Miami University - Recensio Yearbook (Oxford, OH)

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i' N kr, 6 In s S Among The marchers in The groTesque procession which preceded The Burning of The Logic in l856, was a young Deke scholar desTained Tor inTernaTional Tame. The man was VVhiTelaw Reid, who worked his way To The ediforship of The New York Tribune and was laTer appointed The Ambassador To The CourT of ST. James. While Thy sons have quesfed from Thee, Among The mosT gifTed educaTional adminisTraTors in The Unifed STaTes Today is Grayson Kirk, Class of l924, who is currenTly presidenT of New York's Columbia UniversiTy. Mr, FooTball, is a TiTle apTly applied To Coach Paul Brown of The Cleveland Browns, Tor he has led his Team To conference cham- pionships in Twelve ouT of fourTeen consecuTive aTTempTs. Brown, a Miamian of The class of l93O, TirsT achieved naTional Tame as head menTor aT Ohio STaTe UniversiTy.

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Thou hast watched the decades roll. Hiram Powers' famous bust of Miami's first president, Robert Hamilton Bishop, adorned the wall of the old Erodelphian Literary Hall. After the disbandment of the society in the l92O's, the bust was mounted in the reading room of the Library to look over lvliamians in future decades. On a bright afternoon in January, l908, lVliami's only large fire swept the interior of the newly opened Hepburn Hall. Daily inspirational services were held in Bishop Chapel, located on the second floor of Old Main, until 1928 when the student body could no longer squeeze into the room. Black umbrellas: popular in the early l900's, tradition by 1959. ..

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