Syracuse University - Onondagan Yearbook (Syracuse, NY)

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tsp ifrforai fra. N GBEDIENCE to that college custom which requires each Junior class to publish a record of the year's events, this 'U edition of the 'CQNQNDAGANH is presented to our readers. The change from the poorly bound and wretchedly illustrated book in early editions to the present form has been gradual, but the limit of excellence seems now almost to have been reached. We there- fore can not claim to have surpassed all previous publications, but have endeavored to make this volume a faithful register of collegiate incidents and progress. A few of our readers may mourn the absence from our pages of the hctitious societies and organizations, but their presence could not be reconciled with our aim to present a true picture of college life. ' l With this explanation We introduce to you an old acquaintance, perhaps in a slightly different dress, but with many familiar features, and We Wish to express our pleasure in being instrumental in per- petuating a custom which is perhaps the pleasantest feature of our college course. 5 l l i E 1 1 Q ....,, U , ..

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fi W Q Qnorzclelgelrz. ja Glance at lie, Past. O the wide-awake student in our American universities nothing is of greater interest than the customs and traditions that have been handed down from former generations of students. The idea that the serious, dignified and learned body of men who customarily compose our collegiate alumni, were once rollicking fun-loving college fellows is a pleasing one 5 and the customs which they inaugurated, or in which they shared, even if not fully in accord with the spirit of later days, are revered for their antiquity. Such old and cherished usages are hallowed for association's sake, and every loyal student will endeavor to transmit them to their successors. VVithin bounds these customs are admirable. They are a sort of spice to the dish of education, and though not to be taken in nauseating quantities, or confounded with the dish itself, they are harmless and necessary to an 'appreci- ative relish of the more substantial food. The student of Syracuse-is hampered somewhat in this regard by stern reality. On every hand he is confronted by unmistakable evidence of zzaffcfznmzv that cannot be overlooked 3 and it is hard for even the most romantic 1nind to surround our customs with that moss-grown look of indefinite antiquity, in which the traditions of many colleges are enveloped. Even if we could forget the other reminders that our university is a juzrfwzzf, our band of beardless alumni would 'hardly pass muster as relics of very ancient days, when compared with the fossil remains of the early classes that are accustomed to hover around the banquet boards at the commencement dinners of some of our old colleges. Still, if our institution is not remarkable for its age, it is remarkable for the number of successes it has been able to score in its short career of twenty years. In athletics, in musical organizations and in journalism, as well as in the more legitimate field of regular scholastic work, we have always occupied a proud position among the older colleges of the State. 7 .2 Y- :a..:e.,rf,r1..g.- .