Ottawa University - Ottawan Yearbook (Ottawa, KS)

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The Year The year 1909-10 has been a most successful and prosperous year for Ottawa Fniversity. lVith a. larger endowment, a victorious football team and winning orator, besides the numerous other victories and accomplish- ments, Ottawa students are proud to call Ottawa University their Alma Mater. Ottawa University at present has the largest productive endowment of any university or college in Kansas. In securing an additional i'B100,000 for the endowment, the total productive endowment has become approxi- mately S25l,OO0. In a resume of the football season, the Campus expresses the senti- ment of the Ottawa. students in the words, t'Ottawa feels sure that it was a winner. A team that can win such a large percentage of games-that can in the winning, inflict such :shut out' scores-that has been defeated but once, and has had its goal line crossed but once-such a team in the opinion of all, is a winning teamf' Although Ottawa did not win as large a percentage of games in basketball as in football, the basketball team has done some fast playing and won its share of victories. In spite of the fact that the team was made up of new material, ahnost entirely, its players averaged well and did some excellent team work. The boys knew the game and every one played his part. The features of more than one game were the goal throwing by Captain Harry George and Ottawa's team work. No better material could be picked for a baseball team than Ottawa has this season. and judging from the victory won from Missouri Valley, Ottawa has promise of a winning baseball team this year. IVith all of the enthusiasm and celebration that comprised the recep- tion Ottawa gave to her winning orator upon his return from IVichita, the college people could not and did not express their appreciation of that great victory. The winning in the State Oratorical Contest by Mr. Shields has meant and is to mean more to Ottawa University than any one is now able to anticipate. This is not Ottawa's only oratorical Vic- tory. Mr. Shields won first place in the State Prohibition Contest, which was supposed to have been the strongest prohibition Contest ever held in Kansas. There is great prospects for Ottawa and in the two interstate contests. Ottawa entered into but one inter-collegiate debate this year. This was with Park College. Park won, making their eighth consecutive victory. The debate was a close contest and very interesting. The Park E91

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College team admitted that Ottawa presented one of the best debates Park had ever met. Debating classes have been successfully conducted under the depart- ment of English, which have proven to be a great function in developing debaters and by next year Ottawa expects to be represented with several well trained debating teams. . It would not be a fair nor complete summary of Ottawals achieve- ments and progress during the year, if only the athletic, oratorical and debate victories or achievements were mentioned. Every organization in the institution has prospered as well as the College itself. The social life is even of a better type. The class work in Ottawa has been exceptionally well done this year. WVith a more complete course of study and the best faculty in the state, the scholarship of Ottawa has increased one hundred per cent within the last two years. Every department of the institution is alive and growing. The course of study is no pharse. Although Ottawa. has not the buildings and equipment necessary to undertake to prescribe courses demanded of a University, strictly speaking, the courses necessary to class Ottawa as a first class college are given. The many hours spent by President Price and members of the facul- ty in study and working over matters pertaining to the interest of the institution, will not seem to have been in vain when the new catalogue is distributed. One of the most unique courses of study ever mapped out will be presented by Ottawa University. Ottawa will have as near the ideal course of study as is possible to be planned and the worth of it will be in that it will be given as it is represented. Ottawa University is a young institution. Although the institution has had many discouragements, no college has progressed faster than Ottawa has in forty years with similar support. The thing that has made Ottawa preferable to other institutions is its true Christian spirit and fellowship that lives in the student body. Ottawa students have the push spirit that makes Ottawa so repres-entative among other institutions. This was maintained in one phase during the 'tbooster weekl' in the city of Ottawa., when the 'student body formed a parade and joined with the spirit of 'cboostingl' which the Commercial Club had begun. May the Ottawa colors and yells be an inspiration to the city of Ottawa and the Baptists of the state to support Ottawa University and join in the college spirit as well. If the summer vacation shall be made a 'tsununer booster, even this short time would boost greatly toward obtaining that new Science hall and Gymnasium. The year has been a most pleasant experience for all of Ottawa students. May the year 1910-11 be as prosperous. The time is soon to be when those interested in the highest type of education will point to Ottawa University with pride. f10l