Excerpt from The Oak, 1923, Vol. 1 Pleasure that we publish this the first issue of the oak. We realize that we will have as critics not only our schoolmates but also those who have gone before us. With this in mind we have tried to live up to the best that is in us and have made this number, as nearly as possi ble, a complete summary of both this year and the foregoing years. We hope you will not be too harsh in your criticisms, for as pioneers we have not had such an easy road to travel, and it has been only. By the co - op eration of both faculty and stu dents that we have succeeded in publishing this issue.filo (19m ficnoreb agreement. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.