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

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 ... %fr Oifc %»■■ »■ ‘‘Old College Row” circa 1895

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IDEALS AND TRADITIONS ... THE LASTING IMPRESSION There is little similarity between the Hobart of today and the rude institution from which it emerged. Dramatic changes have occurred in enrollment, plant and curriculum. Yet the College we know today is in a real sense an ever growing memorial to its past: a tribute inscribed physically in ivy-covered buildings, spiritually in cherished ideals and traditions. 10

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Early photograph of Medbery Hall HOBART DETERMINATION “In earlier times students had learned to love old Hobart for pleasant associations with teachers and classmates and for the traditions and beauty of campus. These things were no less compelling to the men of the 20’s and 30’s, but they had something else: the thrill of partici- pation as players or rooters in a well-organized intercollegiate athletic program. To be sure it was small college competition, spiced by occasional tilts with the giants. But it had all the color of the big time and a lot more warmth. Rallies, bonfires, cheers and marching songs, all helped to draw Hobart men closer together. “Older alumni talked about Hobart loyalty. But from the 20’s on they called it “School Spirit,” a term that covered pride in the past and a tremendous desire to excel in the present. It was during the 20’s that Art Kenny, Hobart’s number-one rooter, captured this spirit in four words: “That old Hobart Determ in as Amti ” From “Twenty Generations oj Hobart,” Official Gillege Publication, 1954 12