Miami University - Recensio Yearbook (Oxford, OH)

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REV. WILLIAM O. THOMPSON, D. D., PRESIDENT, 731'Qfessor of History and Political Economy. ANDREW D. HEPBURN, D. D., LL. D., 731'Qfessor qf the English Language and Literature. HENRY SNYDER, M. SQ, Trqfessor of Physics and Chemistry. ROGER BRUCE .IOHNSON, A. M., 731'ofessor of Mental and Moral Philosophy. EDWARD P. ANDERSON, PH. D., ?v'ofessor of the Frencb and German Languages and Literatures. HERMAN L. EBELING, PH. D., ?Drofessor 0f the Greek Language and Literature. FAQ: U LTY AARON L. TREADWELL, M. .Sc., 73rofessor of Biology and Geology. EDWARD P. THOMPSON, A. M., :Professor of Matbematz'cs and Astronomy. WILLIAM B. LANGSDORF, A; M., Professor of the Latin Language and Literature. WILBUR J. GREEK, A. M., ?rincipal 0f the Preparatotv Department. ORLANDO B. FINCH, A. R, Assistant.

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SKETCH'OF MIAMI UNIVERSITY HE HISTORIC document known as nThe ordinance of 1787,, under which the North- westl Territory was organized, names as its purpose the tlextending the fundamental principles of civil: and religious liberty, A c 1 and Hto hx and establish those principles as the basis of all laws, constitutions and governments, which forever hereafter shall be formed 1n the said territory. l, In article III we read that ureligion, morality, and knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools, and the means of education shall forever be , encouraged? These principles firmly believed and practiced by intelligent men were far reaching in their injiuence upon both government and educa- tion in the territory. The ordinance invited to settle within its boundaries named those who believed in a free government and an educated people. By originial charter the territory has been organized in aid of religion, morality and education, as the con- ditions of human happiness. Under the control of said sentiment we can easily understand the purpose of the conditions providing for the Stipport of education. Out of this ordinance came the authority for the condition in the John Cleves Symmes grant by which a portion of the land was to be used for the support; of an institution of learning: That purchase was the beginning of Miami University. In another direction the beginning wasnnot less important. The great religious awakening sometimes called ltthe revival of 1800 that swept over the country f0r a number of years was fruitful in the renewed interest taken in the-schools and colleges. Miami University along with a number of other colleges owes its existence in large part to the spirit inithatlmove- ment. What more fitting territory could be foundv in , which Christian sentiment could found a college than in the Northwest Territory under the stimulating and progressive doctrine of the ordinance of 1787. The University through all these years has endeavored to be true to the spirit in which. she was originated. Her F aculty has always been marked by men who in their day have been the representatives of the best thought in Christian scholarship. Among her presidents the names of Bishop, Junkin, McMaster, Anderson and Hall are familiar to all who know any- thing . of early Presbyterianism in the West. Among the profesSors we mention W. H. McGulTey, J. W. Scott, Chauncey