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A student's comedic account of his study-abroad experience in wartime Britain.

An article descibing the first in a series of meetings discussing the role of fraternities at Amherst post-war, as well as administration's opinion that fraternities were pointless.

Found in Vol. 1 no. 5

The Jeff ran a poll among the students (93) after Republican and Democratic conventions. Summary statistics:

Democratic: 45. 16%
Republican: 40.86%
Undecided: 13.22%

The Freshmen houses are predominantly Republican…

An account of the second meeting discussing fraternities post-war, as well as the administrator's attitude towards fraternities in general.

A summary of the structural changes Amherst underwent during the war, serving as a facility for use by the army and navy.

A list of subjects and faculty in the pre-meteorological unit which was taught at Amherst when the Army and the Navy started using Amherst facilities to train its members.

An article describing the very small class of 1948.

Found in Vol. 1 No. 2

President Stanley L. King on the Four Distinct Jobs of the College:
1) Impliment the opportunity for a liberal arts education for roughly 90 students
2) Train 100-800 military personnel in certain prescribed subjects
3)…

A cartoon featuring Amherst WWII soldiers in the trenches, reading letters. One solider reads to the other that the college library is requesting a copy of their book back.

Two students, Rush Skakel and Monk Carlin, voiced their disapproval of admitting Japanese American internees into Amherst College.