Washington and Jefferson College - Pandora Yearbook (Washington, PA)

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Introduction. HILANTHRUPIC PROMETHEUS did service to man- kind by procuring for it a rod of fire. Yet ungrateful human- ity censured him as a thief. Men forget how their benefactor's heart bled for them when he saw them shivering from cold 3 they forget how he studied and schemed that he might procure a con- queror of bleak Winter, how his brain, Wearied from over-exertion, finally became diseased, they forget that he, even demented, raked his shattered brain for a plan whereby he could Warm shivering humanity, that he at last formed the rash resolve to take the penalty of stealing fire from the Gods, they forget his tiresome journey to Olympus, and What his cunning there ef- fected for them. They remember only that he sfole the fire. Then they roll their eyes in speechless approbation of the pun- ishment awe-inspiring jupiter inflicted upon Prometheus, their benefactor. , . Ah, young man, While you comfortably sit, guarded from the chilling Wind by Walls of bumezz' brick, protected from the cold by glowing embers, listening to the jiffapropelled train that is bring- ing to you a missive from a part of your soul -While thus en- joying yourself, form not figures in the smoke that- floats from your scented cigar, of a just deity, smiling over the prostrate form of liver-gnawed Prometheus, form rather an image of yourself standing, nostril-dilated, death-dealing Weapon in hand, over a bloody-billed, diseased, bald-headed eagle. As Prometheus, so have many laborers for mankind been misunderstood- and censured. Father Adam himself, to Whose disobedience We all owe our existence, has been hootedat for yielding to temptation. Cain committed murder, but hadihe not set this example to his successors, the- hangmen of our time may have had to steal for a living. In more modern 5

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Qlasg of '90, ' 4 W. W. CQWEN, W. P. Mo0RHE.w. WALTER HAYS, W. B. R1TCH11a. WELCQME T. JONES, J. Q. RQBINSQN. E. 0. KQQSER, CHAS. H. SHADLE. F. S. MATTHEWS, M. WILSON STEXNIXRT T T T W. V. SUTTON. M. WILSON STEWART, Editor-in-Chicf. VVELCOME T. JONES. ScCrcl:1ry. . I3u5il7e55 Qommittee. E. 0. KQOSER, Chairman. 11. 5. 1NI.X'1x'1xlWlliXX'S. sw, ROBINSON, '1'reaSur0r.

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t 1 t' es the world refusing to learn the lact that it was lrcst tg, m 7 lbmit to the great Napoleon, secluded that well-wishtfr on an su , ' land to die an exile Humbly classing ourselves among these, is ' t We make our editorial bow. nf 1 J ' A H As Prometheus the fire, we present the l Afxlflil t ,,1 t for all We see men in want of many necessities. VN-'e run the risk of their ingratitude by endeavoring to f them. Having raked our brai complish this purpose, an opportunity is at last offered ug, Eagerly we take advantage of it, eagerly we compose. print. and offer to hungry humanity a book. Like Prometheusf, our task has been no small one. Unlike him, however, we have not grown demented, but have, nevertheless, done for our kind so much as urnish some of these for ns for means whereby we may ac. sanity would permit. First among us, our editor-in-chief tells, in his grave. ap- propriate style, what arduous mental exertions the duty of the entrepreneur denomination involves, and what weariness ol mind the responsibility therefrom gives rise to. It tires his muscles to administer .the spur to memberslagging in duty, and takes much of his time to toughen his back for the anticipated lash of criticism. t ' An-other has worn out his tongue by dampening -'tespectlttlly we request you 's to our honored alumni. It is no light task to select from the many those whose biographies and likenesses are desired, and then to persuade them to favor us. n A third hath mounted the winged Pegasus and jUllI'l1i.'5't'Ll tar 1n quest of poesy. 'He hath won the favor of the coy- Muse. lljow from the Muse's far retreat he sings for the good 01 his ind, and whether he sings of the deeds of the great. or whether their priprs doth find, his intentions are good, his pttrprpsqgf well- me . . thuzlifv 113312306 he 6Xtendeth to all. Not content with his work ar, eh as also contributed the sketches that are destined to decorate this work. thrOSt1llViit1r11ofthe3, with 'steady step, with heart lullqol phjlan. py' t Xe CYS: Wlth firm-set lips, tthrottgh whzth Q-ver is hissed the word E ' H ' Xcelslof 5, darmgly faces the awful mysteries of secret t ' ' - ' - . , fraternities, determined to disclose their hidden purposes to. his Generous love - k s t p ., He knows that for this c-nd tortures un- HOW11 to Ixion or Tantalus will be mfiy he doesitt cted upon htm, and yet 6