Swarthmore College - Halcyon Yearbook (Swarthmore, PA)

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)Wn lileor reader, seek not for tl e sage ' s lore Within this little book We call our o tjor hope to find Within a bounteous store 3f knowledge, such as learned men ha ;e shoWn. I is but a floWer from the Winter ' s snoW 1 hat blossoms in the halcyon days of spring And seeks its gayest colors now to show, -A merry Welcome from your mates to bring.

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PREFACE. MONG the duties of a class during its college course there is none which involves greater re- sponsibility or which calls for more serious effort than does the publication of The Hal- cyon. The function of a college annual is a varied and a rather difficult one to fill. Coming, as the book does, from young and inexperienced hands, it necessarily contains much that is crude and imperfect, and as its production is accom- plished under cir cumstances not the most favora- ble, there may appear to be much within its covers that is deserving of criticism. With much justice, as experience has taught us, former editors have emphasized the fact that The Halcyon is entirely the product of the spare hours of the first semester, and that really the work is confined to a very limited period of time. The Halcyon must somewhat unfairly, in consequence of the manner of its production, serve as a criterion by which outside readers may judge of the college, and to that class a word is necessary. The social side of college life at Swarthmore is appreciated by the students, all of whom realize the great good it has accomplished for them, and not one of us would willingly do aught that might be construed as re- flecting upon the system which is here in vogue. Humorous incidents will occur everywhere, and Swarthmore is no exception, but we sincerely trust that nothing within this little volume will be so misunderstood or so miscon- strued as to bring the least discredit upon the name of our Alma Mater. 14