Kenyon College - Reveille Yearbook (Gambier, OH)

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1953 REVEILLE STAFF EDITOR: Ted Y Lynch ASSISTANT TO THE EDITOR: John T. Seaman ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Motion Segal CONTRIBUTING EDITORS: Ronald Sanders Daniel E. Lynch SPORTS EDITOR: Alois E. Gibson STAFF CONTRIBUTORS: Evan A. Lot tin an Sevnionr J. Weissnian ARTIST: Hans Gesell PHOTOGRAPHY BY: Seymour J. Weissnian Evan A. Lottman BUSINESS MANAGER: I. Richard Miller ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS illiam . William» N. Dexter Nichol COPY BOY: Bruce A. Richardson rage eight

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handyman, but an expert in certain lines. The Kenyon man has a sound understanding of extra-curricular activity, which is unusual when compared to the general conception in American colleges and universities. Some may remember the article a Kenyon student wrote in 1949 which was pub lislied in the “New York Herald-Tribune. It expressed with great veracity and wit the intelligent outlook which the Kenyon man takes toward collegiate sjiorts. He d«»c not consider them serious ends in themselves. The ideal philosophy of ’ii matters not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game is really practiced by Kenyon ath letes. Kenyon men do not play sports for glory or personal prestige. In three year's ex perience on the Hill, we have found that when a Kenyon man wore his varsity letter sweater on the campus, it was a cool day. T X GENERAL, THE KENYON MAX is conservative in philosophy. He dresses. A talks, and thinks conservatively. After thorough test and examination, the Kenyon man usually agrees with the great writers and thinkers of the past, lie has learned to proceed with caution and to keep always in mind the original verities of thought and behavior which have withstood the tests of time and experience. 1 le is tolerant of and frequently agrees with — those who understand and admire modern art or music, but In- is slow to accept rash. new. world-shattering theories or discoveries, which are arrived at implusivelv. One can almost judge the success of a college by the number of hallowed traditions which it maintains. Kenyon has many, and they are kept alive through the years by students who are satisfied with their education and have grown to love their alma mater. They do not desire to change these rituals for future generations, lest the future genera- tions Ik denied the same full experience which their predecessors enjoyed. The Kenyon man is humble, lie realizes the wisdom of social as well as intellectual humility. In academic life, and in private conversations with his friends, the Kenyon man is cautious in stating his opinions, careful that they are correct according to his un derstanding: and he states them frankly but with humility, lie is intelligent enough to understand that his opinions can hardly be correct for all times and under all circum stances. As an important corrolary of his humility, the Kenyon man believes that there is somewhere a being greater than himself: lie believes in (iod. Of all the external circumstances which influence the Kenyon man and make him what he is, perhaps the free, independent atmosphere at Kenyon is the most important. Before a young man comes to Kenyon lie is rather closely guided by his parents, a head master, or both. W hen he arrives at Kenyon he may be a little surprised to find that In- is now, possibly for the first time in his life, almost completely on his own. By his own discretion the Kenyon mail must decide how and when to work and play, when to get up in the morning and when to go to bed at night. If he passes the test of independence and fulfills the high achievements exjiected of him. he will one day become a Kenyon gradu ate like the men we salute today. A college is the sum of its people. It suc- ceeds or fails to the extent that its citizens succeed or fail. Kenyon is successful for the men it produces. Hie Class of 1954 warmly congratulates the Class of 1953. You have faithfully up- held the standards of Kenyon. May this book Ik a stimulus to your memory of four fruitful years at Kenyon College. D.L.L.

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CONTENTS I THE KENYON MAN II ADMINISTRATION AND FACULTY III UPPERCLASSMEN IV ATHLETICS V ACTIVITIES VI FRATERNITIES page three page eleven page twenty-five page fort)-fire page sixty-one page seventy-nine page ninety five r s i « VII ADVERTISING