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

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 junior £ ?fter. citizens of the world. These three years have almost come to a dose, and we cannot look back over the path which we have traveled without some satisfaction. As lower- classmen. in all the contests of both body and mind, we have HREE years ago, the Class of Ninety-Five entered upon a course of education which is to make her members better been eminently successful; as upper-classmen this class has shown herself an example worthy of imitation. Not only has Ninety-Five been foremost in reviving good old college customs, such as the Freshman Banquet, but she has been chiefly instrumental in the abolition of that harmful and senseless contest, the Salt Rush. This was not done through cowardice, as some may say, but through a sense of shame that such acts should be committed or even tolerated by civilized men. Our chief aim has always been and always will be the interests of our Alma Mater. As a class we have continually striven to do our duty, since by so doing we know that we can serve her who is equip- ping us for the battle of life. As the Crusaders of old chose the motto, “ God wills it,” to spur them on in deadly strife, so also we shall march through the world, following the banner on which is inscribed our motto, 3ios dperijs pcAcr p-a. Let us, therefore, class- mates, follow our standard not only in college, but through life, for thus we do credit to our class, honor to our college and no little good to our country.