Denison University - Adytum Yearbook (Granville, OH)

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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

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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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Before the Dafwn, Night hovers o'er the earth with cloudy wing, Still lingering, reluctant to depart. XVhile faintly, sweetly stirs eartli's sleeping heart, 'With waking life's first gentle whispering The dreaming day half lifts her drowsy eye Awakened by the cock's unerring crow : The first wee songster twitters sweet and low 3 The first gray light o'erspreads the eastern sky Then quickly other birds awake and sing, Mate answers mate in song from tree to tree 5 The chorus swells in music wild and sweet g While to the fields the morning breezes bring A fresh and fragrant message from the sea, And earth and sky the joyous news repeat. M. L. P. Dozing. Oh, that sweet delicious moment just before we fall asleep, When we know that faithful reason fails its constant watch to keep, When our thoughts go slipping from us, far away from our ,con- trol, When the reign of dreamy fancy holds dominion o'er the soul. Great white ships go sailing past us on a foam-Hecked sea of blue 5 Fairy sunbeams dance in meadows shimmering with morning dew 5 Forms familiar ilit before us in grotesque, fantastic shapes, While the mystic light of dreamland all the world in dimness . drapes. Life's a hazy, dreamy something too unreal to be deined 5 Heaven and earth are sweetly blended, joy and sorrow inter- twined, Pain and parting are forgotten, toil and trouble fade away, And we feel the bliss of being, nor remember we are clay. Oh, that through Life's weary hours we could all the calmness keep Of that Sweet delicious moment just before we fall asleep. M. L. P. 36