Ohio State University - Makio Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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' a I i Y ,. ? I .. yl ,Q Eoiroamrs. i ! 1 u . i----,-, ,Lil THE current year has been a. most successful one. 9 l -...... E, THE growth of college spirit is to be most heartily com- mended. lt should be encouraged 'by both p1'ofcSSOT 211161 f i student. 4 f 1 .lili- IT' should result in an increased attendance next year, for f ' as an advertising medium nothing can equal an enthusiastic student. 5 PROFESSOR QUEEN, who has had charge of the Department it ot' History and Political Economy during Professor Knightis absence in Europe., has filled the place Very acceptably. rlllllf new chemical laboratory will furnish facilities for teaching general agricultural and metallurgical chemistry that can be equalled by few, if any, western colleges. It should attract many new students. I l .. i , . l iw - N - - - 1 'l HE system in vogue in the battalion at present, ot mak- ing promotions according to seniority, is not conducive to its K highest efiiciency. The battalion is Well officered, but if pro- motions were made in accordance with merit, the oflicers would be still more capable and there would be better discipline. - 'llnic literary societies have done better work tha.n for a number of years. This is shown by the rivalry between Alcyone and Horton. Contests should be held each year 5 f They help to keep up interest in literary Work, which tends to L lag in a school so much devoted to purely technical studies as the O. S. U. 1 . . x ig vi ict r v . c b j

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THE Field Day held on the State Fair Grounds was one of the most successful the CP. S. U. has ever witnessed. Those of the winners who went to the State Field Day at Vllooster did well, securing second place for us, although they had not enjoyed the benefits of gymnasium training and were other- wise handicapped. ,1... IT is difiicult to see the necessity for the frequent changes 'in text-books that have been made during the past few years in certain departments-notably those of Philosophy, and His- tory and Political Economy. If this were a public school, there would not be wanting persons to say that these changes were in the interest of some publishing house. IT is to be hoped that the petition of the students to the Board of Trustees for inclosed athletic grounds for tennis, base ball, foot ball, and general athletics, will be met with a liberal appropriation. If we can not have a gymnasium we should have a good athletic field. The field east of the new chemical building could be leveled and drained and used for this purpose. THE Lantern is not and can not be a success under the present management. The literary societies should assume the debt that hangs over it. They might then place it in the hands of some responsible student, and by paying him a small salary retain nominal las at presentj control of the paper. The Scroll and PM Gamma Delta are conducted very successfully on this plan. THE plan adopted by the Faculty at the beginning of the year of having the seniors mark absentees from chapel, has been given up. Although the class of '90 undertook this un- pleasant work, the class of '91 refused to follow its example. Nine out of ten of the better class of students are opposed to senior spotting 5 it is therefore no surprise that the action of '91 was approved by the mass of the students. 9 '

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THE Board of Trustees has for a number of years been furnishing rooms rent free in the two dormitories to the stu- dents. It has been decided to charge each student 31131.50 per term for the use of his room. This seems to us a step in the wrong direction. Heretofore itihas not been the policy of the Board to raise a revenue from the students, but to furnish the agricultural, mining, and manufacturing classes as cheap an education as possible. This looks like the entering wedge of a new policy that will certainly meet the approbation of Very few. THE question is often asked VVhy is not elocution taught in the Ohio State University 'F 7' In the life of every American citizen, oratory plays an important part. The man who can get up before an audience and say what he wishes to say in an easy, convincing manner, is sure of success. It wouldbe better that some of the studies of the curriculum be given up, rather than that we should do without training in elocution. Let us hear of no more recommendations to the Board of Trustees to establish a Chair of Pedagogy until we have a Chair of Oratory. , 11