Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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De DIGATION. T O ttyose rryenybers of NINETY- FOUR wtyo lyave giver tlyeir ' services, aryd tyave ever beer) willing, to lyelp aloryg tlye work of tlye Editors, ttys book is gratefully dedicated.

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M Er3 I IN presenting this book to the Class and public in general, the editors heave a sigh of relief. The “Aftermath” of ’94 has been gotten out under » peculiar difficulties. Not desiring to create a disturbance, it was considered best to obey the rule of the Faculty, and submit the proof sheets for inspection as required; but not knowing the severity with which we would be dealt, we have worked with fear and trembling. But we emphati¬ cally wish to make one thing plain; the “ Aftermath of 94, in its present form, is almost absolutely identical with our ideas of it before the rule was made. Our intention was, and has been from the beginning, to depart from the line of previous class-books in the way of Faculty roasts. We consider them not only ungentlemanly, but unwise. We believe there has been too much of this line of work in the past, and we do not altogether condemn the action of the Faculty in regard to the rule, under the circumstances’, but , we do believe that the matter might have been approached in a wiser and pleasanter way. We think that we fully understand that it is not always pleasant to be ground (or crushed as we have it this year), and while we have good reason to believe that the Faculty were working for the good