Miami University - Recensio Yearbook (Oxford, OH)

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ATMOSPHERE The Alumni library drenched with sunlight, topped by Heecy clouds in a blue sky, and bordered with foliage symbolizes the combination of forces that create a certain something about Miami. WlSHIIlIIlBII ' ' WESTEM UNION ADMINISTRATORS 6 I'. M. THURSDAY, MARCH 28 . . . . . . ' Tho A:l.minish-atlivc Colum-illglodh: deeitfleld loI cslond lllc A WClCOrne Cdlct, by one group Of Mlaml,s admlnlstratlon. '?:??:iszz'c:::.-:;;.l..:.:':. .::f - ' - - - - - ::::::I;.IIIS'F3'I;1IHLHI pl'lclviously lwvlllisliulml llhul tialswls xtoiil'ii ThEIr mUItltUde Of aCtIVl-tles 1n the In tereSt Of the StUdents resume on April 8. Classes on 'l'uvsduywi menus, usual, Ihc mum.mungm. 2:33:23:T ' V seldom comes so objectively into the notice of the student I m- . E MIAMI STLDENT ' . body as this one did. GRADUATES OF DISTINCTION A lengthy item in QCXths Who,, speaks definitely of a man having distinction; to gain recognition among one hundred twenty million. Many Miami graduates have this coveted notice. , UNDERGRADUATES OF PROMINENCE A candidate for oHice receives publicity concerning his ac- complishments. This man with his long list of activities represents, as typical, the active studentsi possibilities. jlw $a5iifle4

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SILENTLY AND INEVITABLY THE SUN RISES EACH MORNING. IT COMES A BENEV- OLENT SPIRIT DISPELLING DARKNESS. SEND- ING ITS RADIANT BEAMS TO CALL EVERY MAN BACK TO THE WORKADAY WORLD. ALL THROUGH THE DAY IT SHINES DOWN UPON UNHEEDING MAN. WORKING BUSILY IN ITS LIGHT. ON THE MIAMI CAMPUS THE SUN- LIGHT COMES FILTERING THROUGH THE LEAVES TO POUR IN WARM POOLS OF LIGHT ON THE SLANT WALK. THE PILLARS OF THE GATEWAY. THE PORTALS OF THE BUILDINGS. AND THE HURRYING STUDENTS. AND AS THE SUN QUIETLY ILLUMINATES ALL OUR DAYS, SO FROM THE WORK OF MIAMI ADMINISTRA- TORS, THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF HER PROMI- NENT STUDENTS. THE TRADITIONS AND BEAUTY OF HER CAMPUS. A SUBTLE INSPIRA- TION SHEDS ITS RADIANCE INTO OUR LIVES AND UNCONSCIOUSLY LEADS US ON. + s u B T L E Jngfizazliong

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?Vinds whisper through ivies that my and sway Under the weight of age-old memories And a glorious jbast . . . Q JHE step of Harrison. What a wealth of tradition is suggested by the deep hollow that has been worn in it. For the many eager students who in the course of a cen- tury and a quarter have trod upon it, it has symbolized the threshold of the halls of learning. 9U In 1824 Harrison Hall was the only building of Miami University. In it were housed all the activities of the col- lege and the students also lived in it. In the Philadelphia Register and Na- tional Record of June 12, 1819, we find this description by a contemporary: The college is a large building of brick; it contains twelve rooms, one of which is oc- cupied as a library, another as a meeting house; the other ten are occupied by the students of whom, the last session there were twenty-two.,, We can picture the college men of those early days who had come by horseback, by canal boat, and by the lumbering Oxford stage in quest of knowledge at Miami University. And this university they found to be comprised of one building, the one evidence of civilization in the midst of forests, dense and black, with the stillness of their solitudes seldom broken save for the war-whoop of savages? In the Literary Register of October 20, 1819, we read that on October 19 of that year candles had to be lighted at the Sunday noon dinner because the air was so darkened by the enormous quantity of smoke arising from the surround- ing woods. This is evidence that these forests were a favors ite haunt of the Indians.