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

Page 8 text:

4- r.rho of flo' Srnrru. possession: she lias gaim-iI it by honest Hl'ort. (t Inis never been onr lot to become t lie adopted pet of some doting if in who might lavish upon us tlie surplus of bis overllowt.no bounty, but our coffers have been tilled from vastly different sources. Itow evident is the progress of the last year, i.tul bow pleasant I lie view of the future A fund lias been raised for I be building of a new Imut-housc. and plans are mat urino for its immediate erection. Ere many months the glad waves of the laughing Seneca shall ripple round the keel of many a swift- , shooting boat, and manly voices of stalwart youth shall wake the sleeping echoes of the lake with shouts of victory. During the past year our refutation rooms have been re-furnished, and new volumes may be seen on every shelf of our library. nr college library is slowly growing to what it ought to he, and we hope soon Inset the works which now remain to make it perfect. A college reading room. too. has been established. Here, owing to the generosity and stirring energy of our English Professor, a student may find tlie best current magazines and papers of the day. What we want now is a gymnasium: mental gymnastics wc have in abundance. But our institution for the cultivation of physical strength is still in the future. Movements are indeed on foot for the erection of such a structure, hut to I meet, success this matter should be brought before the students them- selves. Let our friends take this matter to heart. Let them think over it seri- ously. The man to be a perfect man must be educated physically as well as mentally. The mind despises to act in a body weak and uncultivated. The element of “muscular Christianity ’ introduced in a degree not too prominent is a help to any college. For the most prejudiced can but admire the well rounded, sinewy form of the trite athlete, when found combined with the deep stored, ready mind of the true student. What a wonderful impulse lias been given to the base-ball interests of the college during the past year. Our grounds have been altered and put in splendid condition. We have organized a permanent association, and we intend to put a strong nine in the held next season, and in the training of our ball nine we feel the want of a gymnasium more pardon larly. Hobart has a host of friends, and they always respond heartily and libe- rally to her call. But more especially are we thankful to them for their

Page 7 text:

EDITORIAL cr «» AfiOIINE on tlu swift wheels of changing time almost imperceptibly jj?) wo have glided through two years of our College course, Mow plea- sant is the memory of the past. As we sit here tiMlay, ami retrace with reverential step the varied phases of that life now buried in the past, not one cloud of sorrow inter- venes to mar our pleasant re very. We can smile now, as we revert to that awful awe with which as Freshmen we trod these time honored halls, hut we were in earnest then, and the importance we attached to that first year would outweigh the multiplied duties of a college course. Each passing year lots brought in its change, and every change has had its long list of duties to 1m performed. The purpling leaf, the seared and naked Inaudi, the chilly breeze wafted from the cool Seneca: all warn us that the year of seventy-three is fast drawing to its dose. They warn us of the great duty we have to per- iorm during these last closing weeks. 1111» solemn season has arrived when the class of 7-1 must clothe itsell with the editorial mantle, and add one more Echo to the hallowed records still ringing in the past. We fed the weight of the awful respon- sibility resting upon us. We appreciate fully the lofty standard of excel- lence we are expected to maintain in this publication. Still encouraged hy the achievements of the past, we come forth boldly to our work It is our pleasant duty to chronicle a year of marked success. It is ours to note the dawning of a new epoch. Hobart ripe with years, rich in the honor of half a century, has don- ned the battle garb anew. She stands like some giant oak that has with- stood the blasts of centuries. The surging, swelling impulse of a new life is sweeping through her sturdy boughs. The very struggles through ( which sin has passed have rendered her strong and vigorous, and this strength will bear her triumphantly through any emergency she may encounter in the future. Whatever Hobart College has is her rightful

Page 9 text:

J'.r ill uT t n Si t)r Ut. generosity and kind support to our ball nine. May our success in the Held be commensurate with their liberality. We hail the advent of no new professors among us during the past year, but the same tried and trusty corps that has grown gray beneath the shadow of our walls still remains with us. and the hallowed associations of each passing year draw more closely the bonds which unite us. The withered leaf as it falls to the ground tells with a mute eloquence that the summer days have lied. The lessening oil, the flickering lamp, proclaim the night far spent. The blank and empty void within my brain shows, alas! too plainly that my lengthy editorial must come to an end. When these pleasant days have lied. and. seated around your cosy tire you peruse these pages, linger not to criticise their blundering lines but hasten to the feast beyond. , I