Miami University - Recensio Yearbook (Oxford, OH)

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DAVID S. TAPPAN A recognized authority on church history and law, Pres- ident Tappan made known his interest in youth and education by using his influence in the formation of a state normal school in connection with the university. SCHOOL OE EDUCATION, PAGE 43 GUY P. BENTON President Benton's interest in the educational policy for Ohio was evidenced when summer school was started at the university. During his administration the YWCA came to campus and the Alumni Library was built. Also the plans for the celebration of the Miami Centennial were his. SORORITIES, PAGE 249 RAYIX10ND M. HUGHES It was President Hughes that installed a science of college administration. A growth of the student body demanded an enlargement of the campus which resulted in the building of Irvin, Ogden and Wells Halls plus the Observatory and the Industrial Arts Building. ORGANIZATION,S GROWTH, PAGE 119 ALFRED H. UPHAM A Under President Upham's guidance, the university was kept unified and constantly kept on with its broadening development. His contributions to the entire educational philosophy of Miami cannot be measured-he first arrived in a horse and buggy and lived to dedicate the Miami Airport. SCHOOL OE BUSINESS AND FINE ARTS, PAGES 52, 63 ERNEST H. HAHNE Knowing that humanity has yet to create social institutions more influential than its colleges and universities, Dr. Hahne has taken up the one unified objective of the fourteen be- fore him, the advancement of the welfare of Miami and its students. REVIEW, PAGE I2 fp ., I leg-LQ S 7 Lx I. 6'Z,X , ,, X KQ V15 Ta ff f c ,Q X -4' xii xx -.0 2 x ,. ,ff fx CQLQ .. 4, 'y .M , iff 1,1 -ee fv'ag6, 7 ,qfai it ' WW? 4 ui r. ' x, Ill, . fy ft, IWW gf. of ' ,gc x xx 's , l ,. 1--A M we rkiaf f I ' Kimxx :fl fi-ef H in It K , X K f ff 2 ,V i HA X H, is I 1 X i 'X' V Q X ,' fy X 1' 'XX Ti ' Zrsx if Z lr -f 1 7 W 4 f W t. XX fad ,.,.a-- I I ', X4 l , ffl 1 'li U 'I X xx xii, if fy f xx, . sf f ? ' A XC' 1 A er M., Q u 1 A 24,

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THE PRE IDENT' MESSAGE T This volume of The RECENSIO becomes C1 permonenT record of The liTe of Old lvliomi Tor The cicodemic yeor lf?-46-47. IT is symbolic oT The beciuTy ond spiriT of The Almci lvloTer which inspired The desire To honor her. The life of lviiomi sTudenTs is one of ocTion. In The processes oT educciTion sTudenTs opply Themselves in mony diTTerenT woysz They sTudy, They ploy, They promoTe exTro-curriculor ocTiviTies, They exercise iudgemenT in The monogemenT cind odvoncemenT of The mony sTudenT orgcinizoTions, They brooden Their minds in The clossrooms, They Trolic in poliTics, They compeTe in oThelTics ond sporTs, They issue publicoTions, ond They pc1rTicipoTe in The sociol liTe of The UniversiTy. Cherished memories of sTudenT liTe will linger longer Thon much of The fleeTing sTore of inTormoTion civoiloble during The Trying hours of The Tinol course exominoTions. Even These memories musT be recorded so ThoT os These poges unfold in The disTonT TuTure The recol- lecTions of The TirsT posTwor college yecir moy be freshly renewed. This is The yeor when olmosT Three Thousond veTerons hove Turned from Their comps To This compus. VeTerons who were crowded in WiThrow CourT ond rehoused in The Lodges hove demonsTroTed o spiriT oT Toleronce ThoT is emblemc1Tic of The very spiriT ThoT hos mode boTh Miomi ond Americci greoT. FciculTy members, Too, who hove been ill-housed, conTronTed wiTh overlooded clossrooms, ond who, sTill Tired Trom The wcirTime Teoching bur- dens, hove corried on overwhelming posTwor peoceTime loods, hove dem- onsTroTed The some spiriT oT persisTenT Toleronce ond splendid cooperoTion. Yeor ciTTer yeor sTudenTs come ond go. BuT compus scenes remoin The some os spring redecoroTes The buildings, ond The russeTs of ciuTumn cover The Old SlonT Wolk. These scenes become o never-To-be-TorgoTTen porT of Old Miami. This volume of The RECENSIO odds onoTher hisToricol yeor To The record of The rich heriToge of The pdsT, reveols Tolercince, reverence, humiliTy, humor, couroge, ond poTrioTism, reTlecTs crediT upon The sToTT ond upon Old Miomi, porfroys The enlighTened ochievemenTs idenTiTied wiTh Those ideols Tor which Tormer sTudenTs, ToculTy, ond TrusTees hove sTriven, ond odds new evidence of love ond honor To Mioimi. ErnesT H. Hohne, PresidenT