Syracuse University - Onondagan Yearbook (Syracuse, NY)

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EMTORiaL. ei ITH this issue of the Onondagan, we place before our readers a pot that has been bubbhng and boiling for some time. Into it have been cast scraps of wit, wisdom, sense, -j nonsense and otherw ' ise, and by constant stirring and much T seasoning, we are at last enabled to set forth a dish that we hope will prove delectable to all. But should it be unpleasant to the taste of some, w e shall beg no pardons ; for, permit us to say modestly, we are an independent Board, and what we have said we have said fearlessly. The aim of the editors has been, stated in general, to cheer the old, to urge the middle aged to greater efforts, and place before the youth of our country a high standard of excellence — the acme of literary art. Stated more in detail we have aimed to give an account of what is taking place in the inner life of the university, as seen from the students ' standpoint. We believe that the four years spent in col- lege are the happiest of a man ' s life— those four years in which were condensed so much pleasure, so much labor, so much harmless fun, and so many hours of concentrated thought. We know that the ordinary alumnus, on looking back upon his college days, will not remember the difficulties, the disappointments, the unpleasant things, the grinds, the flunks, the defeats ; but the pleasant parts, the sports, the victories, both mental and physical, and in truth the incidents of his course that were then regarded as a little off color. In fact it has been ascertained by conscientiously prepared statistics, that ninetv-nine out of everv hundred old college men refer oftener to ' O 19