Case Western Reserve University - Lux / Differential Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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ald strongly urged the removal of the college to Cleveland. 'l'hen one day .Xmasa Stone, one of t'leveland's first citizens, came forward with an offer to supply the grounds and the lirst buildings for the college, should it desire to more. The trustees voted to accept. 'l'he students were on the whole very much pleased over the prospect, venting their en- thusiasm by wheeling out an old cannon and firing salutes for a good share of'the day. lV .VX t'lCN'l'liRY OI? CIXNIPLYS l.lI7lC 'l'o those few who remember thc earlier lludson days comes back the long ride through the woods. the stage trailing its slow way around the stumps and careening through mud , holes: the college buildings, begirt on every side at the distance of half a mile by the primi- tive forest, and the wild deer bounding free over the campus. 'l'he new student entered in upon a life that contrasts strangely with that of today. In 1851 he paid twenty dollars tuition for a year of three semesters. Room was four dollars more, and board could be secured in the village, declares the cat- alogue, for 75 cents a week, rising to one dollar a week if the student uses tea or coffee. llowever, some students hoard themselves at considerably less than half the expense of hoard in private families. .Xll expenses were estimated at about S62.5Ol Campus activities and organizations started early. l'hilozetian, founded in lSZ8, and Phi Delta, in l8-l0. were the two literary societies that exercised a great deal of influence for decades. They maintained good libraries of their own on thereampus. lieing bitter rivals, many freslnnen were almost torn asunder between their respective headquarters at bidding time. 'lihe literary societies were the forums wherein were debated all the pulsing questions of the day. XYas the lixile of Napoleon justified? Can Any l'ious Young Man Conscientiously Study Law? Regularly every week were such questions settled. XYith their consent, they elected Clay, XY:-bster, Greeley, Sew- ard, Douglas, members, and other famous men honorary members and not infre- quently when they came by, l l lx'olvel'l lfl'II4'A'l f'flI.YHlI l'r4'.vidt'11l, l02.f- invited them to speak before the societies. , . ln IB-ll the mnth chap- ter of l'hi lleta Kappa to he established, and the first west of the .Xllegheny mountains, was installed at the college. ln that year also came ,Xlpha Delta l'hi, the first social fra- ternity, followed later in the year y -z lypsilon, in I8-l7, and Delta Kappa lipsilon, in ISGS, were I'ru,ry 'lilrzuiuy 4'01l1j1lt'lt'.r .31 .X't'tll'.f' ft onfznuelf on fume nfvfj 'lf f'f'l f'l' -l'1 f t'- N

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llut for the nonce all forward activity rested. and every effort was directed toward the linal grim solution on the lield of hattle of the knotty problem students had contested so long and earnestly through the years in their campus lyceums. On the wings of the wind came rushing to Hudson and the Nort'1 the crackling news from llarper's lierry, and many an alumnus heard with a peculiar inter- est, and strange memories of the idealism in it seamed face stamped with a rugged single- ness of purpose. 'l'hen Sumter was tired upon. ln a few days, in the city of t'leveland. hlue platoons were swinging down liuclid ave- nue for the front. to the shrilling of lifes and the long roll of drums, their hayonets glitter- ing hright in the morning sun. 'l'hey were singing as they marched, and the deep surge of the chorus echoed and re-echoed all over the North, as other marching voices caught it up: C'1mrlv.r Ifrunkliu Tlzteiny l'1't'.virlt'1lI INOU-l921 lohn llrown's hodv lies a-mould'ring in the grave, llut his soul goes marching on ! Ill XYAR-'l'l M IES .-XNIJ .-Xl' I lull Une hundred and forty-six alumni served in the armies and navies of the United States during the Civil Xtar, a remarkably high percentage considering the relative size of the entire hody. lleavy drains were also made upon the student hody. 'l'he students had at once formed and drilled themselves into a military company. and in 1862, after the defeat of Ilanlas in the Shenandoah Val- ley. and in response to President l.incoln's call for volunteers, they offered their services to Ciov. Tod. .-Xs Co. ll., 85th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, they marched away lirst for Columbus and thence to the front at Yiclcshurg, and for the first time in almost forty years a strange silence dwelt in the halls of t'ie college during ,.c 0 will t ,X 'E' 'egg itil ' 'll ll,,i QT' H' z. X Mg -I J in-'IYU l 1 2' g.l...a..X..kL V I.l1.E!iTTF lTu-.7 - - '-.L.......u- r I ' ' ' - 53 ' 'b , 9 , Swv i I It W XJ ' , XA J Qin 1 i xl if ' ,U K 1 ' Kt,,.t:,,,Fl-131 M a n , g - IX , i ,Vpv ,jg -i5y:ll5.,t-my 'tl r,l, t5ltQ.5Kw..Q,, gf, 1 -U' tltfsft --v lr- i' 'I'-,hit L 1, ,nfl - ' V , 1' itll- rvlilli'-llllgi ,- '-if.-lla Q t NH- li? . ,it 'W ' 'lfarfll i l tl 1 Q 1 1 '- A ll' .gli - I-. 1i', if1l l X ' . , qi ' , W ' ' M . sl yu ' . :W 321, yum,- f' f ,- - ',.. -E-my ' The Old Ford llmm'.vlt'mi 17 term-time. Though the war seriouslv allccted the forward move- ment. it did not hftlt it entire- ly. 'l'he college had alreadv passed too many crises to he discouraged. lfnon the resignation of Pres. lliteheock in 1871, Pro- fessor Carrol Cutler reluc- tantly accepted the responsi- hility. ln an editorial of Dec. 15, 1877. the Cleveland Her-

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