Denison University - Adytum Yearbook (Granville, OH)

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The Board of irustees ln i832 The legislaTure oT Ohio granTed a charTer which creaTed The Board oT TrusTees oT Denison UniversiTy aT Granville, Ohio. Each year Twelve alumi are elecTed To The Board Tor a Term oT Three years. Of The ThirTy-six members, Two are chosen by The alumni and The resT by The Board iTselT. They are men oT broad busi- ness and proTessional experience and come Trom all secTions oT The counTry. On April l7, 1936, Miss Prudence Sherwin was elecTed as The TirsT woman member oT The Board oT TrusTees. This spring anoTher woman, Mrs. Lorena Woodrow Burke oT New York CiTy, was elecTed. OTher TrusTees elecTed To The Board in l936 and I937 are: C. E. Richards oT Columbus. Dr. KirTley MaTher oT NewTon CenTer, Massa- chuseTTs, l-l. W. T. Collins oT CincinnaTi, and Mr. Thomas B. Fordham oT DayTon. The Board oT TrusTees losT a loyal supporTer in C. F. Burke who died This winTer. His loyalTy To Denison will never be TorgoTTen by Those who knew him. ln i936 Tive valuable TrusTees were losT in The persons oT Dr. J. L. Cheney, W. D. Chamberlin, l-l. l-l. FeighT, F. P. Beaver and Edward Canby. The Cleveland TrusT Company aids in The in- vesTing oT The Tunds under The able leadership oT Mr. l-l. C. Royal oT Cleveland who is Chairman oT The Finance CommiTTee. Much oT The deTail work oT The Board is done by The ExecuTive CommiTTee oT which Mr. A. M. Colby oT MansTield is chairman. Mr. D. E. Green, a prominenT aTTorney oT Cleve- land, is chairman oT The Board and Colonel F. A. Deeds oT New York is vice-chairman in cooperaTion wiTh W. P. Beck oT PiTTsburgh. Dr. Millard BrelsTord is secreTary and gs oTTiEes are locaTed on The second Tloor oT The Alumni building on Broadway in ranvi e. - The DesTiny oT Denison program Tor which The TrusTees have given boTh Their valuable Time and Tinancial supporT is receiving The enThusiasTic supporT OT all Denison alumni. The TirsT sTep in The program was The building of a new library which is nearing compleTion, and is expecTed To be ready Tor use when college opens in The Tall. Dr. BrelsTord deserves a greaT deal oT crediT Tor his excellenT work in The capaciTy oT secreTary oT The Board oT TrusTees. STanding, lefT To righT: Fred D. Barker, Rev. Charles Lyon Seasholes, Percy L. Wilfsee, Henry A. STouT, Harry C. Royal, Willard D. Chamberlin ldeceasedl, Charles F. Burke Tdeceasedl, Frank B. Amos, G. HerberT Shorney, Howard Lewis, and Ellis P. Legler. Seaiedz Francis W. Shepard- son, Professor Osman C. Hooper, Rev. TilesTon F. Chambers, W. Porfer Beck, David E. Green, PresidenT Avery A. Shaw, and Millard Brelsford. Page Eighteen

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Dr. Avery A. Shaw Dresident Dr. Avery A. Shaw became Presidenr ol N Denison Universiry in l927. l-le was born in Nova Scoria and received his Bachelor of Aris degree from Acadia College, Nova Scolia. l-le now has degrees from Rochesler Theological Seminary, McMas- rers and Bucknell College. Before coming ro Denison, Dr. Shaw was paslor of The Emmanuel Church in Brooklyn, New York, for lhirleen years. In 1934-35 he received The honor of being elecred Presidenl of The Norfhern Bapiisl Convenfion. l-le is a rruslee al lhe presem' 'rime of Rochesler Divinily School and is in Who's Who in America and President ol: American Colleges and Universilriesf' Because of his friendliness and symparheric undersianding he has Jraken a place in 'rhe hearl of every Denison sludenr. l-le has a keen inleresi in each sludenl which has made him an iniegral parl of campus life. There is norhing so enioyalole as an evening spenl wilh 'rhe Shaws, for Jrheir charming home is always open To Jrhe slrudenrs and is a haven for lhose in Search of advice, sympalhy and hospilaliry. We regrer 'rhe numerous organizarions Thar rake Dr. Shaw away from us al various Times during The year bur he always relrurns ro rhe while house nexl ro fhe chapel. Denison has reached new heighrs under lhe guidance ol our loved Presidenr and we hope for Irs conlinuance for years +o come. Page lViPli8fEL'll