Marshall University - Chief Justice Yearbook (Huntington, WV)

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 TOaa. “Built Irouud 7ite . . . IJu Pbyties lah was fully tauipped in the 1920's. f H after A ortbcott u ,n (onsirueted. In 1871, .in old wish came true. The city of Huntington was founded and began to grow up around me. Now 1 wanted nothing more than to be a real college. As the country grew, so did the state, and as the state grew, so did the city, and I continued to grow with it all. In 1895, a great new sixty-foot square, three-story brick building with a high tower was set well out to my front. Its silhouette against the sky was a landmark. In addition I had yet another wing added to my first buildings and numerous improvements everywhere. Four years later the space between my first buildings and the new one was closed with another fine new building. Throughout the length of these joined buildings ran a hall 303 feet long. luu b spring the campus was filled Kill) gay pageantry as thi Vnqutncbed lord) offered a pleasant exit to the gr,id at Mg senior,. Ibis prastiee was eon tinned until the late thirties.

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Tfocoi @ould 'poiCocv t e @cvieen, t at 'Zfacl Seen 'Planted fa 1 te.., In the fall of 1868 twenty-seven students came to me. How glad I was to have them; how proud of my truly scholarly program—spelling, reading, penmanship, grammar; bookkeeping, arithmetic, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, surveying; geography, botany, natural philosophy, anatomy, physi ology, and the art of teaching. My poor president had to be able to teach all these courses. I don’t think my students today would like the demerit system 1 used then, nor the long daily six hours of classes, liven so, in the spring, I had nineiv-six students. 7he model school adyturn• from completed Old Aidin' in Chic it the only word for description, hut in So years. !l)07. The mu coaches {hod) by hither) mean the children. we'll he just at antiquated.

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In 1907 1 lost my high tower. It was taken down to allow another building to be joined to the front. My lull was now 327 feet long. Throughout the years, building after building grew up around me on my now 23 acre birthplace. I look around and know again the old, old pride. Yet I remember the years and recall the small spot deep in my heart where the little log cabin stood alone on Ml. I lebron by the broad Ohio. The Queen Sunt Paul'' steams bait the college. Some of it excursions tool Marshall students ana faculty on gay jaunts on the Ohio. I lighway, railway, and airway have knit me into the country—war, into the common cause—and in War II. I received most honorable recognition in having a l iberty ship named for me. The infant. Industry, and his brother Science, have become giants in the land—giants toiling in peace and war—giants demanding ceaselessly more students trained for their needs. The S. S. M.ir tll Victory uLunched .u Baltimore. Maryland during World II ar II Charles Marsh,dl Scot!, descendant of the great Chief Justice, unveils the hurt of John Marshall during the Centennial celebration in 1937. I am content to know that my purpose is now assured, to recall my steady growth, and to feel that I help fulfill those needs.