Maryville College - Chilhowean Yearbook (Maryville, TN)

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SALUTATION HE Class of 1906, in bringing out this issue of The Chilhowean, are not unconscious of the import of the undertaking. They full well realize that never before has an annual been published in Maryville ; that they have taken the initiative in this line of work ; that consequently they must build well, so that succeeding years m ay find this copy a model to be followed, and not to be scorned. Then commingled with their zeal and enthusiasm as launchers of The Chilhowean is the fear that the time is not yet for such a volume ; that the needs of the College do not demand it; that the tide in the affairs of men is still distant. But there are evidences that the tide has arrived, and they have relied upon these evidences as proofs of the future success of this volume. Briefly stated, these proofs are as follows : Maryville College has enrolled this year its maximum number of students ; Athletics have been more prominent this year than ever before ; College spirit and class rivalry have been a marked feature ; the Literary Societies have done enthusiastic, solid work ; and the work of all organiza- tions, both religious and secular, has shown an activity even above the Maryville standard. This ascendency in the plane of the Maryville College life has for its resultant feature this issue of The Chilhowean. The Class of 1906 commends it to you who may read — and if in reading you may chance upon some personal account or story, you are not to judge it in the spirit of malice, but in the spirit of college life, as it is written. Finally, the Class of 1906 has delegated to us, the editors, the planning and writing of this work. Our work is finished — you may judge how well. But you will be lenient to us. The Board of Editors. (IS)