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

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May Memories

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ior and senior women solemnly filed down to College Pond to con- clude the processional by setting the candles adrift. Once again, many parents took advantage of Parents ' Weekend to become better acquainted with the University. The more notable events of a full schedule were the Dairy Industry Show, intricate water patterns by the Naiads, and the well-received Roister Doister play, Eastward in Eden. Student approval of campus publications was expressed by the referendum vote to increase the students ' tax for the Collegian. Handbook, and Ixdex. Mardi Gras livened the Cage and expressed its international theme by such devices as rickshaw rides by attractive coolies from Butterfield. Pretty Carol Hartley, with international agreement, was chosen Queen of the Mardi Gras. Shouts of incredulous delight proclaimed the Faculty Frantics a hilarious success. The dramatic skit (with a vengeance), John Crabapple ' s Hour of Darkest Per- il, reduced sober students to near hysteria. Familiar profs, in dis- guise, resorted to drastic means to convince the skeptical that teach- ers are indeed human. Bowker Auditorium was filled — a rare sight — on two occasions : first, in tribute to Robert Frost, who had come to read his poetry and gently give advice; next, at the Senior Convocation of the class of ' o ' -i, to hear senior Richard Lettis, in a speech on Our University at the Crossroads, stress the critical need for undertaking a forceful program of improvement if we were to live up to our name of Universitv.

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: the Crossroads JUNE The June exodus left the campus virtually deserted except for the departing seniors and a few under- classmen of a curious or senti- mental nature. The full implica- tion of graduation was unmistak- ably apparent. A favorite tree- arched pathway, the rolling ex- panse of lawn, glimmering reflec- tions from College Pond — all came into sudden focus, sharpened by the impending sense of loss. Chapel chimes vibrated with an inner intensity that was almost painful. In the few days that re- mained seniors gathered together to officially conclude their uni- versity experience. The Soph-Senior Hop, spon- sored by the sophomore class, brought a momentary change of scene from Amherst to Hadley, where, at American Legion Hall,