Furman University - Bonhomie Yearbook (Greenville, SC)

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FTth bonhomi T Foreword JI1K sagacious Thomas Carlyle, in his Sartor Bexartns, declares that “wondrous indeed is the virtue of a true l ook. As. for the last time, we look upon the enormous heap of manuscripts over which we have been poring almost daily for the last few weeks, the thought runs through our minds, “Have we really produced a true hook? Can there be any virtue in our fifteenth volume of The BonhomieWe are confessedly optimists and. frankly, we have a conviction that somewhere beneath tin outward appearance of paper and ink there must be some real worth. Such a thought, however, is not in the slightest degree prompted by any vanity or conceit on our part. On the contrary, our reason for believing that there is some virtue in this, the product of our labors, is the fact- that it is purposely a eoni| osito photograph, as it were. «»f the life at Furman as we have seen it. In this book we have endeavored to give a true history of the days we have spent during this, our last year at this institution, and we attribute to this fact whatever approval it may meet with. Our labors have not always Ik»ci» pleasant ones, but the pleasures have so far outnumbered the pains that we hesitate even to make mention of them. We have accepted tin responsibilities placed upon us; we have faced our tasks with cheerfulness and determination and now. having done our best, we offer you as the outcome of our efforts the 191 Bonhomie—abounding in faults, we admit, yet not wholly lacking in merits, we hope. As we contemplate the years of the future a picture arises in our minds, that of an aged man who, after the hurly-burly of the business life is done or the assiduous labors of a scholar's life, in the seclusion of his study stealthily takes down a 1015 Bonhomie with badly worn binding and slowly turns its pages. We can see with the mind's eye the wrinkled face light up with a celestial radiance as he lives over again that life at Furman long since left Ixdiind. We can hear him communing softly with those dear friends of the past, some of whom are no longer to be seen save through the photographer's art. As we contemplate such a picture, possibly of our own selves, we turn away, brushing a tear from our cheeks, and murmur. “It is well. If this book shall serve only to bring hack recollections and inspirations from his life at Furman to one Furman man, our work will not have l een in vain. F. II. IIexdkkson. frlitor-in-Chief. M. R. Mohi.ky. Business Manager.

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