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1911 MICHI G ANENSIAN sincerely thank Mr. Raymond Everett, S.B., of the Engineering Faculty, whose very able efforts are responsible for many of the drawings in the book and for the fine piece of color work which we have used as the title page ; H. VV. Meier, 14 Eng. ; Miss Charlotta Lind- strom, 11, to whom we are indebted for the class headings; Joseph Horner, Jr., 11: A. E. Curtis, 11 ; K. C. Welch, 14 Eng.; P. S. Pyle, 12 Law. and L. D. Gillis, under whose direction the work made such splendid progress. We also wish to express our thanks to Woodbridgc Metcalf, 11, whose camera gave us many of the snapshots which we have reproduced in the book; to the associate editors, who were ever ready, when called on, to perform any tasks assigned, and to the junior assistants and the underclassmen, W. P. Coler, 13, and C. G. Schoeffel, 13, who in the office, aided us greatly in the routine work so necessary in getting up a book of this kind. The year has been a momentous one in the history of the University, and we have tried to record everything of lasting importance. The election of President Hutchins as the head of the University, and the culmination of the eminently successful administration of President Emeritus James B. Angell, presents us with the opportunity, as a class, to congratulate our- selves on the enjoyment of attendance here during the close of the administration of one great man and the beginning of that of another, which we trust will be no less successful and praiseworthy. The activities of the student body have been marked by several things which we think worthy of mention here and which are given more space in the other sections of the book. The beginning of the active campaign for a new and adequate Michigan Union Clubhouse seems full of great promise, and we hope it will go on to a victorious climax. The activity of the women of the University through several years has resulted in the definite promise of at least one new residential hall within a year, and this we believe marks an epoch in the lives of the women here and points to the recognition of their equal needs and rights. By their own efforts they have earned these better conditions, and we wish them full enjoy- ment of the same, and success in their further efforts along these lines. The Student Council has continued its good influence and guidance of the common interests of the students, and has steadily gained ground in the estimation of the students, except for one unfortunate instance, where the decision of the body, after a cartful investigation and consideration of the facts in a case referred to it, was overruled by the Faculty and led to a lessening in the prestige of the Student Council in the eyes of both students and faculty. As we present this book to the public, we realize how many things there are which we might have made better, but we trust that our experience will be of some use to those who follow us and lead to a more perfect book next year. It has been our aim constantly to make the 1911 Michiganensian as accurate, as complete, and as attractive a history as could be compiled, and we have no apologies to make, for we have done our best and trust tin- book will meet with the approval of those whom we have represented in this work. THE EDITOR. [13]
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1911 M I CH I CAN ENS I AN LJfi Foreword A 5 a preface to the 1911 Michiganensian, we wish to make a few explanations and statements in regard to the somewhat different arrangement of some sections of the book, the addition of much new material and the elimination of some things which the readers are accustomed to seeing in the senior yearbook. During the years in which the Michiganensian has grown from the little volume of some 300 pages that appeared in 1897, to the present almost cumbrous volume, the character of the matter contained each year has been crystallized into a certain class of material, consisting of histories and statistics of the year ' s events in all the branches of student activity, the pictures of classes and various organizations and societies and of the individual seniors, and we have recog- nized the fact that the senior annual has grown to represent, not only the senior classes and their interests, but certain other things in college life, and have made no radical changes beyond adding a little here and there, and modifying or perhaps eliminating material which we have considered of least importance in order to make room for the new things, and throughout the book making such changes in the arrangement of material as we have thought would make the book more attractive or more readable or sightly, for the Michiganensian is really more of a picture book than anything else. The Michiganensian has this year recognized many new organizations and has given space to several forms of student activity, never before recognized in the book to any extent, such as the Forestry School, the successful campaign for residential halls for women, which has been going on for several years, and women ' s athletics in the form of a field day. This has considerably increased the number of pages in these sections of the book, and to keep it from becoming too bulky and expensive, we have eliminated some matter which we have deemed of least value as a record or of little interest to the student body, who are the prin- cipal reade rs of the book. We have omitted entirely the joke section as having no warranted place in the book, and as being a slight invasion of the field of the Gargoyle, which can be more up-to-date in its humor than can the Michiganensian. We have tried a new arrangement of the organizations of the University, grouping those of similar nature in sections, and while we realize that we have come far short of solving the problem of pleasing everyone in this matter, still we hope that this arrangement will be fairly satisfactory in the way of designating the character of societies and organizations. Preceding the organization section of the book is a further explanation of this grouping, which will make clear our position and reasons for this change. Because of the difficulty experienced by the majority of readers in finding material in a book of this size, without the aid of an index, we have introduced this new feature of the book and trust it will prove of use. We have made this as brief and handy and yet as com- plete as possible in the small space which we have been able to devote to this, not attempting the endless and rather useless task of indexing the names of students appearing in the book, for the seniors are all arranged in alphabetical order and the index to the organizations will be usually sufficient for the location of any other students. Our dedication of the 1911 Michiganensian to the Hon. Chase S. Osborn has been due to our appreciation of his valuable services to the University while Regent and as the Governor of Michigan and his fellow feeling for the student body. We cannot help but feel that Gov. Osborn is with us in every step we take, and have tried to express our admiration and regard for him as a man, a good citizen, and a loyal friend of the University. We are especially proud of the art work in this year ' s book, and wish to express our appreciation of the very able efforts of all those who have helped us in this work. We [12]
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