Wellesley College - Legenda Yearbook (Wellesley, MA)

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Preface. 7 --- T ' lIEN the present Board first undertook the task of publishing; a Legenda for the 111 Class of ' 94, it was with a very definite idea of what a Legenda should be. J- We believed that it was primarilv intended as a memor ' book for the students, wherein they might find the record of one vear of College life; and that, like all memory books, it should deal principally with the lighter side of that life, — the pleasant ex- periences and amusing incidents, rather than the academic work and intellectual growth. In our attempt to embody this idea in concrete form, we have, of course, n:elwithmany practical difficulties. One of the matters which have been most perplexing to us is that of personalities. When last spring the Class of ' 94 asked permission to publish a Legenda, it intimated its intention of excluding from the book all personal grinds. These the present Board understood as meaning cjuotations with names or initials attached. In the course of our work the suggestion came to us that some might understand the term as meaning any allusion to personal peculiarities or weaknesses, whether in the form of quotations or other- wise. There had been, and is, not only in the Board, but among the students at large, so strong a sentiment against such allusions that it had not occurred to us to define our position in regard to them. They had been excluded as a matter of course. We were therefore per- fectly willing to accept this new definition, which, though wider, reallv limitetl us less than the other, but we still considered ourselves bound by our first interpretation. With this exception, the whole matter of jokes has been left largely to our own discretion, and we have conscientiously tried to make our book satisfactory to both Faculty and students. We feel, therefore, that whatever our mistakes, they are not due to a lack of effort or of desire to please. To those members of the Faculty who have aided us liv their interest and sympathy, to our classmates of ' 94, and to other students who have rendered us assistance, we wish to extend our hearty thanks. The Editors.

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HEHRY FOWLE DURAHT, JR. HENRY FOWLE DURAHT. PAULINE A. DURANT.