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

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OAFOF pDITOP . J. G. GIBSON, Chnirrnm,. EVANS. H. A. TORREY. II. E. MEAD.

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rr i i v m rm HOBART VOL. XIII. DECEMBER, 1872. No. 1. PUBLISHED BY THE CLASS OF O RN 15 V A T N . Y i $ H- $ E. Packer. Printers, Gazette: Office 18 7 2.

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•4. rlt In rial. •‘Kriim tin' fall'll mail Von raminl turn, t lien I uko ii|» I ho load. Nm yours to tread or leave the heatcn way; Voti must mi o’er it. meet ye what ye may.” The time has finally arrived when the class of '7-1 is to assume the editor- ship of the Echo. We do not propose, however, to wander into new and untrodden ways, wherein we would find our looting slippery and un- safe. hut rather to follow the path our noble predecessors have laid out for us. and we trust to find the beaten track as fair, as full of roses, and as laden with llowers. new and sweet, as did those who have trodden the way in years before us. The star of Hobart is rising , and if the auspicious promises in the sky deceive not. will in the future know no selling. During the past year, many sums have been contributed both for the increase of her endowment fund and for scientilie purposes. We extend our felicitations, and would be glad to see a continuous stream of contri- butions pouring into Ihe College coffers. We must not be considered un- thankful for what is actually received, even if we keep calling upon the friends ol Hobart to give and to give freely. Though the present outlook is encouraging, and much has been done in the brief twelve months past, yet many anil pressing wants crowd the College t hreshold crying for relief. Hobart should be better equipped in educational appliances and instru- mentalities. Her buildings, most unworthy of her. should be repaired, the number of professorships increased, her library enlarged. We simply mention a few immediate wants. Ihtl we are grateful for the contributions which have been poured in dur- ing the last year for the repair of the buildings, and especially for the re- model of the Medical College which contains a great store of know lege, as yet of no avail, but the glad rumors tell us that much lias been given for a Minera logical and Ueologicnl collection, and also fora hall for the purposes of the College. The number of professo whips is very small, and we hope in time to see them increased tn a number which will place' her on an honorable equality with other literary institulions. The library is unworthy of sueh an institution, containing hut a fen thousand volumes and those mostly of a character not adapted to the use of a collegiate student. The Professor ol Literature has invited the stu-