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

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AN EARLY ENGRAVING depicting Massachusetts Agricultural College in 1867. The original copy of this engraving was sent by President Clark to Justin Morill, the senator responsible for the introduction of the Land Grant Act, in a letter inviting him to the 1871 commencement exercises. A Certain Closeness Could Be Felt . . . A GUITAR ... a few friends ... a song. Have times really changed? IT WAS IN 1887 that Cadet Amadeo de Almeida, a Brazilian student at the college, gave this picture to his friend and classmate, Edgar Barrett.

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Twas A Long While Ago THE PIONEER CLASS OF 1871 had twenty-eight members. Shown above are twenty-four of that first group to leave Massachusetts Agricultural College. Some Were In Broadcloth . . , Some In Homespun . . , THE INFANT COLLEGE opened its doors in the fall of 1867 for the thirty odd entering freshmen. They were a motley lot. Some were in broadcloth, and some in homespun. Their be- longings were ill-assorted: trunks, bags, boxes; here a bedstick; yon- der a basket of apples. The first examination was elementary: the three R ' s, a little geog- raphy and the like. One of the questions in arithmetic was this: Seven men laid a piece of wall sixty-five feet long in twelve days. Again eleven men laid a wall of the same kind in ten days. How long was it? HENRY F. FRENCH, THE FIRST PRESI- DENT of the new college, served from 1 863 to 1867. No students were in attendance during his period in office, principally because of the many problems which had to be solved. A location had to be decided on and buildings had to be constructed.

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50 Perfumed Snow lake and Chromo Cards. no 1 alike name in gold or Jet AQc. Star Caul Co. fflint ' n ' lle.Ct TO YOUNG MEN. THE TSTJSTB£S OF THE MASSA- chusetta Agricultural College have placed 150 Free Scholarships at the disposal of the Alumni. amoonUog to |300 each, equal to the cost of tuition for the course. These w.holarshlpa will be ' given to worthy young men who can paaa the entrance examina- tion. The College is located In thu delightful town of Amherst, In the valley of the Connecticut, on beau- tiful farm of 400 acres. It affords a Uiorongh English education, and a good knowledge of Agriculture, En- gineering, Chemlfitry, Botany, and many other sci- ences; in short, flts a young man to be a practical farmer, or to enter business, or study the professions. The locality is 80 healthful, and the physical training such, that many young men who have entered wUh poor liealth, have returned hoine, not only with a well- stored and dlsnlpllned mind, but strong In body. The additional expense for thoHe receiving the scholarships need not be over fl50 a year, and an industrious stu- dent can earn, if he desires, a portion of that amount at work on the farm, after performing his dally Col- lege duties. A farmer ' s son, or any young man who wanb! tfi get a good education, should apply at once for one of these scholarships. For Information concerninc entrance examination. Ac, apply to Prof. S. T. M AYNARD, Amherst, Ma. is., Secretary of Lbe Alumni. 2 —32 j OLD MATHEMATICS CLASSROOM located in Old Chapel. FROM THE CONGREGATION- ALIST, July 31, 1878. It consists of a bit of Victorian recruiting in- viting to the college any farmer ' s son or any young man who wants a good education. THE CREW OF 1870 in front of the famous shell that de- feated Brown and Harvard in a well-publicized regatta. Left to right — Eldred, 73; Duncan, ' 74; Allen ' 71; Leonard, ' 71; Simpson, ' 73; Hardy, ' 74.