Word: amherst
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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President Seelye, of Amherst is still abroad. He is much improved in health, and expects to return to his duties before the end of April...
...college. The rivalry which exists between the societies has worked for much harm in athletics as well as in the publication of the various under-graduate periodicals. This feeling between the fraternities has, however, fostered the interest in oratorical contests so that it is considered a great honor at Amherst to be selected as eligible to compete for the prizes offered by the college...
...facilities for education at Amherst are excellent. The college takes a particular pride in its large collection of plaster casts of ancient and modern sculpture which is second to none in the United States except the one in Boston. For this museum of fine art the college is indebted to Professor Richard H. Martin, who started the collection in 1874, and has been untiring in his efforts to enlarge it ever since. The chemical laboratory is not up to the modern standard, but in all the other departments of learning, ample opportunity is offered for work. The faculty. under President...
...athletics, Amherst has always stood well. The chances for her base-ball team for the coming year, however, are not considered good. The college feels somewhat chagrined because some of its best men have gone to Brown and also because, as it is rumored, Brown has hired several professional players for the coming season. The college supports no crews but recalls with pride the year when Amberst won a race from both Harvard and Yale; the shell in which that race was rowed, now almost in splinters, is placed as a memento in the drill hall of the Agricultural college...
...handicap meeting of the Amherst Athletic association was held last Saturday afternoon...