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SOUVENIR: testing into Mass Aggie
BEST AND BRIGHTEST: Pronouns in the objective case? Adjectives in the comparative degree? Adverbs of manners? Uh-oh! Or try this one: How many hectoliters of oats can be put into a bin that is 4 meters long, 3 6/10 meters wide, and 2 5/10 meters deep? Could you have passed this standardized entrance exam to Massachusetts Agricultural College? Aggie-bound boys in 1892 may not have assembled in school cafeterias, clutching number two pencils, to face our dreaded SATs, but it seems they were put through some rigorous intellectual paces. For more on standardized tests, click on the “Only a test” feature in the left navigation bar.

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UMass Gatherings: Ed Marathon

GATHERINGS: larger images

MARATHON LIST: Ed School Alumni at the Reunion

SOUVENIR: testing into Mass Aggie

PROFILE: Cynthia Shepard Perry '72G

PROFILE: Kathleen Mitchell ‘79

MEMOIR: Todd Russell Hill ’90

MONUMENTAL TEACHERS: your memories of professors

MOVING ON: faculty retirements

NO PLACE LIKE HOMECOMING: alumni at the ’70s reunions

UMASS MEDIA: Bruce MacCombie ’67, ’68G and Taj Mahal ’63S

GALLERY: Campus Chronicle photographer Stan Sherer

ON THE HORIZON: upcoming events for alumni

IN MEMORIAM

Obituaries: 1928-45

Obituaries: 1946-60

Obituaries: 1961-75

Obituaries: 1976-99

Obituaries: Faculty and students