Denison University - Adytum Yearbook (Granville, OH)

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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

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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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I111886 another period of rapid evolution began. The Young Ladies' Institute had reached the highest state of development p o s s i b le. It -v lrgr seemed best to lyf If A ,an ' YMO' 'ffl' M 1'1,,,Wv amy, 'li W rkfga ,MQ am 1' Y f ,. W 092 915451 xl ,nillclgx L KW vii! lwumfi :pig ii 7' , V X nfl 1 o Li M' Xl Xi I Eru- I fig' si U-fn K' ' .J pe. ff 1 fl ffl UTM f'W t ' ff X, 1 girth Q W swf, f X fm HJ X W' 1 xy riff, UT x- '. rv m e 1 in a f A fl- li f ,T .X 9 :Z 'V 'Ii 5'-V 5. .W . Mg' .. ,fp fin , 4'-ZNELQW' 'ggi frf.-gg, ,iw .1 -avg ' 5231!-AL '. ff- Q!! i f . 1477-. ff, ff,-,jazli 4y if v- QW ig f 2 l, 1- W-wif' T T 'fi is F 2? f 'I 'V' Q .-in 'H' , '- f 4' -- 1.1 'Y i T fli ur: Gisli? J-:VL ,J . -. YV,1 1 a-1 ,p,1?:::.f ,. X. f' . n L-T2-f A 'lx v ,,-.,-- If ..-- ,-' 31, ' ,Q-,-7 ff'-if 't 1: ' -7- - .af .- , ik - 1, -1 ,X f lxlff. ifljflw ir vigrfrix any ,.' ,f,,, ,!L, i,-7 - ff: :a-5. Y L 5 aa , H 4 ., , 1,-1 ,,', -N 5 .A ' ff ir' L. V ' C',f',- K ,,f I ' 1 6' i 3 'l 55: s , QA., ,,s iycZil: il,-.v H 11 A A .Ml X pal Ill? -Li? H klllv My it, Q ,d,:,l'f .I Njfvtn 1 , UL X 1 x X 'W K advance in an- other direction. Accordingly the grounds and the courses broad- e n e d. T h e grounds W e r e given by Dr. Shepardson and the name of the school changed to Shepardson College. The O 1 d B r o vv n Sem. was torn down and Bur- t o n H a ll was erected. Many of the Hora van- ished before the march of prog- ress. The traces of the orchard which remain do not follow the principle of the survival of the fittest. This process of evolution is still going on. The number of buildings has increased. The Conservatory of Music possesses a branch in Columbus. In conclusion, let us note a few of the morphological charac- ters which have been evolved. Clt may be remarked, in passing that prunes and apple sauce reniainj The Senior high hat, owing to the unfriendliness of environment has yielded to the mortar-board, gravel walks to numerous and beautiful board- walks g rag carpets to polished floors g the candle and oil-lamp to the brilliant electric light. That no tricks may be played upon callers, but that everything may be done in broad daylight, the Saturday evening calls have given place to Saturday afternoon receptions. Here the speaker's voice was drowned in shouts of applause and the Shepardson yell, Wah, hoo, wah, Wah, hoo, Wah l Viva la Shephardson, ra, ra, ra I 35