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T EDITORIAL EiaHTT-FlVE. «S-EdiTORIHIi+ S. 9 AVING pursued the march of the ten thousand, followed- 'A'gamem- not» and the god-like Achilles to the destruction of Troy, wandered over the boisterous sea with fincns, listened to the orations of Ctecrd, and entered into the conflicts with Ctesnr, as well as scaled the parapet of t Quadratior, we looked back over the past, and sighed, Nevermore I Solemn words! When our lovely jurent Eve made her last round of delight in her garden home, played gently with her sportive fawns, pressed kisses on her flowers and lingered by Eden’s meandering streams, whose murmurs seemed a lover’s strain, blending sweetly with the songs of merry birds, sho gave a last fond look on all she loved, and passing hurriedly the closing gate, the words of the avenging angel fell on her c »r, Nevermore! But new fields of action lay open before us. As the curtain rose on the 14th of Sept., 1881, it disclosed a band of young men entering the portals of old Hobart, well equipped, to battle with the stern realities of college life. The years passed at school had enriched our minds with knowledge, and our hearts were filled with genial warmth. We had received now im- pulses to our progressive natures, and an enlargement of our mental and moral capacities, which enabled us to pass our examinations in a manner satisfactory (?) to our instructors. Thus ’85 started out on her four years’ course under favorable auspices, and in time to rejoice with all the college at the return of Prof. Ed. H. Smith, who thus far has smoothed our foot- steps while encountering the vicissitudes of “ old age.” Thus directed we m»y arrive at the scholarly attainments, with which Cicero was endowed- We have also the advantage of the excellent course in History, which lias been added to the old curriculum undor tho charge of Prof. Rose. Thus instructed in methods of ancient warfare and by developing our muscle in digging Greek roots, and following carefully the method of casting out nines, we have learned how to cast out onr formidable enemy the Sophs. At first, however, owing to their nuperior numtmre, not at all to valor, they managed to carry oil the palm in the “ caue-rusb.” Encouraged by this SI
EDITORIAL EIGHTY-FIVE. apparent victory they attempted to take the entire direction of the class, even assuming to dictate as to what we should wear, liow we should walk. It culminated in the question of precedence hi going from classes of which members of both were participants. As several of our boys were going out they were attacked in most malignant array; the forces joined battle, and the result was a Sophomore’s eye put in mourning. Thirsting for vengeance, a plan was concocted for that very evening to wreak it. By means of a note forged in n classmate’s name, one of our number was decoyed, attacked and rowed across the lake. But Fortune, ever favoring her own, tempered the wind in so far ns to breathe the news to the rest of us; shortly willing hands were steering a craft of a different kind around the other shore of Lake Seneca; they arrived just in time to take their shipwrecked mate on board, und all arrived at the college in time to take part in ye ancient custom of manipulating the bell without the consent of “ Jan.” Thus was their foil purpose thwarted, and their song of victory changed to the mournful dirge of: Homo proponit, novissimi disponent Fortiter conati minus, atque fracti redimus. i Since then wo have pursued the even tenor of our course. As men- tioned before, our number, we do not know exactly why, especially in the classics, is rather small, being reduced there to a quartette. Moreover, by | the time the next Ecuo appears, we will be obliged to mourn the detraction j of the majority of the class to the ranks of the Juniors. But that numbed i ] is large enough to produce the sweetest of strains to the ear of the classic ■ Muse, and as one of our professors remarked “it will detract nothing from our scholarship. ” If we can not have the satisfaction of sporting canes, we ;i can be adorned with what is more essential—iv gentlemanly demeanor and modest bearing. So let us ail in view of the good things which our beloved mater afford» ns do wimt
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