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

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 more be proud of the wine and light blue colors as distinctive badges of honor? Only a year ago Geneva and Hobart College witnessed the fearful exhibition of their prowess ; then they went into the cane-rush ” green and fresh (?) but they “got there just tiie same.’ By that they won for themselves an enduring fame. This year they took the “cane” away from the Freshmen in four minutes. It is easier to add to a great reputation than to get it. The class has advanced from glory to glory until it recogni .es no superior in physical strength, intellectual power, and moral recti- tude in their grandest exercise. One memorable evening the Freshmen had their meeting at the “ Kirkwood ; before they assembled, however, the secret was made public to the Sophomores ; consequently there was a collis- ion after it was over at the Park Place. Collar-buttons, cuff-but- tons, hats. Freshmen, omnibus and all were scattered in every direc- tion in short notice. This was the result of the guileless and unsophisticated information of a young Freshman lad, whose baby voice, joyous and innocent, must have rung like holiday music a short time since to the ears of his old nurse. A fresh notice summoned I lie youngsters to convene again ; they were not all present, but a timid portion absented themselves upon some pretense or another ; hence they were unable to make a quorum and adjourned, whereupon the “ mighty Sophs.” placed them gently (?) outside the door and sent them to supper. A goodly number of new members were initiated into tire mys- teries of the A. . society in due form. We have done our duty. In the coming centuries, ages, jnilleui- utns, and saons— •• The young shall listen while the old men tell The deeds of thesclhnt earned renown so well. This is the fitting reward of men whose prominent characteris- tics indicate effort, struggle, ami victory. We feel sure that the hand of time will dip the pen in the glowing sun and indelibly in- scribe the glories of ’91. in blazing light upon the pages of eter- nal history. 26 Historian.

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 f istopy, '91- THE historian cannot enter into minute details concerning all the acheivements of the present Sophomore class for lack of time and space. This is rendered so by the overwhelming amount of facts, notes, extracts, statistics and other matters of in- terest bearing upon its eventful history ; as this would require volumes, we must be content with but a glance. To make a long story short, “ the class has been tried but not found wanting.” All of the members are as brave as lions ; they have evinced the highest types of talent and virtue ; manly beauty is stamped upon every brow. The boy is father of the man ; ’91. as the Freshman was the fatherof 91, the Sophomore. Development is a great truth ; a great fact in nature. From the existence called the “ Freshman ” is evolved the higher or more dignified being the Sophomore. What with muscle, energy, heart, brain, and “ superb courage” the class cannot but have a college career which can command universal respect and admiration. Why should not the Sopho- 25

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5opboP7ore C' SS- ’91- Otticeps. F. W. W n it well.........................President. Lawrence Fitch............................Vice-President. A. W. Seabrkase...........................Secretary. J. V. Saunders...........................Treasurer. Sherman Coqlidoe.............. ...........Historian. Colors—Wine and Light Blue. Yell—Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! Ktueschewah ! Ninety-One. V en7bep$. Ernest Victor Collins ..........................4 G. H. Raven a a, O. Sherman Coolidge................................4 G. H. Faribault, Minn. Fayette Durlin, Jr., K A...................... 20 T. H. Madison, IVis. Lawrence Fitch, 2 12 T. II. Rochester. Seth Winslow Geer, K A........................ 10 T. II. Minersville, Pa. George Gunnell.................................12 G. H. Beaver, Pa. Louie Gunneli..................................13 G. H. Beaver, Pa. 27