Rollins College - Tomokan Yearbook (Winter Park, FL)

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As rhe sunsers over Lake Virginia ore gradually obscured by rhe approach of Commencemenr, rhe rime arrives for rhis Tomokan ro srep from his 1917 bark, and, seeking rhose friends — rhe rribe of Rollins — who have been awairing his landing, presenr, on behalf of rhe Seniors, a review of rhe college year jusr closing. Alrhough differing in name, The Tomokan is rhe rhird of whar may be properly called year books of Rollins College. This form of srudenr publicarion anredares rhe Sandspur by several monrhs, for ir was in June 1984, rhar rhe firsr exponenr of college life ar Rollins was edired under rhe name of The Demosrhenic Demonsrraror. While in appearance and size nor osrenrarrious, yer irs form was rhar of an annual. For many years rhe Commencemenr Numbers of The Sandspur amirably filled rhe purposes of a year book, and, in 1910, ir ceased ro be quarrerly or a monrhly bur was consolidared inro an annual. Since changing irs form in 1915 ro rhar of a college weekly, The Sandspur, of necessiry, has been resrricred in scope. To supple- menr rhis work, and presenr in comprehensive form a college memorial is rhe purpose of The Tomokan. Nor is rhe name unconnecred wirh rhe College and Srare. Tomoka was rhe firsr — rhe Indian — name of our pennisula, while Rollins was rhe name given ro rhe firsr college in Florida. May rhe 1917 Tomokan carry well rhe burden enrrusred ro his care, and may his happy hunring ground be beared amid happy memories 1917 Editor-in-Chief: Alfred Jackson Hanna