Albion College - Albionian Yearbook (Albion, MI)

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:J L . , .5 ,I X 1 gn HE class of 1900 has cherished the idea of publishing an annual during its junior year ever since its organization in 1896. Pegasus is the realization of that idea. The purpose of the staff has been to make the annual an embodiment of college life here in Albion. We have encouraged the writing of short, lively, college stories and unconventional verse. Our pages, We hope, attest this purpose in some degree. We have tried to give the annual this character with the intention of stimulating the production of typical college literature in the future in Albion. Such work should be as much a part of our life as athletics. Both tend to create a college atmosphere and to form the distinctively college character. ' We are indebted to the whole student body for the support which they have accorded us. The loyalty of the Juniors has been remarkable. Contributions have been received from a large percentage of the class. Whatever faults there may be in the work, they .are due to inexperience on our own part as well as on the part of the rest of the student body in this sphere of activity. The intentions of all concerned have been good and the Work conscientious, at least. Better things are to be hoped for in the future. . Considerable time has been spent by Mr. Gill, the Alumni editor, in compiling a directory of the graduates for publication in the Pegasus, This feature cannot but be of--great benefit to the college community. The work has been very thorough and besides, this direc- tory is the only one that has been published in many years. -4-

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Gfhe Glass of 1900. Albert Balgooyen, MYFH Belle Merry, J, Eugene Barry, Emma Rhoda Osborne, Harold Mark Beal, Lotta Page, Mary A. Clancy, Chas. Milton Perry, Grace A. Crooks, Arthur J. Price, Grace Collins, Hardie Levi Reynolds, James C. DeVi11ey, William A. Robinson, Myrtle Helen Ford, i i Wright Austin Gardiner, A ' Olive Rogers, A William G. Gill, Fannie Louise Sparling, Milton Good, , Gertrude L. Strickland, Frank Marion Cottrell, . Jessie Mary Tucker, John F. Gums, Mary Ellen Tuthill, A Mabel Marion Hanlon, A A A Herbert O. Widrig, Chas. Sumner Loud, Q ,Hahn Mm-tin, ' Thomas Martin, Edna Thom son 7 Zoe Corwin. A great many have requested that their n ies might be printed here, but as our space is limited we have been obliged to make thc above choice. -,3-

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E HE editors of PEGASUS deem it proper to mention the good omens that have assured us of success in the publication of our annual. Each editor has worn a rabbit's foot, Week after week, and the editor-in-chief, by chance, found a horse shoe behi11d SchWartz's blacksmith shop. Every one of us looked over the right shoulder to see the last new moon. We wished good things for the college and prosperity for the class of 1900. We have consulted the oracles-CProfessors,j and they tell us that we' need have no fear for the future. They tell us the roses ahead are Without thorns, the skies are unclouded, the lions are chained. We received letters daily from all parts of the state inquiring when our annual was to be published. We do not care to censure these good friends for we understand with Longfellow that I Patience is a plant ' i That grows not in all gardens Contributions are still coming to us by mail, by express, and by freight. In spite of our charge of twenty-five cents per line for printing poetry, Cwhich heavy tax we thought would exclude poetryj we have received, all told, 563 poems. If we had neglected making a charge for such composition we should have received by this time sufficient verse to make a volume the size of Webster's dictionary. In the choice of material for PEGASUS the editors have tried to please all. We have chosen matter with deep thought suitable for quiet moments when the mind is fresh. And we have selected jokes, and puns, and lighter compositions adapted well to rest the mind when oppressed with care and business. One word of caution to the class we think is necessary. When PICGASUS shall Come f,-Om the press, words of praise and congratulations will begin to pour in. Our word of caution is-keep lowly. Humility, that low, sweet root, . From which all heavenly virtues shoot. Mfmw.-Loves of the Angels. And if any critic shall score us, let the Words of the sage sustain us- Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know. Hlfw.-Iliad Book. X, Line 293. J. E. B. -,5-