class Rifle Team (1); Manager Class Track (1); Class Athletic Board (1); Collegian Board (1, 2). Faber, Edward Stuart . Plainfield, N. J. North College; Plainfield High School; X. Faneuf, Ambrose Clement ....... West Warren Birch Lawn; Warren High School; 1897; Catholic Club. Farrington, Robert Pierce ........ Newton 15 Beston Street; Mechanic Arts High School; 1896; Manager Class Baseball (1); Class Athletic Board (1). Faxon, Paul ......... Wellesley Hills 66 Pleasant Street; Newton High School; 1898; P 2 K; Class Football (1); Class Track (1); Class Baseball (1); Class Athletic Board (1). Fellows, Katherine Adelheid . . . . . . Northampton 21 Amity Street; Newcomb High School; 1894. Ferriss, Samuel Boynton ...... New Milford, Conn. 103 Butterf ield Avenue; 1896; B K I ; Le Cercle Francais (2); Glee Club (1); Manager Six-Man Rope Pull (2). Field, Wilbert Daniel ....... Somerville 29 McClellan Street; Berkeley Preparatory School; 1891. Fiske, Eustace Bridge ....... Somerville 6 Nutting Avenue; Somerville High School; 1898; Commons ( ' lull. Fogg, Verne Allen ......... Topsfield I Chestnut Street; Topsfield High School; 1897; Musical Club (1). 152 we isis im Fox, Charles . . . Baltimore, Md. 17 Kellogg Avenue; Baltimore Polytechnic Institute; French, Willard Kyte . . Worcester 6 Phillips Street; Worcester Classical High School; 1897. Garde, Earl Augustus . . . Lynn 30 North Prospect Street; Lynn English High School; 1896. Garvey, Mary Ellen Monica Amherst 27 South Prospect Street; Amherst High School; 1896. Gilligan, Gerald Mathew . West Warren 120 Pleasant Street; Worcester Academy; 1895; K F 4 ; Class Captain (1). Glavin, William Francis . . Wenham North College; Beverly High School; 1897; £ E; Six-Man Rope Pull(l). Goff, Howard Mason . . Cambridge 120 Pleasant Street; Everett High School; 1894; 2 K; Glee Club (1,2); Class Track (1); Class Rifle Team (1). Graves, Walter Decker . . Brookline 1 North College; Brookline High School; 1895; AS ; Stockbridge Club; Assistant Manager Varsity Track (1). Green, Lynn Sehenevus, N. Y. 6 Nutting Avenue; Cooperstown High School; 1896; Commons Club. Guba, Emil Frederick New Bedford 6 Nutting Avenue; New Bedford High School; 1897; Commons Club. Hall, Frank Edwin .... Revere 103 Pleasant Street; Searsport High School; 1896. Hamilton, Howard Milton . Winchester Cottage Street; Winchester High School; 1896; K T 4 . Harding, George Warren . . Somerville Flint Laboratory; Somerville High School; 1895; K £; Class Hockey (1). Harris, Ethel Lovett . . . Beverly Draper Hall; Beverly High School; 1897; A ! T. Hartwell, Richard Raymond Springfield Colonial Inn; Springfield Technical High School; 1896. 153 WE 1918 m Harvey, E. Eeskine . . . . . . Washington, D. C. Physics Building X. Hastings, Louis Pease . . . . . . •_ . Springfield K 2 House; Springfield Technical High School; 1896; K 2; Roister Doisters. Hathaway, Wilfred Adelbert 88 Pleasant Street; X; Class Cross Country (1, 2). Hodgson, Benjamin Earl . . 22 Amity Street; Phillips Andover Academy. Hopkins, George Randolph Lawrence 60 Pleasant Street; Orleans High School; 1898. Howe, Ralph Thomas ..... 120 Pleasant Street; ' Melrose High School; 1897. Hunter, Harold Clayton .... 60 Pleasant Street; South Hadley High School; 1896. Berkley Methuen Orleans Melrose Jewell, Charles Henry ...... 17 Kellogg Avenue; Merrimac High School; 1897; Debating Club Johnson, Lawrence Wilhelm ..... 12 Cottage Street; Williston Seminary; 1892; A 2 $. Johnson, Sidney Clarence ...... South Hadley Falls Merrimac Avon Gloucester B K $ House; Gloucester High School; 1894; BK$; Band (1, 2); Orchestra (1, 2). Jordan, Raymond Douglas ....... Springfield 21 Fearing Street; Springfield Technical High School. Kennedy, Alan Giles ......... Milford 85 Pleasant Street; Milford High School; A 2 ; Class Baseball (1). Kimball, William Lincoln . . . . . . . . Orange J 2 K House; Orange High School; 2 K. 154 WE 1318 m King, William Cutting . • . . . . . Suffield, Conn. 120 Pleasant Street; Suffield School; 1897; 2 E; Class Basketball (1); Sergeant-at-Arms CD- Knight, Frank Edward ....... Brimfield ' 35 East Pleasant Street; Hitchcock Free Academy; 1893. Knowlton, Priscilla ......... Roxbury M. A. C. Farmhouse; Girls ' Latin School; 1898. Leary, Frank Dennis ......... Brockton 12 Cottage Street; Williston Seminary; 1892; Catholic Club. Leiper, McCarrell Hudson ...... Blauvelt, N. Y. 3 Nutting Avenue; 2 2; Class Track (1). Liebman, Anna ......... Dorchester Draper Hall; Dorchester High School. Logan, Milan Alexander ........ Brockton 19 Lincoln Avenue; Brockton High School. Mansell, Elton Jessup ....... Cambridge 4 Chestnut Street; Arlington High School; 1895; 2 K; Class Football (1); Class Hockey (1); Class Baseball (1). Martin, Andrew Lawrence ........ Hopedale Mather, William .......... Taunton Fitts House; Stand Grammar School; 1898. Mattoon, Charles Gordon ........ Pittsfield 120 Pleasant Street; Pittsfield High School; 1896; 2 4 E; Class Rifle Team (1); Varsitv Rifle Team (1). McCarty, Arthur Martin ........ Monson 9 South College; Monson Academy; 1897; Q. T. V.; Catholic Club; Orchestra (1); Band (1); Class Basketball (1); Class Baseball (1). McClellan, Adams Newton ...... Keene, N. H. K 2 House; Mount Hermon School; 1896; K 2. Montgomery, Forest Kimball ..... East Orange, N. J. 87 Pleasant Street; Moses Brown School; 1896; 2 E; Class Track (1); Varsity Track (1). 155 WE ISIS INft Moor, Erwin Charles Lynn 10 Allen Street; Lynn Classical High School; 1897; Y. M. C. A. Moore, John Raymond . Tolland Birch Lawn; Mount Hermon School; 1S92; Mount Hermon Club; Y. M.C. A. Morgan, Earl Amos . Amherst 2 Allen Street; Amherst High School; 1890; K 2. Morse, Maurice . Dorchester Entomology Building; Mechanic Arts High School; 1896; Commons Club. Morton, Elmer Joshua ....... Watertown Commons Club; Waltham High School; 1S96; Commons Club; Orchestra (1); Roister Doisters; Band (1); Y. M. C. A. Newbold, Douglas Tracy ....... Northampton 87 Pleasant Street; Mount Hermon School; 1897; 2 J E; Roister Doisters; Dramatics (1); Class Debating Team (1). Newton, Adelbert ........ 77 Pleasant Street; 2 E. Newton, Edward Buckland ...... Chemistry Laboratory; Holyoke High School; 1896; Commons Club. O ' Hara, Joseph Ernest ....... 6 Phillips Street; Worcester Classical High School; 1897. Parke, Robert Warren . . . . . ■ 5 Allen Street; Murdoek School; 1897. i . Lenox . Holyoke Worcester Winchendon Parkhurst, Raymond Thurston ...... Fitchburg K 2 House; Fitchburg High School; 1898; K 2; Y. M. C. A.; Stockbridge Club; Class Basketball (1); Class Track (1); Varsity Track (1). Parsons, Edward Field ....... North Amherst North Amherst; Amherst High School; 1897; Y. M. C. A.; Debating Club; Class Track (1); Varsity Rifle Team (1). Peck, George Newberry ........ Amherst L0 Allen Street; Hartford High School; 1895; Commons Club; V.M.C. A.; Glee Club (1). Peck, Roger Eugene ........ Shclburnc 6 Nutting Avenue; Arms Academy; 1896; Y. M. C. A. Peirson, Henry Byron ........ Bradford 18 Nulling Avenue; Haverhill High School; 1894; Y. M. ( ' . A.; Manager Class Tennis Team (I ); Squib Hoard (I). Perry, Errol Clinton .... 15 Hallock Street; Fairhaven High School; 1896. Acushnet l. r )(i f he iaia m Peterson, Roy Duane . . . . . ... Brooklyn, N. Y. 120 Pleasant Street; Greenfield High School; 1896; A 2 J ; Class Baseball (1). Pierpont, Frederick Trowbridge ..... Chester, Pa. 18 Nutting Avenue; Milwaukee High School; 1896. Pond, Allen Leon . Holliston K 2 House; Holliston High School; 1896; K 2; Class Football (1); Class Basketball (1); Class Baseball (1); Varsity Baseball (1); Varsity Football (2). Poole, Harold Walter ....... B K House; Hudson High School; 1897; B K ; Class Hockey (1). Pree, Karl Julius ......... © X House; Brookline High School; 1896; X. Pulley, Marion Gertrude ....... 2 Allen Street; Melrose High School; 1898; A T. Ouimby, Arthur Edmund . . ■ . Hudson Brookline Melrose Boston 36 North Prospect Street; Somerville High School; 1893; B K 4 ; Varsity Baseball (1); Class Baseball (1); Class Hockey (1); Class Athletic Board (1). Ratner, Charles Cosrael Re a, Julian Stuart Lincoln Avenue; Weymouth High School. Readio, Roger Frank . Springfield Weymouth Florence 120 Pleasant Street; Northampton High School; 1896; BK4 ; Class Football (1); Class Basketball (1); Class Baseball (1); Class Captain (1). Record, Harold Jordan West Boylston Butterfield Road. Rice, Harold Miller Kensington, Conn. Stockbridge Hall; New Britain High School; 1895; 2 E. Robbins, Waldo Whiting South Hingham 14 Nutting Avenue ; Hingham High School. Roberts, Mark Anthony ....... Dorchester 2.5 Lincoln Avenue; Dorchester High School. 157 we lais m Ross, Donald ......... Arlington 4 2 K House; Arlington High School; 1897; 2 K; Class President (1); Class Hockey (1); Class Football (1). Rowe, Clifford Alton ...... East Orange, N. J. 2 K House; East Orange High School; 1897; 2 K; Glee Club (1, 2) Sargent, Walter Harriman ....... Maiden 4 Chestnut Street; Maiden High School; 1895. SCHENKELBERGER, FREDERIC ........ QuinCV 10 South College; Stone School; 1S96; Q. T. V.; Manager Class Cross Country (1). Seavey, Paul Stanley ........ Cambridge Commons Club; Cambridge Latin School; 1897; Commons Club; Class Hockey (1). Sedgwick, Alfred ........ Fall River A 2 I House; Proctor Academy; 1894; A 2 ! . Sexton, Ernest Francis ....... Darien, Conn. 3 Nutting Avenue; Stamford High School; 1896; 2 E; Catholic Club; Class Football (1). Sheldon, Howard Rhoades ...... New Marlborough 4 Chestnut Street. Sibley, Helen Aramintha ....... Longmeadow Draper Hall; Springfield Technical High School; 1897; A J T. Skinner, Everett Hamilton ...... West Upton K 2 House; Worcester Academy; 1895; K 2; Class Tennis (1); Class Track (1). Smith, Jonathan Harold ....... Roslindale 88 Pleasant Street; Boston English High School; X; Roister Doisters. Smith, Wendell Frederick ..... 10 Allen Street; Troy High School; 1898; Commons Club. Spaulding, Harold Edwin ..... K S House; Hopedale High School; 1896; K 2. Troy, N. Y. . Milford we iais im Spencer, Arthur Winthrop ........ Danvers North College; Danvers High School; 1895; K T . Stafford, Irving Boynton ....... Fall River 6 Nutting Avenue; Durfee High School; 1898. Stearns, Horace David ........ Waltham 18 Nutting Avenue; Waltham High School; 1897. Stevens, Chester Dillingham ....... Reading 10 Allen Street; Reading High School; 1897. Stockwell, Erwin Sidney, Jr. ....... Sharon Commons Club; Sharon High School; 1898; Commons Club. Strack, Edward Framingham Clark Hall; Framingham High School; 1895. Sutherland, Ralph . Cambridge 35 North Prospect Street; Rindge Technical School; 1897; AS . Sweeney, William Joseph Dorchester 35 North Prospect Street; Boston English High School; Class Rifle Team (1); Varsity Rifle Team (.1); Class Cross Country (2) . Taylor, Edmund Billings Wollaston 17 Fearing Street; Thayer Academy; 1893; Commons Club; Rifle Club. Thayer, Julian Bailey ...... Durham, Conn. 36 North Prospect Street; Middletown High School; Mandolin Club. Thayer, Weston Cushing ..... 53 Lincoln Avenue; Hingham High School; 1897; K T . Thomas, Frank DesAutel ..... Lincoln Avenue; Milford High School; 1897. Tietz, Harrison ....... 24 Beston Street. Tirrell, Loring Vinson ...... Lincoln Avenue; Weymouth High School; 1896; Class Baseball (1) Underwood, Arthur Leslie ....... B K House; 1897; B K . Vickers, John ......... B K House; Deerfield Academy; 1895; B K $; Class Basketball (1). . Hingham . Milford Richmond Hill, N. Y. South Weymouth . Maynard Amherst 159 WE 1318 m Waite, Richard Austin ....... Middlefield B K House; Deerfield Academy; 1896; B K 4 ; Assistant Manager Varsity Track (2). Wells, Marion Nichols . . . . Draper Hall; Central High School; 1896; A J T. Wheeler, Russell Hubbell .... 4 Chestnut Street; Newtown High School; 1898; K T J . White, Edward Asa ...... 4 Chestnut Street; Moses Brown School; 1896. Springfield Newtown, Conn. Providence, R. I. Weymouth Whittle, Clarance Parker, Jr. . 120 Pleasant Street ; Weymouth High School; 1896; 2 K; Class Football (1); Varsity Football (2); Class Basket ball (1). Williams, Allan Carruth ....... Rockland Williams, Kenneth Sanderson ...... Sunderland 9 South College; Deerfield Academy; 1897; Q. T. V.; Class Football (1); Class Basketball (1). Window, James Joseph ........ Lynn 7 Allen Street; Lynn Classical High School; 1897; Debating Club; Class Debating Team (1) Wing, Arland Junius Danvers North College; Danvers High School; 1897; K T i . Wood, Oliver Wiswell ...... 81 Pleasant Street; Arlington High School; 1892. Woodard, Chester Smith ...... Leverett; Amherst High School; 1S96. Woodbury, Ray Willard ...... Cottage Street; Newburyport High School; 1894; Commons Club Woodside, Wilfred Livingstone ..... 4 Chestnut Street. Yesair, John ... K 2 House; Dummer Academy; 1894; K 2. . Arlington . Leverett Newburyport Auburndale Newburyport 160 •: ■ ' .■ - ?■ ' •■ •• ■;• ' . ' •: ' ?-■:::■■ ' -U -;vv • ..-■ ..- -JA .•. ' .:. v - ' v : ■ ;,-£Y; i v •■ ■ i. :■ .- •., k 1 ' . ' •• : ■ ' .. ' ■. -••. •■ .-.: .-.;.. ' ..•.. : .-X -• ■•« •... ' ■••}- ' ■• ■? ' ,■• ' • - J WE 1918 INN Co tfje Jfrestfjman Claste Give me men to match my mountains, Give me men to match my plains, Men with power to subdue them, Men with empires on their brains. This is the College ' s plea to you, oh Class of 1920. Yours is a history — not made — but in the making. You come here, men from every walk of life, of all moulds and dispositions — some thinkers, dreamers, schemers; some backward and shy, others daring and unreserved. Yet it is to you that Alma Mater looks for the forming of new and worthier traditions, while she is yet young. You have been observed while at your classes and in your social life ; sometimes with approval, sometimes with disapproval. With appreciation the college has noted your unity as demonstrated in interclass relationships, even in such affairs as the semi-humorous struggle on Freshman field, the rope pull and in your class organization with its attendant election of officers. May you find these things the spice rather than the foundation of your college life. Look about you, find a friend and be a friend. This is the beginning of manhood. Next find the place where you can do the most good in the college social life, for ' ' Give to the world the best that you have and the best will come back to you . Many of those who have looked unsympathizingly on your struggle to affiliate yourself with the work here have casually remarked ' ' Just like all the other fresh- men . To you it may have a melancholy ring at first; but give it a second, deeper thought and you will find there a living, invigorating hope. Recall that all the college men you most admire wiere once Freshmen — uninteresting to the uninter- ested — but the pride of those who knew and cared. Now see them fulfilling the fondest hopes of those who kindled the ambitions, or made them possible. They are men of strong character and steadfast purpose, men who can accomplish things worthy of our admiration. Neither can you afford to disappoint those who care, nor to let the spark of your ambition flicker out. To yourself you owe courage; to your friends, success; and to all, honor. The college can ask no more of you than that you be true to yourself. Oh, men of 1920 — for men you are — make your college history worth the while. May the last chapter read — They were men of sterling worth. 163 WE 1918 m f 9 Jfrestfjman 0fftcer£ Fred V. Waugh ..... . President Warren H. Dewing .... . Vice-President Helen Millard ..... . Secretary Ralph S. Stedman .... . Treasurer Ivan A. Roberts ..... Class Captain Starr M. King . . . : . Sergeant-at-Arms 1G-1 WE 1918 M Claste of 1920 Allen, Harold Kenneth Belohertown Anderson, George Somerville Andrews, George Henry Farmington, Conn. Apsey, George Wills, Jr. Winchester Armstrong, John Shepard East Sandwich Armstrong, Philip Brownell Rutherford, N. J. Babcock, Leslie Edmund Marlboro Bacon, Milo Roderick Leominster Bailey, William Williamstown Ball, Harry Abraham Bridgewater Ball, Lorin Earl Amherst Beauregard, Winfield Scott Framingham Berman, Harry Holyoke Bigelow, Henry Charles Millville, N.J. Blake, Robert Austin Wollaston Blanchard, Kenneth Haverhill Boardman, Charles Meade Amherst Bowen, Abram Temple Granville, N. Y. Bowmar, Ralph Burton Canton Bridge, James Pitts San Antonio, Tex. Brown, Roy Robertson Wollaston Bunker, Carroll Wooster West Somerville Burnett, Paul Lapham Leicester Burns, Allen Melville Taunton Cande, Robert Parsons Pittsfield Card, Ralph Hunter Somerville 165 me ran m Carleton, John Foxcroft East Sandwich Chase, Francis Chapin Royalston Clarridge. Fred W. Milford ' Clough, Alfred Arnold Wollaston Cole, Frederick Eugene, Jr. South Portland, Me. Crafts, Gordon Burnham Manchester Crawford, Alexander George Waverly Crawford, John Alexander Allston Daggett, Clinton Tones New York, N. Y. Davenport, Frank Semore Dorchester Davidson, Donald Gordon Amherst Davis, Orrin Chester Bclchertown Delahunt, John Kersey Boston Derick, Glendon Robert Clinton Dewing, Warren Montague Kingston Dixon, Harry Louis Harrisville Doucette, Charles Felix Melrose Douglass, Donald Churchill Arlington Dwyer, James Edward Sunderland Earley, Marion Edith West Newton Eldredge, Reuel West Winchester Farnsworth, Richard Wasgatt Lancaster Fuller, Lorenzo Lowell Gay, Lawrence Washburn C ! nil on Golosov, James Sidney Roxbury GORWAIZ, Richard II amulet Newburj ■purl J we ia m Graff, Leland Sprague Reading Graves, Carlisle Ferrin Stamford, Conn. Gray, Irving Emery Woods Hole Gustafson, William Nathaniel Boston Hale, Frank Thompson Caldwell ■ Byfield Hamlin, Hazen Wolcott Amherst Harrington, Harold Leon Lunenburg Haskins, Harold Arthur North Amherst Hathaway, Richmond Hobson Warren Hathaway, Warren Sidney Somerset Hersom, Allen Humphrey Acushnet Higgs, John Alden Wareham Hill, John Farren Egypt Hill, Theodore, Jr. Jefferson Valley, N. Y. Hillabold, Charles Kroh Syracuse, Ind. Holland, Frank Harold Shrewsbury Holla way, John William Taunton Horne, Robert Sanderson Wellesley Farms Howland, George Herbert Melrose Hurd, Davis Alden Wellesley Hills Hurd, Gordon Killam Millbury Hyde, Kenneth Squier Amherst Iorio, Carlo Antonio Amherst Johnson, Alberta Old Westbury, N. Y. Johnson, Conrad John Campello Jones, Edson Temple Roslindale Jones, Robert Lambert North Easton 167 fME 1918 life ■ E P TfifrJE ' ll l njQp Se EgBBlliBK J !■ w3 ' ' ' ' ' - Sj ' ' ' l ' t __J| ; H k mSZ -Ji B I B UFSk B MBiiES ■ npjBL Keene, Walter William Roslindale King, Starr Margetts Pittsfield Lambert, Richard Bowles Gleasondale Lent, Donald Ashford Maynard Levine, Maurice Eleazer Sherborne Liang, Ping Canton, China Lindquiat, Harry Gotfred Holden Littlefield, John Edwin Lynn Lothrop, Earle Daniel West Bridgewater Luce, William Alan West Boylston Lyons, Henry Egmont Norwell MacLeod, Guy Franklin Lowell Mallon, Charles Hugh East Braintree Mangum, Andrew Bruyette Holyoke Maples, James Comly Port Chester, N. Y. Martin, Lawrence Paul Maiden McDonald, Milton Crandall Peabody McGeorge, William Brimble Greenwich, Conn. McNulty, Raymond Henry Amherst Meserve, Albert Wadsworth Framingham Millard, Helen Stanley Great Barrington Munroe, Raymond Franklin Fall River Murray, Harry Athol, Jr. Raynham Centre Newell, Philip Sanger West Newton Oppe, IIhrman DeWitt Newtown, ( !onn. ( (rtloff, Henry Stuart Ludlow ids we isis m Paige, Joseph Cutler Hardwiok Parkin, William Hildreth West Springfield Peckham, William Harold Newport, R. I. Phillips, Stephen Austin Pittsfield Plowman, George Taylor, Jr. Winthrop Porteck, Henry George Lowell Putnam, Frederic Henry South Framingham Quadland, Howard Preston North Adams Quincy, Percy Edmund Allston Readio, Philip Adna Florence Redding, George Kenneth Melrose Reed, Morris Worcester Richards, George Henry Springfield Richardson, Mark Morton North Dana Roberts, Ivan Andrew South Lee Robertson, William Fenton Framingham Sanborn, Joseph Raymond North Amherst Sanderson, Ralph Hemmenway Waltham Schandelmayer, Ralph Ernest Marlboro Scott, Clifton William Buckland Shaughnessy, Howard John Easthampton Silverman, Joseph Dorchester Simmons, Lester Winslow Dighton Smith, Donald Hiram Pittsfield Smith, Fred George Gardner Smith, George Alfred Whitinsville Smith, Herbert Thatcher Atlantic fff, itWmki - ■...,„,.,., ' ■;■ . ijb... ' - : - : SS M «■ -■• m 1  ™. l 3 ■ « vwtSk R| m _ If? I s m j mf rni 9M m . i tfi ' LJUfe dckM « tB ■ ■ , 2 : W% r | 2 y ■ i 169 we isis m Smith, Raymond Archer Maynard Smith, Raymond Newton Plainville Smith, Susan Almira Great Barrington Snow, John Dow Arlington Spencer, William Worcester Steacie, Curtis Framingham Stedman, Ralph Shaw Springfield Stiles, William Burling Great Barrington Strecker, Edmund Herman New York, N. Y. Sullivan, Walter Mitchell Lawrence Sumner, Ralph Martin Springfield Talmage, Harry John Great Barrington Taylor, Elliot Hubbard Shelburne Taylor, Thornton Greenwood Waban Torrey, Converse Hall Williams town Turner, Alfred William San Pedro, S. Domingo Urquhart, John Wardrop East Walpole Vigezzi, John Dellea Great Barrington Vigezzi, Mary Theresa Great Barrington Ware, Mason Maiden Waugh, Frederick Vail Amherst Webster, Milton Fuller Maiden Willis, Maud Ethel Amherst Woodward, Ralph. |r. Grafton Wright, Kenneth Ykrxa Arlington Wright, Stuart Eldredge Taunton 170 we isis im ®nclas:s:tfteb g tubentsi Allen, Arthur Frederick Avery, Humphrey Roger Berry, Fred Mitchell Blanchard, Margery Elizabeth Bridgman, Ralph Scofield Buck, Paul Ten Broeck Campbell, John Collins Clancy, Henry Gregory Cross, Robert Earle Curran, Ralph Aloysius Davis, Edwin John Emerson, Caroline D. . Fleorsh, Mary Frances Giles, John Farrar Grundler, Adolph Joseph Harris, Warren Timothy LaPoint, Wilfred John Messmer, Robert Frederick Morton, Leander Paul Norris, Harold Allison Novitski, Joseph Francis Palmer, Philip Leonard Perley, Robert Rollins, Eva Isolde Rucker, Harriett Evans Scott, John Edmund Searles, Edward Marlborough Watson, Hawkesworth Douglas Whitman, Luther O. Woods, Frank Archibald Boston Patchogue, N. Y. Lynnfield Center . Linwood . Westhampton LaGrangeville, N. Y. . Gardner Natick . Agawam East Boston . Holyoke . Amherst Nashville, Tenn. . South Lincoln Lowell . Millbury Greenfield Milwaukee . Amherst East Northfield R. 3, Green Bay, Wis. Springfield Wakefield . Amherst . Amherst Fort Wayne, Ind. Schaghticoke, N. Y. . Walpole . Amherst Groton cgt£tcrcb for Vocational oultrp Alden, Margaret E. Anderson, Ernest Emil Andrews, Nelson I. Churchill, Oliver C Coleman, Moses M. Fitzgerald, A. J. . Hallock, Genevieve Savage, John B. . . Abington . Medford Hyde Park West Somerville . Mendon . Braintree . Westboro New York, N. Y. 171 32 3 AHWIWS J WE 1918 m |B«B«-S Hn I t ! i i 1 | K II L ■ • ' 1 vv a H s S --«— ,? r ■% ' RMS f 1 i a . r. jfoutiticb at jMaSfSacfjusfctts agricultural (College, Jflap 12, IS60 Colors: White and Brown Flower: White Carnation 174 WE 1918 m ©. . r. James B. Paige J. E. Bement Charles F. Deuel James E. Deuel Henri D. Haskins Harold Gammell Dickey Newell Moorhouse William Saville, Jr. Frank Bainbridge Louis Philip Emmerick Delwin Bruce Farrar Nathan Warner Gillette Stewart Putnam Batchelder Eliot Mansfield Buffum Arthur Martin McCarthy jfflemberg Jfratteg in Jfacultatc Harold M. Gore JfratreS in Wlxbt A. Vincent Osmun Gerald D. Jones Albert McCloud George D. Melican Albert Parsons Frederick Tuekerman 1917 Albert Ralph Stiles Arthur Franklin Williams Merrill Pomeroy Warner Edwin Rcimund Selkregg 1918 1919 James Congdon Powell Stephen Morse Richardson William George Sawyer Lewis Winans Spaulding Edward Field Parsons Frederick Schenkelberger Kenneth Sanderson Williams 175 WE 1318 Mb jg$p $fn £§ igma Happa jfounoeo at the JttaSssachussettjS Agricultural College, iWarcf) 15, IS73 gilpha Chapter iBtational (Prgantjation Twenty-nine Chapters Eleven Alumni Clubs Colors: Silver and Magenta Red Publication: The Signet ' I7C WE 118 m P$rEi $f)t g igma appa William P. Brooks Orton Clark Robert P. Armstrong Lawrence S. Dickinson Walter E. Dickinson Arthur M. Hall, Jr. Raymond A. Jackson David Herbert Buttrick Francis Gill Edwards Paul Goodhue Harlow William Henry Boaz John Alden Chapman Ralph Wallace Harwood Robert Dorman Hawley Paul Fiske Hunnewell George Anderson Kells Shepard Boland Robert Dudley Chisholm James Pillsbury Davies Paul Faxon Members jfratrefi in jfatultate George E. Stone jfratresi in Urbe 1917 1918 1919 John Lentz Frank P. Rand F. Civille Pray Luther A. Root Philip H. Smith Frank E. Thurston Ralph J. Watts Frank Willard Mayo Louis Warren Ross James Stanley Sims Douglas Henderson Huntoon Edward Nahum Mitchell Richard Warren Thorpe Arthur Dana Tilton Lewis Morrell van Alstyne Howard Mason Goff Elton Jessup Mansell Donald Ross Clifford Alton Rowe Clarence Parker Whittle, Jr. 177 f he iais m Z r S 9 a F 4 -31 a I fie . , f |. I • I appa tgrna jfounbeb at tlje Uniuersitp of Virginia, ©ccembcr 10, 1869 (gamma Bclta Ctjaptct £staf)lisshcb itlap 18, 1904 Rational Organisation Seventy-one Undergraduate Chapters Fifty-three Alumni Chapters Publication: The Cadueeus Colors: Scarlet, Green and White Flower: Lily of the yalley ITS WE ISIS Mft Charles Wellington, T A W. P. B. Lockwood, A A Harold F. Thompson, r A Eappa H tgma Jfratres in Jfarultate Frank A. Waugh, T A James A. Foord, B K William Regan, T A Edward B. Holland, V A James K. Mills, T A Philip Rodney Babcock Carl Albert Gurshin Paul Walker Latham Charles Allen Fraser Robert Palmer Holmes Marshall Olin Lanphear Max Skidmore Marshall Kenneth Leroy Messenger Carlton Douglas Blanchard George Kinsman Blanchard Ralph Hall Brown Hall Bryant Carpenter Charles Crowe Harold Edward Spaulding Raymond Thurston Parkhurst Arno H. Nehrling, A T JfratreS in Urbe 1917 1918 1919 George E. Cutler, V A Benjamin S. Ellis, V A Milford Robinson Lawrence Richard Woodworth Smith Joseph Fradley Smith John Bacon Minor, Jr. Carlos Taft Mower Oliver Goodell Pratt Roger Wolcott Weeks Harlan N. Worthley Myrton Files Evans George W. Harding Louis Pease Hastings Adams Newton McClellan Earl Amos Morgan Allan Leon Pond Everett Hamilton Skinner 179 A fMEiaiBINft !P §sp ©jk gj X£ iMM- ■ f f 1 1 § f ' A. 7 SI ■ ' •% ■ T I J i X] m ► V W P .JjW TW f  r r f f ' ™1 fc T m v 1 ! . ! 1 yfl -J ' % - appa amma pfn jfounoco at ttje Jflassactjusetts Agricultural College, Crtobcr 28, 1000 Colors: Orange and Black Flower: Tiger Lily ISO WE ISIS INft 4r $ Eappa amma $fn Chester P. Spofford Alfred Booth Charles Henry Hagelstein Frederick Christian Larson John Brockway Nelson Jflembets Jfrater in Jfacuttate A. Anderson Mackimmie Jfratte£ in HAtbe 1917 Henry Raymond Baker Birger Lars Johnson John Edward Callanan Gerald Matthew Gilligan Edson Temple Jones Arthur Winthrop Spencer Russell Hubbell Wheeler George B. Ray H. Prescott Boyce Franklin Homer Hubbell Walter Adams Mack Roland Winsor Rogers Robert Clayton Westman 191S Oliver Maurice O ' Neill 1919 Robert Lucius Boyd Gardner Clyde Norcross Malcolm Willis Chase Howard Milton Hamilton Mark Anthony Roberts Weston Cushing Thayer Arland Junius Wing 1S1 J fME 1918 m Peta llappa $f)t jfounbeb at tlje jfflaeosatijuactts agricultural College, Jfctmiarp 10, 1910 Colors: Blue and White IV ' we isib im peta Eappa $f)t Ernest Anderson Carlos Loring Beals Robert Stewart Boles Charles Henry Clough Henry Gurney Dunham Wayne McCrillis Flagg Frank Joseph Binks Arthur Paul Dunn Donald Smith Francis Victor Batista Willis Refine Cone Samuel Boynton Ferriss Sidney Clarence Johnson Harold Walter Poole Mtmbtts Jfratres in Jfacultate Elvin Lee Quaife Jfratres in Urbe Henry Harrison White 1917 William Leonard Doran Bennct A. Porter Lincoln David Kelsey Harold Brainerd Pierce Raymond Miller Rodger Almon Whitney Spaulding Samuel Fuller Tuthill 1918 Arthur Leicester Frellick Irving Weaver Ingalls Wesley Stevens Sawyer Lawrence Weston Wilbur 1919 Roger Frank Readio Arthur Leslie Underwood John Waring Vickers Arthur Edmund Quimby Richard Austin Waite 183 TMilifill! 1 9%B W ' ' ■ ■   ! fg r w % 7 3 W  j,1 T7 f V J 1 p a w -4 1 ' vf r . NM c  • ! « •■ , QTfjeta Cfn Jfounbcb at i tortoich Unibergitp, Spril 10, 1856 tKijeta Chapter (Eatabliahrti December 16, 1911 iBtational Organisation Eighteen Chapters Eight Alumni Chapters Pu hi ica Hon: Th e Rattle ' ' Colors: Red and White Flower: Red Carnation LSI WE 1918 INft Cfjeta Ci)t Charles H. Gould, 9 Lewis Taylor Buckman George Basil Fisher Harry Higginbotham William Henry McKee Lawrence Henry Patch Clarence Ritchie Phipps William Herbert Baker, Jr. Robert Burleigh Collins Wilfrid Adelbert Hathaway Edward Stuart Faber idlembcrs! jfratre in Urfce Gerald Eugene Perry, Rudolph W. Ruprecht, H 1917 1918 John Nelson Preble 1919 Erskine Harvey William Raymond Irving Paul Edward Shumway Warren Draper Whitcomb Ernest Ritter Howard Leigh Russell Oliver Cousens Roberts William George Bradley Karl Julius Pree Jonathan Harold Smith Lawrence Washburn Gay 185 WE 1318 Mb • I I I I . f k i§ tgma JHjt Cpsitlon Jfounbeb at l icl)mona College, Zobettvuer 1, 1901 JHagjSactmssctts; aipfja Chapter CatabUsIjeb 1912 iBtattonal ©rgatmation Thirty-seven Chapters Publication: The Journal Colors: Purple and Reel Flowers: American Beauties and Violets ISO f ME 1918 Mft tg;ma $!)i Cpgilon jfflemberj Jfratrefi in Jfacultate Ralph Waldo Rees 1917 George Charles Everbeck Brooks Light Foster Kenneth Baker Elwyn P. Cotton Arthur Merchant Howard Ralph Walter Hurlburt Joseph Alfred Chadbourne Arthur Lincoln Chandler Alfred Francis Cosby Charles Oliver Dunbar William Francis Glavin McCarrell H. Leiper Horace G. Marchant Everett Langdon Upson Charles Raymond Wilber 191S 1919 William Rupert Loring Francis J. O ' Heron Theodore H. Reumann William H. Robinson William Cutting King Charles Gordon Mattoon Forest Kimball Montgomery Douglas Tracy Newbold Harold Miller Rice Ernest Francis Sexton 187 THE 1918 m Hamtjba Cftt glpfta Jfoun eb at IBoston nibersitp, Jytotmnbcr 2, 1909 (gamma 2 eta Chapter establisfjeb Jflap IS, 1912 Jfrattonal ©rgantjatton Twenty Chapters Publication: The Purple, Green and Gold Colors: Purple, Green and Gold Flower: Violet L88 WEiaiBim Hambha Cftt lpfm Charles Warren Curtin Paul Wheeler Dempsey Richard Lynde Holden Alfred Oberlin Kinsman, Jr. Harold Arthur Pratt Thomas Edward Carter David Oliver Nourse Edes Roy Wentworth Foster George Lucian Goodridge William Irving Goodwin iWembcrs! 1917 Dean Watson Alden William Alfonso Baker 1918 Earle MacNeill Randall Lewis Elmer Richardson Hans Alfred Rorstrom William Wallace Thayer Frank Ccdric Webster Louis Martin Lyons Theodore Bertis Mitchell Clinton Rufus Raymond George Homer Schlough Carleton Tower Smith Frank Charles Stackpole 1919 Morton Harding Cassidy Augustus Warren Clapp Royce Brainerd Crimmins 189 we ran m gUpfta tgma $f)t Jfounbeb at Sale Unibersitp, IS45 (gamma Chapter Cstabltsheb 1913 Rational ©rgant atton Sixteen Chapters Eleven Alumni Councils Publication: The Tomahawk Colors: Cardinal and Stone Flower: Cardinal Rose 1(111 WE 1918 m lpf)a tgma $fn Joseph B. Lindsey Edwin F. Gaskill J. F. Martin Lewell S. Walker James Harold Day Emory Ellsworth Grayson ill embers Jfratress in Jfacultate William B. A ' lachmer jfratreS in Urbe 1917 Charles A. Peters H. L. Harlowe R. R. Parker Charles S. Walker Edmund Baldwin Hill Paul Revere Squires Timothv Palmer Wilcox 1918 George King Babbitt Roger James Chambers Thomas Jefferson Gasser Forrest Grayson Harold Leo Sullivan Brooks Woodworth Herbert N. Baxter Raymond Woods Boynton Ernest Laurier Coderre Harold Ralph Day 1919 Ralph Sutherland Carl Francis Kennedy John Joseph Maginnis Patrick Joseph Moynihan Edward Williams Popp Birger Reignold Rosequist Wells Nash Thompson Walter Decker Graves Lawrence Wilhelm Johnson Leroy Duane Peterson Alfred Sedgwick 191 HE ISIS 1Kb Pin Eappa $f)i ©{titers Charles A. Peters ■ • • President Alexander E. Cance Secretary Ralph J. Watts Treasurer Chapter ftoll University of Maine Pennsylvania State College University of Tennessee Massachusetts Agricultural College Delaware College Rhode Island State College University of Nebraska Iowa State College Agricultural College of North Dakota University of Florida Alabama Polytechnic Institute Kansas State Agricultural College University of Arizona Syracuse University University of New Mexico L92 m 1918 IN $fn Happa $In 3Regibcnt jHemberg in Jfarultp Ernest Anderson Edgar L. Ashley William P. Brooks Kerry on L. Butterfield Alexander E. Cance Joseph S. Chamberlain G. Chester Crampton William A. Doran Charles H. Fernald Henry T. Fernald James A. Foord Henry J. Franklin George E. Gage Clarence E. Gordon Philip B. Hasbrouck Edward B. Holland William D. Hurd Edward M. Lewis Joseph B. Lindsey William L. Machmer A. Anderson Mackimmie Charles E. Marshall Fred W. Morse Robert W. Neal A. Vincent Osmun John E. Ostrander James B. Paige Charles A. Peters Harold E. Robbins Fred C. Sears Paul Serex, Jr. Robert J. Sprague Olive Turner H. C. Thomson Ralph J. Watts Frank A. Waugh Charles Wellington C. F. Deuel A. F. McDougall G. F. Mills J es;it ent Jttembcrs C. S. Walker Bennett H. Porter S. B. Parsons L. H. Tavlor Harold A. Mostrom Everett S. Richards Tyler S. Rogers Frank J. Scheufele J eto (Elections — 1916 Almon W. Spaulding Ralph F. Taber Everett L. Wentworth Milford R. Lawrence Roland W. Rogers 193 f ME 1918 Mb . - ■ , .. ttoraraonsttluli uiiSR v, S§ 1 iE . - £41 y iT I . ■ W ! - ' j55V J Commons Club jfounbeti at llesilepan IHittbersfitp. 1903 JBaSEfacijusicttEi Chapter National Organization; Eight Chapters I !H WE 1916 INK •¥ ' ?, 7 ■ -:: Wesley Copeland Bonn Oswald Behrend Glenn Howard Carruth Frank Shirley Chamberlin John Thomas Dizer Edward Stanley Duffil Ralph William Elliott Ralph Watson Fearing Edmund Dean Kelsey George Wendell Barton Walter Griffith Bruce Walter Gray Buchanan Franklin Harwood Canlett Sumner Fiske Chamberlain Roger Francis Clapp Stuart Sandy Clark Dwight Shaw Davis George Edwin Erickson Harold Carter Fellows Hamilton Knight Foster Camille Baldwin Fuller Maurice Stetson Bowen Alan Freeman Boyce Henry John Burt Frederick Charles Chapin E. Holloway Coe Edwin Prince Cooley Eustace Bridge Fiske Lynn Green Emil Frederick Guba John Anthony Hayes Commons Club Jtkmbers in tlje jfacultp G. Chester Crampton C. Robert Duncan Arthur K. Harrison William L. Harmount Arthur N. Julian Fred C. Kenney Paul Serex, Jr. 3 cstoent alumnus Stuart C. Vinal 1917 1918 1919 William Irving Mayo, Jr. Dana Otis Merrill Herman Beaman Nash Harry Samuel Saidel George Leonard Sargent Andrew Nathan Schwab Herbert Dwight Smith Carlton Mclntyre Stearns James Joseph Warren Flavel Mayhew Gifford Foster Kingsley Haines Paul John Heffron Ralph Wilbur Lawton David Mathew Lipshires Herbert Rankin McRae Gaylord Arthur Newton Walter Frederick Rutter Raymond Alexander St. George Sidney Sumner Smith Raymond Timothy Stowe Frank Archibald Woods Louis Edgar Morse, Jr. Raymond Franklin Munroe Elmer Joshua Morton Edmund Buckland Newton George Newberry Peck Julian Stuart Rea Paul Stanley Seavey Ervin Sidney Stockwell, Jr. Wendell Frederick Smith Allan Carruth Williams 195 THE I3IB IN Belta pjn amma Colors: White and Green Floucrs: White Roses and Tine 1% WE ISIS MB Belta $f)t §amma Charter Jflcmberg Mae Faustina Holden ' 16 Esther Helen Chase ' 16 Sylvia Bowen Brigham ' 19 Bena Gertrude Erhard ' 19 Ethel Lovett Harris ' 19 Helen Aramintha Sibley ' 19 Olive Evangeline Carroll ' 19 Marion Nichols Wells ' 19 J Eto Jflembcrg Adaline Lawson Ferris ' IS Marion Gertrude Pulley ' 19 Anna Liebman ' 19 197 WE 1918 m $s: M nS 5 : Sntertratermtp Conference Lewis T. Buckman, President Howard L. Russell, Secretary Members 1916=1917 ©. . V. Saville ' 17 $f)i gugma llappa Spaulding ' 18 Mayo ' 17 appa stigma Hawley ' IS Gurshin ' 17 ifeappa amma Pbi Messenger ' IS Westman ' 17 Peta appa pn Boyd ' 18 Kelsey ' 17 ®l)cta Cf)i Bints ' 18 Buckman ' 1 7 gpigma |Dlji (Cpsilon Russell ' is Wilbcr ' 1 7 ILamlrtia CI)i Slpfja O ' Heron ' 18 Thayer ' 1 7 9lpl)a igma pji Mitchell, T. B. ' 18 Wilcox ' 17 Grayson, P. ' L8 KIS we iaiB m Jfratetntttesi at fA. a. C. For nearly fifty years, the social life of Aggie students has been influenced by the presence on our campus of Greek letter fraternities. The development of these fraternities has been similar to that of fraternities at large ; first, a period in which the organizations existed without recognition and under the strictest secrecy; second, a period in which the fraternities won the recognition of the Faculty al- though still maintaining their secret character; and the third period in which the fraternities made their appearance as a pron inent factor in the social life of the whole undergraduate body. The present, doubtless, is witnessing the transition of the fraternity from the third to a fourth period ; a period in which the cooperation of fraternity groups with the College as a whole will reach its height. An investigation conducted by the Index shows that the members of the fra- ternities have done more than their share in building up and contributing to the various athletic and non-athletic activities of the campus. The figures from which this conclusion was drawn were gathered from five successive publications of the Index. The number of activities in which each meml er of the three upper classes was engaged was listed and a distinction made between fraternity and non-fraternity men. The figures for the five years were averaged, showing that the average fra- ternity man took part in at least two activities while the average non-fraternity man was not always interested in even one extra-curriculum activity. These figures which are presented in Table I, while slightly affected by several factors, show nevertheless that the fraternities are influential in maintaining interest in student activities and in encouraging participation in them. Table II shows a comparison of the growth of the College with that of the fraternities as well as the varying relation of the number of fraternity men to the number of students enrolled. It may be noticed that the rapid decrease in the percent of fraternity men in recent years has been accompanied by a rapid increase in the number of fraternities at the College. M. A. C. apparently presents to-day favorable conditions, for more additions to its fraternity roll. Table I. No. IN No. OF Year Frats. Activities Non-Frat. Activities 1912 186 477 125 78 ' 1913 186 478 130 73 1914 188 440 118 76 1915 195 452 149 114 1916 229 563 147 124 Total 984 2410 669 465 Ave. 197 482 134 93 % of Total 59.5 83 40.5 17 199 WE 1318 m Table II. No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of Year Stu- dents Frat Men % Frats. Year Stu- dents Frat Men % Frats. 1869 92 22 24 2 1893 141 122 87 4 1870 121 29 24 2 1894 114 107 94 4 1871 107 32 30 2 1895 78 78 100 4 1872 104 24 23 2 1896 74 73 99 4 1873 90 25 28 3 1897 93 91 98 4 1874 83 31 37 3 1898 106 97 92 4 1875 79 43 54 3 1899 116 71 61 4 1876 65 28 43 3 1900 117 70 60 4 1877 67 46 69 3 1901 128 66 52 4 1878 118 53 45 3 1902 141 78 55 4 1879 93 50 54 4 1903 156 83 53 4 18S0 82 47 57 4 1904 177 91 51 4 1881 71 46 65 4 1905 208 9S 47 4 1882 67 40 60 4 1906 206 105 51 4 1883 74 56 75 4 1907 237 111 47 4 1884 83 64 77 4 1908 258 108 42 5 1885 83 64 77 4 1909 313 126 40 5 1886 91 1 1 S5 4 1910 398 175 44 8 1887 92 73 80 4 1911 478 193 40 8 1888 97 81 83 4 1912 504 182 34 8 1889 101 84 83 4 1913 543 282 52 9 1890 119 94 79 4 1914 506 208 41 9 1891 141 112 80 4 1915 590 229 39 9 1892 152 115 76 4 200 ..; ■ :;r--. v;,. . t ' ' •••■ ■:.•, ' ..•• ' • •■••?.. ' ■.-v-: V -;.-- v •.; v .; , ,- : ■- ' ■ . .vvjs. ' -v ;: r ' • .-:-i-..c • iV?-- •istli-s „- •■• V - i •■■ V. . .- ■■■■ . : ' ..if--.-:-..;:.. . A 1 v -. J THE 1918 INft ISKP? art Club President, E. M. Randall ' 17 Vice-President, R. W. Smith ' 17 Secretary- Treasurer R. W. Rogers ' 17 tKhc g tocfebribgc Club President, M. J. McNamara ' 17 Vice-President, H. A. Rorstrum ' 17 Secretary, P. W. Latham ' 17 Ebc i«lt. pennon Club President, F. M. Gifford ' 18 1 ' ice-President, W. H. Baker, Jr., ' 19 Secretary- Trea surer, F. M. Bekkv 202 WE 1918 m ®be (greater Boston Club President, Almon W. Spaulding ' 17 Vice-President, Howard L. Russell ' IS Secretary-Treasurer, David M. Lipshires ' IS tKfte Jflortets; ' anb arbener£i ' Club President, Edward S. Duffil ' 17 Vice-President, Walter I. Cross ' 17 Secretary- Treasurer John T. Dizer ' 17 |hT£S 3 %n 1 k iBJ rv vi ■lif ai J| i ®bc iHicrobioIogp Club President, Philip R. Babcock ' 17 Vice-President, Francis G. Edwards ' 17 Secretary- Treasurer Henry G. Dunham ' 17 Chairman Executive Committee, Charles H. Hagelstein ' 17 203 2 2 -■ K 0 pu. IH ' OLKHS - : . Wssf ' C l l,T OFFICERS CO. B w-5 CO. c CO I ) v s ■Bit 4 Hjj s; «.1«. - fi . .... CO. E CO. F CO. G CO. II mm H I WE 1918 m W Joint Committee on intercollegiate tf)leticg €x= ©fficto President Kenyon L. Butterfield Professor Curry S. Hicks Cxecutibc Officer Professor Curry S. Hicks Jfacultp Jllemberg gppotnteti bp the $Jrc6ibent Dean Edward M. Lewis Professor A. Vincent Osmun Alumni iHembers Professor A. V. Osmun, ' 03 Harold M. Gore, ' 13 - - ) George H. Chapman, ' 07 } . Appointed by the President Appointed by the Associated Alumni H tuticnt JJlanagers; Richard L. Holden, ' 17 Football Robert D. Hawley, ' IS Baseball Oliver S. Flint, ' 17 Track Milford R. Lawrence ' 17 Hockey Newell Moorhouse ' 17 Basketball Committee on Clas tf)letic£ €x=C£ffkto Emory Grayson Marshal of the Senate Harold M. Gore . Physical Education Department Robert S. Boles 1917 Emory E. Grayson William I. Goodwin 1918 Oliver G. Pratt Hall B. Carpenter 1919 Paul Faxon Kenneth S. Hyde 1920 Starr M. King 213 f HE 1316 m Emory E. Grayson ' 17 . Richard L. Holden ' 17 . George Melican ' 1.5 George Palmer ' 16 ) Edgar E. Perry ' 16 ) Harold M. Gore ' 13 James H. Day ' 17 Francis G. Edwards ' 17 ) Charles H. Hagelstein ' 17 Arthur P. Dunn ' 18 . Oliver C. Roberts ' 18 Lewis Spaulding ' 18 ) William I. Goodwin ' IS f Robert P. Holmes ' IS ) Carlton D. Blanchard ' 19 J Emory E. Grayson ' 17 ) Stephen M. Richardson ' IS Forrest Grayson ' IS ) Clarence l Whittle, Jr., ' 10 ) ' Robert S. Holes ' 17 Patrick J. Moynihan ' is ) Roger W. Weeks ' 18 I Allan L, Pond ' 19 Barry Higginbotham ' 17 Walter A. Mack ' 17 Willi:, in 1(. [rving ' 17 1916 = 1017 Ccam Che Substitutes George K. Blanchard ' 19 Assistant Coaches Freshman Coach Right End Right Tackle Right Guard Center Left Guard belt Tackle Left End Quarter-back Right Half-back bull-back belt t-Ialf-back lohn M.Sauter ' 17 lohn.l. Maginnis ' 18 rlhur D, Tilton ' IS L ' l I WE 1318 Mb Captain Grayson OOTBALL Ctje Reason of 1916=1917 Playing the heaviest schedule in the history of the institution, probably as hard as that of any college team in the country, the Aggie heavers of the pigskin had a severe task to accomplish this last season. Several factors must be taken into consideration before drawing up definite conclusions as to the standing of the present season ' s squad. First, there was the loss of Coach Brides, the best individual coach that Aggie has ever had. For four years he worked with Aggie teams, each season turning ovit a combination a little better than the previous. The team of 1915-16 repre- sented the sum total of his efforts — a perfectly running machine capable of holding its own with Harvard, Dartmouth, Tufts and Springfield. Alluring offers from Yale, however, drew him to a new field and this 11 he took up his duties as coach of the line at Old Eli , his Alma Mater. As a result , a new system of alumni coaches was inaugurated with Melican ' 15 as head coach, assisted by Palmer and Perry both of the class of 1916. Though rather early to prophesy as to the success of the system, the plan has so far met with the hearty support of the entire student body. The loss of Coach Brides was enough for one season — but with him went practically the whole 1915 team; no less than seven veterans graduating last June. This left only four regulars, Captain Grayson and Day as ends ; Weeks at fullback and Dunn at guard, around whom to build the present team. Rival colleges re- fused to take these matters into consideration, however, when arranging for the 1916 schedule. Colleges of our own size, Trinity, Wesleyan, and Vermont refused to play a superior team . Williams would do so only on terms that the periods be limited to ten minutes. On the other hand, offers were continually made from Harvard, Cornell, Dartmouth, Yale— all the large eastern colleges— for places on the M. A. C. schedule. Rather than leave several open dates, the football management was forced to take on these heavy teams. The student body rallied loyally to the cause, how- ever. Long before college opened there was a goodly squad out for daily practice. Freshmen were in- eligible but the men from the three upper classes worked out with grim determination. Much promising ma- terial was available, the worst fault being lack of ex- perience. Captain Grayson ' 17 and Day ' 17 easily fitted into the end positions; two good substitute ends being found in Richardson ' 18 and Maginnis ' 18. For tackles, Edwards ' 17 and Holmes ' 18 showed up well, with Hagelstein ' 17 and Red Blanchard ' 19 as substitutes. All four developed wonderfully as the seas on progressed. 2U the lais m THE DARTMOUTH SKXD-OFF One of the most valuable men on the team is Art Dunn ' 18, often mentioned in con- nection with All American combina- tions and a man who for technical skill and courage has no superior. As a co-worker in the guard position, Spaulding ' IS has shown ability in his first year as a regu- lar. ' Iligginbotham Day asasubst it utcin the guard position. At center, Rob- erts ' IS has in- creased his accur- acy and general ef- fectiveness by a season ' s experience and with Sauter ' 17 has borne the bulk of the work of this position. For- rest Grayson ' 18 and Whittle ' 19 have divided the 216 !■ IS IB I W work at quarterback. In the backfield, Weeks ' 18 was the only regular left. Though hampered somewhat by injuries, he has played his usual strong game on both offensive and defensive. Goodwin ' 18 has substituted for him at fullback. Pond ' 19 at halfback was one of the finds of the season. Though inexperienced at the game, he was a strong defensive man and fast in car- rying the ball. The other backfield position was held down by Boles ' 17 and Moynihan ' 18. Connecticut Aggies opened the season on Alumni Field. Though they boasted a team of well seasoned veterans, they were forced to carry back to the old nutmeg state the small end of a 12-0 score. At Dartmouth the following week, the tables were turned. The Hanoverians, all experienced men, hardened by three previous games and superior by ten pounds in weight per man, had little trouble in plowing through the Aggie line. Though the maroon and white fought with grim determination, the obstacles were too many; fumbling and lack of team work too costly. When the final whistle blew, Dartmouth had piled up a 62-0 score. With undaunted spirit, the team lined up against Harvard the next Saturday. Here again superior weight and team work were in favor of the opponents. Fumbling also caused Aggie much trouble. Neverthe- less the team showed improvement over the previous week ' s work — especially in the work of the line. Cap- tain Grayson was the individual M. A. C. star, his consistent work on the defence doing much to keep down the score. Despite the efforts of the team, Har- vard romped off with a 47-0 victory. W. P.I. was the next attraction on Alumni Field and although the final score was 7-0 in favor of M. A. C, the game was more or less of a disappointment. Both sides fumbled often, were constantly offside and played rather loosely. Aggie ' s score came on a series of rushes and a successful forward pass, Pond to Day. The varsity team showed up well on the defense but lacked power on the offense. The big game of the year took place as usual on the old Tufts Oval field. Though the Medford boys have one of the strongest teams in the east, they found many a stumbling block in the Aggie line. M. A. C. was un- able to break up the forward passes of her opponents, by which they did most of their damage. The score of 28-0 hardly indicates the tenseness and interest of the game. Dartmouth, Harvard, Tufts, Williams, Cornell and Springfield on a single season ' s schedule hardly fur- nished the opportunity for a victorious season for a green young eleven but it did furnish experience that will lead to many future victories for 217 M. A. C.— 14; SPRINGFIELD V. M. C. A ' . 5 — 13 1915 16 WE 1918 m Captain Day ASEBALL With a team composed of many men new to varsity baseball, our 1916 squad came through the season with what, from a stand- point of development and progress, may be called a good record. It was a very difficult problem to instill into new men the spirit of teamwork when the elements were against us as they were last spring. Cold weather, snow and rain was the order of the season. It was no easy task to produce a winning combination when .game after game and two or three days of practice a week were called off on account of inclement weather. While the record of games won is small, there were no large scores piled up against us in spite of the fact that our schedule called for games with the best college teams of the east. The scores of the Am- herst games were certainly beyond criticism. The spirit of the individual players and of the team as a whole was and will be this year that of earnest endeavor to produce the very best results possible. There has been some criticism of the general policy of playing colleges out of our class . Such a criticism might be justified if the sole object of intercollegiate athletics is to win games. But it is usually the senti- ment of the members of the team that to play against some of these near professional aggregations means a chance to fight and to show the real spirit of the team that is not obtained by playing with the smaller college teams. Captain Day is a fighter and next spring he will have a crowd of hard workers on his team. With the backing of the student body, Coach Fitzmaurice should be able to produce a team that will be a credit to the college. 219 we isis m 1916 Edward L. King ' 16 Almon W. Spaulding ' 17 Wm. P. Fitzmaurice Chester S. Burteh ' 18 Arthur E. Quimby ' 19 Stephen M. Richardson ' IS Stanley W. Hall ' 16 Paul G. Harlow ' 17 Vatfeball Captain Manager . Coach Wsst 1916 tKeam Pitchers George N. Danforth ' 16 Catchers First Base George B. Palmer ' 16 Second Base Roger S. Chambers ' 18 Third Base Short Stop Edward L. King ' 16 Right Field Harold G. Little ' 16 Center Field Henry M. Walker ' 16 Left Field g cl)ebuk 1916 1917 . James H. Day ' 17 Robert D. Hawley ' 18 Wm. P. Fitzmaurice Robert C. Westman ' 17 Ralph C. Holder ' 17 Thomas J. Gasser ' 18 Emory E. Grayson ' 17 April 19 Springfield Y. M. C. A. College at Springfield April 26 Dartmouth at Hanover May 2 Springfield Y. M . C. A. College at Amherst May 6 Amherst at Amherst May 13 Tufts at Amherst May 19 Holy Cross at Worcester May 20 W. P. I. at Amherst May 23 Middlebury at Middle! ury May 24 Vermont at Burlington May 27 Boston College at Boston May 30 Tufts at Medford . June 17 Amherst at Amherst Totals .... James H. Day ' 17 M. A. C. 2 1 10 4 4 2 10 7 4 3 47 Opps. 10 7 8 2 9 6 3 3 3 S 10 3 72 221 WE 1918 m O C K E Y The hockey situation at M. A. C. has had its ups and downs much the same as the other branches of athletics. The sport has been more or less successful since its inception as polo in 1890. It was given very little support in its early years, although the teams compared very favorably with those of the small colleges. About 1903 the style of game was changed and the team was composed of seven players instead of five. After a few years of rather mediocre playing, the Aggies began to come into the limelight and frdm 1908 until the present date have been represented by teams that have done much to place the sport on a firm basis. In recent years the team has played with teams representing such institutions as Harvard, Yale, Cornell, Dartmouth and Princeton and in almost every case has given an excellent account of itself. There is one great handicap that the team has to contend with. That is the. irregularity of the playing season due to the inclement weather. A team, in order to compete successfully with Harvard, Yale and Princeton, who have the advantage of artificial rinks, must have regular and consecutive practices. In the seasons that have been consistently regular as regards weather, M. A. C. has produced teams better than the average of small colleges; teams that have beaten Yale and forced Harvard, Dartmouth and Princeton to the lirrit and into overtime periods to register a win. In 1914, the team stood fifth among all colleges. The team of 1915-1916 had the poorest weather conditions to overcome that any team has had in recent years. Under these conditions however, they won from all teams of equal standing. Notwithstanding the fact that five men out of last year ' s seven were graduated, there is much good rraterial still in college. With the possibilities of having a new rink exceptionally good, the prospects for the team of 1916-1917 are very bright. g cl)ebule 1915 = 1916 December 29 Dartmouth at Arena .... December 31 M. I. T. at Arena .... January 12 Yale at New Haven .... January 19 Springfield Y. M. C. A. College at Amherst February 1 1 Springfield Y. M. C. A. College at Amherst February 17 Williams at Amherst .... February 22 Williams at Williamstown . Totals M. A. C. Dpps. 4 (i 1 1 5 :; 1 • 2 i i i 2 i:; 16 222 we isis im Top Row — Buttrick, Lawrence, Plaisted, Huntington, Ross Second Row — Fernald, Chisholm, Wooley First Row — Wildon, Sanderson 1915=1916 1916=1917 Raymond L. Chisholm ' 16 . Captain David H. Buttrick ' 17 Charles A. Huntington, Jr ., ' 16 Manager Ufa Ceam Milford R. Lawrence ' 17 Harold C. Wooley ' 16 Right Wing Everett S. Sanderson ' 16 . Left Wing Raymond L. Chisholm ' 16 Rover Charles H. Fernald, 2nd, ' 16 Center Louis Ross ' 17 Cover Point CarrickE. Wildon ' 16 ) Point Philip A. Plaisted ' 16 j David H. Buttrick ' 17 Cl)c gmtogtttutcfi Coal George B. Fisher ' 17 Robert C. Westman ' 17 Albert R. Stiles ' 17 Robert P. Holmes ' 18 Stephen M. Richardson ' IS 223 THE 1918 INE Track work at Aggie is divided among three teams; cross country, relay and cinder track teams. The relay team runs on a board indoor track which, as a matter of fact, is outdoors. This is not conducive to the best development of the team as practice is often hampered by weather conditions. Mostrom ' 16, Russell ' 16, Pratt ' 17 and Babbitt ' IS made up the team which last year defeated W. P. I. and Trinity College; losing by inches to Williams. Of these four letter men, only Captain Pratt remains. A number of last year ' s candidates are very promising, however, and a fast team is expected. The track team has also been hampered by the lack of a cinder track. This condition has been remedied by the construction on Alumni Field of a quarter mile oval track with a 220 yard straightaway. Last year ' s team had to lower its colors to Trinity, Vermont and W. P. I. In spite of the loss of several stars, it is expected that this year ' s team with the aid of better facili- ties will prove a strong combination. During the past few years, Aggie cross country teams have been steadily im- proving. With the exception of Lyons ' 18, the 1916 team was lost by graduation, but this season new material was developed and a successful team formed. The prospects for the next few years are pleasing since the present team is largely made up of underclassmen. Won by R. I. S. C. Eelap gdjebule, 1916 Coast rttllm Jfket- . 3. g . C. fag. M South Armory, Boston, January 29, 1916 Time — 2 min. 40 2-5 sec. a. c. Distance— 1 280 yds. 9. a. Mtct=-M. p. 3. fas. m. S. C. Boston, Februarv 5, 1916 Won by M. A. C. (default) Jftabal Militia ifflec t-tErtnttp bg. ill. . C. Hartford Armory, Hartford, February 21, 1916 Won by M. A. C. Time — 3 min. 44 sec. Distance — 1 mile Jfttntf) a csimcnt Mcct-M. $. 3. fag. JR. 9. C. Boston, February 22, 1916 Won by M. A. C. Time — 3 min. 39 sec. Distance — 1 mile $1. S. C. Mcct=-Wiil iam fag. ill. SL C. Amherst, March 4, 1916 Won by Williams (by 6 inches) Time — 3 min. 12 4-5 sec. 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O ■a 3 - - d 3 c 00 d 3 -a 1 1 d 3 i a •3 3 -d ;•. 2 1 - : CN N 1 a a % 2 1 03 3 fa a 03 w 1 .1 P CO 3 fa O J= CO we isia m $ i Chapin Flint Sweeny Bainbridge Schwartz Lyons Bell Gordon Croste Country g d)ebule Worcester $olpterJ)nic Snstitute b . Jflassacljusetts Agricultural College Amherst, October 28, 1916 Tied— 27 : 27 Course— 4.8 miles Time— 27 min. 4 sec. g pringfielb g. Jit. C. A. College bs. Massachusetts Agricultural College Amherst, November 2, 1916 Course— 4.8 miles Time— 26 min. 35 sec. Williams College bs. JflassacfjuSetts Agricultural College Williamstown, November 11, 1916 Jleto Cnglanb SntercoUcgiate Cross Countrp un Franklin Park, Boston, November IS, 1916 227 Won by M. A. C. rHEiaiBim I F L E The M. A. C. Rifle Team was established in 1909. During the past seven years, the team has won the U. S. Intercollegiate Out- door Championship four times and the Indoor Championship three times. No college has equalled the outdoor record of M. A. C. George Washington University, at Washington, D. C, our closest competitor, has won it three times. Last year Frank E. Haskell, ' 16, established a new individual outdoor record for M. A. C. by making a total of 145 points out of 150. On the indoor range, the team shot three perfect scores (1000 pts.) in three consecutive matches, averaging 997.15 for the entire season of thir- teen intercollegiate matches. The highest man averaged 199.00 out of 200.00. There were seven men entered in the Individual Open Championship match last year and although none carried off many prizes, all made creditable scores. Upon first glance the prospects for the team may look dull this year; five of the six men on last year ' s team graduated and most of them were excellent shots. This does not leave much of a nucleus. However, the last season brought to light a wealth of fine material, largely from the class of 1919. With this material in view and an added support from upperclassmen, there is a fine prospect for turning out the best team that Aggie ever had. ©utboor Championship jHatct), 1916 200 yds. 300 yds. 500 yds. Aggreg Norwich University 284 273 284 841 M. A. C. 285 256 283 824 U. S. Naval Academy 282 256 279 SI 7 George Washington University 274 265 278 si 7 M. I. T. 273 250 279 802 University of California 277 253 268 79S Kansas State Agr. College 207 247 275 7S9 Texas Agr. and Mech. College 270 255 260 7S5 University of Minnesota 209 215 271 785 University of Illinois 202 233 284 779 Cornell University 259 238 262 759 University of Michigan 21 is 2-10 221 731 University of Texas 251) 220 25 1 721 University of Pennsylvania 249 219 239 707 Mississippi Agr. and Mech. College 245 248 203 096 228 THE 1918 IN Serg ' t Lee Hemenway Behbend Davies Raymond Phipps Serg ' t Smart Clapp Capt. Fleet Gaventa Canlett Tuthill Rice Sweeny Parsons Mattoon intercollegiate d utboor iWatcf) 3nl libibual Scores 200 yds. 300 yds. 500 yds. Total Haskell, Frank Eugene 49 47 49 145 Clapp, Raymond Luckey 50 42 49 141 Canlett, Franklin Harwood 47 42 50 139 Rowe, Louis Victor 46 43 4G 135 Gaventa, Harry Reymer . 47 41 45 133 Hemenway, Justin Stanley 40 41 44 131 229 WE 1918 INft l 5 : Back Row — Ross, Mack, Harlow, Weeks, Chambers, Grayson, Richardson Front Row — Canlett, Pratt, Buttrick, Day, Carpenter, Spatjlding  earers of fte Jtt baseball James H. Day ' 17 Emory E. Grayson ' 17 Roger J. Chambers ' IS Paul G. Harlow ' 17 Almon W. Spaulding ' 17 Stephen M. Richardson ' IS James H. Day ' 17 Arthur P. Dunn ' IS Jfootball Emory E. Grayson ' 17 Rog v er W. Weeks ' IS Louis W. Ross ' 17 l ocfeep David H. Buttrick ' 17 Walter A. Mack ' 17 a tflc Franklin H. Canlett MS Harold A. Pratt ' 17 (Erack HallB. Carpenter ' 111 Allnd W. Bell, Jr., ' 17 Prank B. Bainbridge ' 18 Louis M. Lyons ' 18 ajlla Francis G. Edwards ' 17 William H. Boaz 18 Forest K. Montgomery 19 2: id a - 5 § £ cc m iai8 m ®fje JSon=atf)letic£ cttottte£ JPoarb Allow us to introduce to you, Professor Harold E. Robbins, a teacher in Physics and Mana- ger of the Non-Athletics Activities Board. To the student body, he is known to be a daring motorcyclist, a man who can keep his head. It is this latter quality combined with perseverance and the courage of his convictions, that particularly fits him for the managership of this new Association. The following is his report, to the President, of the Non-Athletic work: This Board, after considerable preliminary consideration, was formally organized in the month of Sept., 1915. . For several years the need of systematic control, financial support, regulation, and super- vision of policies of student organizations has been recognized. These organizaticns include the Collegian (college newspaper), Combined Musical Clubs, Roister Doisters (dramatic society) and Public Speaking Council. Other organizations are under consideration. Organization of Board. The Board includes a student manager from each activity admitted to it, two members of the college faculty appointed by the president of the college, two alumni selected by the associated alumni, a genera! manager appointed by the president of the college, and the president of the college ex-officio. The general manager is treasurer and executive officer of the Board. Official Position. The Board is directly responsible to the president and trustees, and con- forms to all faculty regulations. Funds are obtained partly by student tax and partly by the earnings of the various organiza- tions. During period Sept. 1915— Sept. 1916 over $53C0 was handled. Of this amount about 30% was derived from student tax. The total amount collected by the student tax is budgeted out each year to the several ac- tivities according to their needs and earning capacities. Disbursements are made thru office of college treasurer, on written approval of both student and faculty managers. The General Manager of the Board supervises the business and policies of each activity with the idea of assisting in every way possible the general administration of the several organizations. What the Board is Accomplishing . The following general statements are compiled from va- rious sources. It has given the non-athletic organizations a standard and stamp of most desirable character. It has shown a decided interest in the development of present and future policies in student organizations. It is devising profitable ways and means for the students to utilize spare time, especially for those not athletically inclined. It is trying to inculcate sound business policies and administration by students. It is trying to develop a live spirit of business co-operation between students and certain members of the faculty and alumni. It is trying, thru the students ' organizations, to bring the literary and dramatic ability before the public in ways which will re lest only credit on the college. It puts a responsible party at the head and in this way the administrative offices are benefitted . For the same reason disbursements are made according to the demand of the individual activities. Members President, ex-officio . Acting President Secretary Treasurer and Manager Faculty Representative Alumni Collegian Musical Clubs Roister Doisters Public Speaking Council L. Butterfield, A.M., LL.D. W. L. Machmer, A.M. O. L. Clark, B. Sc. H. E. Robbins, A.M. W. P. B. Lockwood, M.Sc F. D. Griggs Merrill P. Warner David M. Lipshires Arthur F. .Williams S. S. Smith 233 ■ toJgg mF : fW |jr_f, | -: J _-? . i 4t • • f fP ' F ! ' ■ « ' j 4 , ' awiSS lfe :: .«90«|fK • ■ S KjRHHlHl Sw JfHf X . A ] ■p - • •y ' r — H 1 Ji b. tit — ffl the iaiB m Jlusical Clubs D. M. Lipshihes ' 18 Manager K. L. Messenger ' 18 Assistant Manager Prof. H. E. Robbins, A.M. ' . ' . §lee Club Faculty Manager Rodgers ' 17, Piano Jfirst tenors W. P. Bigelow, A.M., Coach Harlow ' 17 Sawyer, Wm. ' IS Sutherland ' 19 Norcross ' 18 Hastings ' 19 H econb tenors Snow ' 20 Gurshin ' 17 Hawley ' 18 Stackpole ' 18 Goff ' 19 Readio ' 19 Chambers 18 Maginnis ' 18 Worthley ' 18 Peck ' 19 Record ' 19 Stiles ' 20 JfirSt Passes Warren ' 17 Hunnewell ' 18 Clapp ' 19 Burnett ' 20 Clark ' 18 Tilton ' 18 Leiper ' 19 Davidson ' 20 Davis ' 18 Weeks ' 18 Morton ' 19 Hurd ' 20 Erickson ' 18 H econb Passes Edwards ' 17, Leader Messenger ' 18 Sullivan ' 18 Lawrence ' 17 Mower ' 18 Morse ' 19 Thayer ' 17 Richardson ' 18 d rdjestfra Violins Foster ' 18 Fogg ' 19 Holloway ' 20 Smith, G. A. ' 20 Burton ' 19 Davidson ' 20 Luce ' 20 Waugh ' 20 Cornets Cellos Clarinet tKromuone Mitchell ' 18, Leader Howe, A. E. ' 18 Boland ' 19 Johnson ' 19 Parkin ' 20 Readio ' 20 Oppe ' 20 Hurd ' 20 $iano Morton ' 19 Gurshin ' 17 Boyce ' 19 Cosby ' 19 Pass ©rums straps Swift ' 19 Dunbar ' 19 Murray ' 20 Jflanboltn Club W. C. Knipfer, Coach JfflanboIinS Lawrence ' 17 Whitney ' 17, Leader Robbins ' 19 Stowell ' 17 . Haines ' 18 Stockwell ' 19 Thayer ' 17 Powell ' 18 Boardman ' 20 Chamberlain ' 18 Waugh ' 20 Ukulele Panjo=JtlanoolinS ipiano Cello Whitney ' 17 Ross ' 17 Gurshin ' 17 Canlett ' 18 Ross ' 17 Saville ' 17 Cosby ' 19 Hurd ' 20 Haines ' 18 Boardman ' 20 Boyce ' 19 Readio ' 20 Weeks ' 18 Thompson ' 18 Oppe ' 20 ©uitar Jflanbola Craps Davis, D. S. ' 18 Howe, A. E. ' 18 Dunbar ' 19 Smith, F. G. ' 20 PanjoS H teel (guitars Wilcox ' 17 Boyce ' 19 Readio ' 19 Waugh ' 20 235 THE 1918 Mb jHusrtcal Club The musical clubs of the college form an important part of those activities grouped under the head of Non-athletics. Membership in these clubs calls for more than musical ability, since steady attendance at rehearsals and scholastic eligibility are required. In the case of individuals, the eligibility rule is at times somewhat of a bugbear ; occasionally the club is handicapped by the loss of a valuable man through it, but on the whole it tends to keep the members from neglecting their studies in favor of the possibly more enjoyable work of the clubs. The trips and concerts of the clubs do much to bring the college into closer relationship with other colleges and with people of cities and towns in this and neighboring states. Trips are usually planned for the Christmas and Easter vacations. The itinerary ordinarily centers around either New York or Boston. The men making these trips receive peculiar advantages in the way of enlarging their circle of acquaintances and friends as well as being introduced to many new scenes. Three organizations serve to make up the musical clubs; Glee Club, Mandolin Club, and Orchestra. Each of these bodies holds weekly rehearsals and endeavors by this constant effort throughout the year to attain and maintain a high standard in their work. Professor Bigelow of Amherst College trained the Glee Club during the season of 1915-1916. His criticisms were al- ways to the point. His knowledge, experience and ability as a director have been invaluable. The work of the club is varied so that both classical and humorous numbers are available for the concerts. Although the membership in the Glee Club is not limited, the number of men to make the trips is generally twelve or sixteen. Expense is an important factor and is usually the limiting factor in deciding the number of men to be taken. Since only those men who are most faithful and who do the best work at the rehearsals make the trips, an incentive is always present for the constant effort on the part of the individual members. The work of the Mandolin Club is more along the line of popular selections and novelties. With the help of the drums and traps, their ragtime is all pep ; never failing to make the au- dience sit up and take notice. The rules for making trips that hold for the Glee Club are also true for this organization as well as the Orchestra. The most important work of the Orchestra in the past has been to furnish dance music after the concerts or after Dramatic Club perform- ances. The large number of men trying out for the Orchestra last season made it possible to conduct the work on a more ambitious scale. Classical selections were attempted and creditably performed. The Orchestra also accompanied several of the Glee Club numbers. The College Quartette of the last season was a great success. Swan ' 16, Little ' 16, Worthley ' IS and Lawrence ' 17 composed the quartette and proved to be a winning combination. As a comic singer of humorous ballads, Little ' 16 never failed to take an audience by storm. Probably one of the best soloists that the college has ever had was found in the person of Worthley ' 18, whose singing has been universally enjoyed. The season of 1915-1916, under the management of Frank Anderson ' 16, was most success- ful. The feature trip of the year was made during the Christmas recess. Concerts were given in Waltham, Marlboro, Newburyport, Hingham, and Filene ' s Restaurant and the Copley Plaza Hotel in Boston. Everywhere the clubs were met with large and appreciative audiences which meant financial and social success. The concert at the Copley Plaza was in the nature of an Alumni Reunion and was regarded as a complete success. This ambitious undertaking on the part of the management was the first affair of its kind ever attempted by the musical clubs. Much similar to this was the Alumni Reunion, Concert and Dance given by the combined Clubs in the Hotel Worthey in Springfield April 28, 1916. Critics wrote that the work of the clubs compared favorably with thai of any that had appeared in Springfield previously that season. Of the local concerts, that in conjunction with the musical chilis of Amherst College given in the Amherst College Hall was perhaps the most satisfactory. Comparisons arc odious but it is lair to say that our clubs did not suffer by comparison. Such joint concerts cannot help but foster a closer relation between the students ol both colleges. Other concerts deserving mention are those given in Hadley, Westfield and on the campus during Prom week, on High School Day and at Commencement. The Prom concert took the form of an afternoon cabaret. the novelty of which made a decided hit. The prospects for a still more successful season this year are very bright. Never in the history of the clubs have so many men competed for the vacancies; forty-five trying out for the Glee Club and thirty each for the Mandolin Club and Orchestra. The severe competition for membership in the Hubs means greater effort and slill belter work iii these organizations, l.m- slnrcs ' is, the new manager, has trips to Boston and New York under consideration lor the clubs and we havt perfect faith in him to carry them through successfully, lie is sure ol ' the earnest cooperation of the clubs and may safely assume thai their work will be of a high order. 236 a m k W a l y ■ - - -jmm : ' .-;■■■ .:..._.. .__ MANDOLIN CLUB ORCHESTRA f -- . . •MHMIM 0 P- y spwy j yL j pr jpj P Jb - •( • - % ih+ 1tterl ■ £ we lais m W$t Eoteter ©oteter ©ramattc octetp The Roister Doisters in the past two years have had an enviable record of successes among the various student activities. Beginning their career withj the very successful comedy Her Husband ' s Wife , they attained even greater heights by presenting an original musical comedy during the 1915 Commencement entitled Pluto ' s Daughter . This production was entirely the work of undergraduates and the very remarkable talent shown was surprising to many. The 1915-1916 season started with the reorganization of the society under the supervision of the Non-Athletics Association. The man- agement, believing that the society could attain even greater success than before, arranged for the production of the late New York melodrama Under Cover . Here again all the work was done by the students even to the construction and painting of the scenery. The dress re- hearsal was witnessed by the Northampton Players who gave very favorable criticisms. The season came to a close with the Commencement show A Full House . Perhaps, of all the work done V ... by the society, this last was the best received. The scenery and costumes were especially designed by Manager Nicholson to further assist in his pro- duction of a broad comedy as played on the continent . From start to finish , the play was acknowledged to be flaw- less. 239 if- , aii U«2 .Jgl K£ • - tBB ' ; ap,- ps  WwJBh PUBLIC SPEAKING COUNCIL f : %+ .  -.. „■• ' -; : ' ' . -t W 1 i B§K Jfc. f - ( m ; JIjS Bt s ™ 1 ew J£ kL ■;W ■ ■W mm I r ftlii ■it- ■ • 40 . fl B | ■ ■k y ? — . r | 43 1 Jt VARSITY DEBATERS WE 1918 INM bEBrfflNS public Speaking at M. a. C Whether in the form of declamation, oration or debate, public speaking at M. A. C. is a gratuitous undertaking. Gratuitous — not in the sense that material rewards are lacking, for prizes a-plenty, medals abundant are the inducements which bring forth no lack of competitors every year. Gratuitous — not in the sense that intellectual achievement is wanting, for M. A. C. in her intercollegiate debates has been for several years almost universally successful. Indeed, it is not exaggeration to say that during the past year the finest of all records in the history of public speaking at the college has been made. Out of five debates held in competition with other institutions, four were M. A. C. victories. And yet in the face of such an encouraging situation, it is no secret among those who have followed the fortune of public speaking here to say that any form of public address is with us a gratuitous enterprise. Let the reader who doubts this statement drop into the Auditorium at the next public debate. Let him note the hundreds of empty chairs — an inspiration, of course, to the speakers. Let him note the presence of the handful who have had interest and loyalty enough to make up what is termed the audience. Let him note the bigness and bareness of the place under these conditions. Let him imagine how much a debater is put on his mettle by such a prospect, and if our reader does not then begin to comprehend what we mean when we say that public speaking is with us a gratuitous enterprise, nothing we can present will ever en- lighten him. Now, one of two things is evident. Either public speaking as a student activity merits student support or it does not merit student support. If it is not worthy the vital, concrete approbation of the student body, approbation which will show itself in something more than platitudes and lip service, approbation which will not hesitate to inconvenience itself to uphold the activity; then let us be honest with ourselves, let us arise and abolish such an activity from our midst. But if we do really believe in the value of this work, let us support it with a support which none may call anaemic. Let us resolve that we will in very deed put red blood into our efforts; that we will do our best heartily to sustain an activity the worth of which no one questions; that, like modern Britain in her hour of decision, we will do our bit manfully and see it through . 241 WE 1918 Mb intercollegiate JSefcateg FEBRUARY 18, 1916 UninerSitp of Vermont bs. JWasiaaeljusiette Agricultural College Resolved: — ' ' That an amendment to the Constitution of the United States should be passed prohibiting the manufacture and sale of alcoholic liquors in the United States. Affirmative — Wi. of W. Raymond L. Grisner Zenas H. Ellis Philip R. Johnson Negative— Jdl. S3. C Howard L. Russell David M. Lipshires Thomas L. Harrocks Presiding Officer, Professor Philip B. Hasbrouck Subgeg Professor John C. Hildt, Smith College; Professor Frederick S. Hyde, Springfield Y. M. C. A. College; Mr. Watson Wordsworth, Williston Seminary Decision in favor ' of the Negative APRIL 14, 1916 g prmguelb H. J$l. C. S3. College 05S. Jtlaasiacljusiettg Agricultural College Resolved: — That military training should be introduced in the high schools and colleges of this country. Affirmative- C. S. Cleasby L. H. Libby H. T. Burtis C. 9. C. Negative — ill. S3. C. Lincoln D. Kelsey Robert S. Westman Hamilton K. Foster 3htbge« Charles F. Warner, Springfield Technical High School; D. M. Cole, Wcstfield High School; Arthur T. Irving, Buckingham School Decision in favor of the Affirmative 242 WE 1918 m Ctoentp=Jfoutti) Jf lint Oratorical Contest AT STOCKBRIDGE HALL, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 2, 1916, AT 7.30 O ' CLOCK Presiding Officer, Lieut. Henry W. Fleet Theodore H. Reumann ' Society and the Criminal ' Mob Rule and the Lynch Law ' The Ultimate Preparedness . ' Country Life and Higher Ideals ' The Call of a Country . Speakers; Henry J. Burt ' 19 . Leon F. Whitney ' 16 Lincoln D. Kelsey ' 17 . Theodore H. Reumann ' 18 . Frederick B. Sampson ' 18 fubges Prof. John Corsa, Amherst College Prof. Benjamin Bills, Williams College Prof. Walter E. Prince, M. A. C. Jfirat prije, $20 attb a 6olfc Mtbal Theodore H. Reumann ' 18 Hmonb iprije, $15 Lincoln D. Kelsey 243 we lais m Jfortp Dfttrb Annual purnfjam Beclamatton Content STOCKBRIDGE HALL, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 5th, 1916, AT EIGHT O ' CLOCK Presiding Officer, Ralph J. Watts Hexrv J. Burt Speakers; Centralization in the United States E. Sidney Stockwell, Jr., 1919 The New South William R. Loring, 1918 An Arraignment of the Wilson Administration Frederick B. Sampson, 1918 The Character of Washington .... McCarrell H. Leiper, 1919 The Man for the Crisis ..... Edward F. Parsons, 1919 Raising the Flag Over Fort Sumter Earl A. Morgan, 1919 Invective Against Corry ..... Edward N. Mitchell, 1918 A Call to Arms ....... Henry J. Burt, 1919 Dr. Ernest Anderson Prof. John Phelan Won by First, Henry J. Burt Second. Note: — The winner of this contest is awarded $15 and second is awarded $10. Henry W. Grady Henry W. Grady Elihu Root Edward Everett Anonymous Henry Ward Beecher Henry Grattan Patrick Henry Mr. Charles G. Baird Frederick B. Sampson the contestant ranking 2-14 I HE 1318 IN ffl? Jffl. a. C. utiltcattons; Successful college or class publications at M. A. C. have been, comparatively speaking, few in number ever since the founding of the institution. Several at- tempts have been made, at various times, to establish productions of many different sorts, — some newspapers, some strictly literary efforts. Some of these have succumbed before a single volume was completed, others have lived a number of years, a few have become permanent fixtures. The first publication ever attempted was a little pamphlet-like paper called the Grand Menagerie at M. A. C , which appeared in 1869, two years after the college was established. It no doubt had worthy ambitions concerning the print- ing of college news, but owing probably to the fact that the number of students was very small, it became a source of hits on the men,. rather than a newspaper, and consequently lasted but a short time. Another publication, of a more serious nature than the Menagerie, made its first appearance, as an annual pamphlet, on July 19, 1871, immediately following the commencement exercises of the first class to be graduated from M. A. C. This was ' ' The Register , which contained full accounts of the entire commencement program, including orations, class honors, and the like. According to available records, the last number of this paper was published in 187S, and the next year finds a somewhat similar production coming in, known as The Cycle , edited by the D. G. K. fraternity. Its purpose is best explained by a quotation from one of the articles on the editorial page of the first number, which reads as follows: ' ' Though our venture is published under the auspices of a secret society, it is not only the exponent of our fraternity, but a truly representative organ of our college; it is our desire that ' The Cycle ' shall become the plane on which these interests shall meet. And in another place the statement is made: There is a demand for an annual in which the exercises of Commencement Week may be preserved. The Cycle was the most successful paper which had been printed in the college, and its production was continued until 1906, although its importance and influence were considerably decreased by the publication, beginning October 1, 1890, of the first actual newspaper of the college, known as Aggie Life , published fortnightly by a staff of students. Changing frequently in form and name, and improving steadily by its development, this paper still exists, known now as The Massa- chusetts Collegian , and it is destined to exist, with further improvement and advancement, as long as the college lives. After eleven years of success, the name was changed in November 1901 to The College Signal , in compliance with a vote of the student body to drop the word Aggie wherever possible with reference to the college. The circulation at that time was about 400 copies. In 1909 the ' ' Signal , as it was popularly called, became a weekly publication instead of bi-weekly, and has remained as such since that time. The name was again changed during the year 1914-15, The Massachusetts Collegian being selected, on the grounds that The College Signal was not a sufficiently distinctive title. The present circulation is approximately 1850 copies a week, and a project is now under consideration for publishing the paper twice a week. Occasional attempts have been made to produce publications for Alumni in- terests alone, but not one has survived the inevitable periods of criticism and non-support. Records are found of various class albums and class letters contain- 247 w Hh -; y be a b e — a e s 3§ : ? b -J .« J.«| tf _- - S o U. •3° WE 1918 m ing biographical information and statistics of the members of the respective classes. The first of these was published in 1885 by the class of 78, and as recently as 1912 and 1913 there have appeared similar class letters, produced from one to five years after the graduation of the class. In 1903 an Alumni annual was established by the Associate Alumni, known as the College and Alumni News , a publication ' ' bringing together a review of the work of the college and the Alumni for the year and forming a record of value and interest to all the Alumni and friends of the institution. Nothing is heard of this paper after 1908. Such a publication is at the present time, however, one of the greatest needs of the college, and it seems al- most inconceivable that support should be lacking. It is claimed that a newspaper such as the Collegian is intended to be cannot rightfully afford to give up as much space and attention as the Alumni desire, and still maintain a newsy standard. The production of an Alumni Quarterly, properly managed and rea- sonably supported, it is said, would fill a long-felt want. Even less success has a ttended literary attempts than that given to Alumni efforts. No strictly literary publication exists at the ' present time, lack of interest causing a corresponding lack of material. The Irving Gazette , published by the Washington Irving Literary Society, was probably the most successful pro- duction of this nature, enjoying a life of thirty-one volumes. This was, of course, not an actual college publication, but - pertained more closely to the interests of the society which edited it. In February, 1910, there appeared the first number of the M. A. C. Literary Monthly . It was composed largely of fiction, and contributions were solicited from the undergraduates. The magazine lasted only through the end of that college year. Not until very recently has the wit of the college been expressed on paper at regular intervals, unless the Menagerie could be called a humorous production. During the year 1914-15, however, facetiousness in all its splendor burst forth from the pens of a select few in the student body, in the form of a leaflet called The Friday War-Cry . Support for this was not wanting, and the popularity of the paper was the cause of its expansion, and the establishment the following year of The Aggie Squib , in magazine form, appearing approximately once a month, with various cartoons and humorous attempts. Its existence seems as- sured as long as enterprise exists for the compiling and editing of the material. Two publications in book form are among the most successful of the college. The Young Men ' s Christian Association of the college has published every year since 1890 a so-called Handbook , containing all general information of value to members of entering classes, whence its more frequently used appellation, ' ' Fresh- man Bible . The second book-form publication is the Index , a college annual published by the Junior class and appearing each year about Christmas time, a summary of the college and class activities of the past year. This book is the forty-eighth volume of that publication. The first volume was presented in 1869, a pamphlet (of twenty-eight pages) designed to represent the internal growth and status of the college. The Index has been published regularly since that year, and has constantly increased in size, quality, and value, so that it may now be safely said that it is the most successful publication the college has ever seen. 249 WE 1918 Mb g opf)=£i emor J|op One of the most popular social events of the year is the Soph-Senior Hop. The Hop is given by the Sophomores to the Seniors and is a fixed part of the Com- mencement program. It comes after the college scholastic life is over, at a time when everyone can give himself up to a thorough enjoyment of the affair. The campus is always at its best in the latter part of June. The velvety lawns and heavy foliage make it a veritable Garden of Eden and at night myriad Japanese lanterns and electric decorations transform it into a wonderful fairyland. The Drill Hall itself, under the skillful direction of the Committee, changes its everyday colorless garb to the gala dress of the ballroom. Last spring, seventy-five couples took advantage of this opportunity to introduce their friends to the gayest fund ion of Aggie life as well as to experience the novel sensation of watching the sun rise. 252 WE 1918 INft Top Row — Messenger, Spaulding, Habwood, Jackson, Weeks Bottom Row: — Caldwell, Babbitt, Little opl) Pernor op 3Iune 20, 1916 •patrons anb -patronegseg Governor and Mrs. Samuel W. McCall Regtr. and Mrs. Philip B. Hasbrouck Pres. and Mrs. Kenyon L. Butterfield Prof, and Mrs. Charles E. Marshall Dean and Mrs. Edward M. Lewis Prof, and Mrs. Clarence E. Gordon Prof, and Mrs. Harold E. Robbins Frank M. Babbitt Lewis Spaulding . John Alden Chapman . Ralph Wallace Harwood Charles Henry Jackson Kenneth Leroy Messenger Roger Wolcott Weeks Committee Sophomore jflembers Harold Nute Caldwell Mentor jHembers Chairman Treasurer Taxicabs Programs Music Decorations Dinner Harold Greenleaf Little Jfacultp iflember Prof. Harold E. Robbins 253 WEiaiBINft junior $rom The Junior Promenade at the Massachusetts Agricultural College marks the climax of the winter ' s social season on the campus. The 1917 Junior Prom was no exception. It was held in the Drill Hall amid novel decorations, under ideal winter weather conditions, honored by a delightful assemblage of guests, and wrapped in that mysteriously attractive air imparted by the old memories and traditions of the Drill Hall and Campus. The Prom season opened on Friday afternoon, February 11, with a varsity hockey game. The dance was that evening, and the following afternoon, _ the Musical Clubs entertained at a Concert-Cabaret. In the evening, the Roister Doisters presented Under Cover in the Auditorium. Three of the fraternities entertained at house-parties which made the week-end much more delightful for the guests. There is one thought which the 1917 Committee wishes to leave with the student body, a thought which they have conceived as a result of their own ex- perience. And that is : that too much effort and money are expended in the desire to put on something just as good or better than the other fellow. A standard seems to have been set which each committee appears to endeavor to conform to, and in so doing they usually jeopardize the financial success of their undertaking. In the light of the present day conditions, it would seem advisable for future commit- tees to splurge less and to plan their affairs more conservatively, honestly taking the stand of repudiating this false standard of other years. v, 1 we lais m Thompson Smith Worthley Baker Lanphear Maginnis Chapman 1918 Junior $rom Committee Marshall O. Lanphear Foster K. Baker . John A. Chapman John J. Maginnis Sidney S. Smith Wells N. Thompson Harlan N. Worthley Chairman Treasurer Secretary Program Supper Decorations Music 255 WE 1318 m Z4S l sjtei? Messenger Chapman Spaulding Gurshin Saville Irving Smith Williams Hill informal Committee Mentor iWembersf Carl A. Gurshin of Lynn William Saville, Jr., of Waban Edmund B . Hill of Rutherford , N . J . Arthur F. Williams of Sunderland junior ifflcmbers John A. Chapman of Salem Kenneth L. Messenger of Winsled, Conn. Lewis V. Spaulding of South Hingham 256 NEOBMt RMDRKN! program for tfje Jfortp=££ txtf) Commencement g aturfcap, June £s ebenteentf) 3:00 P. M. BasebalLGame— M. A. C. vs Amherst, at Pratt Field. •8:15 P. M. Roister Doisters, Stoekbridge Hall. unbap, June (figfjteentf) 4:30 P. M. Baccalaureate Address by Dean Edward M. Lewis, Stoekbridge Hall. jfflontiap, June J tneteentfj 10 :00 A. M. Class Day Exercises. 3:00 P. M. Competitive Drills. 4:00 P. M. Regimental Parade. 6:30 P. M. Class Sing, Steps of Stoekbridge Hall. 7:45 P. M. Concert by Musical Clubs, Stoekbridge Hall. 9:30 P. M. Fraternity Reunions. tEuesfcap, June {Etoentietfj, SUumtu 3Bap 9:00 A. M. Meeting of Trustees. 10:00 A. M. Business Meeting of Associate Alumni, Chapel. 12:00 M. Alumni Parade. 1 :00 P. M. Alumni Dinner. 4:00 - 6:00 P. M. Trustees ' Reception, Informal, Drill Hall. 6:00 P. M. Alumni Class Reunions. 8:00 P. M. Senior-Sophomore Hop, Drill Hall. IKetmesbap, June Ctoentpfirst 10:30A.M. Commencement Exercises. Address by President Kenyon L. Butterfield. The Commonwealth will be represented by Lieut. -Gov. Calvin Coolidge. 257 L ih ... ' ! B .-iw M — ■ • t : t— —isr . . • . ■ . . — - — ■ ,- ' • ' ■ ' ■■■ • ■ .. -• - — N ' .©( ' - l ' .HC, CLASS D V I.XI.Ki ' ISKS we His m 1916 Oastf bt To-day proud Massachusetts welcomes home Her loyal sons, brave men and strong and true; Back from the north and west and south they come, Leaving their labor now with gladness to re- Sweet memories of the days When buoyantly they trod these ways In the full flush of youth. Theirs were the forms which once in other years Peopled these sacred halls. Their voices, glad and sweet and strong, Oft woke the echoes of these walls, Raised high to praise her name in song, Telling her triumph with exultant cheers That echoed long. Theirs were the loyal hearts which once alight With all the righteous flame of passion then, Upheld her honor, kept her virgin glory bright, Cherished the pride of Massachusetts men. Cherished — ay, cherish ever Through all the years of time. Never Shall that loved name Grow faint in mem ' ry or her influence fail To work sweet mystic spell O ' er those who, kneeling at her feet Learn there to choose both right and well Of nature ' s gifts; to read defeat In death of purpose true and high ideal; To know no shame. Jffilae Jfausitina Colbert So on this day in the glad golden spring, When life is pulsing high and all around The very air is vibrant, every living thing Filled with a magic mystery of sound — How sad we bid good-bye How with a mighty purpose high We face the open way, Into a world where opportunity Waits once for every man. And we shall only win success If strengthened by the fight, we can By service conquer selfishness; By honest effort earning victory Our toil to bless. To-day we are looking backward o ' er the years, And minded how the days have traveled fast, Look through the mistiness of parting tears, And welcome tender memories of the past, How sweet the happy hours Spent mid th ' enchantment of these bowers, Youth free from every care. How eager in the days that are no more Our youthful hearts sought joy. Life held no pleasure bought too dear; Our happiness knew no alloy; Our hearts knew naught of pain or fear, We sucked life ' s pleasure to the core, And shed no tear. We face the future, knowing not the way, Or whether we shall reach the distant goal. We only know that service day by day Shall soothe the spirit and redeem the soul. The waiting world invites. We may not walk the lofty heights That lead to splendid fame; But where our course may lead, we carry there, Within our hearts enshrined, The golden precepts we have learned; Sweet friendships that shall ever bind; Knowledge that we have bravely earned ; And, dearer yet, the influence of her noble name God-formed and rare. 259 I ' .illl GRADUATION EXEU 1SI WE 1918 Mb Cxercteesi of baccalaureate ftunbap grtoddmbgc ©all, ITunc 18, 1916, at 4.30 Frost Mendelssohn Rev. Byron F. Gustin Wagner Organ Prelude, Allegro Maestoso .... Senior Processional, The War March from Athalie Hymn No. 304 Scripture Reading and Prayer ..... Anthem, The Pilgrim ' s Chorus from Tannhauser The Glee Club Baccalaureate Address, The Greater Vision . . Dean Edward M. Lewis Hymn No. 234 Benediction Postlude, Marziale Avonle ' Armstrong Claste Bap Cxercteeg Planting of the Class Ivy Oration Class Oration . Class Ode Campus Oration Pipe Oration . Hatchet Oration Ivy by Class President . Charles Holt Gould Charles Wicker Moses Thomas Lincoln Harrocks Mae Faustina Holden George Newlon Danforth . Charles Holt Gould Harold Greenleaf Little jfortp=££ txtf) Commencement letmesbap, lune 21, 1916, at 10.30 9. 4 1. Rev. Hervey C. Parke Music Prayer . . Commencement Address, The New Rural Advance President Kenyon L. Butterfield, LL.D. Music Conferring of Degrees Address — Hon. Calvin Coolidge, Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth Announcement of Prizes and Awards Music 2G1 WE 1318 INft £ ebentf) Annual £ tng in Competition for tfje Uttftur ©. sarmfitrong Cropl)P $lontiap, futte I9tt), 1916, at 6.30 p. JH. Mentors! Who Killed Cock Robin? ' ' Dear Old Massachusetts ' ' Aggie, My Aggie 3funiox Dear Old Massachusetts (Music and words by Swift, ex- ' 17) Spirit of ' 17 g crof)omore£i ' ' Dear Old Massachusetts Medley Jfregijmen Dear Old Massachusetts Original Song (Words by Helen A. Sibley, ' 19, Music arranged by George Anderson, ' 19) £s opf)omore£ ' ' Massachusetts, Thine Are We ' ' Old Folks at Home (Words and Music by C. T. Smith, ' 18) Love ' s Old Sweet Song Aggie, My Aggie ' ' In the Evening by the Moonlight Rumors Mass. Aggie — Here ' s to Thee Somewhere a Voice is Calling (Words and Music by W. W. Thayer, ' 17) demons ' ' Evening Hymn (Words by Mae F. Holden, ' 16 ; Music by F. A. Anderson, ' 16) A Farewell to Aggie (Words from the Class; Music from Aloha Oe ) Sons of Old Massachusetts (To be sung by the entire student body) Decision in favor of the Class of 1916 Clagg ILeabcrs 1916. Mr. Nelson U. Blanpied 1918. Mr. Harlan N. Worthley 1917. Mr. William W. Thayer 1919. Mr. Melvin W. Gurshin fubgeg Hon. Frank A. Hosmer, of Amherst Prof. David Todd, of Amherst College Prof. Frank A. Waugh, of M. A. C. Prof. William P. Bigelow, Amherst College Prof. Edgar L. Ashley, of M. A. C. To bo Judged on a basis ' f originality. 262 we iai8 m gtoarbs; anb 3$ti}t$, 1916 (©rtmtell Prtjesi The Grinnell prizes, given by the Hon. William Claflin of Boston in honor of George B. Grinnell, Esq., of New York, to those members of the senior class who pass the best, second best, and third best examinations, oral and written, in theoreti- cal and practical agriculture : First prize, $25, awarded to Harold Augustus Mostrom. Second prize, $15, awarded to Ralph Fred Taber. Third prize, $10, awarded to Raymond Alson Mooney. (General 3hnprobemcnt The Western Alumni Association prize, given to that member of the sopho- more class who, during the first two years in college, has shown the greatest im- provement in scholarship, character and example, $25. Awarded to Ralph Walter Hurlburt, 1918. T i botanical -prijesi Hills prizes for the best and second best herbarium, competition open to mem- bers of the senior, junior and sophomore classes, awarded as follows : First prize of $20, to Roger Francis Clapp, of the sophomore class. Second prize of $15, to Carlton Mclntyre Stearns, of the junior class. Public Speaking (jPrebtouslp ginnounteb) The Burnham prizes awarded to the students delivering the best and second best declamations: First prize, $15, awarded to Henry John Burt, 1919. Second prize, $10, awarded to Fred Bucknam Sampson, 1918. The Flint prizes awarded to the students delivering the best and second best orations : First prize, $20, awarded to Theodore Henry Reumann, 1918 Second prize, $15, awarded to Lincoln David Kelsey, 1917. COMMENCEMENT LIGHTS REFLECTED ON CAMPUS POND 263 THE 1918 m Sntcrdagg SBebate Won by the Freshman Debating Team, silver cup to each: Robert Burleigh Collins James Joseph Window Henry John Burt College $ri?e Bebate ($15 to Cach) Lincoln David Kelsey, 1911 Thomas Lincoln Harrocks, 1916 Henry John Burt, 1919 Jtltlttarp honors; The following named Cadet Officers have been granted the military diploma and have been reported to the Adjutant General of the United States Army and to the Adjutant General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as being efficient in Mili tary Science and Tactics and graduating therein with highest honors: Cadet Colonel Charles Edward Hathaway, Jr. Cadet Major Albert James Hicks Cadet Major Charles Albert Huntington, Jr. Cadet Captain Harold Aiken Cadet Captain Emilio Joseph Cardarelli Cadet Captain George Newlon Danforth Cadet Captain Frank Eugene Haskell Cadet Captain Stanley Marshall Prouty Cadet Captain Everett Stackpole Richards Cadet Captain Dean Albert Richer Cadet Captain Benjamin Charles Louis Sander Cadet Captain Raymond Scott Wetherbee ural JSrama -prije A prize of $50 offered jointly by Professor M. L. Morgan and the Dramatic Society for the best Rural Drama produced by a member of the undergraduate student body. Awarded to Mr. Thomas Carlton Upham, of the class of 1916. STOCKBRIDGE HALL KY SEARCHLIGHT 261 WE 1918 1Mb 4WL S. C Social Linton The words Social Union are likely to convey to the average Aggie undergraduate one of three impressions, ac- cording to the length of his stay in college; if he be a freshman, and the season be not far ad- vanced, they are apt to convey to his mind a certain vague won- dering as to just what comprises value received in the case of the one dollar item on his receipt from the T. O.; after the first entertainment he thinks of it as , designating some phase of the unseen powers that be devoted to filling otherwise barren winter — evenings with a very good quali- ty of diversion; and when he attains to the dignity of an upperclassman he visualizes a large room sacred to ragtime and the new dance steps. It is somewhat regrettable that the popular conception of the institution is thus limited; as a student identified with the movement remarked Most fellows think of it only as the thing that gives the entertainments; they haven t an idea of the other things it ' s trying to do. So that it may be enlightening as well as appropriate in this place to call attention to the work of the Social Union during the season of 1915-16, and b ™ USp Swo? thing attention to the fact that by the payment of one dollar at the beginning o the year, students are admitted to four or five high-class entertainments of the ortwhXonnally command prices of from one-half to two do lars , as.wellas wo°rthrees uclent affairs of the mediocre-art but good-time variety. Last year ' s schedule included of the former sort the offering of the Ernest Gamble Concert Party, musicians of the first quality, Mr Leland Powers whose ability as a dramatic reader is well-known throughout the country; and the Hc£ Francis Neilson the English Member of Parliament whose utterances and writings against the ll Zi r Stif y Show of lasting fame and the Freshman Night Fntertainment The projected Student Vaudeville failed to materialize. Ent The administration of the Social Union is in the hands of a jomt committee , oT the Senate and faculty; this year ' s committee consists of Messrs. Spaulding, Irving and Russell of the former UnAv qnrl Messrs Lewis Kennev and Watts of the latter. .,_,,, , a j j The ehan« ' fro m the old chapel to the new auditorium in Stockbridge Hall not only afforded MeatlvneS a greatly appreciated facilities for the above class of entertainments but also „ u V 1 ' 1 nfi ■ k actum oi moving pictures. The aim in this movement has not been con- SS ' Z , 1, nor has it been designed to obviate any Possible unpleasantnesses at he Town Hall but has taken the form rather of a simple endeavor to give the tudrnts be ttoi value than would be obtainable elsewhere for the same money. Features like The Spoilers , lhe WeTnaut Heart of the Blue Ridge , etc., took a prominent place on the programs The Sation was on the whole, excellently ' supported by the student body, and it is confidently believe a extensions of the plan will be as successful. From the financial side sufficient sur- nl.is was forthcoming to enable the Union to establish a free telephone for local calls in the Trophj Room i , th ' 1 Ige, a feature of the work the existence of which many students are .unaware of TheTact of the presence in North College of a completely furnished pool room for the benefit of students fitted out by the same means, is probably even less widely known. students, ,, u existence of about a decade, during which it has been nstr SinVn-vuhng t.£ students w,.h a grea. many f ZdZ ,„j i n „ tr „ r tion Its noliev has been to preserve and foster the spirit oi sociability in tiu siuat b anTto — hetween students and faculty. The realization of this ambition, therefore, depends emllel upoTthepofX attitude toward the Union; yet the ideal is f X f E In commensurate with both increased interest and with the matcn: 1 g 1 « | Wfc fact its best days cannot be until the size and finances of M. A. C. warrant tin ni.unu name o a s al center, with adequate physical equipment, which shall form a nucleus around which an active, healthy college life can be built. 265 f ME 1918 INft JMgf) g djool ®ap The latch-string at Aggie is always out, but on High School Day a particularly hearty welcome is extended to those who come to the campus to get acquainted with the institution. Howev er well we may succeed in telling our friends by written or spoken expression of the attractions of our college, the democracy of the stu- dents, the inspiring Aggie spirit, the splendid equipment in buildings, land and men, the simplest way to drive these facts home is to bring our friends to the campus and let them see the college as if is. Every spring Aggie invites the high school students of the state to be its guests for a day or two. A day ' s program is carried out that is intended to demonstrate every phase of Aggie life. The very machinery of the college is kept running, athletic contests are staged, a banquet is given in honor of the guests, the musical and dramatic clubs entertain, the doors of the fraternity houses are wide open. The increasing numbers who visit our campus on High School Day are but proof that M. A. C. has found a unique way d emonstrating her real worth to prospective students. INDKX SCRAMBLE 200 THE 1918 INft Si C?S 5 Gflje parent To you is granted a special privilege; arise and enter the forbidden place with me, for even Turkish harem laws are lax at present. From the noisy haunts of men below, I lead you boldly past the grim faced monster who guards the upper regions with sleepless vigilance, straight into the abode of the damsels. _ Doors flung wide reveal empty interiors, except where an occasional maiden is bent studiously over ponderous books of scientific research or toiling on momentous mathematical problems. Yet, listen! Do you hear a noise like the howling of the night wind and the yawling of a wildcat? It comes from the last and only closed door in this sanctuary. We knock, a shriek or two ensues, then silence and a polite come in . There is no noise here — but an excessive display of combs and bits of tissue paper littering the room, bespeaking a comb party (most loathed by the keeper of the entrance) . Anon a telephone rings and without cere- mony we, the guests of honor, are tripped up by her who hastens to obey the summons. Unbe- lievable — a man has caught the monster off her guard and beguiled her with a smile into giving him the pleasure of an evening in the company of the damsel of his choice. But not in absolute privacy! Oh, no! There are plenty of errands to carry maidens past a half open door (left so by stern mandate). See, ingenuity has already begun its work; from diverse fancy bags and baskets silken threads of gay hue are drawn and deft hands weave the date of the eventful evening in the visitor ' s scarf, left conveniently at hand. Let us hope it is not borrowed for the occasion ! Coat-sleeves and collar sewed up also will pro- long the farewells this evening. It is rumored that on other occasions, when visitors were less welcome, clocks struck the parting hour while the 267 SYLVIA ' S STILE we isis m EJ V ft J Mr .fi|| •DOWN YONDER IXTHEOORN FIELD evening was yet young, and alarm clocks sounded a noisy warning. The sewing task complete, behold where two resourceful spirits are playing ball with studied unconcern of alabaster walls and dimly antique lights. But worse still, . watch those two maidens struggle in un- seemly fashion but with evident enjoyment. Alas they fall locked in one another ' s arms, too weary to rise — until an impious voice whispers in seraphic and beguiling tones Let ' s eat . As if the Pied Piper had piped, damsels appear at this summons from the four winds. Then indeed in a most feminine and ladylike manner is prepared a feast which you of the outside world cannot equal in quality, nor far surpass in quantity. One by one the lights go out, leaving us standing here in the shadowy hall; tranquillity is at last restored and maidens sleep amid the havoc of the evening ' s activities. Come close while I tell you in the darkness, guarded by these walls, how other days are spent in festivities to which other maidens are invited; and how they may some- times be found clad in resplendent garb perform- ing the rituals of their new order beneath candle light and midst the odor of white roses and pine. Still give ear, while I relate how on Sat- urday mornings the song of the suds resounds in the corridor to rhythmic rub-rub and the air is filled with a mingled odor of some mysterious cookery and the scorch of a forgotten flatiron. One worker sings Yankee Doodle as she briskly wields the broom, and another in tones of awfullest discord hums Old Black Joe over and over as she plies the needle. For this reason the doors of the studious are closed. Oft on rainy Saturday afternoons, when men seek shelter and the way is clear, the maidens make good their exit down the fire escape and skip away to fish. But the only bite they get is a mosquito bite, and their only game a duck — ing. Still, that is not so bad when one considers what befalls if all but one or two of the maidens leave the apartments in the evening. Mischief is then rife ! Even you brave men would tremble to return and find every one of your beds occupied by a night-capped stranger and in the large room at the extreme end of the hall, a gigantic pa- jama-clad man sitting in your great arm- chair with his legs crossed and the moon- light slanting across his folded arms. Neither would you be delighted to find on your table a beautifully beribboned box of newly-made fudge — by the odor from your neighbor ' s room — and open it only to give freedom to a big fat mouse! Horrors, it scares me to contemplate it — I flee — follow me! BACK TO NATURE L ' liS we iai8 m Belta $i)i amma A new society has sprung up in our midst — Delta Phi Gamma. Already it has achieved one thing most vital to all concerned — recognition by the facu lty. This means more than is generally realized, for it has brought recognition not only to Delta Phi Gamma as a Society, but to all the girls studying at the college. At last people have been awakened to the idea that there is here an active and able body of Coeds who lacked a satisfactory social life. Even thus early in the history of the society, favors have been shown the girls by faculty and fraternities which were never accorded them before its existence. From the impulse to better social conditions sprang worthier motives which have led to the formation of an organization which will inevitably make for better scholarship, greater democracy, and high standards of recreation. Then, too, it will undoubtedly bring about that which its members most ar- dently desire — a closer fellowship, that they, as alumnae, may remain more loyal to one another and their college. The growing necessity for binding the few girls together that they might work and play to their mutual advantage was first recognized by the girls of Draper Hall. On them fell the arduous and discouraging work of starting something radically new. When all was well under way — for to reach the goal of their ambi- tion will be the work of years — they deemed it advisable to extend their member- ship by opening up the society to the other M. A. C. girls who desired to belong. Three members were acquired in this way, and initiated in June. The enthusiastic spirit in which this work has been taken up and carried on under the able leadership of Esther Chase ' 16 and Mae Holden ' 16 promises to make successful this first Coed society of Massachusetts Agricultural College. 269 M. A. C. CO-EDS ' if if son f ME 1918 Mb Cbttoriate Several years have passed since an Index Board has expressed itself regarding the campus questions of the day. Whether this has been due to a lack of time, a lack of opinion or mere bashfulness is a matter of conjecture. The present Board probably has been as profligate in the use of the wee sma ' hours as any of its pre- decessors, our opinions have been submerged in the mad scramble of campus life, and as for bashfulness, we plead guilty to being as shy and coy as the average. Nevertheless, we feel that a few editorials have a place in a college annual. Our part may be only to resurrect these columns that future Boards may rejuvenate them and prove their worth. We are not seeking reward either of the bouquet or brickbat variety- We trust that our offerings will not be so acceptable as to be taken without comment ; we would prefer that they might serve as a spark to light the fires of the imagination, as a spur to action, that the obstacles to campus progress and enlightenment may be more quickly consumed and overcome. Jit ' s a reat Country Oh yes, we go on hikes and picnics and everything of the sort on Saturdays and Sundays thru the fall ; there ' s a whole lot of things to see — it ' s a great country, you know. A little more of that stuffing, and some dark meat, please, dad. Thus the freshman, home for his Thanksgiving vacation. Yes, even the freshman knows it — his frat brother has told him so; besides, isn ' t it near Hamp and South Hadley ? Yet by some inexplicable coincidence he himself doesn ' t seem to know much about it; and when he ' s a sophomore he ' s pretty busy, so that he doesn ' t have much time to get out ; when he ' s a junior his time is kept well filled discharging his variously located social obligations, and, perhaps we might add, in hiring others to take their places ; and he likes to have his last year to himself, to spend in trying out the various methods of wearing his dignity and his glad rags. So it comes to pass that we find a sophomore now and then who hasn ' t a very clear idea of where Amherst is with relation to various cities or points of interest, together with a goodly proportion of seniors who have never climbed Mount Lincoln or Sugarloaf, or who have no idea whatsoever where the Devil ' s Garden or the town of Williams- burg might lie. Not to speak of the eighty per cent, or more who never heard of the regicide judges and their stay in Hadley, or the far greater proportion of geology ex-students who have no conception of the simplest structural features of the valley and its surroundings. But the beautiful old legend of the angel sent from God and that of the sixty devoted men who with their captain gave up their lives at Bloody Brook in as thrilling a sacrifice as was Custer ' s battlefield of the Little Big Horn, the stories of the Old Bay Road and the heroic tale of that grisly, freezing February night on the Deerfield flats, with its slaughtering, burning demons from the north; the annals of the huge two-legged lizards that roamed the valley ages before the advent of man, of the immense Hadley Lake and its great shelving beaches, on one of which stands most of our college today, the long-dead volcano at Little Mountain and the still visible products of its eruptions — these are not by any means all. Paderewski, one of the greatest of living musicians, gave a concert at Springfield last winter — we do not recall any extensive desertion of the Aggie campus on the night in question. We are all passably familiar with the topography of the Smith College campus — 271 WE 1918 m but how about the Hillyer Art Gallery connected with the same institution? A very attractive course of lectures on political subjects was delivered by men with nation-wide reputations at Amherst College last year, available — but apparently not desirable — to Aggie students. To touch another phase of the question : The New England hill town as a type is known all over the country, together with the typical New England problem of the abandoned farm: why is Shutesbury? Speak up, some of you fellows who have lived one, two or three years within a few miles of it. The Polish settlement in the valley is pretty nearly a unique case ; what causes it ? What does it mean ? Whither is it leading? Yet another phase: Men go into the South American jungles each year, en- countering deadly fevers, dangers of assassination, serpents whose bite causes al- most instant death, ferocious wild beasts, that they may bring out some new and unknown species of the strange, rare orchid family of plants; how many of us, even after passing thru the throes of a sophomore botany herbarium, are familiar with the native orchids, some closely allied to the South American species, that grow in little-known byways on Mount Toby? Who knows the heavy, gorgeous night- moths that flap about our own campus, or the brill iant-hued fungi that grow in places we have passed a dozen times, or has heard the song of the wood thrush in the thicket at twilight? We have even seen fellows — not merely one or two, either — who, at nightfall, when God ' s great color organ was pouring out its solemn, silent notes from the western hills, would dash by in too much of a hurry to get thru supper even to notice. Yes, it ' s a great country. But, by the shade of old King Philip, who sits on his pristine seat on Sugar Loaf and moodily thinks of the days when his Nipmuck braves skulked over the tobacco fields at his feet, we need a little sense of the beautiful in life. Ebc establishment of a Comstructtbc Crabitton A good many of us, we fear, — especially those who for one reason or another have had the sociological viewpoint developed a little more than usual — have been brought into a pessimistic frame of mind by what they have been pleased to call the intolerable infancy of the average undergraduate, and his decidedly uniform tendency, in consequence, to worship a tradition long after it has become outworn. Now, we do not pretend to condone this sort of thing; this refusal to think for oneself, to weigh all ideas, new or old, in the scale of reason before adopting or re- jecting them, is one of the biggest problems the Eastern college of this twentieth century has to face; it is little short of mentally suicidal for a man who comes to college, whether he knows it or not, to get his mind and soul sharpened, to permit a college ancestor of forty years ago to dull that mind and soul through the tyran- nous exercise of a tradition censorship. But, on the other hand, though under- standing perfectly well the point of view of the man who couldn ' t lay an egg but was a better judge of an omelet than any hen in the state, wc cannot in l his case excuse the fellow who crabs, but has no reasonable substitute to offer. These few words may perhaps explain in part the existence of this article; we wish to kill two birds with one stone, and at once to point out to the rah-rah boy the possibilities of his tradition idea, and to supply the deficiencies of the crab- ber in the way of constructive suggestions. There is, then, tucked away snugly in one of the mountainous corners of our state, a little town only a shade larger than our own Amherst — Amherst in summer, 272 we iai8 m we mean. The town, like most other towns, supports a high school, which gradu- ates a matter of not to exceed twenty-five per class ; and the high school maintains a principal — behold the forger of the Tradition. From that school there have come to Aggie, in three years, nine boys and three girls, if we are correctly informed; those boys and girls have not been heroes or heroines in any field or in any sense of the word, but — we approach the point of all this discourse — there is not a man or a woman in the twelve who is not oj the very finest blood of Old Aggie and oj the nation. There, Boston and New York and other centers of so-called culture — fabricated, for the most part, from the left-over and hashed-over remnants of the thoughts of great men — is a record which even you might be proud of, could you ever reach it — which you cannot. Mind, they are possessed of no great talent, no wonderful genius, these youths; they were, and one might surmise, rejoice to have been born and bred in an atmosphere of hard work and plain living and right thinking — and every one as clean and sweet as the air on a crisp October morning in their own Berkshires. The Tradition ? There it is : not a measured heap of shekels coined once per generation for five generations, not a ten-year reputation for influence in college or elsewhere, not even a name for studious asceticism running in the family, but only the development of men and women worthy the name, sound, rugged stock fit to be the eternal — and only — hope of their college and their country. And the Man? Well, we ' ve noticed that somehow, when one finds a tradition like this one springing up in a college or elsewhere, you generally can ' t find him; you have to assume him (if you are thoughtful enough to consider him at all) as part of the work he built. But there he is, turning them out to come to M. A. C, keep up the Tradition here, and go back home, we hope, to help build even a bigger one. Sir, we salute you, and wish we at our institution of learning , might take a few lessons from you, you builder of Men instead of Things ! g i)all Wie $rogre £S? Of the three or four types of group thinking usually recognized, we lack the tangible sign of the last and most advanced — a monthly or quarterly periodical for the exercise of the creative power of the mind, a kind of dissemination point for new or original ideas. Most of the older colleges have such an institution, taking sometimes the form of a printed forum of popular opinion on live subjects in the college, sometimes that of a pure literary magazine, or occasionally that of a com- bination of both, relieved by snatches of wit. Not only is Aggie capable of pro- ducing this kind of work, but with her new consciousness of growth she is beginning to feel the need of some such focussing point for her thought. It would not- be difficult to turn such a project into reality right now, for the production problem is comparatively a small one. Its worst enemy is our old friend the man who maintains that his life is a part of his work, instead of his work being a part of his life, and hence is opposed on general principles to the acquisition, in an agricultural college, of the power and the desire to think deeply. It has often been said that the truths that are most alive and actively beneficial are those over which there is considerable discussion, debate, difference of opinion; and that where there is apathy, there is also intellectual stagnation and death. The tangible measure of this capacity for discussion — the desire for active thinking — is found in just such an undertaking as has been proposed. How much alive are we? 273 we lan m ILargegfie Oh you who love old Aggie — can you afford to throw aside your higher in- stincts and your nobler motives? Can you afford to disregard all things cultural, to hold in contempt all things sacred? When man fails to exercise and develop those faculties which make him more than animal, he gradually slips back into an undisciplined and vulgar state — that state of brutal egoism where nothing sways him but his own desire. Beholding this, those who feel the call of a higher destiny are mocked by fear of that which must come to renew the manhood of the race. They ask, will it be war? Will it be panic; — financial disaster — or physical calamity ? Why is it that in the heart of every man there lies a spark of a diviner nature ? Was it that the spark should smoulder amid the ashes of mortal environment, or that it should be fanned into a blaze by the recognition of a human soul ? Certainly the latter — else why your existence ? It should not be felt that these things are above everyday life. They are the fundamentals of that life. It is this that turns life ' s pettinesses into largesse. After all, it is the commonplaces of life that count. Did you receive a letter from your Mother to-day, and being caught reading it, pass your embarrassment off with light ridicule — or did you say the truer thing and leave your friend with an indefinable feeling of greater confidence in this old world? Did you betray a con- fidence in the spirit of bravado? There is greater honor among animals. Have the days of chivalry departed forever that you so vaunt your disregard of moral law and human right ? Search yourselves — deal fairly with yourselves, and in the innermost recesses of your being you will find a something which is ashamed, and which questions your right to abuse these characteristics that make man master of the beast. Let loyalty be your watchword — To thine own self be true, and it must follow as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man . Cije Jfifttctl) anmbersatp Think — think hard! Can you recall any instance where progress has been more marked than right here on our own campus, in these the first fifty years of our College ' s existence? There was a day when agriculture was not recognized as such, but merely as farming — a means of keeping body and soul together. At length a time came when farmers ' lads and lassies, feeling keenly their lack of social status, began to migrate toward the cities. As this migration began to assume large proportions, men awoke to the importance of this heretofore unclassified industry, and became alarmed at the enormity of the role it played in our greatest economic problems. The cry was then back to the land . But how to get them there and keep them there were problems in themselves. A question of so great moment was well worthy of time and study. A few far-sighted men with a deep understanding of human nature, looking into this matter, believed that they saw in these country folk and their common tasks the partial solution of the ever increasing high cost of living question . They conceived of a school where farming should be made a science and farmers ' children educated thai they might keep it on that basis. In fact they would recognize it as a big task, and create men big enough for the task. Right here in our vall ey, a small part of that vision was realized. A few scattered buildings on ragged, unkempt land, one or two professors who weren ' t afraid to venture out in untried paths, and a handful of faithful students: from this dc- 274 WE 1918 INft veloped the M. A. C. of today — almost a large college in number, and with very good and steadily improving equipment for its agricultural courses. Because of the tireless energy of our college pioneers it is to be our privilege to participate in a pageant — unique in its kind and typifying the spirit of progress. As students of the College we cannot fail to respond to the appeal that the references to the history of our College ' s past must make. It cannot fail to develop in us a wholesome appreciation of the men who have gone before us, and to stir us to greater action on our part, that the next fifty years of this institution shall find still greater progress. Besides, this anniversary celebration must call the attention of thousands to our college, who, having no realization of the importance of agriculture, have simply passed by on the other side. It will, moreover, while visualizing for these the progress of practical agriculture in this college, equally well demonstrate the fact that culture of the soil and culture of the mind are not inimical, but may be carried on at the same time, one being incomplete without the other. Read for yourselves in this pageant the story of noble ambition, faith, daunt- less enthusiasm, thought, purpose, progress as it has been written by the Aggie students for the last fifty years. Qftje Snbesfttgatiott The merciless probe is about complete. The heavy mist that settled over the college since the Committee on Ways and Means, instead of recommending the proposed development fund of two million dollars for six years — suggested a rigid investigation of the college, is beginning to clear. Out of the haze we see new hopes for the future of Old Aggie , new opportunities that will open up after the exact status of the college is known, the awakening of a new faith and confidence in M. A. C. — both on the part of the State and the individual. Once and for all the college should be assured of adequate financial support. Heretofore, President Butterfield has been obliged to fight to the last ditch for every dollar that has been granted the institution. Not a single appropriation has been passed without his supreme effort. The result — much valuable time and thought and energy that should have been directed along more constructive lines, the development of the intercollegiate standard, the efficiency of the college curri- culum, has been spent in idle jargon with the Legislature. After the investigation report is in, however, the authorities and trustees should be assured of better sup- port. Money for the development of Aggie should come more freely. The State should then feel safe to invest in the college, realizing that its case is perfectly clear, that it is a safe proposition, a paying one, established on a firm basis. Aggie ' s stock should rise. The probe should also settle for a generation to come all questions concerning the work and methods of the college. The old watchword of the mossbacks , their war-cry in the Legislature, — more practical work should die a shameful death. Through the hearings of the investigation committee, the state and the individual must realize more and more that an agricultural college is not meant primarily as a place where the student learns to hoe corn, milk cows, dig potatoes. The arguments of the alumni at the hearings must have shown conclusively that to meet the needs of the modern farmer the State is obliged to get away from the narrow-minded view of a few individuals. It must allow the authorities to offer such courses as will broaden the farmer of tomorrow, not force him into the rut of seclusion, mental inactivity, moral torpor. 275 f HE Hli Wb The resultant of the investigation will move along another line also. The rigid criticism which the college has undergone will not be without results. It will lead to more efficient work. Constructive ideas have been offered by men who stand high in the world of agriculture — men who would never have given M. A. C. a thought if it had not been for the probe. Suggestions and criticisms have been offered concerning the short courses and extension service. M. A. C. has been held up before other agricultural colleges, compared with them, shown to be lacking in some respects, superior in others. The faculty entrance requirements, courses, methods of teaching have all come in for their share of comment. In brief, every branch of the college has been raked over the coals and the weak spots criticised severely. We never realize our mistakes until they are pointed out by another. Probably this constructive criticism will be the best thing that could ever happen to Aggie. . After the probe is completed, there will be an opportunity for a general readjustment. The authorities will have something definite upon which to plan for the future, so that in due time every branch of the college will reach a higher plane of efficiency. Best of all, the investigation has aroused the alumnus to a keener sense of his duty to his Alma Mater. Previous to the time of the first hearing, the M. A. C. alumni were a negligible quantity when it came to helping the college. Especially was this true of the older graduates. A few faithfuls would manage to come around to commencement or class reunions, but in the case of the majority, it was once away, always away. They felt that they had nothing for Aggie and Aggie had nothing for them. But with the approach of the investigation, there was a change of attitude. That little spark of love of Alma Mater, deadened by long years away from the campus, suddenly leaped into flame when the future of Aggie was at stake. Alumni from all classes, the old graduate, the new, flocked to the hear- ings to defend the college, its courses, its methods. This alone was enough to make the investigation worth while, for with a body of loyal Alumni deeply stirred to the welfare of the college, Old Aggie ' s cause cannot help but prosper. Scttbtttcg Very often in our college life we hear such expressions as Why doesn ' t he get out and do something? or else it will be Oh, he doesn ' t amount to anything, he ' s a grind. This is within the realm of every college man ' s experience, for the average man has a certain superficial fear, as it were, of scaling the heights of Phi Kappa Phi, and of failure to succeed in student activities, lest he be the subject of such criticism as the foregoing. Yet there is some ground for taking this, critical view of our too hard working classmates when it is realized how many men take no active part in athletics or non-athletics, nor share in the fraternity life or the friend- ships which spring from common interests of a recreational nature. Is this the fault of the individual or of the body of college students? While this question may not be definitely answered, it furnishes a basis for discussion which may prove of value. One possible explanation may lie in the fact that many capable students fail to realize the worth of student activities, and therefore bend all their energies toward their studies. Again we ask — whose fault is it? Could we but make them see that student activities, both athletic and non- athletic, are of inestimable value to each and every individual inasmuch as they 276 WE 1318 INft give a chance for the play of individuality and the development of personal genius which has formerly been dormant. Moreover, the student should be made to realize that it is in such activities that he puts to the actual test the worth of his education as exhibited by his mental growth. Yet, it is not so important in what direction these activities shall lead him, or what thei r nature shall be. The mere fact that he is learning how to mingle is of inestimable worth. Leadership can never come without such training. After all, is it not leadership for which the college man strives? Here Reticency learns to talk, to take the initiative, to make decisions, to shoulder responsibilities, to plan; in short, is in a fair way to acquire executive ability. Are these things of value? Nor are purely social functions without their advantages. As the saying goes, Man is a social animal. Hence, to argue circuitously but quite truly, if one would be a man, one must of necessity be social. Social life breeds sympathy with one ' s fellow worker, broadens the mental outlook, instills confidence in one ' s self and in one ' s associates, and teaches the power to excite the sympathy and interest of other people. If you would be a success in life, is it not necessary that you have the ability to meet any man on equal terms and to win his confidence in you and in your integrity and ability ? To do this you must be able to meet his gaze squarely, to talk intelligently and frankly, and to discuss topics of current interest understanding . This cannot be done without practice any more than one can learn to swim, ' sing, play tennis, or make a speech without practice. Ease in such matters is to be obtained only by mixing freely with those with whom you rub elbows daily, and thus learning how to use tact and judgment in your conver- sation, while you acquire a keener perception of human nature. Social life is, moreover, a means of relaxation, one of the necessities of life. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy without a doubt, and the average college student is no exception to the rule. No matter how much there is to be accomplished, no per- manent benefit can result from pushing a tired brain beyond the limit of endurance, and the surest way of getting relief from brain fag is to forget your troubles absolutely in utter relaxation with your fellows, — yes, even in a rough-house. To mingle in the college life is a man ' s duty to his college as well as to himself. For if such things are of great value to the individual, they are worthy of support that they may be broadened and developed along lines of greatest benefit. The reluctant or bashful may feel himself a nonentity in regard to student activities, but this feeling is one which he must be taught to overcome. Again, he may think that the students prominent in activities are thus prominent because they enjoy prestige and attach small importance to their studies. Yet it may with truth be said that, while there are men who are socially active to the neglect of their studies, most social leaders are such because they realize the part it plays in rounding out their lives, and opening up to them an opportunity for personal sacrifice in behalf of their college. Yet remember, no definite rule can be laid down by which a student may di- vide his time between activities and studies. It is a personal problem which every man must solve for himself. Development is the great object, and this develop- ment should not be one-sided ; it should be broad and comprehensive, the kind of development that will fit a man to be the highest type of citizen. But let us not blame the recluse of college life, — the grind and the thinker. Rather let us seek to draw him out that he may benefit by advantages, the existence of which he does not realize ; while we, in turn, derive pleasure from the new impetus which a thinker gives to society. 277 WE 1318 m Confessions of a ©rtnb We draw, at the outset, at least one corner of a merciful curtain over the normal undergraduate ' s picture of the creature he denominates grind . It contains a multitude of unsavory details involving stacks of musty-smelling tomes of the vintage of ' 76, a pervading smell of kerosene, and long and weary hours spent in unpopular absorption by the traditional osmosis. It isn ' t good for a fellow to stick to the books too tight, says our old friend Popular Opinion, After a while he gets so that he simply can ' t get out and meet anybody at all. So speaks the voice of wisdom, and lights another Mecca. But suppose — only suppose — that the old boy had another think coming, and that somehow he ' d gotten mixed in his thinking, or what passes for thinking, and managed to put the cart before the horse. For instance, if the brute, instead of forgetting to make friends with people because he was too busy pursuing books, had taken to pursuing books because he couldn ' t make friends with people? Would P. Op. extract his hands from his khaki jeans, pull down his sweatshirt and begin to take notice? Not if we know him. He ' d merely take an extra long whiff from the aforesaid Mecca and tell you, Naw, you ' re all off; why, those chaps don ' t care anything about people — never did; why, they ' re as dead inside as Creeper ' s last year ' s plug. Well, if you agree with him, fair, gentle, amiable and otherwise pulchritudinous reader, don ' t waste your time on what ' s coming. We pass. You ' re inconvertible. For that is precisely the first proposition we wish to expound — that the grind is many times not one from choice. Did you ever really know one? And did he never stop in the middle of a weary page on a weary Saturday night when snatches of song floated over the campus, and close his book and dream for a while? Or pass a gay, happy bunch contained with difficulty in a smoke-filled room, consuming cider and doughnuts at SS feet per second, and think of the college stories he used to read in his callow days? Or see the crowd clearing out for Hamp on a Sunday night in midwinter, and wish a little wish that Providence had made him like his classmates? Perhaps, after all, a grind is human. But there are the books. Oh, yes, the books; at least, they furnish an avenue of forgetfulness, of at least temporary escape. So he goes to it, and finds relief from his lonesomeness in the true artist ' s satisfaction of knowing his duty well done, though it be the only thing left for him to succeed in. Or, once in a while, you may find a fellow of the grind type who forgets his troubles in helping out a younger chap, or one who has had less experience with the same difficulties; and verily, from the effect on the worker alone, the true Christianity of this idea is eminently practical. Such a man graduated from Aggie within five years, who, cut to the quick by the neglect and ridicule of his own class, nevertheless resolutely set about rebuilding the last two years of his college course on the wrecks of the first two — and succeeded. But we were speaking of the man who finds his solace in books. Eventually, as his new horizons expand and he sees the tremendous reality of the life and the men perpetuated there, what wonder if he find the college life about him, which after all is not much more than an elaborate play-system, growing petty and insignificant? What wonder if he resigns himself to never being understood, never really becoming a part of his surroundings while in college, and comes to rejoice that the new fields were opened up to him, however painful the method? And yet — and yet, there comes sometimes that overpowering loneliness, that yearning to be once more just plain irresponsible. But it is the law of compensa- tion — he who would understand the real things must pay the price. 278 f ME 1318 INft Overdrawn ? Well, perhaps. But just try it on yourself some time, in imagi- nation, if you can; just take away your friends and your fraternities, and all the widespread fabric you call Activities, give yourself a rather sombre background of pre-college life, put some little quirk in yourself which makes it hard for you to make friends, and — have you so very much on the grind after all? tEfje 3lnbex Every year, the editors of the Index are brought face to face with the problem of determining just what are the functions of the book. Judging by the books of the past, it may be variously classed as a college annual, a class record, an alumni census bulletin, a cartoon magazine or simply a compendium for whatever literary, statistical and witty productions could be gathered by a bewildered Board. The present Board has felt very keenly the variety of needs that the book must nil. That the very multiplicity of duties has limited and handicapped the Board in fulfilling any one function is only too obvious to those who read these pages. The Index must serve as a college annual, yet we have been forced to slight some phases of college life for lack of room. As a class record we feel that our tribute to 19 IS is not in proportion to her worth. Even though this book should satisfy the various demands made upon it, we would feel that it had not secured its results with the greatest efficiency. We do not begrudge the loss of sleep, the sacrifice of scholarship or the enforced absence from campus pleasures. We be- lieve, however, that the conditions which keep an Index Board, for months prior to the publication of the book, in a frenzied and tense state of action can be remedied. The experience that the members of every Board gain for themselves is in- valuable. They gain this experience, however, at the cost of energy and time which might be more profitably used. A new Board that assumed its responsibility with a working knowledge of the job ahead, of the pitfalls that led others astray and of the previous successes and failures, should unquestionably be fitted to turn a greater amount of energy and thought toward the production of a better book. To us, it appears that the only remedy is to be found in standardization. We should make a determined effort to find the greatest need that the Index can fill and then proceed to make it do its duty. If the present type of book satisfies, well and good; but the class which publishes the book should elect its Board early in its collegiate career, while the preceding Board is still at work. If a genuine college annual is desired, however, then the whole student body should take over the publication of the book, place the Board on a competitive basis and give it its undivided support. In this case, the need of a class record should be supplied by a class book, published before Commencement at a time when the complete record of the class may be written. We desire to see a better book appear on the campus each year. A clearer understanding of the place that the Index must fill in the college life must inevitably lead to this result. ©ashhoujSe g emperbtrem( Amidst all the excitement attendant on the perennial regermination of the bud of discontent over our dearly beloved bean foundry, we wish to say that if the Index can add anything of positive value to the discussion we shall greatly rejoice, hoping that by some at present unforeseen accident it may find a hearing with those most directly concerned. With that end in view, then, we present what is to come, not with the idea of injecting still another consignment of loyalty talk into a very much overtaxed subject, nor yet with the intention of adding our bit to the umphty-steen volumes of satire already uttered thereupon. The following statistics, 279 ws isis m after making some allowance for the personal equation of the various sources, repre- sent the approximate eating conditions at one New York and thirteen New England colleges, being compiled from a questionnaire sent to the respective Year Book editors : College Dining Hall? Student Waiter- ships? Social Oppor- tunities? Influ- enced by Student Opinion ? Other Eating Places Rates Rush Eating Popular? Near Campus Buildings? Wesleyan Yes Yes Yes No Fraternities t S3. 50-6.00 At night Yes R. I. State Yes Yes No Yes 3.75 Yes Yes Conn. Aggie Yes Yes No No 4.20 No Yes Bowdoin No No No No Fraternities 5.00 No No Clark Yes Yes Yes No 4.50 No Yes Cornell Not No No No Boarding Houses 6.00 Yes Yes Bates Yes Yes Yes No 4.00 No 3 minutes U. of Maine No No No Yes Fraternities, B ' rd ' g Houses 350 No Yes Dartmouth Yes Yes Yes No 5.50 No Williams Yes Yes Yes Yes 6.00 At breakfast Yes B. U. No No No No Lunch Room 4.50 Yes W. P. I. No No No No 4.50 Yes 5-10 minutes Amherst No No No No 6.50 No Yes Middlebury Yes Yes Yes No Fraternities 3.50 No Yes M. A. C. Yes Yes Yes Yes Boarding Houses 4-50 Yes Yes investigation of food conditions by Trustees und tOne soon to be erected. jPractice soon to be abolished. MENU (Composite) Breakfast Dinner Supper Fruit, 6 colleges Meat, 10 colleges Soup, 4 colleges Cereal (cooked or dry), 10 Vegetables, 7 Meat, 9 Dessert (pie, cake, pudding), 10 Salad, 3 Rolls, 6 Soup, 7 Dessert, 8 Toast, 2 Beverage, 5 Potatoes, 6 Griddle cakes, 2 Potatoes, 5 Beverage, 5 Beverage (tea, coffee, cocoa, nilk), 8 Vegetables, 3 Doughnuts, 2 Meat, 2 Many of the menus reported were i ncomplete, and not Bread, general for all meals all the colleges reported their men It may be noted that by comparison, at least, we are by no means getting the small end of the deal. Neither the quantity nor the quality of the food is conspicu- ously wanting, and the price keeps within a small margin of the average. Then, too, we have somewhat of an advantage in the way of social advantages, etc. We do not believe in trying to persuade a man who is not living at the Hall that he should double his eats bill to keep up a tradition ; neither do we contend that a Dining Hall ranks as an appurtenance to be maintained at all costs; but we do maintain that there is a very definite sphere of usefulness for it, consisting on the one hand of its unifying effect on the student body and on the other in the fact that it is the only safeguard we have against the tender mercies of local boarding mistresses. Let us not hesitate to tell in definite and prompt terms what ails i In- rstablishment when it has definitely proved that there is an ailment, but on the other hand let us give it the same consideration that we would ask were we facing the same difficult problem. 2S0 THE ISIS 1Mb Cbtps from tfjc burning The following have been deemed representative of the most worthy sonnets broueh ou by the English 3 sonnet requirement. There has also been appended a sorfof eclectic summary of the finest and deepest thoughts expressed by the class on that occasion. Clje filler of tfjc g oil He is a cultivator of the soil; He too takes in the heart of ripened wheat; The long hot, tiresome days of weary toil Through summer months he often must repeat; The harvest fruit without his care would tall; An everlasting vigil he must show, Or else his season ' s gain would be but small And have for his hard summer naught but woe. His aim in life is honestly sincere; His task is but to feed his fellow-men; His work is to upturn the fertile sod. His character his neighbors all revere; From childhood through the years he s always been An honest man— the noblest work of God. Kennedy Jfattl) The night is silent; all is hushed and still; The shrouded moon casts dull and frigid light; The power Death, with overwhelming might, Enfolds all life in winter ' s icy chill. But look ' A golden spark glows o er the hill And sheds a warmth throughout the arctic night; ' Tis Faith, that sets our hearts with God aright, And prophesies that help is in His will. But now the summer winds breathe through the trees, The merry song of birds is in the air, Across the meadow drones the hum of bees, And Nature ' s scents are wafted on the breeze, While up above, the skies are blue and fair; To live is sweet— Faith triumphs over Care. p REBL F King Winter, white and desolate, doth he About in cold magnificence. I stand Alone, and all I see on any hand Is endlessness of snow and woods and sky. What silence there is here! Yet just a sigh I feel, a whispering stealing through the land- That of the ancient wood. 281 me ran in n €faolutton At times, as I recline, and think, and dream, My thoughts roam far into the ancient time When Mother Earth held in her lap sublime Vast forests of uncanny forms, supreme In all their majesty, through which the scream Of prehistoric moil of brutes in slime Rang out in horrid echo to the chime Of heavenly spheres, with which great space doth teem These strange and wanton flights do me confuse; Enchanted, mute, I glory in the spell Cast o ' er me by Witch Nature ' s hoary muse; In haze the misty ages I peruse, And ponder o ' er the wondrous fate that fell Upon this grand old earth in which we dwell. — F. K. Baker t£o Jfrienbship Friendship, the sweetest joy of our short life, Whether we reach the place of high renown Or fail to gain an ordinary crown, You modify the bitterness of strife. Intangible and mystic bond that holds The hearts of men together with the aim Of mutual service, your goal to gain The paths that lead to all men ' s souls. For friendship at its best is naught but love And when the soul is filled with love ' s sweet power The mind of man rejects at every hour The thoughts that toward the baser passions move — Such sordid things as fear and hate and lust — And listens to the voice of God in trust. — H. L. Russell Then o ' er the coals to bend And watch those glowing embers ruby-lined. But then I saw the fire and passion, all The dizzy whirl my love at first attained, Grow softer, till in lovelier shades remained The after-glow, which on the farther wall My Peggy ' s picture lit, and shone awhile. When all the heavens bright with stars did glow, When Luna crept above the wooded rill, When all the noise of Man was hushed and still And Dusk enveiled the peaceful earth below, Then out upon still waters I did row; Out in the starlight, toward the shadowed hill; And all these wondrous things my heart did thrill With love divine, that I had longed to know. 282 A we on m THE BANQUET SEASON Lives there a Sof with heavy head Who never to his mate hath said This is the life for just three days And in tin ' s time what hell we raise. Wi)t ranb $allp= oo, fSatfes! to gou Come on boys, hurry, hurry, hurry. See the Aggie Midway, watch the wonders hobnob with all the freaks, hear the wild profs howl, talk with the deaf and dumb co-ed, the freshman giant, famous stenog, the millionaire janitor, see the hookadoola, the log-heaving math prof; Shylock, the magic coin flipper; the sharks that eat quizzes alive, the campus movies, the human cider siphon, the dean ' s deadly shingle, the sweat shirt ballet, — here we are, step inside and see them, ask all the questions you like, (Easy there on the lemonade, Argerol). Who wants to see the big show now, oh I ' m dying waiter, succor, nobody wants a ticket, — ah, the young lady has a quarter, thank you miss, (swallowed it hook, bob, and sinker). Step inside the grand palace of heavy canvas; who is the next one, over this way, neighbor, hear the Convict Iron Band, see the Justget- Byplane, gaze at the Sofs in the Dip of Dread. Try our Hog Serum, hams cured of old age. Feed the ferocious female Annie Huzz, stroll through the milk brewery, have your photo taken with the Head Waiter, fish in the mud for money, spot the maroon mystery and win a celluloid silo, whoop, don ' t crowd, all the sights are waiting. Slide down the subway, sleep in the seminar, sit in the Senate, look, look, look. He says he will do it, he will eat a muffin, we think it will kill him, he takes great chances, oh — ye cows and little cutworms, the child is dead, police, give me a handout, money, money, money, my credit is busted. Now on the right, ladies and playmates, is the Aggie Inn, built for a houseboat, and used as a trust company, lamp all the landmarks, the chapel, the drill shed. Follow us through the dorms, the hives of cramming, the roofs of rufhouse. Tear through the orchard, pick the forbidden fruit, stand neath the spray pumps, point out the posies, ease in the museum, see the bughouse, all the brickbats, ride on the coal truck, shake hands with a senior. Happy, happy, enjoy all the wonders, listen to the noises, eat the dangers, cuss the cut-counting instructor, nod at the daughters of Amherst, gamble with matches, gulp cider, crack peanuts, visit the sweetly settled suburbs, all for a little old-fashioned fun and amusement. Hoopla, ring the senior canes, hit the chapel bell and get a good cigar, jingle, jingle, dollars money, win the riches, buy a souvenir M book, throttle your troubles, get married. A Prof that uses you 50-50 may be a good guy. but it lakes (ill to pass the course. I ' M Rog tried to sing a ditty One beautiful night last fall; He was taken for a kitty — Brick — Infirmary — that ' s all. To Prove: — The Hash House can be made a success. Method :— A Tray of Hearts Q. E. D. ?£a?p 3bea Fifty dollars reward will be given for the proper explanation of this picture. Note: — As a matter of fact, Kid is shivering because he has just swallowed Curry ' s gum and is trying to think of an alibi. Bake — Else — a country street: vSaid Bake, For her a ride is meet ; From out the ditch they dragged a car; Camera, Tackie — and here we are. Frellick Sm|th GaSser Howes Baker LanpheA r Sull_ivan Wil|_oughby made from sharks A smile; the lighting system of the face and the heating system of the heart 285 Of all the sad and gloomy words That mankind ever writ, There are no sadder ones to me Than these two: ' Please remit ' llampuss Erueltp (Meter snitched from Kipling Gas Works) What is all that noise outside? said Frosh- Unafraid. A pond party, a pond party, the Senate Member said. What makes you look so stern, so stern? said Frosh-Unaf raid . It ' s nothing fit for you to watch , the Senate Member said. For they ' re throwing in the freshmen, you can hear the Wet March ' play, And the walks and banks are crowded, but you ' d better stay away; For they ' re taking all their collars off — so early in the day, And they ' re throwing in the freshmen in the Mud Pond. What makes the senior smile so hard? said Frosh-Unaf raid. He passed a quizz, he passed a quizz, the Senate Member said. What makes that sofmore guy so glad? said Frosh-Unaf raid. He fooled a prof, he fooled a prof, the Senate Member said. They are throwing in a freshman, and they make him tell his crime, For he failed to leap a numeral, so they heave him in his prime, And the pussyfoots have nabbed him, and will kill him in the slime, For they ' re throwing in the freshmen in the Mud Pond. He rooms within a mile of me , said Frosh- Unaf raid. There ' s room for him inside the Pond, the Senate Member said. I one time went to Hamp with him, said Frosh-Unalraid. If Hamp could only see him now, the Senate Member said. They are giving him his torture, you must land on such a guy, For he failed to jump a numeral, and he sure deserves to die; Methinks they won ' t be rushing him in Phi Kappa Phi, While they ' re throwing in the freshmen in the Mud Pond. What ' s all that yelling that I hear? said Frosh-Unaf raid. It ' s rough-necks giving him the raz , the Senate Member said. What made that splash so loud and deep? said Frosh-Unaf raid. The freshman ' s pep is dying out, the Senate Member said. For they ' re done with that poor freshman, he is wet and cold and sad, And he hasn ' t all the freshness that the sof- mores said he had; Ho! the other frosh are quaking, and would like to call for dad, After throwing in the freshmen in the Mud Pond. think the rifle team is prone to make good scores this year. down on the job No, I think they re lying 287 Dives of freshmen all remind us We must keep our rep sublime, Or in splashing leave behind us Ripples on the pools of slime. tBbC?? swBBP j l 1 1 We are the Aggie buccaneers, the campus is our college home, We have no sentimental fears, we drink our beer and leave the foam. We roam the land on murder bent, on evil errands we are sent, Our devil deeds of blood and fight would make you shudder in the night. We ruf the Frosh, razoo the green, and make them keep the campus clean, We heave the rebels in the pond, of banquet seasons we are fond ; We queer the movies every time, we spoil the show and waste a dime, We make the Gilmore burlies reek, and ride to Hamp three times a week. We burn our books and wreck the hall, we never take a quizz at all, We overcut in every class, and crab the prof if we don ' t pass; We swim the pond in blackest night, and break the street electric light, We loaf downtown and howl a song and kid the local dames along. We never lock our chamber doors, but pour molasses on the floors We slip a sweater on our backs and greet the gang with mighty whacks; We hang the traitors on the clock, and make the whole blame village rock, We burn cigars in clouds of fire, and call the town policemen Liar . We stay up nights around the dorms, and heave about our deadly bombs, We till the soil when we have time, and eat up nitrogen and lime. Compared with us the war is tame, for terror is our middle name, We make the Smith queens shed salt tears, WE ARE THE AGGIE BUCCANEERS! You who cannot master the fox-trot need not despair, the lock-step is always popular 288 How nice to lounge in North To sit in South is joy But he who calls at Draper Is one darn lucky boy. Wbt berage 1918 Jflan (Based on actual statistics) The average 1918 man is 20.5 years old, weighs 151 pounds and stands five feet, nine inches in his stocking feet. To feel perfectly comfortable, his shoes must be No. 7.8s while a hat to look well on him must be slightly over seven in size. This average man has a strong liking for Agricultural Economics as a study although certain phases of his make-up respond readily to the pure sciences. The College Store and Deuel ' s compete on equal terms for the trade of this person. At meal times, he may gen- erally be found at Draper Hall but he is not altogether unknown at the Aggie Inn. Fuss- ing is his chief amusement with music a close second. To keep in condition, this mythical indi- vidual takes part in football and baseball games with equal enthusiasm. When he forgets M. A. C, Dartmouth is strongest in his affections, although Yale appeals strongly to him. Smith and Mt. Holyoke Colleges are well matched in the contest for the big heart of this individual. At present Smith has the lead. He prefers to write oftenest to a girl named Helen although the name of Ruth causes his heart to flutter. Our friend came to college to get an educa- tion, of course, and to have some fun, but more especially to become a farmer. He has followed the practice of writing home once a week, but occasionally slips in an extra when the state of his finances is low. This 92.20 a year in getting his edu- cation. He shows his good judgment by considering the Index more interesting than the Collegian and while he has kissed a sum- mer girl on the campus, gone hog rasseling , eaten in the hash house and kissed a co-ed, he considers that his rashest act was to take and pass Agronomy. ' 18 has no eyes for the stenogs outside of the Library; he is resourceful in having sev- eral hobbies such as autoing, music and play- ing bid whist; and his bad habit of swearing may be the result of a strong antipathy for Sherk . His funny-bone is always tickled by hearing Billy ' s Hook, bob and sinker advice. ' 18 is apparently a man of wide in- terests and talents, of whom much can be ex- pected in the future. Jllardnng g ong of Sggte Hujpfjomoreg Tune: — Tramp, tramp, tramp, the boys are marching, etc. Flunked, flunked, flunked the boys are march- ing Come up boys and get your bid With your ticket in your hand Join the ever growing band Of the men who flunked agronomy with Sid. Flunked, flunked, flunked the boys are march- ing Have you billed your baggage through? One more question shall we ask: Did you meet that arduous task Or did Billy ' s physics overwhelm you too? Flunked, flunked, flunked the boys are march- ing Brace up, boys, or you ' ll go too. Underneath that flag marked flunked With your suitcase and your trunk When you meet your fate in our Doc. Gor- don ' s Zoo. Tramp, tramp, tramp, the boys are marching Cheer up boys, there ' s not a few Who, a-cursing of their luck, Are among those who are stuck In Agronomy, in Physics, and in Zoo. How about a bout; Sixsmith vs. Head Waiter 289 Now where are corn and beans. Oh, here they are, by heck; Away with local queens, Let ' s do some Aggie Ec. __ g tav or cstart W A doting father sat with his boy, an only son was he, The two were talking college and which one it should be. The youngster favored Aggie — it was a noble choice — But his father was boosting another when they heard the mother ' s voice. ' ' Father, John has been good to us and to Aggie he will go But first, my son, you must promise never to go to a burlesque show. I promise, mother said hero John, and he joyful dropped to his knees. Never, never will I go, mother — then he heard his father sneeze. The father called from the other room and said ' ' Come here my son ; Here is a pipe and Tuxedo, your col- lege life has begun. The only son took the pipe and Tux and put them in his vest. And packed his trunk and took a train from Sudbury, going west. The boy passed through his freshman year and kept his promise good, But he went to dances and to Hamp as often as he could. He smoked and drilled another year; in the third year he grew rash He fell in with a sporty crowd and his promise went to smash. And when he went home that summer, his mother unpacked his trunk; She spied a Gilmore program and into a chair she sunk Then came a chicken ' s picture and a grimy old sweat-shirt. Ah, you can well imagine how the mother ' s pride was hurt. ' ' John, my son, what are these things ? (the father came in then) Some scenes that kill a woman are lots of fun for men j •Why, mother, it ' s only a college joke, the fellows put them there The mother clasped him in her arms, My son, my John, my DEAR. Rock me to sleep, Doc. Sing a glacial lay; Be gneiss to my notebook For a-dolo-mitc not pay. Let the mantle of the soil Be spread ore my head And send a young river To flow near my bed. I Eear 1 may be diabased Like silli-catc and quartz. So igneous I feel now I ' m amphibole in spots. Advice to Alumni — Ij you want to avoid that nightly marathon get the Nursery Book by L. H. Bailey. 290 Stewd. — What did I get on that last quizz, Prof? Prof. — Zero. Stewd. — ' ' That ' s nothin ' ' . gs opi)omore bonnet (With a few choice sentences from others) tPje g opt)omore ' s Snuocation to tijc tEriumb irate When we stand in thy presence, O most mighty kings. Our spirits are depressed, our visage sad And e ' en our thoughts of thee are very bad Especially when Saturday a Dean ' s Board brings; Save that some wise lad hath used his bean And burned great oodles of the midnight oil To study Mycorhiza in a sandy soil And much Knowledge of the Protozoa to glean. Woe be to us who thus far sure have failed To find velocity per unit mass Who at Ascaris suilla oft have railed Nor yet observed the freezing point of brass; We know when comes a quizz we cannot fake it Still let our motto be, The devil take it! Note:— To the student giving the most fluent translation of the following sonnet, we offer a scholarship which entitles the winner to all the rights and privileges in English Courses 25, 26, and 27. Cternitp ' s; Bream (With apologies to Rossetti, Wordsworth, Shakespeare and Milton) In sundry moods, twas pastime to be bound, — Round these, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood Drawn almost into frightful neighborhood Crawl to maturity, wherewith being crowned The wiry concord that my ears confound: All frailties that besiege all kinds of blood Is a soul ' s board set daily forth daily with new food. That music hath a far more pleasing sound. Eat thou and drink; to-morrow thou shalt die; Light circled in a heaven of deep drawn rays Then gladly would I end my mortal days: Yet they were born for immortality Bereft of light their seeing have forgot If thou appear untouched by solemn thought. Cfjoice JfflorgeljS The tiny bird of hope within the slave— (One less in Massa ' s hencoop) . Your dashing waves thrill me to the very core— (Oh, Marcella, look out for the breakers). The summer heat has fled from out our ken— (Has it, Messenger?) Thundering musics, as from a proud ball — (Why they have tin roofs). I need someone ' s consul ever so bad — (We would suggest Webster). Thou art sublime, to infinite degree — (some line, you mean). The cold dark waters dashed with seething drive Upon the growling gravel of the shore — (To say nothing of the barking dogfish). After all, we go to school to study. Yes, after all. 291 I want to be a burglar Or a pirate on the sea But since my Ma won ' t stand for it The farmer ' s life for me. A scout is expected to do one kind act every day . This is a letter that a sub-freshman sent to Billy. Corn Corners, Paw ' s farm. September, early in it. Dear mister College Proffessor; I saw a man all drest up from your school and I have saved a tidy little sum on my rabbits, so paw says I can get eddicated now if I doant be stuck up about it. I aint had no draggins up to speak of as my mother had ten other fellows like me ter do fer all the time, washing, sewing, etc. Paw says tother day as how it aint what it useter wuz around the farm and he aint goin to let no Deacon Wilson ' s boy beat out his sons, so as I be the biggest of us fellers, Icud come to the cowledge and learn how to milk cows with clean clothes on, and never have to handle manure with a fork and all them nasty jobs. Yer see Paw was ailing last winter, and I had ter do all the chores around the place, and he says, pop says, if I would take good care of the four heifers we got a rearing and keep the horses in good condition, I could go off ter school this fall after we get the cider all in the barls and everything hunky-dory fer the cold weather. I wuz at the demon-stration uv apple grad- ing here to the fair and them smart fellers wuz passing the apples through handcuffs and telling they wuz three inches long and everything. In one year, I won $3.95 on my prize vegetables and I lost the cow judging contest jest because I didn ' t know one cow had a good spring in her rib. Now I wonder if you can give me some advice and tell me some things to help me get to Immersed, is that the place, where all the farmer ' s boys go ter git eddicated. Paw says he heard they wuz having city boys there, but it aint so, is it Mr. College Teacher? (i aint much on spelling but I kin learn fast ernuff) I wish I could live in the college barn house, I read in the paper where you have one of them and then you got a drill shed to keep your drills and plows and all your tools tergcthcr in one place, nice and handy. Is there a back shed where I can bring some of my Premium rabbits to and are they good pasture for a ripping good calf that I own all my self and want to rear for the cattle show some time. Paw says that he wouldn ' t let me go ter a college where they hev latin and poetry books but as long as they learn yer farming, that ' s the place fer a smart young feller like me. Paw is a good farmer but he wants me to be a better one some time. P. S. Please, if there is a boy ' s club there, kin I be in it respectfully yourn Charles Pewee Simpson Clark Fowler, Jr. My Dear Mr. Fowler: — Stick to your rabbits, son, and stay at home. We have too many smart young fellows here now. P. B. H. Billy is a good scout. S Jfleto Btlcmma There will surely be one, there is doubt about it. Yes, it is coming. But the law, is not the law a recourse in such cases? No. No. Sad, but the times are way ahead of the laws, you know. At last there is no escape, it must be, and we must endure it. But I cannot take the law into my own hands in such a crisis as this. No, the situa- tion is without precedent and dangerous to us all. But my heart thirsts for his blood, the villain, the monster. What has he done that you should hate him thus? Has he mur- dered your toy dog, snitched your letter pa- per, broken your mirror, or visited your girl at Smith? No, no, it is far worse than I can ever ex- press, it is awful, terrible. What did he do anyway? He wore a PLAID SHIRT to Chapel. Oh turnkey, bring him the aluminum ear- laps, he lias wind in his head. money talks, as some folks tell, To most of us, it says Farewell . 292 Lives of Sophomores all remind us How to set a rapid pace With the Dean ' s Board close behind us Care and worry on our jace. i! Ilet 3t Pc g oon They tell us that Charlie is longing For a building to house all his books, And the Commandant wants a real armory In which he can drill all his rooks. And Prexy, altho ' he is modest Wants two or three buildings himself, Oh, when will our friends in the state house Give to us the much needed pelf? Oh, let it be soon, oh, let it be soon. We ' re crowded and jammed and we need some n space To get these new buildings we ' ll run a great And if we don ' t get ' em, ' twill be no disgrace, But, oh let it be soon. There ' s three of the dignified faculty And I think they are with us tonight Who for years have been watchfully waiting For the right girl to heave into sight. There ' s a tall one, a dark one, a short one, It ' s Gates and it ' s Cance and it ' s Gage, They ' d all make good husbands, believe me, And they ' re all of a suitable age. Oh. let it be soon, oh, let it be soon. There ' s one who ' ll get caught if he doesn ' t take care. It seems to us all that their chances are fair. If a honevmoon journey they plan to prepare, Oh, let it be soon. There ' s a guy that the boys all call Leftie Louie, I think ' s his last name. He calls you up on the carpet When you overcut for the Tufts game, He ' s a habit of running for Congress They shaved him up with a Gillette, We wonder, we hope, and we wonder When a chair down in Congress he ' ll get. Oh, let it be soon, oh, let it be soon (This line blue-penciled by the official censor), It ' s the song the boys sing, and they ' ll bet their last sou That the next time he runs he will surely come through, Oh, let it be soon. I think that you ' ve all heard of Shylock Who gathers in buckets of scads, Who empties the pockets and purses Of all of the poor undergrads, And of Chimmie who sits in his sanctum Supreme over all he surveys. I wonder if the good day is coming When these two will alter their ways. Oh, let it be soon, oh, let it be soon, The College can ' t run without Shylock and Chim May their shadows in heaven never grow dim If their chances to get there by time shall grow dii Oh, let it be soon. They say that the goblins will get yer If you don ' t watch out and beware There ' s goblins right here on this campus Who ' ll get you if you don ' t take care Doc Gordon and Rillv and Sidney The boys say are goblins all three Some dav everv bov in their classes Will pass— Oh, when will that be? Oh, let it be soon, oh, let it be soon, So plug on the soil and the physics and And never lay down like a sick kangaroo And the day will soon come when they ' ll You all know a guy they call Pinkie Who hangs out in old Wilder Hall He ' s known for his socks and his neckties, A coon couldn ' t beat them at all But lately he ' s had a close rival With ties that would put out your eye Perhaps some fine day they ' ll do better Some day in the sweet bye and bye. Oh, let it be soon, oh, let it be soon, Kid Gore and Pinkie why don ' t you decry Those colors so gaudy they put out your eye Whenever we see you we heave a long sigh Oh, let it be f . Forbush. Laugh and the class laughs with you; study and you study alone. 293 I wish I had some ice-cream ' Thot the Sof in accents thick Said Billy from the platform Let ' s consider a brick. Snbcx ©tmtia Vincit (We trimmed the sons-o ' -guns) Russ and Ken got together and said: Let ' s beat up somebody . I say, Ken, did you ever catch? Throw me a line-er and see. ' ' Here ' s Fuller. Say Camel, let ' s have a picture . If the pitcher comes out good, we ' ll play the Collegian or the Shutesbury S. S. Russ and Ken shouted All hands on deck to repel Collegian Boarders , and the gang with upraised Index fingers bunched up. Russ handed out the dope and Ken gave the watchword for the game, Slug ' em in the shins . 21-11 He who hands the runs away Had better not the Index play. Rah Rah Pooh Pooh. ' Ain ' t nature wonderful! She gave us all fa ces, but we can pick our own . 294 We cut with hope the Loligo Quite often called the squid But when we came to make a sketch We find it can ' t be did. ©oto Moulb tEfcep Hook? Boyd, playing on the beach, with shovel, sandpail, and sun-hat. Messenger, panic-stricken before one of the fair sex. Professor Smith pushing a baby carriage. Henry Young responding to a flat- tering introduction in assembly. Van, in rags enviously watching an informal from the balcony. Howes in a bonnet, short skirts and half -sox. Fellows in the role of nymph in a classic drama. Boaz in a Greek dance. Norcross playing marbles. Grayson disguised as a co-ed. Popp shaking hands with Baldy Fraser. Roberts in the pony girl ballet. Ed Hill in a bathing suit. Bud Ross with wings and a halo. Barton punching cows. Kid Gore with a real mustache. Squirt Neal as a brown-tail moth sprayer. Flagg in a Brush runabout. Doc Sprague with a shave. Prof. Duncan playing hockey. H. E. Jones in a football game. Sid Haskell in knee pants. Fat Boyd walking on stilts. Prof. Hart in a gym suit. Prexy smoking a pipe. Wilbur singing in vaudeville. Doc G ordon making a parachute leap . Thompson preaching a sermon. Sid Smith — fat. Miss Goessmann ski-joring in a mackinaw. Warren running anchor man in a relay race. Charlie Wilber in felt boots, overalls and straw lid. Mr. Blanchard on the stump against the vivisection of mummies. Frellick sitting still, hands folded, saying nothing. Doc Peters toasting marshmallows over a Bunsen flame. 3$oofe JXebtetog The Soil. E. P. Dutton Co. Study of the Growth of Crops. This book, which was dedicated to the worshipful company of Gold- smiths, is Ledge No. 1 onto which the Sofmores are sentenced to browse at hard labor. This great book is heavy stuff but the Sofs find a lot of pore space in it. The author says The full story of the soil cannot yet be told ; for which the Sofs are thankful, they finding those minute streaks of soil knowledge already in the book very tough. Many interesting tables are shown clearly to be tommyrot, and the ab- sence of allusions to Shakespeare seems to be the only good feature of the volume. Instead of cyanide, or when far from rivers, we would recom- mend this pesky perpetration to a gentle reader who has the prerequisite of an intense desire to quit this cruel world ere long. The valuable knowledge of soil temperature herein contained will aid the victim in selecting a spot under- ground suitable to his taste in heat and cold. The only way to enjoy The Soil is to get into it. Sub. — ' ' Where ' s your glasses? Soil. — Just came back from Hockanum. 295 Ehe £ olttarp Sleeper Imagine, snoozing in his bed Losing his chance of lasting fame When every other Frosh had sped To hockey rink to see the game. Such was the sleep of Dinny Ross The golden chance was total loss, In woolen blankets he did roll And snored. (Just then they shot a goal) . He dreamed of skating on the pond With hockey stick and little toque Of co-eds there with glances fond When he the Sophomore defense broke. In fancy heard he loud applause (Another tally was the cause). Right on the hockey players kept, Sub-conscious Dinny turned and slept. An icy shouting rent the air (The game was won and lost by then) A western breeze stirred Dinny ' s hair He popped awake and saw Big Ben. f)wgi4bwoc-) % ) , he said And by this time his doom he read You couldn ' t hold him for a while But soon he smole his famous smile. Sam Gray — (taking his watch from under the pillow) — Quarter of eight and no one has come to wake me yet. If they don ' t come soon, I shall cer- tainly be late for class. tKo Canter, the Crab (Hero of Zoo, the gut course) Those happy hours we spent with thee, sweet cancer, In dear old Doctor Gordon ' s zooy lab; Are wasted not, segmented ocean dancer, How we enjoyed the aroma of crab. One by one we carefully sketched your toes, And made a birdseye view of your left ear, Dissected slow your megaphonous nose And traced the reservoir you have for beer. We labelled each small portion of your maw, And drew a neat cross section of your eye, Wishing our hand were like your mighty claw, To crack and tear the hashhouse victuals by. And now in later life we look ' way back With pleasure keen to Gordon ' s old zoo lab, When we were wont to cut and tear and hack, Segment and draw eyebrow and claw of you, crab. AN MAC. ARM-Y COAT. Rural Engineering Tip — A course in forging is recommended to those who can ' t make an honest living. L ' !)(i The Soapy Chute is near at hand On which no Sophomore may stand. The Soapy Chute is polished well Is steep inclined and leads to h—l. professor g mW 3Bream Resolved: That submarines be li- censed for passenger service under the college pond. Deep sleep. He dreams: a debate is on in the auditorium. Every Aggie man is there and all but one co-ed, who is on pro. The brilliant and apprecia- tive audience tilts .. forward in the numbered seats and the usual hum and whir of whispering is doused. Every syllable uttered by the heroes of the occasion is fondled by the stu- dent body ; every burst of dry-tongued oratory is cuddled with avidity. This is the greatest contest of the year; the victors are to be garlanded with tobacco, in lieu of ivy, and the losers are expected to hari-kari themselves. The two sides are neck and neck now, which means that neither has broken the other ' s neck. A poised senior arises to his turn and flashes to the rostrum, digging his heels into the hardwood floor out of pure ability in the art of Cicero and Sunday. His opponent had the moment before sprung the climax of his argument, but he had the cumbak . It would not be feasible to license submarines be- cause a new stenographer would be needed to handle the routine of the licensing office and she would add to the congestion in Draper Hall. Jforb ' fi a Car for ' {Kljat Is there for fear of laugh and cry, And many a pun and a ' that, The rattling Ford, we pass it by, It dares to run for a ' that. A Ford ' s a, car for a ' that. The engine ' s small and a ' that The tire is but a cat ' s paw tread, A Ford ' s a car for a ' that. What tho the Chalmers oft is seen, The Pierce, the Knox, and a ' that. Let millionaires spill gasoline In racing cars and a ' that. A Ford ' s a car for a ' that. The tin shell cry and a ' that. The name is but a rubber stamp, A Ford ' s a car for a ' that. You see yon banker high in Dun ' s, His limousine and a ' that. Far happier are the poorer ones With axle thin and a ' that. Their Ford ' s a car for a ' that. No Packard swell and a ' that, For honest joy and pleasure ride Can beat a Ford for a ' that. (Honk-k-k-. Honk). Tacky had a Ukeleli Played upon it nightly, daily Tacky thot it sounded gaily Neighbors called it weepy, waily Went to Tacks and called his bluff Said, we like real music stuff But as for yours — enuff . Speaking of Men ' s Furnishings — Many belts were given away in the Night Shirt Parade. 297 BANQUET SEASON, MAY, 1016 Ma and Lefty formed a crew To tell the Sof mores what to do. Ma said ' ' Don ' t think I am a fizz Because dear old Lefty Lew-is. a Case of Sbcntitp Little boy, where is this scene? It is taken in North College . What room is this? It is the Y. M. C, A. office. But what is that on the table? ' ' Er, er, er — that is a case of — W. C. T. U. poison. IsitM. T. HI ' boy? ' ' Yes, they have just varnished the floor. What does it say on the box? My glasses are at home. It says Duffy ' s Malt Whiskey. ' ' Little boy, how dare you insinuate — you stay after school. aggte Jf autonomics, or tfje Course ®bat Put ttje W in lue Doc Cance ' s famous one ring circus, the course that makes Atlas look like a mere weakling besides those burly Sofs who succeed in ringing the bell at the sixty mark, is a wonderful institution designed to turn out combination research chemists and stenog- raphers. His prodigies learn the catalogue number of every book in the library and why the price of soft coal at Dawson, Alaska, is directly dependent on the length of the sound waves of the old chapel bell when it strikes the hour of 3:34 G. M. One has about as much chance of an argument in this course as a fur coat salesman in the heart of Africa. The desire of the department to co- operate with the student at every opportunity is shown by the following typical announce- ments: On account of exams next week, 1 will give a double assignment . Those who cannot find the reference books in the library will prepare a forty thousand word thesis on the Value of Knitting for the soldiers at the Edgeworth League Meetings as compared with the Effect of the Massachu- setts Primaries on the Climate of the Congo Free State. Agricultural Economics is, by the way, a story of man in his struggles to get a living. Locally it is the story of man in his struggles to pass the course. An attractive feature of the course is the maps, on which you repre- sent the production of Sunthin back in 1888 by the dexterous use of local color. Another interesting feature is the process of removing negroes from jugs in the South. The remover is called Massa and gets a few days ' work out of the removed and then the removed removes asain or still. If the crop is good the help go, if it is bad they go. This illustrates the law of Come and Go, so im- portant in economics. They teach that cot- ton is a woolly fiber. Thev discuss the tariff and free trade. Some believe in free trade, others in local option, still others are willing to pay fees for the use of the Infirmary by proxy. ., ,. Speaking about the copyists of the Middle Ages, how about the copyists in the agricul- tural economical stage or the Si-lage as it will go down in history. Every little movement has a formula all its own. 299 Fate of the Junior. Over the river — Smitten. Fate of the Senior. Over the mountain — Wholly-Yoked. %tu Simple gsmnbap jBUsfct Jfussing ules (For Beginners) Rule 1 — Ring the door bell of HER house authori tatively. They must know you have arrived. Rule 2 — Do not send up a card. SHE knows you are coming. Call HER name. Your voice will sound sweet to HER. Rule 3 — Examine the surroundings. Are you safe? Is your life in danger? Are the avenues of escape open? Rule 4 — You have studied under electric light this week. Extinguish the parlor lights if you so desire. Feel at home. Be comfortable. Rule 5 — When SHE enters the room, motion HER to a seat. Be Master of the situation. Rule 6 — Do not allow HER to enter into your conversation. Show your col- lege training. It is a weakness to be interrupted. Rule 7 — Make a good impression. Presi- dent Wilson is your old friend Woody , etc. You are a college man. Rule 8 — At the gong of 10 exclaim, There ' s my taxi . You leave hurriedly. You are a busy man and have much work and many engagements. Rule 9 — In leaving you are indifferent. SHE is one of many. Big results will ensue. Rule 10 — You reach the sidewalk and utter a gentle but manly curse, — your taxi is not there. Do not be dismayed. Hurry up the street searchingly. Carry out the rules to the last letter. — SHE is looking. Ctoemc be jUlertbor Exhibit 234, Section 63. The original king of the just as good kind , and a firm believer in the old saying, Wherever there is life there is soap. Good evening. Would any of you young gentlemen like any toilet pwepawations? Have you anything that is good for a rash Here ' s some pewoxide cream that is good. Yes, that ' s good for it. I was awful rash when I was a freshman. 1 took some of that and I have never done anything rash since. It completely cured me. After being kidded by the crowd the Soap King usually sells several bars of soap, sonic toothpaste and a jar of cweme de mewidor . The fact I lint Mr. Hamlin (polite for Cweme de mewidor) earns his living by help- ing people to remove portions of (lie earth from their anatomy reminds us of the old biblical saving, Blessed are the meek, for they shall ' inherit the earth . The Clothes Law: — Lengths of glances vary inversely as the length of skirts. 300 Tan — See you ' re overcut in Physical, Ed. Ed. What are you going to do about it? Van — What they going to do bout it? Cfte Jfatile of tfje g eben Mtge $rote anb tfje g eben Jfooltef) ofe On the great Opening Night of College, the Seven Wise Profs in their Stairless Bungalows sat and pondered— and Smoked. Turning the Hoyle of the Curriculum they gleaned the Fact that they were permitted to torture Certain Succulent Simps, yclept Sofmores. ' . Rapidly as a Junior climbing a Dorm Fire Escape, they reviewed the Evolution of thermal h lamination — from the harmless Trials hv Fire, Water, and Combat, thru the Eras of Flogging, Strangulation. Ink-Swallowing, Mas- tication of Mud, Modern Murder, Bomb Gastronomy, Mexican Knifing, to the Deadly Pllor of the Last Terrible Aha, the whole System of Faculty Oppression was a Triumph of the Undertaker ' s Art, and as, with Cunning Care they planned Hour Quizzes before Vacations, and Promulgated Inaccessible Reference Readings for the Tortuous Terni, their Eves Gleamed, while thev Refilled their Fountpens with Alacrity and a Small Supply of Extra Black Ink. They Schemed Nefariously for Three Hours, read the Pussyfoot Daily, two Cutlery Catalogs, and an essay entitled Ou ' treaping the Grim Reaper— How to Make an Ex-student with a Single Stroke of the Cleaver. Then in order to be up Early so as not to Disappoint the Sun, they all Retired to the Alfalfa to allow us to Point the Finger of Scorn at their Intended Victims, the Unconscious but Wideawake Sofs — Seven of Them. All Gaietv. all Innocenfof the Desired Demise, the Seven Sofs were Telling a Slew of Freshmen they were Spar- rows, and must Slide up Telephone Poles and Tap Wires with their Little Beakies. The Fresh FhUed agreeably Feathered Bipeds for a while, then came Down in Response to a Flattering Invitation, pi iHo their Life History. Thev stopped Automobiles and offered their Services of Yells Tore to their Rooms to try on Soft Trousers and Mustard Poultices all asleep but the Seven Sofs. The Seven Sofs, with Marshmallow Dip and Popcorn, Heeled the Streets, and With one accord they yelled and sung, Unslept, uncornered, and unhung! (Slav Folk Song). Sneaking into the Bakeshop they Bought a Dozen Doughnuts apiece and swallowed twi. punity and_ Plenty of Sugar Flatter Boards, and Told , and Finally with a Loud Following They Slept. Now we have them i many with 1m- An Hour later thev ' Fastened their Sweatshirts onto a Nail in the Fireplace, Argued, had a Rufhouse, Arbitrated, Tossed up to see who Paid for the Broken Chandelier, Put a Little Cheese into the Mousetrap and Fell into a Doze on a Trunk for Two Hours and Eight Minutes, woke up Sleepy, in time for Breakfast, to Pester the Frosh for a full Lunch came in Due Time, on an Oval Tray, and they Told their Waiter they were Terrors and Wanted all their Food served Raw, and so the Term wasted Away. Study? They had heard the word, it was in the Catalog, but they were Trying Hard to Live it Down, if Possible. And all the Time, those Seven Wise Profs were Using the Snath, and the Hone, and the Emery Wheel, Sharpen- ing their Powers of Expression, which means a Pushing Out. The Calendar Changed Faces several Times and it was Now Two Weeks to the End of the Term. Every One of the Seven Wise Profs Shouted to His Sofs to Beware the Jabberwock, My Son , but all Unheeding, the Warned and Wayward beat it Over to their Lockers and Played Handball for one solid Hour and One Gym Credit. Again a Lapse of the Fleeting Stuff, and the Seven Sofs Found Themselves in La Derniere ( ' lasse . BAM! BOOM! OOF! Thev came to Life, and Groped for Help. What will the Final Cover? Do We have to Know this Formula? What Tables and Classifications are We Supposed to Know? Are We Responsible for Lab. Work? Thev were. Alas, Patience was about to Graduate into Passion for Blood! The Profs Hinted at all Sorts of Catch Ques- tions that were to come in the Awful Interrogation (Interrogation — a rolling around inside). During the Reign of Terror, the Seven Sofs went around with Corrugated Brows, Heavy Supplies of Nicotine and an intense Interest in Lecture Notes, and Lab. Writeups. They tried to Review but They feared the desert behind them w-orse than the dark before , so they Played Bid Whist Feverishly, Swallowed Hard at Mealtimes, and Cursed many a Manly Epithet against the Hour of Judgment, wishing they had a Sawed- off Shotgun for Use in a Cli- The Dead and Dving Filed into the Hall of Hell and sat down Twenty Feet apart, so that their Evil Com- panions could not Tell them the Answers to the Ten Impossible Questions. Some lucky Cuss who got out of every other Final started to Sing something Glorifying that there were No More of them. But that didn ' t get the Seven Sofs anything, thev were Miles Deep in Mire. Gasping and Pale. The Death Warrants or Bills of Burial were Delivered, and Paper was Provided on winch to Inscribe Wills or Make Dying Statements to Relatives. The Seven Sofs fumbled with the Papers, Gnawed off a Thumb, and Wrote the Answer to Part 763 of the 7th Query. For the Sake of Emphasis let us Consider the Agony — Pahdon me — the Agronomy Final, which Covered those two Weapons of Wisdom, that Grave-filling Text The Soil , and the Modern Domesday Book, Manures and Fer- tilizers. As They Lamped the Problems, the Last One Stood Out from the Paper and Shook its Fist at Them. It was this: What is the residual effect of Peruvain guano onsecond growth mangels in an off season in a windy exposure, and what is the cost compared to excelsior applied to the pore spaces with a dibber, and w r hy is F. O. B. Amherst, instead of C. O. D. Amherst? Give results in tabular form, and name of parent or guardian. Is it sound farm prac — THIS, Sighed the Seven Foolish Sofs, was to,, Much for the Poor Guys who were Dodging the Doctor, and Oyer cutting the Infirmary for a Week, so thev Buttoned their Vests tightly. Put their Feet Flat on the Floor, and Removed the Tops from their Self-Fillers Then, Inverting the Pens Near the Soft Palate, they Drank the Inky Dose with Great Gusto and Disastrous Results. All had Large Funerals and Sleep Silently in the Subsoil. Beware, Be Good, and You ' ll be a Graduate Some Day. That is if You Fit with the Faculty. Mr. Rand in Eng. II — Get this all into your head and you 11 have it in a nutshell. 301 a. C. ©tcttonarp A — Absorption, a means of getting a chemistry lesson. Alarm Clock, a product of man ' s insanity. Amherst, the rendezvous of 1918- Amoeba, an animal that starts many a man on the downward path. Agronomy, a dirty business. Assembly, a weekly mobilization to boost some- body in WHO ' S WHO. B -Bandit, one who plays in the band. Banquet, an annual affair enjoyed by ; ■ fresh- Basketball, the art of basket making. Bed, a humanity requiring few make-ups. Biscuits, hash house ammunition. Bluff, wasted energy. Board, 1. Penalty for ingestion of antique food stuffs; 2, article frequently applied to posterior of freshmen; 3, perpetrators of any published infliction. Bolt, apparatus for the convenience of nuts. Bone, 1. Rocky substance found in great abun- dance in this vicinity; 2, form of misjudgment frequently committed; 3, loud-voiced gentle- man with surly manner, purveying daily papers. Boning, a process of assimilation by osmosis. Brain, has not been isolated with sufficient fre- quency to warrant an accurate definition. -Chapel, where you recline after you : safely. Check, the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Chaos, a condition of mind during exams. Cigarette, probable source of haze sometimes seen emerging from Physics Building. Classroom, locality dedicated toslumber. Co-cd, a non-com who commands Attention (and gets it). Coke, 1, an important by-product of slanguage; 2, tin- cranial filling of (lie other fellow. College, training camp for athletes and their MiTCHHoriea. Course, :i homogeneous series of notes and minor quizzics, ending up with a terrific final, every man for himself. Creeper, tin- mailman. Cut, ' ' Why this bust in the museum here And whose is the marble phizz? That is a student who never asked ( ( How did you hit the quizz? . D— Dairy Lab., a crematory where canny milk gets refined and comes out whole cheese. Dorm, a house of mirth provided for students to do everything but sleep in. E — Economics, 1, toil; 2, toil; 3, toil. Engagement, 1, definition differs with authorities: according to victim, a unique state of bliss; according to engagee, a triumph of scientific management: according to observers, a par- ticular type of misfortune. 2. A more or less strenuous conflict resulting from (1) or other- wise. Note: It has been noticed that a large crop of the former is usually harvested in this vicinity immediately after Junior Prom. English, a language now almost extinct at college. Entomology, a major, where the net results are carefully studied. Equilibrium, what you are out of when you do the first position in the latest fox-trot. F— Faculty, source of all 1 Farm, a place where you practise . Fiction, substance of lette week. Finals, a catch-as-eatch-cj match. Flunked, abbn ated i ledge. apply sound fai ncntal wrestling elongated college Forum, a post-mortem over the student body. Fountain-pen, a spray pump which leaks uni- formly (sometimes). Freshman, the meekest of men. Fussing, see authorities on the subject: enjoyed only by the select. G— Geology, a study of rocks — hard stuff. Geometry, a solid course. Grinds, most sophomores, perforce. -Hash, a weekly revi Hazing, an amusing of making kindlings. Idleness, chief occupation of Juniors and Seniors, Indev, a place where you like to see your name. [nortia, a matter of moment to Sophomores, Informal, 1, a physical ed. equivalent : 2, the one popular Saturday course. Instructor, ;i male BUfferer who works like a prof. but win A reputation is as hard to keep clean as a sweat shirt. 302 Kan — Going to the next informal? Ken — You re right I am Kan — l ' Got a dance? Ken — Sorry, been full a week . J — Jackass, a lab. asst. named John. Janitor, a hard worker who leaves a clean ] behind him. Junior, Prom-ised. -Kidnapped, freshn son. (?) offio L — Laboratory, an insidious imprisonment tating a write-up, where you test tubes, plant food and cover slides. (Chem. lab., an isolated building for the asphyxiation of freshmen). Laboratory assistant, a larger man than Caesar, according to his estimate. Lemon, the one you --met last Sunday (see Peach). Library, an amuseum of good looks in glass cages. Love, temporary insanity prevalent in colleges. M — Major, excuse for continuing course in Applied Athletics. Major Talk, small talk; 2, perennial proof of the excellence of our equipment; may be consider- ed as a device for the prevention of oversleep- Microscope, a contraptious invention, by the aid of which you while away two perfectly good hours several times a week. Milk, a diluted cow. Money, a rare stake in college card games. Morning, what you get up in — plus pajamas. Movies, a flashy hall of film where a light is thrown on reel life. Mud, (see East St.) Music, North College, any evening. N — Nerve, prerequisite for bluffing. P — -Paddle, used for pressing. Peach, the one you will meet next Sunday night (see Lemon). Physics Building, a dyneing hall where you eat force with an acceleration. Pond, 1, a wet spot; 2, an aggregation of liquid impurities superposed on a stratum of mud. Predicament, condition ensuing when you find yourself compelled to go to the Prom on forty cents and a laundry check. President, a man with a Faculty for keeping students busy. Professor, a man, not a student, but tolerated mutually by them. Prunes, the foundation of all hashhouse grub. — Quiz, a young examination; an artificial con- traption to hoist your grade above C-level. R — Radiator, a bit of decorative iron-work seen in dormitories, not felt. Revival of learning, week before exams. Registration, the mill you pass thru before you can call a nickel your own and then you cannot. S — Secretary, a congenial superior who never looks Senior, an optimist. Shaving, a phizzical change requiring other Shoe, a leathery necessity which ties up capital in fancy hose. Skate, what you don ' t have after shoveling off the pond; 2, hideous looking psuedo fish used for interior explorations in zoology; 3, denomi- nation applied to certain equines attached to farm wagons. Skis, popular methods for retarding progress on snow; also used for tickling risibilities of on- lookers. Sleep, a popular elective course, hours by ar- rangement. Soil, a substance used to grow crops. Sophomore, a pessimist; a dizzy-pated pet of the faculty. Space, what a blank cartridge shoots off into in a battle of the clouds. Student, a ra-ra avis. T — Toes, locality where most of the informals are danced . Track, you won ' t get board (bored) by it. Treasurer, a tourniquet on the circulation of money. Triumvirate, a smooth working combination. U — Uniform, a laboratory for sewing experiments. V — Vest, an unarmed pocket-bearing device for self-made men to carry their makings in. W — Waiter, a misnomer, a souperior who keeps you waiting. Z — -Zoology, a gut course, where the Sophs cut up. You can lead a Frosh to study but you can ' t make him think. 303 y sjl kl l1 ] T W 1 B 1 ■ ADVERTISE- MENTS Adam ' s Drug Store VII Aggie Inn X Amherst Book Store XVI Bancroft, The VI Beckmann XVI Bide-A-Wee XV Bolles, E. M VIII Bowker Fertilizer Co XVIII Campion XVI Carpenter Morehouse X Casper, Ranger Co X Coe-Mortimer Co XIX College Store IV Colonial Inn VII Cox Sons Vining XVI Croysdale Inn XVII Deuel ' s Drug Store XIV Dewhurst, E. W XV Eagle Printing Binding Co Ill Elder, C. R XVIII Epstein, J VII Eureka Blank Book Co XIX Fottler, Fiske, Rawson Co XVII Gregory Sons VI Hastings, A. J IV Holyoke Valve Hydrant Co XVII Horsman Co., E. I XIX Howard-Wesson Co IX Hyde, S. S VIII Jackson Cutler V Jacob Reed ' s Sons VI Keuffel Esser Co XIX Lord Burnham V Marsh Est., E D IV Mass. Agri. College XIII Middleton, J XIV N. E. Baled Shavings Co XV N. E. Plumbing Supply Co XIV Page ' s Shoe Store VIII Perry, The X Rahar ' s Inn XVI Sanderson Thompson XVII Shattuck Jones XV Shepard, F. A VI Springfield Republican VII West Stockbridge Lime Co XIV White ' s Studio XI Wiley-Bickford-Sweet Co VIII Woodward, F. W XV Wright Sons, H. E V Wright Wire Co XVIII Ziegler, P. K XIV Eagle Printing Binding Company School and College Printing a Specialty PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS Flat Iron Building, Eagle Square in Amherst Furniture and Carpet Rooms Makes a Specialty of Students ' Furniture, Carpets, Rugs, Draperies, Bedding, Bookcases, Black- ing Cases, Desks, Window Shades, Picture Frames, Cord, Etc. at lowest prices. Save Freight and Cartage by Purchasing Here. E. D. Marsh Est., E. F. STRICKLAND, Mgr. 18-20-22 Main St., Amherst, Mass. Blank Books, Stationery and Fountain Pens U. S. Geological Survey M aps at A. J. Hastings Newsdealer and Stationer Irving, 17 Higginbotham, 17 College Store Confectionery Tonics All Student ' s Supplies Faber, ' 18 McKee, ' 18 i WHY NOT FARM ALL YEAR ROUND ? No off-season for the owner of this house. He has 400 acres outside but also has two greenhouses. Four more are being built and plans under way for others. When the Winter season comes, he brings the help inside — puts them to work in the greenhouses and goes right on marketing at top notch prices. The greenhouse solves the problem of how to keep things going twelve months in the year. We have been building greenhouses for ov tury, so we know something about it. You are welcome to our literature and adv Toi IWnhamlo. SALES O FFICES NEW YORK. 42d Street Bldg. BOSTON, Tremont Bldg. PHILADELPHIA. Franklin Bank Bldg. CHICAGO. Rookery Bldg. ROCHESTER. Granite Bldg. CLEVELAND. Swetland Bldg TORONTO. Royal Bank Bldg. MONTREAL. Transportation Bldg. FACTORIES: Irvington. N. Y. Des Plaines. 111. St. Catha Jackson Cutler Dealers in Dry and Fancy Goods and Choice Family GROCERIES l TEW England ' s oldest and - - ' largest manufacturer and distributors of dairy supplies and equipment. Our own manufactured specialties are largely articles of tin and galvanized iron, covering everything from cans to the largest washers and sterilizers, and we are Eastern Representatives of many of the largest Western Manufacturers of such articles as separators, clarifiers, pasteurizers, etc. Henry E. Wright Sons, Inc. 12 So. Market St., Boston, Mass. FACTORY 50 Spice St., Charlestown, Mass. BRANCH: 18 Lonsdale St., Providence, R. I. JACOB REED ' S SONS MANUFACTURERS OF Gold Medal Uniforms Our Equipment and Facilities for producing Uniforms for Colleges and Military Schools are unequalled by any other house in the United States. You are sure of in- telligent and accurate service in ordering of us. The uniforms worn at the Massachusetts Agricultural College are finished examples of the character, quality and appearance of our product. JACOB REED ' S SONS 1424-1426 Chestnut Street : : Philadelphia The Bancroft F. A. SHEPARD WORCESTER, MASS. The Rendezvous of College Fraternities Men ' s Store CHAS. S. AVERILL Pres. and Managing Director mmm Use Our New Cash Discount Card and Save Five GREGORY ' S Per Cent on Honest Seeds Shoes Hats Clothing Catalog free to all J. J. H. Gregory Sons Seed Growers and Seed Dealers Furnishings and Custom Tailoring MARBLEHEAD, MASS. I T T ?l ]s f Come in and see our big line of Waterman ' s Ll tMU. Conklin ' s and Moore ' s Fountain Pens. Our line of Cameras, Film and Cyko Papers is complete. The most distinctive Stationery in town is displayed at all times. Drug Store Goods of the best quality at reasonable prices always obtainable. Avail yourself of our many store privileges such as free local telephone service, town directory, postage stamps, guides and our information bureau. Whether you buy or not we will be just as pleased to see you. HENRY ADAMS CO. 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Colonial Inn We Serve in the Old Fashioned Way J. EPSTEIN High Grade Tailor Cleaning, Pressing and Repairing Dry Cleaning Reasonable Prices Liberal Pressing Syste P. O. Building Telephone 36-M VII Siesta Felt Slippers Trade Mark A LL College Students need these warm, comfortable, and stylish Felt Slip- ■ ■ • pers, when burning the Midnight Electric or when your room is cold and frosty. We also have attractive slippers for Women, Misses, and Children, in beauti- ful colors of Felt. Just what you need for Holiday gifts. Send for Folder M. A. C, illustrating this famous line of Siesta Slippers and. other specialties. Address THE WILEY-BICKFORD-SWEET CO. Worcester, Mass., U. S. A. 60 King Street College Shoes We carry the largest stock in the state outside of Boston MODERN REPAIR DEPT. E. M. Bolles The Shoeman Page ' s Shoe Store AMHERST Largest stoc of College Shoes this side of Chicago? S. S. HYDE Jeweler and Optician KINK WATCH REPAIRING Broken Lenses accurately replaced Bring tin ' Pieces 13 Pleasant St., Amherst The 1918 Index to be sure of having good engravings, efficient and accommodating service, prompt deliveries and fair charges, selected The HOWARD-WESSON COMPANY College Engravers WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS A request to talk over your Book will not oblige you to make this selection Casper Ranger Construction Co. Main Office HOLYOKE, MASS. Branch Offices Stearns Building, Springfield, Mass. Architects Building, New York City Builders of Stockbridge Hall Carpenter Morehouse BOOK and JOB PRINTERS Kljc gmfjerat Becotb AMHERST, MASS. i e gggte Jnn Cl)£ Place Wbere ggte iWen Cat anb g mofce anb Calk Open from 7 a. m. to II p. m. Amherst, Massachusetts The Perry Open all the Year Telephone 8351 1546-47 Broadway, New York (Between 45m and 46m Streets, in Times Square) Photographers to Hl is Book ana man}) ofner Colleges for :: .:: me Season :: :: QTie ScKool and College Department makes available the best skilled artists and modern metnods, and also assures promptness and :: :: accuracy) in completion of v?ork :: :: Studi, Northampton, Mass. Soutk Hadley, Mass. Pougkkeepsie, N. Y. Princeton, N. J. Lawrence, N. J. West Point, N. T. Cornwall, N. Y. Brooklyn, N. Y. Ithaca, N. Y. HanoOer, N. H. Massachusetts Agricultural The Massachusett s Agricultural College is a public service institution, the function of which is to benefit the agriculture and rural life of the state and incidentally that of the nation. In the fulfilment of its mission the College undertakes the work of Investigation, Resi- dent Instruction and Extension Service. Investigation follows three distinct lines: (1) scientific research, through which are discovered new laws governing the growth of plants and animals, (2) experimentation, which seeks to ascertain the best methods of applying science to practice, and (3) the agricultural survey or inventory of agricultural conditions and possibilities. The purpose of Instruction given to resident students is to prepare them for the agri- cultural vocations and also to train them in the principles of good citizenship. Students pursuing the regular four years ' course may specialize in any of the following named depart- ments : Agriculture Landscape Gardening Agronomy Pomology Animal Husbandry Agricultural Chemistry Dairying Economic Entomology Poultry Husbandry Plant Physiology and Pathology Floriculture Microbiology Forestry Agricultural Education Rural Social Science Rural Journalism Undergraduate courses are also offered in a large number of departments the work of which is not arranged as a major. The Graduate School admits college graduates for advanced study in agriculture, botany, chemistry, entomology, horticulture, mathematics, microbiology, veterinary science, zoology, and rural social science. College, Amherst, Mass. Various short courses and conferences are held at the college, among these being the following : Winter School of Agriculture Farmers ' Week Summer School of Agriculture Boys ' Camps Conference for Rural Social Workers The task of the Extension Service is to disseminate agricultural knowledge to all people of the state having rural interests, and to assume an attitude of leadership or of co- operation in various activities, educational, social or economic, which tend to benefit agricul- ture and country life. Thousands of persons are directly reached each year by the Extension Service. Some of the types of work organized by this branch of the College are : Correspondence Courses in Agriculture Boys ' and Girls ' Clubs Itinerant Schools of Agriculture Traveling Libraries Educational Exhibits ■ - District Field Agencies Demonstration Orchards Lecture Courses Five Facts of Interest about the Massachusetts Agricultural College 1. It trains men for vocations not yet overcrowded. 2. It offers courses of study in 28 departments of academic instruction covering the fields of Agriculture, Horticulture, Sciences, Humanities, and Rural Social Science. 3. Its enrollment of students of college grade exceeds 600 in number. 4. Its field of service is the entire state. 5. Its educational advantages are practically free. ADDRESS : at Amherst, Mass. : Director William P. Brooks, for Experiment Station Bulletins (free). Director William D. Hurd, for announcements of Short Courses and Corres- pondence Courses, information relative to Extension Service, Agricultural Leaf- lets (free), and with questions (for reference to authorities) on farm practices and agricultural science. Prof. Charles E. Marshall, for information concerning the Graduate School. Pres. Kenyon L. Btjtterfield, for complete catalog, illustrated booklet, and gen- eral information. XIII Fountain Pens Waterman ' s Moore ' s Boston Safety Ink Tennis Balls Golf Balls Deuel ' s Drug Store Victrola Records Edison Disk Phonograph Records Kodaks Eastman Films John Middlefon Importer ..f Mounter., 219 W«l 60WLS MADE IN FRANCE Pipes Repaired FOR SALE High Calcium Agricultural Lime in bulk or sacks. Apply WEST STOCKBRIDGE LIME CO. West Stockbridge, Mass. NEW ENGLAND PLUMBING SUPPLY COMPANY Jobber of Plumbing Goods SPRINGFIELD, MASS. and CAMBRIDGE, MASS. Use Baled Shavings For Bedding Cows The modern bedding material. Cheaper, cleaner and more absorbent than straw. In use at Mass. Agricultural College sta- bles, about all state institutions and by pro- gressive dairymen. For delivered price in car lots, write. New England Baled Shavings Co. ALBANY, N. Y. Our prof ession-Optometry is dedicated to making people see properly. Our experience enables us to fit glasses so becomingly that you are . satisfied to be seen as well as to see. O. T. DEWHURST Maker of Perfect Fitting Glasses Northampton 201 Main Street Tel. 184 W Opp. City Hall Joseph L. Newton, Pres. Allen E. Newton, Vice-Pr, W. Munroe Hill, Treas Fred S. Card, Sec. Shattuck Jones INCORPORATED JVoodwar(Ps Lunch 27 Main St., Masonic Bldg. NORTHAMPTON, MASS. Lunches, Soda Ice Cream Closed from 1 a. m. to i a. m. F. W. WOODWARD, Prop. Pish of All Kinds 128 Faneuil Hall Market BOSTON Terrapin and Soft Crabs Green Turtle and Oysters Bide-a-Wee THE WAFFLE HOUSE Waffles and Other Good Things to Eat MRS. L. M. STEBBINS Middle St. Tel. U5-W Hadlev, Mass. 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Croysdale Inn The House That Jack Built ' The Place in South Hadley at Which to Eat THE HOLYOKE VALVE £? HYDRANT CO. JOBBERS OF Wrought Iron and Brass Pipe Asbestos and Magnesia Boiler Coverings Pipes cut to sketch Mill Supplies Engineers and Contractors HOLYOKE, MASS. XVII Good Horses, Good Crop, Good Potatoes, Good Farming, Good Land! Bowker ' s made it so! XCE LSIOR brani? ' RUST PROOF Wire and Iron FENCES Flower Guards, Trellis, Arches Tree Guards We furnish hand- some wire and iron fences and erect them complete. We installed t li e fence around the ath- letic field. JJ WRIGHT WIRE COMPANY WORCESTER, MASS. We ' ve Been Selling COAL For Years C. R. ELDER AMHERST 1857—1917 E. Frank Coe Fertilizers THE BUSINESS FARMERS ' STANDARD Business Established 1857 Have the Quality That Means Economy They combine the experience of 60 years in the fertilizer business with the latest teachings of Agricultural science. They are True Plant Foods — Concentrated, Available, Sure in Their Action and benefit alike Crops and Soil. IT PAYS TO USE THEM The Coe-Mortimer Company Subsidiary of the American Agricultural Chemical Company 51 Chambers St., New York City HORSMAN Tennis Rackets Unsurpassed in 38 Years Fulfills every demand of the Tennis player Do Not select a Racket f;r 1917 till you have seen the new MODEL A-A-A your dealer can ' t show it, Write to us. The PERFECT Tennis Ball is the AYRES Used the world over by players who know We are sole U. S. Distributors Write for Catalogue Mditj E. I. HORSMAN CO. 11-15 Union Sq. West, New York City Eureka Blank Book Co. printers anb Plank Poofe Jfflafeersi School Work a Specialty HOLYOKE, MASS. K ESLIDE RULES For specialized work, as well as for general calculations, we offer to Engineers and Students a large variety of slide rules, all made according to our rigid standards of excellence, and em- bodying our exclusive improvments, such as our Patent Adjustment, Frameless Indicator, and other valuable features. Write for our Slide Rule Booklet, also for our Complete Catalog. KEUFFEL ESSER CO. New York: 127 Fulton St. General Office Factories: HOBOKEN, N. J. Chicago St. Lo Mathemati San Francisco Drawing Materials al and Surveying Instr Measuring Tapes Three Grand Prizes, Panama-Pacific Exposition, 1915 XIX An Appreciation |t|N this way, we wish to thank our friends for their many jj kindnesses. All the members of the English Department Wo. have been very helpful in their suggestions whenever T i L M called upon. Our photographer has been aided by the activity of Boyd ' 18 in taking snapshots. To Professor Hasbrouck and Mr. Watts for their help in collecting statistics; to Nicholson 16, Buckman 17, Lawrence 17, Preble 18 and Professors Hasbrouck and Prince for their articles; to Professors Nehrling, Hathaway and various managers of campus activities for their loan of pictures; in fact to all who have helped in the production of this book, we ac- knowledge our indebtedness and express our deepest appreciation. The Editors For Copies of the 1918 Index ADDRESS K. L. MESSENGER, Bus. Mgr. AMHERST, MASS. Price by Mail $3.00