Denison University - Adytum Yearbook (Granville, OH)

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1 ( ' has C. PaTTEESOjST John E. Geil M.4EJ0RIE Williams Ruth E. McKibben Maky E. Work GrALE Seaman James F. Chaffee Mabel P. Denison - - - - Editor-in-Chief - Business Manager litekaky. Stella M. Moore Ralph B. Miller Fatth Pomeroy Elsie C. Hfsted John G. Cross Margaret A. Watkins art. Elizabeth Thornton John W. Shepardson , business. Robert D. Hunt Alfred M. Colby 5

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Cbe Hdytutii. TBE Adytum Board had intended to compile an historical account of the Adytiim, but the amount of correspond- 1 ence necessary could not liave l oen completed in time. Only a short resume will be attempted. The subtended letter from Francis W. Shepardson. ' 83, gives an excellent account of the Genesis of the Adytum. After the vohime of ' 82 no annual was attempted till ' 88, when E. J. Price, W. L. Thickstun, J. Sinsel, J. H. Williams and C. H. Bosler issued the Adytum through the press of Kussmaul and Shepardson. The ' 88 editors recommended that tlie fraternities unite in making the Adytum an annual publication. In 1891 the three fraternities, I X, B 6 n and ' t ' r A acted on this suggestion. After 1891 annuals (for a few years annuals in name only) were issued by the Seniors of ' 93, ' 97, ' 99, ' 00 and ' 01. The experience of the class of 1901 showed that the Adytum could be published to better advantage by the Junior classes, and beginning with 1902 this cus- tom has been followed. To the ' 00 Adytum belongs the honor of first including Shepardson College within its covers, and to this Adytum, the Conservatory of Music. Chicago, January 32, 1904. Mr. Ralph B. Miller, Granville, Ohio. My Dear Miller : Replying to your letter about the Adytum I will say this. When I was a boy I saw an Annual published by the Kenyon College students. It was full of the insignia of various college societies, all of which seemed to me very mysterious. I used to look over the book again and again, wondering about this and that. When I entered college I always hoped to see a similar book published by the Denison students. After I joined a fraternity, particularly after fraternities were again recognized by the Board of Trustees, I did what I could to arouse interest in such a publi- cation. It did not take long to discover that others, Will Shepard, for example, and perhaps Ed Olney were interested in the same thing, but we were all somewhat afraid of the financial problem. Finally we had a Board of Editors chosen, F. D. Barker ' 83, F. W. Shepardson ' 83, and W. C. Shepard ' 84, representing Beta Theta Pi, and J. E. Andrews ' 83, E. J. Olney ' 83, and C. M. Taylor ' 85, Sigma Chi. Andrews was made editor in chief, Sigma Chi being