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

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Deinarest Library PROFESSIONAL DEDICATION ... Hobart strives to give each student an awareness of his heritage as a member of Western civilization, training in the specific area he chooses, and preparation for a happy and productive life in which he accepts full responsibility as a member of society. The aims of the College are reflected in a sense of professional dedication; a feeling that per- meates the academic pursuits of the Hobart student. An excerpt from the College publication “Twenty Generations of Hobart” illustrates that dedication in the younger years of the College: “It appears that most Hobart students of the early or mid-nineteenth century enrolled with a feeling of professional dedication. Upon being successfully admitted, a freshman at once entered into a routine of long hours and longer terms, much recitation and slight diversion. Organized athletics did not exist, nor did such outlets as fraternities, campus publications, or special interest clubs.” 15 An early northeast view of Hohart College.

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COLLEGE ROW EXPANDS “In 1922, the Centennial year, the student body reached 200 for the first time. Five years later it reached 300 and continued climbing to just under 400 in 1937. In 20 years Hobart had quadrupled its enrollment in response to greatly in- creased demands for college education. At the 100th Commencement in 1925, 49 young men stepped forward to receive their degrees. Ten years earlier there had been 19. “Old College Row,” the original buildings overlooking the lake, now comprised only the eastern side of a large open quadrangle bounded on the north by Medbery Hall and the gym, and on the south by Coxe Hall. The campus as we know it today had begun to take shape. The new Student Union, the Chemistry Building, the Infirmary and recently Sherill Hall have been constructed and added to the buildings of the campus. Together these additions and the buildings mentioned in the excerpt form the Hobart campus of 1960. Chemistry Building including the Raymond W. Albright Auditorium 17 Opposite: Sherill Hall “Twenty Generations of Hobart'