The Kenyon Collegian

The Kenyon Collegian, established in 1856, is the student-run newspaper at Kenyon College. Each issue of the paper is archived by the College Archives and has now been digitized. This collection contains the digitized copies of the paper in PDF format. For more information on the archive collection, please contact Special Collections & Archives.

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Kenyon Collegian - January 1856

Mollia Tempora Fandi, 1; Songs for the Lyre, 3; Toadiana A Defence of the Batrachians, 5; Thomas Chatterton, 12; The March of Mind, 13; Sponsor Death, 18; Andre and Hale, 22; Energy of Character, 24; Memorabilia Kenyonensia: Letter from the "Bull's Eye," 25; Editors' Table, 27
Kenyon Collegian - February 1856

Longfellow's Hiawatha, 33; Crazy Town, 39; The Old Oaken Chest, 40; Songs for the Lyre, 42; The Orator, 42; Lenore, 53; Memorabilia Kenyonensia: Leap Year Festival, 54; Memorabilia Kenyonensia: Epithalamium, 57; Editors' Table, 58
Kenyon Collegian - March 1856

Gossip With Myself, 65; A Few Squints, 67; Heart and Hand, 72; The Last Scene, 73; Passion, 76; The Tongue, 77; Carmen Amoebaeum,79; An Apologue, 83; To my Sick Absent Boy, 84; Memorabilia Kenyonensia: Washington's Birth-Day in Kenyon, 85; Memorabilia Kenyonensia: Philomathesian Society Exhibition, 87; Memorabilia Kenyonensia: Monument of Winter, 89; Editors' Table, 90
Kenyon Collegian - May 1856

The Rt. Rev. Philander Chase, 97; Translation from the Greek, 103; Our House, 109; Permanence of Literary Fame, 113; Good Counsel, 116; Memorabilia Kenyonensia: The Illumination, 117; Memorabilia Kenyonensia: The Old Chapel, A Poem, 120; Editors' Table, 125
Kenyon Collegian - June 1856

The Rt. Rev. Philander Chase, 129; Death Loves a Shining Mark, 136; Old Simeon Greene, 137; Beauty and Truth, 140; The Old Oaken Chest, 140; The Heroine of the Brandywine, 144; Lines Written on a Winter Morning, 147; The Spirit of the Age, 148; Midnight, 152; Memorabilia Kenyonensia: Sugar Day, 153; Editors' Table, 157
Kenyon Collegian - July 1856

The Rt. Rev. Philander Chase, 161; Sonetta, 169; The Teacher and his Vocation, 169; The Old Oaken Chest, 175; Yes and No, 175; Letter to Epidaemus, 179; The Silver Legs, 181; Memorabilia Kenyonensia: Patroclus and His Friends, 185; Editors' Table, 191
Kenyon Collegian - October 1856

An Apology for a Poem, 193; Requiem, 198; The Rt. Rev. Philander Chase, 200; Reveries of An Idle Man, 204; Mr. Pepys -- His Diary, 209; The Waters, 209; Memorabilia Kenyonensia: Commencement, 216; Memorabilia Kenyonensia: College Honors, 219; Memorabilia Kenyonensia: Kenyon College Calendar, 219; Editors' Table, 220
Kenyon Collegian - November 1856

Hunt on the Eve of St. Agnes, 225;The Music of the Rain, 233; The Rt. Rev. Philander Chase, 234; A New Epic, 239; Reveries of An Idle Man, 243; Tables, 247; Editors' Table, 254
Kenyon Collegian - December 1856

Tennyson's Maud, 257; The Harvest Spring, 264; The Rt. Rev. Philander Chase, 265; Halotha. A Legend of Harper's Ferry, 269; Apothegms, 274; My Last Sermon, 275; Waves, 275; Memorabilia Kenyonensia: The Lay of the College Boll., 279; Editors' Table, 284
Kenyon Collegian - October 1857

Hugh Miller and the Six Days of Creation, 202; The Nun, 208; Modern Pilgrims, 208; The Right Rev. Philander Chase, D.D., 217; The Deathless Ideal, 219; Presentiments, 220; Memorabilia Kenyonensia: Commencement Day, 223; Editors' Table, 229
Kenyon Collegian - November 1857

A Chapter on Words, 234; Uncertainty, 239; Our Say About Lovers, 240; The Right Rev. Philander Chase, D.D., 247; The Student to His Heart, 249; The Philosophy of Life, 250; Memorabilia Kenyonensia: Kenyon Songs, 257; Editors' Table, 259
Kenyon Collegian - December 1857

Works of Fiction and Travel, 266; Aboriginal America, 271; Young America, 279; The Harmony of Mind, 282; Moral Beauty, 285; The Right Rev. Philander Chase, D.D., 286; American Recklessness, 289; Memorabilia Kenyonensia: Student Songs, 293; Editors' Table, 295
Kenyon Collegian - January 1858

The University of Oxford, 1; A Hyperion Sketch, 6; To --, 11; Farewell, 12; Comte’s Philosophy, 13; Alone, 21; My Christmas Night, 23; The Coming Out of the Stars, 29; At Morning, 30; The Right Rev. Philander Chase, D.D., 31; Probosciana, 36; The Heroism of Lieutenant Herndon, 39; Memorabilia Kenyonensia, 41; Editors’ Table, 44
Kenyon Collegian - February 1858

The German Universities, 49; In Imitation of Tennyson, 57; Education, 61; From the Note-Book of a Senior, 62; A Page of Unrecorded History, 68; The Unchangeable, 71; An Analogy Not in Butler, 73; Our Stove and We, 75; The Right Rev. Philander Chase, D.D., 78; The Midnight Review, 81; Shadows, 83; Memorabilia Kenyonensia, 90; Editors’ Table, 94
Kenyon Collegian - March 1858

What and How to Read, 97; Little Things, 104; A Blotted Page from the Book of My Life, 104; Dirge, 113; The Right Rev. Philander Chase, D.D., 114; My Wedding-Day, 119; The Nebular Hypothesis of La Place, 123; Memorabilia Kenyonensia, 134; Editors’ Table, 140
Kenyon Collegian - May 1858

Imagination, 145; The Mirrored Stars, 149; The Voices, 150; Stanzas, 153; The Baconian Philosophy: An Oration, 154; De Mortuis Nihil Nisi Bonum, 156; The Opening of Spring, 159; In the Spring, 160; A Hint to Homesick Students, 161; Translation from the Greek: Address of Democritus Abderites to the Eidola, 168; Lyrics for the Curious – A Critique, 168; Another Chapter on Words, 173; The Right Rev. Philander Chase, D.D., 181; Memorabilia Kenyonensia, 183; Editors’ Table, 184
Kenyon Collegian - June 1858

The Megarics, 193; The Russian Empire, 199; A Story of Scotland, 209; Witchcraft, 215; The Right Rev. Philander Chase, D.D., 221; Tradition – Mythological and Spiritual, 225; Memorabilia Kenyonensia, 232; Editors’ Table, 235
Kenyon Collegian - July 1858

Memory, 250; Translation from Ovid, Lib. XV, 250; The Spanish Empire – The Causes of Its Decay, 251; To-Day and To-Morrow, 254; The Study of History, A Means of Instruction – Political and Moral, 255; Literary Idolatry, 257; Memorabilia Kenyonensia, 261; Editors’ Table, 270
Kenyon Collegian - October 1858

American Student Life, 273; Lessing – (1729-1781), 284; Consolation in Tears, 291; Moods, 292; The English Army, 296; Herbert’s “Roman Traitor,” 301; Observations By the Way, 305; Memorabilia Kenyonensia, 307; Editors’ Table, 316
Kenyon Collegian - November 1858

The West, 321; The Unsung Dead, 332; Vcationisms: Jotted By a Senior, 332; Klopstock – (1723-1803), 340; Loved Ones at Home, 345; “There Is a Modest Mansion Upon the Banks of the Potomac,” 346; Works of Art, 351; Hope’s Anastasius, 356; Modern Spiritualism – Are Its Claims True or False?, 359; Editors’ Table, 365
Kenyon Collegian - December 1858

Upper-Tendom, 369; Impediments to Intellectual Improvement, 379; Right Rev. Philander Chase, D.D., 385; I Loved Thee, 391; The Poetry of the Troubadours, 393; Christoph Martin Wieland (1733-1813), 401; The Old Clock, 407; Editors’ Table, 414
Kenyon Collegian - January 1859

The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, 1; Two Tributes To Black Eyes, 11; Intercepted Letters of a Home-Sick Student, 12; Recitation Rooms, 21; Right Rev. Philander Chase, D.D., 27; From the Modern Greek, 34; Johann Gottfried Herder, 36; The First Inhabitants of the Mississippi Valley, 40; Editors’ Table, 45
Kenyon Collegian - February 1859

The Climatic Theory of Poisson and Herschell, 49; Chatterton, 62; Be What You Would Appear to Be, 64; Romance of a Picture, 70; Too Late, 76; Periodical Literature vs. Religion, 77; The Lost Chapter of the Pilgrim’s Progress, 81; Individualism, 87; Memorabilia Kenyonensia, 90; Editors’ Table, 93
Kenyon Collegian - April 1859

Hugh Miller, 97; Oh Winter Woods!, 110; The Roman Catholic Church vs. The United States Courts, 111; Goethe, 118; That Bitter Word, 121; Preface to an Unpublished Novel, 123; The Gipsy’s Story, 126; Right Rev. Philander Chase, D.D., 127; A Trip Upon an “Unlucky Day,” 135; Memorabilia Kenyonensia, 138; Editors’ Table, 140
Kenyon Collegian - May 1859

Hugh Miller, 145; Edgar Allan Poe: An Oration, 154; Sappho, 158; Lost Time, 160; Give Me Thy Faithful Hand, 165; L’Enagenamento, 165; Locating the Site of Kenyon College, 166; The Right Rev. Philander Chase, D.D., 170; A Fragment, 179; Goethe – No. 2, 180; Observations on Musquitoes, 185; Editors’ Table, 189