Miami University - Recensio Yearbook (Oxford, OH)

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N ote the following rule, 2N0 student shall wear about his person pistol, dirk, stiletto, or other dangerous weapon. The students day was a long one - the hours of classes and study were minutely prescribed, and interspersed at frequent intervals with prayers. The student had to supply his own wood, do his own cooking, and care for his abode himself. Idle- ness was the best possible reason for dismissal, and a reason often operative. President Bishop, educated at the University of Edinburgh, piloted the Uni- versity during the period of its inception. He retained office for seventeen years, and at the close of his administration the University had increased its equipment to four brick structures, three of which, the Main Building, North and South Dormitories, are still standing, and possessed the largest permanent income of any college in the country. Another interesting figure of these early days was William H. McGuffey, the author of the famous readers and spellers. For ten years, 1826 to 1836, he taught philosophy and languages here, and it was during this period that the readers were prepared. At this time the extra-curricula interests of the students were turned to liter- ary pursuits, to debating and oratory. Within two months after the opening of the University, were founded two literary societies which until the time of the Civil War were the most Vital forces in the life of the University. Miami Union was founded in December, 1824, and Erodelphian in January, 1825, and from the rivalries between these two societies, and from struggles of the leaders within the societies, the three fraternities composing the famous Miami T riad, Beta Theta Pi, Phi Delta T heta and Sigma Chi, were sprung. T hese organizations now ' total over seventy thousand members, and two hundred and forty-Iive collegiate chapters. Slow but steady was the growth of the college. Students came from all over the central West, the South, and even the sophisticated East, and Miami stood forth as the greatest institution of higher learning in the West. Student life was wholesome and stimulating, and among these sons of pioneers were future presidents, great diplomats, eminent jurists, governors, senators, congressmen, authors, divines, as well as leaders in business and industry. The Civil War brought hard times to Old Miami. A large percentage of her students were from the south and, with the outbreak of hostilities, the adherents of both sides rushed to the defense of their homelands. Many are the stories of youthful heroism and of knightly gallantry told of Miami boys in the war, and this period forms one of the most brilliant in the long century of Miami his- tory. After the close of the war, the country was terribly depressed. Few stu- dents sought the halls of learning, and with revenues reduced to an insufficiency, the university had to suspend operation in 1873. This brought to a close the 1101d Miami , and the period of the frontier school was ended. The University was re-opened in' 1885. 11New Miami has in breadth of inhuence, and also in attendenee and standards of scholarship grown steadily. Two years after the second opening women were admitted to the College of Liberal Arts. In 1902 the Ohio State T eachers College was established at Miami, and in 1914 the trustees inaugurated four year courses leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Education for the training of high school teachers. 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