Kenyon College - Reveille Yearbook (Gambier, OH)

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 sacred land. Bronson demonstrated the necessity. Criticised severely for his divorce from ethical reason, this sensitive man resigned in 1850. Lorin Andrews became President after a short term by Thomas Mather Smith. The students gave him a warm welcome by illuminating Old Kenyon. His term is marked by the expansion of the College to an enrollment of two hundred and thirty stu- dents. The subsequent construction of Ascension Hall and im- provements of Bexley, built in 1833, and Old Kenyon were neces- sitated by the overflow’ of students. The College began to specu- late its small surplus money into dream railways such as the Delaware and Cochocton, Springfield and Loudonville Railroad. The only prerequisite for help from Kenyon seemed to be a stop at Gambier, no matter where the road led. In December, 1855, there appeared the first issue of a unique publication, the Reveille, the third of its kind in the United States. It was a newspaper of four eighteen-by-ten inch pages with an editorial for freshmen “commending virtue and industry to their susceptible young souls. The Collegian appeared in 1856, its main purpose being literary. Greek letter fraternities were introduced to 19th century Kenyon. The Lambda chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon was established in 1852. Theta Delta Chi appeared in 1853 and disappeared in 1861. Alpha Delta Phi entered the life of the Hill in 1858, at the same time as the local chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. Singing came into vogue in the fifties with the introduction of German university songs. Fraternities, in spirit of comradeship, developed their own sentimental ballads which rang out under the maples on Path generation after generation. The patriotism of the College community was clearly ex- pressed during the Civil War. President Andrews was the first in Ohio, reputedly, to offer his services as a soldier in the growing Union army. The southern contingent left the Hill for the Con- federate army quietly without perturbation or ill-feeling. Blankets and warm clothing were collected to keep the soldiers warm. Andrews returned to Gambier in 1861 to die. The term of James Kent Stone as President was marked by a theological outburst. The President, in strongly evangelical Gambier, leaned towards Tractarianism. He resigned after being made a fool of by the valedectorian at Commencement in 1867. 11

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Rutherford B. Hayes is ono ol the most distinguished Kenyon Alumni without doubt. His name remains as a mark of achievement to all Kenyon men. Ho returned to the Hill for the commoncemont of 1870 right aftor his nomination and sovoral times afterwards. He loved Kenyon dearly. 10

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It was built during the thirties in an era of active building . Its lirat occupant wa3 Professor Sparrow. Bexley Hall was built to house seminarians in 1833. It is be- coming inadequate to house Bexleyitcs, who are growing in number. 12