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

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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-

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

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1 WHO (IK Till-: r.NKl' . dents In cnnl ributo I lie increase nf tin- fund. Wr Ii;i • given (|uitt’ large sums, yet we do it for mi • xsii 1»jjIo In 111 • Alumni, and hope they will profit liyit; Hobart Inis not linen sufficiently cln rislu d ! y licr sons. ICsprit dn Corps Inis not Imen affectionate or tr hilt. The apparatus Tor athletic exercUe in Hohari is very delicient, shuts wanting in all those appliances which contribute to health anil strength. We have labored under t lie misrepresent at ion of a lam I house and utensils to lie at our service at the beginning of the present term, yet we are not discouraged hut hope her friends will have it completed l v the turning season. During this year Ilobarl has been alilieted with the loss ol one ot her noblest, friends and benefactors. The Itev. Dr. Metcalf, who with his remarkable sincerity as a Christian gentleman and wise educator never lent an aiding hand without the prospect of some future good. The College was his heart, she always found in him a ready supporter, and one who wish oil, not to please the idler, but rather press on in the hcaten path to the noblest fields, which lie beyond. At bis separation front the College the students feel the loss of one of I heir best ami truest friends and one of their ablest and most faithful professors. During the last year it became necessary for the health of one of our most valued professors, Professor McDaniels, to go abroad and spend tin’ remaining part of the year, but we are only too happy t o welcome him hack again to take the chair of his department with restored health and ua- diminislied freshness and ability. We deeply regret the loss of our professor of rhetoric under whose instruction so many have been trained in the laws of oratory, and have hereby been rendered eloquent speakers, but we have only to wish that no1 more such calamities will cross the shining path of Hobart’s prosperity and success. We are greatly pleased to welcome to our faculty Professor Vail with whom we hope to spend many a happy hour, and we duly appreciate Ins sincerity and eagerness for the future weal of the College. The Faculty of Hobart has suffered no other diminutions, nor has it hern strengthened by any new addition. With the Faculty she now lots, the friends of Hobart can well be proud, and may we by our annual publication of the “Reno, and monthly maga- zine, awaken in her friends a sense of their high and noted positions among the learned both home and abroad. Hobart is constantly pressing onward in Ilic beaten path towards tlie great temple of fame. Many are her sons, and many of them have gained the noble prizes she oilers, but there are prizes yet. as many and as great ns before, which none but the earnest scholarly and honorable alone can win. which will be perennial.