Howard University - Bison Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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Howard University WASHIKOTOy, D. C. Ohio. Of tin, PMtmior.KT The college annual is a mirror in which should be seen very clearly, the physical, intellectual and moral standing of the class publishing the annual and the general atmosphere of the college of which the class is a part. In other words, a stranger reading the annual and studying the pictures, should get a true sense of the worth, the attainments, and the vision of the class and of the college as a whole. And this is what every annual does reveal! If the book is too elaborate, the fun on a low plane, the articles loosely written and the pictures not of good composition or artistically arranged, a story is told that places the class and the college in a group of cheap institutions. If the book in its physical make-up represents restrained expense, while at the same time it represents appreciation of good paper and the bookbinders art; if its fun is wholesome, sparkling, rollicking, but with no sting or bitterness; if the prose and poetry compositions are of a high order and reveal clarity of thought and careful workmanship; if the pictures are chosen with reference to the traditions, the development and the prophecy of the College and grouped with artistic sense and feeling, then the annual tells a story honoring to the class and to the college. The college gains something of strength, of culture, and an added push toward higher achievements. Such an annual becomes, in after years, a never ending source of pleasure to each member of the class. The tides of the years will bear classmates far apart. Memories will dim and new occasions will bring new associations. But when one in a dreamy mood, before an open fire shall, in the after years, take down the college annual and read over the old days, he will find his old loves awakened, his sense of obligation to his Alma Mater quickened and a determination to go back at the coming Commencement and be young and free again. Page

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PRESIDENT J. STANLEY DURKEE

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19 26 B ISO N 19 26 Du. Emmett J. Scott Sccreta ry-T reasu rer Dr. E. L. Parks Dean of Men Dean Edward A. Balloch Dean of the Medical School Puf c ' Dean Lucy D. Slows Dean of U'onien