Kenyon College - Reveille Yearbook (Gambier, OH)

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Editorial . ® % IE Z] HE REVEILLE lias awakened at last. Since ISSN we have been receiv- Vls ing annuals from our sister colleges, and by this time the Compli- ments of the Alpha, or Beta. PLEASE EXCHANGE!' has ceased to cause us any feeling of shame. Far from being a reminder that we are four or live years behind with our book, these few words come to us as old friends. Hut we must cut them off. One cannot have everything as he wants it. So we have tried to answer these requests by getting out a creditable publication. We have few complaints to make. The students have supported us well. Their concert last January captured for us a receipt in full for the old Kkveii.lk debt. Besides, comparatively few have asked us when our book was to come out, and this is a favor that previous editors can appreciate. Kenyon College, too, has awakened. It has undergone a complete purg- ing and reorganization. A new scientific course has l een organized, the pro- fessorships have been tilled by able men, the laboratories have been refitted, radical changes have l»ecn made in the demerit and absence system, funds have been generously subscribed by the Alumni, and, from the increased num- ber of Freshmen and the additions to the upper classes, we see that our boom is “on.” The literary societies, Philomathesinn and Nu Pi Kappa, have been reorganized and arc infused with new life. We are pleased to note, also, the founding of two or three societies, or sscial organizations. Among these is the Kenvonite Order of Holy Monks, though perhaps we should not regard a union so religious as social either. Every proselyte, on admission to the order, takes a solemn vow to abstain from all such worldliness as washing. This, they tell us, is not taken of their own fee will, but the extreme scarcity of bath rooms in (iambier compels almost total abstinence, so they take this measure merely as an excuse. They 9

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® ® Editors. ® CLAY VARNER SANFORD, A. A. editor is-c»«i»:r. WILLIAM BUCHTEL BECK, A K K . EUGENE BROOKS DOUTHIRT, + V . WILLIAM RUSSELL McKIM, h a X.. FREDERICK JAMES DOOLITTLE, A T A.. n U8IH CSS-M A N Aor. H. 8

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seem to adapt themselves to their new surroundings with the greatest ease however. We can properly say “surroundings,” for the unwashed order has been in existence about six months. The winners of college have consolidated their attractions and have formed a “Mystic Circle,” the object of which is to crush all “smooth ” hearts in Harcourt. Their success in this line is only partial, however, for two or three of the principal arcs of the circle, themselves, have been inveigled into the last stages of love and are now furnishing excellent pastime for their intended victims. Kenyon College has done remarkably well in athletics, comparing her number of students with those of her competitors. Our foot ball team divided first honors with Adelbert and Ohio State Iniversitv. Our Messrs. Hutto]ph won the doubles last spring in the Association Tennis tournament, and Mr. Chas. Walkley was beaten in singles only by Mr. Farber, of O. S. lT. Our base ball team is now hard at work and bids fair to cause a stir in the association. As to our book we will say nothing. We leave it to the reader to judge of its merits. We wish to thank the members of the faculty for their kind- ness in assisting the publication of the Reveille; also, our student contribu- tors. Thanks are due Mr. Crowell, of Mt. Vernon, from whose photographs our half-tone cuts are taken. Now we go to press with the full consciousness that we are going to receive a separate “cussing” for each and every personal hit and grind in this book. Reader, what do you think of me ?