Stanford University - Quad Yearbook (Palo Alto, CA)

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Foreword

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nQST(gS3T as DEDICATION 3 THE EARTHQUAKE 10 IN MEMORIAM . 32 FOUNDERS 34 FACULTY 38 GRADUATE STUDENTS 51 CLASSES 56 FRATERNITIES 114 HONOR SOCIETIES 206 ORGANIZATIONS 214 MUSIC 246 PUBLICATIONS 258 DEBATING 266 ATHLETICS 276 DRAMATICS 16 LITERARY 328 COLLEGE YEAR 352 CALENDAR 364 JOSHES 368

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Foreword The compilation of the 1908 Quad has not differed in any important particular from that of other Stanford Quads. While the Board, like all its predecessors, entered on the work full of amateur fire, with a multitude of unspeakably clever pos- sibilities looming up before them, each step toward the completion of the book has brought them closer to sea-level. That is to say, the first impulse of the Board — of all past and all coming boards — was to tear the established Quad to pieces, from beginning to end, and set up something truly original. But the editors have learned a lesson in practical evolution ; they have learned that the Stanford Quad is not a creation, but a growth. They found that they had to sift down from their novel conceptions into the accustomed grooves, for these grooves — worked out long before them — were the best possible channels for the interpretation of Stanford life. After coming to this conclusion it was with admiration, not criticism, that the editors followed the Quad traditions ; for they realized that the book, as handed down to them, was a typical expression of the ' Red-tiled Principality. It could have arisen among no other surroundings ; and, since, in many respects, the Stan- ford Quad differs from all other college annuals, it should be the effort of its editors to treasure and preserve its distinctiveness. Board of Editors.