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

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Calenbar September 17-10, Wednesday-Satur September 22, Monday September 24, Wednesday October 13, Monday November 1 1 , Tuesday 1930 day . November 26-December i, Wednesday, 12 M. -Monday December 20, Saturday, b P. M. .... Entrance Examinations Fall term begins for Freshmen Fall term begins for all except Freshmen Holiday, Observance of Columbus Day Holiday, Armistice Day 30 A. M. Thanksgiving Recess . Fall term ends January 5, Monday, 8.00 A. M. February 23, Monday . March 21, Saturday, 6 P. M. March 30, Monday, 8.00 A. M. April 20, Monday May 30, Saturday June 12-15, Friday-Monday June 18-20, Thursday-Saturday June 2 q- August 8 September i6-iq, Wednesday-Satur September 2 1 , Monday September 23, Wednesday October 12, Klonday November 1 1 , Wednesday November 25-30, Wednesday, 12 M. -Monday, 8.00 A, M. December iq, Saturday, 6 P. M. . January 4, Monday, 8.00 A. M. . 1931 Winter term begins Holiday, Observance of Washington ' s Birthday Winter term ends Spring term begins Holiday, Observance of Patriots ' Day Holiday, Memorial Day Commencement Entrance Examinations Summer School Entrance Examinations Fall term begins for Freshmen Fall term begins for all except Freshmen . . . Holiday, Columbus Day Holiday, Armistice Day day Thanksgiving Recess Fall term ends Winter term begins

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peotuulf OUT of the misty moorlands stalking came Grendel, — huge, misshapen, — under a bloody moon, his eyes lambent with the flames of hell. In the green cold dankness of a hall in the undersea, the great Sea Hag crouched in the phos- phorescent darkness over the whitening bones of her victims. But great as was the might of the creatures of darkness, it availed them nothing against the might of Beowulf. Beowulf the mighty, Beowulf the splendid, Beowulf the Sword of the Goths, beloved of his people and celebrated forever in the great poem that bears his name seems far away to us in these prosaic days of electricity, steam, horseless carriages, and the rest; but his spirit lives on in the hearts of brave men, and shall live as long as there is danger to be met with, and evil to be overcome. Behind the exploits of Charles Brooke, T. E. Lawrence, Richard Byrd and the rest of the glorious company who have stirred the imaginations of men, rises the shining figure of Beowulf, a golden haired young giant, fearless as a god, the apotheosis of the spirit of the adventurer. But, our languid college youth murmurs, in those days there were dragons to kill. Monsters infested the heaths and waste places of the world, and glory hung on the sword of every brave man. Today there are no longer any dragons, and time hangs heavy on our hands. Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow, creeps in this petty pace — So we work to eat and eat to work, and divert our minds from the ceaseless round by petty pleasures of the moment or by meaning- less trivialities. If all the dragons were really dead, then, indeed, life would seem rather inane. But there are as many dragons today as there ever were. The real dragons, if the truth were known, probably never existed except in the figurative sense; but they were none the less real because of that. Injustice, Fear. Ignor- ance, Oppression, and Beastliness are tangible enough, once you come to grips with them. Men in college, as future leaders of thought and action, ought not to consider their alma mater as a mere incident in a round of pleasures, nor as merely a stepping stone to vocational success. It should be considered an altar raised in the midst of darkness on which we pledge ourselves to war eternally against the forces of evil in the world.