Denison University - Adytum Yearbook (Granville, OH)

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Hoiv thmgs have changed since my first remembered vieiv of this corner! It was taken in my early boyhood as I stood about the middle of the long walk that stretched from Broadivay to the froiit door of the Old Brown Sem. The barns, houses, gardens, picket-fences and old Institute buildings — all are gone. The protruding front of Barney Hall, the ornamental gateivay, the winding cement walk, the reduced gradient and softened vista are all of a later day. It ivas an earlier, cruder, less liopeful day that was mine. Perhaps I might see the dreams of my father and mother if I ivere to look long enough. Perhaps I might tell their joy because of the groivth of the school they loved. But eno2igh. ' the pictiire of this corner in my memory lias faded completely except as an occasional reverie like this may bring it back. — Francis W. Shepardson ' 82 24

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D This beautiful new structure, Doane Gymnasium, bears no resemblance to the old chapel building which sheltered the art department, the music studios and Dr. Shepardson ' s class-rooms in 1891. It stood just east of Stone Hall and had magnificent trees all about it. My work began in 1892 and included the new principle of physical exercise, discovered by Francois Delsarte. Our classes were held twice a week in the chapel of the old building which stood just east of Stone Hall and aimed to train and develop the body in harmony with natural laws. And so it is now with keen pleasure that I watch the Shep- ardson girls play basketball, run, jump, swim and do all the things that are so good for them to do, all in connection with this beautiful new gymnasium. — Elizabeth Shepherd Hopley 23

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S. B. Brierly Mrs. Lorena W. Burke W. H. Johnson The Society of the Alumni Officers of the Society President Vice-President Secretary-Treasurer Samuel B. Brierly, Chicago Mrs. Lorena W. Burke, Pittsburgh ...William H. Johnson, Granville The Society of the Alumni of Denison University is a powerful organ- ization which is supported by all the alumni and former students. It is a working force whose vital importance to the institution is increasing from year to year. In accordance with a new plan, Mr. Brierly endeavors to interest each Freshman class in the Association in order that when they graduate, its work may not be in the least strange to them. In this way the students are made to realize that upon graduation, their connection with Denison does not cease, — they merely enter a larger field in which they can work for their college. The purpose of the Association is to bind together all of those who have at any time been enrolled at Denison, in order that their labor, in her behalf, may be organized and their love for her may be strengthened and renewed. This is accomplished by means of the smaller organizations of state and town, which work with and for the parent organization with the same aim in view. In Boston, New York, Washington, D. C, Pitts- burgh, Cleveland, Dayton, Columbus, Cincinnati, Toledo, Mt. Vernon, Can- ton, Chicago, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Colorado, Lower California, and China-Japan, there are Denison Clubs. It is here that the loyalty of those who know Denison and love her, arouses enthusiasm in others to learn to know and love her as their Alma Mater. The Society is deeply interested in the Endowment Campaign. Al- though it has been impossible to do much in the past, extensive plans are being made for future activity along this line. The Class Unit is to be used as the basis for this work, each class securing a pledge of as large an amount as possible and making its annual report at each Commence- ment. The aim of the Society is a high one but it is far from being unat- tainable. Denison owes much to this well-organized Society and Uncle Sam Brierly, and the indebtedness will undoubtedly be greatly increased in the future. 25