Ohio University - Athena Yearbook (Athens, OH)

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Are You Going to College? Some Facts About Ohio University, Athens, O. Ohio Unlvcraity Established in 1804 by the Ohio Legis- lature It is the oldest school in the Northwest The faculty consists of 67 members Nearly 1600 students were in attend- ance last year. Only 4 of the 27 reputable Colleges and Universities in Ohio had larger re- ceipts and expenditures according to the latest reports. The College of Liberal Arts Includes The Classical Course, degree A. B. The Philosophical Course degree Ph. B. The Scientific Course, degree B S. There are also two-year courses in Civil and Electrical Engineering. The State Normal College 1 — Courses and Degreee a -Course in Elementary Educa- tion. Diploma. b— Course for Secondary Teachers. B Ped Degree. c — Course for Principals and Super- intendents. B. Ped. Degree. d— Course for College Graduates, B. Ped. Degree. 2 — Departments. a— The State Training School. b— The Kindergarten Department, Diploma. c — The Public School Music Depart- ment. Diploma d— The Public School Art Depart- ment, Diploma. Other Departments of O. U. The School of Commerce. The C ' lege of Music. The State Preparatory School. Noti:— To graduate from the C llege of Liberal Arts requires four years, or the com- pletion of 2600 hours Of these, 1600 are required and 1000 elective. Bright students who work hard and attend three sessions of the Summer School can graduate in 3 years. Expense Tuition is free. The only charge is a registration fee of $6.00 a term. Free tuition is equivalent to a free scholarship for everv student. Qood board ard room can be had for $3 26 a week. Each year about fifty student cam their board in various ways Ohio University is the College for the poor boy ; it is also a good place for the sons and daughters of the rich. Athens Athens is one of the finest towns in Ohio. There are no saloons in Athens. The water is pure. Typhoid fever is unknown. Athens is 76 mile south of Columbus, 37 west of Parkersburg. 169 east of Cincinnati. Three railroads enter the town. Athens is an ideal place for a Univer- sity ; It is free from the temptations and distractions of a large city, and yet has all the convenience of modern civilization. f urthe»r Information For general Information about the work of the University and for complete catalogue, write to Alston Ellis, President Ohio University. For information concerning course In the College of Liberal Art , write to Edwin W. Chubb, Dean College of Liberal Art . For information concerning courses In the State Normal College, writ to Henry U. Wil- liams, Dean State Normal College. VI Helen Rush In Y. W C. A.: last night and Th« Pre id nt of the Y. M. ' and I had a meeting

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The good old days that really weren ' t Story by Linda Wenmoth ■ -- V i§=»?rV -r-- In Athens, Ohio (that ' s somewhere down among the hills of Appalachia) there ' s this university. It ' s called (among other things) Ohio University, which makes it one of the few univer- sities in the country named after a state that isn ' t University of . . . This distinction, along with the fact (often proudly repeated by University officials) that Ohio University was the first university in the Northwest Terri- tory, are about the only outstanding features that the majority of students, faculty, administrators and friends could ever repeat of the history of Ohio University. The rest is buried somewhere, in old yearbooks or, worse yet, in the University Archives, that verbotten place over in the library that is rarely if ever frequented. To understand better the forces that shaped the University, many of which have contributed directly to the very issues forcing a crisis at Ohio and other universities, it is necessary to go back, not to the dry statistics that fill unopened history books, but to the timely descriptions of life and problems of the University along the various stages of its development. The good old days really weren ' t, at least according to the records kept by the University. Until late in the 1890 ' s, all University students were required to attend chapel twice a day, seven days a week, with the morning devotional being at 5 a.m. In 1 85 1 there was a move to change the starting time to 5:45 a.m., a move that barely passed over loud outcrys bemoaning the lack of Christianity of today ' s students. Chapel was quite the important The Street in Old Athens We Trod Most and Looked at Most.

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' Athens had always been a stronghold of temperance . . thing in a student ' s life. The discipli- nary records of the time reveal that, in effect, a student who got gloriously drunk was usually let off with a repri- mand, while one who whispered in chapel and was unashamed or made a noise like a reprobate in the halls without manifesting any penitence was often sent home in disgrace. Percentagewise, there was a great deal many more expullsions in the early days of the University, possibly in an attempt to protect its fledging repu- tation. A person could be sent packing for reasons ranging from inattentiveness to tardiness ' to laziness to, heaven forbid, missing a lecture. Participating in activities outside the University was also an unhealthy activity as witnessed by the two faculty members fired in 1840 for attending a political meeting and the unfortunate student who was canned for enrolling in a dance studio. Censorship was enforced quite heavily back then. A student was for- bidden to have any lavcivious, impi- ous or irreligious book or ballad nor sing or repeat verses of like charac- ter. Other offenses for which a student could be called on the rug for included lying, profaneness, drunk- eness, theft, uncleanliness or playing at unlawful games. There was special attention given to the drinking habits of Ohio University students since according to the rule book no students shall go to a Tav- ern, Alehouse, Beerhouse or any place of like kind for the purpose of enter- tainment or amusement without spe- cial permission from someone of the