Indiana University - Arbutus Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

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3iii5tni:njj lilts. February 21st, 19 14 To The Senior Class, State University. Dear friends; The new honor from my State University, that your letter invites ma to accept, inspires the memory of the many good things Indiana and its students have brought me, till, verily my cup runneth over with the tender gladness of it all. I thank the mambers of the Senior Class with fullest, most affectionate appreciation. Ever faithfully and loyally. , unu..s tr i!,L-o,n(; i .C..,

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By Con liny ,ij Mnffel-Clii,

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A niLLKCK AXXUAL IS (JlITKLIKK A CIRtUS. I ' ACII V i. R IT IS 1. Ilk l,i )i:i l |;V tU tlie advance notices as ISigger and I ' .etter Than Ever Before; I-AcrN thir.o New ISiit the Xanie. I ' .iit the same trapeze act, the san:e slap-stick coniedv, the same hare-back riders, the same traineil seal exhibition is presented with onlv a change in red unifnrnis for the band. So witli tlie .-Irhiitiis.—we are still sivins the same old exhibition of the editorial hioh dive and the literary tight-wire act, with- out even a new coat of paint for the chariots. TT W ' e began the work on the borik with our own heads in the clouds ; we have tU finished by being tarred in jirinters ink ard feathered with criticism. W ' e have tried to be urigiiial, but about the only wav in which we have succeeded is in l)ublishing the book a month later than usual. TT 1 he nights have not been tilled w itb music, cares have infested the davs, priut- ers ' ghosts have haunted our sleep. At times we ha e almost despaired of publication, but we have sworn by the spirits of Don Herold and held abiding faith in the belief that printer ' s ink, like murder, z nll out. TT ' e have tried much, succeeded a little, failed a great deal. We present this TU book, — not as the biggest, not as the best, not as one whollv perfect, — but a book on which we have lalmred with sincerity and devotion, — a work that repre- sents our best efforts at making a IJook. That it please, is our earnest desire and hope; if it fails in this respect our labor shall have been in vain. P.ut, in either event, we shall join in looking forward toward the coming nf the liest Ever.