DePauw University - Mirage Yearbook (Greencastle, IN)

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Ebe mirage W- ,I 3 3 3' 1 'N O-DAY every university, college and up-to-date high school has its l , 1- Y annual. If the accustomed class fails to issue its budget of local, ,il , nl 5 - appropriated and faked facts, then there is something .vitally ral' ' wrong with either the class or the lI15tlilltlt?l1. 'If the fault IS with J H I the class there is no remedy, but if in the institution there is a chance F for future classes to reawaken the latent support of the student enter- 2' lf if prise and by their enthusiasm and energy show to the world that Cf, ' 'ef-5 , college annuals are not only ornaments but necessities. ice! ' The college annual of to-day fills a unique place in the history iv A and memory of every college year. It embraces that part of the col- - ' A E 2' i lege and college life which the yearbook does not and cannot ade- 'Mi '- ' quately portray. It crystallizes college life,student thought, ingenuity and enterprise into vivid and pleasant memories and interesting and mirthful narratives. While the catalogue and annual are separate and distinct, yet one is as important as the other, the one supplementing and explaining the other. It is only when the two are combined and comprehended as a unit that the two phases of college life-theoretical and practical-are portrayed as they really are. The idea of this component part of De Pauw University originated back in the early 80's, when some enterprising students organized a private company and proceeded to compile and issue a small publication known as the MIRROR. The lirst book met with such general approval that other similar publications were attempted, and in 1887 the Junior Class decided to establish a precedent to be followed by all succeeding classes, and issued the first volume of the MIRAGE. The editors of that famous work were O. H. Carson, Redacteur de Fraternitesg T. W. Haymond, Redacteur de Poesie et d'Artg Eugene Hector, Gerant d'Afl'aires gW. P. Mooney, R6dacteurd'Espritet d'Humeur, and W.J. Snyder, Redacteur de Miscellanees. They dedicated the result of their labors: To all who love to hear the tale of college life, its pleasures as well as its duties. It had as its mission the por- trayal of the close fellowship of the fraternities, the heated debates and wrangles 'al-vig' :H- -.Ab i 254 X of the literary societies. the struggles in athletics, the pleasures in various clubs K A- and associations, the perils of midnight adventure, and all those distinctive ' phases of college life not touched by the catalogue. Secondly, its aim was to show the magnitude of the University, its development and its character. In turning through its pages one is impressed with the stability of some of wi Xxsdi' I our traditions and customs, and especially is one impressed with the large number of the faculty enumerated there, who are yet seeing active duty. Of the present number eight-Dr. Gobin, Dr, Post, Professor Longden, Colonel Weaver, Professor Ayres, Dr. Baker, Mrs. Mansfield and Miss Druly-have been directly connected with the institution since the first number of the MIRAGE was issued. It contains a summary of the various departments and histories of 4 1 -'I I , ,vi E1 A --I-4 M ug, fl ak' the various classes, with the class rolls. The work is conspicuous for the want of pictures. The fraternities are inserted with monograms and chapter rolls, but no pictures. From the number of teams and games enumerated one would conclude that De Pauw was at one time the institution among institutions in athletics. Besides the regular teams every class, society and fraternity had its baseball and football team. 7

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Che mirage-conrfnueo 33? At that time, aside from athletics, military tactics and literary societies, De Pauw was organized into a vast symphony club, composed of the University Glee Club, . , College Quartet, Class Quartets, Moonlight Club, Musi- , I' cal Literary Club, Toy Symphony Club and Beetho- , ,,,.,,,t,, .:,. ven Trio. There were four literary societies contesting A for all college honors-Platonean, organized in 1838, Philological, organized in 1839, Philomathean, organized in 1870, and the Theological Lyceum, organized in 1883, i all of which are now extinct except tl1e latter. I The literary department was very meager, con- g2Tgf,'ffZ . o A grilling a few short poems and a farce entitled Princess N gantinei' QF . 1. Although our ancestral DIIRAGE does not excel vezjf -y ' , . 1 .4-R, l , U ' .f mnrh its ,QQ successor, yet it did map out and blaze the ' way for all following publications. It stated its purpose and outlined its policy, and the same general plan laid out by it has been closely followed by each and every BIIRAGE since put forth. In 1889 Volume II was issued, bound in red imitation leather, and was very attractive, both on account of its showy appearance and its very fine engravings. - It contained the pictures of the Faculty and various clubs and organizations, but no fraternity pictures. The pen sketches illustrating tennis and baseball were especially fine. It contained the first of a series of articles appearing in later editions attacking the custom of Sunday afternoon lectures, and it may he said that it was due largely to these ' early BTIRAGIQS that the practice was discontinued. , .X The next issue was in 1891. The book opens with pictures of the college I 4 buildings and of the editors, and in order that the class might receive all the N W glory the book was dedicated to the Junior Class. It devoted much space, and justly so, to the Students' Choice -the election ot Dr. John to the Presidency of the University. In order to place its mission and importance more clearly before the college world it adopted a platform, outlining an extensive policy, embracing both local and national issues. It devoteda great amount of space to the various schools and depart' ments, the Law and Normal Schools coming in for their share. N 1 I The fraternity pictures are arranged in a unique manner, each having for a X background the design of its fraternity pin. The literary department contains XX' some excellent articles that will be of wortl1 long after the pictures are forgotten. The Junior Class of '93 dedicated its iWIRAGE to the Class of '92, in order that it might not pass into history entirely unhonored and unknown. Isham Taylor was its editor-in-chief, and he has been, perhaps, the plainest spoken and most fearless of any who have filled that position upon a MIRAGE Board. The book abounds throughout with striking and effective illustrations, the majority of which are directed toward the Faculty. The book, as a whole, has the tone of being an encyclopaedia of Faculty weaknesses and University mis- managements. gig The Class of '94, in order to do something original, dedicated its annual to the fair maids of ninety-four. It was the lirst class to undertake the task of issuing a book when the 5 +1 in s N 5 T fk fy1 ff'Wfi',' 'viii if , 'U i i 'I' ' ,fi Qin.. M Jil, I, I :EFA li, gill i '. in si iiviii' Hi' 'ir ff--N --if i' 'i , X lx XM, xv' qlh, .N . wx 'X viii ,' . M f- , ily! ,ii it 9, ,L I All A .. Q f 8