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

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iHembersi of tlje poarb of Crusiteesi iWemfaerg of tf)e poarb Charles H. Preston of Daiivers Carlton D. Richardson of West Brookfield Davis R. Dewey of Cambridge John F. Gannon of Pittsfield Arthur G. Pollard of Lowell George H. Ellis of West Newton . John Chandler of Sterling Junction Atherton Clark of Newton . Nathaniel I. Bowditch of Framingham William Wheeler of Concord Charles A. Gleason of North Brookfield James F. Bacon of Boston . Frank Gerrett of Greenfield Harold L. Frost of Arlington Term expires 1925 1925 1926 1926 1927 1927 1928 1928 1929 1929 1930 1930 1931 1931 iJlemberfi €x=0ilitio His Excellency GoA ernor Alvan T. Fuller Edward M. Lewis .... Payson Smith ..... Arthur W. Gilbert .... President of the Board of Trustees Acting President of the College State Commissioner of Education State Commissioner of Agriculture 0ilittt of ti)t Wtu6ttt6 His Excellency Governor Alvan T. Fuller of Boston Charles A. Gleason of North Brookfield Ralph J. Watts of Amherst ..... Fred C. Kenney of Amherst .... Charles A. Gleason of North Brookfield President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Atiditor 15

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the fact that the rural problem is essentially a human problem and that the social conditions of the rural people are a significant and important factor. In recent years he defined the scope of the agricultural colleges as embracing the entire field of food supply, including production, distribution, consumption and preser- vation. His forward look and his able leadership early made him not only a national but an international figure. In 1908 he served as a representative of the State of Mas.sachusetts to the White House conference in Washington to consider the problem of national conservation. In 1908 also he was appointed by President . Roosevelt as a member of the Country Life Commission. Associated v ith him were Gifford Pinchot, Liberty Hyde Bailey, the late Walter Hines Page, the late Henry Wallace, Charles S. Barrett and W. A. Beard. The observations and sub- sequent report of this Commission accomplished two significant results; one was the universal acknowledgment that farming is a basic industry and as such is a dignified calling, worthy of adecjuate support and respect. A second was the emphasis on the fact that economic prosperity alone is not a sufficient foundation upon which to build a permanent agriculture. In 1913 Woodrow Wilson appointed President Butterfield as a member of the American Commission on Rural Credits which spent four months in Europe making a careful study of agricultural credit and cooperation. In 1918 President Butterfield was selected by the International Y. M. C. A. to take charge of the organization of vocational education among the overseas soldiers. In 1921 a commission was organized to visit China for the purpose of studying her educa- tional needs and reporting a desirable educational program for that vast Empire. President Butterfield .served on this Commission as the expert in vocational edu- cation. We are now too close to the administration of tiiis great leader to be able adecjuately to evaluate his service to the college or to society. Future historians will accord him his permanent place in the development of American life. But without hestiation, we may characterize President Butterfield as a man of wide vision and of able leadership; a wise administrator and builder; a man of rare personal charm with firm moral convictions and high ideals; a champion of the individual, and an advocate of all good causes. RALPH J. WATTS. 14

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[. . C. Alumni on tl)e experiment Station taff Sidney B. Haskell Orton L. Clark Edwin F. Gaskill . Henri D. Haskins Edward B. Holland Joseph B. Lindsey Vice-Director and A. Vincent Osmun Philip H. Smith . Lewel S. Walker . Donald S. Lacroix Gerald M. Gilligan Frank J. Kokoski John G. Archibald Director Assistant Professor of Botany Assistant to Director Official Chemist, Fertilizer Control Research Professor of Chemistry Professor of Chemistry and Head of Department Professor of Botany and Head of Department Official Chemist, Feed Control Assistant Official Chemist, Fertilizer Control . Investigator in Entomology Investigator in Chemistry Analyst Assistant Research Professor of Chemistry 16