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

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Joe Lucier, thus symbolizing the continuance of traditions and of duties. True to the Mettawampe spirit the class gripes were aired, the hatchet was buried and the peacepipe took its place. The class ode, oration and song, the dedica- tion and planting of the ivy, and the Roister Doister play all com- pleted the evening. June 7. The final day. A morn- ing Baccalaureate and in the after- noon, graduation. Empty seats were left in the rain on the library lawn and once again the Cage be- came Graduation Hall. Sadness and gladness; mounting tension; martial music; a speech by poet David Morton; diplomas; music; the end. 14

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June! The Seniors ' four-year wheel had spun full circle. Their time was up. A four-day whirl; graduation; the last peal of the Chapel l)elLs. June 4. Toto ' s in Northampton was the scene of the Senior Ban- quet, fete and food. June 5. The Sophomores paid the Seniors their final tribute at the Soph-Senior Hop. Jesse Smith and his orchestra provided music to dream to. June 6. Class Night with the class making its formal farewell as undergraduates. Senior class presi- dent Dave Flood passed his man- tle over to Junior class president 13

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SEPUMBER Cars, people. l)ag.s, hooks, l)oxes, and baggage — September liad ar- rived and the Amherst invasion was on. Morning mists, golden at ' ter- noons, and everything to begin anew. A two-day early arrival gave the freshmen a chance to get accjuaint- ed and find their way around be- fore the upperclassmen came. A convocation, a test, a play day, and two dances — college had be- gun. This year all 11 40 of the fresh- men had been pre-registered so that this traditional ordeal was now a joy — well, almost. Right oflF, the effervescent spirit of freshmanism was evoked in something new this year, an inter- Tlie first buck is the hardest. [15