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

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To the beloved and venerated memory of WILLIAM PITT DURFEE A.B., Michigan, 1876; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins, 1883; LL.D., Hobart, 1922 Professor of Mathematics in Hobart College, 1884-19?9 Deau of Hobart College, 1888-1925 Acting President in 1897, 1901-1903, 1912-1913, 1917-1919 Emeritus, 1929, died December 17, 1941, the Hobart College Class of 1944 fittingly dedicates this number of THE ECHO OF THE SENECA He will be remembered as one of the great figures in the history of the College, in the time of his activity the most serene and sane of thinkers, the wisest of counselors, the most amiable and sagacious of helpers, combining in his modest and very human personality firmness with gentleness, business ability with scholarship, simplicity with sound judgment. It is in the work of such men, quiet, steadfast, and long sustained, and in the response and co-operation which they in- spire in students and colleagues alike, that the true life of the College consists. They rest from their labours, but their works do follow them.

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cc... To thy fair name, To thy high fame well sing with all our heart . . .

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UIDED by the baton of the conductor, as he brings us into the theme of the movement, we come co realize that it is not upon any one individual that another in- dividual relies to insure the success of the composition. Rather, it is due to the contributions of each individual to the whole, and there- fore of each to each. Similarly, in the college community, we realize that success is due to the cooperation between the students and the faculty. This success is valuable in that the individual derives its benefits not only in col- lege life, but later on, when he faces new problems with other in- dividuals, in different spheres of life.