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

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gtubent of fjistorp. 3t sfcemsi to fjim tijat tf beginners! in college coulb be sffjoton stometljing of tlje organic nature of fenotulebgc, tljep migfjt be siabeb from tbe jsenjfe of confusion anb bague brifting toitb bJbicf) be bag been o painfull? familiar. Jfurtbermore, biitb gome unbergtanbing of tbe serious; issiueg at stake, tbep migbt be mobeb to set tbcir traineb minbs anb toills anb banbs to cooperate toitb tbe positibe forces of ebolution. e i) ii come to realise tbat tlje casp reform bibicb alters onlp externals is but a futile gesture, anb tbat onlp sterling integritp of cbaracter can bring to trium= pbant consummation tbe bigb American ibeal of bibicb i)i6 ances= tors breameb. 0, experimenting, rebising, reorganising, in accorb tottb fiii grotoing unberstanbing anb tbe progressibe liberalising of college policp, i}i course for beginners ebolbes from jFresbman Agricul- ture to tbe singularlp bital Jfresbman ( Orientation, bsbile tbe toorfe of tbe Bean ' s ( Office serbes aS an abbitional mobe of contact toitb tbe Stubent bobp. bat sometbing of i)isi bigb purpose anb sacri= ficial effort is unberstoob anb appreciateb b tbe stubents is ebi= benceb bp tbe bebication of tbis boob. I is ancestors tooulb babe regarbeb as unseemlp anp attempt to set fortb i)i fairtues more preciselp or to penetrate furtber in tbe reticences of iti cbaracter. 3t is sufficient to sap tbat ancestral ibeals map libe again in tbe bescenbants of a people, anb tbat iHarsball 0 in Hanpbear is no untoortbp son of fii fatbers. 3a. €. tKorrep.

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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

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0 iWerlin, teatfj it to mc. 2! tt)ou art i£{ tfje bisiion.