Ohio State University - Makio Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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made a permanent provision for it of about SI70,000 a year. And Franklin County, that she might have the child at her own bosom, gave it a home at a cost of 3S3oo,ooo. i At the opening of the University its administration and instruction were committed to able hands. Seven men of rare fitness for such a task were chosen as its faculty, two of whom yet remain to us- Dr. Edward Orton, the first President, whose wisdom and tact guided the infant institution amid its early conflicts and perils and whom we all delight to honor, and Professor Sidney A. Norton, the skillful chemist, the experienced teacher, the well-read man. Of the others, one was called to the presidency of an Ohio college, two now hold distinguished positions in educational institutions in Massachusetts, and two have joined 'f the great majority. But Townshend, Mendenhall, McFarland, Milliken and Wright will ever be cherished among our venerable names. The University adopted a broad educational policy. Literary, scientific and technical studies' were accorded equal recognition, and they have continued to liourish side by side. While each department has grown stronger year by year, has divided and subdivided, has gained new teachers and new equipment, and has multiplied the number of its students, the spirit of fraternity has only taken deeper and firmer root. 'lfo the student the scope of election has been steadily enlarged. He may choose, first, among the colleges of the University, in the college he may choose among courses, in the course he may, within large limits, choose among studies. The government of the University has been of the liberal type. Its rule of conduct is written on the tables of the heart: Do that, and only that, which becomes a man--a woman. For study, its law has been : Do thy work with thine intelligence and thy will. The violation of either brings its own consequences, as in nature. The University has been a seat of intellectual freedom. Thought has breathed here the inspiring air of liberty. The University has no political or religious tests, applies none, acknowledges none. For students the criteria have been moral soundness and a power and will- ingness to work. Its teachers have been elected because of their quali- 22

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5. A-rt-7 -4 t' XX it-Y VT fe: -UV 1? H 'T .-1 ' it . nlln 'in Mfliiiilil Rxxgvb .Aafr xxqjg t 4,5 514. at rl : i'- ,1'f2ll'- f:::n U ',':.',' Q , .. f--fx-2 f- -an-0 .f .1 . ,-.-.cs Q The Past. 2q,,1,H The Trustees. The Future. The Faculty. :.:I K4r: ,Q E Tb? SYNC- 3 r The Campus. tThese articles are written by prominent and well-known people connected with the University, members of the Board of Trustees. Faculty and Alumni.l giite and the guest. OMPARED with the history of Princeton University, which has just celebrated its sesquilcentennial, or with that of Yale, which is approaching its tworhundredth birthday, or with that of Harvard, which commemorated its two hundred and fiftieth anniversary more than ten years ago, the annals of our own University are but short. Compared with the most ancient universities of Europe, it is but an infant of days. But its beginning was big with possibilities, and the few years of its history have been rich both in actual content and in assuring prophecy. The University had its birth under especially favorable auspices. It is the child of the Nation, from which it inherited an estate that has yielded SS564,ooo, and which has since added an increasing annuity now amounting to fB23,000. It is the foster-child of the State, which, after successive gifts aggregating a quarter of a million dollars, has 2I isa

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