Kenyon College - Reveille Yearbook (Gambier, OH)

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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

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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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striking or gaudy entered within the covers of the 1908 Reveille.” How far our efforts have been successful the reader may shortly determine. C| Each year the term “representative is applied to the Reveille”—for us to omit the claim is to overlook an op- portunity. Truly this is a representative hook; not the Edi- tor alone, but the whole Board, have contributed; not the whole Board alone, but the whole college has been instru- mental in compiling the book. Not the least pleasing fea- ture of the Reveille” we believe to be the art work. We were especially fortunate in being able to have this done in college; Mr. Hann, by reason of his talent and hard work, will be largely responsible for whatever approval the book may meet with. Kenyon faced a hard year. Not only bravely, but also successfully has she coped with conditions anything but fa- vorable. In her darkest hour, the sons of Old Kenyon have rallied magnificently to her side; from the depths of misfortune and distress, has she risen truer, stronger and nobler than before. The completion of Old Kenyon and the re-opening of Harcourt next fall, argue strongly for an uninterrupted march of progress. Surely we are fortunate to be old sons of thine.” fl'We quit this task with genuine regret; many and discour- aging have been the obstacles that have beset our pathway, but now that all is done we are permeated by a feeling akin to remorse; we are at once sorry that the work has not been done better and that it is all done so soon. Many, many, are the stones that could be thrown, and many, many are the people that could throw them, yet an unlimited confidence, born of hope and trust, tells us that criticisms will be kindly. P e «en