Washington College - Pegasus Yearbook (Chestertown, MD)

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f CCEWC CD The Staff of the fourteenth volume of the Pegasus has pursued four major poUcies in building this annual: 1. To produce a yearbook distinctively ditferent from any preceding volume. 2. To develop the book around a logical theme, embracing not only the title pages, but the entire volume as well. 3. To scrupulously avoid the insincerity and hypocrisy which vj; is a characteristic fault, especially in the Senior biographies, a of so many annuals. - ' 4. To attain the ideal of skilled craftsmanship in every de- partment — excellence in every detail. The Staff knows that the first three policies have been suc- cessfully carried out. As for the fourth, you who read this volume must decide for yourselves. You judge our craftsmanship; you evaluate the quality of our work. Carefully and conscientiously 0 we have done our best; we can do no more. The creation of new ideas has been satisfying; the administration of the task has been wearisome. Seeking excellence, we have left no detail unnoticed, and now we feel that no apoligies need be offered. You placed a trust in our hands : how well we have fulfilled it remains for you to say. The Staff

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Copyright, 1938 by William F. Doering and Leo A. Dolan, Jr. Printed and Bound by H. G. RoEBL ' cK Son Baltimore, Md.

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EXPLANATION In the pages that follow, a sociological survey of a college community is presented for the first time. The individuals and organization who constitute this society are described in terms of the statuses they occupy, the roles they play, and the functions they perform. The institutional approach has been employed in organizing this book, and thus has a year ' s history been inter- preted. Washington College affords the social investigator a particu- larly compact and delimited segment of a larger culture. Never- theless, the same social processes that operate in most societies operate in Washington College ; and the social institutions accom- panying most group life are typical of this community. Social strata definitely exist; numerous groups are organ ized to perform various functions ; and definite patterns of behavior are observable. Utilizing the principles and methods of applied sociology, the objective social observer can readily describe this compact part of a larger configuration. In order that the general reader may derive the fullest enjoy- ment and understanding from this study, the use of technical terminology has been largely avoided, as have references unin- telligible to the uninitiated. This description of an old and esta- blished yet highly dynamic society should contribute to one ' s understanding of one ' s own social relationships. As a corollary to this proposition, this volume should afford an illuminating ex- ample of the work of the social investigator.