Kenyon College - Reveille Yearbook (Gambier, OH)

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T L l «. t Til E Two major publications, Reveille and the Col- legian, appeared fur the first time during the 1855-56 academic year. The Collegian began as a literary magazine, though it included some College and Gambier news from the be- ginning. However, it suspended publication in 1860 and remained in limbo for twenty-seven years. In the meantime the Reveille, l egun as a newspaper, had become the College yearbook in 1867. Shortly after it appeared it Became a target for satire in the Revile-Ye. which ran for one issue in 1859. During the lapse of the Collegian the lack of a newspaper was for a time remediet! by the Kenyon Advance, published from 1877 to 1884. In 1887 the Collegian reappeared in its old role of combined literary magazine and newspaper; but the literary emphasis faded during the first decade of this century, and a large-page news- paper format was adopted in 1911. The need for a literary magazine was fillet! by Hika, which was first printed in 1985, taking its name from a traditional yell used at athletic events. btrotin m LI7XBA7UBE. MX0A1T. IW GlVtllX W i. K. M . KIMIIINIIS, n MlallRB January, 1856 March. 1935 Decern Ikt 1. 1859 19

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The stall of the Kenyon Review, 1939. Norman .Johnson. John Crowe Hansom. Philip Blair Rice. KENYON R E V I EW ARTS LETTERS ■' The Sorrow» of Thom»» Wolfe by V V 1 JOHN P E A L E BISHOP A Piri» Letter by FORD MADOX FORD The Two Audent by DELMORE SCHWARTZ Quarterly at Gambier, O. Price 50 Cent WINTER urn Kenyons name was placed indelibly upon the literary map by two important projects carried out under the aegis of John Crowe Ransom: the Kenyon Review and the Graduate Summer School of English. The Review, an outgrowth of Ransom's interest in literary criticism, was founded in 1939. Its headquarters was the house on Chase Avenue which now houses the Public Relations office, and it was among the country’s outstanding critical publications un- til financial difficulties forced it to suspend publication in 1970. The School of English, during the summers of 19-18. 1949, and 1950, brought to the Kenyon campus a mind-boggling assemblage of literary notables, for a series of intensive courses and public seminars. In addition to the group ap- pearing on this page, the roll included such names as Cleantn Brooks, F. O. Matthiessen, Allen Tate, and Robert Penn Warren. In 1951 the school became the School of Letters of the University of Indiana. KHIows of the School of English. 1950. Front row: Philip Blair Kice. WtUtam Empson. John Crowe Ransom. L. C. Knight. Charles Monroe Coffin (also of the Kenvon English Department); back row. Arthur Mi .ener, Robert Lowell '40. Kenneth Burke. Delmore Schwartz.

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“Kenyon students gave few plays, if any. before the Civ. War. though there is mention of some 'colloquies.'The lapse of the Collegian in 1860. followed by a long dunk of information on such subjects, makes it difficult : trace the early history of dramatics in the college. A n t ice has been preserved of a play. The Loan of a Low to Ik given on the eighth of February. 1876. Then em» a long blank, until, in November, 1885, a small poster»» printed, announcing ‘Tom Cobb, or Fortune's Toy! i Comedy in Three Acts.’ This play was given by student assisted by several young ladies of the village. In 1886, u commencement time, there was a play, entitled The Adventure Club.’ The Standard of the Cross spoke of h discreetly as a ‘dialogue.’ In 1888 the ‘Kenyon Dramatic Company’ was formed, and presented plays at Philo Hall generally assisted by Gambier young ladies, but some- times giving the female parts to men. Old-fashioned farces and light comedies made up most of the pro- grammes. It was not until near the dose of this period [1896] that dramatics began really to flourish at Ken- yon.” — from Kenyon College: Its First Century (1924 by George F. Smythr Mead of the Family. Rosae Hall. I8M AT NT N KAPIM IIAIA WcM tail Jane 5, '89, In Their New Plays, thei AND E Hearing and Believing, IV» tbr IVwit «I U Kniyrni R»mu MUSIC By THE KENYON ORCHESTRA, On- IMnrttaiof Mr. Admission. 60 Onto. . Children. 2 Cents. 20 I M ftifaim ■ p. H Kenyon Minstrels. 1894