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

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FOREWORD THE CLASS OF 1943 presents its edition of the Echo of the Seneca with the sincere wish that all members of the present college com- munity may henceforth enjoy the fond memories of Hobart College and the city of Geneva which the pictures and written word herein contained shall call forth. Virtually all associations made in college days are among our most important in later life. The friends we have made will continue to be our best friends, if our wishes come true. That these friends may never be forgotten, the pres- ent Junior Class and the Yearbook Staff give you, fellow students and teachers, this treasure chest for remembrance. [5]

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113513 m DEDICATION Because he is so generous with all things, especially with his very valuable time; because he is gentle; because he has so admirably filled the difficult role of acting president and at the same time headed one of the finest departments of chemistry in any American college; because he is a ”regular feller;” we, the class of nineteen-forty-three, humbly dedicate this book to John Ernest Lansing. His words of encouragement in all troubled times, his reverence for high ideals, and his intelligent guidance throughout the past distressing months have endeared him to the heart of every student. He is a friend in all deeds. [4]

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THEME Generations of native Western New Yorkers have told tales concerning the strange sounds that issue forth on those certain nights “when conditions are right from the depths of Lake Seneca and Lake Cayuga. Science has so far failed to explain the true source of the emanations. From an old Seneca Indian legend comes the story that the sound is an echo of tribal drums—an echo which has refused to die away and let the glorious history of the Seneca tribe be forgotten. This is the tale whence came the name “Echo of the Seneca” for the first publication of the college's yearbook and is the most well-known one. But there are other weird stories, and interesting stories, too, that would tell about the source of the echo. These are brought together in this work to introduce the several sections of college activities into which the book has been divided. We are indebted for many of the anecdotes to the late Mr. G. M. B. Haw- ley, to the play “Lake Guns of Seneca and Cayuga by Cornell’s Professor A. M. Drummond, and even more especially to the native elders who are still wont to listen for THE ECHO OF THE SENECA. [6]