University of Kentucky - Kentuckian Yearbook (Lexington, KY)

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TO HER WHOSE CHARMING GRACES FORM FOR THE HEART OF EVERY TRUE KENTUCK- IAN THE GREATEST INCENTIVES TO CHIVALROUS AND LOFTY DEEDS, WHOSE BEAUTY AND PURITY ENCOUR- AGE HIM EVER TO ASPIRE TO ATTAIN TO THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF MANLY WORTH, AND WHOSE UNSURPASSABLE VIRTUES WILL EVER BE A SOURCE OF EMULA- TION TO THE WOMANHOOD OF OUR COUNTRY—TO HER, “THE WOMAN OF KENTUCKY,” THIS V O L U M E I S DEDICATED B Y T H E ED I TO RS

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PREFACE. X unloading iliis volume on the unsuspecting public 'lie Editors wish it to lie distinctly understood that, they will, in no way. be held responsible for what, may l c herein contained. Generally speaking, college annuals are not specimens of standard writings. If this were the ease it is probable that writers of such would turn their attention to other Holds, less glorious per- haps, but certainly more remunerative. Neither are college annuals models of English Grammar. Usually they contain English as it is spoke.” If you should lx? interested in what we present we will lx? gratified; if angry, we will he amused. Gentle reader, have yon ever impaled a hug on a pin and watched it wiggle. It is a fund of amusement for all- -except the bug. We have used a pen for the same purpose. Perchance our witticisms may prove dull, our epics humorous or our jokes insipid. If you find such to be the case, we will be very, very, sorry —for you. ri in perusing these pages, your lip should curl scornfully, close the volume until you are in a more forgiving frame of mind, for remember that ancient Sisyphus rolling his rock up a hill, had not a more unenviable experience than we—the Editors of the Echoes” for the year 1001.