Ohio Northern University - Northern Yearbook (Ada, OH)

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NORTHERN 1907 Ohio Northern University’s greatest scholar a nd teacher, Dr. Wilfred E. Binkley, died cf a heart attack December 9,1965. while monitoring a final examination in Dukes Building. The eighty-two-year-old scholar spent most (f his life in the class¬ room. After graduating from Ohio Northern in 1908, Dr. Binkley taught in the Allen County public school system until joining the uni¬ versity faculty in 1920. With leaves (f absence, Dr. Binkley also taught at Ohio State; Bowling Green; Teachers College, Columbia University; and assisted in establishing Biarritz American University in France under the auspices cf the United States A rmy. Among the many honors awarded to Dr. Binkley were listings in Who’s Who in America and Who ' s Who in American Education and the first Ful bright Lectureship to Oxford University, England, in 1949. Books published by Dr. Binkley include Problems and Exercises in American Government, Powers of the President, The Man in the White House, The President and Congress, American Political Parties: Their Natural History, The Presidency, and Grammar of American Politics. Dr. Binkley served as a member cf the Ada Municipal court for 14 years, 1936-1949, and was elected to a term as mayor cf Ada in 1952.

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From contrasting backgrounds students converge on Ohio Northern ' s campus each September. Entering for the first time,freshmen are initiated into dorm life by the tedious process cf moving in. Some are bewildered; others, confident. They bring suitcases and hairdryers, ideas and enthusiasm, the hopes of their parents and their own ambitious dreams.