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

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PUT BETA KAPPA. HPHI BElMflPPa - »4ZCT5iOF!NEW?YORK.« Hon. Charles J. Folgkr, M, a., LL. X ., Prof. E. H. Smith, M. A., LL. B., Kev. H. W. Nelson, M. A., Prof. 0. D. Tail, M. A., RESIDENT MEMBERS. Rev. W. Aybahlt, D. D., Prof. E. H. Smith, M. A., Rev. James Rankine, D. D., N. P. Ricilyrdson, M. A., Prof. John Towlkr, M. A., M. D., Hon. H. Hammond, M.A., Prof. H. L. Smith, M. A., LL. D., Arthur P. Rose, M. A., Prof. J, H. McDaniels, M. A., Andrew Meriusll, M. A., M. D., Prof. Charles D, Vael, M. A., C. N. Hemioe, B. A., Hon. c. J. Polgbk, M.A., LL. D., W. Wilson, B. A., Hon. George B. Dosinbebbb, Rev. R. (5. Hinsdale, S. T. D. HONORARY MEMBERS. The Rev. Morgan Dix, D. D., The Rev. John C, Smith, D. D. President. - Vice-President. Rec. Secretary. - Cor. Secretary. E. W. Dascomb, CLASS OF ’80. A. D. Chew,

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ASSOCIATE ALUMNI. HSSSOCIAT Et ALUMNI.! - OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1880-81. Asdkew Merrell, M. A., M. D., William J. Ashley, M. A., - Prof. Charles D. Yail, M. A., Geneva, Arthur P. Rose, M. A., President. Vice-President.' Secretary. Treasurer. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Andrew Meuhell, M. A., M. D., William J. Ashley, M. A., - Prof. Charles D. Vail, M. A., Arthur P. Rose, M. A., The Rev. Charles W. Hayes, M. A., The Rev. William M. Hughes, M. A., Robert Burns, M. A., Ex Officio. Ex Officio. •Ex Officio. Ex Officio. Additional. Additional. Additional. STANDING COMMITTEES. On Deceased. Members. Rev. Robert M. Duff, M. A. Beverly Chew, M. A. ■ Prof Edmund H. Smith, M. A. , On the Condition and Prospects of the College. Prof, Charles D. Vail, M. A. The Rev. J. M. Clarke, D. D. The Rev. Warren W. Walsh, M. A. ORATOR FOR THE YEAR 1879-80. The Rev. William Mortimer Hughes, M. A., Class of’71. ?

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EDITORIAL ElOBTT-OHE. -€DIT0RmLi'81. ONCE moic, at tl«c tap of the prompter’s bell, Eighty-One stops upon the stage of The Echo. Our first appearance, three years ago, was with timorous uncertainty; our words wore grandiloquent enough, but they ill concealed the fluttering of heart caused by novelty, surprise and exceeding solemnity of the dread occasion; A year later, and our ad- dress was couched in all the pompous pedantry of Sophomoric wisdom. Simple prose was too lowly a vehicle for such exalted thoughts ns ours, and as a consequence, witness the completo ascendancy of matter over mind! In our Junior year wc appeared as directore of The Echo ; went through the usual round of labor and worry, of solicitation and entreaty, and finally brought it from the press with a long sigh of relief. Throughout those years the current of our college days flowed smoothly enough, and we continually pressed forward in thought and deed toward the shining goal of Senior dignity and Graduation. But now, already in possession of the one, and in close proximity to the other, the chief habit of our thought is becoming retrospection. Clinging tenaciously to the few months left, we begin to realize, as we never did before, the pleasure and profit of the years gone by. Friendships have a strange way of knitting themselves still more firmly as the hour of separation draws near. Associa- tions brightened—nay, even hallowed—by many kindly, clinging memories, cluster around as if to forbid the severing of so many ties. So to one aiid • all, beside the satisfaction found in completed work, in pleasant memories of the past, in well-laid plans and bright anticipations of the future, Senior year brings not a little sorrow and regret. Genuine sorrow for the lost op- portunities which everyone must sooner or later recognize (for it takes no very deep experience to teach what are the saddest words of tongue or pen); real regret for the quiet, steady labor, the freedom from care, the out- spoken, whole-souled friendships of “the days that are no more.” But we thankfully cherish those memories, even, though tinged with