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

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EDITORIAL. ‘iJTORCttl out hirk and time-worn rocks of learning and TlT sn v wisdom, with their strata tessellated and inwoven with w 3lW;:o youthful mirth and vigor, he it ours to form and sculp- ture with word-chisels and bright tools of intellect, the loved and living image of our bvgone thoughts. Sweet Echo, sweetest nymph that liv'st unseen, ours he it to mould in graceful folds thy lovely robes, so to fashion thy charming }°rm and features, that e’en Narcissus himself might love ; that cold skeptics, who uphold the darkest side and plunge into the stern realities ol lile ; that College Narcissi, who see nothing save their own perfection rellected in the glassy pool of self conceit ; that every one. “ from the old fogey in his dreamless sleep to the young tanatic in his sleepless dream. allured by thy surpassing charms, may e'en turn aside, il not with true admiration, still with awe and interest to peruse thv features, and perchance to spend a few pleas- ant moments in thy presence Distrustful of our ability to maintain an adventurous flight on winged words, and discouraged that we should have sought in vain a new and untrodden way through the dark editorial wilderness we turn at Iasi into the broad highway pressed by the sacred foot- steps uf a long line of noble predecessors ; we clothe ourselves in thi- traditional editorial mantle, and giving up vague phantasies, whi' h crowd our brain, coniine ourselves to stern and staid realities. Our wanderings, as painful perhaps tons as they have been to you, we pray you forgive. Grave Seniors, your approval. Gay Brother Juniors, turn for a few brief moments from a world of flirtations and lovely conquests. Wise and valiant Sophomores, lay aside vour canes, and for the while forget all paternal solicitude for lh« trembling Fresh. Freshmen attention ! learn sage wis- dom and dark mysteries. Hoiiart, with the golden halo of age surrounding her, stands forth a bright and glowing example of what the will and stirring energy of a few noble men can accomplish. True, we cannot point to elegant and dazzling structures, and say herein lieth our great-