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Editorial Another year, with its joys and sorrows, its hopes and fears, its griefs and pleasures, has passed into eternity, bearing with it its record of weal or woe for each and every one of us. Old Father 'rime has once again turned his glass, although we scarcely realized that the sands were falling. Our college days have been gliding away with a rapidity of which we have only been conscious as the landmarks have been neared and passed. The Freshman year, the experimental age of college life, with its uncertainties, its difficulties, its disappointments, and its cruel rebuffs; the Sophomore year, that reckless, careless, happy year, with its cool assumptions, its arrogance, its bluster and its brag,—both are behind us, and nothing but pleasant recollections remain. The Junior year, the age of growth and devel- opment, with its cares and perplexities, its opportunities and its great responsibilities, is now our glorious present. One of its responsibil- ities we were not courageous enough to undertake; another one, if we would, we could not have avoided. Junior Day concerns us alone; but the Blue and Gold is a college institution, and cannot, with honor, be abolished by any individual class. We may have hesitated at the magnitude of the task which we were called upon to perform, but no thought of shirking our duty ever presented itself. The Blue and Gold is an established fact, and needs no excuses or explanations. Years ago it was considered necessary to apologize for each successive volume; then it seemed proper to assume a defiant tone, as if it were only published in spite of the authorities: now, however, students and faculty alike recognize the permanence of the institution, and any explicatory remarks would be superfluous. Indeed, a calumniator of the Blue and Gold would seek in vain for a substantial argument upon which to found his attack. A glance at the subject-matter of its pages would convince the most skeptical of
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its importance. The Faculty issues numerous publications freighted with information of the greatest value; but after all, there is a want which they do not supply. In them, we find no history of that phase of college life so dear to the heart of every student. Our social, literary, musical and athletic organizations would be entirely without records; and in after years we would be compelled to rely exclusively upon imperfect recollection for all data concerning these beloved institutions, if the Blue and Gold did not beneficently become their historiographer. Yet, while the Blue and Gold in the abstract needs no defenders, the same cannot be said of the concrete. There is a constant danger of stepping beyond the bounds prescribed to college publications, and of advancing outside of the realms of amateur journalism. This danger we believe to have been realized by our immediate prede- cessors, and we have resolved to avoid the rock upon which they stumbled. We have made no attempt to imitate them in any par- ticular, believing it to be safer and better to return to the old estab- lished principles. Yet, while we have not wished to distinguish ourselves by the bulk of our book, we have desired to make an advance in another direction. We have endeavored to present this volume in a little better dress, hoping that the bright attire, being in consonance with the general rejoicing resulting from the present era of prosperity, would be duly appreciated. This reference to improvements naturally suggests the really important feature of a Blue and Gold editorial; for the history of the past year consists mainly of a history of improvements. We do not believe in “ booms,” and think that they are being carried to a ridiculous extent; yet we must confess that we are experiencing something very similar to a “boom.” In every department advance- ment has become characteristic. The source of this is not difficult to find. We all hoped that our President, who had so distinguished himself in other fields of labor, would not do otherwise in the new; and we were not disappointed. The transfusion of new blood imme- diately made itself felt, our University awoke from its lethargy, and began again its healthful growth. Our professors, no longer feeling themselves handicapped by the lack of appreciation which their labors formerly encountered, have heartily co-operated in every plan devised for the advancement of the cause of higher education. Different departments have been enlarged and broadened, and additional facilities for instruction have been afforded by increasing
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