Colonial Echo, 1899 . ch this volume makes, wemerely ask that you accord us that appreciation which we may reasonablyexpect ; but if you refuse to honor us with your good opinion, we shallby no means feel piqued, but shall be forced to draw our consolationfrom that of merit which our utter aversion to boastinglorbids us to betray. If our publication does not create a stir in theliterary world as did the appearance of Shakspeares plays, we wish toplead extenuating circumstances as a partial excuse for our failure. Foryou must remember that Shakspeare, Plato, and many of our other
Colonial Echo, 1899 . ch this volume makes, wemerely ask that you accord us that appreciation which we may reasonablyexpect ; but if you refuse to honor us with your good opinion, we shallby no means feel piqued, but shall be forced to draw our consolationfrom that of merit which our utter aversion to boastinglorbids us to betray. If our publication does not create a stir in theliterary world as did the appearance of Shakspeares plays, we wish toplead extenuating circumstances as a partial excuse for our failure. Foryou must remember that Shakspeare, Plato, and many of our other com-petitors for literary fame, got to the vine of truth several centuries beforewe did, and plucked off all the best bunches, leaving us only thegleanings. However, if we were less modest and more reckless withour assertions, we would venture to say that what we have prepared foryou —and that out of fruit that has not been tasted by Bacon or Shaks-peare— is no mean repast for any intellect. THE BOARD OF BOARD OF EDITORS. CALENDAR, 1898-99. Thursday, October 6, 1898.—Session begins. Friday, October 8, 1898.—Y. M. C A Reception Sunday, June 18, 1899, 11 a. m.—Final Sermon. Sunday, June 18, 1899, 8 p. m.—Sermon before the Young Mens ChristianAssociation, Monday, June 19, 1899, 8 p. m.—Meeting of the Finance Committee of theBoard of Visitors Monday, June 19, 1899, 8 p. m.—Celebration of the Philomathean Society. Tuesday, June 20, 1899, 11 a. m.—Annual Meeting of the Board of Visitors. Tuesday, June 20, 1899, 8 p. m.—Celebration of the Phoenix Society. Wednesday, June 21, 1899, 12 m.—Senior Club Celebration. Wednesday, June 21, 1899.—Meeting of he Society of the Alumni. 8 p. m.,Oration ; p, m , Alumni Banquet. Thursday, June 22, 1899.—11 a. m., Oration before the Literary Societies ; 12 m.,Awarding Diplomas, Medals and Scholarships. The thirteenth of May of each year, being the day the first English settlers landed atJamestown, is a general
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