The southern sentinel., 1908-08-28
STIRRING SCENES
OF EARLIER DAYS
Some Of the Memorable lncid.
ents that Spring to Light
III College Life.

1uc COuiucuCCuICut SAShSioSS
of q famous and venerable insti.
tuition of learning that dates it,
establishment back nearly cen.
tury, when America was wilder.
ness, is a most notable anniyer.
sary in the lives of the men who
have drunk copiously of the wa.
ters of its Pierian spring. The
aIumnae gather from all quarters
of this great Republic. from the
metropolitan cities, the towns,
villages and rural districts. They
represent men of eminence and
renown, in every calling and pro-
fession IN the active circles of life.
They are imbued with q single
respiration. Men gather at the
shrine of Alma Mater to quafi
anew of the goblet of youth and
to renew the memories so dear to
every Collegian's heart. and above
all else to revive the ties of youth
full days and clasp again in the
warm grasp of a lasting friendship
the hand of some school-day CON-
panion. and look once more into
the clear light of honest eyes
ne'er dimmed with the worlds
cares and experiences.
The gathering amid the classic
shades of ancient Kenyon College,
Ohio, in 1908, was the most numer-
Gus and most notable in the history
of the institution. The exercises
were more than ordinarily in
teresting. because here gathered
men from all sections of the land
whose initial into its well remem-
bered surroundings, dated back
for over half a century.
The first notable event occurred
on Sunday, June 81, the Bacca-
laureate sermon by the very Rev.
Paul Matthews, dean of st. Paul's
Cathedral of Cincinnati. How
vivid the impressive scene of this
striking event in the lives of the
graduating classl The brilliantly
lighted interior of the Church of
the Holy Spirit, with its beautiful
memorial windows, was crowded
with an audience where beauty
and intellectual preeminence min
gled, with renewed lustre and
sttractlveness. Then, rs the or
gan pealed forth its notes of an
inspiring melody, the graduates,
in college gowns, headed by pro-
perly robed conductors, slowly
wended their way to their allotted
place. followed by the professors
with their official robes to desig
nate their eeveral departments.
The sermon was one befitting the
time and occasion, and splendid in
oratory and learning. as became
the occasion and the ilIustrious
divine who belongs to q family
distinguished for their learning.
in the councils of the nation. The
music, rendered by q student
choir, was one Of the most attract
tive features of this solemn and
touching scene.
Then the vast audience assem-
bled in front of Ross Hall. and |
under the shade of Il
dense foliage of the trees, were
entertained by the Glee Club. |
Solos, quartettes, full chorus
songs, With ::interludes of instru-
mental music, furnished q mcst
delightful entertainment for the
audience. who repeatedly encored
the performers.
On the evening of June %, the
Senior class CAV. splendid rem
ditlou of villiers' The Rehearsal,
10 an audience that filed the
spacious ball. That night the
fraternities held their annual
banquets where good cheer and
Eoodi fellowship, oratory and song
ruled the feeting hours. March,
ing in solid bodies along the coli
lege avenue, they filed the dark
hess and midnight silence with
notes of melody that were echoed
back from the adjacent hills in
ripping waves of song. As the
lawn of 1.-The succeeding morn