Ohio University - Athena Yearbook (Athens, OH)

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Women ' s Intercollegiate Debate Part of the reason for this great con- cern with athletics was the showing (?) Ohio ' s football team made in 1907. Playing such distinguished teams as the Parkersburg Y.M.C.A., the Bobcats won four, lost five and tied one. Their most stunning defeat was a 60 to rout at the hands of the Marietta Cor- respondence School Ringers; their greatest glory came during a 47 to victory over the Deaf and Dumb Insti- tute. But even when the other school in Ohio was permitted to join the big guys in the Ohio Conference in 1910, everyone still wasn ' t satisfied. Now the team had more worthy opponents, better playing conditions and all but now they also had to play under cer- tain rules and regulations, many of which weren ' t to their liking. Their biggest beef was against the rules regarding rank and standing of ath- letics in the University since it forced athletes to put scholarship ahead of their sport. But not all the fun was taken out of college life, during this period rela- tions between fac ulty and students, and administrators and students were at an all-time, unbelievable high. It seems no one was safe from the AFFIRMATIVE TEAM Mary Powell Helen Leech Amy Evans Etta Ayers OHIO vs. OTTERBEIN QUESTION:— Resolved. That Woman Suffrage Should be Adopted in the State of Ohio. NEGATIVE TEAM Ruth Wilson Mabel Nesbett Leota Norris OHIO vs. MUSKINGUM Stella VanDyke

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William E. Alderman, Ph. B. Athens, O. President Class ' 09, Inter-collegiate De- bate ' 08 and ' 09, Pres. Debating Union, Prcs. Philomatheans ' 07, Prcs. Y. M. C. A. ' 07- ' 08, Gen ' l Scc ' y Y. M. C. A. ' 08 - ' 09, Athena Board, Glee Club, O. U. Quartet, Del. to Niagara-on-the-Lake ' 07. WILLIE Behold our President! The sanctimonious Alderman! Willie of the spotless life. Willie came to Athens from Glouster, and, like his fellow townsman, Fuzzy Blower, expects to enter the ministry— he will undoubtedly feel called to the place that offers the largest salary. The entire class envies his future congregations their long Sunday morning naps. Willie has held almost every office in col- lege politics, when nobody else wanted them. He is not an orator. Malcolm Douglas, Ph. B. Waverly O. Delta Tau Delta, Philo Lit., Oratorical Contest 1st prize ' 07, 2nd prize ' 06, De- bating Union, Intercollegiate Debater ' 08 and ' 09, Senior Foot-ball, Literary Board Athena, English Club, Dramatic Club, Class Poet. MAC Sir Malcolm hails from Pike County. From the beginning of his pantalooned prime he has been bold to believe in the egregious excellence of the ego, and since his advent in Athens has strenu- ously striven to proselyte the professors to his per- suasion. The pedantic pomposity of this loqua- cious linguist is extravagantly erratic.

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Calla E. Cooley, ATA Collie Philosophical Louise K. Walls, The Faculty Kid Classical Virgene Putnam, Putt Pedagogical Wade T. Watson, Wattie Scientific Charles Stewart, ATA Scotchie Scientific J. V. Bohrer, Scientific Clark O. Melick, ATA Doc Scientific roasts printed in the yearbooks of the early 1900 ' s. The arrival ot Dr. Al- ston Ellis as president of the University occasioned this yearbook blurb: Dr. Ellis to porter at B. and O. station: ' To my residence! ' Porter: ' Where is it, please? ' Dr. Ellis: ' To My Residence!! ' Porter: ' Y-Yes — but wh-where — ' Dr. Ellis: Do you mean to say that you do not know where My Residence is? ' Porter to cab driver: ' I guess you ' d better take him to the asylum! ' Dr. Ellis went on to capture the hearts of the students and alumni during his period as chief University executive; a building, Ellis Hall (natu- rally) was completed in his honor in 1908 and was the largest building on campus at that time. Town-gown relations, student ac- tivism, rights and equality, lower tu- itions, troubles with the state legis- lature — all these are problems which have faced Ohio University throughout its history, face it today and probably will face it in the future. And it all started when someone got the idea to build a university in Athens (that ' s somewhere down among the hills of Appalachia) . . .