Miami University - Recensio Yearbook (Oxford, OH)

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ln his Elliott l-lall study, English Professor l-lepburn mingled ments and daily chapel devotions before retiring in l908. Each spring, for over thirty years, Harry S. Thobe, a local brick-layer and football enthusiast, would repair the fountain he began by adding a fevv more stones. Days of old and days fo be. i A Brice Hall physics laboratory of l908 was a giant stride from Old Egypt where Professor Stoddard gave his charming lectures during Miami's early years. rnany hours of writing poetry with preparing class assign-

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Weave a sfory of Thy glory, The spiriT OT Miami UniversiTy is our spiriT. ThaT spiriT grew ouT of The wilderness of a Township inTo The moderness of a college campus. WiTh ThaT spiriT and moderness came The knowledge wiTh which To Think and live. ThaT Thinking and ThaT living have reigned Through The years of Old Miami and Through The years of New Miami. A combinaTion of hard work and genuine inTeresT mUlTiplied by men like RoberT Bishop, Alfred H. Upham and Wallace P. Roudebush has given Us The prodUcT OT a college life-of Miami's liTe. Her life began wiTh a Tew globes, books, and money donaTions in l809. From a log chain aT The presenT siTe of Brice Hall To The building OT Old Main where Harrison Hall once sTood, Miami grew in size and TradiTion. There was no SlanT Walk, no BeTa Bells, and no Thobe's ToUnTain in The early days oT Old Miami. lnsTead, a very unslanTing mud paTh was worn Through The bareness of The college grounds, a TrumpeT was blown To summon classes, and an old well was used To dip The daily waTer. lT was The days of lndian mounds and baked clay. BUT The clean whiTe-washed Tence againsT The ToresT Trees de- TracTed from The mudiness and gave simpliciTy and freshness To The bare campus. OUT of ThaT Treshness and simpliciTy Miami and her sTudenT body grew. lnsTead oT bowling and TUTTying Their money away, These sTudenTs lived on ThirTy-Two cenTs a week. They Tound Tun and relaxaTion in philosophical argumenTs aT The LiTer- ary Halls where They read composiTions and dec- lamaTions. Their Torm of Thank goodness, iT's Friday was expressed in evening debaTes on Top- ics such as slavery and Shakespeare. These de- baTes broughT abouT The birTh of Two socieTies-- The Erodelphian LiTerary SocieTy and The Union LiTerary SocieTy. OUT of an UnculTUral environmenT, culTural ideas and culTural sTudenTs grew. And, alThough These sTudenTs enioyed inTellecT- ual maTTers, Their love OT a good Time and Their TrivoliTy added To Their college days. PUTTing caTTle and hay in The classrooms and blocking The chapel door in The Snow Rebellion will long be re- membered among Their sTudenTish pranks. BUT, This love of a good Time never seemed To deTracT from Their sense of good iUdgmenT and sound reasoning. From The loTTy plaTTorm roof of Old Main, The campus bell summoned sTudenTs To chapel and To class for over one hundred years. The surrounding village was TradiTionally noTified of each Miami TooTball vicTory by The clang of This bell rung by freshmen. I6