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

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Soyliomore CLASS COLOR. LAVENDER. OFFICERS. 'I I AS. (’. ('OK.......................... President. UR'IIARD T. CLARKE.............................Vice-President. ISYRON' ANDREWS................................Secretary. (’HAS. II. BENEDICT............................Treasurer. OIIAS. B. LA,PIT AM............................Orator. WILLIAM S. HOPKINS.............................Historian. CT1AS. L. ARNOLD...............................Poet.

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12 who » k riIK si:ni: . i). If is with befitting modesty 111:11 the class of 'M ends •'reeling to its friends at. a period n year earlier in its xi-danre ilum lias been tin privilege of former classes. We have just completed our initiatory year, and may 1)0 supposed to approximate a decree nearer to tlaf rather inylhieal dignity usually attributed to upper-elassmcn. Tin experience of the past year has taught many practical life-lessons, not tie I»j,o0 profitable of which is tersely told in the language of the poet: ' ■ Nil sine matron Vila laboro dedit mortal ibus, ' On our return to college we find our places usurped by a party of intrud- ers, known only by the high sounding title • ?(!.' Our attentions to this class have been ipiite marked : and, though in accordance with our prerogative, we have restrained some refractory spirits who persistantly disobeyed certain college usages, still. asentimenL of fraternity and mutual solicitude for the welfare of our common Mum fnln has prompted us to 11 Clasp hands across I he bloody chasm, ’ and pursue our respective courses in perfect harmony. Seventy-five holds within her bonds many diverse and sometimes tumul- tuous elements; but as our acquaintance matures from term to term, all local differences arc being forgotten in genuine regard for each other, ami a very pronounced « lass-feeling. The pleasure with which we resume our course for another year is tinged with regret for many absent ones to whom we are bound by the tics of sympathy, which unite those actuated by a common purpose. That good fortune may attend them is the heartfelt wish of ’To.’ On the other hand, several of the vacant chairs are occupied by strangers who demand a share of our regards. We extend to them a hearty wel- come, and may they prove, as they promise to be, valuable acquisitions, both in the class-room and on the campus during the remainder of our course—a rigid discipline, by means of which, Hobart prepares her sons to do her credit ore she sends them forth into the broad arena of the world.

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11 !. HO Ol- ’III!-. SI .NM IIn.il skvkntv-six ! Till' l:i | of time has brought togct lu r I lit material for a new class, and we appear upon Learnings stage to act our part in the College drama. The year dawns auspiciously. We assemble in fair num- bers, and with line prospects in the inereased facilities that our Institution affords us for accomplishing the object we have in view, a t borough ami complete educat ion. We fill the places of those who have been promoted to higher seats hi- ding our turn for the honors n it h which our noble Aluut .! e will endow us content to go otT the stage the li 1 ty-seeond in the succession of her classes. We find practices exist mg. regulated by the isolated law of ‘‘Col- lege custom.” which are incompatible with an enlightened and progressive a »• •. “Reform! has beeom a watchword throughout the land, none the e ■ less applicable here. We hope to elevate our chivalrous deeds to a higher plane. Wc are ushered in with an honor, particularly our own. “The spirit of ’7G ’rings out along the years, its tones, at any time, thrilling the hearts of Freedom's sons! But how will that spirit be intensified as we grad- ually approach the year of which our class is the exponent: when we can clasp hands across a century of our Nation's history! What an happy contrast will it be. when comes the time of parting with associations that have become dear, to relied that instead of going forth to enact the bloody scenes of ‘‘old '70. we go forth, as it wore, from an armory that Ims equipped m to battle with tin ignorance, the thoughts and the business of life.