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

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No, it ' s not a still . And they ' re not the Crewcuts, either The established tradition of Parents ' Weekend, when students and their families and friends have an opportunity to explore the University as a functioning entity, was transformed and its name altered to the An- nual All-University Open House. All the departments in the school worked together as a team, their cooperation making the weekend a notable success. The mouth- watering aroma of succulent chicken floated from the banks of the College Pond, luring crowds of hungry people to the novel and extremely successful barbecue which was sponsored by the Poultry Science Club. Over- head, roaring jet planes were an impressive demonstra- tion of our Air Force. Under the blue sky with its fleet- ing jets, the Bay State Rifles and Flying Redmen marched down Alumni Field in rigid and exact formation, while only a few steps away in Drill Hall, the charming and talented Naiads presented an original water ballet for their audience of family and friends. Must have been a rough night

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■f— dm sl r l 1 ! fl 1 - Step right up and try your strength! lust be trouble parking! Begun from a mass of Potentialed bricks We are but a promise of Future fulfillment Foundation dated With merely The Future A base straining upward And setting no limits. Fog-soft impressions And vivid-sharp dreams. Classes that bored And ones that inspired — These are the things That in sharing built us . . . As the warm rains washed away our winter blanket of snow, figures in familiar yellow and red slickers and brown trench coats sloshed through the mud to the Engineering Building, Liberal Arts, Draper and the C Store. April had come to our Amherst campus bringing the promise and warmth of Spring, the budding of flowers, and the budding of ideas. For the first time in University history centralized voting was used in an all-campus election of class officers and senators-at- large. The Senate took another step in the direction of more democratic and elastic student government by adopting a revised system of Student Government by-laws, new laws to amend our constitution and meet the changing needs of a changing campus.

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r« ;g iyyi? Seefmffe ivor I ),..,.,„..■■, ' „ ' , - ' i- ' Give me some men . . . ' Many of our guests travelled long llwimlH distances from many states to witness and participate in the Twentieth Annual Bay State Dairy Classic. Others mar- velled at the technical advances which were on display at the Annual Student Engineering Open House. Here wide-eyed spectators watched in awe as students exhibited new techniques in the fields of electronics and mechanics. The Roister Doisters ' traditional performance for University visitors added another success to the organization ' s credit. In the Spewacks ' comedy, dy Three Angels, students portrayed a group of escaped convicts who made Christmas merry for a storekeeper and his family. The performance added even more enjoyment to the weekend for the Open House audiences. ., , ,. „„„ , ,, Now, for 64,000 dollars April saw one of the most publicized jokes ever to take place at our University. The Chor- dette Hoax had its beginning when Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority received a telegram from the Chordettes, the female quartette which had appeared on the Arthur Godfrey television-radio program. The wire announced a forthcoming visit from the group, since one of its members was a Kappa alumna. After much delay the expected guest arrived and serenaded the sisters. To the amazement of an expectant campus, the long awaited guests turned out to be four University of Massachusetts men who had planned the hoax and sent the wire.