1932 Cedrus Yearbook

CEDRUS THE CEDRUS Work, work, work! At first we thought that the work of making an annual was going to be like a woman's work—"never done." There was this-and-that, then that-and-this. The road seemed smooth for a distance—then there was a long detour that made us doubtful as to whether or not there was a real destination, and (if there was) whether we should ever reach it. We had always thought of rubber as material which could be stretched, but from all laboratory and practical experience, we had never come to consider copper and silver in the same class. But now we had to do something because it was abso- lutely necessary that those pennies and quarters cover more space. Necessity, a true mother, always provides—and so she came to our aid and taught us things about stretching metal that no laboratory nor the finest professor could teach us. This learning combined with the willing hands of many of the students of the college (to whom we wish to give our most sincere thanks) soon caused things to begin to move. Each and every member of the staff was interested and eager to do whatever he could to help. Time has taken its course—but it seemed shorter this time—and now the Cedrus is completed. There will be mistakes and there will be things which would have been much better had they been done another way, but we ask you not to be hasty in your judgment of the book. Reserve your comments. Ten, fifteen, or twenty years will come nearer giving you the proper perspective. If, when many years hence you pick up this time-worn volume of the Cedrus, it brings the slightest chuckle or sob of memory,then we shall feel that all our work and efforts have been repaid. This is your book—not ours—and we have endeavored to make it the best that we possible could. —G. M. Forty-six