Ohio University - Athena Yearbook (Athens, OH)

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-1 ift Jf (ft ' ] vfty I ■ unn B I ■ I 1 ' m. m 1 I ' V % 1 1 ' ' I ll B m W H lli i n Center . . . Artist ' s conception of proposed Dramotic Arts and Speech Building. Top . . . Cutler Hall, restored OU landmark end administra- tion building. Today men are ptanning for an even greater Ohio University of the future. Their foresight and limitless energy will ultimately result in one of the State of Ohio ' s most outstanding educational institutions. To these men, their efforts, and their progress, this edition of the 1949 Athena is dedicated.

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WE ARE A STATE UNIVERSITY . FRANK J LAUSCHE Governor, State of Ohio DR. CLYDE HISSONG State Director of Education EARLY in Morch of 1788, Manosseh Cutler and members of the Ohio Company met in a tavern at Boston and talked of purchasing land from Con- gress in the Ohio country. Their first attempt was un- successful, but sometime later due to the brilliant statemonship of Cutler, a member of Congress, the land was granted and additional land was appropri- ated for the establishing of a series of universities in the new territory. The first of these institutions, the American Western University, was founded on the site now occupied by Ohio University. In 1816, the first college building in the Northwest Territory was erected on this site and named Cutler Hall after the man whose interest and imogination made possible the educational projects in the new country. Today, Ohio University as the first of these land- grant colleges has grown from Cutler Hall and a handful of pioneer students to one of the leading state universities in Ohio. With the interest and support of men such as Governor Frank J. Lausche and Dr. Clyde Hissong, State Director of Education, the university marches toward even greater progress as an educational institution. This year aided by the state legislature, which appropriated funds for the advancement and growth of the university, Ohio University has continued its building program with plans for a new speech build- ing, a new health center, a natatorium, and con- struction of a new Engineering Science Building. With the restoration of Cutler Hall, Ohio Univer- sity ' s oldest building, the campus has taken on a distinctive look as each new building has been added to the architectural scene. The decided Colonial look to the campus has grown more evident as time passes, and Ohio Univer- sity, a truly, growing state university has taken on a proud, distinctive look that is all its own. 16

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the dean of men is a family man Relaxing from his many duties as Dean of Men, Maurel Hunkins wel- comes a quiet evening at home with his family far away from the next day ' s problems. Next morning may find him occupied with the family matter of a worried veteran, writing a letter of recommenda- tion for a job seeking senior, or straight- ening out some major campus problem, but this evening reading a bedtime story to his family is much more immediate. Yes, the Dean is a man with things to be done, but he is never too busy to wave his characteristic, Hello, there. V ' 3p C ar es Stewart ■C V