Ripon College - Crimson Yearbook (Ripon, WI)

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Cege ivfg ak fge ivfgpface o CC e epubfieag qgavfpo . -. fr Alan E. BOVHY, born in Jsffsf' ' S011 COUHW, N' Ya at one time a resident of the great metropolis itself and a member of the bar. of that state, history gives the credit for having U ': '. . suggested the name to the antifslavery move' iw ment that became so Signihcapt in 1856 and S0 adequately expressed itself fpagthroughout the i :: Eililim lliziizliziu N01-gh in 1860 when Abr2fl1aIa1iLiI'1COlI1 WHS X ..T':Z'Til:ZZnRIgl'E::an elected the Hrst Republican president of the Pfesidenf' United States. Repubhcan Party The founder of this great Republican party arrived in Ripon in 1850, two years after the Badger state had been admitted to the Union. At this time Ripon was nothing more than a hamlet, but the spirit of Bovay, which was oneiagainst the slavery movement, became so prevalent and was so distinctly expressed that four years later Hftyfthree men with a common feeling gathered in the Little White School housen and sponsored a great political organization-The Republican Party. . There is every evidence and considerable proof to the extent that Bovay was the first man to suggest the name Republican, The name was first suggested to Horace Greeley, editorof The New York Tribune, upon whom the Wisconsin settler called when he visited the New York journalist in 1852. Evidence of this suggestion is expressed in the letter he wrote Greeley after he visited him. Your paper, Bovay stated, 'sis now a power in the land. Advocate calling together. in every church and school house in the free states all the opponents of the Kansasiand Nebraska bills, no matter what their party affiliations. Urge them to forget previous organizations and to be bound together under the name suggested to you at Lovejoy's hotel in 1852. I mean the name of Republican. It is the only one which serves all purposes past and future-the only one that will live and last. In early February of 1854, Greeley, no doubt acting upon the advice of the Bovay letter, printed an editorial in his newspaper advocating that the name Repubf lican be adopted by the opponents of slavery. Since The New York Tribune was . Eight

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F. 5 1 k l A 'N .--1 -l ax. iamonb ubiiyee program Commemorating the Seventyffifth Anniversary of the ' Birth of the Republican Party FRIDAY, JUNE 7th 8 :OO P. M.- A New Birth of Freedom, an historical pageant at the Ripon 9a. 10 a. College gymnasium. Eight scenes: All Men Are Created Equal , Except Negroesng The Protestng The Gathering CloudsT': The Great Liberator , The Dawn of Peaceng A Tributiifffo Lincoln g At Freedoms Shrinef' A cast of 500 characters. bg Writtien and directed by Prof. H. P. Boody, director of dramatics and pageantry of Ripon Col' lege. Musical director, Harold Chamberlain, staging and lighting by James Plzak. J SATURDAY, JUNE Sth m. to 12 m.-Guests of the Ripon celebration will have the privilege of driving through' the beautiful Lawsonia Country Club on Green Lake. Distance, six miles. m. to 12 m.- Getftogether of visitors and Band Concerts. A meeting of all Women visitors will be held in the college chapel. Group meetings of men. Nationallyfknovvn concert bands will present morning programs. 1 :30 p. m.-Monstrous Parade to Ripon College campus. A 2:30 p. in.-Outdoor pageant in amphitheatre. 3 :OO p. m.-Addresses: Honorable James W. Good, secretary of war, will deliver principal address. Governor Walter J. Kohler, state legislature, and prominent national dignitaries will be honored guests. ' 8:00 p. m.- A New Birth 'of Freedom -Ripon College gymnasium. , 78th ANNIVERSARY OF RIPON COLLEGE . SUNDAY, JUNE 9th . 11 :OO a. In.-Baccalaureate service 3 :OO p. m.-Annual business meeting of Alumni Association of Ri on Col' P lege School of Music ' 7:30 p. m.-Alumni Musicale of Ripon College School of Music MONDAY, JUNE 10th 8:30 a. m.-Annual Meeting of Ripon College Trustees 10:00 a. m.-Annual Meeting of Ripon College Alumni Association 12 :OO m.-Alumni Luncheon - 2:30 p. m.-Commencement Exercises 4:30 p. m.-Informal reception at home of President Silas Evans. 1 1 1 V 1Sfvfu1 . x, ,.,, .....-

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The little .S'C1l00lll0ll.S'8D in fwlzielz tlze first Republican meeting was lzeld March 20, 1854 read in practically every home in the United States and had the largest and widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States, the editorial suggested by Bovay made brighter the antifslavery flame which had long before been kindled in the North. The very fact that the New York editor accepted his suggestion must have given satisfaction to Bovay and must have stimulated ,him to action, for during' the latter part of February, the same month Greeley printed the editorial advocating a new party name, Bovay called a meeting of antifslavery men. This first rally was held in 'the Congregational church at Ripon. A handful of men of the same opinion as Bovay attended the first meeting. Several weeks later on March 20, 185 4, a mass meeting was held and it was at this time the name Republican was adopted. Of the three or four score eligible voters living in the vicinity of Ripon, Bovay and his handful of sympathizers were able to secure the presence of iiftyfthree in the Little Schoolhousef' Democrats, Free Soilers and Whigs were all assembled in the little building. It was at this time that Alan Bovay, the lawyer from New York, offered his resolution in opposition to slavery, and it was on this day of March 20, 1854, that Alan Bovay's suggestion was made to the extent that a new party be organized to be called Republican References: New York Herald-Tribune . April 28, 1929. The New Americanized En- cyclopedia Britanican vol. 14, page 2535. Nine