Kenyon College - Reveille Yearbook (Gambier, OH)

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BOARD OF EDITO R S E d i t or -i n-C h i e f Louis Phelps L Hommedieu Associate Editors Raymond Du Bois Cahall Ralph Clewell Sykes Charles Lewis Wuebker ArtEditor Kenneth Frederic Luthy Business Manager Henry Greer Beam Assistant Manager George Elliott Clarke

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THERE IS A THRILL There 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 ol 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.

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R E F A C E KNOW of no one thing more certainly characteristic of Kenyon’s progress, than her “Reveille . Let him who would doubt this statement compare the publica- tions got out by the Class of 1874 to the books put out by late classes. What a contrast is the page sheet to the beautifully bound vol- umes of today! But the earlier issues were complete; Kenyon s activities had not reached the wide scope that they now assume and two pages were wholly sufficient to chronicle the year’s events. Today two hundred odd pages are required to set forth the organizations and their activi- ties for one year. Holding ever before us this index of progress, we have bent our efforts toward publishing a hook that would keep apace with changed conditions; and the task has tried us sorely at times. To review the contents of this volume, were not only unnecessary, but even presumptuous. But it is in the province of the Editors to set forth the principles that have guided them in their labors. At the first meeting of the Board, some one was heard to use the word “mellow ’ —a word which has clung tenaciously in the mind of the editors. Could we hut in some small degree make the book reflect the mellowness of Kenyon and her sacred traditions, our purpose were achieved. The creamed tinted-paper and the parchment cover we hoped might go far toward secur- ing this effect. We have been at pains to see that nothing