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

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12 ECHO OF THU SEN ICC A. Wo wore pieced to welcome to our da»» this year two new morn, bars, who we think appreciate the high standard of Hobart, and the thorough instruction which they arc enabled to receive here, At the sainc time we are sorry to lose one of our old member», who is pursiu ing his studies ckowhere. . As a class we are bound together by ties of love and fellowship, which time itself can never destroy We have probably made sopie mistakes and committed some errors, but they have been the result of carelessness rather than of folly. Another ftoason of privileges and opportunities lies before us, dur- ing which w« may in some measure redeem the errors of the paftt by extraordinary effort in the future. Then let u» Btrive to improve this? precious time to the utmost, remembering that we must soon hid fare- well to these quiet retreats of study, and wo roust then be ready to fight our own battles, and to meet, and measure ourselves with, the respon- sibilities and realities of life. Eighty.

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1SOHO OF i’llE SENECA. 11 class of '80 takers pleasure in thus making her soeond ap- pearance in the (column» of the Echo. Our first year in Collego passed away all too quickly, and almost before we could realize it, we were Sophomores, with all the rights and dignifies apper- taining thereto to uphold. Our Freshman year was distinguished for no cone rushes, midnight voyages across the lake, or any of the other courtesies, which the Sophomore usually extends to the under class. The class of ’79 has ever treated us with due forbearance, for which we heartily thank them. This forbearing disposition on the part of '79 left us ample time to pursue our studies, and we think we improved it with, good effect. We wore highly complimented for our scholarship and general ability, and one of the Professors even went so far as to say we were the host class (in his department) that had entered college for several years. We hope to deservo and maintain this high compli- ment, and that ho will never liavc to withdraw it. The present Freshman class, we think, have no occasion to com- plain of our treatment of them. We have been as forbearing toward them as was consistent with our dignity and the maintenance of old customs. They were evidently rather fresh when they first enterod, and. entertained some queer opinions of things in general. This freshness, thanks to our efficient training, has almost entirely disap- peared, and we trust that by the end of the year it will bo no longer visible. After treating one of their members to a midnight jaunt, and another to a free bath m the Seneca, we extended to them the right hand of fellowship, and bade them a hearty welcome to Old Hobart’s walls. In some mysterious way, Prex found out our little attentions to ’81, attentions which had been offered to them in perfect good faith and for their own good. The eonsequen.ee was a private reprimand to each of us, with a .rehearsal of Gen. Schofield’s order re- specting hazing, and a command to lot the poor Freshmen alone.

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'ICCHO OY TIT 15 SETS EC A. 18 prTH considerable hesitancy do we, the «lass of ’81, accept 'J the invitation of pur older brethren to introduce oursolve to ’A’. ‘A‘ tllfi world at large. Few in numbers are we. but yet arrived ■$, at years of discretion; nor do we merit (in our .own opinion) the entirely gratuitous assertion of ye 8oph that: ‘'The preasent Freshinan class is the greenest that ever entered Hobart.” With reference to our mental acumen it will not, perhaps, be nec- essary for us to speak, as, probably, it m evident to all that we lack neither phosphorus nor’ lime in. the, prop or places and proportions. And here we would return our-thanks to the Seniors and Juniors for the heartiness with which they received its. Our thanks are also duo to the Sophomores for their kind interest in “the Freshmen,” and- their evident determination to see us through all right. Their zv l in gelling us fairly started through the bogs and brambles of college life, and the thoughtfulness with which they have furnished us the comfort of their presence when we wore entering upon a “sea of perils ” are truly laudable. But we would venture in our ignorance to suggest, that the most approved time for the practice of pedestmni$ro j not the 4‘ noon of night.” Although we own not boast of wonders accomplished, yet our class has had its martyrs— • u Great in tlick triumphs, in leUvement jtfcat,” who, by their untimely fate, have borne witness that it costs all ain'x worth to participate in boyish frolics in the “wee sma1 hours;0 and although a “cutting'' was at hand to lighten the fore© of the blow, there was no perceptible difference in the results. 'However, it must, not be imagined that, even leaving out of account the results of the late reMSon, a student’s life is one of unalloyed pleasure. 'Latin, Greek and Mathematics are not all play, and it must- be confessed that we look forward to approaching examinations, much as we imagino a m