Swarthmore College - Halcyon Yearbook (Swarthmore, PA)

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Editorial ]preface. As soon Seek roses in December — ice in June, Hope constancy in wind, or corn in chafif; Believe a woman or an epitaph, Or anything else that ' s false, before You trust in critics. Byron, HE Class of ' 91, in presenting its alma mater with the sixth volume of The Halcyon, has no intention of apologizing for any mistaken policy in the trust which it, in turn, has come to perform, nor does the staff, itself responsible to the class and the college, ask any indulgence for the errors which naturally abound in this, as in every under- taking of that imperfect creation — man. Our book is full of imperfections — errors of both mind and hand — we know this and you, readers, will doubtless soon find it out. As for criticism, we care not — we have done our best and are willing, aye, anxious, to meet the cold glance of review — our faults, pointed out, will be dangers from which our successors must keep clear, and what little work we have done we are gladly willing to sacrifice to the good of our college. That is what we have worked for. We believe wAxh Lord Beaconsfield, that it is much easier to be critical than correct, and with this assurance, we bid our readers to view us with a critic ' s eye and to express their approval or disappointment with a critic ' s tongue — we are willing to stand or fall with our work. The past year has been one of changes in the college, and, following the general spirit of progress, we have endeavored to make certain improvements in the Annual which will keep it, we 16