Kenyon College - Reveille Yearbook (Gambier, OH)

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what suited him. There were the proms, the smokers, the banquets- He Went where he pleased, he did what he pleased. He did not have to ight, his right was his, and everybody recognized itg not because he had it, but because he had earned itg he deserved it. He could advise, be- cause he knew, and we looked to him for advice. His word was law, and we respected him. And there is only one year more, and then-But why think of that? Rather look back on what has passed. There was the smoker. A good- ly gathering of the best of fellows. How we sang, and laughed, and joked, and toasted, and whiled away the merry hours withal. And then came the Prom. Ah, how beautiful it all was. How beautiful the hall looked, with the colors we had fought for and loved this long time, twined around beam and rafter. Hovv gay the dancers, whirling about to the sweetest of music. All was a merry throng. Yes the music, and the last waltz. How sweet, how soft, and the odor of violets,-and she,-but that is another dream. Truly these days are the best. W. L. C. f.',':!-Q ,. -. :Lgfii,5., . K' c 2::g. '.f-- v,n1 . .. ard,-.u6E1Z2'4 yur? ' 2 y 2 dk' ,-f AP-i 4.'.'!'h : , s A '. fr 02111.-x..llls11. '1 - f f Q-'l'i-fl'--1-30-ln: 5' f I ' lv 'fS,f42.wT'-4,4 l y - , CQSIISQNS s .. - 32

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filllliOl' Rweries , EALLY to enjoy being idle one must have plenty to do. The . moments are never more delicious than when,with work enough to constitute the thirteenth labor of Hercules,one lies idly back 'LWINJ in a comfortable chair, and puffing away at a favorite pipe, watches the smoke wreaths climb gently over one another, and fade away, O, ever so softly into space. Can you help dreaming? just close your eyes and let yourself be carried away on the wreaths of smoke. Go back in your reveries to our Freshman days, those halcyon days of which we knew but the beginning. When we rushed with the brav- ery of Spartans, and fought because we were told. And then we began to imbibe of the old college spirit, and went down in the mud of the foot-ball Held, just for the sake of the old place. And gladly built fires to celebrate the victories, and mourned the loss of a hard fought game with the rest. We did it because we were told, or because we saw oth- ers doing it, and we thought it was right. And when left to ourselves we would tear up the town, and take pride in not being caught. ' And then came those latter days, when we began to understand the why and the wherefore of it all, and did it because we knew it was right. VVe disapproved of the tearing up of the town, yet we were glad that the freshmen had so much spirit. But we fought all the harder, for we had a dignity to maintain. And we played harder too, for we knew why we did it, and some of us who had only been scrubs the year before found that our work and sacriice had at last placed us on the teams. Many of -our hopes were realized, and more of us wore K's as our reward. And then what a bluff we ran! Those poor cowed fresh! It wasn't 'so in our day. We studied less too, and took pride in the size of our si pipes. Ah, those were great days. And now it has almost slipped by-that Junior year of which we dreamed. The Senior we had always dreaded,-there was only one year more. But the junior-we had always loved the thought. What pre- rogatives had he not? He learned only what suited him, he did only 31 -- .D

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