Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Jason Knox ’22 broke the Hobart Division I era single game record with an incredible 10 tallies against Siena. He also held the previous mark, scoring nine goals against the Saints in 2019. The 2020 Statesmen led Division I in scoring offense, averaging 19.6 goals per game.

Hatsuhana under the Waterfall, Woodcut, by Utagawa Yasugoro in 1840

Boo-Hoo, Linocut by Kara Walker in 2000, gift of Friends of Houghton House - Paula Kalenik '71

Will Harrison '21 led the Statesmen golf team in scoring average, 79.8. He recorded seven of the team’s 16 rounds in 70s, tying for the team’s best round with a 75 in the first round of the Utica Invitational.

Ellie Burns '21 recorded five points on four goals and an assist as William Smith defeated Oswego 18-3 in its home opener.

Blue Vertical, Gouache on paper, by Carl Plansky in 1988, Gallery purchase, Friends of Houghton - Paula Kalenik ’71

Untitled color lithograph by Paul Klee, gift of Michael W. Levy ’72

“As new students you must do your part to help hold the house together, not just the American house, but the world house.”

“I say to you our country is a different country, our country is a better country because a whole generation got in the way.”

“So, walk with the wind and let the spirit of Hobart and William Smith Colleges be your guide.”

“This little piece of real estate, this little planet we call earth. Call it the house of Africa, the house of Europe, the house of Egypt, the house of Central and South America. We all live in the same house.”

“I … asked my mother, asked my father, my grandparents, my great grandparents, ‘why segregation, why racial discrimination?’ and they said ‘that’s the way it is. Don’t get in the way. Don’t get in trouble.’”

“But, in 1955 at the age of 15 … The action of Rosa Parks, the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., inspired me to find a way to get in the way. I got in the way. I got in trouble. It was good trouble. It was necessary trouble.”

“As a young child I tasted the beautiful fruits of segregation and racial discrimination and I didn’t like it.”

“And I said that those of us who live in America, maybe our foremothers and our forefathers all came to this great land in different ships, but we’re all in the same boat now.”

In 2007, Civil Rights Leader and Congressman John Lewis gave the Convocation Address at HWS where he also received the President’s Medal from President Emeritus Mark D. Gearan L.H.D. ’17, P’21.This Week in Photos pays tribute to Lewis by sharing excerpts from his speech.