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

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0 I'.ch of the Sr wctr. see Old kalcy no more. Then we remembered the many vir- tues ol the deceased ; his peculior interest in young; men ; the kindly inlluence which he exerts upon them in imparting to them stability of character; his unbending rectitude, taking as his motto: ‘ he -shortest distance between two points, X:c. We called to mind hi:-, remarkable clearness ol conception: his wonderful ac- curncy in expression ; the extent of his erudition, which embraced the entire circle ol the sciences. Recollecting these many traits of the departed, our leelings overpowered us. The ait resounded with sighs and groans, tears (lowed copiously; in fact the ground be- came slippery with grief, It was remarked by some as a fact xxoiiby ol observation, that those who had always cherished the greatest antipathy to Calculus, were the most deeply affected on this sad occasion. illi slow anti reverent steps we proceeded to the place ofburial led by our Marshal on his snow-white charger. (By the xvay. a xxorcl to the uninitiated in regard to that noble animal. No doubt some thought that he was in the last stages of (non) consumption (ol lootn. All impressed with this false idea we wish to undeceive. We would have it known to all that he was a mathematical horse, led on abscissas, asymptotes and differentials, every bone in his body and every hair on his skin being illustrative of either acute or obtuse angles). Arrived at the place of cremation, the coffin con- taining all that was mortal of Calculus was placed on the pyre and with swreet incense was burned : the solemn strains of the funeral dirge mingling with the crackling of the llames. there ended our Sophomore year and with it under-classmen life. Seventy-Eight.

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8 Erhti of thr S’’iir'r(f. EDITORIAL 78. here is no poetry, kind rentier, no romance, nothing but' dull prose in a class editorial ; anti, as we propose to tP. I f: make this a mere retrospection, it will perhaps interest none but ourselves. Hoping for the best, however, we proceed to fulfil our allotted duly. At this advanced stage of College life. '7S looks back with pleasure to the time when, as under classmen, we came together with cordial greetings, to establish the bonds of brotherly union, to the end that we might strengthen in each other every noble purpose, that we might be enabled to feel that we were not solitary laborers in the disunited fields of our duty, but co workers together in a common cause. From that seemingly distant nay to the present time we have stood together as a unit, bound by ties which have not been broken. We have remembered that the honor of each one of us was in some measure the honor of us all, and above all that it pertained to the fair tame of our s.lima Mater. In this spirit we have performed every duty assigued us, however disagreeable it might have been. We have zealously favored every movement for the advancement of the best interests of the College, ever ready for ail true reform. We have toiled through the weari- some march of Freshman and Sophomore years. We have been down to the battle. We have met the enemy again and again. The sweat ol the conflict 1ms often bedewed our brows. Yet throughout the toils and cares of the past we have been masters of every emergency. We have always confided in our own strength, and have gained a record for sound scholarship of which we well may be proud. As our Sophomore year drew to its close a most affecting event occurred. We refer to the obsequies of our old friend Calculus. The final ceremonies took place at midnight on the last day of the term. Then, for the first time, we began to realize that we should

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JO Kvho of !h • Snu-rtt, EDITORIAL 79. other year has passed. G.r A ■ Once more '79 makes her ap. pearance in the classic columns of the ICc110, and as Sophomores her members find themselves enrolled in Jhe College Catalogue. 'I'he second year of our College course, with all its duties and responsibilities, lies before us. Al- ready, however, have we become accustomed to our position, and our new dignity sits easily upon us. As we come back to Hobart's familiar halls, we sadly miss the faces of three of our number to whom our heart's best wishes are extended. May their course of study, though pursued elsewhere, be as thorough and as intellectual as Hobart ever extends to her sons. May time gracefully and prosperously carry them from height to height of earth's pinnacles ot fame, and may the days they spent with us be not the least among the pleasant memories of life. The class of ’79 has always been distinguished, and always hopes to be, by the warm personal friendship of her members. They are firmly bound together by a three-fold chain of honor, truth and love, which, growing brighter day by day, will survive Time's cor- roding touches, and remain a joy to all eternity. To the lower class we extend a cordial welcome to the “time honored walls of Hobart. As Freshmen, they have in the main conducted themselves with becoming modesty'. We are confident that any little evidences of greenness peculiar to Freshmen, will soon disappear under the refining influences which here surround them. As a large portion of our College course has passed, we may safely congratulate ourselves upon having discharged our share of College duties, whether physical or mental, on the base-ball field or in the class-room, thoroughly and well. So far we have made ample advancement. Text book after text book has fallen low at our feet. Mathematics has for us no longer any terror. We even enter the Greek recitation room with a step which, although not so elastic as