Ohio Northern University - Northern Yearbook (Ada, OH)

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTED BY THE CONFERENCE Inittis Exitus 1899 Hon. S. A. Hoskins AM.Columbus. 1921 1913 Mr. Joseph H. Edwards . Leipsic. 1921 1811 Mr. George E. Whitney .Marysville. 1921 1898 Rev. D. H. Bailey. D.D. Kenton, 1922 1907 Mr. S. A. Bowman . Celina. 1922 1917 Rev. C. E. Schenk . Cincinnati. 1922 1913 Rev. William A. Wiant. D.D.Springfield. 1923 1913 Rev. james R. Colley. D.D. Greenfield 1923 1905 Hon. John H. Clark. LL.B. Marion. 1923 1914 Rev. Cyrus M. Van Pelt. D.D. . Cincinnati. 1924 1918 Rev. William E. Putt. D.D. . Cincinnati. 1924 1918 Mr. Edgar J. Brookiiart. LL.B. Celina. 1924 1910 Mr. S. D. Hazlett . Ada. 1925 1915 Mr. H. E. Meyers . Springfield. 1925 1919 Mr. W. W. Morrall .Morral, 1925 ELECTED BY ALUMNI 1918 Dr. Austin S. McKitrick .Kenton, 1923 1919 Hon. John F. Kramer. LL.B. Mansfield, 1924 1910 Rev. J. Wesley Hill. D.D., LL.D. N. Y. City. 1925 1916 Hon. Frank B. Willis, LL.D. Washington. D. C. 1926 1922 Robinson G. jones. A.M., Ped.D. Cleveland. 1927 AT LARGE. ELECTED BY THE TRUSTEES 1911 Hon Henry Clews. Ph.D., LL.D. N. Y. City 1917 Dr. George Franklin Getty . Los Angeles. Calif. 1920 Ralph Parlette. Litt.D.Chicago. 111. 1920 Benjamin A. Gramm. M.A. Lima. Ohio 1920 Bishop William F. Anderson .Cincinnati, Ohio Deceased. Page Eighteen

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HISTORICAL SKETCH On April 9, 1866, Henry Solomon Lehr began his life work in Ada when he opened the spring term of the village school The Ohio Northern University had its origih as a select school November 12, 1866, when Henry Solomon Lehr became its only instructor of fifty-six students. The select school lasted five years till the fall of 1871 Subscriptions from the citizens of Ada erected the first building for the new school, known as the Ohio Northwestern Normal School, the first term beginning August 14, 1871. During the years of the select school only one Literary Society, the Ciceronian, was organized in 1866, The old Ciceronian Literary Society gave way to two others, organized August IS, 1871, and known as the Franklin and Philomathean Literary Societies, On September 3, 1880, a third Literary Society, known as the Adelphian Literary Society, was organized. Besides the regular normal and college work penmanship, bookkeeping, science of gov¬ ernment, parliamentary law,—not found in the old college,—and surveying were offered at this time In the second year of the Normal School, English was added to the course. In the third year there were ten teachers and three Literary Courses: Normal, Scientific, and Classical. In the school year of 1875-76 the Normal School then located at Fostoria, Ohio, was bought by and incorporated in the Normal at Ada. In ■the ninth year, 1879-80, a Fine Arts Department was added. In the tenth year are found the new departments of Stenography, Mechanical Engineering, Architectural Drawing, and Elocution. The increase in enrollment over the previous year was forty-five per cent, the result of increased facilities. In the year 1883-84 was started the course in Civil Engineering and Architecture. In the spring of 1885 the school expanded its name in keeping with its growth, and on May 21, 1885, it became a corporate body under the name of Ohio Normal University in order that it might lawfully confer degrees. In that year the College of Law was added and in 1886 the College of Pharmacy, with Charles Ashbrook as Dean, was established. Won¬ derful strides were made during the school year of 1885-86. In 1884-85 the military department was begun and three companies were organized. The United States Government recognized the institution and appointed Lieut. Roberts as commandment The name of the school was changed on July, 28, 1903, to Ohio Northern University, thus preserving the old initials of O, N. U, In September, 1898,the Central Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church contracted to buy the University but the sale was not completed until in August, I $99, Dr. Leroy A. Belt succeeded Dr. Lehr as President of the school in 1901, Dr, Belt resigned in 1905 and Rev r Albert Edwin Smith was elected. He had many difficulties to solve but won back the old friends of the school, and Dr. Lehr was elected president emeritus. Northern has gone on to greater things, and with the added facilities that the present building program will give, the prospects for Ohio Northern were never brighter. Page Seventeen

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CALENDAR 1922 FALL QUARTER September 11, Monday . September 12. Tuesday . September 13, Wednesday . November 20 to November 24. November 28, Tuesday . . ,Entrance Examinations .Registration Day (8:30 A. M.) Classes Begin . .Preregistration Week (5 :0O P. M.) Fall Quarter Ends WINTER QUARTER December 4, Monday . December 5, Tuesday . December 15, Friday .. December 22, Friday . January 3, Wednesday . February 19 to February 23 March 2, Friday . .Entrance Examinations and Registration . (8:30 A. M.) Classes Begin (5 :00 P. M.) Christmas Vacation for Pharmacy Students Only . (5:00 P. M.) Christmas Vacation Begins 1923 . (7:00 A. M.) Christmas Vacation Ends . .Preregistration Week .Winter Quarter Ends SPRING QUARTER March 5, Monday .Entrance Examinations and Registration March 6, Tuesday . (8:30 A. M.) Classes Begin May 11, Friday . Junior-Senior Day May 14 to May 18 .Preregistration Week May 20, Sunday .Baccalaureate Day May 21, Monday . .Class Day May 22, Tuesday .Alumni Day May 22, Tuesday . (9:30 A. M.) Annual Meeting of Board of Trustees May 23, Wednesday . Commencement Day SUMMER QUARTER May 2% Monday . .Entrance Examinations and Registration May 29, Tuesday . (8:30 A. M.) Classes Begin July 6, Friday .First Special Summer Term Ends July 9, Monday . .Second Special Summer Term Begins July 30 to August 3 .Preregistration Week August 11, Saturday.Summer Quarter and Second Special Summer Term Ends FALL QUARTER September 10, Monday . Entrance Examinations September 11, Tuesday .Registration Day September 12, Wednesday .(8 :30 A. M.) Classes Begin Page Nineteen