Valparaiso University - Beacon / Record Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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EDITORIAL. 4 O KEEP in the rut of old habits and threadbare customs, is easy; to break away from the lethargy of old-fashioned 7' notions and establish new precedents, requires an effort com- J mensurate with the degree of change. Heretofore the classes which have passed from the portals of this institution have been satisfied to produce an annual publication scarcely worthy of a high school-epamphlets which would be read onoeeperhaps twice, shown apologetically to a few intimate friends and then relegated to the oblivious attic, to be dusted, smiled over and replaced perhaps once a year. But Valparaiso University has been growing rapidly, not only physiologically but psychologically, and country school methods are gradually being superseded by modern progressive College ideals. It is with a feeling of pride, therefore, that the Record Board now pre- sents this volume to the University and the graduating classes of 1911 -pride not so much in itself as in the students and faculty which are represented here and in everything associated with Valparaiso University. It has been the aim of the board to produce a book not for the moment but for a life time; one which will find a place in the school room, in the office and on the library table, and which will be a source of interest and amusement for many years to come. If we have accom- plished this, we feel amply rewarded for our efforts. Should anyone find herein that which offends and should feel that he has been treated unfairly, we ask him to remember that it is beyond mortal power to satisfy everyone. That which is written jestingly is not serious enough to receive criticism;that which is recorded seriously is no jest and cannot excite antagonism. To the graduates, the Editors extend their best wishes for success in whatever walk of life you may follow; to the undergraduates-may you proiit by our examples and our mistakes and leave your Alma Mater with the consciousness that you have been bettered by it and that it has been the better for you; to the facultyL-rnay your unselfish and untiring efforts be rewarded by the success of those who have been fortunate enough to come under your direction. To everyone-GREETING.

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DEDICATED TO Vice-President O. P. Kinsey Who in the trials and endeavors of our past school life has been the greatest to lead us, the Classical, Scientiflc and Educational Graduates of I91 I, to appreciate, as best, years and experience permit, the value of attaining to those high and noble ideals which now urge us forth to activity and victory. May it be with pleasure and happiness, though oncoming days will soon disperse the present agreeable fellowship and co-operation, and years will find us separately engaged in life,s various activities, that we look back to him, to whom we now dedicate the I 91 I Record , the firgt combined Class Book of the University, as the one who inspired us-to our high ideals and noble attainments. Then, too, in future time as we turn these leaves, may sweet memories of bygone university days fill our minds and lead us to help some seeker of truth to enter an institution of learning.