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SALUTATORY. ANOTHER year has passed awny, and the Epitome for the third time greets its friends. It has bee n a year long to be remembered by all connected with the University ; replete with life and energy ; and filled to overflowing with scrapes and fun ; and as we glance back upon its many changes, we wonder that so much could occur in so short a time. We think of the friends and acquaintances of a year ago— many of them gone and almost forgotten — and we feel the impress of college associations most deeply left upon us, and that we are more firmly bound by the ties of class and individual friendship. To render a history of all that has occurred would take much more time and space than we can give it; but we shall attempt, as well as we can, to set forth in some degree our true college life, that those unconnected with it may obtain some idea of it, and those who were actors in the drama may, as they look over these pages, find something therein which it will be both pleasant and profitable for them to remember. The new library building is rapidly approaching completion, and promises to be a very fine structure. It will be, when completed, an honor to the University, and a new monument to the repeated generosities of the giver. The interest in base ball is at present at rather a low ebb, and the record for the year hardly does credit to the expectations of a year ago. This is owing partly, probably, to the leaving, during the year, of a number of those who took an interest in it at that time, but very largely to the lack of good and easily accessible grounds, which is one
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of the necessities of a successful base-ball organization ; there is good material in the University, which only requires training and practice to become a first-class club. In athletics considerable advance has been made during the year ; some of the records are very good, and compare favorably with those of other colleges. The prizes which have been awarded through the liberality of some Bethlehem gentlemen have added very largely to the interest of the sports, and considerably sharpened competition. We have during the year joined the Inter-collegiate Athletic Association, and although those who entered at the last meeting won no laurels there, yet it has been demonstrated that, despite our small numbers and lack of appliances for physical culture, we can compete on equal terms with other colleges in these contests. A prize has been offered for an Alma Mater, which will be awarded on the first of January next, provided a hymn of a sufficient degree of merit has been at that time presented. We hope by this means to obtain what we greatly need, a distinctive college hymn, which shall fairly represent our true college spirit, and be a distinguishing mark of the individuality of Lehigh amongst colleges, and in which we can sing the praises of our University without borrowing from outside sources. And now with these few words of introduction we present to you our Epitome. We have not designed to make it a literary work, but simply to record the present condition of college affairs as viewed from the students ' standpoint, and to show their progress during the past year. We believe our University to be in a prosperous condition, while we cannot hope for a large increase of numbers immediately, on account of the high standard which has been adopted, and the rigid enforcement of the requirements of that standard ; still we believe that by this means she will ultimately draw around her that higher class of students, so very desirable, who in institutions of less requirements are almost unknown, and we look to the development of the classical course, which will soon be known as one of the best in the country, as a source of large increase in the number of students. The fine buildings of which we are already possessed, and others which will undoubtedly soon be erected, together with the splendid location, which affords a fine opportunity for beautiful
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