University of Pennsylvania - Record Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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get 'MIBITRODUCTIOHWR , . 4' 5,5 QI iq 1ff,, 1572 NOTHER year has passed, and once more the graduating class presents to the public its 'nsvycjig f RECORD, the aim of which is, as Mr. Green says of his History of the English People, 9 defined by its title. It is customary for readers of the book to look upon it somewhat in the light of a burlesque, and a means whereby the class may get even with the professors K f for grievances and hardships of by-gone days. But the RECORD is more than this, and despite the trivial garb in which its ideas are clad, it is history, in that it narrates the actual events and activities ofthe class during its four years' existence. Now, history may be written in two ways. It may be written from the inside out, that is, it may be written by those who have taken part in the events narrated 5 or it may be written from the outside in, by those who view the events from the outside and have no part in them. The former method is the one pursued in the RECORD: it is written from the inside, and intended primarily for those who have taken part in the history narrated. Consequently there are many references that will be appreciated by the members ofthe Class only. Nevertheless the RECORD will be of interest to outsiders as pre- senting a true picture ofthe various phases of college life at Pennsylvania. There are two classes of persons who will read the RECORD, those who have read the Records of previous years, and those who have not. To the latter class there will be much that is new, albeit, much that is unintelligibleg to the former class there will be little that is new, much that is old. Yet do we not all know that History repeats itself, and particularly in college classes? The same groups and varieties of men are to be found in every class, and they come under the same intiuences and instructors as the men who preceded them. Under these circumstances, it is but natural that there should be similarities in the Class Records. Nevertheless several innovations will be found in the RECORD of the Class of Ninety-nine. Foremost of these innovations is the effort to make the book a true class record. Since the fall of ,Q5,- when Ninety-nine, the last class of the eighteen hundreds, entered college, its career has been a distinguished one on the athletic held, as well as in Ag.. 5

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A .im M M The Commdiee ZS Indebfecl Z0 WALTER T. SINGER MR FREDERIC L. CLARK MR S. ROWLAND MORGAN MR W. RAWLE BROWN MR HARRY FOX MR H. KENNEDY HILL MR CHARLES H. CLARKE MR SAMUEL H. BAKER MR . .AND. . LAWRENCE S. BELLMAN WALTER D. BLAIR FRANK L. BODINE LEON N. GILLETTE CHARLES GILPIN, 3d EDWIN O. KUENZLI WALLACE E. RUHE WALTER H. THOMAS MR. ROSCOE L. WALKER RECORD U For their czssi5m1zcez'n p1'epfL1'i71g tim 'WL

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the class room. The Committee has appreciated this fact, has felt that the RECORD of the Class of Ninety-nine should be one worthy of those who have sustained the honor of the Class, and has striven to make the book as full and exact a record of the doings of the Class as is possible. Another innovation that will at once strike the reader of the Records of the past few years, is the omission of the hours with the professors. But after all, this is not so much of an innovation as a return to an older custom. The importance of this departmenthas gradually increased during the past few years until it has become the 'most prominent feature of the book. Now, while we intend no disrespect to the professors in reducing their importance in the RECORD, and while we feel that if we had turned our energies in this direction we could have turned out some exceedingly breezy H hours, we feel that the time has come for a change, and that in making the book more of a Class affair we are justiiied in making the omission. Still another innovation in this year's RECORD is the effort made to secure a suitable cover design. At the suggestion of Mr. Lincoln, who deserves the highest praise for his work in the capacity of chief of the illustrating staff, the Committee offered a prize to members of the Class for the best cover design. This prize was awarded to Mr. R. L. Walker, and his design is to be found on the exterior of the book-it speaks for itself. It must not be supposed, however, that the decision of the Committee of Award was made without careful deliberation, as any one of the dozen or so designs submitted would have made a creditable cover for the RECORD ofthe Class of Ninety-nine. As our last matter goes to press, the news comes to us that Dr. Edgar Smith has been elected Vice-Provost. Ninety-nine was the first class to enter under the regime of Provost Harrison, Ninety- nine will be the first to graduate under that of Vice-Provost Smithg and more than ever does the Committee congratulate itself for choosing the picture of the Vice-Provost as a frontispiece to the RECORD. At the same time we wish it to be clearly understood that our choice was made before Dr. Smith was elected to the Vice-Provostship, and not because of his oiiicial capacity, but because we feel that he is the one man who deserves the highest honor that we, as a class, can confer upon a professor whom we love and respect, and who has done so much for our Class, our College, and our University. H. DOWNING JACOBS, C-ACZZ-7'77Zd7Z. 6