Virginia Polytechnic Institute - Bugle Yearbook (Blacksburg, VA)

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Editor's Note T is customary, we believe, when a class of men have conceived, l executed, and foisted upon a helpless though expectant student body the publication known as the BUGLE, to make what they consider suitable apologies for their daring in perpetrating such a deed. It is usual to point out that the volume just submitted contains nothing of any literary or artistic merit whatsoever, and that the sole excuse for its existence is that they have faithfully striven to present for you a true. picture of our college life and to perpetuate with pen and brush the four cycles through which their class has passed. ' But we refuse, O Reader, to make such apologies. Our appre- ciation of the work of those whose contributions have made this book, Whose labors have added stones to this monument, forbids us. So we present the fruit of a year's struggle to you, O Critic, in simple faith, believing that it will appeal to you and please you. Wle pity you if it don't. It is not for us to understand the workings of those minds that cannot rise to an appreciation of the merits of this volume, but to them we will say, that in days to come, when fleeting years have cast a haze over the past, when time has mellowed their perception, they will awake to a realiza- tion of their blindness and pay the tribute they now refuse. WVith a mingled feeling of regret and oy we now lay aside this work, a work that has held much of pleasure and much of pain for us, and present it for the consideration of the men for whom it has been wrought. To all of those who have aided us so generously with contribu- tions of various kinds, we wish tolexpress our sincere appreciation and to assure them that this book is theirs, not ours. lVe have simply presented what they have created. To many others who have helped us in numerous ways we are deeply indebted. XVe especially wish to acknowledge the kind- nesses of Mr. Ellett, Mrs. Shultz, Misses Hannas and Garrison, and Mr. McBurney. lVe regret that some excellent contributions had to be rejected, not on account of any lack of merit, but due to the late date at which they were handed in. 12 L? k V'----4-. 'I f 'I rf - mmf , - - -- -'W'-fu' --1 m --fb--v-f-'---r--Y-ff--+----. - .ff V . -A' ' 2 -as ' V. , . .--, - - a ,...,-, f- , . H, -, ,Dv Jr , W . ..',.e' ' -4 ,

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Wed, dent they such itted and fully and iieh pre- this Jicls itie, ease the i Of .ays hen iza- his lin 1111 Ill' DI1 V9 F6 1. 1: 1, P t J. C. 15031113 of i9i5itDt5 CARRINCTC-N, RECTOR. . .- ................ Charlotte, Charlotte County fTerm Expires July 1, 19121 C. G. KIZER ....... ........................ N orfolk, Norfolk County J. S. MUSGRAVE. . . . . . .Pinopolis, Southampton County M. H. SMITH, JR.. .. ...... Richmond, Henrico County P. F. ST. CLAIR .... ................................. B ane, Giles County l'l'orms Expire July 1, 19101 L. E. JOHNSON .... .......................... R ozmoke, Roanoke County R. J. NOELL ..... .... E ast Radford, Montgomery County I.. D. KLINE. .. ......................... Vaucluse, Frederick County fT'erms Expire July 1, 1912j J. D. EGGLESTON, Superintendent of Public Instruction, ex officio, ...........................................Richmond, Henrico County J. M. BARKER .... ...................................... A ston, Virginia SECRETARY OF THE BOARD C. I. YVADE ..... .................. C hristiansburg, Montgomery County EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ' V J. C. CARRINGTON, Chairman P. F. ST. CLAIR C. G. KIZER H. M. SMITH, JH. P. D. BARRINGER, President of the Institute, ex ofncio 13 e .-.J