Miami University - Recensio Yearbook (Oxford, OH)

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When Miami was very young, old Main building was the mainstay of the campus. For a time it was the first and only building Miami had. Over a hundred years later, however, Old Main is still important to the Miami cam- pus, and to the university itself. It has changed its name to the more dignified Harrison Hall, after another old name of Miami's past and indeed America's past as well. Its face has changed little however. Its steps are hollowed by the passing feet of many generations of Miamians, some of the plaster falls occasionally, fountains grow old and are replaced by new. The old bell still peals. Though replaced partially by the bells in the new carillon, it still hurries tardy students to class by announcing that it is ten minutes after the hour. Our Harrison hall has seen many an interesting bit of Miami history unfold- ed. lt was a focal point in the Snowball rebellion in 1847, when in protest to the administration's general attitude the students rolled snowballs, and all sorts of debris against the doors of Harrison. Also in Harrison, in what is now the University Commons, was founded Beta Theta Pi, in 1839, the first of three fraternities founded on this campus, now known nationally as the Miami Triad. Because of its great and historic past, as an integral part of the setting of Miami University, we dedicate this, the 1942 Recensio to Harrison Hall.