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

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1 :. Vflif. v i H C .L ,' 4 ' In 1863, after nearly four decades of effort, Massachusetts was awarded an agricultural college by an act of Congress. Competing with Northampton, Lexington and Springfield, Amherst was chosen as the site in 1865. Finally in 1867 the first students were accepted. There were 47 in all who com- posed the pioneer class of '71. They paid their S36 tuition and went to work under the supervision of Professor Levi Stockbridge on a campus with no pond and only four build- ings tSouth College among theml. There was no lack of skepticism over the experimental colleges future, but by 1876 it had earned international repute for successful agri- cultural endeavors and President Clark was on his way to japan to help them establish a similar institution. Lf ...J f Q 1 K sf- - , N . N -f'--T.:-' .- in ' ' ' ,1 ---l Q f- tl th is . 5 , :A-7-,-. ,,,, . C. -- ---. in . . C.. - - V ' ' .1 K- fi--. . '1 '.. Hu- :L ,, . :- C - -- '- 'f - ' :'- - We -r . x '5 ' T., -,. -e-- ' 5: 3 --.L . , -1 U , 5 5 Y H .. . .. ---- 1-:oc 2 - ---T'- --. H - ---A g - J ' --- --. Nzfs..-. -- ' -- 'Q S- '- -- .-. --'--1? T:- P N K TT J T il ' f---- ' - 11 -- ------. .-i 1 ' 71 Q6 4.4 ,K i' -- B 1 5 1 .1 -. A vfh aft L I U -TT fl f 412425556X ,5-Lg. .1.uu.lmwMLgW1P,fa.L ., L- - 'clam if wp? tale-A-'s g ' ff-sh -as - uve' f , s f F ,rv :V -'E-faith Q ifghgfzjg f ,P , i.- ?i .- Q iv? P' 31, L in WJQZ U 1 C 1 ?Q?-'lQSfs?i.il-.:3i'-32:- 'SWL ' 53324-5 7 TVR -Q E Zl? 'Z' rlsqken - -Qs: es 1 1 ji , F - .1 , . -Y 'ifxw -EE -T - 7 T ,f '7-r,:,'F3Ti-,,T' , - -Q. ' T' . l '-' AFL4 fx. I - ur :Tj ,T ' ICQ .I .ie-si?--C-.rg - -'TQ ig:-1.315 xl-f :V -,411-.i 'Lf 6 ' ess ,sg -- V ..-. iss:-aes -f Ig ,1-- - - 5 n... :ft:- :-an-.233 -5 -f-P 1' :: '- , ' ' -- ,11 , 1. tk. 'f f X A 3.1 ,V '51, ..-Tm -' .h A 11 ' . l -Y ,V .f .U A f .412-f . ,'LQ l. - ,,, .g Q -, Jig., A C .- 'es T T F- X I ' - ' - ,l gh , , - . - -5---4 U1 .. - , ., . -- -, , -- -- - - -'nu -..-, A- . ...,, CT' wi-f-'lr-: ,57-.- T- ,.'-, T., ,,,, 41, V' L - --Tia . QTL? ..- RT? --47L:e2.:ZT 'i...' L f'E: ' -: ',f,'xj'.537. , -'C .., 4' - :Lil '4 ': A . 1 -.-..w..LA-taannng I 18 , . ,. 4'.if.r' 4.5 The campus in 1863 with South College, North I f- 1 College and the Old Chem Lab in the back I I . , E-,A,M,, , -.5 -.gpg-A If , ground. Below is a sketch from a Gay Ninties 'FM' f :TH' . 5 X .1'llf4y 7'?t .A--9 'T ' Index, and another early campus pastoral.

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University of Massachusetts 1974

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.-.A 1,55 'ff 1. I N fb tv L 14,3 an .nf ,-1. ' ., First graduating class of M.A.C. H8711 above. The Old Chem Lab burns to the gound on what is now Machmer Hall in 1914. AF? f11'i31'f a- fzw- Q -25-1 uufveladf- fn a.1s.r..av..:...:- v ,.-.wl The passing years brought advancement and growthg the Chapel in the mid '80s, women in the '90s, and the Campus Pond around the turn of the century. But the most burning issue of our history began in 1881 about the time of the in- troduction of new and liberalized course matter. The stu- dents felt that the name Mass Agricultural College was to blame for its small enrollment and financial problems, so they demanded it be changed to Mass State College. This outcry continued with varying intensity for literally dec- ades. As a matter of fact, the Class of '01 was forced to spend some of its lean treasury for the removal of the letters M.S.C. from some unidentified conspicuous space. By the time the change was adopted in 1931, there was al- ready a movement to change the name to The University of Massachusetts, but that didn't happen until 1947. ' C - ,fl 1-,,f,' 4-.r ' ' V. . ,v.,. . 5 I9 1 fi Efl't1'r':sf W 1-R' - H , ,v,. '