Denison University - Adytum Yearbook (Granville, OH)

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Q Q UT H75 if A rise'-lr M .Ula El lf , Luton .r.D3'J. -. firlngircizmmjmtwirn'urifii.1Er:rCU:Erln1T1tUiiTCD3JtiE7:?1THTQ,D:w:LIr'1c:p7a:'ri,::iCfr viiCfii':ibi2'TniI'V' 1 1 ll lla l fl l into a period of distinct prosperity with an enlarged library of 12,000 Volumes. good buildings, , ., Q or la 2 l l l l 4 l l I 1 l 1 fl.. V' 1 1 4 la E ll 1,- il l Li J lil ,i rl j I ffl E1 Q 'si ll 3 Q 1 H I' 1. li i L V l rl 1 1 V .gl ,i L ,- ,4 . ,QI l '1 endowment of S300,000, and a full faculty. New buildings, a still greater endoiwment, and the consolidation of Shepherdson college with the university were achievements during the presidency of Dr. Galusha Anderson, 1887- l889, and of Dr. D. B. Purinton, 1890-1900. Further addition of buildings and general enlargement were the features of the administra- tion of the Rev. Emory W. Hunt, D.D., LL.D., now president of Bucknell, who worked un- tiringly for Denison the first twelve years of the new century. Cleveland Hall, Swasey Observa- toiry, Doane Gymnasium, and Stone Hall were added, while the east and west men's dormitor- ies were refitted, the basements of Doane and Talbot were rebuilt into laboratories, and walks, steps, and the plaza constructed. Dr. Hunt was a man among men, and was held in ine respect by the students. . Dr. Clark Wells Chamberlain, the next president, served from 1912 until 1925. Born on a small Ohio farm, educated at Doane Academy and Denison, Dr. Chamberlain came to be one of the great physicists of the time. He held the Chair of Physics at several large institutions before he was called back to his Alma Mater, where first he taught, then became treasurer, and Hnally' president. The campus was enlarged, Deeds Field added, Swasey Chapel and Beaver and Sawyer Halls built during his tenure of office. Although not a president, Bunyan Spencer, A.M., D.D., did such notable work for the school in the following two years, as acting president, that he has won for himself a warm spoft in the hearts of true Denisonians. He stepped into, and filled acceptably, the gap between the Chamberlain and Shaw administrations. gaining the unqualified support of both students and faculty. On February 1, 1927, Denison students and faculty were afforded the first privilege of seeing and hearing the man who was a few months later to assume the highest position in school affairs. In a splendid chapel address, Dr. Avery Albert Shaw committed himself in such a way as to win every student for him. With the opening of school this fall, elaborate plans were made for the inauguration of Dr. Shaw as president of Denison. Besides homecoming alumni, representatives from the major colleges and universities were on hand for the processional and the program. In his masterful discourse on the Christian College of Liberal Arts, Dr. Shaw outlined his program for Deni- son in the future, pledging his best. Later in the day, a pageant and dinner were outstanding events. It cannot be said that Dr. Shaw s work lies in the future for he has already established himself as a leader and friend, a wise counsellor, and a Christian executive. His untiring wo-rk in leaving nothing undone vouches for the safety of Denison's future. ig' li l 355 W yy 6 V, l X I .ff 1 Qi. KEN? ' Ili l lg. g 1 , l ' v l. up ll iq l .1 w . l ivifZ7FFl7'2,4fii4- 133-5-LL -,llliewm-3-15lll'lI5Vl'1lJ3-513353 UU 5 '7I J11l31ElE5-LL:lTf'7?5f'T'i'...',L'g,:l,: ifs. 1 W ' Turf 11.,,.,,f1i f1 . We g-Milking - , , ,t ., X, ss. ,-ny' trip' ,s W, ....Y aff-Y-Af---A f--f- 1' lf, , f, , if to it if e D Page Nineteen

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1 , H1 1,.1 1 . 1 1 1'1 f., 11- 1. 11 1 .1 'TZ' 11 EPT itll ay' ut not Dov ll Q 2 6 . ' -1?FF1?Ef'Ei?5iEcE3f'zt5:15f1:c1':fQi 4211:cQ:1n 1 - 1 1 T. DEED. EDT' J lg i I '11 1 . 1 ,, 51 1 wi -1 11 11.17 E1 11 1? Presidents off' Denison 11 11 3-11 Q1 LMOST a century ago, in 1830, when members of the Ohio Baptist Educational Society gm rl!! .9,,.. saw the need for a denominational institution in the state, the farm of one Simeon Allyn. fizifu ilvixf located on the Columbus road a mile southwest of Granville, was selected as a favorable site and was purchased for 353400. The farm house was enlarged, but bzfore the work was W ,111 completed a fire destroyed the structure. The trustees were undaunted by this severe setback, and gil 'll 13111 very soon afterward men were at work rebuilding the college home. rf 1' ' if To this humble setting came the Rev. John Pratt, the first president. Classes were begun '51 ji on December 13, 1831, being accommodated in the unfinished Baptist church. Pratt is char- JN 11 will acterized in historical sketches as being of rapid mental operations and able in languages. 1121 Thirty-seven students, from Granville and abroad , composed the total enrollment. The fol- I lowing year, on February 2, the institution was incorporated as Granville Literary and Theologi- -' ll 1151 cal Institution. U 1 111 t 1 1 11111 - V 11 1111.1 Mr. Pratt continued as president of the youthful school until 1837, when he resigned fl ll, to1 become an instructor, the Rev. Jonathan Going, D. D., filling his vacancy. Dr. Going was 1 a town man, well-liked, and of a generous personality. His death in 1844 left the school with- 1 ll' out a leader for two years. ln 1845, the name Granville College was legally affixed, replacing TQ the old title. 2 1111 . . . . . . . . . 11 111-1 During the administration of the Rev. Silas Bailey, D.D., LL.D., which continued until 1 1852, 150 acres of land were sold and the trustees departed somewhat from the idea of a theo- Cx 1 1 logical school. Dr. Bailey was foremost of the early presidents tol press the need of a larger E 1 endowment. He was called from Granville to become president of Franklin College in Indiana. 1' lf. if 11 1115 The Rev. Jeremiah Hall accepted the call to the presidency in 1852, and three years later, with the completion of a magnificent new building on the present college hill, the institution 1' lgljl was moved to town. A year later a change in name was made to Denison University, in honor L1 W1 of William S. Denison of Adamsville, donor of 310.000 .I 1 ' Under the able leadership of the Rev. Samson Talbot, D.D., president from 1863 until his death in June, 1873, Denison's first real endowment was provided. Up until his work 3 11 H4 began, 375,000 had been acquired and of that only 335,000 had been spent during 32 years 2 1 '1 'I . I 111-f' of existence. : ' 1 lslll 3 1 111 . . . , . . A P The following four years, the Rev. E. Benjamin Andrews served as president, during which ' ,gli time Doane Hall, the present library, was given b-y XV. H. Doane of Cincinnati. J ln the term of the Rev. A. Owen, D.D., from 1879 to 1886, the university' entered 1 'li 1 L ' 111-I ., .dililil . N... ZQJ '11 E1 '31 T11 . li. :F T113 1 I 1 1 1 1' 3 I 1g A 1 E111 H 1, 51- Y 1 ,fllii 121 -11 1 4 1131 ml iklj- wb' 11-1 .'1A1 I 1 'ill I 1 111- Q 1 11111 lf Q1 iii 11 omit 'i 1 'I'v'r'lT1 E1IVI17'1'T 1 TQ'1'r1T31EIm :5r lllillllllllllllllllllllllll llnll :nu Illlllll T 11- 1 14 ,, .... .. it .. -,Q ' ,f an 'nl I -f - - H gdik -1 1' TTT W' WTA - 'U , 'f , 1 ' 11.1 Q.- if --V SAV- --- L4.:i,f'fi'f.. 'ff' 1'-il 'flwf' TTT -Lili' Page Eighteen

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rl .1 :ii ii tfl L! 1 A :IF '1 i i Qi V4 EJ -il 1 ul -l 1 lil ,J fr -'N J U 1, , L, lil il fl llff . :ir l 9,1 H lr ,.. il -l fi 1.1 1. L. 1, 2 il V. -1 2-l C l .J X , o. ll ll 1 llama. .me eaf'tn.re.r.,3i ,,., t ' 511 ill ll ill la I-rw . N l E Dr. Avery Af. Shaw ,laffl ll l ill A Brief Biographical Sketch lil all E' l 4, R. AVERY A. SHAW was born in Waterville, Nova Scotia, on October ,l l 2, 1870, He attended Acadia college of Nova Scotia and received his A ggi master's degree in 1896. Following a two-year course at Rochester p ,WB Theological seminary, he became actively engaged in chuigch work. 6 Q T ll , .His first charge was the Baptist church of Windsor, Nova Scotia, but in ' ll il9,00, he changed to the Brookline, Mass., Baptist church, where he served .as pastor for four years. Prom 1907 to l9ll, he was pastor of the First Baptist Church of Winnipeg, Canada, and the following year he accepted the pastorate of the East End Baptist Church of Cleveland, where he remained for lil four years. He accepted the call to the Emmanuel Baptist Church of Brooklyn, HM J lvlgl N. Y., in 1914, where he was pastor until he became president of Denison university in l927. 'll l fr Q l ll A college of liberal arts, Dr. Shaw states, cannot compete with a grad- Fl My QE iuate school, but there is a real future for the liberal arts college such as we are ll producing. Pour years of liberal arts education is coming to be recognized as lll the best preparation and is being required by most professional schools. ij dx ll -li ll The Christian college of liberal arts, declares Dr. Shaw, will be a self- flilllll governing miniature of the societyfor which education seeks to train our youth. 5 1, ll l .Education is not training for life, it is life in training. Such a school as ours D I ll will be large enough to escape the dangers of intellectual snobbery and small ll enough for personal knowledge and intimate contacts among the students as gl 'well as between the students and the faculty. lt will include young men and li women from all classes in society who seek in its halls preparation for the com- il mon ways of life. Q 'f l The real problem' of today, says Dr. Shaw, is not lthese wild young ill people,' but these wild middle-aged people. Since he firmly believes that the W- x 1 lllfl future rests on the shoulders of youth, Dr. Shaw takes a far greater interest in ' Ni llxllil his contact with the personal problems of the students than he does in his ' i duties pertaining to the mere mechanical regulation o-f the university. lt isn't . IN l a question of our standardized curriculum, he declares, but of the inspiration yrlall, l, afforded by the institution. Not o-nly does Dr. Shaw believe in Greater -ji Denison, but he has a new slogan of Better Denison, and to that end he A' ill? is directing his efforts. - Tir all i is 1 lil l z..,fffal2QaiiJ.4Ll A :reef - :rpm ii Ari Page Twenty