Lebanon Valley College - Quittapahilla Yearbook (Annville, PA)

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FOREWORD All proper yearbooks, it seems, must be provided with a foreword and a theme. Vast amounts of research have failed to unearth just why this is so. Forewords sometimes explain the purpose of a book; but everyone knows that a yearbook is a sort of condensed diary, photo album, and scrap- book, and that it serves to freshen the memory of college life when one is middle-aged and staid. The problem of theme was attacked somewhat in reverse of the usual procedure. Recognizing the near impossibility of doing anything really new, we ignored theme entirely at first, and began by looking at covers. Indians and log-cabins were looked at. Knights in armor and castles in the air were contemplated. Icebergs and stylized representations of the atomic age were inspected. There was a sunburst which we pictured on a brilliant vermilion jacket. Somehow we just couldn ' t see it. There was quite an assortment of charming death-heads which tempted us sorely. Finally we saw one which we liked, and being possessed of the conviction that cover and theme should match, we chose our Norse motif to go with it. At this stage another problem presented itself. The road sign east of Annville clearly spells Quitapahilla with one t , and the printers told us that this is the correct spelling. For years, here at Lebanon allev, the name of the sacred stream has been spelled with two t ' s. We were in doubt as to whether to follow hallowed tradition, or to introduce the new- form. After some discussion we decided upon the latter course. These problems being solved, the Staff started on the Book itself, but that, as Kipling would say, is another story.

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CORNWALL FURNACE Dr. Miller saved from destruction the very valuable historic records of the Cornwall Furnace. In his recent doctorial thesis, Dr. Miller devoted a chapter to the history of this monument of colonial times.