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

 - Class of 1954

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dorm sing and skit competition. Thatcher won the sings and Butter- field the skits. UlNI ' s expansion program was continued, and many things were new: a school of nursing, a music department, and a speech -and - drama major. The faculty got new members; the band got new uni- forms; and the campus cops got a new cruiser. Mills and Butterfield were given back to the boys, and the girls moved down into the valley. Two new women ' s dorms were opened. Leach House for upperclassmen and Crabtree House for freshmen. Dignity and simplicity charac- terized the opening convocation at which Provost Mather ad- dressed the students and faculty. He asked for university members with an outlook as expansive as the horizon around them. He also pledged himself, as so should we all, to look to the future of our school, keeping in mind a realistic understanding of its avowed pur- pose as a state university. Fall sports — the teams, the band, the cheerleaders, and the drill team, everyone worked to get ready for a new season. Summer weather lingered on, but summer ' s dreamy ease had ended. A new chapter of life had been begun and was now to be lived. 16



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OCTOBER October had what no other month could boast of — a float parade, a rope pull, and twenty- six days of classes ! Bang! A bonus concert, Stan Kenton, and the whole campus was wide awake. Progressive jazz was a new but well-received fea- ture on the concert calendar. The Homecoming Weekend Float Parade and the home-game football rallies combined student enthusiasm and peppy cheerlead- ers; result — lots of spirit cheering the team in its hours of trial. The Freshmen won the rope pull! Initiative, perseverance, and a few extra men, that ' s all it took. Water, mud, and a free-for-all — situation normal. The results of Provost Mather ' s study of campus organization were made known. Fraternities took the .and its queen. responsibility for the conduct of everyone at their parties, and the Dean ' s office lost its authority to deduct points for missed classes. The student ' s honor was again given a chance to stand on its own. In order to give the students of the future a fair chance for ade- quate facilities, the trustees de- cided that enrollment expansion should be restricted until the pro- 18

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