DePauw University - Mirage Yearbook (Greencastle, IN)

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Further, DePauw has not allowed the rationalism of ad- vanced enlightenment to develop into disdain for tradition ebut has used that enlightenment to improve the times of Old Asbury. Therefore, in publishing the Mirage, the Class of 33 has two purposeseflrst, to portray the progress achieved in the past, and, second, to utilize the stimulus of satire in promot- ing analysis and introspection as a means of further ad- vancement. eTHE EDITORS.

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FUREWORD Over forty years ago, the Class of l89 published a Mirage. Besides rightfully claiming especial attention, because of its age, the Mirage published by i89 had in- herent characteristics which defy oblivion. The Class of l89 was no ordinary class. To revolt against every timevworn custom and rule of contemporary university life was its aim and ambitionenot a revolt by idle talk, but by a definite stand, a dynamic motive, a Mirage platform. Even in those days itsmoothiesii were beginning to budeand, of course, if any class in the university could boast a majority of those students gifted with suave subtlety, it would be the Junior class. The motto of this Mirage of :88 was uDown with Sunday afternoon lec- tures and chapel speeches, the keynote m89 and Reform? All of the worn-out traditions were attacked with a foresight attainable only by a Junior. The Mirage of 33 feels that the platform of its predecessors of ,88 merits emulation. So, this yeafs publication is one of satire and hyperbolic bur- lesque. Tradition forms the foundation for the theme. Rather than cover the theme of tradition with its usual old-rose haze, the Mirage of ,33 brings tradition out into the searching glare of satire. Al- though the old grad will persist in his contention that uthe good old days are gone? the Mirage does not bemoan this fact, but believes that modern DePauw can even boast of its great progress in uprooting worthless tra- ditions. ' w vm'mww wmwmsmmvmmmw

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IN MEMORMM EDWIN POST For hfty-three years connected With the University Dean Emeritus of the College of Liberal Arts October 9, 1932 BYRON HENRY WILSON Since 1929 Executive Secretary of Endowments and Promotion July 4, 1932 CLEMENT STUDEBAKER, JR. Trustee of DePauW University since 1910 Presented the Administration Building December 3, 1932 JOHN W. EMISON Since 1912 Trustee of DePauW University May 27, 1932