Kenyon College - Reveille Yearbook (Gambier, OH)

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QIass of ’86 4 gr « ’S=fr» Officers. GEORGE CLARKE COX............... HUGH B. CLEMENT............... CHARLES P. HARNWKLL, H. E. CHASE, ...... A. S. DUDLEY.................. .H. B. CLEMENT, . . . GEO. CLARKE COX.

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history of ’86. C l HIS is the last page of the College history of ’86. We know our readers cJ arc in a tremor of expectation for something brilliant—something that will give them at least a glimpse into the vast domain of our present intellects. Heavenly music inspire us ! Spare them their tears of disappointment! We recall the events of the past four years. How largely they have been shaped by 86! True, the checkered career of our first two years in College played havoc with some of our most gallant men, and rather cooled the ardor in the remainder of us. But Time will make a fatal mistake if it blots out all memory of us: if, geologically speaking,—eh, Doc?—our deeds do not leave at least ripple marks in Gambler's sands to keep us in remembrance. Not all of the fame of ’86 is due to those who still bear her banner. Let us recall for a moment some of those who have fallen by the wayside. There was Pinney Ambidexter, a “good man,” but who had a brother whom one “ought to see;” Link, who was a genuine Won ter Van Twillcr in more ways than one; Sam, and the two Harries, staunch supporters of the Epicurean philoso- phy; and Carl, Ben and Babe, of fragrant memory: a brilliant array, and not half the roll of our missing is called ! We who survive them arc few in number, but in the Language of the good, grey poet, “ we arc some, at least in our own estimation; for we arc nothing if not hopeful. Our history thus far has been only scribbling upon the covers. We are now ready to open the volume, where our deeds, we hope, will Ik. recorded by other hands than ours.