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

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inerro oi?1 tmk awraeA. I i Senior das» in this editorial presenter its last public utterance to tlio College. The hours of our stay arc fast passing by, U bringing near or and nearer the time of our final severance s r from the place whore we have spent so profitably the four years j of our course. We have seen class after class leave Old Hobart ■ for fcho active life of the world, and it will soon become our part to follow in their footsteps. Onr class has always striven to do best whatever feli to it to perform, whether in the class-room or in keopieg up traditional usages, such as the Burial of Calculus and. the customary 4 cane rush,” It has ever been ouv intention to extend a uniform courtesy to our instructors and fellow students. Many pleasant mem- ories both of the college and the town crowd upon us. We deem ourselves fortunate that it has chanced to us to spend onr time of study so pleasantly. Wo feel that wa have acquired here what will direct and give shape and form ho our lives. In our course wo have seen many radical changes take place, but all for the better. Though the falling curtain will soon cut us off from all active college duties, we trust to carry away with its the love of our Alma Mater, and to be still true to her as Alumni, . To our preceptors we give our thanks, to the other classes ur boat wishes, and to all, farewell. Seventy-Eig-ht.

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r :-i jj i ’li ;i- j; i- j i:| I j;. • i; II: i: i H . T5O0O OF THE SENECA.. stylo similar to Trinity, will be began in a few days. The plans of a new Middle building have already been sent on. Its cost will be in the neighborhood of $8G,0(M . The paat and present educational work of Hobart needs no word of commendation from our j en. Her sfcmd rd for thorough and honest scholarship has ever been, and ever will be, high. Her future success, under the efficient management of her new President, is absolutely assured. The Faculty has been lately increased by the election of the Eev. Charles i Kellner, to whom we extend a hearty welcome, congratu- lating at the same time Ihe College, which has thus secured a gentle- man wliose justly-earned reputation for rjpe scholarship lias been long known to ns. The past term lias been by no moans devoid of incident. The lVe.sk and Sophs have performed their share in keeping things lively about us. We think that the citizens of the town, oven if they had ever forgotten it, are this term fully aware of the fact that thay have a College in their midst. We must not forget, to chronicle the burning of the old Medical College, which took place November 2Gth, It was one of the oldest in the state and for many yoars ranked among the best in the country. For the past two or three years the building has only been occupied by the'laboratory, so the loss to the College is by no means a severe one. It should be remembered as an historical fact that the class of '7lJ was the last class that ever recited within its walls. And now as we bring tins article to a close, and lay aside the ed- itorial mantle, there remains for us only to join with you in wishing long life and continued prosperity to OH Hobart, our chosen Alma Mater.

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r j-: y ! i; !i; !, fj. S- i li; i; I = 10 Kcno op Tina sioteca. [ETBOSPECTJ.ON is always untrustworthy and deceptive, but especially so in the College student’s “tele of the by go no. Who is likely to shed m unnatural brilliancy of color over hi» former misdeeds ? It is a characteristic of human nature that memory ever dwells with complacency op the joys of the pant, forgetting the intermingled sorrow, and it is never more true than of the student, who, attached to the duties and customs of his particular sphere, perceives himself nearing the gloaming of his College days. We are Junior b, and have succeeded to the renowned 6 • otium cum dig” of the ancients, or at least pretend to, in order to keep up the halluci- nation, though we find that this old “saw,” like all others of its kind, must he taken with limitations. That long iooked-for and most au- spicious event, viz, our transition from lower to upper classmen, has arrived, and we have entered the third year of our course with triple numbers and under favorable omens. Already the moss-grown walls of Hobart, which inspired us as Freshmen with such feelings of dread, have become dear to us and we anticipate our departure as a sorrowful event. That we so far have acted our pari well, all will testify, and 78, which this year perform» the last act on the College stage, rill carry away the reminiscences of her many encounters with 79 as souvenirs of Hobart, Sj nty-Hznjc,