University of Missouri - Savitar Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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Co f $ €xcelleticp: Governor £on V. Stepbens, UIDose efforts in H balf of m missouri Utiiuersjtp are appre ciated bp tbe student corps, tl)is volume is respectfullp dedica- ( 1 C f t

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I ntroduction. . iVER since the publication of the hiitial number of the Savitau, that of the year ' 94- ' 95, its readers and friends generally have concurred in this one opinion, that Savitar in sound is pleasingly harmonious, but in meaning pro- vokingly enigmatical. Hence this short account of its christening. When the plan for publishing an annual was complete and put into execution, the editors began casting about for a suitable name — one that would carry with it associated significance and thereby express in a degree the full intent and purpose of the proposed volume. After considerable research and cogitation Savitar was selected because we liked the size and sound of the v ' ord, and because its associations bore with them, as we thought, appropriately suggestive meanings. Savitar is the sun god of the Rig- Veda. The word contains the root jz , meaning to drive or stinuilate. Savitar, and its alternate in mythology, s rya, denote the splendor of the luminary and its irresisti- ble energy. Savitar is the god who sees all things and notes all tlie good and evil deeds of men. His power is irresistible. Age can not touch him, and nothing can withstand his will. To him are addressed the verses, Holiest of All the eda: JlTay tl)c g,ol6cn=ciicb Saritar conic l)itl)cr, Sl iiiinij fortlj tjc rises from tl]c lap of tl)c aimi, . s ■is. Til IT I i Praiscb ln singers; I c, my ao6, Saritar, Stcppci) forti} anb ucrcr missc6 l)is place. l)c steps fortfj, tlje splenbor of tlje sky, tl e un6c= seeinci;, far=sl)inina, tlje sljining tuanberer. — KiivPcba, pii, 65. £7. i?.H.