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

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3 n t!)e fiv6t part of rtjc ebentecntl) Centurp, a sturbp angIo= g axon people came to i eto Cnglanb anb pitteb tljeir libes againiit fjcr ijargJb climate anb niggarblp Soil. Kfjeirsf toere tlje ancient ibeals of l arb triork, tijrift, £!elf=reliance, £!elf=bis!ciplinc, courage, Ijumilitp, moral integrity, anb lopaltp to feing, to countrp, anb to (Sob. ®I)ep toere a lefael=})eabeb race, toisie toitf) tfje toisibom of common gensfe, anb apt to expreg£( it in taciturn anb pungent fiipeeci). i ot insensiible to tfje beautp of ttjeir i}il 6, to tfje pro= cesigional of tfte aeasonsf, anb to tfje glorp of tfje Ijeabeng bp bap anb nigfjt, tfjep bisitrusiteb tfje sfpeecf) of facile emotions! anb preferreb to toeabe tljeir inspirations! into tlje fabric of tijeir libes. about tlje pear 1640 a group of tl)es!e pioneers; siettleb at 5183inb£!or, Connecticut; anb it is to tfjis mibble=class Cnglisfj stocfe tJ)at jilarsfjall ILanpftear traces f)i American ancestrp. J t toas born at ilinbsor, jBiobember 26, 1894. | e attenbeb tfje public scljools of fjis natibe toton anb entereb tfje jlassacftusetts Agricultural (College in 1914. 3n 1921 fje toaS recalleb to tfje College to serbe as Snstructor in Agronomp; in 1924 fje attaineb tfje rank of ilssistant professor, anb in 1926 became Assistant Bean of tfje College, ucfj is a brief recorb of tfje outer life of tfjis man.

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Hike most jFresifjmcn, fje probaftlp entcreb College mmtvatti in a Ja?e of nebulous! itreafe. 3f , a tfte montfjs pasijieii, a grotaiins gjjaboto oC boubt anb bisillusitonment crept acrosfs fjisi fioul ' sf l)ori?on it toasf not immebiatelp exptes(£(eb. {jroug}) four pearss Ije faitfjfullp foUotDS! tlje pregcribeb routine of claS!S=room anb laboratorp; but toitl) grabuation tljere comefi a full atoafeening anb a gbarp inner rcbulsiion. ILikt tfjat otfjer Yankee, Henrp bams, Se realises! tftat fje tjas been traineb but not ebucateb. | e feels; tbat befiinb tbe clutter of facts! anb names! anb s!tatis!tics! anb bocational empiricis!m, tbere exisitiS a bitali?ing anb organic fajljole. 0 be siets! bimsielf to tbe toorfe of pbilos!opbical sipntbesiis!. Vt t lines! of abbance bab been laib bohjn bp bisi former E!tubies! anb for Ijim, as! for manp anotber s!cientificallp=traineb s!tubent, l t boctrine of ebolution became tbe riabne=tbreab tbrougb tije labprintb of factsi. g)loh)lp i)i unibers!e takes! on form, anb fact after fact bropsi into its! natural place in tbe pattern of exis!tence. ? e traberses! sipace bjitb tbe asitronomersi, anb b3itnes!s!es! tbe genesiis! anb bisfs!o= lution of toorlbsi; be broobs! ober tbe geological gtorp, anb traces! tbe unfolbing brama of life from proto?obn to man; i)t follotos! tbe refa= elations! of tbe arcbaeologis!t ' si s!pabe; b tbe tpclit risie anb fall of ancient cultures! anb bebolbs! tbe mutabilitp of ins!titution£{ anb pbilos!opbies! — till finallp l)e s!tanbs! on tbe topmo£!t sJtair of tbe ages!, faceb tuitb tbe spectacle of bis! oton cibilijation mobing s!toiftlp along tbe ancient toap tnbicb is so bistressinglp familiar to tbe