Purdue University - Debris Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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l il l'Qllll, lily' if iff nl-sf?-El ? 5. galil fs gi is i ll R A sheaf of white paper, a bundle of sharpened pencils, a few ideas. and a great supply of enthusiasm-these constituted the Debris when the staff came back last fall. The paper has been used, the pencils are stubs. the ideas have died or been supplanted. or have been metamorphosed, but the enthusiasm remains. And, the I93l Debris is an actuality. The staff pre- sents it to the student body of Purdue University with a great deal of pride, for they believe that it is a worthy successor to those editions of the Debris that have gone before it. The object of a yearbook is to give an epitome and a lasting record of the events and personalities of a college. ln a way it performs some of the duties of a newspaper, or rather, a file of newspapers. Yet newspapers are like a breakfast dish, or an aperitif before dinner, taken from force of habit and quickly forgotten. The yearbook is like a bottle of rare wine, the older it becomes, the more value it has, until it becomes cherished beyond monetary valuation. To make the Debris something besides a mere recital of facts, the staff has had to put into it something above iournalism. lt is the same some- thing, perhaps it is art, that differentiates a painting from a photograph. This intangible something must run through the entire work as an almost tangible undercurrent. It achieves unity for the book. And we have selected as the unifying force that same unifying force which runs as an undercurrent through the whole University-Boilermaker Spirit. Intangible and elusive as Boilermaker Spirit is, incapable of definition and almost mythological, still, it is there. And we have made every attempt to catch it and to portray it in this yearbook. One of the most easily detected evidences of this spirit is to be found in that slight lift of

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the head and the flash of the eyes when a man says. l'm from Purdue. But the Boilermaker Spirit is more than the lift of the head and the fire in the eyes, it is something that is in every activity, in every cheering section, and in every class. And we have tried to put it in every page of the Debris, to run as an undercurrent in this record of a college. as it runs through every bit of life at Purdue. ln this way we believe that we have achieved an honest transcript of the University. A yearbook such as this is could not be a success were it prepared by only a few, and we wish to acknowledge the many sources of aid in the preparation of the l93 I Debris. We are indebted to the Indianapolis Engraving Company in the per- sons of Mr. Joseph Todd and Mr. Noble Ropkey who planned the book with the editor and who were a great help in making the work progress smoothly. To the famous Indiana artist, Mr. Frederick Polley. we owe a great many thanks for the eight beautiful drawings of the campus. One of these is an original etching of Eliza Fowler l-lall. This particular picture will prob- ably be cut out of the Debris by many and framed. The White Studios of New York have done an excellent piece of work in making the photographs of the seniors and the organizations. Mr. J. C. Allen of West Lafayette presented us with many very good athletic and military pictures. The Foster Shop of West Lafayette photographed the beauties. The cover was designed by the S. K. Smith Company of Chicago. The final phase in preparing the l93l Debris was the printing. The gold ink and the color printing were handled by the Colortype Corpora- tion of Indianapolis. MMM Z- A H, , , , .. , . . W 559 5 'PQ ...J V' Y VJ' lit' ap A ii? R l li il X . ' . ff. . . V , 1. ,ag H.. T EA -1+ I Q. 3, 9 fy. vi- Qlf l , ,M E V , 5' gl 3 '!' W..,:?f5' fliiki Ei il' fl li ' li i l wif 21 12? f li' l zfilil 'if' - l?-' ff- Ti . s ii - ' T WT. ' i-i. ill lii if i 4'i- f f l i W c ,ii 1 5 li . ,f4 - . , .1 , . , ff , .A :. -gg lgsi V 455: ',l iff 3 ' fi Y as i 3 ai M. at 5