Ohio State University - Makio Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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L.l hFJ IO cal Experimenter at Washington; his departure has greatly crip- pled the Department of Physical Science, which had become through his efforts one of the most important here, and we fear that the greatest difficulty will be experienced in acceptably filling his still vacant position. Prof.McFar1and,also, has announced his intention of severing his long connection with the O. S. U,, to accept the Presidency of Miami University at Oxford, and while we shall rejoice to see him in what we trust will be an extended field of usefulness, still we regret exceedingly to lose his great ability and long experience in college matters. The loss of these two Professors we fear will not be soon counterubalanced, and from various reasons we are almostmade to believe that had some things in the management and general conduct Of the University been different, or as they once were, they might not have been prevailed upon to leave this Institution, the scene of their long and earnest labors. The recent action of the Trustees in Creating the new Chairs of Political Economy, separating the Department of Mathematics and Civil Engineering, and deciding to fill at once the now vacant Chairs of History, Physics and Drawing, is very gratifying to the students and friends of the University. This arrangement will bring Five new Professors into our Faculty, and With the increased facility for instruction in the Class room, which will be afforded, will do much to elevate our standing and bring us students. The influence of the Fraternities has been constantly increasing, and upon the whole, has been exerted for better ends than for- merly. ' Several outside Fraternities have received marked atten- tions from some of our students, and two organized efforts have been made this year, but without success, to obtain charters. The efforts of Theta Delta Chi were long and painful, and success seemed at one time to have crowned them, but by the interven- tion of the Grand Lodge, or the Kenyon Lodge, or an all-wise Providence, we have not been able to decide which, the scheme proved abortive, and for the good of Theta Delta Chi, we hope has entirely fallen through. We cannot censure too Severely the conduct of the two members of this Fraternity, one resident, the other alumnus, and a reputed general officer, in making false statements to the Board of Editors of the MAKIO, for the purpose of procuring a representation upon it. Not only did they state that a charter had already been pro- WA

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IIlllec YEAR. HE year which has elapsed since the MAKIO cast its last re- flection, has been one full of changes throughout our Univer- sity, Changes which will leave their impress upon her for years and affect her entire future course. To classify their incidents and events and assign to each its proper weight and importance, would require a master hand indeed, one Whose power transcends that of mortals, and falls not short of a knowledge of the future. Our object at this place is not to attempt such a wholesale criticism, nor to inform our readers just exactly what will b0 the effect in future of the influences now at work upon our Alma Mater, but to recite from a studentls stand-point and with a stud- entis comments, what a year has brought forth and what fortunes the fates have wrought for us in that time. As far as the faculty is concerned, we have been both favored and ill-favored. Prof. Weber came to us at the beginning of the current college year to take charge of a long neglected Depart- mentethat of Agricultural Chemistry. Bearing in mind that the O. S. U. was originally chartered as an Agricultural and Mechani- cal College7 the delay in providing for this branch of learning has been almost inexcusable, and has been one reason that the Course in Agriculture has not been more popular. However, in Prof, Weber, the Trustees made an excellent choice. He has done everything in his field Of labor that could have been expected, and has, besides, established a reputation for culture and learning. It is with regret that we record the departure of Lieut. Ruhlen. During the three years that he had charge of the Military Organiza- tion, he had become known to all as a competent Officer and thorough gentleman. Of his successor, Lieut, Blocksom, we are pleased to say that he has well maintained the high standard of excellence established by Lieut. Ruhlen. By the resignation of Prof. Mendenhall, the University has sus- tained its greatest 1055. Having accepted the position of Electri-

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L44 II cured and was in active operation, an assertion which has since been admitted to be totally false, but they proposed as their editor7 a man Who was not at the time, and Who has not since, become an initiated member of their Fraternity. The MAKIO Editors congratulate themselves that they were in no way duped by their schemes, but knew the inner workings of them all, and the persons before alluded to, may congratulate themselves that they carriedino further their attempts at manufacturing the proofs required to substantiate their statements, for the Board were hard onto the plans of the schemers, as a copy of a letter head of the Grand Lodge of the Theta Delta Chi Fraternity, printed in 1121's rz'ty, Will prove. The Board had requested a statement from the Grand Chapter to the effect that a charter had been granted this University, and know- ing this, it does not take long to guess what that letter head was Wanted for. Every true Greek must especially condemn such conduct, for it is not only discreditable to the persons and Fra- ternity actually concerned, but it must reflect eventually upon the entire Fraternity system, and our object in thus dealing with it, is to inform all such persons and any who may hereafter be engaged in efforts to establish a Fraternity at the O. S. U., that we, Who belong to Greek Letter Societies here, esteem ourselves too highlya and consider our organizations elevated upon too high a plane to submit to any such monkey business done in the name of a Fra- ternity. ' The members of the Beta Theta Pi now in College, also have endeavored to obtain a charter, but having failed, they and their pledged men have organized, for the purpose of keeping intact, a local Society under the name of Phi Alpha, and have announced their intention of persisting in efforts for a charter. To the claim of the Phi Alphas of being a local Fraternity, we shall hasten to ejaculate that that is all bosh. A Society Whose sole object is to obtain a charter from Beta Theta Pi, and which has in its member- ship two Betas who still retain active connections with that organization, cannot set up business at the Ohio State University and be recognized as a. Fraternity. The Inter-State Oratorical Contest and Convention held here this Spring, Was, with the exception of the general banquet im- mediately followmg, a great success. The welcome accorded the delegates and visitors by the students and friends of the Univer- sity, was most hearty, and demonstrates to everybody what we al- r1