Marietta College - Mariettana Yearbook (Marietta, OH)

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6' PREFACE u Let it not be supposed, gentle reader, in connection with this preface, that it was written to be read. Let it not be supposed that by inserting this brief notice in the beginning of the book, we were so sanguine 'as to imagine that it were possible to delay, even for a moment, anyone whose picture is herein contained from turning forthwith to that identical spot, where, presented to his tireless and enraptured gaze, are the familiar features of his own benign physiognomy. Far indeed be it from us to retard the development of such a commendable and just appreciation of the beautiful! It was thought, however, that it would be too profound a disregard for long established custom were we not, at this stage of the proceedings, to weary the reader with a few introductory and superfluous remarks on what is to follow. - Therefore, We would recommend to the reader's attention the following which may prove useful in comprehending the contents of this production:--- This book was not intended to be a masterpiece. It is not a masterpiece. The jokes in this book are not all funny. Much of the wit is pointless. Many of the illustrations fwe are happy to say, are not true to life. The editors of and the contributors to this effort are not hoping nor expecting fame, glory or immortality. We say merely that the above statements are true, and if anyone after having finished the book has any doubts as to our veracity, we will refund his money without saying a word. Notwithstanding, however, such idle words as the foregoing, we would not have it understood that the publication of this volume was made possible without much labor and pains, or that we had in View no more worthy an end than to amuse the courteous reader. It has been our purpose to present, to those who are interested, a picture of Marietta Col- lege as it is today. It is not for us to say whether or not we have succeeded. But if anything in this book shall be the modest means of bringing before the mind of one who has himself once worn the Blue and White, a vision of those days when he too fought loyally for the glory of his Alma Mater, shall be the means of recalling to his thoughts one single sweet remembrance of bygone happiness, our efforts shall not have been in vain.

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ALFRED TYLER PERRY, A. M., D. D., PRESIDENT Alfred Tyler Perry was born in Geneseo, Illinois, on the nineteenth of August, 1858. In his youth his family moved to North Adams. Massachusetts, where he received his early education and graduated from the High School. He entered Williams College and, in 1880, obtained his degree of Bachelor of Arts, and his election to Phi Beta Kappa. He then spent two years in the wi1ds, part of the time as surveyor on a railroad. In 1885 he graduated from Hartford Theological Seminary, and received the degree of Master of Arts from Williams, 1891. In 1886 he was assistant pastor of a church in Spring- field, Massachusetts, and for the next few years pastor of the East Congrega- tional Church at Ware. January first, 1891, he returned to Hartford Theological Seminary as librarian and later Professor of Ecclesiastical Polity. In 1899 he was inaugurated full Professor of Bibliology of that institution. He was inaug- urated President of Marietta College in 1900, and has since been Professor of Christian Evidences and Sociology. He received the degree of Doctor of Di- vinity from Williams in 1901. Professor Perry was married in 1887 to Miss Anna Morris, of Hartford, Connecticut. Mrs. Perry takes a very active interest in the students and is highly respected by them. President Perry is an all around Christian gentle- man, and believes in all phases of college life. He is intensely loyal to the Navy Blue an... .. ..n.,, and endeavors to arouse the same loyalty among the students. 1

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