The Echo SENECA QUARTO LD 2268 .E3 1886 ~:'" t , :} .. • • • ~--- ... I • • T-he echo r • • '87 • • l ~ •f W ECHO or fHE SENECA III PUBLISHED ANNUALLY BY OF H0 ,8 AR rr C0 U u. EG E , GE~EV,\, N. y. Lv .d~~~ .S~ \ '6<6c, r ; • • PRINTED AT THE COURIER JOB PRINTING DEPARTMENT, GENEVA, N.Y. • • • • • ST. JOHN'S CHAPEL. • • INTERIOR OF ST. JOHN'S CHAPEL. • - ~~~ --- ----------- • • TO THE YOUNG LADIES OF THE "ANNEX" IS THIS THE XXV VOLU1V[E OF • THE "EC HO OF THE SENECA" AFFECTION- ATELY DEDICATED. • I • J o I . [\ .. ~=--~- if • .. '. J)oarcl of pclitors. ~ CHARLES THOMAS WATERS, Chairman. CHARLES ROSE WILLIAMS, JAMES HOWARD T. PEARSON, HOWARD COLE FULTON. CHARLES BONSALL MOWRY. J)usiness §mittee. HARLOW WARD BAILEY, Chairman. JOHN HENRY FOSS, LEWIS WHEATON KEYES. • 7 CONTENTS. DEDICATION 5 EDITORIAL BOARD - 7 EDITORIAL 9 OFFICERS AND STUDENTS - 11-24 CLASS EDITORIALS AND OFFICERS 25-40 SECRET FRATERNITIES - 41-50 ATHLETIC AND AQUATIC - 51-62 I,ITERARY, MUSICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS - - 63-88 .' CHLOROPSIS 89-93 ADVERTISEMENTS - I to XI I 8 1 j .' ·." • pditoriaL .' ----- LAST it has become the duty as well as the pleasure of the Class of '87 to observe the time honored custom of publishing an "Echo." Now that our work is completed and ready to go before the criticising eye of the public, we become painfully aware that in spite of the time spent and trouble taken, "we have left undone many things that we ought to. have done," and that the pages of our Annual reflect but faintly· and imperfectly the life at College and the many happenings of greater or less importance that have made. this the most interesting and eventful year of our college course. We have endeavored to make the twenty-fifth volume of the "Echo" have one feature to which we would respectfully call the attention of our critics, and that is originality. The senseless pages of "grinds" have been omitted; to the Geneva young lady we have by our silence said, "requiescat in pace; " those monuments of the past, the cuts used by the previous Echo editors, have been presimted to the new museum, and original electrotypes have been used throughout. 'rhe engraving of the buildings will, we trust, be of interest to the Alumni and other frjends of the College. :May it inspire them to add another Hall to the .. Row" for the accommodation of the rapidly increasing number of students. The past year has been of unusnal interest to Hobart and her fI'iends. Within the short twelve months the handsome new Library has beeu erected; the old Middle Building, hallowed by so many tender recollections of English recitations, has become a heap of smouldering ruins; the 9 f .1~>1 long desired Gymnasium has become a certainty; the largest Freshman .class for -some years has entered; a learned and popular gentleman has been added to the l!'aculty; athletics have again taken their old place as a feature of the student life, and many other events of the greatest interest have transpired. If by the publication of our Annual the warm class feeling, that has always characterized Eighty-seven has been increased, and Wft have been brought more and nearer together, in spite of its many shod-comings and weaknesses, we will consider our " Echo" a success; and it is with that hope that we • resign our place as Echo editors to the class of Eighty-eight. EDITORS. .' 10 • • Offi<2ers and S)tadents j of • -Hobart . ~olle@e.· • 11 @:nclar. --..-'-,--y- 1885. Sept. 17, Thursday, TRINITY TERM begins. Sept. 24, Thursday, Sophomore Honor Examinations. Dec. 21, Monday, Term Examinations begin. Dec. 22, Tuesday, - Sophomore Prize Exhibition. Dec. 24, Thursday, CHRISTMAS V ACATION begins. 1886. Jan. 14, Thursday - EASTER TERM begins. Jan. 19, Tuesday, Meeting of the Trustees. Feb. 3, Wednesday, Matriculation Day. April 2, Friday, - Easter Examinations (special). April 26, Monday, Easter Recess begins. May 3, Mouday, - Easter Recess ends. May 6, Thursday, Senior Honor Examinations begin. .May 11, Tuesday, Junior Prize Exhibition. June 2, Wednesday, Senior Term Examinations. June 10, Thursday, Phi Beta Kappa Election. June 16, Wednesday, Term Examinations begin. June 20, Trinit,y Sunday, Missionary and Baccalaureate Sermons. June 22, Tuesday, - Entrance Examinations begin. Annual Meeting of the Phi Beta Kappa. June 23, Wednesday, Annual Meeting of the Trustees. Orations for the White Medal. Annual Meeting of Associate Alumni. Election of a Trustee by the Alumni. June 24, Thursday, COMMENCEMENT DAY. Summer Vacation begins. Sept. 14, Tuesday, Second Entrance Examinations. Sept. 16, Thursday, TRINITY TERM (1886) begins. J:lept. 23, Thursday, Sophomore Honor Examinations. ~ Dec. 20, Monday, Term Examinations begin. Dec. 21, Tuesday, Sophomore Prize Exhibition. Dec. 23, Thursday, CHRISTMAS VACATION begins. 12 fl. ' • THE RT. REV. HORATIO POTTER, D. D., LL. D., D. C. L., OXON., Bishop of New York. THE RT. REV. ARTHUR CLEVELAND COXE, D. D., LL. D., Bishop of Western New York. THE RT. REV. ABRAM NEWKIRK LITTLEJOHN, D. D., Bishop of Long Island. • THE RT. REV. WILLIAM CROSWELL DOANE, D. D., Bishop of Albany. THE RT. REV. FREDERIC DAN HUNTINGTON, D. D., Bishop of Central New York. THE RT. REV. HENRY C. POTTER, D. D., LL. D., Assistant Bishop of New York. TilE REV. MORGAN DIX, S. T. D., Rector of Trinity Church in the City of New York. • .. 13 • '*" Classified with the Dates of their First Election. THE RT. REV. THE BISHOP of Western New Nork, ex Officio, Chairman. THE REV. THE PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE, ex Officio. 1886. The Rev. MORGAN DIX, S. T. D., New York, 1863 PETER RICHARDS, Esq., - Geneva, 1877 " ARTHUR P. ROSE, M. A., - Geneva, 1871 " The Hon. S. R. WELLES, M. A., M. D., - - Waterloo, 1876 1877. DOUGLAS MERRITT, Esq., Rhinebeck, 1885 " ALEXANDER L. CHEW, Esq., - Geneva, 1868 " JOHN .McDONALD, M. A., New York, 1881 " The Hon. LEVI P. MORTON, - New York, 1886 1888. GEORGE E. MUMFORD, M. A., - Rochester, 1882 " The Rev. W. W. BATTERSHALL, D. D., - Albany, 1879 " 'I'he HOIl. STERLING G. HADLEY, Waterloo, 1883 • WII,LIAM J. ASHLEY, M. A., - Rochester, 1883 1889. ANDREW MERRELL, M. A., M. D .. - Geneva, 1881 The Rev. HENRY R. LOCKWOOD, M. A., - Syracuse, 1876 " 'fhe HOIl. JAMES 1\'1. SMITH, I,L. D., - Buffalo, 1884 The Hon. STEPHEN H. HAMMOND, M. A., - - Geneva, 1874 1890. P. N. NICHOLAS, M. A., Secretary, Geneva, 1884 " WILLIAM B. DOUGLAS, Esq., - Rochester, 1846 " The Rt. Rev. F. D. HUNTINGTON, D. D., - Syracuse, 1869 " WILLIAM HEATHCOTE DELANCEY, M. A., - New York, 1880 ~ ALEXANDER L. CHEW, Esq., Geneva, Treasurer and Trustee of Scholarship and Professorship Funds and Bursar. • 14 • 1885-1886. ON HONORS. THE PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE, The HON. S. H. HAMMOND, M. A. The REV. W. W. BATTERSHALL, D. D. ON THE COMMENCEMENT. THE PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE, P. N. NICHOLAS, M. A. ON THE REPORT TO THE REGENTS. THE PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE. THE HON. S. G. HADLEY. PETER RICHARDS, ESQ. ON FINll.NCE. ALEXANDER h CHEW, ESQ. PETER RICHARDS, ESQ. • THE PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE. The HON. S. H. HAMMOND, 1\1:. A. ARTHUR P. ROSE, M. A. ON THE REPORTS OF THE Fll.CULTY. 'l'he REV. H. R. LOCKWOOD, M. A. The HON. S. R. WELLES, M. A., M. D., WM. H. DELANCEY, M. A. ON THE LIBR1l.RY. W~[. H. DELANCEY, M. A. The HON. LEVI P. MOR~I'ON. WM. J. ASHLEY, M. A. DOUGLAS MERRITT, ESQ. ON NEW BUILDINGS. WILLIAM B. DOUGLAS, ESQ. PETER RICHARDS, ESQ. • JOHN McDoNALD, M. A. THE PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE. 15 • ELIPHALET NOTT POTTER, S.T. D., LL. D., President. Trinity Professor of Ethics. Instructor in Political Economy and the Constitntion. HAMILTON LANPHERE SMITH, M. A., LL. D., Prendergast Professor of Astronomy and Natural Philosophy. JOSEPH HETHERINGTON McDANIELS, M. A., Professor of the Greek ~anguage and Literature. CHARLES DELAMATER V AIL, 1\1. A., Horace-White Professor of Rhetoric and Elocution, and of the English Language and Literature. Registrar and Librarian. FRANCIS PHILIP NASH, M. A., LL. B., Hobart Professor of the Latin Language and Literature. e.! CHARLES JOHN ROSE, M. A., Professor of the German and French Languages and Adjunct Professor of History. THE REV. WILLIAM M. HUGHES, M. A., Chaplain and Pastor of Hobart College. Instructor in Mental Philosophy and the Evidences of Christianity. WILLIAM PITT DURFEE, Ph. D. (J. H. U.), Professor of Mathematics. EDWIN KNIGHT BUTTLES, M. A., Professor of Chemistry and Secretary of the Faculty. WILLIAM PRALL, LL. B., Ph. D., Instructor in Logic . • Arranged (with exception of the President) according to length of continnous service. 16 " ..,,",,, • ~Ociate ~l.umni OF HOBART COLLEGE . • OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1885-86. CHARLES P; BOSWELL, M. A., c President. The Rev. ROBERT M. DUFF; M. A., Vice-President. Prof. CHARLES D. VAIL, M. A. Geneva, - Secretary. ALEXANDER D. CHEW, B. A, Treasurer. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. CHARLE8 P. BOSWELL, M. A .• Ex Officio. - The Rev. ROBERT M. DUFF, M. A., - Ex Officio. Prof. CHARLES D. V AIL, M: A., Ex Officio. ALEXANDER D. CHEW, B. A., - Ex Officio. CHARLES N. HEMIUP, M. A., Additional. GEORGE P. BELLOWS, M. A., - Additional. The Rev. CHARLES BRAGDON, M. A., Additional. STANDING COMMITTEES. On Deceased 111embers. The Rev. WILLIAM M. HUGHES, M. A., The Rev. LEWIS HALSEY, M. A., CHARLES N. HEMIUP, M. A., JOHN G. GIBSON, M. A., The Rev. WALTER N OR'l'H, M. A. On the Oondition and Prospects of the Oollege. ARTHUR P. ROSE, M. A., Prof. CHARLES D. V AIL, M. A., HENRY A. WHEAT, B. S., Orator for 1884-5.-The Hon. E. O. GRAVES, i\lL A., '63. Poet for 1884-5-The Rev. IJEWIS HALSEY, 1\1.