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

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NAMED HOBART IN 1852 When on August 5, 1822. instruction began in the newly completed Geneva Hall, the College became the fifth in this State, preceded only by Columbia, Union, Colgate and Hamilton. A permanent charter rvas granted to Geneva College February 8, 1825. In 1852 the College was renamed Hobart in memory of the Bishop honored as her founder. Because of its affiliation with the Episcopal Church the College has always been pervaded by a spirit of Christian faith and work. All faiths and denomina- tions are represented on the campus, and the majority of these have registered organizations. The College also enjoys the services of a full time chaplain who is always free to counsel and advise. 8 Coxe Hall in 1900 Impuli j

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The student body of Hobart College has a right and an obliga- tion to feel pride in their College. The progressive growth of Hobart in its one hundred and thirty nine years should make every student feel a part. Hobart is still growing and will continue to do so. Each one of us has seen many new developments and buildings. In 1779 DeWitt Clinton’s father, General James Clinton, attacked and burned Kanadesaga, the Seneca Indian village at the northern tip of Seneca Lake. Six years later a settlement of pioneers was started on the site of Kanadesaga, and in 1796 the settlers founded an academy to provide a means of educating their children. Today that settlement is the city of Geneva, and the academy has become Hobart College. The College of Regents of the State of New York granted a provisional charter to the academy in 1822 thereby elevating its status to college level.. The guiding spirit in this transition from academy to college was the Right Reverend John Henry Hobart, Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of New York. Together with a group of Christian gentlemen he established the College as a means “by which . . . intelligence and honorable distinction will be ac- corded to posterity.” 7

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9 Coxc Hall, administrative building for the College, includes classrooms, the Little Theatre, the auditorium, the post office, the old student union, and faculty offices.