Wesleyan College - Veterropt Yearbook (Macon, GA)

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Preface “And hither am I come A prologued arm’d— But not in confidence Of author’s pen or actor’s voice, but suited In like conditions as our argument, — To tell you, fair beholders, our book’s design.” HAVE two objects in the publication of this book. First: We wish to please you, our friends and foster sisters, whose loyalty, proven through nearly a half century of struggle and triumph, has endeared you to the hearts of all connected with our society; and right gladly would we lead your fancies captive and have you re-live with us in the pages of our annual the cherished memories of the happy undergraduate days. Second : We trust that our sisters, who shall follow in our way down the paths of the beautiful days that are to be, will each year write the life of our society in many and many an issue of “The Phi Mu.” Our precedent, we trust, will live as a wish that many a similar “error” may “ rush into the state ” of our little or great college world. And in this Preface we wish to offer our hearty thanks to those w ho have so kindly and willingly responded and aided us in send- ing forth this volume. Our friends we cordially greet, and invite the gener- ous altitude of Robert Burns in gracious admonition to “Scan with care the works of brother man. Still gentler sister woman.” For our elder sisters we bespeak the spirit of our sheltered lives, — the shades of our calm retreat,— the dreams of this our fleeting world, in the hour with our little book. For our critics — those who will not praise— we leave them to be prayed for, “for the state of their wits’ healths.” The Editors. ii