RECENSIO PUBLISHED BY THE JUNIOR CLASS OF MIAMI UNIVERSITY, OXFORD, 0. VOLUME THREE MAY,1 Kip? Designed, Engraved and Printed by The Republican Publishing Company. Hamilton, Ohm. wbe to the Kuniversitg. Ilbotber of statesmen, greeting from the younger ones Who proublg bail thee, bonoreb of the earth. , Bl tbousanb moong have waneo anb twice ten tbousanb suns Since granb Miami's timely bonorcb birth; what throngs have gathereb at tbs; Eelpbic shrine, Gbe kings of men or masters of mm mirth. .IlbiamVs name, a charm throughout the West; El passport fair, a promiseof success, Ebg sons in art anb science, all abbresseo, to comfort, cheer, commano, or get to bless. Mag we wbo follow emulate the best, JBring honor more anb never love the less. Co $ur JBeloveb mresibent Er. JBenton, Gbis IDqume i5 Eebicateo. h DR. BENTON. Salutation. Eleven years have lost themselves in time since the publication of the last Recensio, and in view of that fact a word of explanation may seem appropriate before venturing to add this volume to the mass of College literature printed annuaHy. We can truthfully say that small inducement, for the undertaking of this publication. has been offered since 1894. In reviving it we have assumed a responsibility byno means light; ltis true that the success of the present issue would afford a sufficient guarantee for its continuance as an annual publication. Nevertheless, its failure would tend to discourage and suppress similar attempts in the future. ; We hope to make this issue new and original, in so far as its newness is not displeasing, and its originality is not offensive. Our desire has been to present, in the following pages, a fair and impartial representation of our Alma Mater in every aspect of college life. We have desired to acquaint our readers with the sentiment and opinion of the whole institution, rather than the prejudices and personal feelings of any individual class or faction. ' We take this opportunity to acknowledge our indebtedness, and to return our sincere thanks to our friends in other classes, who have so materially aided us in the work. If in days to come, when these leaves are turned again in memory of past years, this record of Miami happenings shall serve to reawaken pleasant recol- lections of good times gone by, and to revive the happy scenes of under-graduate days, we sh all feel that our efforts have not gone unrewarded. Our work is done, but how well, you will have to judge from the follow- ing pages. We trust that our book may receive from you a warm and approving welcome. THE BOARD OF EDITORS. University Calendar. 1 905 January 9 ............................................................................ Entrance Examinations January IO .............................................................................. Winter Term Begins January 26 ....................................................................... Day of Prayer for Colleges February 22 ......................................................................... Washingtorfs Birthday March I ........... . ......................................................... Annual In-Door Athletic Meet March 20 ....................................................................... Term Examinations Begin March 24 ................................................................................ Winter Term Ends March Recess. April 3 ........................................................................... Entrance Examinations April ' 4 ............................................................................... Spring Term Begins May 2 ................ . ........................................... Beginning of Teachers, Special Term May 30 .................................................................................. Memorial Day Commencement Week. June II .................................................................. Afternoon-Baccalaureate Sermon June 11 Evening .......................................... Annual Sermon before the Christian Associations June 12-2 :00 p. m ................. Graduating Exercises of the Ohio State Normal School of Miami University June 12-8200 p. m; ................................................................... Class Day Exercises June I3-Io:oo a. m ............................................... Annual Meeting of the Board of Trustees June 13-8200 p. m ................................................. Annual Gold Medal Oratorical Contest June 14 -11:oo a. m ............................................. Business Meeting of the Alumni Association June 14-2 :00 p. m. ................................................ Anniversary of the Alumni Association June 14-4 :00 to 6:00 p. m. . . . . . . ; .............. . ....................... Presidenths Reception at Lewis Place June 14-8 :00 p, m .................................................. Grand Concert-Department of Music June 15-8zoo a. m ............................................................ Commencement Band Concert June ' 15-8130 :1. m ............................................................. Commencement Processional June 15-9100 3. 111 ...... . ............... . ..................................... Dedication of Hepburn Hall June 15-9230 a. m-Celebration of the Sixtieth Anniversary of the graduation of Hon. John W. Herron from Miami University-with unveiling of Portrait by His Excellency, Hon. Myron T. Herrick, LL. 13., Governor of Ohio. June 15-Io:3o a. m ............................ Commencement of the College of Liberal Arts and of Education June 15-11 :30 at m ...................... Recegnition of the Classes of 1845 and 1855 and conferrmg of Degrees June 15-12:oo m .................... Formal Ending 0f the Eighty-iirst Academic Year of Miami University June Intermlssmn. wJune 20. . ' ......................................... . ................................. Summer Session Begins July 23-3 :00 p. m ................... ' ................ Special Summer Session University Service and Sermon July 27-8200 p. m ................................................................ Mid-Summer Reception July 28-I2zoo m ................. i .................. , ............................... Summer Session Ends Summer Vacatlon. September 19 ............................................................................. Entrance Examination September 20 ................................................................................. Fall Term Begins N0vember 3o-December 4 ............................ . ...................................... Thanksgiving Recess December 21 ......................................................... . ......................... Fall Term Ends Wmter Vacatlon. January 2 ............................................................................ Entrance Examination January 3 ................................................................................... Winter Term Begins IO Trustees ELAM FISHER, HENRY C. TAYLOR, JOHN W. HERRON, NELSON SAYLER, CLARK B. MONTGOMERY. II J. R. PATTERSON, DAVID R. SILVER, b. A. JMCSLVRELY, GEO. H. FULLERTON, D. D., GEORGE R. EASTMAN, SAMUEL F. HUNT. TUSE6CS E. C. SIMPSON, NELSON W. EVANS, W. S. THOMAS, ALEX SANDS, JR., W. S. GIFFEN, T. R. KLMLER. I3 J. E. MOREY, W. L. TOB EY, Trustees LYLE S. EVANS, D. H. EVANS, I4 JOHN N. VANDEMAN, O. V. PARRISH, w. Trustees HORACE A. IRVIN, JOHN M. WITHROW, W. T. ELTZROTH, DAVID R. MOORE, FRANK M. COPPOCK.- . I5 EDMUND PAYSON THOMPSON. ROGER BRUCE JOHNSON. ANDREW DOUSA HEPBURN. EDGAR EWING BRANDON. ARTHUR WILSON JAMES. 16 Faculty Members Miami University. ANDREW DOUSA HEPBURN, A. M.7 D. D., LL. D.,-;BGII. Jefferson College, Hampden Sidney College, University of North Carolina, University of Virginia, Princeton Theological Seminary and University of Berlin. President of Miami University, 1871-1873; President of David- son College, 1877-1885, VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY AND DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS, AND PROFESSOR OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. ROGER BRUCE JOHNSON, A. M., PH. D.,-CIJ B K. Fellow in Philosophy, Princeton University, Univexsity Fellow Princeton University, Doctor of Philosophy 8Magna cum Laude7 Princeton University. PROFESSOR OF MENTAL AND MORAL PHILOSOPHY. EDWARD PAYSON THOMPSON, A. M., Monmouth College, Johns Hopkins University, Harvard University, Cornell University. Member of Association of Ohio Teachers8 of Mathematics and Physics; Member of Quartcrnion Association. PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS AND ASTRONOMY. EDGAR EWING BRANDON, A. M., Doctor of the University of Paris, University of Michigan, Fellow in University of Missouri, Member of Modern Language Associa- tion of Ohio, Member of Modern Language Association of Amer- ica, Secretary of Central Division of Modern Language Association of America, 1904-5. PROFESSOR OF THE FRENCH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. ARTHUR WILSON JAMES, PH., 8D.8A A tID, Q B K. Wesleyan University, University of Berlin, University of Freiburg, University of Paris, University of Munich, President of Ohio Modern Language Association of America, Mitglied dcs Neuphi- lologisthen Vereins. 7 PROFESSOR OF THE GERMAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. I7 STEPHEN RIGGs WILLIAMS. WILLIAM ALEXANDER ECKEI.S. RAYMOND MOLLYNEAUX HUGHES. EDWARD CARY HAYES BANKS JOHN WILDMAN. 18 Faculty Membars Miami University. RAYMOND MOLLYNEAUX HUGHES, M. SC.,-AKE. Miami University, Ohio State University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. , PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY. Member of American Chemical Society. STEPHEN RIGGS WILLIAMS, A. M.,PH. D., Oberlin College and Harvard University. Member of American Academy of Science; PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY AND GEOLOGY. WILLIAM ALEXANDER ECKELS, PH. D., cIDKa,b. cIDBK. Dickinson College and Johns Hopkins University. PROFESSOR OF THE GREEK LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. EDWARD CARY HAYES, A. M., PH. D., C Bates College, University 01 Berlin, Fellow irf Sociology in the University of Chicago. Doctor of Philosophy Magna cum Laddd University of Chicago, Member of American Economic Association, Member of American Academy of Political and Social Science. PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY AND ECONOMICS. BANKS JOHN WILDMAN, A. M.,-2AE Ohio Wesleyan University and University of Chicago. PROFESSOR OF THE LAI'IN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. 19 JAMES MADISON CHAPMAN. JOSEPH ALBERTUS CULLER. FREDERICK WILLIAM STONE. SHILO SHAFFER MYERS. CHARLES HOWARD MCILWAINE. 20 Faculty Members Miami University. JAMES MADISON CHAPMAN. New Hampshire Conference Seminary. INSTRUCTOR IN ELOCUTION. JOSEPH ALBERTUS CULLER7 A. M.7 PH., D.-B 6 II. University of Wooster. PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS. F REDERICK WILLIAM STONE. The Colonel Miles Military Academy, Champion Athlete of America from 1874-1884, Director of the Gymnasium of Columbia University 1894-1896 and Instructor in the Manhattan Athletic Club, Athletic Manager and Director of Chicago Athletic Association v 4 1896-1902, President of the Stone Correspondence School of Physi- cal Culture 1900-1904, Referee of Iowa State Inter-collegiate Athletic Meet 1896-97-98-99-1900-01-02, Clerk of Western Inter- collegiate Athletic Meet for four years and Clerk of the Conference of the ttBig Nine Meettt 1901-02, Clerk of International Aquatic Tournament, Chicago, Illinois, 1903, Clerk of the Olympian Games, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904. DIRECTOR OF THE GYMNASIUM AND PROFESSOR OF PHYSICAL CULTURE. SHILO SHAFFER MYERS, MUS. D. Elders Ridge College, University of Tennessee, Special student of Geo. F Root, Eugene Thayer and Karl Zemo. DIRECTOR OF MUSIC. CHARLES HOWARD MCILWAINE, A. M. Princeton University and Harvard University. Member of Historical Association. PROFESSOR OF HISTORY. 2I GEORGE WILSON HOKE, HARVEY C. MINNICH, ANNA ELIZABETH LOGAN, MRS. FRANCIS GIBSON RICHARD, MRS. MARGARET COOK ANGELL. Faculty Members Miami University. GEORGE WILSON HOKE, PH. M.,-CIDA6. Butler College and University of Chicago. PROFESSOR OF NATURAL HISTORY. ANNA ELIZABETH LOGAN, Cincinnati University and Chicago Normal School. Member of National Society for the Scienti6c Study of Education. 'PRINCIPAL.OF TRAINING DEPARTMENT OHIO STATE NORMAL COLLEGE AND PROFESSOR OF METHODS. MRS. FRANCES GIBSON RICHARD, A. M., Bloomfield Academy, Franklin College. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH. HARVEY C. MINNICH7 A. M., Ohio Normal University, Ohio Wesleyan University, Harvard University. PRESIDENT OF CENTRAL OHIO TEACHERS, ASSOCIATION, 1904. DEAN OF THE OHIO STATE NORMAL COLLEGE AND PROFESSOR OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION. MRS. MARGARET COOK ANGELL. Ohio State University and Michigan State Normal School. MODEL TEACHER. 23 w E. VERNON HILL, THOMAS LYTLE FEEN Y, ORLANDO BENNETT FINCH, ALICE REBEKAH ROBINSON. FRED LATIMER HADSEL. 24 Faculty Members Miami University. ORLANDO BENNETT FINCH, A. M.7 AKE Miami University. INSTRUCTOR IN MATHEMATICS. THOMAS LYTLE FEENEY, Bethany College. PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS. FRED LATIMER HADSEL, PH. B. Upper Iowa University and University of Chicago. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF LATIN AND GREEK. ALICE REBEKAH ROBINSON. Oxford College, Miami University, and Teachers, College of Columbia University. INSTRUCTOR IN ART. E. VERNON HILL, MiddlAetown High School. PRIVATE SECRETARY TO DR. BENTON. 25 CHESTER PARKER. S JUDD. CHARLES H LEE ORA LANTIS. WILLIAM J. MCSURELY. ANNA JERUSHA BISHOP. 26 Faculty Members Miami .University. SAMUEL CHESTER PARKER, A. M ., 2 A E. University of Cincinnati and Columbia University. PROFESSOR OF EDUCATION. WILLIAM J. MCSURELY, B 6 11. Miami University. LIBRARIAN OF THE UNIVERSITY. ANNA JERUSHA BISHOP. SECRETARY OF THE UNIVERSITY. LEE ORA LANTIS, A M;',-B 6H. Miami University. PRINCIPAL OF THE ACADEMY'AND, INSTRUCTOR IN HISTORY. CHARLES H. JUDD, A'. M., PH. D,, XVesleyan University- and Columbia University, LECTURER ON EDUCATION. 27 .VPHmMmNZZD MES; 28 History of Miami University. Miami University is the oldest and most historic institution of higher learning in the Middle West. By an act of congress passed May 5, 1792, the President of the United States was authorized and empowered to lease to John Cleves Symmes a certain tract of land, a portion of which should be forever reserved for the support of an institution of higher learning. By an act of congress March 3, 1803, the legislature of Ohio was authorized to enter one complete township, west of the Big Miami, in lieu of the original township Within the Symmes, purchase, and the trust was vested in the legislature of Ohio, to be held forever for the purpose of education as set forth in the several articles, and for no other purpose whatsoever. Six weeks later the State of Ohio; on April 15, 1803, in accepting the trust passed an article entitled, iiAn .Act to Provide for the Locating. of a College Township in the District of Cin- cinnati? Under this act the lands of Miami University were located. Feb- ruary 17, 1809, the legislature of Ohio passed an act entitled: iiAn Act to Establish Miami University.H Under this act the University was established, the president andtrustees were constituted a body politic and corporate, the trust was accepted and administered upon, and provision made to lease the land for the term of ninety-nine years, renewable forever, subject to revaluation every fifteen years. In 1810 the legislature passed an act repealing the clause Which provided for a revaluation. In 1812 another act was passed which pro- vided that the actual settlers should, from a given date and forever after, pay a yearly rent of six per cent upon the purchase money. Thus by positive legis- lation, added to the act which repealed the law providing for a revaluation, the . University was forever hindered from securing an increased revenue from the lands of Oxford township. Under this limitation, the University lived until recent years, when the State of Ohio began the custom of annual appropria- tions. In February, 1896, the legislature of Ohio provided for a fund to be known as the iiOhio and Miami University Fund,H by levying an annual tax upon the property of the state. An act making an additional levy was passed by the legislature in March, 1902, to enable the trustees to establish a Normal schooliin connection with Miami University. The University is thus afforded a permanent and regular income and the State of Ohio has express ed its purpose to administer with reasonable liberality, the trust vested by the Congress of the United States. The support of the University is now provided for by the levies mentioned above, together with the income from the lands of Oxford township and the interest of certain invested funds. i The institution is situated at Oxford, Butler county, Ohio, on the Cin- cinnati, Hamilton 85 Indianapolis division of the Cincinnati, Hamilton 86 Dayton railroad tthe iiGreat CentralH Routei, and is about thirty-nine miles distant from Cincinnati, fourteen miles from Hamilton, and eighty-five miles from Indianapolis. 29 .H: .OMSEU .mUBEBAN .mquz a 78ng AAANH OHmHEZmHOm MUHMMH 3O In beauty and healthfulness 0f surroundings, the location is exceptional. The ground is high and rolling, having an elevation of nearly 10008 feet above sea level. The campus on which the University buildings are located Pomprises more than sixty acres and 1S justly famed for its rare beauty. Oxford 1s an ideal college town of about 3000 inhabitants, without saloons or low resorts of any kind, where the inHuences are highly favorable to study. The excitements and many of the temptations to a waste of time peculiar to the large city are here avoided. . i . The hrst school was opened in 1816, and in 1824 the University proper began its history under the presidency of the Reverend Robert Hamilton Bishop, D. D., who served continuously and with signal success for seventeen years. The presidential succession is as follows: The Reici'regerGeorge Junkin, D. D., LL. D ............ I 1841 to 1844 The Reverend Erasmus D. McMaster, D. D., LL. D . , . 1845 to 1849 The Reverend William C. Anderson, A. M., D. D ........ 1849 to 1854 The Reverend John W. Ha11,D. D ..................... 1854 to 1866 The Reverend Robert Livingston Stantdn, D. D .......... 1866 to 1871 The Reverend Andrew Dousa Hepburn. D. D., LL. D .1871 to 1873 1873 e THE INTERREGNUM :- 1885 Honorable R0bert White McFarland LL. D ...... - ....... 1 885 to 1888 Honorable Ethelbert Dudley VVarfield, A. M., LL. D .. 1888 to 1891 The Reverend XVilliam Oxiey Thompson, D D., LL. D 1891 to 1899 Thee Reverend David Stanton Tappan, A. M.,T ... 3. D ...... 1899 to 1902 The Reverend Guy Potter Benton, A. M., D. D ......... 1902 to date. Founded soon after Ohio was admitted to the Union, and gathering stu- dents from the best families north and south, the men and the opportunity combined toigive unusual prominence to Miamiis place in the history of the second and; third Quarters 0f the nineteenth Century. During these years, the bfaculty Wasiipne of unusual excellence. The quality of the young men Who matriculated and the stirring history of the times gave to the university a public spirit that lingers with unabated force. Miami has large reason to rejoice in the scholarship, character and citizenship of her alumni. The first Class was graduated 1n 18261, and the institution since then has given to the country one, presidentvlofgt-hei United States, one cabinet oHicer, six governors, two lieutenant governoirs'y,s1x ambassadors and foreign ministers, seven United States senators, ,tWEnty9three congressmen, ninety-nine state senators and representatives, fiftii-eight judges of state and federal courts, and sixty officers above the rank of captain in the Civil War, in addition to more than three hundred ministers of thei'GOSpel and numerous men and women of pre-eminent success in ficomme'rce and profession. The present prosperity is unsurpassed. The institution enjoys a large income and has the greatest enrollment in all its history. New buildings of 31. .E .0 m8 EU . m 6838an .mm; 422 mm 2 055 m q 2$ z zbmam E 32 modern type are in process of construction. The faculties are composed of men and women trained in the leading universities of America and Europe. The student body is high minded and aggressive. The prospects for the future are very bright. The New Miami is and Will continue to be The Greater ,Miami. 35 Senior Class History. Protoplasmic activity is not particularly noticeable in most country villages and farms, at least the cell life that is supposed to work in the cortical brain areas. But every once in awhile a fond mother looks up from her washboard, wrings the soapsuds from her hands and arms, and allows her eyes to fondly linger upon the form of her beloved OHSpring, Who is supposed to be hoeing potatoes, but actually is stretched out iisnoozingi, on the most convenient and softest green sward. She sighs and mutters to herself, iiJohn is too lazy even to make a farmer, guess the boy Will have to go to college. Or change the picture; Pa looks over the counter of the corner grocery, calls to Bill, Who is busily engaged in whittling through an Ivory soap box, and yells, i iHey, you i Bill, have you took them groceries down to Miss Wallace,s yet?H iiNopeXi NWhy I thought you started two hours ago, durn ye, youireino good to me here, and in an undertone, iiguess 111 have to send the boy to college, and make a preacher of him; one things certain, heis no account to work. Or shift the kaleidoscope again, Mrs. Brown says to her dearest friend, Mrs. Pence, HMary Jane ain,t a bit of good to me With the housework, since she graduated from High school, won,t do any thing but read poetry books, and goes around mournin, and wants me to buy her specs, so she,ll look intellectual. Drat her! guess we,ll have to make a teacher of her, so I,ve been talking too Pa, and Will send her to college this fall. So you don,t need to call in a particularly vivid imagination to get the scene that confronted me on a certain September day, 1901. All sizes, con- ditions and varieties of green. Green country school teachers, green farm boys, green Village lads, and so many varieties of green girls, that I am afraid to at- tempt to classify them. Only two features in common-the open-mouthed astonishment, and the eagerness With whichthey bought campus tickets from Sophomores-and thus we became Freshmen. We didn,t get started very well, for we lost the Hag rush, through a technicality, because a college president of fond memory, guarded our Hag so well, that he allowed the Sophomores to take it from him. . i Our sporty members, fearing they might not be able to find solace for their defeat, imbibed too freely of the red Wine, and, as a consequence, have been ever since missed at the social functions of the College and Western. A tear for the departed. Now to moralize, how did we come to be Freshmen? No one knows. But I suppose the solution would be thisethat we were Freshmen. For if we had some of the experience that we have since acquired, we would have started Seniors, or at least second year Normal. Taken a little nature study, basket weaving, and lamp shade painting, and at the end of the year developed into Seniors, the type of the present Juniors. ' As Sophomores we allowed the Freshmen to win the tower rush. I Iwill say right here that this rough and tumble, catch as catch can style of fighting, is not for us. We are like the old darky, who was accredited with being a very successful mule driver, who explained his skill by saying, that iiwhen a mule wouldnit listen to moral suasion, he let that mule alone? i It was during this year that the peculiar oratorical trend of our minds began to manifest itself, as was demonstrated by our victory in joint debate with U. C. i In the fall of ,03, When we looked around, we found several acquisitions. I would dilate upon this added strength had I not taken a New Yearls resolve to be charitable Gnu my conversation,-onlyl. It is with reluctance that I drag myself from this congenial topic. Then there comes a time when we see dissension in our midst, when we of the Lord,s side find ourselves at bay, before the attacks of our recently pro- cured Cthough not of our own volitionl members. But we the chosen sons of her, whom we had so long served, could not see ourselves thus defeated, and her fair name trampled in the dust, without striking a blow. Underclassmenelet that one deed, if of no others, which they of the Lordls side have accomplished, be ever fresh in your mind, and come to us for advice concerning any elections, whether it be for Board of Control or Class President. The oratorical genius, with which we became impregnated, in our Sopho- more year, began to bear fruit, and it was a bountiful harvest indeed. The demonstration came at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, when our repre- sentative battled with the best talent in the land,'and who, when the smoke had cleared away, and the din hushed, received with an air, which he alone could assume, the ovations of the rabble. I The year ,04 and ,05 opened dark, dissension on every hand, with a few little oubreaks, which, however, were speedily quelled by those on the Lord,s side. Then came the eventful day, when they, the aforesaid side, announced their candidate for the presidency. The issue was at no time doubtful, for the Lords were ever politicians, as was proven beyond the peradventure 'of a doubt, ias I believe there was a doubtl. 37 The most thoroughly enjoyed of all the social functions that we were allowed to participate in, was the dedication of Hepburn Hall, for we all unite in feeling that we were honored most in being allowed to assist in the honor- ing of one who has been teacher, guide and friend to each and every one of us. In one parting word I would pay tribute to the Silver Greyls, for they are the salt of the earth, the seed that fell on the good ground. Such is the history of the class of los-not much you will say, but consider-the most brilliant part of our college career is yet to come. In a few short moons we will have left her halls to make the world glad that Ma and Pa sent us to college. Farewell, Miami! may we do much in the world to come, to pay tribute to your illustrious name. The Senior Class. Motto: Hohvuaain vdov 01,1 SLBdO'Ka. Colors: Scarlet and Gold. CLASS OFFICERS: BENJAMIN C. SHARP . . . . . . I. . . . '. .- . . . . . . . . . President JAMES A. COULTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vice-President LOUISECOULTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l . . ...Secretary 39 4o SENIORS. MEMBERS: B. C. SHARP, BGDII, HAE, ...Sidney, . . . . . . . , ,BGDHHouse Class President Ly, Qh Foot Ball Team UL WM Delegate t0 B$II Convention; Member of Board of Control; Vice-President of the Republican Club; Delegate t0 BEDII District Convention. J.A.CQULTER,AKE7 HAE. . .Oxford,. . . . . . . .A'KEHouse Manager Base Ball Team G05; Delegate to AK E Convention ,04; Assistant in Chemical Laboratory. GC FISHER,2X, . . . . .Sidney,.' . . . . , , , EXHouse Editor-in-Chief GMiami StudenW ,05; Editorial Staff GMiami Studentw ,04; Annual Gold Medal Oratorial Contest ah Erodel- MI-liphian President my Y. M. C. A.; President of the Republican Club Q0; Sigma Chi Indoor Base Ball Team; Captain of Inter-Collegiate Debating Team Gm . I WALTERBINKLEmBGaII,HAE,, GSidney, , , . , , , . BGDIIHouse Manager GMiami StudenW ,05; Delegate to B GD H District Convention. EDNA RQBINSON,. . . . . . . . .OXford,. . . . . . . East Street President Y. W. C. A. QQ, Mk Liberal Arts Club;' Bishop Latin Prize WW Elliott Greek Prize QM Liberal Arts Basket Ball Team QL CU, MG. ETHEL GOFF,43T . . . . . . .Madeira,. . . . . . . .Walnut Street Y. W. C. A.; Liberal Arts Club,s President MA; Normal Basket Ball Team Wk Liberal Arts Basket Ball Team m, m. MERRILL PRUGH,CIDAGD, . . . . . .Camden,. . . . . . . . CIDAGDHouse Assistant in Chemical Laborathy; Associate Editor of GMiami G StudenW; Phi Delta Theta Indoor Base Ball Team. CLARENCE MARSHAL, . . . . . . .Oxford,'. . . . . . . . . .C.C.Pike 'H-QWARD '$M1TH,cI3AG, . . . . . .Dayton,, . , . , , ,cDAG House Y. M. C. A.; President of Miami Union; Gold Medal O-ratorical Contest Cy; National Oratorical Contest Medal C0; Secretary to Dean Minnich. G .41 PAUL M00RE,CIDAQD,......SouthSa1em,.. ... .....N.D. Assistant Chemical Laboratory; Parke Davis Fellowship University of Michigan; Y. M. C. A.; Erodelphian. A. M. HARRISON,. . . . . . . .CollegeCorner,. . . . . . . . .N. D. Manager Track Team MM Erodelphian. J.M.GRIES,AP,. . . . . . . .St.Paris,. . . . . . . . . . . .S.D. Miami Union President Ml LOUISE COULTER,. . . . . . . . .Oxford. . , . . . . . , .C. C. Pike Y. W. C. A; Liberal Arts Club; Liberal Arts; Basket Ball Team m, m. SOPHIA SCHAEUBLE, . . . . . . . Hamilton. .1 . . . . . . . . College Ave. Y. W. C. A.; Liberal Arts Club. Normal Basket Ball Team 2 NELL OVERHOLTZ,. . . . . . . .OXford,. . . . . . . . . . Main Street Y. W. C. A.; Liberal Arts Club. C.E.BR0WN,..,.......C011egeCorner,,.. .,, ,,S.D. Y. M. C. A.; Erodelphian. W. H.ALTAMER, AP,. . . . . . Oxford, . . . . . . . . . Main Street Miami Union, President Mb Essay Prize 4 . CLARENCE WALDEN,AP,. . . . .Sciotoville,. . . . . . . . . High Street Base Ball Team 3 MM M , Association; Miami Union. ELLIS SEALE,. . . . . . . . . . Berea,Ky. . . . . . . . .High Street. Miami Union. PAULZERFASS. . . . . . . . . .Oxford. . . . . . . . . .MainStreet. 42 43 History of Class of 1906. From Renaissance 1902 to the Golden Age of 1905. Preface: It is a common fault of Class historians to exaggerate+rnost of them have to do so-but we Will not. We would not even be guilty of a common fault. we will only show you ourselves iias others see us,H and verily you shall not look upon our like again. REIGN OF GUY POTTER, THE BENTONITE, LEADING DATES. Occupation of the land of Miami. . . . . . .September 15, 1902. Battle with Aborigines C059 . . . . . . . .September 23, 1902. Marriage of Benjamin and Elmina. . . . . .April 5, 1903. War against Freshman Math. . . .1 . . . . . 1902- 1903. Peace with Fresh. green Host. . . . l. . . . .November 1903. Work Begun on College Annual. . . . . . . September 30, 1904. That the Class of 1906 IS the greatest class that ever honored Miami with its presence is an undisputed fact. In the year 1902 Miami was blessed with two factors of her advancing Civilization. President Benton, and the present Junior class. This Revival of Learning has made us ever since i'First'in our Rushes, first in our classes, and first in the hearts of our Faculty friends? The Victory of our memorable Tower Rush, the sixty-sixth and last in history, is written in the annals of the institution and known far and wide. The Freshmen assembled secretly to make the Bag. A little after one olclock they fortified themselves in the tower, the scene of so many contests, painted ,06 on the bull,s eye and unfurled their banner 'to the breeze. '- At live o,clock, the University bell rang out the challenge on the morning. air. It was responded to by surprised and sleepy Sophs, who, after a fruitless assault, withdrew, like Dewey, for breakfast. Some of our class attempted to succor beleaguered classmates in the Tower with a basket of luncheon, but this, five valiant Sophomores did succeed in wresting from one Freshman girl. The only balm to wounded Sophomore feelings is the remembrance of the good things that Freshman lunch included. Before eight o,clock our sad and wiser friends, tired of being drenched in water and of wasting yards of good rope tying up trees, put out their sulphur fires and humbly begged a contest on the campus. Of course, we were just as willing for a double Victory as a single so President Benton threw the flag in the air. Ben Riese caught it gracefully and, seating himself calmly, awaited the, termination of the. five minutes. The damp atmosphere disagreed with the 4-5 .weaker constitutions of the class of Igos-the Aborigines, who for some time thereafter did not feel very well. From our vantage point of distance we look back undisturbed at those wild terrors of the ordinary Freshman,-College Algebra and Trig. iiWe can talk . to you of Cato, and of Socrates, and Plato; know our Horace and old Virgil word for word. Tell of cities long since buried, O,er the Styx how Charon ferriedl, -et cetera ad inhnitum, with Kraut, Spinoza, Des Cartes and John Stuart Mill- we are intimately acquainted; having learned all there is to know of Logic, we are now looking for otherwworlds to conquer in Senior Ethics and Meta- physics. I It was in the nature of things that such a class should reinaugurate the publication of a College Annual at Miami. Therefore ours is the privilege of presenting to you this volume of the Recensio, which, if it serve no other pur- pose, will at least be a picture book for the dear little preps. Younger children of Miami be not proud. Be humble. Know that equal parts of spunk and upper elassmen is the most effective antidote for self-exaltation. E. P., lo6. The Junior ' Class. Class Colors: Red and Black. Class Flower, Red Rose. - Class Motto: ,AAA, 15 KaNBS QV 73 KaMbs TeOVnKEvaL T511 efryem'j xpwf, CLASS. 'YELL: Rickety rack! Rickety rack! We,re the class of the Red and Black! Rickety rack! Rickety' rix! I Nineteen-Nineteen-Nineteen-Six! f CLASS OFFICERS: CLYDE E. SHINKLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . President BENJAMIN F. RIESE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vice-President ETHELWYN PORTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Secretary and Historian C. E. SHINKLE, AKE,. . . . . '.V.,;Hi'gginsport,. . . . . . . . AKE House Orchestra 1 2 an; Associate Editor of The Recensiof 05; Class President Q0 Erodelphian; Mandolin Club. JOHiLI HAMSHER, B0911, . . . . . . St.Paris, . . . . . . . . B?GHIHouse Manager Recensio, 705; Foot Ball Team 2 Bk Erodelphian; Captain Beta Indoor Base Ball Team; 511 Association. F. C. WILLIAMS, AKE, IIAE,. . . . Poftsmoilth, . . . . . . .AKTE House Class President, Uh President Democratic Club; Foot Ball Team I, 2, 3; Captain QJ Editor-in-Chief of The Recensiof, 05; f Erodelphian; AKE Indoor Base Ball Team; Delegate to A K E Convention 04; Tennis Club; M: Association. P.CARLET0N BING,AKE, . . . .Maynard,1a., . . . . . . .AKEHouse Associate EJitor 0f The Recensiof, ,05; Editorial Staff of The Miami StudentH BM Editor-in-Chief of the Miami Student? Mk Y. M. C. A.; Erodelphian; AKE- Indoor Base Ball Team; Captain Basket Ball Team QL Captain Qp Golf Club 8!; M, Association. ROSCOE REED, CPAGD,HAE.. . . .Paducah,Ky.,, . , . , ,CIDAGDHouse Associate Editor of the R'ecensid, 05; Captain Cb AQD Indoor Base Ball Team; Foot Ball Team 2 KN; Erodelphian; Y. M. C . A.; M , AssociationQ +9 50 B.F.RIESE,2X... , . . . . .OXford.. . . . . . . . . . MainStreet President of Board of Control; Foot Ball Team 0 Qh Associate Manager of The Recensiof ,05; 2X Indoor Base Ball team; Manager University Book Store; Class President 0 Y. M. C. A., gMH Association. A. LYLEKAYE, AKE. . . . . .Calmar, 1a., , , , , . , ,AKE House Foot Ball Team 1 2 K30; Associate Editor of The Recensio,, $05; President Y. M. C. A. 8h Erodelphian; AKE Indoor Base Ball Team; Basket Ball QL Bk Captain mu Head Marshal QQ; Golf Club; Manager of The Miami SLudenW Mk M,, Association. J. S. BLICKENSDERFER, CDAGD . . . Oxford, , .East Street Manager Foot Ball Team b4; Foot Ball Team 1 2 BB M, Association; cp A 69 Indoor Base Ball Team. A. J. NUNNAMAKER, AKE . . . , Middletown, , . . . . . . Manager of University Inn; Erodelphian; Y. M. C. A.; A K E Indoor Base Ball Team 3 . DWIGHT DOUGLAS, . . . . . . . . Colfax, 111., , , , . ,' . . . ; High Street Foot 132111 Team GM Y. M. C. A.; Golf Club; Tennis Club; M,, Association. S. D. 51 52 ETHELWYN PORTER,QT., . . . . .Oxford. . . . . . . .High Street Associate Editor of The RecensioW Class Secretary 1 2 QL Class Historian Bk V. W. C. A. Cabinet; Liberal Arts Club- Secretary; Liberal Arts Basket Ball Team QQ. BERTHA MILLER, CIDT.,. . . . . .OXford, . . . . . . . . .Western Pike Associate Editor of The Recensidk Y. W. C. A.; Liberal Arts Club; Liberal Arts. Basket Ball Team. MAUDE FITZGERALD, AZ, , , . . . Greenville. . . . . . . .Church Street Liberal Arts Club; Y. W. C. A. HARRIET THOMPSON, . . . . . . .Oxford, . . . . . . . . .Church Street Liberal Arts Club, ,V' W. C. A. 53 54 C. E. PATTISQN, AP . . . . . .Lindale,f . . .' . . . . . . S. D. Efodelphian President Wk Assistant Physics Labgratury; Y. M. C. A. , H. R. RODABAUGH, AP . . . .Kenton, . . . , . . . . . S. D. Erodclphian President QM Assistant CthiEiCdT Laboratory; Y. M. C. A'E - GLENN BRITTON, . . . . . . . .Oxford7 . . . . Western Pike Assistant Chemical Laboratory; Foot Ball Squ'ald m . W. C. MILLER. . . . . . . .Hamilton,, , , . . . . College Avenue 55 R.BURTONREED,.......Chilo, . . .............SD ' Y. M. C. A.; Erodelphian. M. D. LIMING,AP., . . Hamersville,. . . . . . . . . . , ,S. D. Miami Student Board, QL L70; Erodelphian. C. A. ARGANBRIGHT, . . . . .South Salem, , , , . -. . . . ,Main Street MiamiUnion KATHERINE ROOT, . . . . . . Delaware,. . . . . . . . College Avenue Y. W. C. A. 57 59 Sophomore Class History In the month of September of the year nineteen hundred and three, a band of forty-one, both men and women, arrived in the land of the Oxonians and this band took up their abode in the region round about Miami. Great was the rejoicing in all that land, and they called the band Freshmen. One of their number, by name Williams, was exalted to rule over them, and he ruled so well that his fame spread. Now, this courageous band found enemies on all sides which they needs must conquer, and the first to be overthrown was a rival band called Sopho- mores. Now these were the days when the old barbarous methods of warfare prevailed; but this band saw fit to discontinue so cruel and wasteful a process as that of painting the tower, of their common fort and of holding it against attack, and so they made it known to their foes that they would make trial of strength With them in a tournament of football, and so they did, and their enemies were known no more in the land, and to this day may the marks of the actions of this band preceding the conHict be seen in those regions. And it came to pass that the band held a counsel,,and their ruler made it known to them that a sum of money was demanded of them because of these same remains of the conHict which the authorities saw fit to have removed So far as might be, and each member of the band had somewhat to say. Warm was the discussion concerning this demand, and great was the skill gained in speaking, so that it seemed profitable to all, and the band paid the sum of money required of them; and thus ended the great victory over the Sophomores. Behold, other enemies had arisen not so easily overcome. The path of the band was beset by barbarous races, of Determinants and binomial theorems. These were felled only by repeated onslaughts and some of the band were lost in the fray. On another side, atomic theories and reactions assailed this same band, so that the light, for a time, went hard against them, but the struggle ended in Victory and great was the fame of the band therefor. After many days, there came a great fast in that community known as the Week of Exams. This band of Freshmen joined the others in keeping that fast. And at the end of that fast, the band dispersed for a time. It came to pass that When they were again gathered together; their ruler deserted them and went over to their ancient enemies, the Sophomores, and they mourned. Now a new ruler was chosen and his name was Swan, and he was an artist of great repute, and all saw that it was good that he should be their ruler. The band advanced in knowledge and became known in the regions round about, and in those days they wrote stories and poems and this same Swan, their ruler, became known as a man of letters, and one of their number called Gaines, became renowned as a master reader, and he read from the writings of one Browning and his fame was great among them. Two from 60 their number, one Ralston and one Newman, became skilled in the art of speaking so that they swayed the minds of all who heard them. - Now it came to pass that a trial of strength was announced for a certain day, great was the rivalry among the youths and prizes Were to be given, and one Teal, a member of this band, carried off the cup, and great was his renown. Now in those days this band of Freshmen were invited to a festival by one of the house of Richards, and great was the rejoicing, and she was exalted among the band. Now it came to pass that after all these things they scattered to their homes, and their voice was not heard for many days in that region. And it came to pass that when autumn was come, again this band gathered together. They were no longer known as Freshmen, but their name was now SOphomores, and they rejoiced. Again a ruler was chosen and one'Todd, of the tribe of Delta Rho, was raised to reign over them, and they saw that it was good. Now in those days another band had come into that region, and they were known as Freshmen and they were sworn foes of these Sophomores. And the fight raged about the Hag-pole and one Morphy and one Bierce, of the band of Sophomores did valiant deeds and were renowned. But the sorrow and mourning among them was great because they were driven back by the valiant, though mistaken Freshmen. But it came to pass that the conquered and the conquerors joined, at the close of the day of battle in a great festival to which the chief ruler of that region invited them, and his name was exalted among them. Now foes beset the way of the Sophomores as before, but more easily were they conquered, and they saw that it was good to walk in the path of knowledge and more and more they increased in wisdom. Now the end of the Sophomores is not yet, but the books of the future hold Whatever other deeds are theirs- 9 CHLOE ANNIS THOMPSON, 07. 61 The Sophomore Class Class Colors: Green and White. Motto: Be wise today, Wis madness to defer. OFFICERS: F.L.T0DD........................President A. M. IANSEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . Vice President .CLYDE BARROWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Secretary C. C. KOCHENDERFER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Treasurer 62 ELIZABETH BARNETT, AZ . CLYDE BARROW . . . JOHN MARKLEY, 112., AKE' CHAS. F. MCLAUGHLIN, B GD H , HOMER G. MEEK, BGDH . C. M. MORPHY,BGDII , EDNA PENCE ETHEL PITTS . . . ROBERT E. PYE, AKE . FRANK E. RALSTON, 2X . PAUL ROBINSON, B6911 . E. F. SCHWEICKART, 2 X . NELLE STEPHENSON, CDT . WALTER STEPHENSON, CPA GD , ELROY STORER, 2X , LAWRENCE W. SWAN, B 69 II . CHLOE THOMPSON, CDT F. L. TODD, AP . . C. B. WELLIVER, 1369 II . MEMBERS . Xenia . Sharonville . Georgetown , , Bellefontaine . . Greensburg , . Evanston, Ill. . . Red Oak . Bedford, Ind. . Chicago, Ill. . Macomb, Ill. , . Shandon . Russelville , . Wood . . Oxford . . Oxford , Bellefontaine . . Chattanooga, Tenn . . Ottawa . . Oxford HAROLD E. BIERCE, A K E, IIA E . Cleveland R. R. BLICKENSDERFER , C. H. BOLLINGER . C. K. BROWN , ARTHUR BURKHARDT, CPA GD , FANNY E. COTNER , MABELLE COULTER . CARRIE CROLL , TAYLOR CUMMINS FRANK DILLEY . . . H. H. EIDEMILLER7 2X , CORNELIA FVE . BERNARD C. GAINES,BG9II . AMELIA GEBHARDT , BLANCHE GREEN . . , ELMER HARTLE, QDA GD , ELSIE HATFIELD . A. M. JANSEN . . Oxford . Verona . Oxford . Oxford . . Sidney . . Collinsville . . Pine Mt., Ga. . Sidney . . Mason. , Vandalia. . Oxford . , Idlewild, Ky. . Miamisburg . Cable . , Kenton . . Paris, Ill. , .Sater . 63 High Street College Avenue . A K E House . B6911 House . B C911 House . B GDII House . . Main Street . Church Street . . .S. D. , 2 X House . . .N. D. . 2X House Walnut Street . Oxford Pike C. C. Pike . N. D. , Beech Street S. D. . College Avenue . East Street East Street . . . S. D. . C. C. Pike High Street . Church Street . Walnut Street . High Street Main Street . . .S. D. . E X House , Walnut Street Poplar Street East Street . Main Street . CIJAGD House . South Street . N. D. H1. IMIA-iHHF-I I'I' IIII IuI Ha: 1m:- IIIIII III. II: I- Wm ; .. . III . ' T I. . IIIIII I I IIIII IIIII.I I ... ... .I I. .I I I .. I: I I I I II I :I.I'. I I L IIIII I I I I I III I I I I IIII ..... IIII - '.'.-I I --I : - :: . - I-'. I...- I .l' I - ..::I II. II ..... I I'II'I '. .. III --II . II II I I I I' .II . I I I I I II I - I I .' I l' IIIII . III IIIIHM ' w II' J I I' .III I I I ' II I' I II 1 . '9 . . . I I I' I I . . . ..-I. I II I I II I .1: .. . . - ' I I . . IIII II r r 'l I I '. a ' Freshman Class History. From the class of ,08, Miamils pride and joy, greeting: In September, 1904, the class of 1908, a little less verdant than most Freshman classes, began its existence with sixty-seven members. Through sickness, death and misfortune, the roll has since been reduced to sixty-two, but yet by its numbers, its ability, the beauty of its women, the gallantry of. its men, by its studious appearance, and its splendid behavior in chapel and else- Where; it is already well and favorably known to the faculty, students and alumni, iiof this old and historic institution.H Of course we have received the usual amount of admonition and advice from interested Sophomores, friendly Juniors, and dignified Seniors, and we have been carefully watched over by those in charge, in order that the lambs of the Hock might not be led astray. But underlying all the jeers of the Sophomores, and the broad hints about our greenness, sometimes given from the chapel platform, we know there is a feeling of pride at the thought of the honor i08 will bring to HOld Miami.H To our high standing in classes our professors Will gladly testify. The Theory of Equations and the intricacies of the Binomial formula, sulphates and sulphites and harmless nitrogen compounds, Cicerols friendship and enmities were Hills of DiHiculty in our path. But not even mountains are insurmountable tolHMiamiis class thatis up-to-datewThat peerless Class of 1908.,l To prove that this is not an idle boasting, we may say that of the eighteen students who stood highest in their classes at the end of the first term, six were Freshmen. ' Our Hag is the most beautiful ever unfurled in the history of Miami. For our originality in planning and carrying out the iipole rush,i we are com- mended far and wide. To our skill as strategists and our success as warriors the Sophmores will, if they are not too prejudiced, bear ample testimony. The strategic ability of the commander-in-ehief 0f the Freshman forces remain yet to be surpassed on the field of battle. No plan which our enemies could con- coct enabled them to bring down the Freshman Hag. Three of their valiant men were borne inanimate from the field, two of whom later revived suf- ficiently to participate in the evening festivities. That honorable and glorious victory marks a red letter day in our calendar. The literary prowess of the members of ,08, is not to be despised. In the societies our members are developing into orators, whose voices will some day ring triumphantly through Senate halls. From the time of our banquet early in our history when one 66 of our boys toasted the Sophomores, and one of our girls toasted the Miami men so effectively, we have gradually developed as public speakers, until recently it was a member of ,08, Who was chosen to represent Miami in the American State University Oratorical League. Our ways thus far have been ways of pleasantness and While our paths have not been wholly peaceful, the warfare has been exhilarating. We can not see into the hazy future, nor know how- these brilliant beginnings may end, but judging of What comes by What is, we may confidently anticipate that some Will bFollow knowledge like a sinking star, beyond the utmost bound of human thoughtf and others bbuild great palaces and sail their ships on every sea,H Hand none will wait until occasion tells him what to do, but each, bdo something etre the end, some work of noble note. G. G. G. ,08. age $3 55.x JOHN .C. WOOD . JOHN S. PERRY. FLORENCE FYE . . GRACE G. GLASGOW The Freshman Class. Class Colors: Gold and Gray. Class Motto: E Visu Sumus. YELL Rackety ! Hackety ! Rah ! H00 ! Rah ! Rah ! H00 ! Rah ! Sis Boom Bah Sis Boom Bah Freshman ! Freshman Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! CLASS OFFICERS: 68. . .President , Vice President . Secretary . Historian MADGE A. BARRETT . . REIGH BRANDENBURG . CLARA F INK . FLORENCE M FYE . HELEN GLASGOW, A Z GRACE G. GLASGOW AMY E. GWYNN . MILDRED LAW, A Z MARY BELLE MARTIN, A Z , EDNA PITTS . EDNA UNZICKER . HORACE BALLINGER, AP . , EARL BARNETT, CPAGD . C. C. BORN . . TAYLOR BORRADAILE EARL C. BOWMAN . , C. D. BOYD . . HARVEY C. BRILL. . ELMER A. BROWN EARL COLBORN, 2 X. . RAY W. DAVENPORT. . W. N. DEARMOND, B 9H . J. S. EMERSON,BGDH . L. H. B. FARR, , L. W. FISHER, 2X . LEONARD J. FOSTER . JESSE S. FUDGE CHARLES C. GARROD . JOHN G. HENNINGER . WALTER S. HOFFMAN , JOHN F. HILL, A KE 2 CARROL HOEL . P. W. JENKINS D. D. KOGER, CD A 09 , JOHN C. LEAMING, B CD H . H. W. LEVER . MEMBERS. . Leesburg . . . Oxford . Miamisburg . . . Oxford . . . Greenviller , . Oxford . . Bellefontaine . Oxford . Versailles . . Bedford, Ind. . . . Oxford. . . . Bradford. . . . Frankfort . . Vandalia . . Eaton . College Corner . Mt. Oreb . Somerville . College Corner . . Shandon, . . Bowling Green . . . Hamilton . . . Bellefontaine , Eaton . . . Sidney. , . Remington7 Ind . . . . West Alexander . . Oxford , . Oxford. . . Hamilton . Lima . . Hamilton , . Frankfort . . Paducah, Ky. . . . Urbana . . Loveland 69 . Walnut Street . Church Street . Church Street . Walnut Street . Church Street . Brown Road . Poplar Street . High Street . East High Street . Church Street . . Oxford . Room 22 S. D. CD A 69 House . Room II N. D. . Room 2 N. D. . Bowman House . Room 15 N. D. . Room 17 S. D. . Room 108. D. . . E. X. House g . Room 5 N. D. . Room 23 N. D. . . . N. D. . Room 24 N. D. . N. D. . Beach Street , High Street . North Street . Vine Street . Room No. 2 S. D. AK E House; . Room N. D; Room I4 N. D. , GO A CD House . Poplar Street . . Room I4 N. D. J. W. LEIST, CIDAGD , BRUCE LLOYD7 CPA GD . F RANCES ORRELL LEWIS . WM. J. MALONE? CLARENCE MARTIN, 2 X , A. K. MORRIS, A K E . JOHN NELSON, B GD 11 JOHN L. PERRY, B GDH G. H. PETTINGELL , B. S. RADCLIFFE,2X . F. A. RIEDEL . . R. W. RISINGER, CDAQD . V A. M. ROSENTHALL . C. C. ROUDEBUSH E LEWIS RUPERT, A P . J. MURRAY SHEEHAN, B 09 II , WM. SHIDELER OMAR H..SMITH . JOHN G; SNYDER . , E. B. SOUTHWICK, CIDAGD . E. E. STONER . 2 WM. THOMPSON . WM. A. TRIMPE, 2 X . . F. R. WILLIAMS, A K E , I WILL F. WEISS . . JOHN C. WOOD, A K E CLYDE V. ZIMMERMAN ' . . Kingston . Oxford . Madisonville . . Sidney . Sidney . Chicago , . Bellaire . Sidney . . Tribes Hill, N. Y. . H arrison . . New York, N. Y. . Eaton . . Cincinnati , . Harrison . Spencerville . , Hamilton . . Hamilton . Oxford . Liberty, Ind.7 , . Miamisburg , . Dayton . Oxford . Sidney , . Cleveland . Darrtown . Georgetown , . Gratis 7O . Church Street . High Street . Church Street .N.D. .N.D. .Room 16 N. D. . East Street , B 6911 House . High Street . 2 X House . Room 4 N. D. . CID A69 House . Church Street N. D. . . . . S. D. . B 6911 House . N. D. , Walnut Street . N. D. . CIDAGD House .' . . . N. D. . Church Street . S. D. . Walnut Street . Church Street A K E House . High Street Too Small to have a History? 71 Academy Literary Societies. 73 Delmore Literary Society. Nellie Finch Maude D. Flenner Russie Landon Josie Reach Gertrude E. Miller Mary Nelson Mattie Penland Metta Thompson Ethel B. Wagner John Addison G. E. Booth Ben Roy Brown Harry Crauder Third Year Students. MEMBERS. 74- G. C. DeMand Harry B. Flenner Jno. R. Huston Harry Lamm Samuel P. .McNaught Roger Myers Jas. T. Overho-ltz Norman Schweeting Dwight A. , Sloane Hdward s. Stitt Fred Wilson Saylcr Wright Emerson Literary Society. Second Year Students. Lorena Beard Merle Beckett Grace Fry Myrtle Fye Mary Foster Blanche Harris Lucile VVarnock Ruth Warnock Leland A. Butler Willey Brown Jas. B . Cameron MEMBERS: 75 Errett Feeney Will Glasgow Robert S. Meek John Rogers Andrew Robinson Orion Schick C. E. Shank A. G. Sheppard Parke Smith Edward Thompson Clyde Wardwell Miami Literary Institute. 1 First Year Students. Ruth Bishop Laura Welsh Mabel Wehr Noble Butler Harold Carroll Wm. J. Beggs Homer R. Barrett Jesse E. Day MEMBERS: C. F. G. Homing Warren T. Glass Rasland Haboush Ellis King Wm. G. Korner 1Ralph R. Storey Walter R. Wagner Harry Van Ausdall Cull A. White K - . .1. 1L1. xx 1 1'1 x 1: ti. .1 1 1 77 Beta Theta Pi. Founded at Miami University I839. ACTTVE CHAPTERS. Alpha . . Miami University Beta . . . . Western Reserve Beta Kappa . . Ohio University Gamma . . Washington and Jefferson Epsilon . . Centre College Delta . . DePauw UniVersity Phi . . . . . Indiana University Lambda . . University Michigan Tau . . Wabash CQllege Kappa . . . Brown University Zeta . . Hampden Sidney College Omicron . . University of Virginia Theta . . Ohio Wesleyan University Iota . . Hanover College Chi . . . . . Beloit College Psi . . . . . . Bethany College Alpha'Beta . . Iowa State University Alpha Gamma . Wittenburg College Alpha Delta . Westminster College Alpha Epsilon Iowa Wesleyan University Alpha Eta . . Denison University Alpha Lambda, University of Wooster Alpha Nu . . University of Kansas Alpha Pi . . University of Wisconsin Rho . . 9. Northwestern University Alpha Sigma . . Dickinson College Beta Delta . . . Cornell University Sigma, Stevens Institute of Technology Beta Zeta . . St. Lawrence University - Upsilon. . . Boston University Alpha Chi . Johns Hopkins University Beta Alpha . . Kenyon College Omega . . University of California Beta Gamma . . Rutgers College Beta Eta . . Maine State College 79 1880 1881 1881 1882 1884 1885 1886 1888 1888 1888 1888 1889 1889 1889 1889 1890 1890 1890 1890 1891 1891 I893 1894 1896 1900 1900 1900 1901 1901 I903 1904 Beta Theta . . Colgate University Nu . . . . . . . . Union College Alpha Alpha . . Columbia College Beta Iota . . . Amherst College Beta Lambda . Vanderbilt University Theta Delta . Ohio State University Beta Omicron . . University of Texas Alpha Epsilon . . . . . . Pennsylvania State College Alpha Xi . . . Knox College Alpha Zeta . . University of Denver Alpha Tau . University of Nebraska Alpha Omega . . Dartmouth College Beta Epsilon . . . Syracuse College Phi Alpha . . . Davidson College Eta Beta, University of North Carolina Beta Pi . University of Minnesota Nu Epsilon . . Wesleyan University Beta Nu . University of Cincinnati Zeta Psi . . . University of Missouri Beta Chi . . . Lehigh University Phi Chi . . . - Yale University Lambda Rho . . Chicago University Lambda Sigma . . . . . . . . . . Leland Stanford University Phi . . University of Pennsylvanla Beta Sigma . . ..B0Wdoin College Beta Psi, University of West Virginia Beta Tau . University of Colorado Alpha Iota . Washington University BetAOmega . . . . . . .. . . . Washington State University Beta Nu . . Purdue University Delta Kappa. . '. . Case School of Applied Science .WHHZMMFINMHH E SymmF 5me 80 Alpha Chapter of the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity. Established 1839. FRATRES IN FACULTATE: A. D. Hepburn, LL.D. . J. A. Culler, Ph. D. W. J. McSurely, D. D. L. O. Lantis, A. M. FRATRES IN OPPIDO: G. M. Shera, C. A. Shcra, P. D. Shera, H. C. Cook, M. D., J. Mollyneaux, D. D. S. C. D. M. Houghton, FRATRES IN COLLEGIO: 1 9 o 5 . Walter Binkley, Benjamin C. Sharp, I 9 O 6 . John Hamsher 1907. Charles Morphy, Lawrence W. Swan, Charles F. McLaughlin, Bernard C. Gaines, Homer G. Meek, Paul R. Robinson, Charles B. Welliver, I 90 8 . John L. Perry, John C. Learning, J. Stanley Emerson, John G. Nelson, J. Murray Sheehan,. Carrol L. Hoel, Ross DeArmond, 8t Phi Delta Theta. Founded at Miami University 184.8. ROLL OF CHAPTERS. Quebec Alpha . Main Alpha . McGill University . . Colby College New Hampshire Alpha . Dartmouth College Vermont Alpha . . University of Vermont Massachusetts Alpha . . Williams College Massachusetts Beta . . . Amherst College Rhode Island Alpha , . Brown University New York Alpha . Cornell University New York Beta . Union University New York Delta . . . Columbia University New York Epsilon . . Syracuse University Pennsylvania Alpha . . LaFayette College Pennsylvania Beta . Pennsylvania College Pennsylvania Gamma . .Washington and JeEerson Pennsylvania Delta . . . Allegheny College PennSylvania Upsilon . Dickinson College Pennsylvania Zeta . Uuiversity of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Eta . Lehigh University Virginia Beta . University of Virginia Virginia Gamma . . Randolph-Macon Virginia Zeta .Washington and Lee North Carolina Beta . . . . .Universityof North Carolina Kentucky Alpha Delta . Central University Kentucky Epsilon . Kentucky State Coilege Tennessee Alpha . . Vanderbilt University Tennessee Beta . University of the South Georgia Alpha . . University of Georgia Georgia Beta . Emory College Georgia Gamma . . Mercer University Georgia Delta . . . . .Georgia School of Technology Alabama Alpha . .University of Alabama Alabama Beta . . . . ..A1abarna Polytechnic Institute Ohio Alpha . .Miami University Ohio Beta . . . Ohio Wesleyan University Ohio Gamma . . Ohio University Ohio Zeta . . . Ohio State University Ohio Eta . . Case School of Applied Science Ohio Theta. . . . University of. Cincinnati Michigan Alpha . University of Michigan Indiana Alpha . . University of Indiana Indiana Beta . . Wabash College Indiana Gamma . Butler College Indiana Delta . Franklin College Indiana Epsilon Hanover College Indiana Zeta ,, . . . . DePauw University Indiana Theta . . . . Purdue University Illinois Alpha . . Northwestern University Illinois Beta .. . University of Chicago Illinois Delta . . . .Knox College Illinois Zeta . . Lombard College Illinois Eta . . . University of Illinois Wisconsin Alpha . University of Wisconsin Minnesota Alpha . University of Minnesota Iowa Alpha . . Iowa Wesleyan University Iowa Beta . . . . . , . University of Iowa Missouri Alpha . . University of Missouri Missouri Beta . . Westminster College Missouri Gamma . Washington University Kansas Alpha . . University of Kansas Nebraska Alpha . . University of Nebraska Colorado Alpha . . University of Colorado MississippiAlpha . University of Mississippi Louisiana Alpha . . Tulane University Texas Beta . . University of Texas Texas Gamma . . Southwestern University California Alpha . University of California California Beta . Leland Stanford University Washington Alpha .University of Washington .SnmmF 55mm Em Alpha Chapter of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. Established V1848. FRATRES IN FACULTATE: GuyPotterBenton,D.D. . . . . . . . . . .. ......... .. . . . .OhioBeta George Wilson Hoke . ...... . . ...... . . . . ..... Indiana Gamma FRATRES IN OPPIDO: James Ramsey Patterson, 58 Hugh Miller Moore ,95 John Wesley Kelley, 95 William Eugene Clough, 89 John Gilbert Welsh, ,02 Clark David Nelson, 04. Earl John Keller, 01 FRATRES IN COLLEGIO: I905 Merrill D. Prugh Paul G. Moore Howard S. Smith 1906 Roscoe Reed J. S. Blickensderfer I907 Elmer H. Hartle Walter S. Stevenson David D. Koger Arthur A. Burkhardt Ira J. Whipple Chester A. Burns 1908 Roi W. Risinger Bruce Lloyd Carl F. Stoltz Joseph Leist Earl Barnett Ernest B. SouthWick PLEDGES: Robert S. Dodds Charles Smith 85 Delta Kappa Epsilon. Founded at Yale 1844.. ROLL OF CHAPTERS. Alpha Alpha . . Middlebury College Omicron . University of Washington, Mich. Epsilon . . Williams College Rho . . Lafayette College Tau . . Hamilton College Mu . . . , Colgate University Nu . . College of City of New York Phi . . . . Yale University Theta . . .Bowdoin College- Xi . . Colby University Sigma . . . Amherst College Gamma . . Vanderbilt University Psi . . University of Alabama Upsilon . . . . Brown University Chi . . University of Mississippi Beta . . University of North Carolina Eta . . University of Virginia Kappa . . . . Miami University Lambda . . . Kenyon College Pi. . . . . . . . . Dartmouth College Iota . . . Central University Beta Phi . . University of Rochester Phi Chi . . Rutgers College Psi Phi . . DePauw University Gamma Phi . . Wesleyan University Psi Omega . Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Beta Chi . . Western Reserve University Delta Chi . . Cornell University Delta Delta . . University of Chicago Phi Gamma. . Syracuse University Gamma Beta . . Columbia College Theta Zeta . . . University of California Alpha Chi . . Trinity College Phi Epsilon . . University of Minnesota Sigma Tau . Massachusetts Institute of Technology Tau Lambda . . Tulane University Alpha Phi . . University of Toronto Delta Kappa . . University of Pennsylvania Tau Alpha . . . . McGill University Sigma Rho . Leland Stanford Jr. University Delta Pi . . . . . University of Illinois 88 DELTA KAPPA EPSILON. Kappanghaptfzr of the DElta' Kappa Fpsdon Fraternity. 5 , - EStabhshed I 8 52. FRATkEs IN FACULTATE: Orlando Bchnett Finch, 89 Raymond Mollyneaux Hughes ,93 FRATRES IN OPPIDO: E. s. Hi11,M.D.; 2, ,50. Elmer Barton Finch, ,90 Sam Webster Richey, ,94. Edward Bruce Ferguson, 01 FRATRES IN COLLEGIO: 1x 9 0 7 5 James A. Cqulter . : , , . I '9 0 6 .-f . A. Lyle Kaye , Albert J. Nunnamaker F. c. Williams ' Clyde E. Shinkle P. CarletonBing Harold E. Bierce I 9 0 7 Robert E. Pye Luther D. Lawrence John Markley, Jr. I 9 o 8 John c. Wood ' John F. Hill Frank R. Williams .. .1 Alpheus K. Morris Sigma Chi. Founded at Miami University 1855. CHAPTER ROLL. Alpha . Miami University Beta . . University of Wooster. Gamma . . Ohio Wesleyan University Epsilon . . Columbian University Zeta . . . Washington and Lee University Eta . . University of Mississippi Zeta . . Pennsylvania College Kappa . . . . Bucknell University Lambda . . Indiana University Mu . . . Denison University Xi . . . . . . . . . DePauw University Omicron. . .- Dickison College Rho . . Butler College Chi . . . . . Hanover College Psi . . . . . University of Virginia Omega . . . . Northwestern University Alpha Alpha . . Hobart College Alpha Beta . . University of California Alpha Gamma . Alpha Epsilon . Alpha Zeta . Alpha Eta . Alpha Theta . . . . . Massachusetts Institute of Technology . Ohio State University University of Nebraska . Beloit College . Iowa State University Alpha Iota . Illonois Wesleyan University Alpha Lambda . . University of Wisconsin. Alpha Nu . . . University of Texas Alpha Xi . . University of Kansas Phi . . Lafayette College Alpha Omicron . . Alpha Pi . Alpha Rho . Alpha Sigma . . Tulane University . Albion College . .Lehigh University University of Minnesota Alpha Upsilon University of Southern California Alpha Phi . . Alpha Chi. . .' Pennsylvania State College Alpha Psi . . . Alpha Omega . . . . . . . . . . Leland Stanford Jr. University Delta Delta . i . Cornell University . Vanderbilt University . Purdue University Zeta Zeta . . Central University I Zeta Psi . . Cincinnati University Eta Eta. . . Dartmouth College Theta Theta . Kappa Kappa . Lambda Lambda . . University of Michigan University of Illinois Kentucky State College 'Mu Mu . . University of West Virginia Nu Nu . . Columbia University Xi Xi . . . University of Missouri Omicron Omicron . . University of Chicago Rho Rho . . University 9f Maine Tau Tau . Washington University I Psi Psi 91 Upsilon Upsilon . . University of Washington State Phi Phi . . University of Pennsylvania . Syracuse University Beta Gamma . . Colorado College .E U 555 92 Alpha Chapter of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. Established I 855 . FRATRES IN OPPIDO: James E. McSurely, eX., ,95 C. O. Munns, M. D.; Theta Theta FRATRES IN COLLEGIO: I 9 o 5 George Clyde Fisher 1906 Benjamin F. Riese I 9 0 7 Frank A. Ralston Harvey H. Eidemiller Elbert F. Schweickart Elroy T. Storer Louis W. Fisher I 9 o 8 Clarence H. Martin Barney S. Radcliffe William A. Trimpe' Earl F. Colborn Charles C. Born PLEDGES: Howard L. Stitt Chester Johnston Roger Myers 93 Class F raternities 95 a .zodmmm 53.3. E Pi Alphaw-JEpsilon. Junior Fraternity, 1905. MEMBERS: . J. A. Coulter, Harold E. Bicrce, B. C. Sharp, , Roscoe Reed, Walter Binkley, F. C. Williams. 97. LOCAL FRATERNITIES. Local F raternities and Sororities I Delta Zeta. Along With flying machines, wireless telegraphy, radium, horseless car riages, the Normal School, and other productions of Science and Art, there arose a Sorority at Miami. In the autumn of nineteen hundred and two, under the new regime, the time seemed ripe for such an innovation: so six of Miamils young ladies held council and on the twenty-fourth day of October. the Delta Zeta Sorority announced itself to Miami-yea to the world. Delta Zeta came not with the blare of trumpets or the beating of drums. She preferred rather to slip in quietly and win for herself a place by her own merits. Although her first year was one of toils and diHiculties, yet she'never lost hope, but ever continued in her efforts until a strong and sure foundation was laid for the future generations. Undaunted by the hardships of her pioneers, Delta Zeta began the second epoch of her career With renewed vigor and a determination to fulfill the hopes of her founders. As a result she constantly pressed forward strengthened by five additional members. ' On the twenty-fourth of October nine hundred and three there was great rejoicingin Oxford for at that time all members of the Sorority assembled to celebrate their hrst anniversary, and were honored by having as their guests President and Mrs. Benton. All during last summer, Delta Zeta, ever seizing the golden moments, toiled and planned. We felt that our efforts were rewarded when, at the begin- ning of college this last fall, our new room was furnished ready to be dedicated to Delta Zeta. At our second annual banquet five new sisters sat with us around the festal board, they having been initiated the evening before with all due dignity into the mysteries of our sisterhood. Greatness is of slow growth, but even in embryo certain signs may be seen which to the discerning show future glory. Even though Delta Zeta has been on the scene only three years, these signs of greatness are evident and her friends feel certain that as she grows in years and experience she Will not disappoint any of these indications. IOI gwhmoxom SEN 55mm 102 Delta Zeta. Established I 9 O 2 SORORES IN URBE Mary Collins, Alpha Lloyd, Mary Coulter. ACTIVE MEMBERS: I 9 o 6 Maude Fitzgerald. I 9 0 7 Jessie C. Dcnman, Elizabeth A. BArnett, Mildred Law, Mary McSur-ely. I 9 o 8 Helen Gaskill, ' Mary Belle Martin, Mary Fitzgerald, Edith A. Dollinger, Eve Shellabarger. 103 Phi Tau. On the evening of April twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and three, five girls met together with nothing more serious in view than a pleasant evening. But before the night was over, the foundation had been laid for the Phi Tau sorority, which has always gone under the name of Q. T. Two more mem- bers were added that spring, but the sorority existed sub rosa for the rest of that year. When the college opened again in September, the six girls who remained put on their pink and brown, and six new members were initiated into Phi Tau, which had been more fully developed during the summer. This was an event- ful year for the sorority; but its troubles only bound its members more closely together and added to its strength. And when the fall term of nineteen hun- dred and four opened, the coffin pin appeared, and was soon worn by four new members and later in the year by four more. Today Phi Tau is represented in every phase of college life, its members are found in athletics, in the religious work, and in the literary societies. Strong in fraternal spirit, bound together by the most sacred ties, the aim of the sorority must ever be to strive after the ideal college sisterhood, which exists not for itself alone, but for the good that it can do. 105 .DFH Em 106 Phi ' Tau. Established I 90 3 .- S'ORORES IN COLLEGIO: Ethel Goff Nell Stevenson Hildegarde Ballauf Emily Hochstrasser .. EfHeJones Clara Fceney , i Ethelvvyh PortSer ' K 4 Laura Beals Irma Fenton V Bessie Ames Rhuella Baldwin Lena Lowary Bertha Miller Isabelle McMillan Chloe Thompson 107 Delta Rho. Delta Rho is a local fraternity secretly founded October 20, 1903' Its existence was first made known to the student body during Commencement week, June 12-16, 1904., when nine of the ten members appeared at the exer- cises of the week wearing the colors of the fraternity; The tenth member, Omen K. Boring, was at that time, in attendance at the University of Paris. The fraternity was the outgrowth of a comradeship Which had grown up in the associations of the south dormitory. For some time an intimate friendship had existed among seven of the residents of that dormitory, and the fraternity sealed'that friendship with the formal pledges of a secret organization. The membership has grown from seven to fourteen, consisting at present, of C. E; Pattison, J. M. Gries, M. D. Liming, H. R. Rodabaugh, Omen K. Boring, Frank B. Dilley, F. L. Todd, W. H. Altamer, F. R. Moomaw, Clarence Wal- den, Lewis Rupert, James Cassil, Horace Ballinger and J. L. Rodabaugh. The fraternity hall is located, at present, on the third floor of the south dorm- itory. The fraternity flower is the Indian carnation. The .colors are white and-royal purple-the white symbolizing the purity of character which the fra- ternity seeks to promote in its members; the purple being emblematic of the rank which the college man must hold among the worldls doers of good works, rather than of royal poWer. The new organization stands ready to join hands with all in promoting the best interests of the University. Conscious of its own youthful shortcomings, it asks of the other organizations of the school only that charity of judgment which the memory of a similar honorable origin may inspire. While this initial bow to the readers of THE RECENSIO is not the occasion to make public all the activities of the fraternity, yet we may express our deter- mination to deserve, as the years go by, the honor and respect of the student body and Faculty of Miami University. The new organization has come expecting to strive, to suffer, to endure, but above all, to survive. I 109 IIO DELTA RHo. Delta Rho. 1905. John M. Gries, William H. Altamer, 1 Clarence D. Walden. 1906. . Clarence E. Pattison, Melville D. Liming, Harry R. Rodabaugh, Omen K. Boring. 1907. . Franklin L. Todd, Frank B. Dilley, Frank R. Moomavv. 1908. Louis Rupert, Horace Ballinger. 1909. James R. Cassil, ' Jesse L. Rodabaugh. III Recensio Board. 112 . DITOR-IN-CHIEF RCMILLIAMS AKE SSOCIATE EDIT 0R8 RCARLETON BINGAKE BERTHA MILLER 3? T ROSCOE REED ?AG ETHELWYN PORTER QT HLYLE KAYEI A K E -USINEI SS MRNRGER CLYDE SHINKLE AKE BF RIE SE QX 113 FZMQDHW 33:2 114. 1: 6: Cf7oJ7fl'7? ' Z X 5x791? M CMH- M99574 QPRMk-M a - 6m ' .' a .PfolfleBMGZVrE'ZoML , ffr'WIWr 9716707'214 1sz75 V CKMOthWI-BQF- x7mum: Mg UMWG fxamzvc: 10962- KOM7Z7? ' wa HWMMIBXAZIWIEWMMMIH . mmafms ' warm gmav-Baxwmm 17. 1711- AWYE'JIEJJMMMGM - 115 Erodelphian Presidents. R. E. PYE, H. R. RODABAUGH, F. A. RALSTON, 117 . 7115544119 1 ERODELPHIAN HALL. 118 Frank Ralston Erodelphian Society. Founded 1825. SCIENTIA, ELOQUENTIA, AMICITIA. . A. J. Nunnamaker. . -A. M. Harrison. . . OFFICERS: . .ACTIVE MEMBERS: B. s. Radcliffe A. J. Nunnamaker 1 E. .F. Colborn G. H. Pettingell F. R. 'Williams John Leaming R. E. Pye Lewis Rupert Martin Porter Murray Sheehan A. Lyle Kaye W. H. Shideler Chas McLaughlin Clyde Huston Chas. Morphy H. H. Eidemiller F. C. Williams L. H. B. Farr S. P. McNought W. C. Miller C. E, Brown J. Markley A. K. Morris P. C. Bing 119 P. G. Moore I G. C. Fisher H. Rodabaugh ' M. D. Liming F. A. Ralston C. E. Pattison S. J. Moore J. Schweickart J. A. Coulter A. M. Harrison F. 8. Todd Vernon Hill Roscoe Reed John Rodger John Synder J. S. Rodabaugh Chester Johnston W. J. Maloney C. C. Brown C. H. Bollinger John Wood E. H. Hartle R. B. Reid W. A. Trimpe . President . . Secretary . . Treasurer The Erodelphian Literary Society. As early as, 1803 Congress granted to the State of Ohio, one complete township of the then unoccupied lands within its territory for the purpose of establishing and maintaining an academy. Oxford township was designated but it was not until 1818 that any material results were evident. During that year a building was opened on the college grounds and used for a grammar school. Although these provisions for an educational institution were made, it was not until 1824., when the Board of Trustees appointed Dr. RobertHamilton Bishop as president, that the Miami University was really founded. In those days the territory west of the Alleghanies was but sparsely settled, yet the same aggressive American spirit which had Characterized the early growth and fight for independence of the Thirteen States, was manifesting itself in the educational movements of the day. From the very beginning Miami did not lack students. Nor were these backwoods boys, rough as their early lives may have been, devoid of desire or aptitude for literary and social culture. In the late fall of 1825, a year after the opening of the University, both the Erodelphian and the Union Literary Societies were founded. Both were secret in their organization and incorporated under the laws of the State of Ohio. The Erodelphian Society obtained for its home the Southwest room on the third floor of the main building and proceeded at once to equip and beautify it. Adequate furnishings were purchased, the term dues being made suHicient to defray expenses. The Society at once proceeded to collect a library. Each member was authorized to receive donations of either books or money from iithe friends of Science to aid them in establishing a library which was thought to be indispensable to the attainment of the object of the Society. A resolution was passed that any citizen of Oxford, who had donated five dollars in money or books, be allowed the privileges of the Society library. For many years the library grew and was used constantly by the members. The Society subscribed to three or four literary periodicals of the day. There were two local monthly papers published by the soeieties; the Focus and the Literary Register. They Were printed upon a press belonging to the Erodel- phians, but the Venture was evidently not a financial success, for the debt incurred by the purchase of the press hung over the Society for hve years or more when the press was finally sold. . Notwithstanding the joint actions of the societies in their exhibitions and publications, there existed a keen rivalry between them. According to the records of the Society, when an Erodelphian assaulted a fellow-Erodelphian with a club he was expelled from the Society; but when the offense was against a iiUnion LitTi the house gave a verdict of iinot guiltyW. 120 When, in the summer of 1829 the Unions engaged the leading Artist of the great West to paint, for their hall, a full length portrait of Dr. Bishop, they strutted about in their pride and arrogance, feeling that they had accomplished a work so original and so grand that the vanquished Erodelphians must forever own them their superiors. b When, about a year later the Erodelphians arose to the occasion, it was in a manner that neither they nor their successors have ever been ashamed of or regretted. It was in obtaining a bust of Dr. Bishop wrought in clay. The bust, itself a fine specimen of the masters skill, was the first purchased work of the young sculptor Hiram Powers, then living in Cincinnati, who afterward became famous for his genius in this line of art. It still stands in a niche in the wall behind the presidents chair in the Society hall, a fitting monument to the faithfulness and loyalty of the Erodelphians to their organization and to old Miami. In those early days, the life of the University centered about the Literary Societies. The societies themselves were well organized and their honor and reputation were zealously guarded by their members. Their struggles were many and varied and in some cases Violent. As a fair example, let me cite probably one of the worst fights that was ever carried on in the early years of the institution. ' iBetween the two Societies there were certain articles of agreement pertain- ing to the initiation of new members. The Union in June 1836 accused the Erodelphian of initiating two men under the age of sixteen, thereby Violating the agreement, and they demanded that the penalty be paid, namely, the expulsion of the members in question. The Erodelphians objected to such procedure, Citing three or four instances of the Violation of the articles of; agreement by the Union Society which had been a110Wed to pass unpunished. After two months of hot contention, and-the letters exchanged abound in sarcasm and bitterness, the Unions declared that they would not make public their decision regarding the expulsion of their members illegally initiated, and the Erodelphians withheld their action for that of the Unions. It took some time for the wrath of both parties to subside, but it finally did, and the point was never raised again. Just at this period, the Greek letter fraternity entered as a new factor, into American college life, and its advent at Miami was looked upon'with much concern by the literary societies. According to the minutes of Erodelphian of April 7, 1837, resolutions were passed barring members of Alpha Delta Phi from the benefits of the society. The action was not taken without opposition, however, for the six Alpha Delta Phi,s already members of Erodelphian, and their friends, constituted a body of nineteen voting nay on the resolutions, while thirty-five votes were cast in the aHirmative. Later the action was rescinded, enforced a second time, but by final action in 1846 was repealed. The opposition to the Greeks in the Union Society was even more severe. Accordingly a large body of the members of Alpha Delta Phi and their friends 121 withdrew from both societies and on May 22, 1838 formed a society for them- selves known as the Miami Literary Society. The steady growth of the school under the wise direction of Dr. Bishop was apparent in all the branches of college life. In I839-the year of the founding of Beta Theta Pi at Miami-althol there were in existence three thriving literary societies, we find that a fourth, the Epanthean Society, was organized and asked from her sister societies recognition as a separate organiza- tion. Their request was granted but the next year Erodelphian refused to recognize her and would not receive petitions for membership from any student who had been a member of the new society. The Epanthean soon died out. The three societies then in power, the Union, the Miami, and the Erodel- phian, as well to bring out their individual talent as to promote fellowship among them agreed to hold joint debates in the chapel every six weeks. Two societies engaged in the contest while the third sat as umpire, their respective positions alternating. Only a few such exhibitions were held, however, for in the Spring of the following year i1842l the Miami and the Union were united as one society called the Miami Union. But these were not the only public exhibitions ever held. From its very founding Erooelphian had given exhibitions at various times in the year, but the members probably devoted their best efforts to the annual exhibitions held, until 1854 in lVIarch, after that date in December. The other societies in school were invited to join in the processional march on the festive evening. Five speakers participated in each exhibition and it was a high honor to be chosen fifth speaker, for, as an alumnus writes iiThe one appointed iFifth Sessional speakerl was supposed to be so far talented above the others as to eclipse the failings of the first four in the blaze of his own glory. It is interesting, as a matter of history, to'note the differences which arose between the faculty and Erodelphian regarding the choice of public speakers. Sometime in the eaer Forties the Society chose a man to deliver the Commence- ment address of whom the'faculty did not approve. Wherefore that august body demanded the future right of endorsing the. societyls choice, before the speaker electlwas notified of the honor conferred. The Society refused to grant the request, stating that the power of making such appointments was given them in their charter by the State Legislature, and that the faculty was not in a position to question that right. In 1846, however, the Society did submit the name of their candidate, and the most courteous letter containing the facultyls hearty approval was incorporated into the minutes of the Society. But the next year the Society, for some reason not stated, again expressed themselves strongly against such proceedings and again took and'maintained for years, their former stand. School and fraternity politics were always more or less a factor in the wel- fare of the literarv organizations. Usually the societies presented at least a semblance of harmony to the outside world, no matter how many or how strong the factions within might be. Now and then the trouble would become 122 so violent that there would be a split in the whole organization. To such causes are due the birth of many of the student societies now in existence at the University. 8 ' The members of Miami Union, in the summer of 1853, could not agree upon an election. After much diHiculty a set of oHicers were elected by a majority of three or four. The minority promptly withdrew and formed a society of their own, the Eccrittean, which remained in existence untilthe Close of 1862. It found some favor with the University authorities-and while it lived, it exercised much inHuence on the literary life of the college. During all the years from its founding Erodelphian had been adding to its library continually, so that, in 1853, it had 1,550 volumes. As the Society library was for the exclusive use of its members, and the Board of Trustees of the University desired to bring it into the more general use of the whole school, they made a proposition to Erodelphian that they would enlarge their hall, making the Societyls quarters more comfortable, on condition that Erodelphian would turn over their books to the care of the college librarian and allow them to be removed to the regular library room. The Society accepted the proposition and the changes Were made with the understanding that the library could be reclaimed at the Societyls option. Two years latera committee appointed for the purpose reported that the Society,s property was being shamefully abused, that 250 of the best volumes were missing and that the condition of the remaining books was very bad. The committee appointed to adjust the matter, Whitelaw Reid being chairman, awaiting the meeting of the Board of Trustees, did not report until 1857. Then it was found that certain defects in the signing of the original contracts invalidated them, and the Board refused to replace the books lost. The Society brought back what was left of their library, placing it in a long ' case in the Society hall, where it still remains. During the troublesome war times and the decline of the University until its closing in 1873, the Erodelphian lost membership, with the University. It was aperiod of depression throughout the whole institution. The Society held its meetings regularly, but the enthusiasm and vitality of former years were wanting. There was a society organized by the students of the preparatory school conducted in the University buildings during the time Miami Closed, which called itself iiErodelphian8 and entered a record of their literary efforts on the minute books of the Society. .This, however, did not possess the corporate rights of the original society nor did the Miami Alumni recognize it. With the opening of the University in 1885, the real Erodelphian Society was revived and has lived for at least part of each college year since that date.. In recent years varied influences have tended to crowd out the literary societies from the college worldwand the fact is greatly to be deplored. But it must not be supposed that Erodelphian is dead as a literary society. True its sphere of inHuence is more limited than it was fifty years ago, for in those days every 123 man in the University belonged to some organization of a literary character. Now not-more than thirty per cent of the students are enrolled as active mem- bers of the societies. The opportunity for the development of those qualities Which the literary societies aim to develop is as much open to every student now as in the early history of the institution, and to the ambitious young col- lege man it still appeals strongly. Within the last few years the practice of parlimentary law has been a feature of our programs. The exercises, conducted by our able referee, Mr. G. C. Fisher hos, have been a source of some amusement as well as valuable instruction. By faculty decree, Friday evening is kept Sacred to the exercises of the literary societies and on that evening the latch string of Erodelphian Hall is always out to old Erodelphians and Visiting friends. R. E. P. t07. 124 Miami Union Society Presidents HOWARD 8. SMITH, W. H. ALTAMER, J. M. GRIES. 125 MIAMI UNION HALL. Miami Union Society. Howard S. Smith. . . . . . Wm. H. C. Brill Phoebus . Lorin Stuckey. . - . . . C. C. Kochenderfer H. Rush . J. M. Gries W. H. Altamer Wm. Phoebus J. B. Dilley H. S. Smith C. D. Boyd J. E. Day C; C. Kochenderfer C. A. Arganbright C. D. Walden L. Stuckey D. B. Richardson Founded I 825. OFFICERS MEMBERS: 126 . President . Vice President . Secretary . Critic . . .Treasurer . Sergeant-at-Arms Wm. Thompson H. C. Brill H. R. Carroll G. Barrow E. C. Scale J. B. Myers H. Rush W. Hoffman B. C. Sharp C. P. Johnson R, Haboush Miami Union Society. Founded 1825. Among the organizations known within the sphere of college life, none are more important .and the value of whose training more liable to be under- estimated than literary societies. They are the life of a university and it is within their halls that the true Character and ability of college men are drawn out to their highest degree and the training necessary to make the iiall around manli is acqui-red., It is here where the students meet each other in friendly contest of debate to cultivate their argumentative powers, and where that all important training of extemporaneous speaking is acquired, and it is here where they also have an opportunity of putting into practice the training received in the class rooms. Realizing the truth of such statements and the need of such an organiza- tion the students of Miami University in 1825, one year before the first class was graduated, organized themselves into a society which has ever since been known as the Miami Union Literary Society. ' The University, as well as the members, is proud of her noble record. While she would not detract anything from the fame of the University in pro- ducing her honored list of Alumni, we think no little honor is due to the Liter- aries, and many of Miamils illustrious sons attribute their success in life to the training received within her literary halls. Among some of the prominent names on the roll of membership may be mentioned Benjamin Harrison, Robert C. Schenck and David Swing. However, the society became inactive, but in the fall of 1903 was reor- ganized. Since that time the society has been prospering and holding up the standards of the past. Last year we won in a contest with the Erodelphian Literary Society, the twenty-five dollar prize given by Mr. T. R. Kumler. Miami Union was also honored in having on her roll of membership Mr. Howard S. Smith, who won first place in the National Oratorical Contest held at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition last June. Every Friday evening interesting and profitable meetings are held and a good attendance is generally secured, which is in itself encouraging to literary work. Since its organization the society has had a total membership of nearly twelve hundred and fifty and the present membership is twenty-three. 127 .NwaHUOW NwmAxmmin ZAVHMM Haw ;$3$5. x. 22:1,. . 3 13+. :22: 5. 2w 128 The Pierian Literary Society. President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miss Iva B. Moon Vice-President. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Miss Blanche Hinkle Secretary. . . . .- t. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Miss Laura Beals Treasurer. . . . l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miss Fanny Ragland , ii When 3M Woman Ever Yet Inventwl Perhaps woman is not remarkable for her inyentive genius but we must agree that she has talent or at least propensity for organization. And this, talent or propensity is not lacking in the girls of the Normal school. - Early in the College year of 1903 and l04, the girls began to feel the need of a society in which they could become better acquainted with one another. i As they thought and talked about it, they became more and more convinced of the need of a common center about which, and for which they could work. 'The question was, should this center be purelyisocial, literary or what P Some of the students advocated a social club. ' The majority, however, were Clinelined toward literary work and thought that the literary element should at least go hand inahand with the social. The faculty: of the Normal college greatly encouraged this literary Spirit i and strongly advised the girls to decide upon the organization of a literary society. Therefore on the night of November 6, 1903, a meeting was called for this purpose. Prof. Feeney kindly consented to act as Chairman of this meet- ing and to do all in his power to assist the society in laying its foundation. At this first meeting a committee of live was appointed to write a constitu- tion. After much strenuous labor upon the part of the committee the constitu- tion was submitted and duly accepted. Since that time the society has been active. It .meets once in two weeks during the school year. The program rendered at these meetings consists of current events, debates, talks, impromptus, and other literary features. While the literary element holds a much more prominent place in the society, the social is not entirely neglected. Entertainments are given from time to time under the direction of the social committee. These functions always afford great amusement and contribute to the pleasure and interest felt in the society. The most famous of entertainments past is the old fashioned Ti Spelling Bee. ,, The society has been organized for only one year. During this time the members have made a great effort to make it a success and to realize the ideal of such an organization. We hope their labor will not have been in vain. 129 161A! ik f I ' . I l! ,. '71 V , n ',i, j; ' . 1.. 1.. I . M 4 .5171, . ..Z .' 'II ' I - 4'; 5? 7; ..- n ' IlztAI-va ,', ',.,l.:l L . .I I w:.' . 'H - y 5:, I, - ' . m M 'fUlmiIfi-I I . I ', hf! -:. L 13I The Liberal Arts Club. Five years ago there were only twenty-Hve girls in Miami University. Due to this small number, and other circumstances, we enjoyed very little real college life aside from the privilege of study. With the primary purpose of bringing the Miami college girls into social. contact origlnated the Idea of handing ourselves together. ten girls from the College of L1bera1 Arts and two from the Senior Preparatory class were invited to the home of Mary Covington. In the parlors of Lewis Place the Liberal Arts Club was formed with a membership of thirteen. Until the end of that school year it was the aim to develop theiisocial feat- ures of our college life and to this end monthly meetings were held at the rooms of the members meetings, which were sirnply good times. In the second year, having accomplished the purpose of becoming acquainted we dreamed dreams of doing for our girls the work of a literary association. We met twice a month, and so successfully merged the social and the literary that neither was neglected. But with aspirations ever growing we have this year devoted ourselves exclusively to the maintaining of a true purpose for mutual improvement in literature,-an organization deserving the name literary society. The interest grows steadily and some day the University Senate will deem -us no less worthy than Erodelphian and Miami Union of college credit for work done in the Liberal Arts Club. I3'3 .mDAU mFMf. AAwMMmHuH 134 Liberal Arts Club. Founded 1903. OFFICERS: Ethchoff.................................Prcsidcnt Louise Coulter. ..... . . . . . . . . . .Vice-President EthelwynPorter...............................Secrctary HarrietThompson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Treasurer MEMBERS: Louise Coultcr, Fannie Cotncr, Grace Glasgow, . Carrie Croll, Ethel Goff, Jessie Dcnman, Mildred Law, Cornelia Fye, Bertha Miller, Amelia Gebhardt, iNelIe Overholtz, Blanche Greene, Ethelwyn Porter, Elsie Hatfield, Edna Robinson, Edna Pence, Harriet Thompson, Ethel Pitts, Sophia Schaeuble, Katherine Root, Maude Fitzgerald, Mabelle Coulter, Elizabeth Barnett, Frances Lewis, Reigh Brandenburg. I35 Miami Golf Club. Professor R. M. Hughes Dr. E. C. Hayes Professor B. J. Wildmzin Dr. Roger Bruce Johnson Dr. Albertus Culler Harold E. Bierce B. C. Sharp Dright 1. Douglas J. L. Perry A. Lyle Kaye I . .L. D. Lawrence Tayldr Cummins P. C. Bing Homer G. Meek' A. K. Morris . Professor F. L. Hadsel Robert Pye Rupert Lewis F. L. Todd ' Dick Jones I J. F. Hill 136 Miami Tennis Association. Professor McIlwaine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . President Professor Hadsel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,- . . . . . . . . . . .Vicc President Commodore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., . .Secretary and Treasurer MEMBERS: Dr. Johnson . Walter Stephenson Professor McIlwaine Professor Hadscl John Marklcy Harold Bierce Carrol Hoel Dwight I. Douglas Taylor Cummins I J. L. Perry B. F. Riese F. C. Williams I37 Knockew Club. C. E. Shinkle. . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . .1 . . . .Chief High Wieldcr L.'H. B. Farr ...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ViccHigh Wieldcr Clara Feeney . . . . . . . . . . . ...... ' . . . . . . . Keeper. of Golden. Chink MEMBERS: Senator Boscoc Billy Irish, Piddle Pat , Jack Jimmie , Kid Bull Fat, Mac Rcd, Bcn , Doc, HFrcnchyH Commodore , Kate, Dutch ' ' Bugs I39 I40 Boarding Clubs. GRINERS: Mrs.Halstead...............................Manager SELBYCLUB: RoscoeReed................................Manager VARSITY INN: Robert E. Pye and A.J.Nunnamaker. . ..... . . . . . . . . . . .Managers BOWMANHOUSE: E.J.Bowman........... ..... ........... .'..Manager ' VGOODES: Mrs.Dr.Goode............-.......'....... ...Manager 141 F. C. Williams ............................. . . President W.A.Trimpe....................... ....VicePresident E.VernonHill........................'. ...... Secretary 142 O RQEE Q8 Em-4 1855 Republican Club. G C. Fisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . President B. C. Sharp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vice PfESident W. H. Altamer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Secretary 143 J.M.Gries.......... ........ ..............Presidcnt RogerMyers........ ..... .................VicePresident Jas.Cameron................................Secretary Motto: Iubet Vicissimy MEMBERS: Riedel Stoner Crauder ' Whitmore Roudebush Shorty Johnson Leist McHenry R. B. Reed Todd Britton - W. C. Miller I44 PROFESSOR MCILWAINZE J. M. Gries W. H. Altamer M. D. Liming Ethel Goff I4; J. A. Coulter P. G. Moore Merrill D. Prugh Louise Coulter B. F. Riesc T. Cummins PROFESSOR HUGHES 14.6 C. M. Morphy, . Clyde Barrow Glenn Britton L. D. Lawrence 0. F. McLaughlin C. H. Bollinger DR. BRANDON. Paul Zerfass Chlo6 Thompson Cornelia ch ' Edith Selby B. C. Sharp Ella MCSurely I47 DR. WILLIAMS G. C. Fisher C. C. Brown A. M. Harrison L. H. B. Farr D. T. Douglas Paul Robinson 148 DR. CULLER J. M. Gries Wm. Phebus Glenn Britton H. R. Rodabaugh C. E. PaWison I C. B. VVelliver L. D. Lawrence. I49 r9 151 w $09-39 aeszaG 4 .U .2 S x52 Y; M. C. A. Cabinet, 1904-1905. President................................A.L.Kaye Vice-President.............................L.VV.Swan Treasurer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F. A. Ralston Secretary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. G. Moore Corresponding Secretary . . . H ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H. S. Smith 153' $09.39 A5530 Aw .U .3 S 15+ Y. W. C. A. Cabinet 1904-1905. President . . . . ..... . . ; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edna Robinson Vice-President. . . . . ....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Laura Beals Treasurer. . . . . . . .' . . V. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hildcgarde Ballauf Secretary. . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . ., . . . . . . . . Chloe Thompson Cthevotional Committee.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ethelwyn Porter Ch. Missionary Committee. . . . . . ...... . . . . . . . . . . . Blanche Greene Ch. Social Committee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . '. Clara Feeney J55 I57 JJAFmEZOMO :zaaz I58 Orchestra. FIRST VIOLINS: E. F. Schweickart, . . Carroll L. Hoel, Howard L. stitt, L. Elizabeth Cole, SECOND VIOLINS: Mildred Law, - Emerinc Wilson, Dwight Minnich. PIANO Adisn-Emma WcIty Cone, Assr. Ac PA sT: Eva Shellabarger. VIOLINCELLoz-C. F. McLaughlin, BAssz-C. E. Shilnkle. FLUTE:-Lawrence Wardell Swan, CLARIONETI-Elmer B. Finch, CORNET:-R. R. Story, HORN: James Overholtz, TROMBONE:-Clarchce H. Martin, DRUMS AND TRAPs:-Homer G. Meek. I59 Swan Wright McLaughlin Storey M eek Mandolin Club. MEMBERS: MANDOLINSZ Bierce GUITARS: BANJOSI I60 Shinkle Binkley Perry Davenport Schweickart Saxophone Quartet. SOPRAN01-E. F. Schweickart. ALTO: E. B. Finch, TENOR: Lawrence W. Swan, BARITONE: Ralph R. Storey. I61 Miami Choral Society. Reigh Brandenburg, Blanche Greene, Edna Unzicker, Edna Selby, Mamie A. Faries, Edna Louise Cooke, Nell Overholtz, Edith I. Hill, Mary Darrell Finch, Nellie F. Johnston, Carroll L. Hoel, L. Stuckey, Chas. E. Brown, W. Corwm Miller, W. L. Stephenson, Jesse E. Day, Chas. C. Born, Harvey Eidemiller, SOPRANOS: ALTOS: Ernestine Roudebush. TENORS: BASSES: F. A. Ralston. I62 Grace Fry, Netta Thompson, Edna Ethel Pence, Blanche Hinkle, Nelle L. Fornshell, Ethel Huston, Henrietta P. Wilcox, Irma F. Fenton, Clara May Feeney, Nelle B. Mitchell, ' Lewis Rupert, F. A. Schweeting. Murray Sheehan, Clifford B. Brown, S. P. McNaught, Horace Ballinger, G. C. Fisher, .E. T. Storer, Edna Louise Cooke, Mamie A. Faries, Edna Selby, Nelle L. Fornshell, Irma F. Fenton, - Nellie F. thnston, Ladies, Glee Club. . FIRST SOPRANOS: SECOND SOPRANOS: Edna Unzicker. FIRST ALTOS: Clara May Feeney. SECOND. ALTOS: I63 Henrietta Wilcox, Blanche Greene. Blanche Hinkle, Nell Overholtz, Edith I. Hill, Mary Darrell Finch. Male Quart6t. FIRST TENOR:-F. A. Sweeting, SECOND TENOR: Carro11 L. Hoel, FIRST BAss:-Horace Ballinger, SECOND BAssz-Harvey Eidemiller. I64 College Yells. Rah! Rah! Rah! MeIeAeM-II Mi-am-iI Miami! Miami! Miami! Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Miami I Miami I Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! HooI Rah! H00! Rah! Bully for Old Miami! Miami Yip! Yip! Miami Yu! ROI Boomerang! Boomerang! Ho! Ang! Ho! Eureka I Miami I Sis I Boom I Bah I Miami Varsity! Rah I Rah I Rah I IITWO Miami Songs? Tune, Solomon Levi. , . , Our college is Miami, fune, Clementme. A college old and great, Up at Oxford in Ohio One of the many colleges Within the Bucke e state Stands 21 college old and grand; . y . , Mother she, of mighty statesman, She Is the best Of all, Sir, . For her alone we cry Noblest people 1n the land. And to help her to prosperity I CHORUS. We each of us would die. 311d Miantlli, old.1V111ami,. 1. CHORUS. ways 3 ows rig 1t up 1n lne; . . And where others run against her 12W 031:1 Nlhlan?! h' h Th t td t' - alse es ou on 1g. ey ge wors e every 1me Dear old Miami! . We are students at Miami, May her prajses hev'er die-i-i-i. Filled with Algebra and Greek; Ougcollege IS Miami, . We are master hands at Logic, She 3 known both far and w1de, And you ought to hear us speakeCho. And to her great Alumm The nation points with pride, Bankers, lawyers, presidents And statesmen great and grand; For many men that left her walls Are known throughout the land. Yes weIre students at Miami, Best old college of them all. Wetcan lead them in athletics, WeIre the champions in football.-Cho. And if anyone Should chance to say, Thus we sing at old Miami When one of us was nigh. To the scarlet and the white; Mean things about Miami T0 the glories 0f the past He then and there should die. And her future now so bright.-Cho. For we all fight for Miami A. H. UPHAM, I97. We shout her praises loud, WeIll never be ashamed of her In any place or crowd. ELLA G. MCSURELY, I01. I65 I66 Athletics. The interest manifested. by the students of a University-in Athletics is usually a good criterion of the College spirit of that institution. In nothing is the spirit of fair play and justice better exemplified. The opposites of these Virtues, too, are here best seen. For Miami we wish the square deal to stand always above mere Victory. ' With the state'support of Athletics, a fine gymnasium, an excellent ath- letic park, and a famous gymnasium director we are indeed blessed of Heaven. The time is luckily passed When but a few students can be induced to take part in some form of athletics. He must be a poor stick indeed to Whom none of the many branches open at Miami Will appeal. Foot Ball, Base Ball iboth indoor and 0nd Basket Ball, Tennis, Golf, Track Athletics, Hand Ball, Ping- pong and other sports present the Widest possible range of requirements. The management of athletics is under the supervision of a Board of Control Which is composed of the President of the University, three faculty members Chosen by the President and three students appointed by the student body. BOARD OF CONTROL. President: B. F. Riese President Guy Potter Benton. Prof. F. W; Stone. Harold E. Bierce. ' B. C. Sharp. Prof. S. R. Williams. Prof. G. W. Hoke. I67 .EdMH. VHAAKEBVOR I68 Foot Ball. For years foot ball has been praised and criticised as the best and the most barbaric of college sports. That there is more interest shown'in the game today than ever before in spite of criticism argues well for its popularity; Whatever may be said against it it still. stands supreme among college sports in its teaching of self-restraint, obedience and alertness of mind. To be a good . player one must possess all of these Virtues and some more. Moreover as the years go by foot ball is becoming more and more the ideal college sport it should be. - From the View point Oif zgames won the foot ball season of 1904: at Miami was not highly successful. , iWith one or two exceptions, however, the team was made up of new men'and it is to be hoped that they will prove that their experience was not Wasted when the next season. arrives. Already over twenty-five men have volunteered to come out to practice next fall, and Miami hopes antirweXpects a team that will iido things. 1. FOOT BALL TEAM-e1904. Roscoe ReediiRadclif'fe. . . . ..... A.LyleKaye.. . . . .. . . .. ..... ... . ........R.H.B. Harold E. BiercenHamsher . ' .F. B. F. C. Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Q. B. C. M. Morphy, tCath. . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... .R. T. W. S. Stephenson. . . . . . . . . . .4 . t .L.T. W. L. Rupert . .. .. . ..... .. . . . .. ..C. . Dwight Douglass-Jenkins. . . . . . . . s. ...... . R. G. D. G. Overholtz-Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . L. G. A. Lever-Leaming . . . . . . . . . . ..... . R. 1E. F. Hildebolt . ' . L. E. 169 I70 BASEBALL SQUAD. Base Ball. ' Base ball has always more than held its own at Miami. No other branch of athletics has drawn so many of the students into it and none Other has received such support from our own student body and those of the College and Western. After having said this it is needless to say that Miamiis base ball teams have made records of which we all are proud. We start out this year with but three of last years team as we lost Wood, Robinson, Coleman and James by graduation. There is an abundance of good new material though, and we have faith to believe that they will put up a good grade of ball. 1905 TEAM. Manager-J. A. Coulter. Capt. C. F. McLaughlin, Ist. West, c. F. Walden, C. . , Lloyd, S. S. Wood, 2nd. Long,iR. F. Markley, L. F. Emerson, 3rd. Bishop, P. Learning, Sub. 171 .255; AYZm SE95 172 Basket Ball. What foot ball is to the fall and base ball to the spring basket ball is to the Winter. Every game has its peculiar advantages and basket ball has more than her share. It is not as rough as foot ball, is more strenuous for all the players than base ball and is the most interesting of all games for the spectator. Of the player it demands speed, agility, endurance, self-control and brains. In no other game is the difference between iicleanl, and iidirtyll play so marked. In these very things lies its value. Baskets ball is rather a new thing at Miami as indoor base ball has usurped its rightful place, but anothervyear ought to see her iicome. to her own? There is material and to spare in school and the proposed Inter-Fraternity Basket Ball Tournament next fall ought to see this material developed. 1 BASKET BALL TEAM. P. C. Bing, R. F. iCath J. F. Hill, R. G. J. S. Emerson, L. F. ' A. Lyle Kaye, L. G. C. F. Stoltz, Sub. E. F. Schweickart, C. Dwight Britton, Sub. I73 SSH A135 emmgm mam: I74 Liberal Arts Team. Edna imgsfem; Cap1., Nelle Stephenson, , V Ethel Goff, Bertha Miller, I . . 'Ethevlwyn Porter, Mary Foster -. fr . 1; ,. . 1- p.115 ' t , :4 W? . -. , X : x, F; r .. a 3 , i, . u 1 r . , n .. a ?t' t. 919' I75 Sig qqu emzmamm iwzmoz I76 Normal Team. Capt. Eva Crous, Blanche Hinkle, Marnie Faries, Nell Fornshell, Laura Beals, EdnaCrowl, . Hildegarde Ballauf. I77 .sZmH 33me MOOQHDO I78 Track. Since the days of the Annual Dual meets With Earlham our outdoor track athletics have not amounted to much. True, we have had inter-class and inter- fraternity meets but these have not been as conducive to record breaking as an inter- collegiate meet would have been. i Track athletics offer sport and work for a greater variety of talent than any other line of athletics and every man in school should try at least to polish up this talent before he buries it. With the one time champion athlete of America as our physical director our opportunities for training are unparalleled. Let us try next year to have a track team worthy of the name. In the inter- class meet of 1904. F. E. Wood got the highest number of points and won the gold medal, Howard James Winning the silver medal and R. I. Brown the bronze medal. In the annual Indoor Athletic Meet of 1905, B. S. Radcliffe was the Winner of the silver cup. I79 .Qdmbom Ajdem moomzH 180 Miami M 7 Association. C. M. Morphy, John Wood, H. E. Bierce, Walter Stephenson, P. Jenkins, C. F. Hildebolt, John Leaming, J. Overholtz C. F. McLaughlin, P. C. Bing, Dwight Britton, H. W. Lever, ACTIVE MEMBERS. B. F. Riese, 18I Roscoe Reed, A. Lyle Kaye, F. C. Williams, Dwight T. Douglass, Lewis Rupert, John Hamsher, Barney Radcliffe, John ,Markley, JL, Clarence Walden, John Hill, J. S. Emerson, John Perry. Tennis. With no outside competition and no definite organization the quality of tennis served on the Miami courts by its chief devotees is still quite remarkable. As a game calling for unlimited personal skill and quickness it has no peer in the fall, spring or summer months. It is to be regretted that no tournaments have ever been arranged either among our own students or with other institu- tions. We believe that we have a few players at least as good as any of our sister colleges and hope that by another year we may see them do battle and prove themselves. TENNIS FIENDS. R. B. Johnson. Ht. E. Bierce. C. H. McIlwaine. Jesse Blickensderfer. F. L. Hadsel. John Markley. I82 Golf. Golf is unique in the opportunity for sport it offers those who do not wish to indulge in any of the more Violent forms of athletics. In base ball the activ- ity is spasmodic, in foot ball it is violent; basket ball requires both great activity and endurance and track athletics in its many branches call for some one or all of these characteristics. While they are none the less useful to the man who would become a good golf. player, the lack of these qualities does not bar a man from participation. 7 Golf is a new thing at Miami. Its age, however, is no measure of its popularity. We count ourselves fortunate in our nine-hole course in the northeast campus. With HWestward Hoh and the iiVale of Tearsii the most strenuous and skillful player must be satisfied in the number of bunkers and hazards. . To encourage competition in this branch of athletics the Peteris Arms and Sporting Goods Company of Cincinnati have offeredia silver cup. This cup goes to the winner of the annual spring tournament held the last of May. Professor R.-M. Hughes was the holder of the cup for 1903 While Professor B. J. Wildman won it in 1904.. 1 J GOLFERS. FACULTY. STUDENTS. R. M. Hughes. B. C. Sharp. R. B. Johnson. P. C. Bing. B. J Wildman. A. L. Kaye. ' E. C. Hayes. H. E. Bierce. J. A. Culler. H. G. Meek. L. O. Lantis. Lewis Rupert. Captain of Green-E. C. Hayes. Manager of Tournament-Harold E. Bierce. 183 .simh M0429 moomzH 184 I85 Ohio State Normal College. In all the educational literature of Ohio we find frequent reference to, and various plans for, schools for training teachers. It was the belief of the early leaders in public education in the state that the training of teachers is the duty of the state. At the first state convention of the teachers of Ohio in 1838 resolutions were passed requesting the state to establish a Seminary for teachers. Scarcely has a report been made to the Governor of Ohio or to the Legislature on the subject of education since the days in 1837, when Professor Calvin Stome made his memorable report to the Legislature on his observations in European schools, but that the normal training for teachers has been given its due portion of consideration. The State Teachers, Association in I855 accepted a gift of Cyrus McNeely of Hopedale, consisting of buildings and grounds valued at $10,000 and established a Normal School under its own auSpices. This school ran under lamentable vicissitudes for 20 years. Hope was strong in the breast of its advocates, but in 1875, for want of funds, it was Closed. ,White, Harvey, Henkle and a long list of worthies asked various legisla- tures to heed our necessity, but none ministered unto us. Commissioner Bonebrake succeeded in 1900 in securing the deep interest of the General Assembly in providing professional training for Ohio teachers and the succeeding Assembly gave to Ohio the Ohio State Normal College of Miami University and the Ohio Normal College of Ohio University. 8 The Ohio State Normal College enrolled its first year one-hundred and thirty-one students. The catalogue just published by Miami University shows an enrollment last year, the second year of the school, of one-hundretl and sixty-seven. The first General Commencement of the professional college of the Uni- versity was held in June, 1904. There were fifteen candidates for the diploma and two candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Pedagogy. At the next commencement of nineteen-hundred and five there will be seventeen can- didates for the diploma and Mr. C. D. Walden and Mr. Ellis Seals, who are the first candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Arts from the Col- lege of Education. Thus far many more calls have come to the dean for teachers than he can supply, and the school authorities where the graduates and students of the Normal college have been employed as teachers have been very cordial in com- menting upon their successful services. 4 Hepburn Hall will accomodate one hundred girls and will furnish the most comfortable home for them during their school life. The Literary Societies furnish opportunity to both sexes for culture in public speaking and reading. The high standards and intense intellectual life of the University add the fullest value to the preparation for teaching in the Ohio State Normal College, 186 Normal Class of ,05, COLORS. Purple and Gold. MOTTO. Onward still, and upward, And keep abreast of Truth. YELL. What,s the matter with purple and gold! Nothing, Nothing! Willy, Wally, Wold! Zip-a-lah ! Boom-a-lah ! Rip -- Rah - Rive! Normal class of 1905 ! OFFICERS. Laura Beals . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . 4. . . . . . . . President Jean Foster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . .Secretary Mayme Faries. . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Treasurer Emily Hochstrasser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Historian I87 Members of Normal Class 0f 05. Hildegarde Ballauf . Laura Beals . Lucia Crosson . Eva Crous . Edna Crowl . . Nellie Craig . . . Maude Elder. Mamie Faries . Irma Fenton . Jean Foster . Emily Hochstrasser EHie Jones Margaret McCain. . . Mary McSurely . Iva Moon . Helen Ranson . . . Agnes Ready . ..... ...... 188 . Cincinnati, Ohio Miamisburg, Ohio . Loveland, Ohio . Oxford, Ohio . Dayton, Ohio . Oxford, Ohio . Chesterville, Ohio . Oxford, Ohio . . . Oxford,Ohi0 . Chillicothe, Ohio . Cincinnati, Ohio . Forestville, Ohio . . . Oxford, Ohio . Lebanon, Ohio . JeHersonville, Ohio . Batavia, Ohio . Dayton, Ohio History. In September 1903, there came to the classic halls of Old Miami, a band Of thirty girls and one lone man. Each and every one of us had the high and earnest purpose of devoting all our energies in the path which leads to the one goal-the proper training of the child. ' Along the paths we encountered Ulysses, Telemachus, Thorndyke and Dewey, while the song of our hearts was, iiFunny Little Brown Owl? A number had trodden these paths before and were ever ready to lend a helping hand not only in lessening our burdens but also in providing our pleasures. The spirit of fun was always genuine although it often happened that at the taffy pull the taffy would not pull. Different seasons brought their own individual pleasures. With the winter came the Xmas tree, then the daily cares were put aside for the unique pleasure of tin dishes, horns and jumping jacks. With the spring came the beauties of nature and the fascination of bird study. But all pleasures must at some time come to an end and so it was with our hrst year at college. After one grand reunion, with the upper classmen, out of doors, we dispersed to our homes. The opening day of the next school year, however, found only fifteen of the old members of the class and two recruits in the ranks. The remainder of the original members had found their work in the world-some in the realm of teaching and one, in the realm of matrimony. Those who returned found that, Ti the old order changeth and yieldeth to the inewflin the Normal School as elsewhere. The marked change in the work consisted in putting to practice in the schoolroom that'about which we had heretofore only theorized. But, alas, many of the theories did not stand the test of live children endowed with the faculty of answering the laboriously planned questions in an entirely unexpected manner. But practice makes perfect, and we feel sure that a glorious future lies ahead of the Normal class of 1905. 189 F reshmen N ormal Class. Bessie Ames Rhuella Baldwin Mabel Butterfield Sarah Clos Edith Dininger Ruth Dollinger Clara Feeney Mary Finch Nellie Fornshell Laura Gaddis Josephine Garnett Lamette Granger Myrtle Harsh Blanche Hinkle Edivth Huston Ella Kissell Eva Knisely Ada Kuntz Mary Fitzgerald 190 Isabelle McMillan Susan Mickey Louise Cook Mary Combs Ethel Comstock Etta Hiett Blanche Morris Fannie Ragland Ruby Runyan Luelia Schiel Cora Sheesler Caroline Siehl Addie Skeen Esther Smith Alma Stevens Winnifred Turner Henrietta Wilcox C. P. Johnson Lorin Stuckey History of Freshmen N ormal Class. To all to Whom These Presents Come, Greeting: The committee of three, duly appointed by the Freshman Normal Class of Miami University, do hereby promulgate and publish the following facts, Which it deems worthy to be recorded in the annuls of history: TIA Convinced of the idea that if one would give, one must first possess, thirty-six students entered the. Normal department of Miami University September 20', 1904, and took up the work of the Freshman Class. QJ The members of the class came from all parts of Ohio and the neighboring states, and united to banish old and time-worn methods 'of instruc- tion, to make the school room a delight to the pupil, and by sodoing to. set a higher standard of teaching. T3.l The class oHicers are Clara Feeney; president, and Ruby Runyan, secretary. Qty The class colors are Chestnut and cream. GJ The class motto is: TT To live out ourselves, That is everything. l, le The Class yell is: tl Sis-boom-bow-bow, ricks-racks-ricks, We are, we are naughty-six. T73 A' silk Hag bearing h 0. S. N. S.,l c106. was placed in the box in the corner-stone of Hepburn Hall, by the class. T83 An informal reception, given to the class by its president added much to the pleasure of the first term. TQJ The class is proud to say that two of its members are young men. No other Freshmen Normal class has ever been able to boast of so much. UOJ The words N Hunk and hbluffh are not in the Freshman Normal vocabulary. 013 The Class quiet, reverential air during Chapel, bids fair to reform the degenerate morals of the older classes. UZJ In the class are authorities on all subjects, from the making of sandwiches to the buying of collars cheap. We believe that years of fame await each member of the Normal Class of 1906. ' 191 193 Grinds. Cursed be the verse how e,er so well it How That tends to make one Worthy man my foef, I 9 o 5 iiThe earth has bubbles as the waters have and these are of them? SHARP-iiA lion among ladies is a most dreadful thing? BINKLEY-iiMuch may be made of a Dutchman if he be caught when youngfl ' ALTAMEReiiAnd still they gazed and still the wonder grew That one small head could carry all he knew. G'RIES-uHiS name describes him best. MARSHALL-iiA man who has red hair Will have red hair till he dyes? SMITH-iiAnd then it would talk, ye Gods, how it would talk? SEALEm-liWeek in, week out from morn till night I You could hear his bellows blow. WALDEN-iiLetls play at ball.H HARRISON-uWith a smile that was childlike and blandfl PRUGHmHAnd all the squeezes that he squoze of college girlies waisties. MOOREeliSo wise, so young, they say do neler live long? COULTER-iiThe Chemistls course is a snap-Pve tried it and Ilm snappedfl l FISHER-iiComb down his hair, look! look! it stands upright? BROWN-liFul lange weren his legges and full lene Y-like a staf, ther was no calfe y-senefl ' . ZERFASS-Jil am Sir Oracle! When I ope my lips let no lotherl dog bark? ' MISS GOFF-iiA daughter of the Gods, divinely tall and most divinely fair. MISS ROBINSON-iiModest and simple. and sweet-the very type of Priscilla? MISS COULTER-JlHer voice was ever soft, gentle and low-an excellent thing in woman. MISS OVERHOLTZ-liFrom first to last-from morn till night, Japan is still her chief delight? I94- MISS BECK-JiEx antiquissimis temporibus. MISS SCHAEUBLE-iiBy my truth-a pleasant spirited lady. SIDE TALKS WITH BOYs-z i F. R. W.-Don,t know exactly What to say about iithat smile that wonlt come offf, Indigestion or failure in love affairs are often useful in cases like yours. M. D. P.-Your curly hair that you speak of is to my mind a valuable social asset. I attribute your phenomenal successes at the College to it. H. H. E.-No, it is not considered proper When refreshments are served to take more than three-fourths for yourself. Natural inclinations should be guarded against. ' ' J. A. C.-For general purposes I think you Will find Sanford's Ink the - most satisfactory. It should always be used in polite correspondence such as writing to the College, etc. W. H. A.-Yes, it will be all right to let your wife come to Commence- ment but leave the boy at home as none of the rest of the class are going to bring theirs. D. I. D.-Your attenuated condition is likely due to a lack of nutritious food. You should change your boarding place and live at the Inn. B. C. G.-No, it is not necessary to wear a dress suit in your daily walks past the College. ' A. L. Kr-For a man of your sentimental nature, golf is a much better game than tennis. The reasons are obvious, so PM not take time to enumer- ate them. J. C. L.-'-The annual convention of the Ancient, Reckless and Indepene dent Order of Liars Will be held in Indianapolis, June 1-3. FOr complete infor- mation address, The International Pipe-Dream Bureau, iiGazl, Silver, presi- dent; I. Ananias, secretary; box 937, Chicago. R. E. P.-You ask if it Will be necessary to take a chaperone when walk- ing With a young lady-No, .as long as you are walking you donlt need a Ichapcrone. L. H., B. F.-From the pictures you sent with and Without your hirsute growth, vulgarly called Whiskers, I should say by all means let them grow and encourage them in every way possible. They give you a venerable and bene- hcent look that is not to be lightly esteemed. C. B. W.-No doubt it would be a good plan for you to carry an identifi- cation or reference card if you should have occasion to visit Greenville again. Such a card countersigned by your father and bearing a sworn statement of his rating in Dunls or Bradstreetls would likely prevent a repetition of the unpleasant dilemma you found yourself in the first time you went to Grecnville. a I95 LIST OF BOOKS RECENTLY PRESENTED TO THE LIBRARY AND THE NAMES OF DONORS. Great Expectations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Senior Class As You Like It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .Junior Class Much Ado About Nothing . . . .1 . . . . . . . i . . . . . . . . . . . Sophomore Class Blank Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . Freshman Class HLittle Men and HLittle Women,,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Preps. An Old Maid,s Paradise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Normal School Mosses from an Old Manse . . . . . . '. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Schwcickart Twice Told Tales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Prof. Chapman Emerson,s Friendship. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Florence ch The American Family Robinson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kaye The Affair at the Inn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pye In the Bishopis Carriage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Prof. Hadsel The Real Diary of a Real Goat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Riedcl ADogis Tale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . iiKid Bierce Only a Girl. . . . . . . . . . . .' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Prof.James The Bells. ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . itPeterii Like Another Helen. . ..... . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .Welliver Prugh and I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Miss Kolb Ruby,s Husband . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Morphy Wantede Chaperone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 . .Miss Beck IT IS NOT GENERALLY KNOWNw: Who has the lock of hair that Pyev absent-mindedly gave away two years ago. Who helped iiBen,i write his letter of acceptance to his uDear Friends, at the Western. Why Rodabaugh calls his room in the South Dorm iihis castle? That Kochenderfer is an advocate of love at first sight. Why moonlight evenings, hammocks, etc., make Miss Pitts home- sick. Whether Seale will displace Dr. Hayes next year or not. Why Lawrence is so frightened when he meets Miss Feeney. That Barrow told the girls at the Western reception that the punch was iithe best lemonade I ever have atef, That Farr has a new system of interpreting the term grade marks. That Prof. James is the only faculty member who refused to buv a Recensio. WOULDN,T IT BE FUNNY-z If Binkley should get first honors! If Dr. Williams should attend a meeting of the Athletic Association with- out knocking about college politics? 196 If some one would displace Bollinger in the affections of his Dulcinea? If Lawrence should fall in'love with Miss Feeney? If Davenport should cut out all expletives? If Ruth Dollinger didnlt have a iiman,, every Sunday? If every special and summer term Normalite didnlt get the biggest Miami pin possible and wear back home to be a good 00 ad for Miami? If- the students in English 2 would stay through the whole period? - If the Seniors at. the College could get their Mascot to come to see them without paying him? If Shinkle would really make a hit with his iieousin. If John Wood should cut out all hot air? If Dr. Myers, Chorus should really learn to sing a tune? If Prof. Lantis took the same girl'golfing twice? If iiThe Grinds Editor should live for 24 hours after the publication of mThe RecensioW? , Taylor Cummins .................. ttBugsH AS Hwy Are: As we Know Them: B. C. Gaines .................... ltCoochlt President Benton ................ HPreXyH H. E. Bierce .................. WBuIW Prof. Thompson ............... HTommyl, Charles Welliver ............... llSpeederH Dr. James ................ -. . . . .llJimmy,, L. D. Lawrence .......... .. . WlFrenchyll Dr. Eckels ..................... iiSpider John Markley ........ . ..... itCommodoreii Dr. Brandon ................... ttPiddle,l Robert E. Pye .................. ttFuzzll Prof. Feeney ......... . . . .. ..... llPapll A. J. Nunnamaker .............. liBlondyH Prof. Stone ...................... llCapll i Paul Robinson .................. HBullyil Prof. Hadsel. . . ............. .iiHaddyll j. S. Emerson .................. ltRedl, Prof. Chapman .......... . . . . iiChappici, L. W. Fisher. .i ................. ilSpudii Prof. Finch ..................... iiDadl, L. H. B. Farr ............ liAmbassadoril Prof. Lantis .................. ltLeora, J. F. Hill ............ . ...... ... Jacki, Walter Binkley . . .. .............. ilBink J. C. Learning .................. HBeau,l James A. Coulter ................. ttJim . Bruce Lloyd . . . . . . . . . , . . .i ..... llPoodlegl Arthur M. Harrison ....... . . . . VBen A. K. Morris .............. . . .llBecky,, Clarence Marshall ................ liRedii Norman Schweeting ,,,,,,,,,,,, ifNodge M. D. Prugh ................ . . ftPriss D. D. Koger .................. llPeanut Ben C. Sharp .................... ttDocli Earl Barnett. . . .V .............. ltMadameH Howard Smith .................. thalfii Chas McLaughlin ............... llSpeckii Paul Zerfass ............... . . ..... HF, C. L. Hoel ........... . ...... . . VCollyli P. Carleton Bing ........ , .......... Paw P. W. Jenkins ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ttKatei, D. I. Douglass .................... llFat, John Wood ...................... liIrishli John Hafnsher ................. llPuddinll L. W. Swan ................... tiLauriell A. Lyle Kaye ................... itPercy,i Arthur Burkhart ....... . ......... ilBurkyH Roscoe Reed .................. llBoscowll H. H. Eidemiller ............... ltEidy F. C. Williams ................... liBillyl, J S. Blickensderfer ............. ilBlickl, I97 The Class Laughed. Prof. W., in Latinz-iiGet two or three heads in Latin and then you can remember things betterf, Then he wondered why . W Dr. Myers-iiMiss Fornshcll, how do you spell the last part of your nameiw Miss F.-iiHell, and of course . . . . . . . W Dr. Brandon-iiMoore you need more exercise of the lip mus- cles. This was a good chance so . . . . . . . . . . . . W John Wood in English '2'- IsnTt Denmark the capital of Sean- dinavia? He was only a Freshman, consequently . . - . . W Miss Fitzgerald in Latin-NProfessor how should neciki be used. This was a poser to the Prof. so . . . . . . . . . W Jack Perry comes to English class thirty minutes late and Prof. Richard introduces him as the late Mr. Perry. This was soft cen- sureso........................W Prof. Hoke in Economic Geogr-iiWe don,t care for posterity, what has it ever done for us? This was too good a chance to 'let Slipso.....................s..EE$m Scale in Senior Polit. contradicting Dr. Hayes-iiNo, its like this? but he didnTt elucidate form . . . . . . . . . .W s-Prof. Mellwaine in History-iiThe colonists were partly I ?, Huguenot and partly not. The pun was unpremeditated so W Dr. Hayes in Senior Politr-iiPeople begin to peter out when things begin to pall on themW This was a bit scriptural but . 13$ 198 Dumb! UDCDCDVCU UmeCtDt-i 1111-1111111 1111111199- 99 9911111199 91111 1111 11191. 1111-. iI :99 E9 :i' :9 u' l'r': 'III' I I I - I' ' T;- In. 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The members of the Faculty are graduates of the best colleges in our own and other countries. The relation of teacher and pupil is closely maintained in all friendly association, and the home like aspect of the building without and within, expresses that desirable union of the life of home and college which is found within its walls. ' The Faculty believe that to continue its prestige and to broaden with the broadening age, the several Courses of Study offer opportunities to students of different tastes and aims: The Classical Course as represented in other colleges, offering the degree of A. B.; the Latin Scientific Course, which demands six years of Latin, but no Greek, and gives a liberal course in Science with other studies of general importance; the English Course which emphasizes the . studies of History and Literature. The Musical Course, complete in four years, is of liberal scope and given under an accomplished Director. The course in Elocution, also a four yearsi course, is in line with the best dramatic schools and colleges, and under the direction of a versatile instructor who has held the position for eight years. English work, the study of Psychology and Ethics, and of the Bible is required in all courses. The College is non-sectarian but stands firmly upon Christian principles, and the highest type of womanhood is the ideal set before its students. For catalogue apply to MISS AGNES HOPE MORRIS, FANNIE RUTH ROBINSON, PH. D., Secretary and Treasurer. President. 201 Phone 27. Free Delivery. MCSURELY GROCERY COMPANY Reception and Picnic Goods a Specialty. OXFORD, OHIO. PHOTOS F RAMES We have Everything that can be desired in Picture Framing. KODAKS AND SUPPLIES SNYDER F. R. SNY D ER, ALWAYS PLEASE The Photographer and Picture Frame Manufacturer. 202 Miami University OXFORD,OHIO This famous institution of learning was organized in I824, at Oxford, Ohio, forty miles north of Cincinnati. Its foundation was laid in I792, where, while the Ohio Valley was almost an untrodden wilderness, the Congress of the United States reserved a tract of land to be located between the two Miami rivers, to be devoted to the support of an institution of learning. This tract was located by the State Legislature in the year 1803, and consisted of a township in Butler county, Ohio. In 1809 the Legislature passed an act establishing the University. The whole country at that time was heavily forested and almost a wilderness, conse- quently the advance of populati0n was slow, so that the year I816 had come, before the first school of the University was opened. The University proper was organized in 1824, and the first class graduated in 1826. From the beginning Miami University stood for thoroughness and high standards and drew into its classes a high order of talent, which explains why there are so many distinguished . members in its alumni, viz: the great War Governors of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Illinois; Ex-President Harrison, Prof. David Swing, Sam Galloway, Hon. Whitelaw Reid, William Dennison, Caleb B. Smith, John W. Noble, Theophilus Dickey, Benton J. Hall, Murat lHal- stead, Dr. W. C. Gray, Bishop John Walden, and many others. Such was the influence bl the college, direct or indirect, that Ohio was for a time the leading State in the Union in the num- ber and ability Of her generals, jurists, legislatures, diplomats, orators, educators, ministers, lawyers, and physicians. In fact Miami graduates have filled every important part in the countryis service from the Presidency down. What Miami has done for the country in a past generation, she is doing now for the future. She stands for equal development and discipline of the mental and moral, as well as the physical powers, thus perfecting the highest type of manhood. The magnificent campus of sixty-live acres is studded here and there by its splendid build- ings such as Brice Scientihc Hall, furnished with the most modern apparatus and facilities for teaching science; Herron Gymnasium, equipped with all the latest and most improved gymnas- tic contrivances. The Main Building, whichis 250 feet long, includes the beautiful chapel, recitation rooms and offices, and the two dormitories for young men, which have recently been iitted up with all the latest improvements. The Library occupies a part of the second floor of the Main Building and consists of some 20,000 volumes, among which many rare old editions may be found; I The three departments of the University, the Academy, the Normal School, and College of Liberal Arts, afford all the advantages obtainable at the best universities of the land. While advantages of learning at Miami are of the highest quality, it is possible to obtain them at a moderate expense, as the tuition is free and the cost of living reasonable. The present administration maintains the policy which has dominated the school from its infancy. For catalog, address PRESIDENT GUY POTTER BENTON, I Oxford, Ohio. 203 THE FRED J. MEYERS MANUFACTURING CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Ornamental Wire, Iron Steel and Brass Work of Every Description Iron Fencing for Residence, Park: and Lawn: A Specialty. . . .Send for Catalogue and Price: HAMILTON, OHIO, U. S. A. 204 Ml III 217 W. Twelfth Street, Cincinnati, 0. The Miami Medical College has a graded course extending over four years. The course consists of lectures, recitations, laboratory work, dissections, dis- pensary and bedside classes, and practical work in the various departments. The clinical facilities are ex- ccptional. 7726 next session will hegz'n ahout OcZo5er I, 1905, and continue ezglzt monllzs. 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No. 123 East Fourth Street, - ,. CINCINNATI. IQIEIE IVi. I92XEQEQICSL1 Fire, Life, Accident and Bonding Insurance REAL ESTATE BOTH PHONES 141 5 and 6 Riley Block, HAMILTON, OHIO. 2II W. H. DRAYER, 220 8c 222 S. MAIN ST. MIDDLETOWN, O. SANITARY PLUMBING STEAM AND HOT'WATER I2 E.A T IPJ23 SEWERAGE , ETC. Plans and Estimates Cheerfully Furnished. 212 JOHNSTON BROS. 8; CO. CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS DEALERS IN COAL AND BUILDERS, SUPPLIES OXFORD, : : OHIO SEE GEO, BARKMAN, WW I call your attention to the following .5. residences in Oxford that were built under DR. JOHN MOLLYNEAUX,S Residence. PROF. E. E. BRANDON,S Residence. PROF. S. R. WILLIAM,S Residence. MRS. MINOR MILLIKIN,S Residence. Before You Build. ARCHITECT -I'EJ my SuPervision: E h Second National Bank Building, HAMILTON, OHIO. C. M. STEVENSON PIANO CO. PIANOS AND PIANO-PLAYERS Oldest Piano Firm in the county. Largest and Greatest Variety of Instruments from which to select. Terms to suit the times. Consult your own interests by seeing us before buying elsewhere. Both Telephones. HAMILTON, OHIO. A. F . . SLOANE, Em? $00135, jFurnighing 4500135, Qtarpets, Etapetiw. Phone 49. that dEUIDtEi a $pzcialtg. 213
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