November 1902

Digital Kenyon: Research, Scholarship, and Creative Exchange The Kenyon Collegian College Archives 11-1-1902 Kenyon Collegian - November 1902 Follow this and additional works at: https://digital.kenyon.edu/collegian Recommended Citation "Kenyon Collegian - November 1902" (1902). The Kenyon Collegian. 1395. https://digital.kenyon.edu/collegian/1395 This News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the College Archives at Digital Kenyon: Research, Scholarship, and Creative Exchange. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Kenyon Collegian by an authorized administrator of Digital Kenyon: Research, Scholarship, and Creative Exchange. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Kcnyon Collegian. DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF KENTON COLLEGE Associate Editors, Editor-in-chief- , T. WALTER COLLINS, '02. THOMAS J. GODDARD '08 J. COLE McKIM, '04. Ltle Tate P. Cromley, '03. B'8ES8 GE1' MAXWELL GANTER, '04. T. M. CARTMELL, '03. M. B. LONG, '05. Vol. XXVIII. GAMBLER, OHIO, NOVEMBER, 1902. N0. 6 5itortaI. 'JHE football team seems to have determined to give the lie to the evil auspices under which the season opened. The score made by Wesleyan was a disappointment to the many spectators who had seen Kenyon present a practically invulnerable "defense through- out the first half and the greater part of the second, but it was con- siderable lower than had been the expectation of many Kenyon men, and certainly than that of the sanguine Methodists, some of whom had even gone so far as to express the opinion that they would actually win the game by a score of five and twenty to nil. The Otterbein game in which neither side scored came as a sur- prise to many Kenyonites, but it must be remembered that our team was outweighed very much and that Otterbein has a much stronger line this year than is usually the case. Much gratitude is due to the delegates to the Ohio Athletic Con- ference for the excellent code of rules which thev have established Of course Kenyon gains something by the arrangement, as it will make scarcely any difference in her accustomed practices ; but we trust our rivals will realize that by those practices we have simply been volun- tarily denying ourselves the privilege of taking advantages, generally admitted to be unfair and which we might without valid protest have 108 THE KENYON COLLEGIAN. taken. The pot may not call the kettle black, and, with one or two exceptions, there is not a college in the state which could have ob- jected consistently to our playing men for more than four years. One of these exceptions is Ohio Wesleyan University whose only diver- gence from the Kenyon custom is that some of her players show a duskier complexion than we are accustomed to see on our own team. The team that defeated us on the fourth of October consisted of amateurs. There is something wanting however, even at Kenyon in athletic spirit. It is true that no student body more loyally supports its team, and it is true that practically one-thir- d of the college turns out to foot ball practice every day. But this is more in the nature of a duty. Athletics and all sports are primarily for pleasure and for the enjoyment and participation of the whole student body. One obvious reason for the non-participation of students in athletics is the smallness of the athletic field, which affords space for only one game at a time. This is to some extent unavoidable, but there is no reason why goal posts should not be set up on the lawn behind old Kenyon. Association foolball, which people in the East are beginning to like, could be played on the grass without injury to it, and as it does not require any special dress, would draw many students from their rooms for a few moments healthy exercise. Association football is played with a round ball and involves no tackling, nor very rough play and can be played without injury to every day clothes. It calls for much running and some skill and is excellent training for regular football and other games. (Etje Stephens Stack Hoom. On the afternoon of October 8th. the Bishop of Ohio, laid the corner stone of the new library slack room, the gift of the late James P. Stephens, of Trenton, N. J., a member of the class of 1859. The exercises partook somewhat of a memorial character, as the donor, one of Kenyon's most devoted alumni and most generous benefactors, had died very suddenly and unexpectedly on the very morning when LETTERS OF THE LATE JAMES P. STEPHEN'S. 109 ground was broken for the building. which he had given and which he had confidently expected to see completed. The order of exercises was as follows : Hymn, a Ancient of days,'' by the college choir; the Gloria Patri and the Creed; the Col- lect for All Saints Day; and the Lord's Prayer. President Peirce then read some extracts from Mr. Stephens' letters in regard to the library, the endowment of which he had increased by about $18,000 within the last year and a half. After reading selections from the letters of the donor President Peirce added a few words expressing his personal sense of loss in Mr. Stephens' death. The President's acquaintance with Mr. Stephens began with the receipt of a thousand dollars for the repairs of Old Kenyon, in 1896, the first undertaking of his administration. From that time to this Mr. Stephens had been ever ready to assist with intelligent advice, with hearty sympa- thy and with generous gifts every plan that was suggested for the development of the college. No one in the entire constituency of the college, Dr. Peirce said, had served closer to him or had shared more fully in his hopes and ambitions for Kenyon's development. The sad realization that these exercises had a memorial character brought to him personal sorrow and a feeling of great loneliness. Then followed the hymn, "For All Thy Saints Who From Their Labours Rest," the benediction, and laying of the corner-ston- e by the Bishop, a prayer, and the Benediction. fire-proo- The stack-roo- m is an entirely f structure, connected with fire-pro- the present library building by a of corridor. It has a capac- ity of 54,000 volumes. The present library building, Hubbard Hall, will hereafter be used as a reading room and for the Librarian's office. (Excerpts $xom tfye letters of tfye ate 3ames p. Stephens. 230 Greenwood Ave., Trenton, N. J. January 8, 1902. You are right in supposing that I will supply, dollar for dollar, the amount raised to complete the endowment of the Chair of English, but, to make my fund available, the endowment must be brought fully up to $30,000. This much is certainly needed for so important a chair. And loo, this increase must be entirely 110 THE KENYON COLLEGIAN. from new blood, no funds must be added which are already a part of the present college endowment, not even any legacies like the John Sherman bequest. My aim is to make this a real benefit with noth- ing fictitious about it. Now, as to the Stack-room- . The idea of two wings sounds archi- tecturally delightful, and from the artistic point of view, the result would doubtless be effective. But is it well to sacrifice utility and safety to Art? It appears to me that the addition should be separated from Hubbard Hall, because the latter is not fire proof, and also because it !should not shut off any light from the reading-rooms- . My notion of a fire-wa- ll of brick in the rear of the present Library seemed to be a good one, and it also seemed that a less architect- ural building would be needed, and by that means its cost might be reduced. Your proposition to build one wing to contain, say, 25,000 volumes, does not seem to offer sufficient room for the immediate growth of the Library. However, I am open to any reasonable sug- gestions ; it is perhaps too early to determine the details of any plan. But the fire-proo- Library must have its f magazine for books, in some form, whatever happens. January 1902.-W- 22, hat I regret to notice is that the " Friends of Kenyon" do not come forward in cohorts and phalanges to re- inforce the noble work of Mr. Mather and Senator Ilanna and of Mr. Dempsey also. If any two gentlemen would step out into the open and dare me to put up $3,000 to the same amount, from eifher of them, for the building of professors' houses well, let's see who they are; I am anxious to make their acquaintance. You must admit my dear Doctor, that your letters, and vour talk too, have not exactly overflowed with encouragement and hope for the Mcllvaine professorship affair. I trust Kenyon will never again attach anybody's name, living or dead, to a professorship, unless it first be fully endowed, and. hereafter, with not less than $30 000 About those wings to Hubbard Hall, they would have to be something rather elegant and expensive to face the College Path-an- d is it always wise to cut one's coat according to one's cloth. LETTERS OF THE LATE JAMES P. STEPHENS. Ill As for the improvement to the architecture of the present Library building, well, you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. I still think it would be best to separate the stack-roo- m from fire-wa- the reading-rooms- , and have a substantial ll of brick rising above the roof; it also seems to me to be inconvenient to have two stack-room- s, one on either side of the reading-room- s ; there should be one point of distribution.

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