Ohio State University - Makio Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Lawrence Lavbourne Sprmg ield Chairman of the Board Ecjbert Mack Sanduslo ' V ' ice ' C i iirtndn of the Board Carl Steeb Columbus Secretary of the Board John Kaiser Marietta Alma Paterson Culumbus Herbert Atkinson Columbus IiLirs Stone Columbus H rrv CaT(5N Coshocton I Ldurrcncc £. Layboume T WAS former President James H. Canfield, who epito- mised the fundamental purpose of the University in the words: The state h;is no material rest)urecs at all eom- parahlc with its citizens, and no hope of perpetuity except in the intelligence and intejjrity of its people. Dr. Canfield saw clearly, as all thoui;htfuI men must see, that the hope of an enlij;htened democracy lies in the educa- tion of its people. It holds true now, even more than in his day, that education consists not merely in the application of the arts and the sciences, but especially in an appreciation of the opportunities and responsibilities of citizenship. It is the high purpose of the University administration, so far as it is able, to foster the sort of education that makes for enlightened, responsive and responsible citizenship. Education means little unless It becomes an inherent part of the life of the individual and the community itself gains little if education merely adorns the individual like a spare part or an accessory. The selfish attitude of those who seek an education merely as a means of making a better living is to be deplored; such persons miss the whole point of higher education. In spite of the increasing em- phasis on material things, the primary purpose of education is still to afford a broader, richer, fuller life for the individual, and a more rounded and more fruitful life for the community. Only as the Univer- sity measures up to these ends does it realize the full possibility of its service to the state. PulUrujn KaiMfr iSttmf Kithlmlrt Slft Colon I uyUmrnf Mack Alkti 1 J ' ' ' t- ' - ' Lr. ' . tT..i jrrr [20]

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a GOVERNOR A. VIC DONAHEY dl:cation is the backbone of any government of and hy the people. It was so recognized by the 1 founders of our republic, by those who wended their way westward and established the North- west Territory, and finally by the pioneers of the greatest State of the Union — Ohio. To maintain our standards, education must be within the grasp of all persons, the rich and the poor alike. To teach the rudiments we have the public schools, and to teach the arts, sciences and professions there are two-score colleges and universities, open to all persons seeking the enlightenment of knowledge, chief among which is the Ohio State University. The Ohio State University onginated in 1870 with the founding of the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College. In 1903 it had but 1516 students and a faculty of 1J4, while today it numbers over 10,000 students with a faculty of over 700. Its expansion has been tremendous and its relation and far-reaching effect upon the State at large is perhaps greater than that of any other state institution. I bespeak for the future an ever expanding Ohio State University of continued and ever growing usefulness to the citizenry of our State. o i [19]

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% % i PRESIDENT GEORGE W. RIGHTMIRE FOR over one-half century the University has been growing in its accompHshments tor the people of Ohio in the field of general education and in various kinds of technical and professional educa- tion. From an annual enrollment of more than 12,000 students, 94 ' ' live in Ohio. The institution, therefore, is, in the highest sense of the term, the Ohio State University. The University was founded to give opportunity for an experiment in education: it was to furnish a place for the teaching of agriculture from a scientific viewpoint, and it was also to furnish a place for the teaching of mechanic arts, from a viewpoint not vocational but scientific; we were, in other words, encouraged to relate brain and hand in the educational processes — to a large extent, a new thing in the field of education fifty years ago. In these two fields the University has functioned amazingly. The extramural educational activities of the University are found in the great field of agricultural extension; in the Engineering Experiment Station; in the extension teaching of the College of Com- merce; in vocational education carried on in the industrial communities of Ohio; in the Bureau of Edu- cational Research, which associates its efforts with the administration of the public school system of Ohio; and the Bureau of Business Research. Many of the Departments of the University come into contact with cognate interest out over the State and have become a source of information and inspiration to persons throughout Ohio who are interested in particular fields. In addition the University has become the center to which many educa- tional meetings of outside associations gravitate. Other meetings of an educational nature are held at the instance of the University so that the institution has been growing into an educational center well adapted to serve the State and be a helpful agency both with respect to the institutions of higher learn- ing and also the public school system. The whole purpose of the University is to be of the utmost service in furthering the great cause of education for the people, and to that end it is constantly tendering the intelligence and the efforts of its faculty and the physical facilities with v hich it has been equipped by the foresight and generosity of all the people of the State of Ohio. [21]