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

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HERBERT HOOVER'S ADDRESS HIGHLIGHTS THE INAUGURATION OF DR At home Dr. Arthur S. Flemming informally chats with the Honor- able Herhert Clark Hoover, thirty-first president of the United States, before Hoover delivers the main address of the inauguration Ex-President Hoover finds the enthusiastic welcome of Susan, Harry and the twins, Art and Tommy, indicative of the reception of Dela ware and the university in' his long anticipated visit to campus. Seniors cluster behind the speakers' stand as the academic proces sion is interrupted to broadcast Hoover's address nationwide over ' CBS. Television cameras record the historic inauguration of Wesleyan,s ninth president as nearly 6000 witness the ceremonies.

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STUDENT AND A PUBLIC SERVANT FROM WESLEYAN TO WASHINGTON AND BACK Members of the Hoover Commission enffaged in a stud to increase the lelliciency of the executive branch of the federal overnrnent meet with- President gfruman in a Vldhite House conference on September 29, 1947. Seated are Mead, Former President Herbert Hoover, Harry S. Truman, Kennedy, and Senator McClellan. Standing are Brown, Secretary of Defense Forrestal, Arthur S. Flemming of the civil service commission, Dean Acbeson, Rowe, and Manasco. Dr. Arthur S. Flemming, new president of Ohio Wesleyan University, grad- uated from Wesleyan in 1927. Dr. Flemming further studied at American Uni- versity where he served as instructor in government and as the debate coach. Dr. Flemming held this position until 19309 when he became part of the editorial staff of the U.S. Daily, now known as the U.S. News. While associated with the Daily, Dr. Flemming edited Uncle Sam's Daily, a high school current events paper. 1934 started five years of outstanding work for Dr. Flemming as Director of the School of Public Affairs at American University. In 1939 he was asked to become a member of the U.S. Civil Service Commission. The youngest member of the group, Dr. Flemming became an active and integral part of the Comn1ission's administration. From Washington, from active work as president of the Directing Board of the Washington Federation of Churches, and from work as a member of our own Board of Trustees, Dr. Flemming comes to Wesleyan. Each task, whether small or great, demands his undivided time and effort. His philosophy that nothing is impossible if you set your mind to it, has caused him to achieve national and world-wide recognition.

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ARTHUR s. FLEMMING AS NINTH PRESIDENT or er-no WESLEYAN vuwavszfisafrr , I--r .45 1 Y ns, f, 1-.. f.,.3,g, 1 :-11: 1- .-A j::1....r 'if'-.1.. - if i'-,'.f- i-H'.i '.'v'.:5Q'-' 1-:-C--,I-iii?-1+'-2515?'f?3,',E27F':?f'ff?-P2217 Y 'l 4? i,..Q7?j Bishop Herbert Welsh, who served as the universi'Ly's Iiflll president from 1905 to 1916, delivered the Charge Lo the President as Dr. Arthur Sherwood Flemming was inaugurated as Ohio Wesleyal1's ninth pres- ident on June 11, 1949. In the background, ex-President lloovcr, Lowell Thomas and Dean F icken loo on. Wesleya11's gayest academic pageantry blossomed forth amid grindi11g tele- vision eameras, a nationwide CBS hookup, and before almost 6000 on the after- noon of .lune eleventh in Selby Stadium. Nearly two hundred visiting delegates representing American universities and colleges, and hosts of Wesleya.n students, alumni, and friends were on hand to applaud the inauguration of Dr. Arthur Sherwood Flemming as the ninth president of Ohio Wesleyan University. Coming a day before Dr. Flemming's forty-fourth birthday, the inauguration ceremonies highlighted a crowded commencement weekend. The Honorable Herbert Clark Hoover, thirty-first president of the United States, delivered the main address at the inauguration of his colleague on the now famous Hoover Commission. Hoover commented 011 how marked the change has been in our attitude toward individual enterprise, and implored the youth of today to again become characterized by independence and initiative, and to strike out on their own . Bishop Herbert 'Welsl1, former president of the university, delivered the Charge to the President. Later both ex-President Hoover and Lowell Thomas, principal speaker at the alumni luncheon, were granted honorary degrees.