High-resolution, full color images available online
Search, browse, read, and print yearbook pages
View college, high school, and military yearbooks
Browse our digital annual library spanning centuries
Support the schools in our program by subscribing
Privacy, as we do not track users or sell information
Page 15 text:
“
SHAKESPEARE AND THE EDITOR Soit! who comes here? -Coriolanus. Quid Nunc, The Macalester Junior Annual, an it please you. We bow to you, ladies and gentlemen, with whatever humility is befitting your rank, and is not incompatible with our own dignity. Gentles all, we greet you! VVC bear letters of introduction-you will find them in blue upon our cover. You see we are titled, but by no means wealthy --our face is our fortune. And, since who steals my purse steals trashf' we bring you something valuable in exchange for iifty cents of that same trash: is it not a fair exchange, hut editors are proverbially charitableAit is their only chance, for charity eovereth a multitude of sins. Yllhat do we bring you 1? XVe cannot tell in a breath: read on, and you shall see. il First citizen: What is your name? Second citizen: Whither are you going? Third citizen: 'tWhere do you dwell? Fourth citizen: Are you a married man or a bachelor? Second citizen: Answer every man directly. First citizen: Ay, and briefly. Fourth citizen: Ay, and wisely. Third citizen: Ay, and truly you were best. --Julius Caesar. Steady there! Some people are dreadfully impatient! Now I like to ramble along at leisure. Brevity may be the soul of wit, but an editor is never supposedfby his readers-to have any wit, and if he coaxes himself into the belief that he has, he is modest, and con- fesses that his wit is mortal, and hence has no soul. Ergo: I will not be brief. If. however. you will be patient. I will try to appease your curiosity without out-doing' Polonius. By the way, was Polonius an editor? What's in a name? -Romeo 6' Juliet. ' A lot- of letters usually. But there ls a great deal more in some names. Did you ever know a girl named Sarah Jane? I imagine that Romeo himself would not have so captivated the hearts of all fair readers who peruse this sad story of woe, had he been called Bill, Did you ever notice how careful Shakespeare was in choosing' his names? There is poetry in them all except Falstaff! Poor Falstaff, how we admire him ! 13
”
Page 16 text:
“
More matter with less art! Madam, I swear I use no art at all. -Hamlet. O yes! The name. Quid Nunc? First, there's death in it, for it is written in a dead language. Utinam that it were buried! And there is also 111ystery in it: do you know XVTIZIAE it means? But there is meaning in it. You would scarely believe it, but Quid Nunc means, what now? Something new, we assure you, but we have no intention of telling you here: tl1e whole Journal is an answer to the question. See? The question mark is very suggestive- and it COIIIG first. Declare thine office. -Ant. 6' Cleo. To amuse, to instruct, to edify. Please you, farther. - Gempest. IVell then, I will tell you. NVe h.aven't a great deal to do at col- lege. In fact we get rusty. Now what is better to take the rust off, than to put ourselves in a. good position to get polished? And if we may for once, by straining our faith, believe the evidence of editors in general, the editorial chair is the place par excellence. Indeed, from personal. observation, we know that the hero who dares to grasp the college quill, bids fair to get his share of friction. VVe hail with de- light the rough times to come! Like tl1e ll'lSl111ltLl'1 at Donnybrook Fair, we are all blue mouldy for a light! I'm out oi patience. -Gempest. Oh! your pardon! Seriously, then, as Puck would say. Our ob- jects in issuing tl1is annual are varied. In the first place, we know that you will like it, and we are unsellish ever: this is a very interest- ing little publication. Then we believe that there is literary talent among tl1e professors. and we desire to have the light no longer hid- den under a bushel of examination papers: they are so dry that it might set them on fire, and they are invalua.ble! Also we dreamed somewhere, that the students themselves are great authors in the bud, and we are anxious to see what the iiowers look like. I might also state that we belong to one of the best colleges in the iNest, and are not ashamed of our dear old halls-except the lioor in tl1e lower one. Vtle think that something may be told concerning our college in such a publication as tl1is, which would be out of place in tl1e college cat- alogue: the faculty compile the catalogue, tl1e students, the Annual. Tl1e11 again. we are the Junior Class. IVe are far enough along the path of learning, to view Freshman Math, and Sophomore Greek with solemn satisfaction: and yet are not too far to sympathize with those who shall follow in the same tl1orny way. And then we are only a year from beginning our schooling over again at the first two letters of the alphabet, and while our heads are still of normal size, we have a tickling beneath the skin which feels like a prophecy. Last, but not least. we are tired of attending all the classes every day, and expect 14
Are you trying to find old school friends, old classmates, fellow servicemen or shipmates? Do you want to see past girlfriends or boyfriends? Relive homecoming, prom, graduation, and other moments on campus captured in yearbook pictures. Revisit your fraternity or sorority and see familiar places. See members of old school clubs and relive old times. Start your search today!
Looking for old family members and relatives? Do you want to find pictures of parents or grandparents when they were in school? Want to find out what hairstyle was popular in the 1920s? E-Yearbook.com has a wealth of genealogy information spanning over a century for many schools with full text search. Use our online Genealogy Resource to uncover history quickly!
Are you planning a reunion and need assistance? E-Yearbook.com can help you with scanning and providing access to yearbook images for promotional materials and activities. We can provide you with an electronic version of your yearbook that can assist you with reunion planning. E-Yearbook.com will also publish the yearbook images online for people to share and enjoy.
