Denison University - Adytum Yearbook (Granville, OH)

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The Evolution of Shepardson College. Notes from a lecture with stereopticon views before the Scientific Association date unknown. Much valuable information has been omitted from 2 failure to understand technical terms. W'e shall trace the intrinsic and extrinsic forces which have been at work in the evolution of Shepardson College from Glacial to Recent times. Ancient records authentic, but require the interpretation of an expert. CSee ' Granville, An Ancient River Valley ', Vol. X, Prof. W. G. Tightj Original river-bed narrow and deep. 'Whole region subsequently glaciated. Valley illed with glacial drift. Final effect-to render College Hill more easy of access. CDiagrammatic sectio11, slide I.j X Records im- mediately suc- ceeding not au- thentic. A few g e o l o gi c al years a f t e r- V ward, Baptists finding obsta- V. cles in the way of ice removed, SRX - 4 , 5w,,,,,nN A ' erected aframe -un .fe,, 3,eL M QE structure on .aeeonf f t tgeBpfe5eHg1f,g i1r.+1fe ---.. 1 .Eg ,Iii A 1 o ur on a :iii 1 - and opened a v b f school for 'fig Ge 1 fi pp, ' .- bf - mjgfa., gnls. ' Very I4? primitive. This Fe f' 65- is shown both M ' it' from thenarne, ki X Granville Fe- ary, and from the fact that the girls used the front of the building as a post-oflice. Later the school passed into the hands of the male Semin- hedge fence in Episcopalians. This may be regarded as a lost interval for the Baptists. In the fall of 1859 occurred a period of rapid evolution. A girls, school was instituted in the basement Church under the charge of the pastor, Dr. N. S. 33 of the Baptist Burton. This

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was not a case of spontaneous generation, but was the natural result of the constantly increasing pressure of Ohio Baptists who were eager that their daughters, as Well as their sons, should en- joy the salubrious air of Granville. The new school was called the Young Ladies' Institute and was the im1nedi'ate ancestor of Shepardson College. As there were now three schools for girls in Granville, Episcopalian, Presbyterian and Baptist, it was a ditiicult matter to keep the girls from making faces at each other. The Young Ladies' Institute had occupied the basement of the church for a period of two years when it was generally agreed that it ought to be established on a higher plane. Accordingly Dr. Marsena Stone purchased the. property of Granville Female Seminary from the Episcopalians, transferred the school to that site and became the principal. I-Ie added a story to the main building. Thus the Young Ladies' Institute began to rise. During the Great Stone Age the custom of promenading in com- pany with a teacher was in vogue. Slide II. In the fall of l868 the school was transferred to Dr. D. Shep- a r d s o n. H e traveled o v e r the state plead- , ni Y, A NMS T0 mf Mmm ing so eloquent- it 1 Q ly for the higher 'iw-ll 1,.,,, In . 'A d t. za f yililfiggx :ze X- ,kg L NQXT',N 7 e u c a 1 o I1 o 'qi 1' my .tg qtii L l women that par- .s i..-. f H CINS began to f . lj. iii fi J '- fear f o r t h e i r Q' ,Ei - - t- -. pg, :lil . ff' ff .2 - ZW gy -42.-iyvif! sw eternal happi- -,,,,-Anya: - ,ii - 5 ness if they did h ECW flff' 3215 . , ' 'IE' . - Z: gan- , ..,, ,, f f Wt, . XM not have their T' - ft ? l daughters edu- -. f IL , Ji: C a t e d. ' T h a t f if , - 'ff gf g these needed to , l -i'1'j'2Tf:n -JW, be educated is 'SEA -..-'f: f,.-5 'vlfffi f shown fro ni --iii? -2- ' their semibar- ' 'r barous treatment of Saturday evening callers. They did not have proper respect for Seniors. Many a Senior's high silk hat fell a prey to the string stretched across the path. Slide III. There was a ine orchard on the grounds. The girls at this stage of evolution Were herbivorous. Dr. Shepardson added an- other story to the Old Brown Sem. Thus the Young Ladies' Institute continued to rise. 34