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

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the subsequent improvement of our athletic representatives. Many new courses were added to the cur- riculum, and several of the Schools were reorgan- ized along more comprehensive lines. The Schools of Agriculture and Horticulture and Stockbridge were placed under one dean and mode the School of Agriculture. The normal freshman class enrollment was increased to eight hundred, and the graduate school showed a record registration. Govern- mental grants instigated several important research projects, which gained notional prominence. Our musical and theatrical organizations undertook difficult productions and by their road tours brought honor and acclaim to themselves and the University. The snow sculptures high- lighted Winter Carnival activities. And so it is that we recall all these things . . . the Military Ball, Winter Carnival, Greek Week, Soph-Senior hlop and Commencement Week, the Roister Doister productions, the Chorale, the Concert Association presentations, Mike ' s, Grondy ' s, the one too many, the spilled cup of coffee, the book lines, hopping numerals on slip- pery walks, oversleeping for on overcut, song requests on WMUA, hurrying to sign in on time, anxiety during finals, the weekend home . . . These, are the things we all remember, but let us be warmed by the many other small incidents peculiar to each of us individually. The 1951 INDEX is a record of four years of our lives, a history written by each of us, though we may not have known it. This history is now a part of us, and this book is to be a lifetime reminder of that history.

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We recall our initial sight of the campus, and buildings whose names we had not yet come to know. ' The quiet, rustic town of Am- herst, deep in the Connecticut Valley ... an ideal location to spend four college years. The physical plant wc ponded by more than ti million dollars. ' ere assigned dormitory rooms . . . the nor- nol freshman class enrollment was increased to light hundred, and the graduate school showed 3rd registration.

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Curricular Activities Familiar Scenes The School of Engineering pre- pared curricula in agricultural, civil, electrical, mechanical, and Industrial engineering. A sunnmer placement training in one of the fields of Agri- culture was a requirement in the course. The eight divisions of the Uni- versity p ro V i d e d diverse courses from which students could select well-rounded pro- grams. I J o - ml Students took advanced courses which prepared them for the inevitable experience of army life. Students In the School of Home Economics were pro- vided with o balanced pro- gram. Majors in the departments of the School of Science were offered specialized training.