Denison University - Adytum Yearbook (Granville, OH)

Page 12 text:

. J i ,,,.., t:i1fJ',fS, :QQN f Q V N1 , 'X ,fe ' 1 . ' f 'Y' '5 X 5 ,' ,V 5 fflfy 4. '71, 5 .3Xm.-.,......gm......,....feq...p.......g:1Lg....za4.fi.g.M.g.4....:-g..gg.---a, ...... .,,., FIRST ROW:-G. P. Hill, N. Darrow, C. Scott, Harriet Haggard, Margaret Gooch, R. Hartzog, G. D. Cur- tin, C. F. Schropp, C. E. Richards, Jr. SECOND Row:-C. R. Hastings, R. E. Tuttle, Fay McKinney, Lillis Price, Irene Shenherger, Ruth Thomas, Mar- garet Wasson, Clara Sheldon, L-. L. Bruce. THIRD ROW:-R. B. Miller, Alice Bullett, Vivian Critchfield, W. W. Mastellcr, R. R. Weber, Ruth Abell, Har- riet Hunt, L. H. Chaille, D. lVl. lVloore. 9

Page 11 text:

s Z s ef W 4 Athletic Committee J. F. Haskins, Chairman Lillis Price' R. E. Tuttle Literary Committee Louis L. Bruce, Chairman Clara Sheldon Hazel Bailey Cl. D. Curtin Alice Bullet 1913 Adytum Board Published by the Class of l9l4. Editor-Robert R. Weber. Bus. Mgr.-W. W. Masteller Associate Editors Ruth Abell D. M. Moore Calendar Committee C. R. Hastings, Chairman Margaret Wasson G. P. Hill Rhoda Galbraith F ay McKinney Art Committee Carey Scott, Chairman Harriet Hunt J. R. Hartzog A. S. Fleming 8 5.4 ? foffe Committee J. N. Darrow, Chairman Ruth Thomas lrene Shenberger Margaret Gooch L. H. Chaille K Business Committee Ross Howell, Chairman Harriet Haggard C. E. Richards Vivian Critchheld C. F. Schropp

Page 13 text:

f w.mQ.- f, History of Denison University N a bleak December day in 1831 a little band of de- termined men and women met together in the half- finished Baptist meeting house where our conservatory now stands to hold exercises which should start the machinery of Denison University going. Granville was then a thriving industrial center and held a promising position on the Ohio Canal and the Washington, D. C., Cleveland and Cincinnati stage-coach route. Although these prospects nfor rapid growth were a few years later shat- tered by the building of the railroad a number of miles to the south of the village, the institution which these early hopes had attracted to its precincts remained, to bring dignity and honor to the entire locality. The first college, or Granville Literary and Theological Institution, at it was called, was situated in a rejuvenated farm- house on a 353,500 estate which Rev. Allen Darrow gave out- right for school purposes. Rev. john Pratt, a graduate of Brown, was the first president and a Classical, and English course were offered. The thirty-seven students of the first year and those en- rolled for many years afterward had to chop their own fire- wood and carry water while those living in the neighborhood I0 1 suffered many hardships in traversing the country roads upon which the snow and mud was asdeep and treacherous as our present promenaders find. it. One year the single building was swept away by fire, but was soon restored through the efforts of Deacon Daniel Shep- hardson and others. By IS47 there were three buildings lighted by oil lamps and poorly equipped, but the Denison spirit was already awake and the school pressed on. ln 1856 through the efforts of Dr. l-lall, its president, the college which had been contemplating removal to some other town, compromised by pulling up stakes and moving into the village, where buildings were erected on the present site. There were hard times during the civil war but through the self-sacri- fice of the professors, who allowed their salaries to be cut one- half, and the pecuniary aid of such men as Ebenezer Thresher, the college was able to survive. ' The advent of the fair sex to C1ranville's educational cir- cles was brought about by Charles Sawyer, who founded a girls, school in a two-story frame building on what is now Shepardson campus, in l83l. Receiving little financial as- sistance he was soon forced to sell out to the Episconalians who maintained the school until l860. Nleanwhile Rev. N. S.