Miami University - Recensio Yearbook (Oxford, OH)

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Presidents of the University Robert Hamilton Bishop, D. D., President 1824-1841. George Junkin, D. D., President, 1841-1844. John McArthur, President pro tempore, 1844-1845. Erasmus D. McMaster, D. D., L. L. D., President, 1845-1849. William C. Anderson, D. D., President, 1849-1854. Orange Nash Stoddard, President, pro tempore, 1854. John w. Hall, D. D., President, 1854-1866. Robert Livingston Stanton, D. D., President, 1866-1871. Andrew Dousa Hepburn, D. D., L. L. D., President, 1871-1873. Robert White McFarland, D. D., President, 1885-1888. Ethelbert Dudley Warfleld, D. D., L. L. D., President, 1888-1891. William Oxley Thompson, D. D., L. L. D., President, 1891-1899. William Jasper McSurely, D. D., President, pro tempore 1899. David Stanton Tappan, D. D., L. L. D., President, 1899-1902. Guy Potter Benton, D. D., L. L. D. President, 1902-1911. Edgar Ewing Brandon, University D., Acting President, 1909-1910. Raymond Molyneaux Hughes, M. 8., President, 1911.

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entered chapel. There are accounts of dismissal for no less a cause than to be found idle in their rooms, and in one instance a group of young men was dropped from the roll for barring the class room door, and not attending class, in which case the instructor escaped from personal attack thru a back window. But from those classes went men to become future presidents of their country, congressmen, governors, ministers, authors, men of law and learning. Those pioneer men, despite the hard life they lead, were interested in literary pursuits, and immediately after the opening of school were founded the literary societies of Miami Union, tDecember, 18241, and Erodelphian, Uanuary, 182 5; It was the rivalry between these two organizations, and the struggles within themselves that gave rise to the fraternal organizations of Beta Theta Pi, Phi Delta Theta, and Sigma Chi. So nourished the Yale of the West until the first fire of the guns of the Civil War echoed thru the hills and met the ears of Miami students and faculty. An antagonism soon arose which was a blow to Miami as an institution, and the young heroes of both sides rushed to the defense of their home lands. A faculty resolution of September, 1861, read: 8Resolved that if any student openly expressed sentiments of sympathy with the so-called Southern Confederacy, or of hostility to the legitimate government of the United States he shall for this offense immediately be dismissed. 8 Many students were dropped, and in 1862, thirty-three students enlisted for the defense of their country, and took Professor McFarland as their captain. The institution did not have sufficient revenues, and Old Miami closed her doors in 1873. Miami then entered a period of reconstruction by opening her halls for learning once more in 1885, and she rose in standing and rank to the best of institutions of her kind. In 1887 women were admitted to the College of Liberal Arts, and in 1902 the Ohio State Teachers,College, giving a two year course, was added. In 1914 courses for the training of high school teachers were established leading to a degree of Bachelor of Science in Education. We know Miami of today, and with a past as she holds, we cannot help but be proud to pass thru her halls, and call her Alma Mater.

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RAYMON D MOLYNEAUX HUGHES Presideni of M iami Universzty