Kenyon College - Reveille Yearbook (Gambier, OH)

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0 J ilors. J. P. COATES, v. r. C. F. COLVILLE, Editor in Chief. H. 8. GREGG, A. A. «1». E. 8. COOK, A. K. K. J. A. BENEDICT, B. 0. II. G. I). CRASSER, 0. A. X. 5

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Inlrnhudion UK object of this publication is neither to make the authors famous, nor to fill their pockets with gold; but partly to reform, and partly to rescue from oblivion’s thickening dust the names of those of our fellow students and pro- fessors whose merit, though never shown by outward acts, we think must exist somewhere in the “deep recesses of their souls. For as a just God could never make a creature entirely destitute of noble qualities, and, as these persons have never been known to exhaust their virtues by their good deeds, we naturally conclude that a mine of wealth is still hidden neatli a barren exterior. We ask all whom it may concern to be patient and persevering in their search, for there is a bare possibility that they may strike the happy vein. Of their learning, we can at least say that it is “sufficient to raise them from the insignificance of dunces to the dignity of bores. The names not mentioned are con- sidered unworthy of a place in these pages, and also unworthy of the reader s notice. To our fellow students we will he very frank; as for our professors, we must, from interest. He to their virtues very kind, Hut to their faults a little blind. Let those who find their names recorded here ponder deep and mend their ways, and they may yet become such as Kenyon need not blush to own. We do not write to blame nor to praise, but to instruct and improve. With such intentions, we do not shrink from giving offense, if, by so doing, we may correct a fault Some faults, we believe, it is within the power of the Almighty alone to correct Hut knowing that “Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie, which we ascribe to heaven, we cheerfully attempt our work of reformation. (1