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INDEX 72 University of Massachusetts Volume 103 Amherst
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Editors Message — Part I Upon entering the 1971-72 acadennic year, the INDEX staft was faced with a difficult problem. The Stu- dent Senate had threateningly cut our budget by $33,000. If we didn ' t put a little relevancy into the book, chances were we wouldn ' t get another budget. We have attempted to make the book relevant (that old standby kicker) this year. The sports section has been cut down. The organizations section has been entirely revamped, with most of the traditional groups eliminated. The rambling ten-page headlines have been dropped, and with the exception of the portfolio, every picture has a definite purpose. There are a lot of words in this years INDEX. We hope you ' ll read them. The book is an attempt to show the University of IVIassachusetts as it really is, not as a few biased people view it. It is, indeed, closer to communicating a culture rather than a chronology. In changing the book, however, something has been lost. We have had to sacrifice most of the lightness and spirit which were vital to previous yearbooks. It seems there is no room for lightness and spirit when it comes down to the students actually having to pay for it out of their tax fund. A lot of people won ' t like INDEX ' 72. However, we had two choices: either continue in the traditional yearbook trend and risk termination of the INDEX completely, or change the book somewhat and be able to say that we tried. We have focussed more sharply on the problems of the University, an aspect which is usually underplayed or disregarded. A lot of the copy smacks of an editorialization which has no place in a yearbook. There is an argument to be presented, however, and setting aside the totally objective view is sometimes the best way to do it. Educational institutions are no longer static, isolated communities. They are becoming a more and more vital force in our society, and the yearbook must assume the responsibility in part for manifesting this force. INDEX ' 72 is not really a yearbook, per se. Rather, it is a period book: one that tries to show the Univer- sity of Massachusetts in this important period of its growth, without putting unnecessary time limits on it. Hope you read it . . . and perhaps enjoy it. (Editors Message continued on last page.)
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