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In 1865, Massachusetts Agricultural College (M.A.C.) Board of Trustees elects Henry Flagg French the college’s first president.
William Clark
The Index 1869
First Mass Aggie Class
1870 Regatta Team
Class of 1882
Stone Chapel
Aggie Life - student-run weekly newspaper
Campus Pond
Sunset at Aggie - 1899

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