From the Archives Archives — The Kenyon Collegian

Section: Features

Bob Dylan’s concert at Rosse in 1964 was a sight to behold

If a current Kenyon student were told that the king of folk, Bob Dylan, once performed at their school, it would elicit an… Read More

by Fred Giron-Giessen
October 3, 2019
Section: Features

Cane Rush: a retired first-year and sophomore competition

According to the November 12, 1947 edition of the Kenyon Collegian, the annual Cane Rush began with “a shot, a cry of ‘Banzai!’… Read More

by Jackson Wald
September 26, 2019
Section: Features

Kenyon has debated paving of Middle Path for half a decade

A recent post on the popular Facebook page “Overheard at Kenyon” ignited an online debate over paving Middle Path, often described as the “central… Read More

by Dante Kanter
September 5, 2019
Section: Features

Frederick Douglass’ Mount Vernon visit caused controversy

On February 9, 1877, the Democratic Banner, Mount Vernon’s “leading publication” according to their header, announced that Frederick Douglass — an abolitionist, writer… Read More

by Dante Kanter
May 2, 2019
Section: Features

‘Wild Men’: the circus performers buried in Mount Vernon

On March 17, 1905, hundreds attended the funeral of Hiram Davis, famed circus performer, at Mound View Cemetery in Mount Vernon. A train had… Read More

by Dante Kanter
April 18, 2019
Section: Features

A thorough look at Kenyon’s historic and forbidden towers

From a vista south of the Brown Family Environmental (BFEC), the spire of Old Kenyon Residence Hall rises just above the trees that… Read More

by Cameron Austin
November 8, 2018
Section: Features

Kenyon linked to creation of Advanced Placement program

Around 1951, Kenyon President Gordon Keith Chalmers proposed several initiatives to shorten the timeline for obtaining a bachelor’s degree. One would have called… Read More

by Cameron Austin
March 1, 2018
Section: Features

Put on ice: the history of Kenyon’s extinct ice hockey team

Though central Ohio lays claim to its own professional hockey team, the Columbus Blue Jackets, Kenyon College has limited winter sports opportunities. This… Read More

by Zack Eydenberg and Cameron Austin
February 1, 2018
Section: Features

Car chases to chili: Market once the site of historic robbery

Today, you will find the new Village Market standing where the original Peoples Bank of Gambier once stood, but you’d never guess from… Read More

by Justin Sun
November 2, 2017
Section: Features

The unexpected history behind Kenyon’s Gates of Hell

The origin of the name “The Gates of Hell” is as anticlimactic as it is amusing. Officially, the two pillars on Middle Path… Read More

by Justin Sun
September 28, 2017