Kenyon College - Reveille Yearbook (Gambier, OH)

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SALUTATION. 5 Kappa, and that of the College. The Society Libraries are sup- ported, almost entirely, by the undergraduates. We take pride in adding to the number of volumes and in securing books of worth. The College Library is the library of the Alumni, or at least it should be. It is your duty and privilege to contribute to its support. Professor Benson, the librarian, has been doing all in his power to improve it, and by recalling what it was a few years ago, we can see what his untiring energy has accomplished. He now asks your assistance, and will thankfully receive books, new or old, of any class—religious, scientific, historic, etc. If you have not books to give, send your contributions in money, and leave it to the Professors to select the books. What graduate is not able to give, say ten dollars a year, for this purpose. If every friend of Kenyon who reads this will resolve that hereafter he will give ten dollars per annum, for the purchase of books, we shall soon have a library to be proud of. I have now made my bow to all around and shall retire, and give place to the Editorial.

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4 SALUTA T1 OX. track was laid ; the locomotive shrieked ; the cars passed daily filled with people from the great world, but no one for Kenyon. Our next hope was: when the college is separated from the'rheo- logical Seminary, and when the Alumni figure in the board of trustees, then will Kenyon assume a new life. The much abused Seminary now stands at the head of the avenue in majestic soli- tude— a cenotaph ; the Alumni who were to work such mighty reform, now have the power. The antecedent of the conditional proposition is fulfilled ; the consequent-------. Where is the fallacy ? But logic aside, our grand success is vet all in the future. Yet do not for a moment suppose that everything is at a stand- still here at Kenyon. We are, indeed, greatly in want of students, but the few who are in attendance have many advantages. Every year sees better class work than the one before ; and, undoubtedly, Kenyon now offers the means of a more thorough education than any other college in the State—maybe than any other in the West. During the past year many improvements have been made, but the greatest may be seen in our already beautiful church. A large pipe organ has been put up, and the church has been beautifully frescoed. We thank Bishop and Mrs. Bedell for this. Would that we had a thousand such friends; hardly a term passes that we cio not see some new token of their kindness and generosity. We have the privilege this year of making our bow to a new member of our corps of instructors. We are always glad to wel- come new faces, and especially when they come to assist us in our studies. We would gladly follow the footsteps of former editors, and write a few words of counsel to Freshmen and Sophomores, but it would now be folly to attempt such a thing. Things are all bot- tom side up; Freshman no longer manifest their proverbial mod- esty, and Sophomores grow ill-natured because the command is: “Hands off the Freshman.” But we have not a word to say against the present system. If at times we are discontented, and seem disposed to grumble at the apparently uncalled for confusion of classes, yet on the whole we believe the Faculty mean to do what is the best for us. And while we place such confidence in them, we hope that they will not hesitate to return to old customs if they see that new ones do not work for the best. But now a word to the Alumni. There arc, connected with Kenyon College, three libraries: The Philomathesian, the Nu Pi

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EDITORIAL. F'EW great events come to pass in this world unannounced. Therefore, we would proclaim to all whom it may concern, the forthcoming of ’74. No class in our knowledge has retained its number so well. It is true that,, in the storm-tost voyage we have had, wre lost our entire Stern, but on the whole we have out- ridden the storm hi a manner that would do credit to “Noah’s Ark.” During our first two years we shuddered at thought of losing a Ben is on, and as for Greek, it made us Tremble. Not- withstanding all this, we rallied and began our first term Junior. Although our Sterling worth this term was a Tittle below par, yet during the second term we proved Strong enough to redeem our- selves. All we needed was deeper Tapping, which we had in our last term Junior in Logic. Our Senior year—the crowning one of our course—has thus far progressed under the most favorable auspices. “ We shall make this a glorious, an immortal” year I! To it may Kenyon Took back w ith more pride than to any in her existence. Our class dignity has remained true to all the require- ments. Despite the revolution which has given the present Fresh- men the upper hand of the Sophs., in which revolution the Juniors were of no avail, we have maintained our upright and onward course unmoved by such commotion. It looks as though “Barbs ” are to inherit our mantle, ratfaer than Juniors. The study of Astronomy has given us high»towering flights of imagination, and has also taught us that in this year Kenyon is to see what she never saw? before, and what we consider a rare privilege—a transit of enus; no doubt an after-runner of our transit from College to the busy scenes of life !! After so often receiving “ line upon line,” here a condition and there a condition, and having so often endured many sun-DRY lectures on various topics, we are indeed glad to be so near the welcome words “Accipe hoc''