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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University Student Council .fl rlvllrvrt t XYIl.l,I.-XM M l1.l.sox XYlI.i.l.nl XYIZST Ciollvgfr for Hf'0IIIt'll .-'xiu.if:x1-: S'l'.'Xl l URll lii.sma'rn l,lCNNlNli'l'0N Svlzrml of Nursing Elmo' l.. NlCf2Ull.l.lCN l'l1f1rn1r1f'y Yi..-xoinm DIIRASEK ,I l.ixvias .l. l'lli'l'l-IR l.iIu'ur.v l Iicmcx lWll.l.lUN llli l'niversity Student Council has for its purpose the eoaleseenee and direction of the divirgent student activities of the various colleges. lt has been impossible for the council to accomplish anything constructive: nrst, because. it has little authority to express its decisions, and second, because the members have been either too engrossed by other affairs or because they have been engaged in petty squabbles as to representation or the holding of certain high-sounding titles. Three meetings have been held at the time this copy goes to press. ,Xt the Iirst meeting Lawrence lillis was elected president, at the second, Vladimir .lirasek was given the favored post, and at the third meeting the chair went to .-Xrlene Stafford. College for XYomen. zu