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

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 OMR ADES in naughty-one : At last we think our Echo is as ready to stand before the footlights as it ever will be, so we scribble, “Finis,” and scatter Vol. XXXIX among you and to the four corners of the earth. If it adds in the slightest degree to the great and ever-increasing fame of 1901, we shall feel amply repaid 1U, pencils, paper and midnight oil. Whether or no it is worthy of our lofty class motto Nulli Secundus must be decided by our critics, of which none of our publications have ever been in need. Though it seems to us a good while since our labors began, still be believe for our that we are innovators as far as the time of publication is concerned. We trust that the surprise, at least, at our early appearance will be pleasing to our patrons. We are led to believe that this change of several months in the date of issue has already been justified, and we donot hesitate to recommend to our successors a continuance of this plan. If we have made any other reforms which are judged valuable, though slight, we hope that they will be perpetu- ated by those who come after, that the Echo may never go backward, but follow a continuous path of progress. To those who have contributed to this volume our very warmest thanks are indeed due and rendered ; may their num- ber grow in years to come. For our many errors we beg the leniency and pardon of the reader. To 1900, and to the century which passes with her, it is almost time to bid farewell. She has borne the historic paddle with dignity, ability and good fellowship, and we have been and shall be proud to follow her lead. May the thorns in her path be few, her years of happiness and honor as many as her virtues. Our blessings go also to the other classes in College, and to all which shall take our places in the seats of the valiant, the true and the learned at Hobart. Naughty-one hath spoken to her Alma Mater. We shall leave her halls, as the XXtli century dawns, much in her debt; mav the new cy- cle bring her the successful growth which she deserves. “ Hobart forevermore' ” 7