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

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The Theme IN the fall of 1031, we returned to the college with its new name firmly fixed in our minds. We were at Massachusetts State College. When we met the freshmen on Fraternity Nights, we talked about the large enrollment, the new name, the new football coach, and the new Physical Education Building. Many inconvenient antiquities of the past were forgotten. Then we continued the year by riding on top of the world with a winning football team. Peppy cheering and lively band music helped us to show the buoyant feeling that we experienced. As if to let the world know of our rejuvena- tion, one of our athletes achieved national recognition and fame. Gradually we sensed that underneath these external signs a New Spirit had pervaded the campus. Attitudes changed. We looked at things in a different light. We saw real significance in our football team and in the events of the fall and determined that the New Spirit should become The Spirit of Massachusetts State. We became more critical of the old order. Things should no longer be good enough for Massachusetts but should be the best. We became discrimi- nating. Only what seemed the best of college life was chosen and that which seemed less valuable was discarded. Such was the New Spirit of Massachusetts State!

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Calendar 1931 September i6-iq, Wednesday-Saturday September 21, Monday September 23, Wednesday October 12, Monday November 1 1 , Wednesday November 25-30, Wednesday 12M.- Monday December iq. Saturday .... . Entrance Examinations . Fall term began for Freshmen Fall term began for upperclassmen Holiday, Columbus Day . Holiday, Armistice Day , 8.00 A. M. Thanksgiving Recess Fall term ended January 4, Monday 8.00 A. M. February 22, Monday March iq, Saturday March 28, Monday 8.00 A. M. April iq, Tuesday . May 30, Monday June 3-6, Friday-Monday June 16-18, Thursday-Saturday September 14-17, Wednesday-Satur September iq, Monday September 21, Wednesday October 12, Wednesday . November 1 1 , Friday November 23-28, Wednesday, iiM- December 17, Saturday 1932 Winter term began Holiday, Washington ' s Birthday Winter Term ended Spring Term began Holiday, Patriot ' s Day Holiday, Memorial Day Commencement . Entrance Examinations day . . Entrance Examinations Fall Term begins for Freshmen Fall Term begins for upperclassmen . Holiday, Columbus Day . Holiday, Armistice Day Monday 8.00 A. M. Thanksgiving Recess Fall Term ends

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A Word fi ' om the Governoi T T is a pleasure to extend a word of greeting to the class of 1933 of Massachusetts ■ State College through The Index, the Junior Annual. With maximum enrollment and greatly improved plant, the State College is prepared to render greater service to its student body and, through them, to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts which generously supports it. Approximately one million young men and women are enrolled in the colleges and universities of the United States. In relation to her total population Massa- chusetts has a high per cent of college and university students. Your Alma Mater is making a significant contribution to this achievement in higher education. The demand and the opportunity for leadership and service by educated men and women are greater today than ever before in the nearly seventy years of the life of Massachusetts State College. The complex, social, economic, and industrial life of the state and nation demands the guidance of trained men and women. Massachusetts is confident that you will meet this demand. My wish for you is that your attendance at Massachusetts State College may bring you what President Eliot called the durable satisfactions of life. Among these should be included a genuine love for the beautiful in art, music and literature; sterling character; and citizenship of the highest order. JOSEPH B. ELY