Denison University - Adytum Yearbook (Granville, OH)

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I 9 I -7 What do they suggest, those fall trees aci-oss the middle of the campus, to a student of the Eighties? Groivth, first of all. Their added height and dig- nity symbolize added buildings, added endowment, a larger faculty, student en- rollment and influence on the -world outside. And as icith Virgil ' s love-stricken shepherd, carving his words of love tipon the beech trees of old Italy ivith the thought that the love would grow along ivith the trees, so we who loved these trees of the Denison campus in the day ivhen they and Denison were relatively small have felt our affections grow along with the growth of the college itself. And then comes a vision of the old style football exercise beficeen the two Dorms, and of Akins, a noble and most faithful teacher, and — We ' ll finish this problem tomorroiv, boys; the bell ' s ringing. — W. H. Johnson ' 85 1

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The Observatory distinguishes the College. A stranger entering the vil- lage before it was built and looking up at the hill might have wondered if it was an infirmary on a large scale or an institution for feeble minded. Noiv ivhoever sees the observatory dome in the group of buildings knows it is a col- lege. It is like Mr. Swasey ' s ivork, the best of its kind; not the largest, but finished. It is genuine in construction and fine in finish. When it ivas dedi- cated, a scientist who was present said to me, I have seen every observatory of importance on earth and there is nothing in the same class ivith this. — Dr. Emory W. Hunt 15

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The graceful outlines of Cleveland Hall, with its inijiosing columns looking out upon the Village, make a favorable impression upon the visitor ivho ap- proaches the Campus by ivay of Shepardson College grounds. It was a neces- sity in this automobile age, and fulfils many needs ivithin its spacious ivalls. But to us older felloivs, it stands out by way of contrast. The ivaters of the old Spring no longer attract the unattended maiden in the evening twilight. The old home of Ab Evans, the Village Marshal, ivhom some of us used to entertain when things were doin, has been supplanted by the more imposing stmcture. The slippery paths on the old hillside ivhere even the wicked could not always stand, were out of place under the new conditions. Have all these changes been for the better? Cleveland Hall challenges you for an ansiver- ' — Benjamin F. McCann ' 86 17