Ohio University - Athena Yearbook (Athens, OH)

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In fHcmoriam Warren W. Mclntire, A. M. Doris Wonnell. ' 24

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In iHpmnrtmn BPB S fH B 1 li M 1 Clement L. Martzolff, Litt. D.

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The Past vs. The Present For one hundred and nineteen years Ohio University has been sitting upon her throne watching the lives which hover around her. The Indians and their camps have been supplanted by strong, sturdy Americans and their modern cities and villages. From a faculty of four professors it has grown to possess a teaching force numbering about ninety-five. Ohio University opened its doors as an Academy in 1808. It may be interesting to know that the first curriculum adopted was an exact reproduction of the course at Princeton and Yale. That was in the days when the Bachelor of Arts degree was almost the only one recognized by college men. Dozens of different departments have now sprung up and these have subdivided so that now there is a great change from the first Academy in 1808. In its beginning Ohio University was guided by graduates of Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Dartmouth. Years have not changed the personnel of the Faculty in this respect. We still know and realize that there are Harvard and Yale men on the Faculty. We have been unable to find out the politics of the early instructors but today that is an easy matter to grasp. Ohio University is not behind in her equipment. The chemical, biological, physiological, electrical engineering and physics labora- tories are very well equipped. The Preparatory Medical course is becoming a popular one despite the terror of skinning cats. Then there is the library of which we ought to be very proud. Its shelves are filled with all sorts of reference books and as this type of library it is almost complete. The improvement and development which Ohio University has undergone are far beyond our realizations. We cannot appre- ciate its growth and expansion without a definite background of our University in its infancy. We are proud of the loyal sons which Ohio University has produced. They go out and recommend their Alma Mater to the youth who are going to college. So long as her graduates remain thus loyal, their Alma Mater need have no fears for her future.