University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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ThG purpo G of Tho Uni : , vGr iry ir to broaden rh 3 lifo and vision o. it ytudonty. Drab cynicirm dofoafy that purporQ . In dQQd, it s bQttGr to convQrt lifo to comody, and laugh at it. But thG thought of youth aro long, long thought : WQ havG nor lo t yight of rho fact rhar rhiy year s anorhor Qpoch of dGVQlopmGnt in our ouun livoy and in th0 pnogro nvG hl tory and tradition of K.U. It har boon a yQar of achiGVQ mGnt--gnd fun ! ThQ various pha Q of thG acadGmic yGar arQ intro- ducGd by illu trationr rhalj arG mGanr ro prQ QrvG thG glamour, tho goldGn haZG. rhat harrurroundQd you during rhir yoa In thQ cla room, tuith a laughing crouxj on thG, campuy; or in % irhGd momQnty in your ouon kingdom ! thought If, ay through i book you turn tr pago ; thar atmorphQrQ, if it blGhdr togGthor thQ dignity and romantic advGnturo thar havo boon a part of QVQry activity during rhir year; : if it uuill maKG happy 1 GVQnrr glouu uuith lifo , again in your momory-- tnGn our Luork hay nor bQQn in vain.

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' We are a littlG dubiou about The truo value of fa preface. We hopG you mag bQ able to gra p thG mGaning, rycope. and purpo Q of Thiy book ujith- jut referring to a SfyhQQt of direction : ' MO UUG UUill GT dOUJD I IRQ for rho G luuho arc intGrc tGd or cunouy enough to road thorn, and call thiy a dull |yQction, to be skipped . WG have madG no attempt Ito portray K.U.a vonGrablo. [Lot u IQOVG that to tho o ,uuho arQ nouj looking back. fhG prG ont legion, do inot fool obGiranf. CollegQ men and uuomGn are not obliviour to thG drama of lifo, but to ithGrn it i not rordid. Thaf f one of tho y of our youth. UnivGryity iy not to uy on ominouy .thrQyhqld 1 1 iy a gloriouy THE ThG Q oponing , arc meant to Gmbody something of thG editor 1 concoption of rhG purpo cl and mGaning. not of thiy ' book, but of rhG year uuhich it rQcordr. Youth r GVGr contQmptuourof timej ay iy thG Jayhaujk uahich rogardr Tho GlemGnt of timo, tho myytGriou curve of th0 future, uuith littlG morQ than, bland curiosity.

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TO PROFEO -OP LEON NELSON FLINT, a truQ idealist, a bonovolonf humanitarian, an upholdor of tho tradi- tions of youth that givQ our Univorsity its life bocauso of his long sorvicQ uuifh tho Univorsify, bQcausQ of his unfailing sym- pathy, bocausQ of his introspoc- tivQ judgmQnt; bocauso of his broadth vision, THE bocausQ of his intogrify of characfQr, bocauso of tho richnosy of his sonso of humoi and bocau Q ofj his contompt for vainglory.