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HE long-looked-for day i here at last, and "The Gymna t" i in your hand . We offered no aluta- tory or promi e at the beginning, and we clo e with no apology. We have done our be t. From what appear no one would suspect the ideal which we hoped to achieve. As we close we feel that with the poet we may say: "'Tis not what man does which exalts him, but what man would do." Accepting this as true, the editors of the first "Gymna ·t" feel that there i no place on earth sufficiently elevated to furni h them with an abode. If our reader will give u credit for our good intention we are willing that in their judgment of thi book they should eliminate all con ideration of what we have actually done.We enjoy all the comfort arising from high aspirations.
If we have failed, it will be readily discovered without our proclaiming the fact. Permit us to remind you, however, if you care to enjoy "The Gymnast," keep an eye out for its good thing . We are ure there are ome, and that you can find them if you try. Judge u , gentle reader, by our good deeds and emulate our valorou act . Forget our mistakes. Live and let live.
We have tried to give a snapshot of Normal life to make this book a representative of the school as a whole. We have endeavored to gather you all to our bosom. Take our
charity for all." To those who may feel hurt at some quib contained herein we say, "You misunderstand us." All per- sonals were written with an idea of amusing, not abusing.
If in our vain attempt to appear humorous you find some of our darts to be "dartless," remember that this is our first experience, and pass all imperfections by.
For those who have gone before us from the portals of the Normal, and for those who are to follow, we hope that this issue of "The Gymnast" may in future years enable you to live again your golden morning hours; that it may bring from out of the land of memory-the land where there are no troubled dreams, some sweet fragrance of your life at Normal; that it may bring back a fond memory of old familiar places; that it may renew the (comradeship that of the past is no more) that it may cause to rise froi:n out the dim and silent past the faces of the teachers whose wi - dom and quiet strength did so much in the formation of our lives; that it may cause a smile to play on the lips which have become stern from the cares of life; that it may cau e a glad light to come into the eyes which have become mi ty in life's service; that it may, at some time, brighten an- other~s gloom, in that our book may do all this, is the wish of the Seniors of 191 S.
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