DePauw University - Mirage Yearbook (Greencastle, IN)

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2:25 sentesush age 1TH this issue of the MIRAGE, a neW custom is instituted at De Pauw. In almost every prominent institution in country a college annual is a permanent publication. In. Ire'spect this University has been behind many institutions ior to her in rank. We have had. no regularly established .31. True, there have been two or three issues of the Mirror, ast of Which was two years ago, but they were published :0 class; by no organization; were but the product of pri- enterprise, and were meteoric in their duration. It is not taping with the reputation borne by our University that should longer neglect this department of college publica- s. There is much in college life that can never be seen njm a catalogue. In the close fellowship of the fraternity, in heated debates and wrangles of the literary society, in the ggles in athletics, in the pleasure of various clubs and asso- ions, in the perils of midnight adventure, here is a distinc- , MIRAGE t0 reiiect this phase of college life, to represent t, which, to a great extent, molds the character of - the w itution. And yet this is not our only aim. We would, as t v 91 students of De Pauw, show the magnitude of the Univer- , its development, its character. It is With this dual pur- e we publish this volume of the MIRAGE. tis the custom in many institutions for the J unior Class to e-the annual. We have hoped to set the same precedent e. An annual bespeaks college enterprise, and should be , 0f the most prominent college publications. That this . y be the case, it must become firmly and permanently estab- i 796.. It must become just as mueh a portion of the Univer- ', by as theiweekly or monthly organ. It must further secure hearty and unanimous support. We know of no way in ..7.. eld, untouched save by the annual. It is the purpose of e

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Which these ends may be better secured than by its publication being in the hands of one of the college classes. VWe hope that every Junior Class hereafter Will carry fonvard the work thus inaugurated, and that thereby the MIRAGE will hold a place high in the college world. In the preparation of this volume we have met With unusual dichulties. We have not had the inhuenee 0f precedent; have had no previous publications from Which to judge; have had to blaze our own pathway. XVe thank 'the fraternities, the classes, and the students in general, for their hearty support. WVe wish to express our obligation to the Graphic Press for the superior character of its work done for us, and to extend our thanks personally to Mr. JOHN F. EARHART, the manager, for the kindly interest he has manifested in the Mummy, and the artistic huish With which he has embellished it. We send forth this volume, hoping that in the student it will awaken a consciousness of the fleeting happiness of college days, that in the graduate it may rekindle old hres and bring back again the sacred memories and recollections of the days when the sweetest friendships were formed, and When life seemed so tranquil and full of hope, and that in the minds of all it may create an idea of the pleasures, the privileges, the duties of college life.