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

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Maxwell H. Cpoldberg

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Dedicated to ' V ' Z ' - When the INDEX Board decided to dedicate their book to Dr. Maxwell Henry Goldberg, they honored a leading advocate of the philosophy that man doth not live by bread alone ; that if he tries to do so, so much the less is he a man. Now in an institution which has been con- cerned chiefly with the problem of the loaves and the fishes, there is bound to be always a rivalry between those who regard the business of man ' s life as the acquisi- tion of bread and those who do not. It is with the latter, the dissenters from the utilitarian interpretation of man, that Dr. Goldberg long has been identified. To Dr. Goldberg abiding values, proceeding from the good life, alone can give significance to man and his little day. By no accident, then, integrity, industry, assiduous application to the task in hand, tireless energy — all have their unique exemplification in Dr. Goldberg. Through these he has achieved a scholarship which has won the approbation even of a Karl Young. Hence, to all cant, politics playing, dabbling; to flippant and shallow sparkle as a substitute for hard thinking. Dr. Goldberg is a living rebuke. Those of us, moreover, who have come to know this man are well aware that mere theory without practice can never satisfy him. Our rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, he has said in a recent commence- ment address, must be won again and again, if they are to be something more than formulae to which lip service only is rendered. So it is through education, right education, that we are, in Dr. Goldberg ' s phrase, to re- possess ourselves, afresh, .... of our basic rights and privileges. Democracy [must] become again democ- racy in action, as Archibald MacLeish says, not democracy accomplished and piled up in goods and gold. Democracy in action, that is it; a thinking hard and lean; an integrity found in one ' s personal life and found, hence, in society ;— these, I know, are the principles which motivate our friend. These are the standards by which he judges his students, and for these they respect and admire him. Walter E. Prince. [6]

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r- • ' f f.- On the blue rignal. . Magnified in importance. While the rest of the world held its ring- side seat and waited breathlessly for the next bout in the international wrestling match, Massachusetts State College turned its back on the ring. Minds which had concentrated on foreign aflfairs during the summer again focussed on sophomore Pats and the first vie party of the season. M. S. C. students shut themselves away from the world and settled down to the goode olde grinde in ye towne of Amherste. Bewildered frosh, who found themselves wearing maroon caps and stylish tams, soon carried a whole lot of pricked bubbles in their wake — what with hopping over numerals and serenading at 6:30 A. M. Monitored by the Maroon Key, the men of ' 45 had to answer for any misdemeanors to the unyielding Senate; capital punishment meant a swim in the College Pond. Freshman Reception, exclusive to the ' 45ers and their profs, and the Freshman- Sophomore Rope Pull (where for the first time in four years the frosh were dragged in ignominy and disgrace through the College Pond) were among major freshman functions. At the Razoo push ball game the frosh again bowed to the sophs. W. A. A. Play Day introduced coeds to sports participated in by women of [8]