Kenyon College - Reveille Yearbook (Gambier, OH)

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Quocumque jeceris stabimus. at 8! A. 1). COE, T. C. PAGE, O. K.. WHITE, - H. S. GREGG, GUY STERLING, W. M. COVVGILL, - R. L. ALLBRITTAIN, - H. K. KARCHER, - J. P. COATES, - President. V ic e-President. Secretary. Treasurer. Toast Master. Prophet. Historian. Poet (and Postmaster). Captain B. B. Nine. 27

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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.)

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J at ’81. E arc Freshmen, and arc proud of it. We wonder that any should think lightly of the name, as some seem to do. But perhaps it is Because we are unable “to see ourselves as others see us,” and we may look uj on the name in a different light when wc become Sophomores. Judging from the number of recruits we have received from the Sophomores, we are led to believe that even they do not abhor the title of Freshmen so much after all. Our college life thus far has been a very happy one. One reason is that we recognize the truth of the saying, “United we stand; divided we fall.” Our class is not large, but makes up in quality what it lacks in quantity. We have all sizes, shapes and characters of men; in fact, each man is entirely different from the others, so that, taken together, we constitute a whole. Our life has not been without incident; there have been several occurrences which had a tendency to destroy monotony. We came to Kenyon expecting to find the Sophomores our natural enemies, but, with a few exceptions, have lieen agreeably disappointed. The principal exception was the “hazing” of a portion of our number by the class of ’80, being careful to take us one or two at a time. But, all things considered, we have rather enjoyed the Class of ?8o, and when they returned from their month’s leave of absence, none wrere more rejoiced to see them return than the Class of’81. The Sophs, have honored us with but one ‘ rush,’ and in that we gently 4 laid them down to sleep’ and relieved them of their ‘ horns,' the pride of the men of ’80. In foot-ball we have l een equally successful, having conquered them in the only 28