Mansfield University - Carontawan Yearbook (Mansfield, PA)

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EDITORIAL There must be pioneers, and to pioneers belongs a unique glory; but that the work of pioneers may live, there must be followers, and to such there is the glory of those who carry on. The latter glory belongs to the Class of 1919. At the offset, we wish to state that we are aware of the debt we owe our piedecessors of ' 18, and that we feel truly grateful to them for setting us so worthy an example in the publication of a Mansfie.d Normal School A .nual. We have tried to fulfill our obligations to them and to the standard they set. Early in October, 1918, the Senior Class met to nominate the members of the Staff of the Year Book, and within a few days, the burden of immediate preparations had been shifted to the shoulders designated for it. From that time forward, plans and work for the Book have been so vital a part of our interests and activities, that it is difficult to keep a history of its progress from beco ming a personal record. Some rather disheartening difficulties have been encountered, but the Class has been united in the deteimination that there must be a 1919 Annual, and has given to the Board sympathy and co-operation. And here we wish to thank all who have assisted the class in realizing the ideal whose substance is now in your hand. During the past year Mansfield State Normal School has seen the S. A. T. C. Unit come and go; has seen the girls who favored self-government triumphant over the upholders of the benevolent despots ; has seen a severe epidemic of Spanish influenza met by such efficient resistance that our numbers are left intact; has felt the world-encircling influence of Peace realized through the victory of Democracy; has seen, through all these events, the Carontawan, permitted to gain strength and form and, we hope, value. The departure of the Unit caused the Board to lose the efficient services of Mr. Navle, the S. A. T. C. representative. His position has since been filled very capably by Mr. Evans. What ' s in a name? This question often has been asked, but never has been definitely answered. Nevertheless, we who believe in the potency of words cannot choose but believe in the force of a name given in purposeful consciousness. In preparing the Mansfield Normal Annual for 1919, it was thought best to retain the name of last year ' s publication for our Book, thus assuring the eont ' nuation of The Carontawan as an institution. There were several good and sufficient reasons for such a decision. When, last year, suggestions for the title of the Annual were to be submitted, we, as Juniors, were allowed to participate in the contest, and the most fitting name was selected from proposals by the school at large. The word Carontawan is a musical and distinctive name for the Book. Moreover, its meaning appeals to the hearts of all of us. The Little Town on the Hill has been our home long enough to become endeared to us; and, 13