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qfbttortal Time comes to say good-bye to all the things we've done. It must have been so for always, but it takes a very long time for us to realize that the ends of things are truths as well as the beginnings. For the outgoing Westhampton staff of THE MESSENGER this is an end, and now we find that we are singularly sorry to say good-bye. Optima dies prima fugit- that's Latin, of course, and in case you can't translate it, Vergil said- and quite a few years ago - "the best time is the first to go." Our year with THE MESSENGERhas been a best time for us, so let's not truly say good-bye, but only hope (which is generous of us, you must admit) that next year and all the other years will be best times for those who come to take our places. M. N ., '23.
Spring has come again - sweet, balmy spring, and with it the last issue of THE MESSENGERfor this session. This issue is the Last and the First. It is the first issue edited by the new staff; it is the last issue for this year and the last issue in which will appear the contributions of several men and women who have found joy in making THE MESSENGERwhat it is today. Therefore, we take this opportunity of expressing our deep feeling of loss when their departure seems so near at hand. The Editor, from whose hands we have taken the responsibility, deserves especial mention. No greater tribute could be paid him than to say he has been wise in his choice of material that has made up the contents of THE MESSENGERduring the last six months. To the men and women from whom this materail has come we extend parting congratulations, not because it is courtesy to do so, but because of their progressive and constructive contribution to the Spirit of our University. We have really learned to know these men by their creative works of literature. It is a striking fact