Muskingum University - Muscoljuan Yearbook (New Concord, OH)

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- -ii Muskingum CA11 Indian word given in 1iilbourn's Gazetteer as meaning in the old Indian language 'an elk's eye' or the 'gleam of an elk's eye.' D A word for the present and future, yes, but to the student of things primeval it has a backward look as well, for it was familiar to the ear of the prehistoric inhabitants of Ohio. A century and a half ago this region had scarcely known the tread of a white manis foot. The Indian roamed at will with none to molest or make him afraid. Muskingum County was inhabited chieliy by Wyandottes and Delawares with a sprinkling of Senecas and Shawanese. The Indian towns were principally by the river side, the two chief ones being located at Duncan Falls and Dresden, respectively. In this period when Ohio was inhabited only by the sav- age tribe and the elk roamed these valleys and hills, the word lVluskingum was by no means unknown. To one for whom venison meant life,how pleasant must have been the word when breathed into the ear by a companion in the chase. Even the untutored savage could not have been insensible to its rhythmic charm. The Indian disappeared, borne down by the advancing tread of civilization, but he left to us a priceless legacy-Mus- kingum-dear to him, doubly dear to us. While the word is old, for it was familiar to the ear of the seventeenth century Indian, and very precious to the foun- ders, supporters, and students of Muskingum college during the nineteenth century, yet we feel it to word of the tW'entieth century. It is new suggests unmeasured possibilities. It is word, associated with the future, redolent to be. To the aborigines the word was suggestive of that which would sustain the physical life, to us it has been the most powerful factor in arousing and sustaining all that is best in the spiritual life. Let us, then, pass on the word to others who are to come. Let us, however, give it ,a fuller content and a wider reaching power. Ye, who worship at the shrine of Muskingum, pronounce the word, sing it until its beauty possesses your soul. Blessed art thou if thou hast caught its full significance and thrice blessed art thou if the Muskingum Spiriti' has worked its will to the full upon your character. be preeminently a in the sense that it a forward-looking of achievement yet CPage 53

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A DEDICATION JJ'-.99 As a trilaute to lmis service of over five years on tl'1e Faculty of Muskingum College, and as a token of the love and re- spect in which he is held lag? all time students, tliis Eleventh Volume of fume Muscoljuan is dedicated to Professor Jolm lrv3in Stewart HFC