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

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Hobart, the first liberal arts college in West- ern New York, named after the third Bishop of the Diocese of New York, was founded in 1822 by the Rt. Rev. John Henry Hobart. According to the tradition, Bishop Hobart planted his staff on a spot in the verdant embankment above the northern portion of Lake Seneca, and said, “Here, Gentlemen, this is the spot for the Col- lege”. The spot Bishop Hobart selected has under- gone numerous accruals in time and today, the bland prophecy is manifested in the infinite ramifications of college life. The ideal of “a col- lege by which the means of intelligence and honorable distinction will be accorded to poster- ity” has survived the cankors of its 125 year existence. With this, its foundation, the obdurate ideal has found life in the activity of Hobart, the effervescent strivings toward this ideal. The avante garde Western Civilization program has characterized the efforts of Hobart in furthering Man’s intellectual and spiritual achievements; The end product a full and Good life. The ages have molded the clay of our cpiest, the very clay in which Bishop Hobart implanted his staff. 4

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On MemosUam 0 0 0 Erwin Lee Joke, Jr. 1933-1954 ()