Kenyon College - Reveille Yearbook (Gambier, OH)

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1 SALUTATION. © have a moral lecture for you. From our eminence we can see the mothers’ darlings scrambling up the heights; at least some of them. Others seem opposed to the scrambling sys- tem, and, alas, have taken to the saddle! And, in sooth, your ponies must be of the Pegasus breed, else how could you fly from the shores of Troy to CarthageT To be sure, you might mount upon the back of a sea gull and skim grace tully over. At all events, there is a great deal of gulling, and skimming over too. Soon you will come to the Elysian Fields, but, oh, do not canter through them! We protest against such marked disrespect being shown to the venerable Pater Anchises. Dismount,you lazy urchins! Walking three times a day to your meals will not harden your muscles sufficiently to enable you to climb the bill of life, and the pony express does not extend beyond the College walls. And now we intend to give you some wholesome advice. Reverse your present motto, which seems to lie:“Give every man thy voice, but few thine ear.” Be familiar, but not vul- gar. Give thy thoughts no tongue. Slum auctions. The hen roosts thou hast visited, and their adoption tried, do not grapple them to thy breast with hook of steal. Let thy apparel Ik neat, but not gaudy, (as some one has very justly remarked.) And this above all: To thy own selves In true, and it will follow' as night the day that you will slum Me.’s, the Bergin, chewing, excessive smoking, cards,and profanity. Year after year we have seen the Freshmen dosed with high toned lectures upon the44duty of the student,”etc., which were as indigestible to the young scholar as was the trickle and sulphur of Dotheboy’s Hall. The writers seem to have started out on the hypothesis that all Freshmen are strictly moral, and that a little touching up as to their higher duties is all sufficient. It is an acknowledged fact that by far the larger amount of

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JSalutation. Friends: Having topped the hill, anil being about to descend into the valley of the shadows of College life, we take advantage of our eminence to blow a strain of welcome to • • you all. At least vc intend to blow, and doubtless it will prove a strain upon the patience of our readers. Although we are fledgelings in the editorial world, we do not ask your sympathy. And now, having made our debut, we, like the great Levy, will shut our eyes, puli' out our cheeks and elbows, and begin. Hail 1» eace and Hope! Heralds of prosperity! you tied affrighted when fust in wordy war the mighty patriarchs con- fronted stood )y Kenyon’s warlike sons; but now tlie clouds have parted, and the sun of a more prosperous day having burst upon us, you have taken your place in our hearts once more. Seniors, with pride we greet you. Born in troublous times, you have suffered many reverses, but have been disgraced by none. It is not appropriate here to enter into an eulo gium upon your virtues, nor the brilliancy of your career; but we cun say that no class is remembered with so much affection by those who have gone before you, and no class can have a larger heart for the sweet associations of College life, and your companions from whom you are soon to part. Juniors and Sophomores, hail! (For further particulars see Reveilles of “’71” and “’72”) Freshmen, we own to a large degree of paternal affection for you, but we decline patting you on the head, for we have seen the evil effects of such treatment by our predecessors.

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SALUTATION. • immorality at College is confined to the lower classes. By the Junior year the student lias either sown his wild oats, or lias left College for reasons best known to the faculty. The practices against which we warn the lambs are the roots of all evil at College. They give birth to the sluggard, and the | eiidthrift, and until they are eradicated let us forbear from giving any theoretical dissertation. Freshmen, you are at the forks of roads which do not meet again through life. One leads into the bracing air of true manhood; along the other the atmosphere grows fouler the further you advance. Farewell! Our blessings season this in thee. As chroniclers, we take pleasure in welcoming President Tappsin to Kenyon, an accomplished gentlemen, and an enter- prising, enthusiastic worker in behalf of our Alma Mater, e are loth to record the resignation of Professor Felwell. His exertions during the few months he was with ns have taught us how to appreciate his loss. As yet, no martyr has Ih cii found to till the Professor’s place. W e find, also, from a perusal of old Reveilles, that it devolves upon us to say that the duties in Philo, and Nil Pi Kappa are performed much better than in former years, but t we will not vouch lor the truth of the statement; although they are Imth prosperous, and the exercises show proof of the inestimable benefit derived from the teachings of Pro- fessor Strong. Indeed we do not see how we could ever have done without him; and may we not do without him for many long years. It is our-province, also, to note the prosperity of Milnor Hall, We regret that the Paene class of last year did not return to tnke its place among the sub-fresh. We hear he lias entered active business. He was a pleasant fellow, and we are sorry to have lost him.