Ohio State University - Makio Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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UITE boundless are the possibilities of Education here-both liberal and technical. From the glorious ease Cas the engineers are wont to call itj of Arts, Philosophy, and Science to the intricacies of Engineering, whether it be. chemical, civil, electrical, mining, or mechanical, Cthis string of possibilities is said to be the chief charmj from back-to-nature Agriculture and the dainty dabblings of Domestic Science, to aristocratic Architecture, Ceramics and Industrial Arts, from the imposing hypotheses of Law to the stern realities of Veterinary lVIedicine-Ohio State is on hand with the opportunity. Let the would-be student but reach forth his hand and choose. ' 9' UT Qtell it in softest accentsj our opportunities are not alone for B studious application. lt has been said that Ohio State has every- thing that could be called an Organization, from a club for the study of I-Iow to Raise Lettuce to a society for the perusal of De Maupassaut. But to enumerate, these organizations would fill a volume. The way for future literary achievements is paved-though not perhaps strewn with roses-by the excellent practice of strenuous efforts to make our weekly Diffusion of Light and our yearly Holding up of the Magic Mirror--successful. For those who are inclined to the study of other people's work, a tritie more famous than their own perhaps, there are numerous Literary Societies whose decorous proceedings are now and then fand in betweenj enlivened by a dance. - For those interested in language there are possibilities of conversing fluently on stated occasions with others just as proficient as themselves. Even English, in the use of which Prexy would advise that we be more circumspect, may be practiced under the supervision of the heads of the depart- ment. Every imaginable branch of work from Political Science to Pharmacy has its followers organized. In the world of music, not only ambitious but eminent--Ohio State is being made famous by a Band, Girls' Glee Club, an Orchestra, a Men's Glee Club, and a Quartette. It has been suggested that a combination of them all would be divine. Doubtless. The Strollers and the Circle Francais are also glorifying the name of Alma Mater in the esteem of the world. In dramatic achievement they rival any All-Star cast which ever appeared on American boards. The Senior Society, known quite properly as the Sphinx, and the Junior Society called Cperhaps with equal appropriate- ness-we don't knowj the Bucket and Dipper, are the bright particular stars to which all upper classmen are wont to hitch their little red wagons. OCIAL life at Ohio State resembles the dizzy, but undeniably delightful, whirl of high society in an old world capital. The long round of Boniires, Sings, Receptions, Bat I-Iops, Proms, Informals, Spreads and the like culminates in Senior Week, which is guaranteed to bestow on the most accustomed that feeling of delicious languor, the morning after, which is said to be the greatest charm of the social whirl. All time that is not consumed in general collegiate affairs is kindly filled up by the fraterni- 10

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RETROSPECTIVE 1 t giving to each state an endowment of land foi educational puiposcs, we have the dawn of that movcmcnt which had culnn -1:-4:2 ' N i':L'.5f -gf.?1?f-Y!- v313?3'f: nated in our Alma Mater of today. VVhen the State took the -':::,i,: zz, ROM the day in 1862 when President Lincoln approved a certain ,1C.. '.- Us 5- 1 A , x - -, sv' 1 matter up and established an Agricultural and Mechanical College of Ohio, things were beginning to move. And when in 1878 the institution was reorganized and 1'Cl1Z1l1lCCl the Ohio State University. real history began. l'1'og1'ess, 1'rosperity, Promise, have been written into its annals from that day to this. From a struggling, more or less neglected, little college of 1873, it has risen to be the pride of Ohio and a mecca for students from all over the globe. Cosmopolitan we must call it, for there is scarce a land unrepresented, from sunny japan around the world again to Russia's Empire. S the broader view of the State's relation to education has grown, Ohio State has been more and more bountifully provided lor. Among its alumni some of the highest State officials have worked and planned and urged with eloquence unquelled and ardor undimmed that Ohio State might be the recipient of wondrous favors. New colleges have come into being, new halls have been erected, new pursuits engaged in, 'till in all our three hundred and forty-Eve acres there is not a bit too much for State's multifarious activities. 9

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