Defiance College - Oraculum Yearbook (Defiance, OH)

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. .. 1 - fxfgliig gf - W 40f??f'4 N I A ' .4 Y A13 .R 1 , i- - Who 0 R AQ U LQlY'le1I1lA D. M. McCullough, President. Elizabeth F. Wells, Secretary. W. A. Snider, Treasurer. R. H. Sutphen, Counsel. EXECUTIVE BO XRD. R. H. Sutphen. Chairman. W. A. Snider, Secretary. D. M. McCullough. H. B. Tenzer. P. W. MCR-eynolds. TERM EXPIRES IN 1914. J. J. Grubbs, Buckland, Ohio. Rev. H. A. Smith, West Milton, Ohio. D. M. McCullough, Troy, Ohio. Roland Ford, Albany, N. Y. TERM EXPIRES IN 1915. H. B. Tenzer, Dehance, Ohio. Rev. G. B. Garner, Harrod, Ohio. P. W. McReynolds, Defiance, Ohio. T. C. McReynolds, Kokomo, Ind. TERM EXPIR S IN 1916. E R. I-I. Sutphen, Defiance, Ohio. Rev. W. D. Samuel, Bluffton, Ind. Rev. O. W. Powers, Dayton, Ohio W. A. Snider, Defiance, Ohio. 25

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Ei ga T Defiance College history seeks its beginning in an incorporating act passed by the general assembly in 1850. This act gave power to five trustees to purchase 1,280 acres of Wabash and Erie or Miami Canal land in Defiance and Paulding counties and to use the money obtained from the sale of this land in establishing a Female Seminary at Defiance, Ohio. In compliance with this act, a building was erected in 1884, which for eighteen years housed an institution of learning for a small number of students. Real college spirit enthused those connected with the institution in 1902, for they believed a brighter future for the Seminary was possible. Accordingly, the trustees offered, for certain considerations, to place the entire resources of the institution under the control of the Ohio State Christian Association, the state organization of the Christian Church. As a result of the acceptance of this proposal, Defiance College was established and its present state made possible. Defi- ance Female Seminary became Defiance College, with a revised charter and a new Board of Trustees. Mr. P. W. McReynolds, of Marshall, Michigan, was elected President. Authorized by his new position, the President began at once to reorganize the institution and to raise funds for its support. The growth since that time has been uniform and rapid. From a begin- ning of one building, thirty-three students, and 830,000 endowment, it has grown to comprise four large fully- equipped college buildings, besides a 37,000 home for the President, an enrollment of 500 studentsg and the net value of endowment, buildings and grounds is 3,483,000 The campus of twenty-eight acres is covered with forest trees, principally hickory, oak and elm. That portion on which the buildings stand has beautiful Walks, drives, well-kept lawns, flower beds, and a fountain and memorial gate, presented by the classes of 1910 and 1911. Defiance Hall, although the first building to be erected, is not yet old, since it has been kept in such excellent repair. It comprises the Commercial depart- ment, library, literary society halls, and laboratories. Trowbridge Hall was made possible in 1905 by Mr. Lyman Trowbridge. Serious results from the fire in October of the following year necessitated a rebuilding of the interior. The Carnegie annex was added in 1907. This structure makes a commodious home for the young ladies. Weston Hall was named in honor of John B. Weston, who contributed largely to the fund. This building contains recitation rooms, an auditorium, Y. M. C. A. hall, domestic science department, museum, art studio, and women's gymnasium. Last year an- other valuable addition was made, three music studios were erected at the rear and a beautiful pipe organ was installed in the auditorium. The last of the buildings to be constructed was Sisson Hall, dormitory for young men. This is the most beautiful and complete building on the campus. Defiance College patrons may well be proud of its growth in number of students, faculty, and all that makes up its material welfare. But the greater thing that insures future success is what it stands for,-its principles, its ideals, its high standard of morals, and its select student body.

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536323 3952 Editor-Irene D. Jones. Business Manager-Emil Thompson. Artist-Percy W. Caris. Assistant Editors-Mary P. Lodge Lois Snider and Ward McReynolds.