Denison University - Adytum Yearbook (Granville, OH)

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i f anrf Center, respectively — C ai,t zw ifn a proud father received a lovi new-born son, a custon of ' 69 and f cup from . notv fallc t , , , , In 1894 Barney Added Buildings Science Hall and Doane Academy- were added. The former burned in 1906, and was later replaced by a fireproof build- ing. Cleveland Hall was built in 1904, a gift of certain Cleveland benefactors. Beaver Beaver Field was provided in 1902 by Mr. F. P. Beaver, a member Field of the board of trustees. It was one of the first to be acquired by an Ohio college. During recent years the campus has been vast- ly extended so that it now includes than hun- dred and fifty acres. Col- lege buildings now cover the entire hill with its seven hilltops, and the Campus Extension more three athletic The about a about a ■ .. m after the construction of Marsh Hall, hy the American Commoiis Chib. Deeds stadium field and layout. property extends mile north of Broadway, Granville, and the main hilltop is itself a crescent mile in length. Much of this land has been secured through gifts of Col. Edward A. Deeds, of Dayton. The same donor made possible the completion o f Deeds Stadium and training quarters which constitute one of the most beautiful and com- plete athletic plants in the state. The stadium was turned over to the university in the fall of 1922, and an additional baseball diamond is in a state of development at present. Dr. Ambrose Swasey, of ' ' ' a7.«r.A; ' ' .f o .?. ' ' X ' ? ' ' ' ' ' Cleveland, has been one of the [21]

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Rival Girls ' Schools Official. % ! 1 1 1 1 1 c » i 1 1 C! 1 t While the Bap- tists were spon- soring the Col- lege on the Hill, down in the village there were two rival girls ' schools: The Young Ladies ' Institution, or Upper Sem, and the Granville Female Academy, or Lower Sem. Both were later absorbed by the university. The upper sem was housed on the present Shepardson campus where one of the original buildings still remains. This building stands today as the oldest building erected west of the Alleghenies for the education of women. The lower The Formation of the University the eastern part of the village on the site which is now occupied by the Granville Inn. This school was first man- aged by the Presbyterians. Later, when for a period Gran- ville became an important Episcopal center, that denomi- nation took over the Gran- ville Female Academy. It was finally sold to the Baptists and incorporated later (1860) with Shepardson College. In 1900 Shepardson College and Granville College and the Doane Academy were incorporated as Denison University. In the period following the Civil War the institution grew more rapidly. The endowment fund was doubled, reaching the sum of one hundred thousand dollars and several buildings were added to the equipment. The curricu- lum was extended, and the fac- ulty and students increased in number. In 1879, the late Dr. W. Howard Doane presented Doane Hall, now used for the University Library. This building is the oldest academic tiflll on fhf- pamniis Left— Shepardson College at the time of the Civil War; Right— Gr Ildll UIl llie LdllipUb. College in the period immediately following the Civd War. uiarv: Upper Ru ht — Episcopal Granville Baptist College; Post Civil War Development [20]

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Swasei s generous and far-seeing of the donors to the university. The Swasey Gifts Observatory, given in 1909, a building of surpassing beauty which con- tains astronomical instruments of highest precision, and the Swasey Chapel, which was dedicated in the spring of 1924, one of the most beautiful college religious edifices in the country, are his gifts. ft:- Dcnison aftei 1900, before the Greater Vci [22]