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

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CHabn ar 8 t 304 Calenbar 1932 September 14-17, Wednesday-Saturday September iq, Monday September 21, Wednesday . October 12, Wednesday November 11, Friday November 23-28, Wednesday, 12M Monday 8:00 A December 17, Saturday . . . . . M. . Entrance Examinations Fall Term begins for Freshmen Fall Term begins for upperclassmen . Holiday. Columbus Day Holiday. Armistice Day Thanksgiving Recess Fall Term ends 1933 January 3, Tuesday, 8;oo A. M. February 22, Wednesday March 18, Saturday March 27, Monday, 8:00 A. M. April iq, Wednesday May 30, Tuesday June 2-5, Friday - Monday . June q-i2, Friday - Monday . June 15-17, Thursday - Saturday . September 13-ib, Wednesday-Saturday September 18, Monday September 20, Wednesday October 2, Monday October 12, Thursday November 1 1 , Saturday November 22-27, Wednesday 12 M. - Monday, December 20, Wednesday Winter Term Begins Holiday, Washington ' s Birthday . Winter Term Ends . Spring Term Begins Holiday, Patriot ' s Day Holiday, Memorial Day Stockbridge School Commencement Commencement Entrance Examinations Entrance Examinations First Semester begins for Freshmen First Semester begins for Upperclassmen First Semester begins for Stockbridge School . Holiday, Columbus Day . Holiday, Armistice Day :oo A. M. . . . Thanksgiving Recess . Christmas Recess Begins 1934 January 2, Tuesday February 3, Saturday February 5, Monday February 22, Thursday March 3 1 , Saturday - April q, Monday April iq, Thursday May 30, Wednesday June I - 4, Friday - Monday . June 8 - 1 1, Friday - Monday Christmas Recess Ends First Semester Ends . Second Semester begins Holiday, Washington ' s Birthday Easter Vacation Holiday, Patriot ' s Day . Holiday, Memorial Day Stockbridge School Commencement Commencement

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Ittlrrx ifjttrattntt always to impress upon his freshmen that grammar and rhetoric are only means to an end; and he attempts always to interpret the facts of literary history in the light of the ideals of the men who created it. Nor, again, do these things of the spirit ever become mere cold abstractions of the class- room, devoid of all human interest. Professor Prince ' s life has not been one which the world would call pleasant or successful. He has been teaching for nearly thirty years, with no other reward than that which every true teacher finds in his work itself. And it is but a year since the death of Mrs. Prince brought to an end — not, we trust, in defeat — a battle which they two had waged for nearly a quarter of a century for the life and happiness of a talented and gracious woman. But through it all, he has never lost the deep faith in life, the almost boyish zest for experience, especially in the realm of the intellect and the imagination, which is so prominent a trait in the great Elizabethan writers with whose lives and works he is so intimate. There remains yet unmentioned one element among those that have earned for Professor Prince a measure of affection which it is the privilege of few teachers to receive. Those students who have come to know him best know that his first thought is always, as a teacher ' s should be, for them and not for himself: that the forthright manner and unequivocating habit of speech be- fore which many a freshman has trembled only veil the warmth and sympathy — almost the tenderness — of a heart which the years can never harden into indifference toward any scene or actor in the drama of human life. Ejzju-c.- a u . .,.

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Sntrr X Prologue prologue OIXTY-FOUR years ago the first Index , a pamphlet designed to represent the internal growth and status of the College, was published to a student body of one hundred and four- teen students. In presenting the 1034 Index, we are continuing the aim of this sixty-four year old series by giving a brief, pictorial history of the past year at Massachusetts State College. Although the Index is generally referred to as the junior book, and although it is edited by the juniors, it is by no means limited in its scope. An attempt has been made to represent the internal growth and status of the college as a whole by giving recognition to those groups and individuals who have worked for the benefit of our Alma Mater during the past year. How- ever, we have endeavored to produce more than a catalogue of events or a series of statistics. Goethe ' s Faust was chosen as a theme subject because of its intrinsic beauty and inspiration. This method of preparing a Year Book is a rather recent, nation-wide trend, and one which we believe to be highly commendable. It not only serves the purpose of the old-style college directory, so to speak, but it interweaves the aesthetic with the prosaic, and converts a file of statistics into a colorful and interesting history of the year. Although based essentially upon a certain time-old, stereotyped form, the 1934 Index does present a few innovations. We claim no originality nor uniqueness, but have attempted to change the flavor enough to make it interesting. In the essay entitled Goethe and Faust, Mr. Fred C. EUert of the faculty has artistically drawn the relation between Goethe ' s immortal drama and our student life. Because of the adequacy of Mr. Ellert ' s discourse, no explanation of the Faustian theme subject is given in this introductory page.