Ripon College - Crimson Yearbook (Ripon, WI)

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,fin gg CICG'f2QgZ024CHIN1.5'0AfIln' B Q purchased and called Ingalls Park in honor of Mr, Ingalls who contributed generously to the movement. During the latter part of President Merrcll's ad- ministration the work of the college was greatly ob- structed by doctrinal and other controversiesg how- ever, the spirit with which the college was founded was nndaunted by even these new difficulties. The tireless effort and unfail- ing devotion of the presi- dents who followed, the Jf00Il1iffhl on G1-fm Lakr Reverend Rufus Flagg, Dr. R. C. Hughes, Dr. Silas E. Evans, and Dr. H. C. Culbcrtson,brought the college to the attainment of its present intellectual and moral standards, and to consequent recognition byiboth the Carnegie and Rockefeller Foundations, the Association of American Universities, the North Central Association of Colleges, and the Asso- ciation of AmericanColleges., Courses of instruction now provide completely the pre-professional require- ments in ZLg'1'lCUltUl'B,'-l'I168llCll1C, engineering, law and commerce, beside the usual college work in science and the liberal artsleading to the B.A. and BS. degrees. There is also an excellent education course affording professional training for the teaching profession: With the exception of the state university, Ripon is the only school in Wisconsin offering a four years' course in Military Science and Tactics. The collegiate activities have grown until at present they embrace forensics, journalism,dramatics and oratory. The college offers through the School of Music comlilete courses leading to the degree of Bachelor of Music and to a certificate in-.public school music. Ripon also holds a very enviable place at the head of Mfisconsin intercollegiate athletics, belonging to t.he Little Five and the Midwestern' Conferences. From an initial class of very few students, the enrollment has risen until the number new reaches four hundred and fifty. The college to date has conferred the following degrees: 717 Bachelor of Arts, 98 Bachelor of Science, 25 Bachelor of Philosophy, 61 Master ef Arts, 37 Doctor of Divinity, and 5 Doctor of Laws. coil, ibm K or W Us r '1n:1g fm gmt ,M c :v 20 Page 13

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f'1IC6 hEQiQ724 Ci11Ms0NIAQiff1swc Tl1e real beginning of The 11101211 illld inTellecTual leadership which the college new CO1llJl121111dS was marked by the CO1l1l11Q,' of The Reverend Williani E. Merri- 1112111 into The presidency. Within 21 year both buildings were completed and furnished, a11d filled wiTl1 students. Another almost miraculous aeco111plisl1111e11t of The first year of Dr. hTCl'1'l1ll?,ll17S ad111inistraTion was the complete payment of Tl1e 111Ol'T1g'E1gGS on the college property. ' -V The years following were inarked by great difficulties and inany reverses ill the growtlrof the institution. ln sjoite of thesey the C'O1lSfl7l1Cil,011 of a IICXV college building, 11ow NVest I-lall, was begun in l367.' 1 -- ' In l86S occurred The Hrst i111porTanT ,i11eide11t intl1edevelop111ent of the college. The president made applieatioii' To The iifoij The 'Promotion of Collegiate illlii Theological lCd11caTie11 inThe for irecog11itio11 and endorse- inent, and The application was acTed upon f11yo1'ably., Tlie' sehoolwas The11 aided in ifaising its scholastic standard kllld also in llw1,C1fCltlSl'1Tg l:ES LCl1dOXV1l1Cl1i-, making possible more extensive science laboratoriesjaiid 111o11111i1- 'courses of studies offered, In 1874, President Merriinan was g'l'Zl1llCLi.-il.ii.'ZlYC'4O'ii absence for six 11101113118 because of ill health, but as he was sTill llll.iliJiliX-i,O,Q'QllflTlgLlC'l1lS duties at the e11d of that time, Professor Merrell was Zl1J1DOll1i1CClJ'l1lS successor.. During PresidenT Merrell 's ad111i11istraTio11 The general policy of Tl1e college as to intellectual and nioral aiins, as well as To ccononiy, was inaintained. Large additions were inade To the library, Zllltl three 11ew buildings were added: a laboratory building, Bart- leTt Hall, a11d Dawes Cotiage. East College was rebuilt. Tl1e need of an aTl1leTie field was felt urgreiitly byboTl1 faculty and students, buT the i11iTial 111ove111ent to secure These grounds was inade by H11 aluinnus, Mr. John G. Ingalls. To supply This need in 1988, about 18 acres of ground was XV , Upper Campus A N5 501 13 gm 5 Q04 56156. H- -sss as 1 1 1 11 . 1 1 A DCU 1339 M xr ' H nan rm ...--sg? ' Page 12

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i if A CRIMSONIB mv U21 Q The First Graduate ODAY there is no individual living better able to eulogize Ripon College than is Miss Luthera Adams, the only living graduate of the Class of 1867, the A ,uvii V first class to be graduated from this institution. It is to Miss Adams that this annual has been dedicated and to 'i if- ' 1e her that the staff is indebted for much of the material lulplyl i JAIIIA which is presented in this section. i 'i e I'm a pretty old lady, 'l Miss Adams smilingly speaks MUS -'Y 1111111-U '67 of herself. However, eighty-two years of service have not left the customary marks on Ripon's pioneer student, and, living alone in the homestead which her father built over seventy years ago in the little city of Omro, Miss Adams is still as active mentally and as interested in educational matters as she was during her several years both as student and instructor in Ripon College. A veritable storehouse of information, she is enthusiastic in her responses regarding herself, Ripon and the general drift of educational matters during the past two generations. lt is a. source of no little wonder to her how present-day students acquire any knowldedgeg rather, how they find time for studies in face of the other activities which must attract their attention. The remarkable memory of Miss Adams is demonstrated by her ability to recall names and faces. She is able to pursue the pages of an old photograph album which she completed during her stay at Ripon and designate the names of every individual, only having to pause casually to recall Christian names. Each face inevitably suggests an anecdote and an hour with Miss Adams is to become acquainted with a new type of student life, characteristic of colleges and universities in general sixty years ago. A X Miss Adams was a student at Ripon College for over seven years, her attend- ance being frequently interrupted by necessary periods of teaching at Mlaupun and Omro in order to secure money with which to continue. Coming to NVis- consin from New York with her parents, at the age of eight years. she had the advantage of very little early training. ltler father first settled at Pickett near relatives. but upon a visit to Oshkosh he heard of the erection of a new mill at Omro and the need of a blacksmith, which was his trade. So he moved his wife and only child and became one of the first settlers in that village. Today the Oniro High School and graded school buildings as well as several blocks of residences are on land originally claimed by John Adams. The first school which Miss-Adams attended was conducted by a Yale grad- uate who happened to spend a winter in Omro and who hired the back part ot' a vacant store building in which to hold his evening classes. Public schools were unheard of at that time a.nd most children depended upon their mothers for their learning. Prior to entering Ripon Uollege, which was then known as Brockway Hall. Miss Adams attended a seminary for girls at Rockford, Illinois. C01 E 15 04:1 5 vkmoi , mf f ' m , UD I '..l7 , , 1 ' Page I4