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Prrfatr NOTI IKK year has jassed at Old Gettysburg and with its (awing has come another SPECTRUM. 'Hie staff of men. upon whose shoulders the work of publishing the year book has fallen, determined from the first that the manner and method of presenting the material should be entirely original and unique. Of course, much of the material in itself could in no way l»e changed without injuring the essential structure of the volume, but the editors have endeavored to break away as much as possible from the ideas and plans of those who have gone lieforc them, and to make the Spectrum a creation rather than a copy. They have adhered consistently to this principle throughout the Imok. and although the effort has made some radical changes in form, the result has l een in many ways grati lying. There is a great deal of romance connected with college life. From the time that the high school hoy first dream of going to coll.gr. until the time when as a gray haircd alumnus he shoots himself hoarse when his team wins the footliall game, this thread of romance is woven into thr very fabric of the coll gr man. The college student is a romantic figure in more ways than one. lie will laugh in your face if you tell him so. but that does not alter the facts in the case. The business man is often prone to sneer at the wild college boys, but many a level- h aded business man ha turned the college romance idea into a practical money-making scheme. Authors, playwrights, and motion picture men have capitalizes! the idea, am! sold great jiorticms to the pleasure loving mrrican public which seems to never tire of it. 'faking our cue from these observations, and from the fact that Gettysburg College, as many of the alumni will testify, ha always been oozing with romance and the romantic environment, wc present the Spectrum in the form of a college romance. We have led an individual, to-wit, our hero, through all the trials and tribulations con- tingent to a year’s existence within the walls of our fair Alma Mater, and in order that he may not 1 entirely crushed by adversity we have added thereto some of the joys and pleasures of life. Wc have thus run the gamut of college activity, checking over the list anti finding nothing w anting. Whatever the defects of the book may he it should at least I interesting, for it is a desjierate attempt to portray the actual college life at (icttys- burg in a novel form. You will find the story divided into chapters, each chajtfer rep- resenting a different phase of college life, and contributing its | onion to the plot as a whole. Wc wish to publicly recognize the h.dp of Dr. Sivcrt Hagen, Dr. C. F. Sanders. Dr. Frank H. Kramer, ami Prof. G. C Knight, who have contrilnitcd much by their helpful suggestions. Wc also wish to thank Mis Power, and Mr. Scherer for their con- tributions to the art work. With the hope that the Sectrum may afford pleasure and enjoyment to all who may read it. ami that it may stand as a memorial to the Class of 1922 of Gettysburg College, we give the book into vour hands. t|ik Spectrum Staff. 0
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