University of Georgia - Pandora Yearbook (Athens, GA)

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Preface U sympathy, and the sincere hope that in their final attainment of the printers’ paradise they may find a case in which the insurmountable difficulties of Greek type shall be nameless evermore. We congratulate the University that she has given birth to another Pandora; we congratulate the Pandora that it has fallen in the hands of friends, and we congratulate ourselves that the work so gladly begun is with such infinite pleasure concluded. So here’s a glad year and successful session to our Alma Mater and her friends, and unlimited prosperity to the next Pandora.

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10 The Pandora But little time has been devoted to the compilation of the vagaries contained herein, on the ground that the strength of the work lies in the purity of the stone and not in the size of the setting. If, kind reader, in the perusal of these pages you find aught worthy of commendation, put it to the credit of the industrious editors, whose imaginations framed the thought; if aught deserving condemnation, attribute it to an unfortunate combination of circumstances over which we had no control. If our pens have pricked the cuticles of your consciences, remember we occupy our positions ‘ ‘ to hold the mirror up to nature.” It is neither our province to create faults where they do not exist, nor to excuse them where we find them. Not a word has been written heedlessly, nor a drop of ink wasted ; yet withal, good nature and friendly interest have controlled every movement of our pens. And now, that our arduous duties have come to a close and Volume III is about to be launched into the world on its own merits, we wish to thank cordially those who have assisted us in our work. To the merchants of Athens and elsewhere, who have encouraged us with their financial support, we extend our most earnest assurances of appreciation, and to those of the students who have helped us with subscriptions and kind words we are deeply grateful. We wish especially to thank Mr. Peyton L. Wade, of the class of 1886, for several exceedingly meritorious contributions which appear in this issue, and also to thank Mr. I. S. K. Axson, class 1889, for similar assistance. We wish also to tender our thanks to Mr. William Williams, of the Southern Express Company, for many courtesies shown the Pandora. There is one class of men who deserve even more earnest thanks than gratitude can bestow. Contributors act voluntarily, readers exercise their own discretion, but the helpless printer must, nolens volens, wade through a meaningless mess of manuscript without the privilege of ignoring that which grates on the beauties of his aestheticism, or jars the finer sensibilities of his soul. To Foreman Hill, then, and his able corps of assistants, we extend the assurances of our deepest

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The Pandora EDITORIALS. f|K)LUME III of the Pandora is presented to our patrons in a new shape and under a different management from I that of our former volumes. The initial volume of our annual was edited by a board composed of two representatives from each of the fraternities at the University, and Volume II by editors from all the fraternities except the Sigma Alpha Epsilon. The first volume, although laboring under the many difficulties attendant upon novel undertakings, was a very creditable edition, and established the fact that the University of Georgia would support a first-class college annual. The second volume, while hardly as successful as the first, was well supported, and its typographical work was exceedingly tasty. The Sigma Alpha Epsilon is ably represented in this Volume III, and the Phi Delta Theta fraternity has withdrawn from its support, leaving only seven fraternities represented on the editorial staff. In this connection wc deem it proper to offer a suggestion for the welfare of future editions of the Panimdra. All the members of its editorial board are equally responsible for the success of the publication, and the labor necessary to ensure success should be shared by all. It is a fact to be regretted that the present Pandora officers have not received the support from their staff that they had a right to expect. Some of the editors have not contributed one thought to brighten our pages, others have helped us but slightly, while others still, have assisted us most materially in our difficult work. The fraternities represented in the Pandora have a right to expect more from their representatives, and it is due the purchasers of our