Evanston Academy - Bear Yearbook (Evanston, IL)

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Preface Before perusing the pages of this annual, heed this warning and accept this acknowledgement. Do not expect that everything in this book is original. To gather such an amount of originality in so short a time is out of the question. A great deal of effort has been expended towards the collecting of material from as many, widely-separated sources as possible. But remember that humor is IIOI the only thing contained herein. To enumerate the other plasma at hand would be superfluous. As a result ofthe suggestion of a faculty member this Bear has been made more representative ofthe entire school than any other annual of this institu- tion. If anyone is displeased with this outcome of much hard labor, let him take the blame on his own shoulders for not giving the deserved support. Everyone in any way connected with the work will vouchsaie for the untiring toiling throughout the whole year of the entire stali. lt has done the work and deserves the credit. Knockers never know anything concerning that about which they are talking. Take that to heart, if you never edited an annual, donlt think you know it all. Of course, we have experienced the inconvenience of being deprived of some material which had been promised, and other material came in so late that it had to be put in in the best possible manner. Xiiith all the help given and against all the hindrances met, this is the product of many tedious hours. Pardon where we have not tried, pity where we failed. We hope this Bear will meet with your approval. A Farewell To YYilbur I-lelm we wish the greatest success, together with our farewell. He has always been our friend, though many of us were foolish enough not to take 3'-lVFlUl212C Of it. During his principality the ofiice has been made the rallying place rather than the court of chastisement. No more earnest man ever befriended a student: no better man ever lead a school. lt is with great sorrow that we see hir. Helm leave Fisk Hall, where he had helped us, the Seniors, iadvised us, the Bear Board, and taught us, the Student Body. hlay the greatest honor,glory,and success attend you in your future walks of life and when you return to this volume may youremember to honor us by saying that we were the best of friends. l7i

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To Wilbur Helm whose Friendship was a joy, whose Counsel was an unfailing guide whose Memory is an inspiration.