Ohio University - Athena Yearbook (Athens, OH)

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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) . . .

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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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Student Tutors for Educational Progress For many, it is the best experience of their college careers. The Student Tutors for Educa- tional Progress (STEP) has been on campus for two years now and are continually growing in both number of tutors and the demand for them. The tutors, the majority of whom aren ' t educa- tion majors, visit a child twice a week in one of the Athens area schools. Although they are of- ficially assigned to tutor a child in a specific sub- ject, most often the real value of a STEP tutor is in the attention and friendship he gives the child. But the only person who can really evaluate the worthiness of the STEP tutor is the child him- self. Included in this section, then, are com- ments from children in the STEP program giving their opinions of their tutor, the STEP program and, in some instances, education in general. Photographed by Patrick McCabe