DePauw University - Mirage Yearbook (Greencastle, IN)

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Ebitorial. The Junior class of De Pauw University extends, through M'IRAGE, a hearty greeting to the faculty, students and mni of our own institution, to our sister colleges and uniVer- es, and to all interested in colleges and college life. We oice in the unparalleled prosperity of our own institution ing the past year, in the advancement made by American Wleges generally, and in the increased interesttmanifapsted by ' people in educational matters. Concerning the nature of the publication which we present ', your consideration we deem it necessary. to say but little. A e college annual, as an established part of college literature, 'l 'become so fixed in its character that the mere mention of 15;; word ttannual informs the reader what he is to expect. T he primary object of the MIRAGE being to present sketches, :ious Classes, fraternities, societies and clubs of De Pauw, '58 has been taken that these may be correct, so that the .tAGE may be useful in after years as a book of reference. Vttlso take pleasure in presenting pictures of the members of i.gfaculty of the College of Liberal Arts, and 0f the deans of the glans departments of the university. The engravings and 'ptiens of the grounds and buildings of the university, we ', will be interesting. Our readers, we know, will pardon tf we give a few pages to the college poet, humorist and of members, and other items of interest relating to the '

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SIXTH M. Literary! Go away! Goethe, Schiller-what are they When our Junior poets write, And their mystic lines indite? Which, with due respect to Hoyle, We ,11 put in our pot to boil. ALL Annual, Annual, wit and humor, Fiery Humes can not consume her. BUSINESS MANAGIm Now our ads? wefll put to soak With our advertiserk croak: Money-money thrown away I Never! never! I never I l I pay f But we 1ve got km, just as hard! Read each advertiser's card. BUSINESS BOARD Annua1, Annual, bless your soul, Nekr a cent we We in the 11010. ExezmM

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Chestnut vender. The poet will make you laugh, the humorist will thrill your soul, and the tt chestnut man T, will call up vis- ions of Hillis Science of Rhetoric. 7 As we pass around the tt compliments of the seasonf should you be fortunate enough to draw a lucky'number, curse not the entire editorial board, and call not down upon their heads the wrath of the tt powers that bef but rather thank your stars that you are a personage of sufhcient importance in ttthese' a, halls to be thought worthy of notice. A brief mention of some of the principal occurrences at De Pauw since the last issue of the MIRAGE may be of interest, especially to those who are not connected with the institution. Before proceeding with'this, however, we deem it our duty to say something concerning the failure of the MIRAGE to make its appearance last year. For this failure we have no apology to make. The sins of our predecessors be not recorded against us. Suthce it to say that the present Senior class, whose duty it was last year to issue the MIRAGE, has from the very begin- ning of its existence been distinguished for its utter lack of class spirit, college spirit, and almost everything else except the titleeclass of 88. As an example of the condition of the Class, it has not been able to hold a class meeting for the pur- pose of electing ohicers since the beginning of its Freshman year! The MIRAGE failed to appear last year, not because the college would not have heartily supported it had it been issued, but because the class of 88 did not have energy and enterprise enough to stand up to its duty and undertake the task. Unable to leave behind a reputation for anything else, this brz'llz'mzl class seeks to render itself famous by dozhtg notlzz'ng. Of the many events which have happened in the history of the institution since the last issue of the MIRAGE we would mention but a few of the more important, and these briefly,