Kenyon College - Reveille Yearbook (Gambier, OH)

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j|t£fot?D 80 57i a? k'UR lexicographers would have us believe tli.it we are compounded of o Mj'ia and vm na. rFhc Soph, seems to follow naturally enough; but why delve in ancient languages, when we have the good old Saxon morel We hope to see these worthies correct so foolish an error in their next edition. When we behold the placid conceit of those bantlings, who, though found deficient in spelling, sought to raise the standard of admission to college (to six feet four inches,) how much that more means! So much, indeed, that a binocular of five thousand diameters can scarcely find the trace of in a Freshman. But whoever won and maintained the honor of the title Soph. more nobly than we? Who could more effectually and poetically soothe a Freshman’s fevered brow than us ministering angels? Hovering ’round the bedside of the sleeping child, we bore him ’mid pyrotechnic splendor to where the cooling rivulets did flow from a college pump. And who more philosophically enjoy the ensuing month's holiday? Our superiority as a class for scholarship and spirit is acknowledged alike by Faculty and students. Throughout our course no custom or duty has been slighted. This might sound better coming from some other source, but we are so situated, that, to do ourselves justice, we must seem to some degree boastful. Vet, this is a fact, and as such let it stand. May we strive to maintain this position faith- fully! We have always found the Freshman ready to learn, and so have done our best to guide their wandering steps. For instance, when these sons of Apollo, being led away captive by the sweet strain of our college songs, essayed to go forth and 5

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A[ tarov i rrtv dXXr Xnt tu eXeo. of S8Q. N. L. PIERSON, A. A. BRESEE, A. L. FRAZER, Jr., F. W. BLAKE, C. P. PETERMAN, W. I). HAMILTON, J. E. FRANKS, - President. Vice-President. Secretary. Treasurer. Poet. Toast Master. Capt. B. B. Nine. i

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History of 80. inflict upon the peaceful villagers the exquisite torture which they were pleased to call singing, we most heroically effected their rescue. Having heard that our usually pacific citizens were roused to unwonted fury, and that already five or six were seeking the constables, and threats of lynching were being rather freely circulated, we artfully diverted the intention of the un- suspecting youths, by introducing a picked band of six musicians, whom they attacked with great fury. When, however, matters had been explained, and the Freshies fully realized the extent of the danger they had just escaped, they clasped the hands of their benefactors in gratitude, and swore they would never sing again. And they haven't. (Selah.)