University of Cincinnati - Cincinnatian Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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The young Academic Department. which an act of the General Assemhly of Ohio. passed in 1370. had at length enahled the Board to organ- In 't of In 1885 the ofhee of President ize, was, in the meantime. growing gradually. 1875 the Board created Mr. Vickers rector the little faculty was created,a11d IixiGoveruor Cox was appointed the first President of the University. Before the administration of President Cox. the University, its objects and its aims, were com- paratively unknown to Cineinnatians. But under the management of Mr. Cox, the people of Cin- einnati began to know that there was such an institution as the University of Cincinnati in People began to turn their eyes to the They not only began to be aware of its presence but existence. little academic building on the hiilside. they began to be aware that it needed money. that it needed buildings, and nloSt of 2111 :1 new lncation. Mr. Cox had scarcely resigned in 1587, when, in September of the same year. the Com- mon Council of Cincinnati set aside the present site of the University in Burnet Woods Park, consisting of forty-funr acres. We all know MeMicken H.111. Hanna Hall, Cnn- ninghsun Hall and the new Van KV'ormer Library 110w soon arose upon the ground thus; allotted to the Uni- x'ersity. KW? Q!!! gcfit-zwc; VJ 'llurN AM? Mr. 1887, the so-called rotary deanship was established. In spite of lack of funds, the smallness; of the fac- 11Ity, and their failure to adopt the more liberal Upon Coxts resignation in elective course system adopted by the leading colleges of the country, the University, in answer to a real need in the eonnnunity, continued to grow steadily. 111 1897 the Ohio Medical College became the Medical Department of the Univer- sity, and on July 1. 1897. the 01d Law School of the Cincinnati College became the UniversityLaw Department. As the University increased its scope, as its faculty became larger, and the number of its stu- dents greater. the demand for a strong executive became more and more felt. In June. 1899, the Board. after much painstaking investigation elected Dr. Howard Ayres. of Missouri, President of the University. The Academic year of 1900 brought the new President and the great upheaval of January 12. As to the future of the University-welh I draw the veii. It is the duty of the historian to relate the pastenot to predict the future. Simply 111entioning the fact that the most import- ant historic event that yet remains to be related is the graduation of the Senior Class, I have done. J. H. M. QM? 14 v-7!

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Kiev 53952:? GE! HOWARD AYERS, President. 13 E: . Harvard. NH ; Ph: DH Freiburg, IHHh: LL. 1.1., IllliVL'l'r sily of MissourL IHyg; lnnructor L'niverstlv of Michigan mahrHy: Instructor Harvard l'niversily. :Re-erig: Instructor RHdEliFfe Culley: IHHj-Sqa: Director La k8 Lahuralory. l-nggz Instructor Marine: Biuiogical Laboratory 18397514; Emitssor Hinlogy, I'niversity of Missouri, 13:11-90. WARD BALDWIN. M. S. PROFESSOR OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, iThe William Thonh l'rofcs-aorshipy The Auburndale Hotel: Mt. Auburn. L. E University of Cincinnati: 1-479: M 5.1Vnivera'ity of Cilucir1raati.xRKo; Resident Engineer of the Chnltcroi R R., PrincipaI A slant Engineer, Cincinnati Southern Railway and Assocmted Ronda IhRo-gl ; Profewor of Civil Engineering I'niversily of Cincinnati. IHul. Np; ; KVAYLANTJ RICHARDSON BENEDIC'lX A. 5-1.. PRHFJESSOR 01 PH I LOSUPHM Brookline A ven Liu: C lifLon. A. B. mid A: 3L. Vnivcrsily of Rnchu-zu-r' THE'GI Asgiamnl Principm, Rochester I'TE'L' .M'mit-my I-H'a-Gr: m rhm'zr of Springfield Institute. Pitt-Ef'lcld, Mass 1, Rochester Theological Scmillury. Ihyl; Pnemr nf lhc Ml. Auhurn Baplir-t CIIuI'L'IL Ml Auhmn, Cincinnati: lhfj-jia; I'ml'esmxr Inf E'IIiIuMmhy: aniversily 0f Cint'ilmnti. IRE; 'I'Ell Graduate U? G Ni 91 fr: .3 EDWARD MILES BROWN, PH. D., PROFESSOR OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERAT'I'RE. The Auburn Hotel, Mt. Auburn. l'h. R, L'uiversily of Michigan, IHHn; Student aL the Uni, versilies 0f Strasburg. Berlin Iialle, Goetliugcm IRS - A. M and Pb, D ,Guetliugeu, 189M: Principal of the City High Schoo!. Laportr: Iml., $59452. and 13444-60; Assistant Prn- fehsur of English, Cornell Ullivets. , . 1.039490; Professor of Mutlem Languages. t'niversily of Cincinnati. 1399: Pro- l'escor of the English Language and Literature. L'Ilirer-aily nf Cinciunali. 1591 CHARLES LINCOLN E1m-z-xxus. PH. D., PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY. Loraine Avenue Clifton. B 5., Lombard l'niversil '. IBM. 8. S , Indiana l'niversily. 31.11., Indiana rnivcrsilyJ Student at. Johns Hop- kiut: I nivrlxily, and at the Ime't-rmly ul' Leipzig, thy-ga; P11. 1.1.. I'IiivcrbiLy of Leipzig. Ib'gu: FeIIOu: ill C'Ialk E'nivcr- qity, Ihgn-gz; ASRistant Profcsqor and Adjunct Professor of Biology. Univerailynf TexHS. 1391794; F'rofeasior of Biology, l'uiveriily of Cincinnati. 15km: :51TH0MA5. FRENCH. 114.. Pu. D.. PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS. 7r:1 Ridgeway Avenue, Avondale. A. 1!. Harvard. H73; A. M. and Ph. D,, Iieidtlhcrg, LHT-fx Assistant in HI; :4. Filivcrsily of Pennsylvania. mw-w; I'rot'uasnrcrf I'llyhi -4 am! Mathematics, l'rbana l'nivcrsinu Ullio. I57 733. I'I'UfL'ShFH' uf l'h sich. Univu ' y of Cincin- nati. 18m. Consulting Eirclricinn fur the Cily 0f Cincilh nuti. 1w; 9n. :Revq'gned March, luIIO