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

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0 BCUO OF Tins KFXKCA, .OST djgniiled Senior, gallant Junior boastful Sophomore, and gentle Freshman, lay aside for awhile your cares and duties, and join with us in celebrating the eighteenth birth- day of “ The Echo of the Seneca.” It- is indeed an event £ worthy of congratulation by every son of Hobart. Yon, vener- i able Alumni, who havo watched -with, loving tenderness the first: steps of tliis joyous maiden, who have guarded her with jealous care through childhood's happy hours, and who have noted with the eye of affection the first signs of dawning womanhood, look upon her now, as she comes before you, clad in. the true grace and beauty of full maturity. We, to whom is intrusted the delicate task of introducing her. to her many admirers on this auspicious day, should approach the duty with proper care and thoughtfulnoss, To us was kindly given a short time since the pleasure of examin- ing the only complete file of Echoes extant, and thinking our roaders would bo as interested as we were in the subject, we have prepared for thejr benefit a short description of the first number of “'The Echo of the Seneca ' which was published in June, 1858, by the class of T 0, who were then Sophomores. It is a four-page sheet, in size about eighteen by fourteen inches The first page is adorned by a wood-cut of the College buildings. The new Chapel had not then been erected, the old Philosophical building is therefore the first in the row. The rest of the first page is devoted to the Fraternities, which were at tliat time the Alpha Delta Phi (17 members), the Sigma Phi (17 members) the Theta Dsclta Cm (15 members), the E, F., an anti- secrot society, established in 185 f , (7 members). On the second page is printed the Board of Editors; the Publishing Committee - the ed- itorial; a poem; the Faculty, and Board of Trustees. The names of the editors ave G. Applegate, S. D, Cornell, G. A, Boswell, and W. G. Milter,

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3 BCHO OF TI1J5 SISNBCA.. At length has come the time when ’79 must pub lishthe annual Echo. The task has been a pleasant one, and the class hope to afford at least a few moments' amusement to the rest of the College by their undertaking. The editore expect and ask criticism: hut they also ask each critic to talk to himself’, fearing lest the flood of faults, exposed to the insignificant three, drive them quite crazy. The matter has been written at odd times,—though principally just after ehapel, when ail were in good humor,—and is submitted to the reader with great timidity, together with the hope that it will not hurt him. iu obtaining and arranging the contents of this volume the editors have refused all bribes from the different classes,—especially from the Freshmen,—and have published the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Finally, we welcome '80 to the editor’s chair, and with our best- bow bid you all F abb avis r.n !

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ECHO OF THE SJB?TECA. i On tlio third page is found a list of the students hy classes. No class officers are given. Both Sophomores and Freshmen possess seals considerably smaller and less pretentions tlian those printed in the Echo of to-day. The motto of the Freshmen is “ Semper Pamlm” Quite an old-fashioned idea, that, but then, Freshmen are apt to talk so. There wore at- that time over one hundred students in the Academical Department, and the Medical College was quito full. In addition to these lists, the appointments for Commencement, and the Officers of the Her mean and Philopauthian debating societies aro given. Wo' notice the name of our English Professor, Charles D. Vail, as Secretary of the latter. lie was then a Junior in College. The fourth page contains the White Essay, White Bhotorieal, Groek, and Sopho- more prize mon: the seal of the venerable Gamma. Ursinot? ; the College Calendar, and a few advertisements. This, gentle reader, is a faithful picture of the first number Of the Echo. Small indeed, but the original idea has been carried out in each tjuceceding one, and is the basis of the Echo Of to- day. Much praise should be given to the class of Jf 0 for their effort. For three successive years it remained in this four-page shapo, and then, in 1861, the class of ’63 published Voh 1Y, as a pamphlet of twenty-four pages, of the general appearance which it has since re--- tained. It would be a pleasant task to sketch the gradual develop- ment of the Echo to its present proportions, but space forbids. The aim of the Editors of the Echo has always been to present a trim picture of student life, to record the manifold events which tend to make College duties less monotonous and tiresome, and to awaken in the minds of Alumni pleasant recollections of the time “ when I was in College.” The last year lias been something of a surprise to those persons who have chosen to consider-.and to talk about Hobart, as dead. The marked increase in the number of studsnts has avvakened more of enthusiasm in College matters than has been scon before iu-somo time. Among these we may briefly mention the fine new boat-house, erected during .the past summer. A carefully graded, base-ball ground has been laid out on t-ho south side of the campus, much superior to the old one, A glee club lias been organized, from which the students have great expectations. The work of remodeling Geneva Hall in a