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FEBRUARY,  1924 


No.  4 


When  Glows  the  Evening  Star 


When  glows  the  evening  star 

O'er  Hocking  streaming, 
Then  come  my  thoughts  from  far, 

Back  to  thee  dreaming; 
I  see  thy  ancient  halls 

Sacred  to  learning, 
Hearing  thy  tender  calls, 

For  thee  I'm  yearning. 

See,  see  how  fair  she  stands, 

Robed  in  rare  beauty; 
Hark  to  her  high  commands. 

Calling  to  duty; 
To  her  mine  eyes  I  turn 

When  falls  the  gloaming, 
For  her  my  heart  shall  bum 

Wher-e'er  I'm  roaming. 

Chorus 
Come  then  loved  friends  and  all, 

List  to  her  mystic  call. 
Alma  Mater,  my  dear, 
Mv  loved  Ohio ! 

—Edwin  W.  Chubb. 


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THE 

OHIO  ALUMNUS 


Vol.  I  FEBRUARY,  1924  No.  4 


Published  monthly  by  the  Ohio  University  Alumni  Association. 


CLARK  E.  WILLIAMS,  '21,  Editor 


Table  of  Contents 


Page 

Founder's  Day  Fittingly  Celebrated 4 

Historical  Review — Aspirations  for  the  Future. 

Death  Comes  to  Jane  Evans 14 

"Shorty"  a  Crack  Drillmaster 15 

From  the  Editor's  Desk 16 

The  Dix  Reunion  Plan 17 

Ohio's  New  Gym  Dedicated 18 

De  Alumnis 20 

Dr.  Kahler  Succumbs 22 

Marriages    22 

Cradle  Roll  —  Deaths 23 

Bits  of  History  and  Tradition 24 


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Founder's  Day  Fittingly  Observed 

Addresses  of  the  Occasion  Are  Equal  to  the  Best  Efforts 

Of  the  Past  Ceremonies 


Hoover  and  Atkinson  Speak  of  the   Historical  Past  and 
Aspirations  of  the  Future 


FOUNDER'S  DAY,  February  18,  of  Ohio 
University  was  well  and  fittingly  cele- 
brated on  the  campus  by  the  largest  con- 
vocation of  the  year.  Ewing  Hall  auditor- 
ium was  packed  to  the  corridors  with  Ohio 
University  students,  faculty,  and  alumni  of 
the  town. 

The  special  exercises  were  opened  by 
President  Bryan  after  which  they  were 
turned  over  to 
the  Alumni  Sec- 
retary, Clark 
Williams.  The 
Girls'  Glee  Club 
appeared  as  the 
first  feature  of 
the  program  and 
were  heard  in 
two  numbers  un- 
der the  direction 
of  Prof.  C.  C. 
Robinson;  the 
first,  "  Chanson 
Des  Daisers,"  by 
Bemberg,  and  the 
second,  "I  Know 
of  Two  Bright 
Eyes"  by  Clutson. 

M  r .  Williams 
then  explained 
that  because  of  the  unfavorable  date  of  the 
occasion,  coming  as  it  did  near  the  first  of 
the  week,  and  because  of  its  proximity  to 
another  event  which  was  to  be  observed 
with  some  elaborateness,  it  was  deemed  ad- 
visable to  celebrate  Founder's  Day  more 
quietly  than  in  the  past  and  without  calling 
in  an  outside  speaker.  He  explained  that 
there  were  men,  not  without  distinction,  up- 
on the  faculty  of  Ohio  University  who  were 
at  the  same  time  graduates  of  the  school 
and  that  these  men  had  been  called  upon  to 
make  the  addresses  of  the  day. 

He  then  introduced  Professor  Thomas  N. 
Hoover  who  gave  an  address  on  "The  His- 
torical Background  of  Ohio  University."  It 
was  the  consensus  of  opinion  of  the  large 


audience  that  it  was  one  of  the  finest  ad- 
dresses of  an  historical  nature  relating  to 
Ohio  University  that  had  ever  been  given  on 
the  occasion  of  Founder's  Day.  Because  of 
their  unusual  interest  and  excellence,  the 
addresses  of  both  Prof.  Hoover  and  Prof. 
Atkinson  have  been  given  a  place  in  this 
month's  "Alumnus,"  in  their  entirety.  Pro- 
fessor Hoover's  address,  "The  Historical 
Background  o  f 
Ohio  University 
follows : 

On  the  night  of 
January  9,  1786, 
General  R  u  f  u  s 
Putnam  had  as 
his  guest  in  his 
large,  comforta- 
ble home  at  Rut- 
1  a  n  d,  Massachu- 
setts,  another 
general,  Benja- 
min  Tupper. 
These  men  were 
both  natives  of 
M  a  s  s  a  chusetts, 
born  the  same 
year,  1738;  both 
were  left  father- 
less when  mere 
boys;  both  were  educated  in  the  school  of 
experience  and  hard  knocks;  both  served 
with  honor  in  the  Revolution;  both  became 
surveyors;  both  were  pioneers  in  Ohio;  both 
were  members  of  Board  of  Trustees  of  Ohio 
University;  and  both  for  many  years  were 
active  in  the  cause  of  Ohio  University. 

All  night  long  these  two  men  sat  before 
the  open  log  fire,  smoked  their  pipes  and 
dreamed  of  the  lands  west  of  the  mountains 
where  loyal  American  soldiers  could  make 
their  homes,  and  for  all  time  end  Spain's 
hopes  of  gaining  the  regions  of  the  Ohio 
and  Mississippi.  Perhaps  on  this  night  were 
made  the  first  suggestions  of  Ohio  Univer- 
sity. 

The  result  of  this  night's  conference  wa,s 


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the  famous  "Information,"  bearing  the  date 
of  January  10,  1786,  and  published  in  the 
papers  of  New  England  on  January  25. 
This  "Information"  was  a  call  for  a  meeting 
of  delegates  from  the  New  England  sec- 
tion to  be  held  at  the  famous  Bunch  of 
Grapes  tavern  in  Boston  on  March  1,  1786, 
to  form  the  Ohio  Company. 

At  this  meeting.  General  Putnam  pre- 
sided. Among  the  eleven  men  present  was 
the  one  who  is  known  as  the  Father  of  Ohio 
University,  Reverend  Manasseh  Cutler,  na- 
tive of  Connecticut,  in  the  class  of  1765  at 
Yale,  minister,  teacher,  doctor,  scientist, 
member  of  Congress,  and  the  best  lobbjnst 
of  his  time.  Articles  of  Association  for  the 
Ohio  Company  were  drawn 
up  and  the  meeting  ad- 
journed. For  a  year  the 
members  were  selling  stock 
in  the  company,  so  that  the 
next  meeting  was  not  held 
until  March  8,  1787.  General 
Rufus  Putnam,  General 
Samuel  H.  Parsons,  and  Rev- 
erend Manasseh  Cutler  were 
appointed  directors  for  the 
company.  General  Parsons 
was  first  sent  as  agent  to  the 
Congress  but  was  soon  sup- 
erseded by  Manasseh  Cutler. 

On  the  24th  of  June,  Dr. 
Cutler  started  on  his  long 
ride  of  300  miles  from  his 
home  in  Salem,  Mass.,  to 
New  York,  where  the  old  con- 
gress was  meeting.  His  mis- 
sion was  to  make  a  contract 
with  Congress  for  the  pur- 
chase of  a  large  tract  of  land 
in  the  Ohio  country.  His  first 
night  was  spent  in  Cam- 
bridge, the  guest  of  Dr.  Will- 
ard.  Next  day  he  went  to 
Boston  to  confer  with  Gener-  Prof.  T.  N 

al  Rufus  Putnam.  On  the 
way  to  New  York  he  visited  his  father, 
spent  an  evening  at  Yale  with  President 
Stiles,  lectured  on  botany  at  Yale,  and  ar- 
rived in  New  York  on  July  5,  a  week  before 
Congress  passed  the  famous  Ordinance  of 
1787  for  the  government  of  this  territory. 
The  memorable  provisions  of  this  ordinance 
were  probably  the  suggestions  of  Dr.  Cut- 
ler. 

He  at  once  submitted  his  proposal  to  Con- 
gress for  a  contract  for  the  Ohio  Company. 
On  the  6th  of  July,  a  committee  of  Con- 
gress was  appointed  to  arrange  for  the  sale 
of  lands.  While  the  members  of  Congress 
were  considering  Cutler's  proposals,  he  was 
extending  his  acquaintance  where  best  re- 
sults would  be  secured.  On  Monday,  July 
9,  Dr.  Cutler  writes  in  his  diary,  "Attended 
the  Committee  at  Congress  Chamber..  De- 
bated on  terms,  but  were  so  wide  apart  that 
there  appears  little  prospect  of  closing  a 
contract."     Dr.  Cutler     played     a     shrewd 


game  with  Congress,  With  the  utmost  in- 
difference, he  suggested  that  his  company 
would  buy  from  the  states,  and  that  land 
could  be  bought  from  the  state  of  New 
York  cheaper  than  from  Congress.  He  pre- 
pared to  leave  New  York.  Congress  be- 
came alarmed.  General  Parsons,  slated  by 
the  company  as  first  territorial  governor, 
was  shifted  to  judge,  and  Arthur  St.  Clair, 
president  of  Congress,  was  agreed  upon  as 
territorial  governor.  Congress  authorized 
the  contract  at  half  past  three  o'clock  on 
Friday,  July  27,  1787.  In  this  contract  was 
the  first  provision  for  Ohio  University — 
fourteen  days  after  the  famous  Ordinance 
of  1787,  and  fifty-two  days  before  the  com- 
pletion of  the  Constitution  of 
the  United  States. 

This  first  step  towards  an 
Ohio  University  in  this  con- 
tract is  that  Congress  should 
set  aside  "two  townships  of 
'-.wenty-three  thousand  and 
forty  acres  each,  for  an  Uni- 
versity, to  be  as  near  the 
center  of  the  whole  tract,  as 
may  be  *  *."  The  efforts 
of  Cutler  and  Putnam,  _  the 
preparation  for  the  migra- 
tion, the  trip  to  the  Ohio,  the 
building  of  the  "May  flower," 
the  trip  down  the  Ohio,  the 
settlement  at  "Adelphia,"  or 
Marietta  in  April,  1788,  the 
opposition  and  discourage- 
ments in  the  states,  mustbe 
passed.  Posters  representing 
wealth  and  happiness  bore 
the  inscription,  "We're  going 
to  Ohio."  Other  posters  por- 
traying starvation  were  in- 
scribed, "We've  been  to 
Ohio."  The  directors  of  the 
Company  soon  turned  to  the 
problem  of  the  University. 
On  June  30,  1790,  it  was  de- 
cided that  the  two  townships  should  be  lo- 
cated. On  November  9,  of  the  same  year, 
Major  Goodale,  Major  White,  Elijah  Back- 
us, Captain  Jonathan  Devol,  and  Colonel 
Robert  Oliver,  were  appointed  a  committee 
to  locate  these  lands. 

Indian  wars  in  Ohio  checked  the  move- 
ment toward  Ohio  University  until  Mad  An- 
thony Wayne,  Fallen  Timbers,  and  the 
Treaty  of  Greenville  made  this  part  of  Ohio 
safe.  '  The  committee  did  not  perform  its 
mission  until  1795.  On  December  16  of  that 
year,  the  report  was  made  "that  townships 
number  eight  and  nine  in  the  fourteenth 
range  are  the  most  central  in  the  Ohio  Com- 
pany's purchase,  and  it  being  fully  ascer- 
tained that  the  lands  are  of  an  excellent 
quality,"  it  was  therefore  resolved  that 
these  townships,  (Alexander  and  Athens), 
should  be  reserved  for  an  University. 

There  is  an  old  story  that  there  was  a 
generous  amount  of  liquor  used  by  friends 


Hoover 


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of  Athens  in  influencing  the  committee  in 
its  selection  of  the  home  for  the  future  uni- 
versity. It  was  hardly  necessary  for  the 
crew  that  rowed  up  the  Hock-Hocking  to 
depend  upon  Athens  whiskey  because  the 
Ohio  Company  had  "Resolved  that  there  be 
provided  *  *  *  eight  hundred  pounds  of 
good  salt  pork  called  Middling,  also  twelve 
hundred  pounds  of  flour  and  hard  bread, 
three  bushels  of  beans,  and  forty  gallons  of 
whiskey,"  signed  by  the  directors,  "Rufus 
Putnam,  Griffin  Green,  Robert  Oliver." 

The  territorial  Legislature,  on  December 
18,  1799,  passed  a  resolution  requesting  Ru- 
fus Putnam,  Benjamin  Ives  Oilman,  and 
Jonathan  Stone,  to  lay  off,  in  the  most  suit- 
able place  within  the  townships  aforesaid, 
a  town  plat,  which  shall  contain  a  square 
for  the  college;  also,  lots  suitable  for 
house  lots  and  gardens  for  a  president,  pro- 
fesors,  tutors,  etc.,  bordering  on,  or  en- 
circled by  a  "spacious  commons."  On  De- 
cember 6,  1800,  the  territorial  legislature  ac- 
cepted and  approved  the  report  of  General 
Putnam,  Oilman,  and  Stone,  and  ordered 
"that  the  said  town  be  confirmed  and  estab- 
lished by  the  name  of  the  town  of  Athens." 
The  state  General  Assembly  made  a  sepa- 
rate county  of  Athens  on  February  20,  1805, 
and  incorporated  Athens  by  act  of  January 
28,  1811. 

While  the  work  of  locating  the  two  town- 
ships was  in  progress,  General  Putnam 
turned  his  attention  to  the  problem  of  a 
charter  for  the  University.  Under  the  date 
of  August  7,  1799,  Putnam  wrote  to  Ma- 
nasseh  Cutler  asking  his  asisstance  in  pre- 
paring a  charter.  "We  are  totally  destitute 
of  any  copy  of  an  incorporating  act  or  char- 
ter of  a  College,  or  even  of  an  Academy; 
but_  this  is  not  my  principal  reason  for  ap- 
plying to  you.  It  is  a  subject  I  know  you 
have  long  thought  of,  therefore  I  request 
of  you  not  only  the  form,  but  the  substance. 
I  want  you  to  make  out  one  in  detail  and 
forward  it  to  me  as  soon  as  it  is  ready." 

Dr.  Cutler  sent  General  Putnam  a  charter 
under  date  of  June  30,  1800,  with  his  com- 
ments, among  which  are  these:  "That  the 
name  should  be  the  American  University; 
that  the  president  should  serve  during  good 
behaviour;  quarterly  examinations  of  stu- 
dents; a  safe  administration  of  the  two 
townships;  no  large  buildings  for  the  resi- 
dence of  students,  for  "chambers  in  colleges 
are  often  the  secret  nurseries  of  every  vice 
and  the  cages  of  unclean  birds." 

The  territorial  legislature  on  January  9, 
1802,  passed  an  act  to  establish  the  Ameri- 
can Western  University  in  the  town  of  Ath- 
ens, in  terms  almost  as  Manasseh  Cutler 
had  dictated  them  to  General  Putnam.  No 
attempts  were  made  under  this  act  to  es- 
tablish the  University  because  of  the  strug- 
gles between  Governor  St.  Clair  and  the 
legislature  which  culminated  in  the  admis- 
sion of  Ohio  as  a  state.  Then  followed  the 
act  of  the  Ohio  General  Assembly  of  Feb- 


ruary 18,  1804,  providing  for  "Establishing 
an  university  in  the  town  of  Athens  by  the 
name  and  style  of  the  'Ohio  University,'  for 
the  instruction  of  youth  in  all  the  various 
branches  of  liberal  arts  and  sciences,  for  the 
promotion  of  good  education,  virtue,  relig- 
ion and  morality,  and  for  conferring  all  the 
degrees  and  literary  honors  granted  in  sim- 
ilar institutions." 

Honorable  Edward  Tiffin,  first  governor 
of  the  state,  came  from  Chillicothe  to  pre- 
side over  the  first  meeting  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  which  was  held  in  Athens  on  June 
4,  5,  and  6,  1804.  At  this  meeting  were: 
General  Rufus  Putnam,  Elijah  Backus,  Dud- 
ly  Woodbridge,  Rev.  Daniel  Story,  all  of 
Marietta;  Samuel  Carpenter,  of  Lancaster, 
and  Rev.  James  Kilbourn,  of  Worthington. 
Dudly  Woodbridge  was  chosen  the  first  sec- 
retary of  the  board.  He  was  succeeded  in 
1808  by  Henry  Bartlett  who  for  many  years 
recorded  the  proceedings  of  the  trustees  in 
such  excellent  writing  as  it  is  a  delight  to 
see  and  read. 

The  time  of  the  members  of  the  board 
was  taken  up  with  the  many  problems  of 
surveying,  appraising  and  leasing  the 
college  lands;  for  the  lands  had  to  be  con- 
verted into  a  medium  of  exchange  before 
buildings  could  be  erected  or  students 
taught.  The  medium  of  exchange  at  an 
early  meeting — May,  1809 — ^was,  hemp  at 
$6  per  cwt.,  delivered;  steers,  three  years 
old  and  not  over  eight,  $2.50,  delivered  on 
the  first  Monday  in  November;  and  hogs 
weighing  not  less  than  250  pounds  at  $3  per 
cwt.  So  slow  was  the  flow  of  cash  into  the 
treasury  that  not  one  cent  had  reached  the 
desired  destination  at  the  time  of  the  third 
meeting  of  the  board  in  April,  1806.  At 
this  time  there  were  seventy-five  in  Alex- 
ander and  eighty  tracts  in  Athens  township 
with  claimants.  These  tracts  were  appraised 
at  values  ranging  from  thirty-seven  cents 
to  $4.43  per  acre.  In  that  same  year,  1806, 
forty  house  lots  and  forty  out-lots  in  Ath- 
ens were  sold,  the  top  price  being  $52,  paid 
by  Ebenezer  Currier  for  lot  No.  17.  John 
Millikan  was  one  of  the  appraisers. 

The  trustees  also  had  much  to  do  with 
the  administration  of  the  affairs  of  Athens 
before  its  incorporation  in  1811.  At  the 
April  meeting  in  1806,  the  trustees  set  aside 
lots,  35  for  a  court  house,  37  for  a  jail,  and 
18  for  the  use  of  the  city.  The  trustees 
named  the  streets,  College,  Court,  Presi- 
dent, Union,  Washington,  Vine,  State,  Con- 
gress. High,  Mulberry  and  Olive.  Vine 
street  has  become  a  part  of  University  Ter- 
race, and  Olive  is  that  part  of  Court  street 
from  President  to  Mulberry.  The  swamp 
lands  of  Athens  were  drained  at  the  ex- 
pense of  the  University. 

On  April  5,  1806,  it  was  "Resolved  that 
five  acres  of  the  commons  be  set  apart  for 
a  burying  ground,  and  that  Eliphaz  Perkins 
be  a  committee  to  lay  off  the  same."  On 
tTTiristmas  day,  1806,  the  board  paid  Abel 


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Miller  $1  for  surveying  the  cemetery.  On 
March  3,  1808,  trustees  Jewett,  Perkins,  and 
Gregory  were  appointed  a  committee  to 
have  the  burying  ground  fenced  and 
cleaned.  When  Athens  became  incorporated 
in  1811,  this  five  acre  tract  was  leased  to 
the  village  for  99  years.  The  lease  expired 
in  1910,  has  not  been  renewed;  therefore 
the  Old  Cemetery  of  which  so  much  is  being 
heard  has  reverted  to  the  owner.  The  prob- 
lem, "How  fence  the  burying  ground,"  which 
confronted  the  trustees  more  than  a  cen- 
tury ago,  has  returned,  and  today  is  the 
problem  not  of  the  club  nor  of  the  city  coun- 
cil of  Athens,  but  of  the  trustees  of  Ohio 
University. 

The  first  move  towards  a  building  on  the 
campus  was  on  April  4,  1806,  when  Jacob 
Lindley,  Rufus  Putnam  and  Wm.  Skinner 
were  constituted  a  com- 
mitee  of  the  board  to  con- 
tract for  building  an  Acad- 
emy on  the  credit  of  the 
rents  that  will  hereafter 
become  due.  The  plans  of 
the  Academy  were  pre- 
pared by  Jacob  Lindley, 
and  accepted  by  the  board 
at  its  meeting  Christmas 
day,  1806.  The  building 
was  a  two  story,  two  room 
brick,  24  by  30  feet,  and 
was  built  by  Jehiel  Greg- 
ory, at  a  cost  of  less  than 
$500. 

The  day  for  the  opening 
of  the  Academy  was  June 
1,  1808,  wdth  a  menu  of 
arithmetic,  English  gram- 
mar, Latin  and  Greek  lan- 
guages, geography,  math- 
ematics, logic,  rhetoric, 
natural  and  moral  philoso- 
phy. The  preceptor  should 
be  on  duty  six  hours  a  day, 
with  half  of  Saturday  and 
all  of  Sunday  off.  The  students  for  many 
years  were  examined  by  the  trustees.  Oc- 
casionally the  ministers  of  the  neighborhood 
were  called  in  to  enjoy  the  intellectual  feast 
of  final  examinations.  Jacob  Lindley  be- 
came the  first  preceptor,  at  a  salary  of  $500 
per  year. 

Several  items  of  expense  were  presented 
from  time  to  time.  It  cost  $43  to  dig  and 
wall  a  well;  andirons,  shovel,  and  tongs  in 
May,  1810,  cost  $11.50;  books  bought  of 
Caleb  Emerson  of  Marietta  in  1811  amount- 
ed to  $316,121/2.  In  1811,  the  sum  of  $25 
was  voted  to  promote  public  speaking.  The 
next  year  a  stage  was  bought  for  $16.  The 
second  floor  of  the  Academy  was  the  home 
of  the  first  chemical  laboratory.  It  later 
became  the  first  training  school  at  the  Uni- 
versity. The  following  is  from  President 
Robert  G.  Wilson's  communication  to  the 
trustees  on  September  20,  1837:  "The  com- 
mittee appointed  to  sell  the  old  Academy, 
advertised,  and  at  the  appointed    time  of- 


DR.  MANASSEH  CUTLER 


basement  at 


fered  it  for  sale,  but  obtained  no  bidders. 
And  the  faculty  having  obtained  a  suitable 
teacher,  prepared  the  upper  story  for  a 
Model  School  for  the  instruction  of  boys  and 
the  qualification  of  teachers  of  common 
schools.  The  school  is  now  in  operation. 
The  Academy  was  chosen  in  preference  to 
the  Workshop,  because  the  preparing  it  for 
present  use  was  less  expensive." 

In  March,  1812,  trustees  Putnam,  Adams, 
and  Perkins  were  appointed  a  committee  to 
make  a  draft  or  plan  for  a  college  edifice. 
On  Tuesday,  September  26,  1815,  the  trus- 
tees passed  as  resolution  13,  that  a  commit- 
tee should  make  contracts  for  brick,  stone, 
timbers,  and  boards  for  the  College  Edifice, 
according  to  plans  drawn  by  General  Rufus 
Putnam.  The  committee  was  composed  of 
Lindley,  Perkins,  and  Lewis.  College  Street 
at  that  time  extended  to 
Mulberry  Street.  Govern- 
or Worthington,  J  e  s  u  p 
Couch  and  Elijah  Hatch 
were  a  committee  to  peti- 
tion the  legislature  for  au- 
thority to  close  that  part 
of  College  Street,  that  the 
College  Edifice  might  be 
erected  thereon.  On  June 
4,  1816,  the  building  com- 
mittee made  a  long  re- 
port. It  had  been  found 
necessary  to  employ  an 
architect,  Benjamin  Carp 
of  Marietta.  He  drew  up 
the  plans  of  the  college 
edifice,  and  charged  for 
his  services  the  sum  of  $6. 
William  Dean  furnished 
the  brick  at  $4.50  per 
thousand.  Daniel  Herrold 
supplied  the  boards  and 
scantling  at  $1.12  per 
hundred.  Bingham  and 
White  contracted  to  fur- 
nish rough  stone  for  the 
.12%  per  perch;  stone  for 
range  work  at  $1.25  per  perch,  and  stone 
for  windows  and  sills  at  12  ^^  cents  per  foot. 
James  and  William  Weir  did  the  excavation 
in  1816,  at  a  cost  of  $60.  Pilcher  and  Fran- 
cis contracted  to  lay  the  stone  work.  The 
original  plans  were  for  a  building  72  feet 
long.  The  plans  were  changed,  and  the 
present  dimensions  were  agreed  upon,  82 
feet  in  length,  55  in  \vidth.  It  was  not  until 
March,  1818,  that  the  building  committee 
was  authorized  to  proceed  with  the  roof  of 
the  College  Edifice,  have  it  glazed,  and 
locks  put  on. 

The  total  cost  of  the  College  Edifice,  as  it 
was  called  for  many  years,  was  given  in 
1819  as  $17,806.  This  to  the  trustees  seemed 
far  more  than  the  national  debt.  As  early 
as  June,  1814,  Putnam,  Hildreth  and  Per- 
kins were  to  petition  the  legislature  for  a 
lottery  "to  assist  in  building  a  college  house 
for  the  University."  On  March  17,  1817, 
Rev.  Jacob  Lindley  was  allowed  $60  for  ex- 


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penses  in  procuring  a  grant  of  a  lottery  for 
the  benefit  of  the  Ohio  University.  Several 
petitions  were  sent  to  the  state  legislature 
for  help.  An  attempt  was  even  made  to  get 
additional  grants  from  congress,  so  that  the 
payments  on  the  College  Edifice  might  be 
completed. 

In  recent  years,  the  name  "Manasseh  Cut- 
ler Hall"  has  been  given  to  the  College  Edi- 
fice. For  years  before  this,  the  name  was 
Central  Building,  or  Centre  Building.  At  a 
meeting  of  the  trustees  on  April  13,  1837, 
a  resolution  was  passed  that  "a  line  running 
north  from  the  centre  of  the  College  Edifice 
be  considered  the  centre  of  the  college 
green  by  which  regulation  there  will  be, 
after  leaving  a  street  of  the  usual  width, 
about  two  rods  to  be  attached  to  the  lots 
from  north  to  south  on  the  east  side  of  said 
street." 

The  trustees  of  the  University  a  century 
ago  were  not  without  a  vision  of  a  great  in- 
stitution for  the  future.  Ephraim  Cutler,  a 
son  of  Manasseh  Cutler  and  for  many  years 
trustee,  was  chairman  of  a  special  commit- 
tee on  Medical  School  and  Botanic  Garden. 
He  made  the  following  report,  which  was  ac- 
cepted by  the  trustees  on  April  14,  1824: 
"The  committee  appointed  by  the  board  of 
trustees  of  the  Ohio  University  for  carrying 
into  effect  the  resolution  to  establish  a  Med- 
ical School  and  to  select  a  suitable  plat  of 
ground  for  a  Botanic  Garden  beg  leave  to 
report  that  they  have  on  due  examination 
selected  the  square  on  the  West  side  of  the 
town  of  Athens  bounded  on  the  North  by 
the  State  road  to  Chillicothe  by  Harpers 
Ferry  on  the  West  by  the  East  line  of  lot 
No.  83  continued  North  to  the  Chillicothe 
road,  on  the  South  by  the  street  running 
from  Binghams  Mills  to  Athens  and  on  the 
East  by  a  line  drawn  from  the  North  East 
comer  of  No.  84  North  to  the  Chillicothe 
road. 

This  spot  is  large,  adapted  to  the  future 
prospects  of  the  University,  to  the  accom- 
modation of  a  gardener,  and  convenient  to 
ground  well  suited  to  the  erection  of  a  Med- 
ical College  Edifice  and  other  requisite 
buildings:  it  also  embraces  a  good  propor- 
tion of  lowland  and  upland:  it  lies  fairly  to 
the  sun  and  delightfully  in  view  of  the  spec- 
tator from  the  town  height.  It  is  a  conven- 
ient distance  from  the  literary  institution 
promising  every  advantage  of  rational  in- 
tercourse, without  the  dangers  and  evils 
arising  from  the  close  neighborhood  of  large 
bodies  of  young  men  of  different  habits  and 
in  pursuit  of  different  objects." 

The  Ohio  University  was  created  by  the 
state.  The  famous  act  of  February  18, 
1804,  named  the  trustees  and  provided  for 
the  selection  of  their  successors  by  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly  of  the  state.  Even  the  two 
townships  of  land,  the  gift  of  the  United 
States,  were  administered  by  the  General 
Assembly.  The  Governor  was  and  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  board  of  trustees.    Mention  has 


been  made  of  Governor  Edward  Tiffin,  who 
attended  and  presided  over  the  first  meet- 
ing of  the  board  in  June,  1804.  General 
Samuel  Huntington  attended  the  May  meet- 
ing in  1810.  Governor  Return  J.  Meigs  was 
present  in  May,  1811.  Governor  Thomas 
Worthington  attended  the  meetings  and 
served  on  Committees  of  the  board  at  the 
preliminaries  of  the  building  of  the  College 
Edifice,  from  1815  to  1817.  Governor  Ethan 
A.  Brown  presided  over  the  September 
meeting  in  1820.  Governor  Jeremiah  Mor- 
row was  present  and  administered  the  oath 
of  office  to  President  Robert  G.  Wilson,  in 
August,  1924.  Every  governor  up  to  this 
time  attended  one  or  more  meetings  of  the 
trustees,  participated  in  the  activities  of  the 
board,  even  to  the  extent  of  helping  in  the 
examination  of  students. 

From  three  students  in  1808,  the  numbers 
gradually  increased,  and  the  examination  of 
students  was  soon  destined  to  occupy  a 
goodly  portion  of  the  time  of  the  trustees 
at  their  semi-annual  meetings.  With  the 
increase  of  students  also  came  regulation 
presumably  for  their  welfare.  In  March, 
1812,  several  such  regulations  were  adopted 
in  the  interests  of  the  young  gentlemen  who 
made  up  the  student  body.  "No  student 
shall  possess  or  exhibit  any  indecent  or  in- 
discreet picture  nor  purchase,  nor  read  in 
the  University  any  lascivious,  impious  or 
irreligious  book  or  ballad,  nor  sing  or  re- 
peat verses  of  like  character  and  if  any  stu- 
dent shall  be  convicted  thereof  or  of  lying, 
profaneness,  drunkenness,  theft,  unclean- 
ness,  playing  at  unlawful  games  or  other 
gross  immoralities,  he  shall  be  punished  ac- 
cording to  the  nature  and  heinousness  of  the 
offense  by  admonition,  public  reprehension, 
or  expulsion  from  the  University."  No  quar- 
reling was  permitted.  "No  student  shall 
keep  by  him,  nor  bring  nor  cause  to  be 
brought  into  the  University  *  *  *  any 
spirituous  liquors  without  the  express  per- 
mission of  the  President."  "No  student 
shall  go  to  a  tavern,  alehouse,  beerhouse  or 
any  place  of  like  kind  for  the  purpose  of  en- 
tertainment or  amusement  without  special 
permission  from  some  one  of  the  faculty; 
nor  shall  he,  on  any  occasion,  keep  company 
with  a  person  whose  character  is  notorious- 
ly bad  under  penalty  of  admonition."  "If 
any  student  shall  willfully  disobey  any  of- 
ficer of  the  University  in  his  lawful  com- 
mands, or  shall  either  in  speech  or  action 
manifest  disrespect  towards  the  President, 
he  shall  be  admonished  and  make  due  ac- 
knowledgment to  the  offened  party,  or  be 
suspended,  as  the  faculty  may  decide.  No 
hallooing,  whistling,  jumping,  or  other  bois- 
terous or  tumultuous  noise  shall  be  permit- 
ted in  any  of  the  apartments  of  the  Univer- 
sity. No  student  shall  disguise  himself  by 
wearing  woman's  apparel,  or  in  any  other 
way  whatever." 

The  first  course  of  study  leading  to  the 
A.  B.  degree  in  1810  provided  for  "  *     *     * 


THE     OHIO     ALUMNUS 


adequate  proficiency  in  Virgil,  Horace,  Cic- 
ero, Xenophon,  Homer  and  the  Greek  Tes- 
tament, Geography,  Logic,  Arithmetic,  Al- 
gebra, Geometry,  Surveying,  Navigation, 
Conic  Sections,  Natural  Philosophy,  Chem- 
istry, Astronomy,  Chronology,  Moral  Phil- 
osophy, the  several  principles  of  History, 
Jurisprudence,  English  Grammar,  Rhetoric, 
Belles  Letters,  and  Criticism." 

At  the  October  meeting  in  1819,  the  Acad- 
emy was  called  "Grammar  School"  *  *  * 
"appendant  to  the  University."  At  the  same 
meeting  a  new  course  of  study  was  adopted, 
with  the  following  entrance  requirements: 
"No  student  shall  be  admitted  into  the  low- 
est class  unless  he  be  accurately  acquainted 
with  th^  grammar  of  the  Latin  and  Greek 
languages,  with  the  Aeneid  of  Virgil,  of  the 
four  Evangelists  of  the 
Greek  and  the  Collectanea 
Gracca  Minora,  nor  unless 
he  be  able  to  translate 
English  into  Latin  gram- 
matically, and  be  well 
versed  in  the  first  four 
rules  of  Arithmetic  and  in 
the  rule  of  three  direct 
and  inverse." 

With  this  preparation, 
the  verdant  freshman  was 
introduced  to  the  follow- 
ing degree  course  in  the 
University: 

"The  Freshman  Class — 
Lucians  Dialogues,  the 
Georgics  and  Eclogues  of 
Virgil,  Sallust,  the  Odes 
and  Epodes  of  Horace, 
Writing  Latin  exercises, 
Latin  and  Greek  Prosody, 
English  Grammar,  Eng- 
lish Composition,  Decla- 
mation, Geography,  Arith- 
metic. 

Sophomore  —  Horace, 
Cicero,  Xenophon,  Hom- 
er's Iliad,  Composition  in 
Latin,  Latin  exercises, 
Rhetoric,  English  Composition,  Declamation, 
Geometry. 

Junior  —  Tacitus,  Terence,  Collectanea 
Gracca  Majora,  Latin  and  Greek  Antiquities, 
Latin  and  Greek  Composition,  English  Com- 
position, Rhetoric,  Criticism,  History  and 
Chronology,  Moral  Philosophy,  Algebra, 
Law  of  Nature  and  Nations— Grotius,  de 
Veritate  Religionis  Christianae. 

Senior  Class — Classical  department  dis- 
cretionary with  the  Faculty — Natural  Phil- 
osophy, Moral  Philosophy,  Metaphysics, 
Logic.  Astronomy,  English  Composition, 
Criticism  of  the  best  Writers,  Declamation, 
Law  of  Nations  and  Nature." 

Compositions  in  English  were  required 
every  two  weeks,  and  two  long  themes  were 
to  be  prepared  by  each  student,  to  be  pre- 
sented to  the  trustees  at  their  semi-annual 
meetings.    It  is  no  wonder  that  the  trustees 


GOV.  EDWARD  TIFFIN 


became  discouraged;  for  the  themes  were 
almost  invariably  poor.  There  was  poor 
English  then  as  there  is  poor  English  now. 
Verily,  the  poor  English  ye  have  with  ye 
always,  and  the  study  of  much  Latin  and 
Greek  did  not  solve  the  problem  of  English 
a  century  ago. 

The  president  of  the  University  was  to 
superintend  the  grounds,  buildings  and 
movable  property,  preside  at  Board  meetings 
and  commencements,  teach  the  senior  class, 
and  teach  all  classes  in  English  Composi- 
tion. The  faculty  members  were  to  exer- 
cise discipline,  determine  the  rank  of  stu- 
dents, make  regulations  of  student  activi- 
ties, and  hold  monthly  meetings.  They  were 
to  assemble  the  students  every  morning  at 
sunrise  and  evening  for  prayers.  After 
evening  prayers,  the  stu- 
I  dents  took  turns  in  giving 
fleclamations,  two  per- 
forming each  evening. 
Sunday  services  were  held 
at  which  the  president  or 
some  faculty  member 
gave  the  sermon.  This  was 
not  so  difficult;  for  about 
this  time  there  were  com- 
plaints being  made  that 
all  the  faculty  members 
were  Presbyterian  minis- 
ters. 

A  very  vexing  problem 
was  that  of  board  for  stu- 
dents. It  seemed  that 
high  prices  of  board  might 
interfere  seriously  with 
the  student  attendance. 
The  report  was  that  "un- 
less some  alteration  takes 
place  on  this  subject,  the 
institution  must  be  rnater- 
ially  injured."  The  mat- 
ter was  adjusted,  however, 
at  the  April  meeting  in 
1820,  on  the  following 
terms:  boarding,  $1.50  per 
week;  boarding  and  lodg- 
ing, $2  per  week;  boarding,  lodging,  fuel, 
washing  and  candles,  $2.50  per  week. 
Whereupon  the  trustees  were  urged  to 
spread  the  news. 

It  was  an  interesting  group  of  students 
that  appeared  before  the  trustees  for  final 
examinations  on  May  3.  1815.  The  special 
committee  to  examine  Thomas  Ewing  of 
Amesville  and  John  Hunter  of  Circleville, 
reported  that  these  two  men  were  entitled 
to  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  and  Sci- 
ences, spite  of  the  fact  that  Thomas  Ewing 
had  not  studied  Greek.  The  resolution  con- 
ferring the  degree  was  not  passed  until 
September  26,  1815.  It  reads,  "Resolved 
that  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  in  the 
Ohio  University  shall  be  conferred  on  Thom- 
as Ewing  and  John  Hunter  at  the  next  ses- 
sion of  the  Board  of  Trustees.  John  Hun- 
ter is  appointed  to  pronounce  the  Salutatory 


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THE     OHIO     ALUMNUS 


in  Latin  and  Thomas  Ewing  the  Valedictory 
*  *  *  ."  It  was  not  until  September  24, 
1816,  that  the  form  of  a  diploma  was  adopt- 
ed and  the  president  authorized  to  send  di- 
plomas to  the  first  graduates. 

Rev.  Jacob  Lindley,  the  first  president, 
served  until  1822,  when  he  was  succeeded  by 
Rev.  James  Irvine,  who  the  preceding  year 
had  come  to  the  University  as  first  profess- 
or of  mathematics.  President  Irvine  was 
given  leave  of  absence  in  1823,  did  not  re- 
gain his  health  and  was  succeeded  by  Rev. 
Robert  G.  Wilson,  Presb>i;erian  minister  at 
Chillicothe.  President  Wilson  served  fifteen 
years  till  the  coming  of  President  McGuffey 
in  1839. 

One  of  the  early  professors  was  Joseph 
Dana,  at  different  times  professor  of  lan- 
guages. In  1818  it  was  determined  to  send 
Prof.  Dana  on  a  tour  of  the  country  in  the 
interest  of  the  University.  The  purpose 
was  especially  to  collect  a  fund  for  books 
and  equipment.  He  spent  one  hundred  days 
and  raised  $400.  Of  this  sum,  the  old  min- 
ister in  Massachusetts  gave  $20.  This 
brings  us  again  to  Manasseh  Cutler,  who  on 
August  27,  1918,  wrote  to  his  son,  Ephraim, 
in  part  as  follows:  "By  Mr.  Dana  I  re- 
ceived a  letter  from  you  wholly  confined  to 
the  concerns  of  the  college  at  Athens.  It  is 
a  subject  in  which,  I  must  confess  to  vou, 
I  do  not  feel  myself  much  interested.  When 
I  reflect  upon  the  exertion  I  was  obliged  to 
make,  and  the  opposition  I  had  to  encounter 
in  obtaining  a  grant  from  Congress  of  the 
two  townships  for  the  establishing  of  that 
institution,  and  consider  the  total  neglect  I 
have  experienced  respecting  the  founding  of 
the  college,  my  feelings  have  been  much 
hurt."  Dr.  Cutler  closed  his  letter  with  the 
hone  "that,  as  the  College  is  now  estab- 
lished, there  might  be  some  memento  pre- 
served in  it,  respecting  the  obtaining  so 
large  a  fund  as  the  two  townships,  which  I 
was  the  sole  instrument  of  procuring, 
though  not  the  real  donor;  such  as  the  name 
of  some  building,  or  hall,  or  some  other  ob- 
ject of  less  consequence — merely  to  preserve 
the  name." 

This  chapter  will  close  as  it  began,  with 
reference  to  General  Rufus  Putnam.  It  will 
be  recalled  that  General  Putnam  was  the 
promoter  of  the  Ohio  Company;  that  he  was 
the  Father  of  Ohio:  that  he  guided  the  first 
settlers  do\\'Ti  the  Ohio  on  the  second  May- 
flower: that  he  was  the  leading  spirit  at  the 
Marietta  settlement.  Manasseh  Cutler  nev- 
er saw  Athens  or  the  Ohio  University.  Ru- 
fus Putnam  seldom  missed  a  meeting  of  the 
trustees  of  Ohio  University  from  the  first 
meeting  on  June  4,  1804,  until  he  had  passed 
the  age  of  four  score  years.  When  he  was 
84  years  of  age,  he  remembered  this  uni- 
versity in  a  material  way.  I  quote  from  the 
trustees'  records  of  Wednesday,  September 
11,  1822.  "The  Board  will  doubtless  hear 
with  much  pleasure  that  a  valuable  dona- 
tion of  books  consisting  of  one  entire  set  of 


Dobsons  Encyclopedia  has  been  made  to  this 
institution  by  the  honorable  Rufus  Putnam 
of  Marietta,  such  munificence  in  this  aged 
benefactor  of  the  human  race  cannot  but  in- 
spire our  gratitude  and  prompt  us  to  its  nat- 
ural and  obvious  expressions — your  commit- 
tee therefore  recommend  the  adoption  of 
the  following  resolutions: 

1st,  That  the  thanks  of  this  board  be  ten- 
dered to  the  Hon.  Rufus  Putnam  for  his 
highly  esteemed  donation  to  the  University 
of  Ohio, 

2nd.  that  the  secretary  of  the  Board  be 
directed  to  transmit  to  him  a  copy  of  this 
Resolution." 

On  the  Campus  the  name  of  Andrew  Car- 
negie appears.  The  late  president  has  for 
his  monument  Ellis  Hall.  It  is  fitting  that 
one  of  the  dormitories  for  girls  should  be 
named  Boyd  Hall,  in  honor  of  the  first  wom- 
an graduate  of  the  University.  Soloman 
Howard,  president  of  Civil  War  times,  has 
likewise  been  honored.  The  long  service  of 
Jacob  Lindley  as  first  president,  then  as  pro- 
fessor and  trustee,  gives  his  name  to  the 
newest  dormitory.  Thomas  Ewing  is  the 
only  alumnus  to  be  honored  with  a  building. 
At  last  the  name  of  Manasseh  Cutler  is  in- 
scribed upon  the  College  Edifice.  Of  all 
whose  names  are  found  in  the  early  annals 
of  the  University,  no  one  gave  ai  fuller  ser- 
vice than  did  General  Rufus  Putnam.  He, 
fully  as  much  as  any  other  man,  made  pos- 
sible this  day — Founder's  Day,  for  this  uni- 
versity. No  building  is  honored  with  his 
name;  but  in  the  records  of  the  University, 
written  by  the  men  who  knew  him  and 
served  on  the  Board  of  Trustees  with  him, 
is  this  imperishable  monument — "Benefac- 
tor of  the  Human  Race." 

The  next  number  of  the  program  was  a 
group  of  piano  solos  by  Mrs.  Frances  Rug- 
gles  Hizey,  of  the  faculty  of  the  School  of 
Music.  She  had  little  difficulty  in  captivat- 
ing her  hearers  with  the  three  numbers 
which  she  played  in  a  brilliant  fashion.  Her 
choices  were:  "Etude  in  E  Major,"  by  Pol- 
dini;  "Japanese  Etude,"  by  Chopin,  and 
"Waltz  in  E  Minor,"  also  by  Chopin. 

Following  the  statement  "that  no  institu- 
tion, university  or  othenvise.  had  the  right 
to  constantly  remind  itself  of  or  to  revel  in 
the  glories  and  distinctions  of  the  past  un- 
less it  used  that  past  as  a  basis  upon  which 
to  build  for  the  future,"  Secretary  Williams 
introduced  Professor  Albert  A  Atkinson, 
'91,  A.  B..  '95,  A.  M..  who  was  heard  in  a. 
splendid  address  on  "The  Hopes  and  Asm- 
rations  of  Ohio  L^niversity  for  the  Future." 
Professor  Atkinson  is  the  senior  member  of 
the  Ohio  faculty  in  point  of  service.  His 
address  is  reproduced  in  full  as  follows: 

FUTURE      ASPIRATIONS 

The  contemplation  of  Ohio's  Hopes  might 
suggest  to  some  a  basis  of  criticism  of  what 
has   been   and   of  finding   fault   with   what 


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11 


now  is;  formalizing  expansively  and  to 
preaching  about  how  the  institution  should 
be  run  from  now  on.  And  we  know  a  very 
few  persons  who  are  past  masters  in  the 
fine  art  not  only  of  marking  petty  faults 
but  of  flaying  flagrant  wrongs  with  such 
suavity  and  mingled  praise  of  the  modicum 
of  good  that  the  subject  just  must  keep 
sweet,  though  on  maturer  reflection  he  real- 
izes how  caustic  though  veiled,  were  the 
criticisms.  I  am  not  thus  endowed  and 
therefore  simply  pray,  "Lead  us  not  into 
temptation,  but  deliever  us  from  evil." 

This  is  neither  the  time  nor  the  place  for 
"big  brother"  correction  of  college  faults  or 
step-paternal  admonition  to 
future  good  behavior.  "Than 
a  step-father  nothing  is  more 
disagreeable,"  say  some  Lat- 
in-American editors  anent 
Secretary  Hughes'  gratuitous 
assumption  of  the  protector- 
ate for  the  southern  countries 
on  behalf  of  the  United 
States.  Besides,  Professor 
Hoover  in  his  historical  re- 
sume has  shown  that  the 
child  that  was,  is  now  the 
man,  full  grown,  exercising 
all  his  bodily  powers  and  in 
possesion  of  all  his  mental 
faculties.  Therefore  I  decline 
to  assume  the  role  of  guard- 
ianship. 

However,  in  order  to  keep 
well,  the  attention  of  a  phy- 
sician should  occasionally  be 
solicited.  Of  the  two  func- 
tions involved  in  such  exami- 
nation the  diagnosis  is  the 
more  important  and  difl!icult, 
yet  withal,  less  repugnane  to 
the  patient;  for  he  does  not 
mind  recounting  something  PROF.  A.  A 
of  his  family  history,  or  his 
owTi  past  health  record,  or  indicating  his 
present  physical  status,  having  his  pulse 
counted  and  showing  his  tongue.  With  the 
data  tabulated,  historical  and  observational, 
the  diagnostitian  discovers  the  state  of  the 
patient's  health;  and  I  am  now  called  in  con- 
sultation to  arrange  the  prescription,  if, 
indeed,  one  be  needed,  based  on  the  findings 
presented.  I  must  familiarize  myself  with 
the  physical  and  mental  tendencies,  habits, 
moods,  ambitions,  shown  on  the  sheet;  then 
prescribe  a  proper  schedule  of  diet,  exer- 
cise, mental  occupation,  if  need  be,  medicine 
— "ah,  there's  the  rub."  After  all  it's  a 
thankless  job.  No  one  like  to  take  medicine 
— or  orders.  If  the  directions  say  "lie  still," 
one  would  rather  sit  up;  or  if  "go  forward" 
one  would  prefer  to  "carry  on"  as  usual.  If 
the  rules  read  "take  this  at  the  beginning 
of  the  semester"  and  "that  at  the  close,"  be 
it  emetic  or  sedative,  none  like  the  dose,  and 
the  prescriber  is  often  consigned  to  Bryan's 
H —  for  evolutionists;  and  this  is  hot  treat- 


ment. But  whatever  the  patient's  reaction, 
it  is  the  vision  of  what  he  is  to  become  that 
encourages  the  physician  to  go  straight  for- 
ward with  his  program.  And  this  second 
chapter  in  Ohio's  history  just  now  in  the 
making  and  to  be  made  in  the  days  just 
ahead  is  full  of  promise  and  hope.  We  are 
filled  with  optimism  and  are  proud  to  have 
a  share  in  its  making.  It  is  a  chapter  to 
arouse  enthusiasm  and  to  inspire  eloquence. 

A  well-known  automobile  manufacturer 
advertises  by  means  of  this  slogan:  "When 
better  automobiles  are  built  B —  will  build 
them."  And  I  want  to  apply  a  similar  slog- 
an to  Ohio's  campus:  "When  better  brains 
are  made  Ohio  will  make 
them."  Character  and  brains 
are  the  only  things  one  can 
carry  away  from  college 
worth  a  penny  in  life's  activi- 
ties. Character  without  brains 
.  is  fruitless;  and  him  of 
brains  but  without  character, 
like 

"The  man  that  hath  no  mus- 
ic in  himself, 
Nor  is  not  moved  with  con- 
cord of  sweet  sounds, 
Is  fit  for     treasons,     strata- 
gems and  spoils; 
The  motions  of  his  spirit  are 

as  dull  as  night, 
And  his     affections     dark  as 

Erebus; 
Let  no  such  man  be  trusted. 

Our  campus  objective  shall 
be  character  through  tedious 
study  and  the  hard  work  of 
hard  thinking.  One  may  be  a 

highly  developed  athlete — an 
"all  Ohio,"  or  an  "all  Ameri- 

can,"   another   a  finished  ar- 

ATT^-TisrqON     tistic  danseuse;  but  what  the 

you  think?"  "Can  you  form  worth-while 
opinions  and  correct  judgements  based  on 
your  knowledge,  knowledge  of  what  others 
have  thought  and  done;  knowledge  of  the 
pertinent  scientific  principles;  knowledge  of 
the  psvchological  and  sociological  relations 
involved?"  What  you  do  know  and  what 
you  can  do  will  be  the  measure  of  your  ser- 
vice to  the  State  and  to  society  for  their  in- 
vestment in  you. 

Ohio  University  welcomes  into  her  inner- 
most councils  any  applicant  for  admisison 
who  is  willing  to  pay  the  price  in  conscious 
mental  effort.  If  a  high  school  graduate  is 
ambitious  to  become,  if  Jiot  an  Alexis  Car- 
rel, then  the  very  best  he  himself  can  be; 
if  another  covets  high  intelligence  and  per- 
suasive power  as  a  lawyer,  the  nearest  ap- 
proach to  a  Webster  he  can  become;  if  still 
another  would  be  a  99%  efficient  teacher- 
first  in  her  own  villa,  then  in  Rome,  if  not 
a  Mark  Hopkins,  at  the  very  least  the  oc- 
cupant of  the  other  end  of  the  leg — if  these 


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and  like-minded  would  come  in,  and  will  en- 
dure brain-fag  from  long  tedious  hours  in 
acquisition  of  knoweldge  of  history,  of  Lit- 
erature, of  science,  until  they  can  think 
them  through,  become  their  masters,  then 
Ohio  has  room. 

No  one  can  dawdle  in  cheap  talk  and 
cheaper  thought  through  high  school  and 
college  and  be  more  than  an  obstruuction  in 
the  world's  progress,  to  be  ridden  over, 
pushed  aside,  lost  in  the  roadside  debris.  If 
any  such  should  by  chance  enter  through 
the  gateway  upon  Ohio's  campus  gravitation 
will,  at  the  end  of  the  first  semester,  find 
them  their  level  at  the  foot  of  the  terrace 
headed  out.  The  encouraging  hand  will  be 
reserved  for  those  who  would  make  hard 
study  the  foundation  for  life's  thinking  and 
life's  work.  I  hope  the  hand  may  not  al- 
together be  withdrawn  from  such,  if  ambi- 
tious and  sincere,  though  found  handicapped 
technically  by  the  misguidance  of  some  in- 
efficient educational  high-ups  in  the  State, 
and  by  some  in  the  schools  themselves,  more 
ready  to  encourage  fads  and  fashions  than 
to  adhere  to  approved  material  and  method. 
This  campus  will  be  the  fittest  place  for 
freshmen  out  of  which  to  grow  the  kind  of 
sophomores  and  juniors  and  seniors  the 
world  and  civilization  needs  today  to  do 
their  constructive  thinking — thinking  not 
bounded  by  the  oceans  that  bathe  our  own 
shores.  Far  too  long  have  we  thought  pro- 
vincially  and  taught  a  provincial  type  of  pa- 
triotism; our  statesmanship  has  been  nro- 
vincial  and  practical  politics  narrow  and  al- 
together selfish.  We  have  wrapped  the 
mantle  of  indifference  and  smug  self-suffic- 
iency about  us  while  the  world  lies  starv- 
ing and  bleeding  just  over  the  border. 

No  education  which  does  not  think  in 
terms  of  world  problems  and  does  not  con- 
struct and  prepare  to  execute  world  pro- 
grams is  worthy  the  new  regime  on  this 
campus.  H.  G.  Wells  has  said  the  past  cen- 
tury has  been  one  of  supreme  material 
achievement;  in  the  one  to  come,  instead  of 
wonderful  machines  we  shall  try  to  make 
wonderful  men.  Now  the  making  of  fine 
men  is  the  making  of  fine  minds  whose  out- 
standing characteristic  is  self-forgetfulness. 
Rev.  Wilcox,  a  few  Sundays  ago,  quoted  this 
pertinent  sentiment:  "The  nineteenth  cen- 
tury has  made  all  the  world  neighbors ;  and 
it  will  be  the  province  of  the  twentieth  cen- 
tury to  make  all  the  world  a  brotherhood." 
In  the  dawn  of  the  new  day  correct  educa- 
tion must  place  us  at  the  forefront  in  unsel- 
fish social  service  at  home  and  in  the  con- 
sideration and  settlement  of  world  prob- 
lems on  the  basis  of  Christian  brotherhood 
and  good  will. 

Happy  and  successful  is  the  family  whose 
members  live  the  motto,  "All  for  each  and 
each  for  all,"  a  complete  co-operative  body, 
each  unit  having  its  peculiar  functions,  vet 
exercised  for  the  promotion  of  the  highest 
welfare  of  the  tout  ensemble.     The  Presi- 


dent, as  official  head  of  the  college  house- 
hold, provides  the  objectives,  lays  the  plans 
and  guides  the  execution  of  the  institution's 
program.  The  faculty,  the  elder  brothers 
and  sisters,  co-operate  in  the  promotion  of 
the  general  order  and  go  forward  in  the 
execution  of  the  details.  The  students, 
minor  children,  if  you  please,  are  subject  to 
their  elders  while  zealously  planting  the 
footstones  and  laying  up  the  superstructure 
of  the  college  de  facto.  "It  is  a  long  pull, 
a  strong  pull  and  a  pull  all  together,"  this 
business  of  building  the  brains  of  the  pres- 
ent century,  and  each  member  must  be  pre- 
pared to  "put  first  things  first."  The  in- 
terests of  the  Ohio  University  must  be 
above  every  other  consideration.  The  ad- 
ministration will  wisely  inaugurate  the  bi- 
ennial program  of  improvements  and  secure 
the  resources  that  the  institution  may  func- 
tion at  the  highest  level  of  efficiency,  and 
the  full  complement  of  work  and  instruction 
be  maintained  in  each  department,  in  the 
summer  as  well  as  in  the  long  semesters. 
Instructors  will  make  departmental  zeal  and 
loyalty  secondary,  submerging  individual 
plans  and  purposes  where  they  may  contra- 
vene the  general  good.  Students  will  hold 
Ohio  University  above  fraternity  or  soror- 
ity, above  clubs  and  cliques.  They  will  for- 
get absolutely  that  they  "belong"  to  a 
"bunch"  or  go  with  a  certain  "gang"  when- 
ever and  wherever  the  family  is  called  into 
"a  committee  of  the  whole."  I  wonder  how 
tl-'e  director  of  an  orchestra  feels  on  finding 
his  "parts"  off  playing  cards  or  pitching 
dice  when  they  are  supuposed  to  be  prac- 
ticing their  scores;  and  I  wonder  what  the 
church  pastor  would  do  when  discouraged 
and  disheartened  he  finds  his  repeated  ad- 
monition to  his  parishoners  "go  and  sin  no 
more"  not  only  disregarded,  but  the  beset- 
ting evil  flaunting  in  the  very  doors  of  the 
sanctuary  itself. 

President  Suzallo  finds  that  the  American 
principle  of  education  is  seriously  inter- 
fered with  in  the  larger  institutions  which 
limit,  virtually,  their  opportunities  to  the 
"Aristocracy  of  money,"  whereas  such  in- 
stitutions should  be  an  "aristocracy  of 
brains."  And  it  is  charged  that  manv  of 
the  smaller  state  institutions  suffer  from 
the  effect  of  overcrowded  classes,  poorly 
equipped  laboratories  and  under-paid  in- 
struction in  their  effoi-t  to  take  care  of  all 
who  apply;  the  result  being  a  second  or 
third  rate  higher  education,  and  ground  for 
Zangwill's  staggering  accusation  to  our 
faces  that  "the  Americans  are  the  best  hAlf- 
educated  peonle  in  the  world."  Ohio  shall 
avoid  both  these  horns  of  the  educational 
dilemma. 

I  am  permitted  by  President  Bryan  to  say 
that  such  a  program  of  building  and  de- 
partmental expansion  will  be  steadily  and 
consistently  carried  forw^ard  as  will  meet 
the  needs  of  a  virile,  growing,  forward-look- 
ing institution.     This  will  avoid  congestion 


THE     OHIO     ALUMNUS 


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and  make  excessive  fees  to  limit  admission 
unnecessary,  and  insure  efficiency  in  all  the 
offerings  of  the  University,  as  the  number 
of  students  grows  and  as  educational  objec- 
tives and  ideals  expand. 

The  plan  of  admission  will  be  so  compre- 
hensive, I  hope,  as  not  to  limit  itself  to  se- 
lection from  among  those  only  who  are 
"sent";  but  the  high  schools  will  be  encour- 
aged and  expected  to  "tag"  the  youth  of 
intellectual  promise  for  the  attention  of  the 
college  scholastic  "steering  committee"  with 
the  same  enthusiasm  that  they  hold  up  the 
athletically  inclined  for  "the  once  over"  of 
the  coach's  emissary.  And  the  scholastic 
bait  offered  the  best  high  school  men  and 
women  will  be  as  full  of  the  elements  to  en- 
courage the  intellectual  appetite  as  the 
Green  and  White  sweater  has  to  "tickle  the 
palate"  of  the  athlete;  for,  and  I  speak  ad- 
visedly, with  the  enlarged 
building  program,  depart- 
mental expansion,  neces- 
sary additions  to  the  staff 
and  the  raising  of  stand- 
ards of  work  all  along  the 
line,  there  will  come  also 
the  scholastic  expansion 
represented  in  the  offering 
of  full  major  courses  in 
each  of  the  departments 
of  the  University. 

Furthermore,  there  wall 
be  added,  in  addition  to 
these  improvements,  spec- 
ial courses  and  facilities 
for  a  year's  advanced 
study  of  a  quality  for  the 
Master's  degree.  In  her 
new  regime  of  work  Ohio 
shall  not  be  subiect  to  any 
other  authority  in  what- 
ever courses  and  methods 
she  shall  adopt;  nor  yet  in 
her  tests  of  scholarship 
appointed  for  those  who  apply  for  the  de- 
grees attached. 

Salesmen  carrying  several  "lines"  and 
manufacturers  in  their  advertising  propa- 
ganda "feature"  some  one  or  two  of  their 
wares,  not  that  the  others  are  inferior  in 
quality  or  occupy  places  on  the  list  of  any 
less  importance  to  the  "trade";  but  for 
psychological  reasons — to  establish  good 
talking  points  so  as  to  attract  attention  to 
t>e  whole  line.  The  "valve-in-the-head"  of 
tl-'e  Buick  Motor  Company's  advertising 
sheets  does  not  depreciate  any  essential 
feature  of  t^^e  motor,  nor  of  the  car  as  a 
whole. 

The  preparation  of  men  and  women  for 
the  more  responsi'-le  service  in  business  life; 
the  training  of  teachers  of  physical  educa- 
tion for  the  higli  schools  of  the  State:  the 
development  of  the  artistic  and  aesthetic 
faculties  through  aPT^reciation  and  skillful 
rendition  of  fine  music— these  are  to  be  the 
talking  features  of     Ohio's     selling     plan. 


HON.  THOMAS  EWING 


These  phases  of  education  are  not  now  ade- 
quately stressed  in  any  other  State  suppoi-t- 
ed  school.  Of  course  we're  for  them,  repre- 
senting as  they  do,  the  College  of  Arts,  the 
College  of  Education  and  the  division  of 
Fine  Arts.  They  will  help  sell  us  to  the 
educational  trade. 

The  program  for  the  realization  of  Ohio's 
hopes  and  aspirations,  as  indicated  in  the 
items  we  have  considered,  will  lend  incen- 
tive to  effort  and  tie  in  the  interests  of  the 
whole  family  circle.  In  the  new  atmosphere 
of  hope  and  work  only  high  ideals  and  sin- 
cere Christian  motives  will  guide  the  head 
of  the  group  in  the  exercise  of  his  own  func- 
tions and  in  his  relations  with  his  faculty 
and  the  students  themselves;  the  Deans,  the 
co-operating  arms  of  the  administration, 
will  be  examples  of  the  highest  standards  of 
scholarship,  unprejudiced,  sincere,  big 
minded;  the  alumni,  those 
members  gone  from  the 
parental  roof,  will  be  ex- 
ponents of  of  the  finest 
standards  of  life  in  its 
commercial  and  profes- 
sional relations  and  exem- 
plars of  that  loyalty  and 
zeal,  and  that  confidence 
in  A !  m  a  Mater  which 
should  grow  out  of  the 
campus  atmosphere;  each 
member  of  the  faculty, 
placing  proficiency  above 
popularity  or  other  self- 
interest,  will  be  daily  con- 
scious that  education  is  an 
active  spiritual  affair; 
that  it  means  more  than 
mere  formal  instruction, 
however  zealous  and  effic- 
ient; that  it  must  per- 
form the  miracle  of  mak- 
ing the  student  different — 
different  in  his  tastes, 
ideals,  private  life — all  must  be  invested 
capital  for  student  dividends  in  the  form  of 
high  moral  a.nd  Christian  manhood  and. 
womanhood. 

It  will  be  a  fine  satisfaction  to  each  mem- 
ber of  the  household  to  be  thus  happily  as- 
sociated in  the  greatest  enterprise  on  earth. 
It  will  be  the  supreme  joy  when  all  the  stu- 
dents— the  raison  d'etre  of  the  college — will 
have  been  so  wisely  directed  by  parents  and 
elementary  teachers  that  the  desire  to  learn 
and  the  ideals  of  application,  persistence 
and  self-confidence  have  been  so  implanted 
that  they  can  not  be' held  back,  whose  sense 
of  propriety  is  so  fine  that  deference  to  eld- 
ers and  obedience  to  all  rules  and  reason- 
able requests  is  inwrought;  whose  high 
school  instructors  have  not  Iseen  imbued  in 
their  college  work  and  teacher  training 
courses  with  the  all-too-prevalent  idea  that 
the  educational  yoke  should  be  made  very 
easy  and  the  scholastic  burden  light — an 
idea  which  wrought  into  the     second     and 


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third  generation  of  teachers  can  only  pro- 
duce hambly-pambys  instead  of  men  and 
women  of  wisdom  and  character  for  the  na- 
tion's leadership.  The  type  of  students 
within  Ohio's  gateway  will  know  that  in- 
tellectual ability  cannot  be  acquired  through 
easy  and  scattered  electives  nor  yet  by  con- 
centrated effort  in  a  single  department;  nor 
ever  if  dates  and  dances  take  precedence 
over  domestic  science,  and  athletics  over  al- 
gebra. Ohio's  students  will  know  how  to 
"analyze  facts  and  conditions,  form  correct 
judgments,  perceive  relations,  estimate 
values,  open  their  minds  to  the  significance 
of  intellectual  emotional  and  spiritual  phe- 
nomena"; such  students  "can  not  help  but 
develop  real  enthusiasm  for  learning." 

With  these  objectives,  these  conditions, 
these  associations,  the  new  day  will  be  full 
of  hope.     The  Corporation  through  the  ef- 


ficient functioning  of  all  its  factors  will  go 
forward  in  the  building  of  brains  and  the 
cultivation  of  character  in  the  one  common 
purpose,  that,  of  scholars  and  men  we  shall 
have  a  laetter  breed  in  the  next  generation. 

The  Founder's  Day  program  was  closed 
with  the  singing  of  "Alma  Mater,  Ohio,"  by 
the  entire  audience.  The  conclusion  of  the 
ceremonies  of  the  day,  was  the  four-act 
comedy,  "Welcome  Stranger,"  presented  by 
the  department  of  Public  Speaking  of  the 
university.  The  great  success  of  the  show 
is  attested  by  the  fact  that  the  several  hun- 
dred students  and  townspeople  who  were 
unable  to  get  into  the  Auditorium  the  first 
night  made  a  clamorous  request  for  the 
repetition  of  the  play.  The  request  was 
granted  and  a  well-filled  house  greeted  the 
players  on  the  second  night. 


Death  Comes  to  Faculty  Member.      Loved  by  Hundreds 
of  Children  Attending  Kindergarten 


The  many  friends  of  Miss  Jane  Evans, 
'18,  Kdgn.,  were  shocked  to  learn  of  her 
sudden  death  on  the  morning  of  February 
21,  at  2  o'clock.  Miss  Evans  became  ill  and 
collapsed  within  a  few  hours 
after  the  burial  of  her  moth- 
er, whose  death  came  only 
three  days  prior  to  her  own. 
Her  condition  became  so  ser- 
ious that  she  was  taken  to 
the  Sheltering  Arms  Hospi- 
tal where  she  passed     away. 

Miss  Evans  was  graduated 
from  the  department  of  Kin- 
dergarten Education  of  Ohio 
University  in  1918  and  upon 
graduation  was  appointed  as- 
sistant in  the  kindergarten 
department  which  position 
she  held  at  the  time  of  her 
death.  She  had  been  granted 
a  leave  of  absence  this  year 
in  order  to  pursue  further 
and  advanced  studies  but  the 
serious  illness  of  her  mother 
and  her  own  health  did  not 
permit  her  to  carry  out  her 
plans.  During  her  connection 
with  the  University  she  was 
m  charge  of  much  of  the 
work  of  the  kindergarten  de- 
partment and  of  the  student 
training  classes.  Her  unusual  executive 
ability  made  her  an  efficient  and  successful 


instructor  while  her  natural  ability  to  at- 
tract and  win  the  hearts  of  the  children 
with  whom  she  worked  was  responsible  for 
the  frequently  familiar  sight  of  a  large 
group  of  children  clustered 
about  her,  whether  on  the 
street  or  in  the  classroom. 
She  was  also  for  many  years 
in  charge  of  the  Primary  de- 
partment of  the  First  Pres- 
byterian Church    of    Athens. 

Of  Miss  Evans,  one  of  her 
associates  spoke  these  words: 
'Her's  was  a  life  of  loving 
service.  In  a  home,  in  which 
the  family  ties  were  very 
close,  her  tender  love  and 
care  were  always  evident. 
Her  devotion  to  each  member 
of  the  family,  especially  to 
her  mother,  was  beautiful. 
All  those  who  knew  Miss 
Evans  in  any  relationship 
loved  her,  for  her  sweetness 
of  disposition;  her  upright- 
ness of  character,  her  untir- 
ing devotion  to  any  responsi- 
bility. There  was  no  more 
true,  loyal  and  devoted 
friend.  In  her  death  her  fam- 
ily; her  friends;  and  the  uni- 
versity; the  church  and  the 
community  have  sustained  a  great  loss." 
Miss  Evans  is  a  member     of  a  family  of 


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15 


seven  children,  six  of  whom  are  either  grad- 
uates or  former  students  of  Ohio  Universi- 
ty. Thev  are:  Mrs.  Paul  M.  Gillilan,  (Mary 
Evans,  '13,  A.  B.,  '16,  B.  S.  in  Ed.,)  of 
Schenectady,  N.  Y.;  Miss  Edith  Evans,  '18, 
A.  B.,  now  teaching  at  Bellevue,  Ohio;  Mr. 
Granville  H.  Evans,  '20-ex,  of  Haverhill, 
Mass.;  Mr.  Lewellyn  Evans,  and  Miss  Eliza- 
beth Evans,  both  of  the  class  of  1925. 


"SHORTY"  PROVES  TO  BE  CRACK 

DRILLMASTER  IN  ARMY  AS 

WELL  AS   A  STAR  IN 

ATHLETICS 


Capt.  W.  R.  ("Short-")  McReynolds,  '16, 
A.  B..  former  Ohio  University  athletic  star 
who  is  now  stationed  with  his  company  in 
the  13th  U.  S.  Infantry  at  Fort  Andrews, 
Mass.,  won  a  $500  cup  when  he  staged  a  pla- 
toon drill  as  a  feature  of  the  Army  and 
Navv  Ball  held  at  Boston  recently.  So  spec- 
tacular was  Capt.  McReynold's  drill  work 
that  he  at  once  received  an  offer  to  display 
the  feature  on  the  Keith  vaudeville  circuit, 
which  he  accepted  and  is  now  appearing  on 
the  stages  of  Rhode  Island  and  Connecticut 
theatres.  He  expects  to  appear  in  vaude- 
ville as  far  south  as  New  York  City  before 
abandoning  his  tour  to  again  resume  his 
Army  duties. 

"V\'1iile  showing  in  Providence,  R.  I.,  Cap- 
tain McReynolds  and  his  men  were  given  a 
reception  at  the  Baltimore  Hotel  by  Miss 
Elsie  -Janis,  known  to  thousands  of  overseas 
soldiers  as  the  "Sweetheart  of  the  A.  E.  F." 
and  the  Governor  of  Rhode  Island  received 
the  men  of  the  platoon  in  the  State  Recep- 
tion room  of  the  Capital  as  his  personal 
guests.  Capt.  McReynolds  and  his  wife  ex- 
pect to  sail  for  Panama  the  last  of  April. 

"Shorty"  graduated  from  Ohio  University 
with  the  class  of  1916.  While  in  college  he 
was  a  three-letter  athletic  star,  his  activi- 
ties including  baseball,  basketball,  and  foot- 
ball. 

o.  u. 

OHIO  MAINTAINS  HIGH  STAND- 
ARD IN  RURAL  EDUCATION 


Ohio  University  is  one  of  the  12  institu- 
tions of  higher  learning  in  the  United  States 
which  maintains  a  standard  department  of 
rural  education,  statistics  collected  and 
edited  bv  the  department  of  rural  education 
in  the  Teachers'  College  of  Columbia  Uni- 
versity, New  York  City,  disclose. 

An  announcement  of  this  distinction  en- 
joyed bv  Ohio  University  was  made  by  Dr. 
S.  K.  Mardis,  head  of  the  department  here, 
upon  receipt  of  a  letter  and  report  from 
Columbia  Universitv.  The  department  has 
made  a  careful  studv  and  research  in  re- 
gard to  the  matter  determining  as  far  as 
possible  just  what  a  standard  department 


of  rural  education  is,  and  determined  a  num- 
ber of  essential  requirements. 

In  the  first  place  such  a  shcool  should  en- 
roll a  distinct  group  of  students  preparing 
to  enter  rural  school  service.  Two  special- 
ists should  be  employed  devoting  full  time 
to  rural  education  courses  and  activities.  A 
partially  differentiated  curriculum  should  be 
offered,  preparing  specifically  for  rural 
school  teaching.  Some  practice  should  be 
offered  in  a  typical  rural  school  under  spec- 
ial supervision. 

Out  of  the  122  general  public  normal 
school  teachers'  colleges  in  the  United 
States,  Ohio  University  was  found  to  be  one 
of  the  12  to  meet  the  requirements  in  full, 
and  her  department,  under  the .  supervision 
of  Dr.  Mardis,  was  found  to  be  the  only  one 
with  such  standing  of  which  the  state  of 
Ohio  can  boast. 

o.  u. 


MORE  MEDICAL  STUDENTS 
PLACED 


Three  more  graduates  of  Ohio  University, 
now  senior  students  in  the  University  of 
Cincinnati  College  of  Medicine,  have  recent- 
ly received  appointments  as  hospital  in- 
ternes for  the  year  following  their  gradua- 
tion in  medicine. 

George  A.  Woodhouse,  '21,  A.  B.,  Jackson- 
ville, Ohio,;  Clovis  L,  McKibben,  '21,  A.  B., 
Wilkesville,  Ohio;  and  W.  N.  Gills,  '20,  A. 
B.,  Patriot,  Ohio,  are  the  embryo  "saw- 
bones" who  will  be  placed  advantageously 
for  practical  experience.  Mr.  Woodhouse 
will  he  an  interne  at  the  Miami  Valley  Hos- 
pital in  Dayton,  while  McKibben  and  Gills 
have  been  appointed  to  St.  Vincent's  Hos- 
pital in  Toledo.  Both  of  these  hospitals 
have  close  to  300  beds  each  and  provide  ex- 
cellent places  for  post-graduate  medical 
training. 

All  of  these  men  were  prominent  on  the 
Ohio  campus  and  all  members  of  the  Lamh- 
da  Chi  Alpha  fraternity.  Thev  also  hold 
membership  in  the  Phi  Chi  medical  frater- 
nity at  Cincinnati.  Their  M.  D.  degrees  will 
be  granted  at  the  commencement  in  June  of 
this  year. 

o.  u. 

ANNUAL  MEETINGS 


Tentative  dates  for  the  annual  meetings 
of  three  more  of  the  alumni  chapters  have 
been  announced.  Other  chapters  are  lay- 
ing plans  but  have  as  yet  settled  upon  no 
definite  date.  The  Columbus  group  will 
foregather  on  March  11  if  present  plans  are 
not  altered.  The  Huntington,  W.  Va._  folks 
expect  to  meet  on  a  week-end  date  in  the 
latter  part  of  March.  All  in  the  Huntington 
district  should  watch  the  newspapers  and 
the  mail  for  further  definite  announcements. 
Canton  alumni  have  chosen  April  12  as  the 
date  for  their  convening. 


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THE     OHIO     ALUMNUS 


FROM  THE  EDITOR'S  DESK       j 


The  Dix  Reunion  Plan 

For  many  years  it  has  been  felt  by  some 
that  the  "hit  and  miss"  scheme  of  class  re- 
unions at  Commencement  time  lacked  many 
of  the  elements  of  perfection.  Certain  it 
is,  at  least,  that  of  coordination  of  the  plans 
of  classes  and  individuals  there  was  very 
little,  if  any.  Failure  to  meet  old  friends  or 
classmates  was  a  frequent  cause  of  disap- 
pointment and  complaint.  Very  often  the 
entire  commencement  program  was 
"spoiled"  for  some  grad  who  found  himself 
the  sole  representative  of  his  illustrious 
class.  Members  of  the  early  classes  min- 
gled with  those  of  a  later  vintage  and  were 
drawn  together  by  no  particular  tie  or  as- 
sociation other  than  the  common  kinship  to 
their  Alma  Mater. 

This  year,  and  for  the  future,  with  a  view 
to  definitely  organizing  class  reunion  activi- 
ties, the  "Dix  Reunion  Plan"  has  been  adopt- 
ed. The  whole  idea  of  this  plan  is  to  bring 
together  at  commencement  time  those  class- 
es and  college  generations  that  were  in  the 
university  at  the  same  time.  Under  an- 
other plan  once  proposed,  the  classes  of 
1905,  '10,  '15,  and  '20,  for  instance,  would 
all  hold  reunions  the  same  year.  But  these 
classes  had  no  intimate  relations  through 
campus  association  and  there  exists  little  in 
common  among  them. 

A  glance  at  the  chart  on  the  opposite 
page  will  show  you  how  the  Dix  plan  will 
operate  when  completely  installed. 

In  1924,  all  classes  in  the  1924  column 
will  hold  reunions.  If  you  want  to  know  in 
what  year  your  class  will  "reune,"  run  down 
the  left  hand  column  to  your  year  of  grad- 
uation then  across  to  the  columns  in  which 
your  class  is  listed.  A  glance  to  the  top  of 
the  table  will  then  tell  you  in  what  years 
you  and  your  classmates  are  expected  to 
return  "home."  You  will  note  that  fi^e 
plan  will  not  be  in  complete  operation  until 
1927. 

Take  the  class  of  1900  as  an  example.  At 
their  reunion  in  1924,  all  the  classes  that 
were  in  school  when  those  of  1900  were 
Freshmen,  will  have  reunions.  Then  in 
1929,  all  who  were  in  the  university  when 
the  1900  group  were  Sophomores,  in  1984, 
all  who  were  in  college  when  1900  were  Jun- 
iors, and  ]939.  all  who  were  there  when 
1900  were  Seniors  will  convene.  And  so  the 
plan  works  for  every  class. 

We  are  not  unmindful  of  the  precedent 
which  calls  for  the  selection  of  one  of  the 
chief  commencement  speakers  from  the 
twentieth  graduating  class  preceding  the 
current  year.  It  is  hoped  that  an  adjust- 
ment may  be  made  that  will  not  cause  a 


seeming  slight  or  injustice  to  any  class 
which  may  desire  to  be  represented  by  a 
speaker  but  should  a  happy  re-arrangement 
prove  impossible  we  feel  that  the  new  plan 
is  so  superior  to  the  old  that  every  one  will 
be  glad  to  make  some  small  sacrifice  for  its 
success,  even  those  classes  in  whose  reunion 
schedule  there  will  be  some  dis-arrange- 
ment  from  1924  to  '27. 

The  Dix  plan  has  been  given  the  endorse- 
ment of  the  National  Association  of  Alumni 
and  Alumnae  Secretaries  and  is  in  success- 
ful operation  in  most  of  the  larger  colleges 
and  universities  as  well  as  many  of  the 
smaller  institutions.  It  will  work  at  Ohio 
University  if  WE  WORK  IT, 


Ohio's  History. 

"One  of  the  subjects  with  which  every 
American  college  student  should  be  at  least 
fairly  familiar  is  the  history  of  the  institu- 
tion of  which  he  was  for  a  longer  or  shorter 
period  a  part.  The  young  man  or  young 
woman  must  be  exceptionally  lacking  in 
reverence,  or  that  sentiment  which  the  an- 
cient Romans  called  pietas,  who  can  tread 
the  same  ground,  go  in  and  out  through  the 
same  doors,  engage  in  the  same  rivalries 
with  ten,  twenty  or  more  generations  of 
student-predecessors  who  have  gone  forth 
to  make  their  impress  upon  their  fellow  cit- 
izens, and  yet  fails  to  realize  that  he  has 
enjoyed  a  special  privilege  and  entered  into 
a  goodly  heritage.  There  is  hardly  one  ex- 
student  in  a  hundred  who  has  not  become  a 
more  potent  moral  force  in  the  world  be- 
cause of  such  a  privilege.  If  he  remained 
long  enough  to  obtain  a  degree  he  will  car- 
rv  with  him  through  the  remainder  of  his 
life  the  evidence  of  an  achievement  that  dis- 
tinguishes him  from  the  great  mass  of  the 
citizens  of  his  generation.  Although  under- 
graduate life  is  not  without  its  asperities, 
theA?  are  soon  forgotten  or  but  faintly  re- 
membered in  latter  life.  The  most  serious 
T^nnds  inflicted  are  lacerated  feelings,  and 
t'-ev  ruirkly  heal  'without  leaving  a  trace.' 
Tn  American  colleges  the  most  dangerous 
weapons  used  are  the  contents  of  the  dic- 
tionary, and  they  di'aw  no  blood." 

An  e^rcellent  collection  of  historic  facts 
rlpali^g  with  the  early  days  of  Ohio  Univer- 
sity is  presented  elsewhere  in  the  "Alum- 
nus." Every  student  and  every  graduate 
owes  it  to  himself  and  to  his  Alma  Mater 
to  bei^ome  familiar  with  the  more  outstand- 
ing facts  of  his  school's  origin  and  develop- 
ment. We  wonder  how  many  of  those  who 
will  read  this  could  creditably  pass  a  test  on 
Ohio  University  history  of  even  the  most 
elementary  nature. 


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THE  DIX  REUNION  PLAN 


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THE    OHIO    ALUMNUS 


Ohio's  New  Gym  Dedicated  to  Purpose  of 

Higher  Education.    Dr.  Bryan  Welcomes 

Visitors.     Wittenberg  Defeated. 


Dedicating  her  mammouth  new  gymna- 
sium with  a  victory  Wednesday  night,  Feb- 
ruary 20,  Ohio  University  began  a  new  era 
of  development  along  the  line  of  physical 
education  and  training.  The  impressive  re- 
marks of  President  Bryan,  the  well-earned 
victory,  and  the  manifestations  of  pride  and 
loyalty  for  Ohio  Univeristy,  made  the  dedi- 
cation one  which  will  long  be  remembered 
with  pleasure  by  those  present  who  own 
Ohio  University  as  their  Alma  Mater. 

At  seven  o'clock  the  University  Band  of 
fifty  pieces,  dressed  in  their  smart  uni- 
forms of  blue  and  white,  entered  the  gym- 
nasium. They  marched  and  counter- 
marched the  entire  lentgh  of  the  building  as 
they  played  the  stirring  Ohio  march,  "Stand 
Up  and  Cheer,"  which  drew  roars  of  ap- 
plause from  the  2500  spectators  and  sent 
Ohio's  spirits  soaring.  During  the  remain- 
ing time  that  the  crowd  was  gathering  and 
between  halves  the  band  gave  a  spirited  con- 
cert. Prior  to  the  game  the  band  executed 
a  formation  in  front  of  the  flag-draped  sec- 
tion reserved  for  President  and  Mrs.  Bryan 
and  their  official  guests  and  played  "Alma 
Mater,  Ohio,"  while  all  present  stood  at  re- 
spectful attention. 

At  the  first  appearance  of  the  Ohio  team 
virtual  pandemonium  broke  out  which  con- 
tinued for  several  minutes  and  seemed  to 
dispel  all  doubt  as  to  the  final  outcome  of 
the  dedication  game.  A  few  minutes  later 
the  Wittenberg  team  trotted  onto  the  floor 
amid  the  generous  applause  of  the  Ohio  sup- 
porters. 

Prof.  0.  C.  Bird,  head  of  the  School  of 
Physical  Education,  then  called  the  crowd  to 
order  and  introduced  President  Bryan  as 
"the  man  who  has  made  this  occasion  pos- 
sible." Greeted  by  the  mighty  cheers  of  the 
crowd  which  immediately  came  to  its  feet, 
Dr.  Bryan  made  the  dedicatory  address. 

Dr.  Bryan  called  attention  to  the  appro- 
priately representative  crowd  in  which  were 
present  students  of  Ohio  University,  resi- 
dents of  Athens,  friends  of  the  University 
and  members  of  the  student  body  from  Wit- 
tenberg College,  and  extended  a  hearty  wel- 
come to  all. 

In  describing  the  structure  of  the  new 
building,  Dr.  Bryan  declared  the  gymnas- 
ium to  be  an  honest  building,  representing 
honesty  of  effort  on  the  part  of  the  build- 
ers and  honesty  of  purpose  on  the  part  of 
those  who  made  the  structure  possible.  A 
handsome  building,  Dr.  Bryan  declared  it  to 


be.  Not  too  beautiful  nor  yet  too  plain  for 
the  use  to  which  it  was  being  dedicated. 

Third,  Dr.  Bryan  declared  it  to  be  a  use- 
ful building.  Useful  in  carrying  out  one  of 
the  functions  of  eduuation — that  of  physical 
development,  physical  education  being  as 
necessary  to  proper  human  development  as 
mental  instruction. 

Dr.  Bryan  in  explaining  the  proper  rela- 
tionship of  physical  education  to  university 
life,  declared  that  a  university  must  have  a 
gymnasium,  yet  it  must  not  be  a  gymnas- 
ium; must  have  a  playground,  but  must  not 
be  a  playground;  that  work  and  play  were 
both  important  but  that  neither  could  be 
substituted  for  the  other. 

In  conclusion  Dr.  Bryan  expressed  the 
hope  that  in  this  structure,  Ohio  would  win 
many  games;  that  she  would  have  few  de- 
feats, but  when  defeat  came  that  it  would 
be  borne  with  manhood;  that  every  game 
would  be  played  hard  and  clean,  that  these 
games  might  make  a  large  contribution  to- 
ward the  development  of  finer  and  better 
human  beings. 

The  dimensions  of  the  building  are  160  by 
107  feet,  and  the  main  arena,  the  largest  of 
its  kind  in  Ohio  is  121  by  102  feet.  The 
ceiling  is  48  feet  in  height  and  the  seating 
capacity  of  the  basketball  floor,  including 
use  of  the  track  for  seating  accommoda- 
tions, is  estimated  at  well  over  3000.  The 
track  is  of  modem  construction  and  com- 
prises 12  laps  to  the  mile. 

Four  basketball  courts  in  all  make  up  the 
main  floor  arena,  the  varsity  court  in  the 
center  being  75  feet  long  and  40  feet  wide, 
the  exact  sixe  set  by  the  Ohio  conference. 
On  this  floor  and  running  sidewise  are  three 
other  courts,  each  equipped  with  modem 
baskets  at  each  end,  making  it  possible  for 
three  different  high  school  tournament  or 
intramural  games  to  be  played  at  one  time. 
All  baskets  of  the  arena  are  of  the  latest 
type  available,  the  banking  boards  being  of 
composition  board  instead  of  glass.  The 
entire  banking  board  and  basket  fixtures  are 
controlled  by  wheels  working  from  the  side- 
walls,  making  it  possible  to  lower  the  fix- 
tures, raise  them,  or  pull  them  back.  The 
result  of  this  arrangement  is  that,  at  all 
times,  no  matter  where  any  member  of  the 
crowd  may  be  seated,  clear  ogservation  of 
the  entire  basketball  arena  is  available. 

Almost  every  kind  of  physical  apparatus 
procurable  is  installed  on  the  main  floor, 
and  enough  of  each  kind  of  equipment  to 


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provide  facilities  for  between  twenty  and 
twenty-five  students  doing  the  same  thing 
at  the  same  time.  Window  opening  is  a 
simple  thmg  for  the  janitor  of  the  new  gym. 
Simply  by  the  pressing  of  an  electric  but- 
ton, all  the  windows  in  the  upper  part  of  the 
gymnasium  open,  and  pressure  on  another 
electric  button  closes  them. 

In  the  basement  are  three  large  locker 
rooms  and  many  smaller  rooms  utilized  for 
various  purposes.  Total  locker  accommo- 
dations for  800  students  are  provided,  in- 
cluding regular  gym  students,  Varsity  and 
Freshman  athletic  squads,  and  visiting 
teams.  A  feature  of  the  locker  rooms  is  the 
drying  system  installed  in  each.  Heat  is 
blown  into  the  various  rooms  from  the  ceil- 
ing and  drawn  by  suction  fans  through  the 
lockers  and  out  ventilators  in  the  floor,  an- 
swering two  purposes  at  the  same  time — 
that  of  warming  the  rooms  and  also  drying 
the  clothes  in  the  lockers. 

On  the  third  floor  is  a  large  room  which 
will  be  used  by  Varsity  "0"  men  only.  This 
room  is  fitted  up  as  a  comfortable  club  room 
and  its  equipment  includes  a  pool  and  bill- 
iard table,  and  a  large  open  fireplace.  On 
either  side  of  the  room  are  large  trophy 
cases  in  which  the  athletic  trophies  of  Ohio 
University  will  be  kept. 

o.  u. 

THE  BASKETBALL  SEASON 


TOLEDO  ALUMNI  AND  FORMER 
STUDENTS  MEET 


Lack  of  space  in  the  present  issue  pro- 
'  hibits  a  comprehensive  review  of  the  bas- 
ketball season.  The  work  of  the  varsity 
team  has  been  well  up  to  standard  this  year 
and  the  record  of  eight  conference  games 
won  with  three  defeats  is  a  good  one  and 
one  to  place  Ohio  University  near  the  top  of 
the  Ohio  conference  ladder.  The  defeat  at 
the  hands  of  St.  Xavier  early  in  the  season 
was  completely  avenged  at  a  later  date  on 
Ohio's  home  floor.  The  bitter  pill  of  the 
season  was  the  unexpected  defeat  at  Gran- 
ville on  February  1.  Much  regret  prevails 
that  no  opportunity  will  be  had  to  return 
the  compliment  to  the  Denison  aggregation. 

There  remains  but  one  game  of  the  1924 
schedule.  The  Green  and  White  will  play 
host  to  the  Ohio  Wesleyan  team  on  the 
night  of  March  8  when  certain  accounts  are 
expected  to  be  settled. 

i?he  schedule: 

34 Ohio— Oberlin    24 

27 Ohio— Marietta    24 

31 Ohio— __St.  Xavier 32 

21 Ohio— Cincinnati 18 

31 Ohio— Denison 23 

42 Ohio— Hiram    21 

26 Ohio— St.  Xavier 15 

37 Ohio— Marietta    22 

35 Ohio— Ohio  Northern 23 

30 Ohio— Wittenberg 20 

20 Ohio— Ohio  Wesleyan 22 

24 Ohio — Cincinnati   13 

40 Ohio — Western  Reserve 21 

March  8 — Ohio  vs.  Ohio  Wesleyan. 


The  precedent  of  successful  and  altogeth- 
er delightful  parties  was  upheld  in  Toledo 
Saturday  evening,  February  2,  when  fifty- 
five  members  of  the  Toledo  alumni  chapter 
gathered  for  their  annual  meeting  and  din- 
ner. The  scene  of  the  festivities  this  year 
was  the  Colling-Del  Tea  Room  on  the  cor- 
ner of  Collingwood  and  Delaware  Avenues. 
The  color  scheme  of  green  and  white  car- 
ried out  in  all  the  decorations  enhanced  the 
attractiveness  of  the  rooms. 

After  the  dinner  and  the  singing  of  col- 
lege songs,  Hollie  C.  Ellis,  '17,  A.  B.,  '20,  B. 
S.  in  Ed.,  president  of  the  Toledo  chapter, 
introduced  Dr.  H.  R.  Wilson  who  for  forty 
minutes  was  at  his  best  in  the  principal  ad- 
dress of  the  evening.  Dr.  Wilson's  address 
was  replete  with  rare  veins  of  humor  min- 
gled with  more  solid  substance  of  a  thought 
provoking  nature. 

Following  Dr.  Wilson,  Dr.  Wee  Kim  Lim, 
'IG,  A.  B.,  of  Detroit,  Mich.,  was  called  up- 
on. Dr.  Lim  spoke  with  a  fervor  bespeak- 
ing his  sincere  loyalty  and  interest  in  Ohio 
University  and  of  his  regret  at  being  so 
long  and  so  far  separated  from  his  Alma 
Mater.  Dr.  Lim  is  a  practicing  physician 
and  surgeon  in  Detroit. 

Prof.  John  W.  Dowd,  '69,  A.  B.,  peer  and 
dean  of  all  after-dinner  speakers,  responded 
to  a  call  from  the  toastmaster  and  engaged 
in  good  humored  badinage  with  Dr.  Wilson 
and  the  Alumni  Secretary.  Colonel  Dowd 
is  still  active  in  the  teaching  profession,  be- 
ing a  member  of  the  faculty  of  Toledo  Uni- 
versity. 

The  speaking  program  was  brought  to  a 
close  by  Clark  E.  Williams  who  bore  the 
greetings  of  the  University  administration 
to  the  Toledo  group. 

Dancing  and  social  conversation  occupied 
the  remainder  of  the  evening  with  the  ex- 
ception of  a  brief  time  given  over  to  an 
election  of  officers.  Mr.  Hollie  C.  Ellis  was 
unanimously  re-elected  to  fill  the  presiden- 
cy. Miss  Mary  McNaughten  was  chosen 
secretary  and  Miss  Claire  Humphrey,  treas- 
urer. 

o.  u. 

LIFE  CERTIFICATES 


State  life  teacher's  certificates  have  re- 
cently been  granted  to  Mrs.  E.  H.  Mar- 
quardt  (Jessie  Mills,  '21,  A.  B.)  and  Mr, 
Earle  A.  Miller,  '20,  B.  S.  in  Ed.  Mrs.  Mar- 
quardt  received  her  certificate  in  high 
school  music  from  the  state  board  of  educa- 
tion in  Illinois.  Her  home  is  at  Blooming- 
ton,  111.  Mr.  Miller  served  as  principal  and 
teacher  in  one  of  the  leading  high  schools  in 
Atliens  county  for  the  past  five  years  and 
at  the  present  time  he  has  charge  of  the 
physical  education  and  commercial  work  in 
the  Buchtel,  Ohio,  high  school. 


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THE     OHIO     ALUMNUS 

DE     ALUMNIS 

'72,  A.  B.,  '75,  A.  M.— Another  of  the  wel- 
comed notes  from  C.  R.  Long,  of  Buffalo, 
N.  Y.,  says  "My  retirement  has  been  very 
much  cheered  recently  by  cordial  letters 
from  Dr.  W.  H.  Scott,  '62,  A  M.;  Judge 
Coultrap,  '71,  A.  B.;  H.  F.  Acker,  '75,  A.  B., 
'78,  A.  M.;  William  C.  Oliphant,  '66,  A.  B., 
and  Joseph  F.  Ijukens,  '66,,  A.  M. 

'82-ex — Dr.  G.  H.  Mayhugh  resides  at 
Westerville,  Ohio,  where  he  is  a  physician. 
He  was  a  classmate  of  the  late  Rev.  A.  H. 
Gunnett. 

591,  Ph.  B.— Dr.  Thomas  R.  Biddle,  uni- 
versity trustee  and  graduate,  was  elected 
president  of  the  Southern  Ohio  Coal  Ex- 
change at  a  meeting  of  that  body  in  Jan- 
uary. He  also  represented  the  southern- 
Ohio  district  in  the  negotiations  at  Jackson- 
ville, Florida,  that  brought  about  the  three- 
year  wage  contract  and  agreement  between 
the  miners  and  operators  of  the  Central 
competitive  district  comprising  four  states. 
As  the  head  of  the  Poston  Consolidated 
Coal  Co.,  Mr.  Biddle  directs  one  of  the  larg- 
est individually  controlled  coal  mining  com- 
panies in  the  district. 

'92-ex. — Milton  R.  Lash  recently  paid  a 
visit  to  Ohio  University  and  friends  and  rel- 
atives in  Athens  after  a  rather  long  absence. 
Mr.  Lash's  home  is  in  Chicago,  where  for 
the  past  15  years  he  has  been  connected 
with  the  Austin  Cable  Company. 

'94,  B.  Ped. — This  word  of  encouragement 
and  appreciation  comes  from  Mr.  James  C. 
Fowler,  who  is  a  member  of  the  state  au- 
ditor's staff  at  Columbus.  "The  brighest 
day  of  the  month  is  the  one  on  which  we 
get  a  letter — The  Ohio  Alumnus — from 
home."    Thank  you,  Mr.  Fowler. 

'03,  A.  B.,  '20,  A.  M.— James  P.  Wood,  of 
Cleveland,  was  called  to  Athens,  February 

19,  by  the  death  of  his  mother.  Robert  S. 
Wood,  '09-ex.,  former  Ohio  University  ath- 
lete and  football  coach  is  another  son  of  the 
deceased. 

'05,  Elec.  Eng.— Mr.  H.  E.  Miller  and  Mrs. 
Miller  (Freda  Fern  Calvert,  '18,  B.  S.  in 
Ed.),  have  returned  to  their  home  in  Co- 
lumbus, Ohio,  after  a  visit  in  Califoraia. 
"We  just  came  home  from  California,  Feb. 

20.  The  January  'Alumnus'  was  among  our 
mail,  giving  the  addresses  of  several  O.  U. 
notables  who  are  in  California,  but  alas!  It 
was  too  late.  We  should  have  been  pleased 
to  renew  our  old  acquaintances." 

'07,  non-graduate — Miss  Elsie  Greathead 
of  McConnelsburg,  Pa.,  formerly  critic 
teacher  in  the  Ohio  University  training 
school  from  1907  to  1913,  now  holds  a  sim- 
ilar position  in  the  State  Normal  School  at 
Bloomsburg,  Pa. 


'09.  B.  S.,  C.  E.— James  W.  Wisda,  of 
Rawlins,  Wyoming,  says,  "Please  find  en- 
closed my  check  for  the  Ohio  Alumnus. 
Have  received  this  splendid  little  paper  so 
regularly,  read  it  so  religiously,  and  dug 
for  it  so  seldomly,  that  I  feel  rather  sheep- 
ishly." The  Alumni  Secretary  recently  ac- 
cused "Jim"  of  being  a  member  of  the  fa- 
mous 1908  conference  championship  base- 
ball team.  This  is  what  we  got  in  reply. 
"When  you  have  been  an  alumnus  for  fif- 
teen years;  have  a  family,  one  of  which  is 
attending  school;  belong  to  the  Rotary, 
Country,  and  other  old  men's  clubs;  have 
about  fifty  percent  of  gray  hair  in  your 
head,  and  some  kid  who  has  been  out  of 
school  only  a  couple  of  years  writes  in  the 
Alumnus  that  you  were  once  a  member  of 
the  umpty  umph  famous  baseball  team,  even 
though  most  of  your  time  was  spent  on  the 
bench.  Oh  Boy!  Ain't  it  a  grand  and  glor- 
ious feeling." 

'10,  B.  S.,  '12,  B.  S.  in  Ed.— Mrs.  D.  H. 
Harshbarger  serves  notice  of  a  change  of 
address  from  Jackson,  Ohio,  to  3124  Woods- 
field  St.,  Pleasant  Ridge,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

'12,  El.  Ed.— Esther  Taylor  and  Delia  O'- 
Connor, both  of  the  class  of  1912,  live  at 
McArthur,  Ohio,  from  which  place  they  send 
"greetings  to  the  students  and  graduates 
of  the  University." 

'10-ex — "I  am  glad  for  our  organization 
and  proud  of  our  University.  Although  I 
only  spent  two  summers  there,  it  is  very 
dear  to  me.  Long  may  she  live  and  serve." 
— Mrs.  Minnie  F.  Mclnquhan. 

'16,  El.  Ed.,  '17,  B.  S.  in  Ed.— The  Octo- 
ber, 1923,  number  of  "Educational  Adminis- 
tration and  Supervision"  carries  an  interest- 
ing bit  of  technical  research  of  Bertha  A. 
Lively,  under  the  heading  of  "Measuring 
The  'Vocabulary  Burden'  of  Textbooks." 
Miss  Lively  is  director  of  the  Huron  County 
Normal  School  at  Monroeville,  Ohio. 

'16,  Pub.  Sch.  Mus. — Death  came  into  the 
family  of  another  Ohio  graduate  when  Mr. 
George  S.  Rambo,  Sr.,  died  at  his  home  in 
Jacksonville,  Ohio.  Mr.  Rambo  was  the 
father  of  George  S.  Rambo,  Jr.,  '16. 

'16,  Home  Ec— Mrs.  A.  B.  Kreinbihl 
(Mary  Louise  Geyer),  of  Pomeroy,  Ohio,  is 
one  of  the  hundreds  who  keep  up  their  in- 
terest in  Ohio  University  by  paying  their 
annual  alumni  dues  and  subscribing  for  the 
alumni  magazine. 

'17,  B.  S.  in  Ed.— Harold  C.  Mardis,  in- 
structor in  Physics  and  Chemistry  in  Ath- 
ens High  School  has  been  granted  a  leave  of 
absence  by  the  city  school  board  to  com- 
plete the  work  for  his  master's  degree  from 
Columbia  University,  specializing  in  high 
school  administration  and  supervision. 


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21 


'18,  A.  B. — Joseph  E.  Jewett  is  located  in 
BuflFalo,  N.  Y.,  as  a  research  chemist  in  the 
Development  Engineerings  division  of  the 
National  Aniline  and  Chemical  Company. 
Mr.  Jewett's  department  undertakes  all  en- 
gineering investigations  and  designs  the 
equipment  for  new  processes  and  the  im- 
provement of  old  processes.  His  work  is 
much  the  same  as  that  in  which  he  was  en- 
gaged at  the  Marcus  Hooker  Works  of  this 
company  at  Wilmington,  Delaware,  where 
he  spent  a  year  and  one-half. 

'17,  A.  B. — Eachael  Higgins  is  a  resident 
of  Morris  Hall  while  doing  graduate  work 
at  Columbia  University,  New  York  City. 

'18,  A.  B. — Ernest  F.  Bolton,  research 
chemist  for  a  large  chemical  manufacturing 
concern  in  Wilmington,  Delaware,  is  under- 
going a  siege  of  scarlet  fever.  His  friends 
are  hoping  for  his  early  and  complete  re- 
covery. 

'19.  B.  S.  in  Ed. — The  superintendency  of 
the  Pomeroy,  Ohio,  public  schools  is  in  the 
hands  of  Wayne  Lutz.  Louise  Ebersbach, 
'17,  A.  B.,  is  one  of  the  instructors  in  the 
high  school  of  that  citv. 

'20,  A.  B.— Earl  F.  Shadrack,  graduate  of 
Ohio  University  and  of  the  Yale  Law  School 
\'isited  campus  friends  over  the  week-end  of 
February  23.  "Shad"  is  a  practicing  attor- 
ney in  the  citv  of  Cleveland. 

'21,  A.  B.— William  M.  Bates  is  still  mix- 
ing chemical  reagents  for  the  students  of 
Clarksburg,  (W.  Va.)  High  School  where  he 
has  recently  organized  a  Chemistry  Club. 
"Bill"  says  he  had  just  filed  the  "worthy 
check  stub  for  his  alumni  dues  with  the 
other  worthy  stubs  including  those  for  groc- 
ery bills,  house  rent,  etc."  You  know  Bill 
is  married  now  so  he  ads,  "It's  a  great  life, 
Clark,  and  we  are  waiting  for  other  mem- 
bers of  the  class  of  '21."  Isn't  that  subtle 
propaganda  ? 

'21.  B.  S.  in  Ed.— Mrs.  R.  R.  Ladd  (Ellen 
Welch)  has  been  added  to  the  instructional 
force  of  the  Athens  city  schools.  She  is 
teaching  an  extra  first  grade  in  the  training 
school  building  which  has  been  added  be- 
cause the  congested  condition  in  the  univer- 
sitv  district. 

'21.  C.  E. — William  L.  Anderson  is  taking 
an  advanced  course  in  civil  engineering  at 
Ohio  State  Universitv. 

'21.  A.  B.— Earl  C.  Shivelv,  law  student 
and  instructor  in  French  at  Ohio  State  Uni- 
versity, was  one  of  the  principals  in  the 
cast  of  "The  Cat  and  the  Riddle,"  mysterv- 
comedy  production  of  the  Scarlet  Mask 
Club. 

'22-ex. — Further  bereavement  has  come 
to  Mrs.  Wilson  Carr  (Elaine  Steele)  in  the 
sudden  death  of  her  father,  January  25.  at 
his  home  in  McArthur.  Ohio.  Mrs'.  Carr's 
husband  died  only  last  February  following 
an  operation. 

'22.  A.  B. — Carlos  M.  T?iecker  is  an  in- 
structor in  Manu.al  Training  in  the  Toledo 
Schools.     "Funny     is  studying  law  on  the 


side  and  some  day  expects     to     enter  the 
ranks  of  the  legal  fraternity. 

'22,  A.  B.  in  Com. — After  a  year's  connec- 
tion with  the  Todd  Stationery  and  Printing 
Co.,  of  Hamilton,  Ohio,  in  the  capacity  of 
auditor,  Leo  E.  Diehl  reports  complete  sat- 
isfaction with  his  work.  Leo  says  the  little 
"yellow  slip"  did  its  work  well.  It  came 
back  with  a  check. 

'22,  A.  B. — Josephine  M.  Lepley  writes 
from  Altoona,  Pa.,  that  she  is  "still  just 
striving  to  help  bring  up  young  America  in 
the  way  it  should  go.  I'll  admit  some  of 
them  do  need  a  lot,  too,  for  they  still  think 
Ohio  University  is  at  Columbus  and  that 
the  state  of  Ohio  is  just  somewhere  between 
here  and  Teapot  Dome."  "Jo"  reserves  any 
real  information  about  herself  for  fear  it 
will  be  used  against  her.  She  says,  "the 
power  of  the  press  is  mighty  and  to  send 
you  information  would  be  worse  than  mail- 
ing it  to  the  Sunday  edition  of  the  Times." 

'22.  El.  Ed.— Pearl  E.  Setzler  is  teaching 
her  second  year  in  Sandusky  county  and 
sends  a  big  "How'd  you  do"  and  good  wishes 
to  everyone  at  Ohio  University. 

'22,  Pub.  Sch.  Mus. — "I  am  enjoying  the 
teaching  of  music  here  at  Scotia  Women's 
College.  (Concord,  N.  C.)  It  is  under  the 
Board  of  National  Missions  of  our  Presby- 
terian church,  and  is  doing  a  far  reaching 
service  for  two  hundred  and  fifty  colored 
girls  of  the  southland." — Adah  O.  Chapin. 

'23,  A.  B. — Jay  J.  Gossard  has  given  up 
the  principalship  of  the  Hamden,  Ohio,  high 
school  in  favor  of  a  position  as  teacher  of 
Chemistry  at  South  Solon.  Ohio. 

'23,  A.  B. — Warren  F.  Clements,  formerly 
a  chemist  for  a  large  manufacturing  con- 
cern at  Saltville  Va.,  has  recently  assumed 
a  more  responsible  position  as  chemist  with 
the  Roberts  and  Mender  Stove  Co.,  of  Phil- 
adelphia. Pa. 

'23,  Pub.  Sch.  Mus. — Jennie  M.  Graham  is 
teaching  music  and  English  in  the  Sharon 
TowTiship  High  School,  near  Caldwell.  Ohio. 

'23.  B.  S.  in  Ed. — Ruth  Frances  Long  is 
a  "Home  Ec."  instructor  in  a  centralized 
school  near  Warren,  Ohio.  Ruth  has  lots 
of  good  Ohio  University  company  in  that 
part  of  the  country. 

'23.  B.  S.  in  Ed. — Lenore  Fhmn  is  teach- 
ing Home  Economics  and  coaching  the  girls' 
basketball  team  in  the  Monroeville,  Ohio, 
high  school. 

'23,  Spec.  Ed. — Philomena  Humrichouse. 
of  Dayton,  i^  teaching  in  one  of  the  ser-ond 
grade  positions  of  the  Trov,  Ohio,  schools. 

'23.  Pub.  Sch.  Mus. — Bernadine  Schunck, 
of  Celina.  Ohio,  has  taken  up  her  duties  as 
an  in.struf'tor  in  music  in  the  schools  of 
Bui^htel,  Ohio.  Miss  Schunck  has  charge  of 
both  the  grade  si^hool  and  high  school  work. 

'24,  B.  S.  in  Ed. — Naomi  Shreves,  Lima. 
Ohio,  who  has  completed  her  four  years' 
wnvk  at  Ohio  Universitv.  has  acctnted  a  po- 
sition as  teacher  of  English  and  Social  Sci- 
ence at  Ohio  Citv.  Ohio. 


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THE     OHIO     ALUMNUS 


Dr.  Kahler  Succumbs  After  Long  Illness.       Friends  Pay 
Many  Tributes  to  His  Memory 


Dr.  George  R.  "Crum"  Kahler,  '08-ex,  former  coach  and  athletic  star  at  Ohio  Univer- 
sity, died  February  7,  1924,  in  the  Battle  Creek  (Mich.)  Sanatarium  at  the  age  of  thirty- 
five  years.  Death  resulted  after  an  illness  of  sev- 
eral years  from  chronic  diabetes  which  first  began 
when  Dr.  Kahler  was  one  of  the  pitching  stars  in 
big  league  baseball.  Insulin  treatments  were  tak- 
en for  some  time  with  but  temporary  benefit  and  an 
operation  a  few  weeks  before  his  death  was  of  no 
avail.    His  condition  became  steadily  worse. 

While  George  R.  Kahler  did  not  complete  all  of 
the  work  required  for  a  degree  he  is  no  less  con- 
sidered to  be  a  son  of  Ohio  University  than  those 
whose  names  are  found  enrolled  on  the  graduate 
lists.  For  many  years  his  name  has  been  pointed 
to  with  pride  as  a  clean,  upstanding  student  and 
athlete  and  his  record  held  up  to  those  who  followed 
him.  To  his  prowess  on  the  athletic  field  and  the 
code  of  morals  and  ethics  which  governed  his  com- 
petition many  glowing  tributes  have  been  paid. 
Those  men  with  whom  he  was  associated  on  the 
football,  basketball,  and  baseball  teams  of  his  var- 
sity days  and  later  those  in  the  field  of  professional 
athletics,  acclaim  him  to  have  been  a  true  gentle- 
man, than  which  no  finer  tribute  may  be  paid. 

Funeral  services  for  Dr.  Kahler  were  held  in 
Athens,  February  10,  at  the  First  Presbyterian 
Church  with  the  burial  rites  of  the  Knights  Tem- 
plars, of  which  Masonic  body  he  was  a  member. 


I  MARRIAGES  $ 

Andrews-Ridenor. — Chauncey  O.  Riden- 
our,  '20,  A.  B.,  has  taken  his  departure  from 
the  University  Club  at  Penn  State  College 
and  like  Postum  and  Grape  Nuts,  "There's 
a  Reason."  Here  it  is.  Mr.  Ridenour  and 
Miss  Elizabeth  Andrews,  of  Burnham,  Pa., 
were  married  at  State  College,  Pa.,  on  June 
12,  1923.  Chauncey  now  puts  on  his  easy 
slippers  at  303  W.  Fairmount  Ave.,  State 
College.  Mrs.  Ridenour  is  a  graduate  of 
Penn  State  with  the  A.  B.  degree  in  1922. 
Mr.  Ridenour  is  a  member  of  the  English 
department  on  the  faculty  of  this  Pennsyl- 
vania school. 

Weaver-Schempp. — Miss  Gertrude  Weav- 
er and  Mr.  Clarence  Schempp,  both  of  Lo- 
gan, Ohio,  were  united  in  mariage  at  Lo- 
gan, on  February  18.  Mrs.  Schempp  at- 
tended summer  school  at  Ohio  University 
during  the  years,  1920-21-22. 

Overmyer-Soule. — Most  happy  and  of  in- 
terest to  a  host  of  friends,  was  the  marriage 
of  Miss  Mary  Louise  Overmyer,  of  Athens, 
Ohio,  to  Mr.'  Robert  S.  Soule,  of  Hamilton, 
Ohio,  at  Athens,  on  the  morning  of  Febru- 


ary 23.  The  bride  completed  a  two-year 
commercial  course  at  Ohio  University  and 
has  been  secretary  to  Dean  Irma  Voigt  for 
the  past  three  and  one-half  years.  She  is 
a  member  of  Theta  Phi  Alpha  sorority.  The 
bridegroom  received  the  A.  B.  in  Commerce 
degree  from  Ohio  University  with,  the  class 
of  1923.  "Bob"  was  prominent  in  the  activi- 
ties of  the  campus.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  varsity  debating  team,  the  varsity  quar- 
tet, Torch,  Tau  Kappa  Alpha,  and  Phi  Del- 
ta Theta  fraternity.  In  addtion  to  these 
"minor"  honors  he  was  manager  or  chair- 
man of  half  a  dozen  other  campus  organiza- 
tions. 

Mr.  Soule  is  now  instructor  in  public 
speaking  in  the  fine  new  high  school  at 
Pai'kersburg,  W.  Va.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Soule 
are  at  home  to  their  friends  at  2006  Dudley 
Ave. 

Parks-Pergrin. — Miss  Doris  Parks,  of 
Nelsonville,  Ohio,  and  Mr.  Max  V.  Pergrin, 
of  Akron,  Ohio,  were  married,  February  27, 
in  the  home  city  of  the  bride.  Miss  Parks 
has  completed  two  years  of  work  at  Ohio 
University  where  she  was  a  well-liked  and 
popular  student.  She  is  a  member  of  Pi 
Beta  Phi  sorority  and  a  sister  of  Mrs.  James 
Fri  (Florence  Parks,  '18,  A.  B.)  Mr.  Per- 
grin is  a  former  student  and  a  member  of 


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23 


Phi  Delta  Theta  fraternity.    He  is  associat- 
ed in  business  wdth  his  father  in  Akron. 

Walker- Love. — The  word  is  out  of  the 
marriage,  January  31,  at  Columbus,  Ohio, 
of  Miss  Grace  Walker,  '23,  B.  S.  in  Ed.,  of 
Akron,  and  Mr.  Claude  F.  Love,  '18,  A.  B., 
of  Athens,  Oho.  Mrs.  Love  is  a  member  of 
Alpha  Gamma  Delta  sorority  and  at  pres- 
ent the  supei'visor  of  art  in  the  Grandview 
(Columbus)  schools.  Mr.  Love  is  a  member 
of  Sigma  Pi  fraternity  and  a  senior  in  the 
Ohio  State  medical  college. 

Beasley-Galigher. — The  approaching  mar- 
riage of  Miss  Otha  Beasley,  of  Athens,  to 
Mr.  Richard  H.  Galigher,  of  Zanesville, 
Ohio,  is  one  of  great  interest  to  the  friends 
of  these  young  people.  The  date  of  the 
wedding  has  been  fixed  for  March  8.  Miss 
Beasley  is  a  senior  in  Ohio  University  and  a 
member  of  Pi  Beta  Phi  sorority.  Mr.  Gali- 
gher is  a  graduate  of  Ohio  State  University 
and  a  member  of  Phi  Gamma  Delta  frater- 
nity. 

Pancake-Skinner. — The  wedding  of  Miss 
Luella  Pancake  and  Mr.  H.  Clay  Skinner 
was  solemnized  on  January  26,  at  the  home 
of  the  bride  on  North  High  Street,  Colum- 
bus, Ohio.  Mrs.  Skinner  completed  the 
course  in  Elementary  Education  at  Ohio 
University  in  1916.  For  three  years  she  has 
been  a  successful  teacher  in  the  East  Cleve- 
land schools.  Mr.  Skinner  received  the  B. 
S.  in  Ed.  degree  from  Ohio  University  in 
1917,  the  M.  A.  degree  from  Ohio  State  Uni- 
versity in  1922,  and  took  graduate  work  in 
Education  at  Colvimbia  and  New  York  Uni- 
versity in  1922-23.  He  is  a  member  of  Phi 
Kappa  Tau  and  Phi  Delta  Kappa  fraterni- 
ties, the  latter  an  educational  fraternity. 
Mr.  Skinner  served  at  one  time  as  president 
of  Rho  chapter  of  Phi  Delta  Kappa.  Mr. 
arid  Mrs.  Skinner  are  at  home  on  North 
Broadway  Street,  Barnesville,  Ohio,  where 
Mr.  Skinner  is  superintendent  of  the  pub- 
lic schools. 

Davison- Sharp.— Miss  Marjorie  Nan  Dav- 
ison, of  Harrison,  Ohio,  and  Mr.  C.  Forrest 
Sharp,  '12,  B.  S.,  of  Springfield,  Ohio,  were 
married  at  Harrison,  February  14.  Amongst 
other  things,  Mr.  Sharp  was  president  of 
the  Philomathean  Literary  Society  and  a 
varsity  baseball  man  while  on  the  campus. 
He  is  now  an  automobile  distributor  in 
Springfield. 

Nelson-Hauck. —  Miss  Mary  Emmaline 
Nelson,  '21,  B.  S.  in  Ed.,  Bellaire,  Ohio,  and 
Mr.  Earl  Hauck,  Fairmont,  W.  Va.,  were 
married  at  Youngstown,  Ohio,  Dec.  20,  1923. 
Mrs.  Hauck  has  been  located  at  Youngs- 
town since  her  graduation.  Mr.  Hauck  is  a 
graduate  of  Ohio  State  University  and  a 
metallurgist  for  one  of  the  large  steel  cor- 
porations in  Youngstown.  They  are  at  home 
at  75  Delason  Avenue. 

Evans-Bretz. — Miss  Blodwen  Evans,  '17, 
Home  Ec,  of  New  Marshfield,  Ohio,  became 
the  bride  of  Mr.  Floyd  Bretz,  of  Guysvllle, 


Ohio,  November  21,  1923.     Mrs.  Bretz  is  a 
former  teacher  in  the  Cleveland  schools. 
o.  u. 


♦ 


CRADLE     ROLL 


Downing. — Bom  to  Mr.  Walter  A.  Down- 
ing, '17,  B.  S.  in  Ed.,  and  Mrs.  DowTiing, 
(Ruth  Thomas,  '18,  B.  S.  in  Ed.)  of  Circle- 
ville,  Ohio,  on  August  6,  1923,  a  daughter, 
Joan.  Mr.  DowTiing  is  the  Ohio  representa- 
tive for  the  Milton  Bradley  Company,  manu- 
facturers of  school  supplies  and  kindergar- 
ten materials. 

Rucker. — Rebecca  Jean  was  born  July  30, 
1923,  to  Mr.  Robert  E.  Rucker,  '13,  Com., 
'14,  A.  B.,  and  Mrs.  Rucker  (Grace  Bate- 
man,  '15,  B.  S.  in  Ed.,)  of  Mansfield,  Ohio. 
Mr.  Rucker  is  principal  of  the  Brinkerhoff 
school  at  Mansfield.  For  several  years  prior 
to  the  beginning  of  the  pi-esent  school  year 
Mr.  Rucker  and  his  family  have  lived  at 
Fredericksburg,  Ohio. 

Waters.— Bom  to  Mr.  B.  J.  Waters  and 
Mrs.  Waters  (Catherine  Silvus,  '15,  ex.),  a 
daughter,  Barbara  Effie,  Friday,  January  25, 
at  their  home  in  Sault  Ste.  Marie,  Canada. 

Stack.— Mr.  Charles  E.  Stack  and  Mrs. 
Stack  (Lenore  Sprague,  '18,  A.  B.,)  of  Mill- 
field,  Ohio,  announced  the  birth  of  a  fine 
son,  John  Warren,  on  February  4. 

Patton. — Mr.  Lee  M.  Patton  and  Mrs. 
Patton  (Gertrude  Walker,  '21,  B.  S.  in  Ed.), 
of  Akron,  Ohio,  have  made  the  happy  an- 
nouncement of  the  birth  of  a  daughter,"  Neta 
Vanlou,  on  February  8. 

Ginn.— Mr.  L.  T.'  Ginn  and  Mrs.  Ginn 
(Ethel  M.  Hunt,  '17-ex),  of  Pomeroy,  Ohio, 
are  the  parents  of  a  son,  Lomax  Hunt,  born 
January  28. 

Mauck. — Announcement  cards  are  out  for 
the  birth  of  a  son,  Stanley  Robert,  Jr.,  to 
Mr.  Stanley  R.  Mauck,  '16-ex,  and  Mrs. 
Hauck  (Helen  McKay),  of  Columbus.  Ohio, 
bom  February  21.  Mrs.  IMauck  was  an  in- 
structor in  Voice  Culture  and  Musical  His- 
tory on  the  Ohio  University  faculty  during 
1915-19. 

o.  u. 


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t  DEATHS  t 

Mathews. — He\\itt  Mathews,  '27,  A.  B.,  of 
Detroit,  Mich.,  died  January  31,  at  Shelter- 
ing Arms  Hospital,  Athens,  Ohio,  following 
an  operation  for  appendicitis  performed  two 
weeks  before.  Mr.  Mathews  was  president 
of  the  Freshman  class  of  Ohio  University 
at  the  time  of  his  death  and  an  outstanding 
campus  leader.  Local  funeral  services  were 
held  at  the  chapter  house  of  the  Phi  Delta 
Theta  fraternity  of  wliich  the  deceased  was 
a  member. 


24 


THE    OHIO    ALUMNUS 


Bits  of  History  and  Tradition 


By  Dr.  C.  W.  Super 


(Continued  from  last  issue) 
FAMOUS  The  original  building-  of  Ohio 
FAMILIES  University  was  called  the 
Academy  and  was  completed 
in  1809.  Its  site  is  now  marked  by  a  pillar, 
which  already  bears  the  stamp  of  vandal- 
ism. It  was  a  two-story  brick  struc- 
ture and  was  probably  the  first  building 
erected  northwest  of  the  Ohio  river  for  ex- 
clusively educational  purposes.  There  was 
but  one  room  on  each  floor.  After  the  erec- 
tion of  the  Center  Building  it  was  leased  to 
private  individuals  and  used  as  a  school.  It 
was  torn  down  in  1841.  A  two-story  work- 
shop was  also  erected  a  short  distance  south 
of  the  main  or  Center  Building  in  1834.  Its 
purpos-c  was  to  provide  "A  s>ystem  of  Man- 
ual Labor  for  the  employment  of  students." 
It  is  worth  noting  that  about  the  same  time 
a  like  project  was  launched  at  Alleghany 
College,  at  Lafayette,  and  perhaps  at  other 
places.  Predictions  that  do  not  fail  are 
difficult.  At  the  present  time  it  is  easy  to 
understand  why  such  projects  were  doomed 
to  failure.  There  was  little  demand  for 
workshops  in  a  country  as  new  as  was  al- 
most the  entire  Union,  west  of  the  Dela- 
ware River.  In  the  cut  of  the  O.  U.  made 
from  a  photograph  taken  about  1894  may 
be  seen  two  small  structures,  one  of  which 
was  erected  as  a  sort  of  miniature  physical 
laboratory,  the  larger  one  as  a  gymnasium. 
South  of  the  East  Wing  which  is  not  visible 
in  the  cut,  almost  an  exact  duplicate  of  the 
West  Wing,  were  also  some  small  buildings 
mainly  used  as  coal  sheds.  These  have  all 
long  since  been  torn  down  and  removed,  as 
they  ceased  to  be  of  any  use  and  were  nev- 
er ornamental. 

Until  near  the  close  of  the  last  century 
the  students  who  roomed  in  the  Wings  ob- 
tained their  water  for  drinking  from  pri- 
vate wells  outside  the  campus.  Then  a 
drive-well  was  put  down  not  far  from  the 
southeast  corner  of  the  East  Wing,  by 
means  of  which  water  could  be  obtained. 
Rain  water  was  collected  in  a  cistern  near 
the  southeast  corner  of  the  Center  build- 
ing and  drawn  up  with  a  rope.  Later  some 
of  this  cistern  water  was  used  for  labora- 
tory purposes  being  forced  up  into  a  tank 
under  the  roof,  from  which  it  descended  by 
gravity.  It  is  also  a  part  of  this  story  that 
not  unfrequently  unsophisticated  pedes- 
trians who  passed  close  to  the  Wings  were 
drenched  with  an  artificial  shower  that  had 
been  collected  in  one  of  the  upper  rooms. 

So  far  as  the  writer  knows  the  most  num- 
erously represented  family  among  the  grad- 
uates of  the  O.  U.  is  that  of  W.  W.  McVay, 
a  son  of  Jacob  Lindley  McVay  and  his  wife. 


mentioned  above,  both  of  Athens  County. 
"Lizzie"  McVay  soon  after  her  graduation 
married  a  colege  mate,  L.  M.  Gillilan,  and 
has  removed  to  Salt  Lake  City  where  she 
still  resides.  Mrs.  Skinner  (Gladys  McVay) 
went  off  in  the  opposite  direction  and  set- 
tled in  Pittsburgh.  For  several  years  not  a 
member  of  the  younger  generation  lived  in 
Athens  County.  At  present,  however,  Herb- 
ert R.  is  county  superintendent  and  Bertha 
is  teaching  in  the  home  neighborhood.  The 
youngest,  Anna  Pearl,  who  was  a  member 
of  the  class  of  '92,  after  teaching  for  sev- 
eral years  in  her  native  state  entered  Bryn 
Mawr  College.  For  some  years  after  grad- 
uation from  that  famous  institution  for 
women  she  taught  in  Philadelphia  but  was 
later  called  to  New  York  where  for  several 
years  she  has  been  Dean  of  Women  in  the 
Wadleigh  High  School  and  also  a  teacher  of 
Greek.  The  number  of  her  pupils  is  not  far 
from  four  thousand.  Paul  McVay  Gillilan 
was  a  member  of  the  class  of  1915  and  his 
wife  of  the  class  of  1913.  Martin  Scott  Mc- 
Vay, a  son  of  H.  R.,  mentioned  above,  fol- 
lowing the  example  of  his  ancestor,  Jacob 
Lindley,  betook  himself  to  Princeton  and 
graduated  with  the  class  of  1922  but  almost 
five  quarter  centuries  later." 

— From  "A  Pioneer  College  and  Its 
Background" 


O.  u. 


MISS  RICHMOND  NOT  AN  "M.  D." 


The  Editor  is  glad  to  correct  the  erron- 
eous impression  for  which  he  is  doubtless 
responsible  that  Miss  Winifred  Richmond, 
'10,  B.  Ped.,  is  a  member  of  the  medical 
staff  of  St.  Elizabeth's  Hospital,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C.  Recent  information  discloses  that 
Miss  Richmond  is  on  the  psycho-analytic 
staff  instead.  St.  Elizabeth's  is  said  to  be 
the  headquarters  in  this  country  for  psycho- 
analysis. 

Regarding  her  work,  Miss  Richmond  has 
this  to  say:  "My  time  is  divided  and  I  spend 
part  of  it  on  the  women's  service,  making 
mental  examinations  and  analyses  of  spec- 
ial cases;  part  on  the  men's  service  where 
I  do  the  psychological  work;  and  part  down 
tovm  in  the  Out  Patient  Clinic,  where  I  han- 
dle children  who  are  delinquent,  or  problem 
cases.  In  addition,  I  usually  have  a  special 
piece  of  work  going.  This  semetser  I  am 
going  to  teach  in  George  Washington,  our 
municipal  university.  I  will  have  two  hours 
a  week  in  a  course  in  the  Psychological 
Bases  of  Delinquency."