Hobart College - Echo of the Seneca Yearbook (Geneva, NY)

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ECHO OF THE SENECA. Jjjormcr president cfl cuenijr- lmH'. FRESHMAN YEAR. WILLIAM P. CONGEE.....................Fihst Term. CHARLES JAY DOOLITTLE.................Second Term. O. J. CAMMANN EOSE....................Third Tf.km. SOIMIOMOUE YEAR. CHAELES AHTHUE BEAGDON................First Term. BEN. B. DAYTON........................Second Term. HENRY L. WAEDWELL.....................Third Term.

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0 ECHO OF THE SE TECA- y J ■ yir r ' -• .- - • •« • In oiu under-classman contests we were invariably victorious. As Freshmen, we engaged in one or two bloodless encounters with the Sophs, and on one occasion (the night was very frostyJ induced a valiant partisan of '72‘s interests to indulge in a refreshing hath in the placid waters of our “silver lake.” As Sophomores, although we felt it our duty to prac- tice a little wholesome discipline on the Freshmen entrusted to our care, still we concluded that “ The quality or mercy was not strain’d,” and treated our weak but plucky proteges with becoming magnanimity. One of the leading events of our Freshman year was the famous sup- per at the end of the first term. What one of us will ever forget the spicy 1 toasts proposed, the eloquent and impressive speeches uttered ? Many were tlie pleasant times and frequent the scrapes of our first two years. The customary survey at Cusliong was, with ’73 a grand success. If our improvised theodolites were a little crude, and we were not at all times quite sure of our bearings, we nevertheless enjoyed a good day’s frolic aud received (not an unusual occurrence with '73; li ten all around. Our Sophomore exhibition was as brilliant, successful and interesting ns such exhibitions arc apt to be; the class acquitting itself with great- credit, and winning commendations on all sides. But pleasant as was out Sophomore year, its close was certainly a dole- ful one. It became our sad duty to perform the lust burial rites of our old friend Calculus. “ In the dead waist and middle of the night the ghostly procession formed and with slow and stately steps proceeded to the place uf burial. The lurid flames of the funeral pyre—the sad strains of the- mournful dirge—the woe-begorio countenances of the bereaved mourners, all tend to form a picture which will ever haunt the dreams of the sypathizing friends who were present. Thus ended our under-olassman years. With the assumption of Junior ease and dignity, we miss many familiar faces. Some had left us earlier in tlie course, but we had hoped to begin our last two years with unimpaired strength, and continue our march unbroken to the end. Providence, however, has decreed otherwise. Five of our classmates, attracted by the allurements of active life, have ( entered into business, while four are pursuing their studies at other insti- i tutions of learning. Wo say to nil of you, absent classmates. God-speed. In after years, when we read your names transferred from the catalogue or the margin of a thumb-worn lexicon, perbnpn to a Remit » -..11, jionnibly b. the annals of a noisclesH otrow, if. may be 1o sepulchral marble, we will think with pride of those youthful days when together wo entered the old College halls arid formed the class of '73.

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8 ECHO OF TOE SENECA. gift ©ixppm atim . WILLIAM S. DeZENG, Esq. THOMAS DAVIES BUERALL, A.M. JOSEPH FELLOWS, Esq. The Kev. WILLIAM SHELTON, D. D. DAVID SAXTON HALL, Esq., Secretary. JOHN H. GHEDELL, Esq. The Lev. 3IAUNSEL VAN RENSSELAER, D. I). The Hon-. JAMES O. SMITH, 31. A. WILLIAM B. DOUGLASS, Esq. JOHN II. SWIFT, Esq. The Bey. WALTER AYRAULT, D. D. The Bey. JAMES RANKINE, D. D. The Bey. MORGAN DIX, D. D. SAMUEL G. CORNELL, Esq. Tub Et. Rev. A. CLEVELAND COXE, D. D., LL. D.. Cli n. The Hon. ANDREW D. WHITE, LL. D. JOHN H. 3IARTINDALE, Esq., GEORGE W. NICHOLAS, M. A. ALEXANDER L. CHEW. 31. A. ARCHIBALD C. POWELL, 31. A. The Rt. Rev. FREDERICK D. HUNTINGTON, D. D. The Hon. GEORGE F. C03ISTOCK, M. A. The Rt. Rev. WILLIAM CROSWELL DOANE, I). D. ARTHUR P. ROSE, 31. A. EDGAR H. HURD, Trea urcr and Trustee of Professorship mill SrhoUirship b'unils.