Wellesley College - Legenda Yearbook (Wellesley, MA)

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TLbc MellcsleiT !!LecjcnC)a. book is. This need they do not attempt to fill ; they only hope, by the very incompleteness of their own work, to show to others what they themselves now see so plainly, and so incite them to do what they have been unable to accomplish. The editors wish to take this opportunity of thanking those friends who have so generously given their time and thought to aid them in their work. And aside from the practical help which they have received, — a help most welcome to them, and not to be overrated, — they are grateful for the manifestation of increased college spirit. The Annual, they feel, cannot now be regarded as a purely class affair — it is a matter of college interest, and as such they hope has done some- thing to increase the feelin? ' of love and loyalty to y iim [Mater.

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jforcworb. — criticism. |NOTHER year has passed over Wellesley, and for the fourth time in tlie history of the college the Legenda makes its appearance before the college world. Looking back upon the fate of its predecessors, its editors do not feel that timidity which might be expected from those launching their first effort upon the troubled seas of For they must be ever mindful of the kindly interest taken by the College and its friends in this phase of student life and work, and so repose in the confidence that their efforts will be met with the same cordial appreciation of their merits, and indulgence toward their defects. The Annual this year takes an entirely new form : ' 92, always original, has not departed from her usual CListom in the choice of the character of her Annual. Instead of giving to an ad- miring world the ordinary literary productions, she presents to their wondering gaze a graceful combination of music, art, and literature. The collection of College Songs is by no means com- plete. The space at our command was necessarily limited, so that we were obliged to confine ourselves to publishing those songs which bore most exclusively a college character, leaving almost untouched the great mass of Tree and Class Songs, which would be of less general interest. The work of completing what she has begun, of publishing a complete edition of Wellesley Songs, ' 92 leaves to her successors, who will be able to give an adequate amount of time and thought to the work. For the editors have realized most fully how great the need of such a

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Ube Mellesles Xcc-icn a. THE WITCHING TIME. O wild, O lovely witching time, O magic, memory-haunted time, When blow the sweet syringas! ' Twas May, ' twas night, ' twas long ago, The westering moon was ail aglow, The night wind fluttered to and fro. The light leaves clapped, above, below, — Oh, how the memory lingers ! ' Twas May, ' twas night, ' twas long ago, (My thought is swift, my speech is slow),- Oh, how the memory lingers ! Kaleidoscopic, in and out. Did shades of leaves, on any rout. Pursue the fairy beams about ; It was a chase of love, no doubt. Beneath the sweet syringas ! Florence Wilkinson, ' 92.