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

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recording of his own verse for the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. for its prominent collection. Also on sabbatical leave during 1959-60 has been Professor Copeland, who is in England. His main field of endeavor has been the editing of The Corres- pondenbe of Edmund Burke to be pybHshed by the Cambridge University Press in Cambridge, England. This, indeed, is a notable pursuit and a credit to the University. Also new to the English Department is Miss Audrey Duckert, who is con- tinuing her research and definition-writing for the third edition of Webster ' s New International Dictionary to be pubhshed in 1961 by the G. and C. Merriam Company. Little known are the pursuits of these and many other members of the faculty. Their professional activities and scope which extend outside of teaching and administration are not realized and are not given substantial credit. The list is unlimited and many more may be mentioned briefly here with their publica- tions and research: Associate Professor David Clark and his study of the de- velopment of W. B. Yeats as a dramatist; Assistant Professor Arnold Silver and his editing of the correspondences of Samuel Butler as well as preparations for a critical study of Butler ' s novels; Mr. Raymond Gozzi and his psychological studies in David Henry Thoreau; Dr. Sidney Kaplan and his studies of Herman Melville; and Mr. Paul Lauter and his work on the second section of his book on rhetoric in American literature. These are but a few of the many professional pursuits. Not to be neglected is the new Massachusetts Review. Published for the first time this fall, there are many contributions included in it by members of the faculty. On the editorial board are such present and past members of the English Department as Dr. Sidney Kaplan, former Professor Frederick S. Troy, Assistant Professor Jules Chametzky and Associate Professor David Clark. Original con- tributions may be attributed to Dr. G. Stanley Koehler, who had four poems included in the Review. This publication is but another indication of the pursuits which individual faculty members have been making in order to further themselves as well as to display greater initiative and quality in their performances as educators. The creative talent, profound knowledge, and ability of the various members of the English Department has been of great service to the University in the classroom. Every student in the freshman and sophomore English classes as well as the present 187 English majors have benefited intellectually from such capable professorship. The quality of English majors who have gone on to graduate school, teaching and various literary pursuits testifies to the high caliber of undergraduate education received. Instruction in the Humanities is undergoing never-ending changes such as the addition of new courses and requirements for a degree. This active and intelligent search for improvement is furthering the intellectual standing of the University and its graduates. We may look with pride to the past as well as the future at our achievement in the pursuit of learning in the Humanities. Our past year under the guidance of the faculty in each school and college within the university has produced a balance in the pursuit of learning. The University of Massachusetts is certainly worthy of eminence in the high position it has taken in every field of education from science to the Humanities. We have certainly accomplished a noteworthy equihbrium between the intellectual and the theoretical in higher education. 27

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Provost McCune Treasurer, Kenneth Johnson Secretary, Dr. John Gillespie 29