Allegheny College - Kaldron Yearbook (Meadville, PA)

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through territory which we conscientiously thought might be ben- efited by such irrigation. In some regions which have been overly fresh We have endeavored to starta drying process, and again, at other places, we have introduced humidity,With the hope that a few of the seeds touched might at least sprout lisee Scald columnj. The present issue has been modeled after no previous volume of the KALDRON. We have endeavored throughout to portray life at Allegheny as it actually exists, Without resorting to the severe caricature of all our connections, and for this innovation We do not expect any general criticism. Our Work will of course not ap- ear to all such a model structure as we are honest in regarding P it, but the result is gratifying to ourselves, and as we are about the only persons living Whose preference was in any manner consulted, the critic is kindly invited to take the floor While We quietly smile. - Dear Alumni, we can truthfully say, through the haze and glare of Sanctum smoke, that Old Allegheny has not in many years stood upon the threshold of such an apparently brightfuture. The long,dull period of financial inactivity has at last been broken, and as a result Wilcox Hall has been, during the year, added to the proud possession of our alma maier. Other pecuniary presenta- tions are certain to follow, which will insure us at least one more building as Well as an increased endowment. In this connection it may not be out of place for us to- refer to the relation of the KALDRON to the realized and contemplated improvements. The necessity for increased accommodations in the science department has been felt for years, and through all this time many a devout itinerant professor has petitioned Providence to open the eyes of the blind that collateral might be forthcoming. But the 7 shekels that We looked for never came, until the KALDRON in 5

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Jn- fpffvq -0 N 6494 I5 O its large number of patrons, hot, cold and lukewarm, cyn- ical, sympathetic and sinister, to brother barb and brother- hood, to sisters dear and sisters not so dear, to learned professor and sapling tutor, to each of these and to four-fifths of all other persons,the KALDRON Board of ,Q3 extends a most hearty Pan-Hellenic greeting. We present our annual missive, not with an apology for any fatalistic revolution on the part of the fabled political kaleido- scope, nor do we feel inclined to attract attention to a discourse on human frailty by beggingly insinuating ourselves to be examples of unworthiness as the manner of some is. It is our duty and pleasure merelyto state that after a yearls quiet simmering the KAL- DRON potion has again become sufficiently agitated by Greek flames to overflow and force its seething essence upon contingent entities. As persons authorized to limit and direct the elements of this ebullition we have struggled to be faithful to the trust imposed. We have endeavored to make escape conduits for the overflow 4

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typical Don Quixote style began to picture grave professors swim- ming around the country in spring time mud, giving magic lantern showsin order to pay laboratory charcoal bills. Loyal alumni then awoke, and to-day we have a science building which is the most modern and complete structure upon the Campus. QOur Science Professor will hereafter travel in palace cars and visit only large citiesj. 1 Ever since the first edition of the KALDRON its editors have insisted that Allegheny needed an organization suited to the herd- ing, nursing and treatment of its mentally and socially inlirm. We are pleased to note that such an asylum has been incorporated, but without defiling'ourselves by stooping to an introduction, the panorama will move on. . The gymnasium question is another subject that the KALDRON has tried to bring forcibly before its readers, and which will con- tinue to receive caricature notice until the necessity for exercising a saw buck in imitation of practice with a sand bag, is removed. Friends of the college should see that if Allegheny to compete successfully in numbers and quality of students with surround- ing institutions, there must be afforded those attractions which every young student with both eyes open is sure to expect. The other questions which in our judgment need attention, will be found duly noted in subsequent pages. Our motto throughout, though paradoxical as it may seem, at places, has been, With malice toward none and charity for all.', We shall not be haughty to the humble, but will be glad to anoint with the oil of sympathy ani' Scald you may have received. With best wishes for our alma mater, We remain, respectfully yours, 1 EDITORS. 6