Ohio Wesleyan University - Le Bijou Yearbook (Delaware, OH)

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20 Sept,. 30 Nov., 20 Dec., 3 Jan., 2 Feb., 6 Feb., 22 Feb.. 4 April. ll April, I0 June, ll June, I2 June. I3 june, University Calendar Wednesday, Thursday, Wednesday, Wednesday, Friday, Tuesday, Thursday, Wednesday. Wednesday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, V Wednesday, 9 A. M., First Semester begins. Thanksgiving Day. I2 M., Christmas Recess begins. WINTER VACATION I2 M., Christmas Recess ends. 4 P. M., First Semester ends. 8 A. M., Second Semester begins. Washington's Birthday. I2 M., Spring Recess begins. SPRING VACATION I2 M., Spring Recess ends. Commencement Sunday. Baccalaureate Sermon. University Love-F east. Address before Students' Christian Associations Meeting of Board of Trustees begins. Final Chapel fRecognition Dayj. Exhibit of School of Fine Arts begins. Meeting of Phi Beta Kappa. Concert of the School of Music. Alumni Day. Election of Alumni Trustee. Class Day Exercises. Alumni Banquet. Reunions of Classes of '51, '56, '6l, '66, '7l, '81, '86, '9I, '96, I90l, l906. Presidents Reception and Promenade Concert. Commencement Commencement Oration. Conferring of Degrees. I4

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WEST VIRGINIA CONFERENCE HON. CHARLES WESLEY LYNCH, B.A., LL.B., HON. MARCELLUS ALLEN KENDALL HON. GEORGE WESLEY ATKINSON, M.A., PH.D., LL.D.. REV. ALBERT BIRDSELL RIKER, M.A., D.D.. REV. SAMUEL KELLAR ARBUTHNOT, M.A., D.D.. ASSOCIATION OF ALUMNI BENJAMIN FRANKLIN FRESHWATER, M.A., EDWARD MERRICR SEMANS, M.A., M.D., SCOTT BONHAM, M.A., LI...B.. HON. CHARLES WARREN FAIRBANKS, M.A., LL.D., FRANK SYLVESTER MONNETT, A.B., Ll...B.. TRUSTEES-AT-LARGE JOHN DAVID SIGWORTH NEELY HON. MYRON T. HERRICK I-IANFORD CRAWFORD, B.A., PH.D., JAMES MORRIS GAMBLE, M.A., OFFICERS OF THE BOARD DAVID S. CRAY Columbus HERBERT WELCH Delaware WILLIAM G. HORMELL Delaware EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Clarksburg, W. Va. Parkersburg, W. Va. Washington, D. C. Nlounclsville, W. Va Wheeling, W. Va. Delaware Delaware Cincinnati Indianapolis, Incl. Columbus Lima. Cleveland St. Louis, Mo. Cincinnati President Vice President . Secretary HERBERT WELCH, Ex-ofhcio, Chairman WILLIAM R. WARNOCK DAVID S. GRAY RICHARD DYMOND WILLIAM H. C. GOODE ISSAC F. KING ZENAS L. WHITE BENJ. F. FRESHWATER GEORGE D. SELBY MARCELLUS A. KENDALL JOHN D. S. NEELY EDWARD M. SEMANS HORATIO S. BRADLEY OLIVER P. EDWARDS CHARLES R. CARY

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Some Facts About Ohio Wesleyan OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY was founded under the ' patronage of the Methodist Episcopal Church in l84l. It became a College of Liberal Arts under President Thomson in IS44. In 1877 the Ohio Wesleyan Female College was absorbed and co- education established. The School of Music and the School of Fine Arts were also estab- lished in l877. The Department of Oratory was instituted in l894. One year later, in IS95, the School of Business was organized. Ohio Wesleyan has a Gymnasium that cost seventy-five thousand dollars and is considered by many the best in the state. Slocum Library contains more than fifty-five thousand bound volumes, besides the periodicals. The growth of the Library averages two thou- sand volumes a year. One-half the cost of educating every student is borne by the Univer- sity. lncluding all departments and all assistants, the faculty numbers over one hundred and fifty. Bulgaria, Canada, Chili, China, Ecuador, Hawaii, Japan and Syria are some of the foreign countries represented by students attending O. W. U. The students this year number over twelve hundred. COLLEGE YELL. H COLLEGE SONG. 0. W. U., Rah! Rah! Delaware, The Beautiful O. W. U., Rah! Rah! Hoorah! Hoorah! COLORS' Wesleyan, Rah! Rah! Crimson and Jet. 15