Ohio State University - Makio Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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Dtan Alfrtd V ' li ' wn 1111. AHtfd Vivijn (fom ihc ( Mfi m IHU4 of f •r- hr I jn.r WW »r: ua ' CTadtiatcd .f (he : nij . ihr • trv. C.ll. Si- lt I.. «i «! ' «t H. Amcftcjn Soctciy uf Agronomy AGRICULTURE OHIO IS liK ' atcd in one of the producing areas of the world, industrial development of the Hio IS liKated in one of the finest agricultural and food- and in spite of her phenomenal ipment ot the last half centur ' , agriculture is still more important to Ohio than any other single industry, as meas- ured either hy the amount of capital invested, or by its actual contri- bution to siKiety. The Ohio State University began its existence as a college of agriculture and mechanic arts, and from its inception agri- culture has had an imp irtant place in the curricular activities of its campus, and for the major part of that penod, equal prominence has K-en given to the work in home economics. The value of this type of instruction to the State is generally recognized. Not content with its work on the Uval campus, the College of Agriculture h.is undertaken, through its Agricultural Extension Ser- vice, to make its campus the entire state of Ohio. This service reaches every county of the state, being headed up locally in the county ex- tension agents who conduct most of their work through projects in which they are assisted by specialists from the College. Many devices are used in the attempt to reach every tarm home in the state with me.ss.iges in agriculture and home economics. Among these devices are the farmers ' institutes, extension scIkkiIs, correspondence courses, lield and home demonstrations, farmer meetings and conferences, bul- letins, county fair exhibits, and contributions to the daily and weekly press. A conscr ' ative estimate of the activities of the College for one year indicates that it had actual first hand contacts with at least one million, nine hundred and thirteen thousand different individuals. The service of the College to the State has Kren of tremendous eco- nomic value, but more than this it has stressed the importance of a high standard of living as expressed in a higher standard of thinking. oM cfic 0 ' l.-€ yiA [22]

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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]

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■.■ ' :- ' (Jnut-i.wtv Hall — home of the Iiberul arts JOlff ' V|-. I LIBERAL ARTS ACCORDING to the groupiiiij of departments for budgetary purposes, the College of A V Liberal Arts comprises the departments of Astronomy, Classical Languages, English, Geology, German, History, Philosophy, Politi- cal Science, and Romance Languages. Most of these departments are large and all of them serve the University widely, though in certain instances not completely. They do their full share, however, in helping to prepare teach- ers for both high schools and colleges. They con- tribute to the professional training of future lawyers and men going into other learned pro- fessions. Many of the graduates of what is now called the College of Liberal Arts (formerly the College ot Arts, Philosophy, and Science) are to ,, i 1 t ' ' 1 ■ 11 L 11 r IT Dean Henderson tie round in all the walks of lire, many now holding positions of high responsibility and great prominence. We can boast graduates, whose names are widely known within the State of Ohio and outside of it, in important business positions; as prominent lawyers in Toledo, Cleveland, Columbus, and other cities and towns; as distinguished surgeons and doctors in Detroit, New York City, Boston, Cincinnati, and other cities in Ohio and neighboring states. We have a few officers who rank high in the government service at Washington and on the staff of the Army. We have now, and in the past have had, distinguished teachers in History and in Science at Harv ' ard University and other higher insti- tutions of learning. So — one might go on through the various professions, showing that the demand for a general education is not dying out. This is c lear from the fact that the College of Liberal Arts maintains its lead in registration in the University as it has for some years past. The Schools of Law, Medicine, and Dentistry are making increased de- mands upon the College of Liberal Arts to prepare students who are going into these professional schools. y F - : i £7 Acting Dean Siebert In the resignation of William Henderson as dean of the College of Liberal Arts, the University lost one of its ablest and best rec- ognized executives. He came to Ohio State in 1899, and it is here that he ha.s risen to prominence in the chemical world. In collabo- ration with William McPherson, he has also become an author of note in this field. Dr. Henderson received his B. A. degree at Wooster College in 1891, and a Ph. D. from Johns Hopkin.s six years later. He is a member of Sigma Xi. Phi Beta Kappa, and the American Chemi- cal Society. Wilbur Siebert, research pro- fessor of History, has served two quarters as acting dean of the College of Liberal Arts. He was graduated from the University in 1889 with a B. A. degree, and re- ceived an M. A. at Harvard in 1890. In the field of history he has few superiors, and is some- what of an author on the subject, also. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, the American History As- sociation, and other national or- ganizations. ranz ,ii,ii,ii„,i.,u,i: [23]