The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-11
THE NEW wAsHBURN ANNUAL.
1t Is Thing OF Beauty and a Work
of Art.

Of Art.
A book of 153 pages. issued by the
senior class of Washburn college and
called The Kaw," made its first ap-
pearance Friday night after the play
given by the senior class at Washburn
college chapel. Not only is ''The
kaW the most handsome annual ever
issued at the college, but it will GER
talnIy take rank as one of the most
artistic ever published by any college
| in the United States. That is saying a
good deal, but the book justifies it.
The book is dedicated to Andrew
| Carnegie, whose recent gift of a S4O,-
| 600 library to the college has filed
that institution with joy.
For some years Washburn has not
nual was issued by the class of 1897
and was called the "Helianthus''
(SunhoWer). The Helianthus '97 was
larger book than the Kaw, but all
the pen-and-ink drawings We're made
by members of the class The Kaw
has the advantage of an art depart
ment to draw on for its iQuStra tons,
and for that reason. it goes far ahead
of the ordinary college annual There
are thirty-six fine pen-and-ink draw
ings in the book, any one of which is
a creditable work of art. They are
contributed to the book by Albert T.
Reid, and the following pupils of the
Reid-Stone Art school, which has
been merged with the art department
of Washburn college: David L. Stew
art. Harvey Parsons. Elmer Honslza,
Bolmar, Carl Bolmar, 10 Pulliam, P.
P. Flenniken, Paul Nudge, H. G. Nc
Clure and Roy z. Stewart.
Aside from the thirty-six zinc etch-
ings, there are fifty-nine half-tOne
cuts from photographs in the book,
comprising pictures of students, col
lege organizations, fraternities and
sororities, athletic teams and deans of
the various schools.
The editor of the book is Miss
Louise Kellam. Perley K. Kelley is
business manager. The associate ed1-
tors are Otto Kiene, George Anderson
and Frank Mohler. The publication
seems to have been well handled from
a business standpoint, as there are
thirty eight pages of advertising mat
ter. It costs a lot of money to issue
a book of this kind, and the only
source of income is the advertising,
and the sale of the edition of 400
copies at 81 apiece. The fact that the
edition IS so limited will probably
make them go pretty rapidly.
All the mechanical work of the book
was done in Topeka, which is another
fact of considerable interest. Usually
the college ANIMALS send to Chicago
for their cuts, and to some other sea-
port for their printing and binding.
The cuts for the Kaw were made by
the Mail Printing house, and they are
all high grade The printing and
DlnQ1nB IS DellS QOile ny OldlAC & ~
The book is artistically bound in
buckram, the cover design being the
work of Albert T. Reid 1t consists
of a strong drawing of an Indian
head.
There is only one mild little criti-
cism on the book-only one little evil
dence that too many cooks had a
hand in the affair. No where does
the class of 1904 claim the honor for
publishing the book. There is no
preface. Even the dedication page
does not say who does the defeating
This may be an evidence of the ex-
eessive modesty' of the class of 1904
1t seems to have been contagious, for
nowhere in the book does there ap-
pear the imprint Of Crane & Co, the
printers and binders Crane & Co
have no reason to feeT ashamed of the
book But the State Journal had to
telephone to the editor to find out
who was doing the printing. The
editor is also guilty of a severe attack
of modesty. She would not allow her
picture to be printed in connection
with this story about THE Kaw,
though she said, You can print all
Won want to about the book"