Wesleyan University - Olla Podrida Yearbook (Middletown, CT)

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8 OLLA PODRIDA was W mm 5 H' fa M f xiii Qm xl xxx E tfllareitiy CX ff' 3 X. f7' V Wesleyan was founded in 1831, by the Methodist Episcopal Church. The college is governed by a board of trustees, elected by the alumni, the patronizing conferences and the trustees. While fostered by Methodists, the college is purely educational in spirit and motive. It is non-sectarian and non-ecclesiastical. Men of every faith are included among its students and given equal advantages. The College presents to its undergraduate students the option of three parallel courses of study, each extending through four years, named respectively the Classical Course CB.A. 7, the Latin-Scientific Course, lPh.B.Dg and the Scientific Course, fB.S. J Students who do not desire to complete any one of the foregoing courses may receive instruction in such studies as they may select, provided they prove themselves, upon examination, qualified to pursue them with advantage. The proportion of faculty to students, one to eight, admits of that intimate personal Contact between faculty and students which is the small college's greatest advantage. The total number of graduates is 2,516. The following table indi- cates what Wesleyan's alumni is doing in the world : Business and Miscellaneous . 42 per cent. Education . . . 22 per cent. Ministry 19 per cent. Lawyers . 12 per cent. Physicians . 5 per cent.

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WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY 7 FOREWORD HE PREFACE of the college annual has come to be universally recognized as a medium for apology and self-recrirnination. Editors are expected to acknowledge shortcomings and overshootings, which they cannot see, thank those per- sons, vision-ary in most instances, who have rendered assistance, and ask for leniency, which they do not expect to receive. Lest we be stigmatized eccentric, all this we hasten to do. We are sincerely grateful, however, to those alumni and undergraduates who have aided us with suggestions and advice, and more especially so to those whose good intentions have assumed the more tangible form of work. For the rest, some one, wiser than we, has expressed our sentiment I-KKNCVCT retract, never explain, never apologize, get the thing done and let the crowd howl!

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Q 2'-vm J 1 E' P t,rf '5 'N- ,M It C gj fv V V '5w'I if X, X ,aa if S Tr fl GX , ff Q ' A ' , U 5 'FQ' fizym f E 1 1- '-'-11,2 f 'Q I . I A 5 :fi f 1: 5 fl X .J r 1 I- , Y 1 W gf fy av' .f- . X' -f 7 If X .,- Y -'I . A-'X' A 15, 1904 Sept. 29 Nov. Z3-27 Dec. 7 Dec. 23 1905 Jan. 4 Jan. 26 Feb. ZZ April 19 April 25 May 11 May 30 .Tune 1 .Tune 5 .Tune 12 .I une 23 .Tune Z5 .I une 25 .I une Z6 .Tune Z6 .I une 26 June 27 .Iune 27 J une Z7 June Z7 June 28 .Tune 28 Sept. , 26 Sept. Z7 Sept. Z8 Thursday-First Term began Thanksgiving Vacation Dedication of John Bell Scott Memorial First Term closed CHRISTMAS VACATION Wednesday-Second Term began Thursday-Day of Prayer for Colleges-a holiday MID-YEAR EXAMINATIONS Wednesday-Washington's Birthday-a holiday Wednesday-Second Term closed SPRING VACATION Tuesday-Third Term began Thursday-.Iunior Exhibition Tuesday--Memorial Day-a holiday Thursday-Prize Debate Monday-Senior Examinations begin Monday-Annual Examinations begin Friday-Prize Declamations Sunday morning-Baccalaureate Sermon Sunday evening-University Sermon Monday morning-Announcement of the Award of Prizes Monday afternoon-Class Day Monday evening- Meeting of the Board of Trustees Tuesday morning-Business Meeting of the Alumni Association Tuesday morning-Business Meeting of Phi Beta Kappa Tuesday afternoon -Reunions of Classes '55, '80, '90, '95, '98, 'OZ Tuesday afternoon-Social Receptions by the College Fraternities Wednesday-Commencement Thursday-Examination of Candidates for admission begins VACATION OF TI-IIRTEEN WEEKS Tuesday-,Special Examinations for deficiency Wednesday-Examination of Candidates for admission begins Thursday-First Term will begin