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

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ECHO OF THE SENECA, 12 . .. ’S0.3N- HE Oass of ’80, in attaining the rank of Juniors, experience always brings a feeling, of satisfaction. Another year of college life has passed, and with it much of the drudgery and weariness of lower .class cars. As we look hack upon the past two years, many pleasant occa- sions come to our memory, The historic customs of . the college have boon, observed by us with due regard. We remember with pleasure that as Sophomores wo celebrated the “Crematio Calculi,” whieh had been allowed to become a thing of the past; and with the proper solemnities we bade adieu to many “items” of our Soph- omore experience. As Juniors we have always striven to improvo upon the past. To us belongs the honor of restoring to the college one of the advan- tages of former years—the “ Hcrmeati Literary Society.” From the Hermean much benefit has already been derived, and with our added numbers and increasing enthusiasm, we expect still, greater improvement will be reached. While for the class of '80 wo claim the honor of the revival of the Hermean, wc gladly accord to the under classmen the erodit which is due for their effective help in numbers and talent. Would that wo might say as much for ’79, but alas! the labor expended by them upon the “ Echo” of last year so impaired their mental powers and diminished thoir numbers that no courage remained to cope with vigorous ’80. They have chosen to havo no part or lot in this mat- ter, for the spirit, of enterprise has perished from among them. The studies of this year open more widely the regions of thought and reason, and furnish a new interest in student lifo. We realize the change from lower to upper classmen, and find upon the whole both pleasure and regret. Pleasure, because advancement “Sie non sit nobis.

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10 ECHO OR THE SENECA. «“0js-!-i!jm-!:iiRi0F¥|s.’ The last scene has come. We walk on. the heights, hand in hand, with Bntlor and Berkeley as familiar friends. French we speak not, “ after the seolo of Stratford at-te Bowo” but ‘‘Fronseh.of Parys” “fill fairo and fetysly.” -Bowden and the Bard of Avon we account as naught, for well can we scan and woll indite (in examination). De Iterum Natum, oiu- course in history and constitutional law will not quite unfit us to sup at last with Plato—wore pardons plentiful this year, wc would add, to feed o' him even till he gorge «, but we for- bear. For this brief retrospect we have made wc crave indulgence. We Salute the readers of the Bcjho for the last time. Like Prospero, shortly we’ll, break our stall and. drown our.book. Our college life lias been pleasant. Its memory will not pass from us. The years may come and go, but we aro suro that, in the hereafter, only tender thoughts will stir our hearts when we think of Hobart, her Presi- dent, her Faculty, and those we have known within her honored walls. Itromains but to speak the parting word: Salvete! Valete! Srvknty-Nsne.

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12 3BCH0 or THE ’SENEO A. as great enjoyment in the realization as we hoped in anticipation But with the dignity there is new responsibility. It is expected of those who have spent two years in college that they givo real and tangible proof of the advantages of a college training. Suoh proof we trust we are able to give. But if . all that is expected appoars not on the surface, let it be remembered that “still waters run deep.” We shall strive that in the coming terms we may not be found wanting. To tho new member of ’80 we extend a cordial welcome, and as we expect from him material help in all class enterprises, so we trust that on his part there will be no regrot that he came to “Hobart.” Mingled, however, with our pleasure, is a feeling of sadness that college life is so rapidly passing. That which was but lately new and strange has now become familiar and beloved, and with each term as it comes and goes increasos our affection for “ Hobart” and her Faculty. For ourselves we would wish that the year which has began with such favorable circumstances, may continue as pleasant to the end. May the degree of success that has boon ours in tho past, be still farther increased in tho years to come, and may such scholarship and culture be attained by us that the honored name of Hobart may receive still greater honor from tho class of Eighty.