Kenyon College - Reveille Yearbook (Gambier, OH)

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Day. And again last October, when Kenyon men, regard less of political affiliations, turned out en masse to enliven his campaign meeting in Mount Vernon, his gracious and grateful appreciation was such as to elevate him to a Still higher pedestal in our affectionate regard. Not merely as members of an institution which has received his benefac tions, but as individuals do we lament his death most deeply. CJ Monuments and memorials may be erected to Senator Hanna elsewhere, but it will be by the hands of friends, whereas at Kenyon he reared his own memorial. The noble building that bears his wife’s name will tell implicitly the Story of his character, his interests, and his home life, such as no formal memorial can ever do explicitly. Here in the beautiful Kenyon Park, already ennobled by so many associations, the man himself, as he really was, will speak to many generations. C[ Another memorial too, though it bears the name of another, Senator Hanna has left at Kenyon. Mr. Carnegie’s endowment for a chair of Economics was given at the solicitation of Mr. Hanna shortly before his death, and though our professorship of Economics will bear the name of Kenyon’s distinguished alumnus, Edwin M. Stanton, Lincoln’s great War Secretary, it is no less a memorial of Senator Hanna than the similar professorship to be established in our sister college at Cleve land. C| Truly his works do follow him. Kenyon will feel for many years the beneficent results of his loyal fnendship. thirty-! ®

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MARCUS ALONZO HANNA THE Reveille of laft year was dedicated by the Board of Editors to the Hon. Marcus Alonzo Hanna, United States Senator from Ohio. The present Board of Editors wish to put upon record their sense of the loss that the undergraduates of Kenyon College have sus tained in the death of this distinguished man. € It is not merely that Senator Hanna was a generous benefactor of Kenyon, nor that every undergraduate organization—athletic teams, glee club, Reveille —was sure of his sympathetic attention and ready help,—though for these evidences of friendship every Kenyon man is grateful: but the basis of our regret is something more personal and intimate. During the last three years Senator Hanna has, by personal visits and constant correspondence, come into close touch with our college life, and we have had opportunity to feel the charm of that frankness and cordiality and sincerity which made him personal friends everywhere, even out of political oppo nents. C Can the members of the Glee Club of 1902-03 ever forget his appreciation of their singing at the luncheon on the day the comer stone of Hanna Hall was laid, or his delighted reception of the somewhat audacious songs in his honor? Every man in College was proud of his kindly words of praise for the speakers of the Senior Class, with which he began his notable address last Commencement P T lK ty.oop

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THERE IS A THRILL rhere is a thrill of spirit which love imparts, When turn our thoughts to Kenyon’s glory; Both old and young With single tongue Unite to sing our Alma Mater’s story: Then let our song ascend in unison! Our loyal hearts avow no other; It unifies. It never dies. The love of Kenyon, our mother. Thy beauty strikes a chord of harmony And bends us to a high endeavor; Thy glorious name— Thy spotless fame— We’ll cherish in our hearts forever: Then let our song ascend in unison! Our loyal hearts avow no other; It unifies, It never dies. The love of Kenyon, our mother. P««« thirty, thi