Kent State University - Chestnut Burr Yearbook (Kent, OH)

 - Class of 1916

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1916 Chestnut-Burr History of Kent State Normal College Only five years ago the present site of Kent State Normal College presented a view of Nature untouched by the hand of man. The city of Kent ended ab- ruptly along its eastern limits. Virgin forests, tangled with vines and under- brush, joined the city streets and lots. The Normal campus consisted of a stretch of wild but beautiful scenery. At the foot of Normal Hill, a swamp of whortleberry shrubs formed a thick and almost impenetrable barrier to animal and man. In the back-ground, where our own college buildings look proudly over the beautiful Cuyahoga Val- ey, giant oaks, maples and chestnuts guarded the treasures of Nature. Vines and undergrowth lent their aid to forest and swamp, and all united with the ap- parent purpose of defying the hand of man. Squirrels and chipmunks scampered about unmolested. Here the wild birds sang their sweetest for no disturbing element had as yet entered their hidden realm. Woodland flowers, unseen by man, bloomed in wild, untrained beauty, making lovely the world of birds and forest animals. Snowy trilliums nodded with stately grace to the shy yellow violets peeping from among the green grasses. Dainty anemones, sensitive to every passing breeze, did not disdain the close companionship of the lordly, unbending Jack-in-the-Pulpit. Out of the crevices oi rocks emerged the snowy, wax-like blossoms of the bloodroot, softening the harsh outline and rough outcrops. Dotting the lap of earth beneath the extended branches of tall trees, lay patches of green, velvety moss where the birds were wont to appear, especially in the nesting time of early spring. And above Nature ' s little, unmolested kingdom, stretched the friendly blue of the protecting sky. The golden sun smiled down, well pleased with this region of purity and beauty. But Nature was not destined to be supreme over this land for all time. When, by an enactment of the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, a Com- mission was appointed to establish a State Normal School in northeastern Ohio, Kent was chosen for the location of the new institution. Of the eighty-five acres in the campus, more than fifty were donated by W. S. Kent of the city. The quiet of Normal Hill was soon to be broken. Men, busy with teams and tools began to transform the unconquered forest. The swamp was cleared and drained; underbrush was uprooted; grading and excavating were started. In a few months two fine modern buildings appeared among the oaks and chest- nuts at the edge of the forest. These were prophetic forerunners of the rapid growth that was to follow. Regular class work began May nineteenth, nineteen hundred thirteen with an enrollment of two hundred, ninety-two for the first summer session. Al- though splendid work was done for a new school in the first stages of develop-

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