Ohio University - Athena Yearbook (Athens, OH)

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EDWIN WATTS CHUBB, LITT. D.

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Alston Ellis v. ALSTON ELLIS, A. M., Ph. D.. LL. D., was unanimously elected | J to the presidency of the Ohio University on July is, 1901. As an executive be has few equals. The administration of affairs at the hi i L ' niversity is of the quiet-and-efficient order. There is but little display of authority ii the part of the executive force of this University yet the progress in this, the oldest higher institution of l earning in the Old Northwest , is self- evident. Magnificent buildings, a highly efficient faculty, a large attendance of industrious and well-behaved students, and a finished product that successfully rivals the output of institutions of the highest order are the fruits of his ad- ministratii in. Dr. Ellis was born on a farm in Kenton County. Kentucky. January 26, 184T. He acquired the rudiments of an education in the country schools and later made preparation for college in a private academy in Covington. Ky. He taught country school and at the expiration of the term returned home and worked for some months in his father ' s factory, his father having left the farm and engaged in the manufacturing business in Covington in 1863. In September, 1864, Dr. Ellis entered the Sophomore Class of Miami L ' niversity and three years later graduated with honor. While in school he was known as a splendid Latin and Greek scholar, a ready debater and an excellent speaker. Soon after graduation he was married to Miss Katherine Ann Cox. of Westchester, Butler County, Ohio. Mrs. Ellis is a loveh woman, kind to everyone and especially interested in the students, who are always welcome in Iter delightful home. Dr. Ellis has ever been keenly interested in education and as a teacher, very successful. He has been connected with many well-known schools. Principal of a ward school in Covington, Ky. ; Principal of the Newport (Ky.) Schools; Superintendent of the Hamilton (Ohio) School- for seven years; three times member of the Ohio State Board of School Examiners; Superintendent of the Sandusky (Ohio) Schools. In 1881 he accepted his former position as head of the Hamilton Schools, and served five year- as trustee of Ohio State University. In 1892 he was elected to the presidency of the State Agricultural College of Colorado which position he held eight years and brought the College to a high state of efficiency. He has been elected to many honorable positions in the edu- cational, social and fraternal world. He is a gentleman of striking and dignified personality, a tireless worker and a prof, mud thinker. Kiiieteen