Wellesley College - Legenda Yearbook (Wellesley, MA)

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E?I EPA6E )K NCE more the Legenda makes its entrance into the college world, and again its editors recommend it to the consid- erate attention of Wellesley and her friends. During the year since we pored over the pages of ' 90 ' s annual and rejoiced in its success, sufficient progress has been made in the college to justify the expectation of an advance in the merits and worth of the Senior publication ; and, with the IK - I g, ,J l modesty of editors, we do not say that such an expectation will lead to disappointment. We make no apologies for the deficiencies and faults of the book, if there are any; trusting that they will prove a warning and an example to our successors, that they will be viewed leniently by those who love us, and that they may quite escape the notice of those who do not. One thing, however, we must beg our critical readers to keep in mind ; that is, the great disadvantage under which the Editorial Board has labored in losing their first choice for Editor-in-Chief, Miss May West, Z A. Though Miss West was able to lay careful plaits for this issue of the Legenda, and allowed to see the materialization of many of them, she was obliged to resign her position early in the history of the Board and leave numerous details to be worked out by her successor. Much as this loss must be felt by those who turn the pages of our book, the editors have felt it far more, and take this opportunity to express their regret for its necessity, as well as their appreciation of the careful forethought that has made the path so much smoother for her successor. From the contemplation of our private troubles, we turn to voice the sentiment of our class in its outcry against Fate, that she, regardless of our entreaties and our tears, chose this year to enforce the absence of our College President. To her so heartily chosen to act in President Shafer ' s stead, we are grateful for guidance and help. We are mindful of her whole-souled efforts C6)

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WELLESLEY LEGENDA. and appreciative of her success, and we trust we may not be misunderstood if we say that the Class of ' 91 feels itself somewhat aggrieved in being called upon to pass through this its Senior year without that President who has led us through the preceding years of our course, and who, it would seem, has given us a claim upon her in the honorable right to add her name to our list of members. But, in spite of Plate ' s unkindness, we issue the annual, which, it is hoped, has become a regular feature of the college year, although, as yet, of but three years ' standing. To ' 89 ' s heroism and to ' 90 ' s discretion we owe this privilege. If we have endangered it to succeeding classes, our excuse is that the sole legacy of the Dragon to us was the command ' ' to have our jokes funny, ' ' and we felt justified in taking some risk to attain that end. Ponder well, O reader, the dire result to future generations before you pro- nounce not funny. The Dragon may be only sleeping and waiting to be roused by the verdict which means disobedience. We would not mention this to dampen your criticism, but purely from thoughtfulness for our neighbors. From a similar motive we call attention to a slight change from the cus- tom of our predecessors, concerning the period of time covered by the cal- endars. It is for many reasons safer to write of things of which we know, than to trust the accuracy of prophe tic visions or even women ' s plans. And, therefore, the record in this book is limited by the month of publication. But we are still unwilling that the great day of the Class History, the Senior Tree Day, be granted no historian ; and we would accordingly direct the attention of those who come after us to this fact, that we have been proud to record in our annual a short account of the Tree Day of our predecessors. Were it not for the expensive lessons of experience, we would leave this fact, with its accompanying suggestion, to insinuate itself into the acute mind of ' 92. But editorial training teaches us that the point is occasionally missed, and that hints must not be too delicate if they would attain their end ; hence, we speak plainly. Since this page is the only one where the editors can speak for them- selves, we must sacrifice unity to the needs of the case, and also mention here the regret we feel at discovering the similarity of our choice in the exterior of the book to that of a brother college. Were we not so confident in the fairness and justice of that college, we might fear the suspicion of imitation, and be tempted to mention that one of our number possesses a genuinely