Ohio Northern University - Northern Yearbook (Ada, OH)

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THE BEGINNING OF COLLEGE LIFE Page Twenty

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Proposed Lehr Memorial S a fitting and lasting monument to the labors of Doctor Lehr, the beautiful and massive Lehr Memorial will soon be erected on the campus at Ada, Ohio. During the past few years the plans for this building have been pushed steadily forward. In the near future, certainly not later than June or July next, the Memorial will pass from an abstract fancy into a concrete fact. In the year of 1907, the services of Rev. A. A. Thomas, an enthusiastic alumnus of the institution, were secured as Field and Fiscal Secretary; since that time he has been active in se¬ curing funds for this worthy project. To him also has been assigned the task of securing funds for the College Farm. The approaching annual commencement will bring with it the glad message that these two funds have reached a grand total of more than $70,000, offerings chiefly of the graduates and ex-students of the university. Especially is this true of the Lehr Memorial fund. Love and loyalty reach a high-water mark in giving to the Lehr Memorial. Since the last annual was issued, two persons have given $1,000 each to this fund; namely, E. W. Gilbert, of Los Angeles, and Kernan Robson, of Berkley, California. The President, Dr. A. E. Smith, has been authorized to commence the structure, and in keeping with this authority, sod was cut for this purpose on the old campus, October 26, 1912, since which time, according to the conditions of the contract, one-third of the individual subscriptions falls due; and several thousand dollars have already been paid into the treasury. The event of sod-cutting, which occured during the Lehr Memorial Jubilee week of October 23rd to 26th inclusive, was a very impressive one. It consisted of singing, a forceful address by Dr. Smith, and the turning of the sod by Dr. Smith. Dr. Lehr and Secretary Thomas. So it is easy to see that what once was thought to be impossible is now at the very door of the possible; and soon will be heard the glad chorus of hammer and saw, re-enforced by the click of the chisel and music of the trowel in the erection of this magnificient structure, not only as a valuable college asset to the Ohio Northern Univerity, but at the same time to perpetuate the life-work of the honored Founder of the Institution. Page Nineteen

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LIBERAL ARTS