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I 5 I RICHARD S. RUST 1858-1862 DANIEL A. PAYNE 1863-1876 ri Civic The History of Wilberforce University Wilberforce is in picturesque, rural Southern Ohio, yet close to the urban centers of Dayton, Spring- field. Columbus and Cincinnati, all of which offer supplemental facilities, cultural advantages and employment opportunities. Activities and student associations are shared by Antioch College, Wil- mington College. and Central State University. The City of Xenia fthe summer home of the Shaw- nee lndians in times pastj boasts a population of 25,000 and is a good shopping center. It provides a resource for field study and recreation. The village of Wilberforce is a small community with a history of significant activity in the underground railway of pre-Civil War days. Adjacent to the campus is the beautiful wooded valley of Massies Creek, and nearby is John Bryan State Park, the gorge of the little Miami River and an extensive wilderness area, Glen Helen, which is supported for public use by Antioch College. Wilberforce University, named after the English statesman and abolitionist, William Wilberforce, was founded in 1843 by the Methodist Episcopal Church, for the higher education of Blacks, and called The Ohio African University. Thirteen years later, in 1856, this name was changed to Wilberforce University of the ME Church. This action was approved by a board of twenty-four incorporators, including Governor Samuel P. Chase, of the state of Ohio. Thus the interest of the state of Ohio in education at Wilberforce stems from this participation by Governor Chase in the incorporation of the original institution. The institution was formally dedicated by Rev. Edward Thompson, the president of the Ohio Wes- leyan University of Delaware, Ohio, in October, 1856, and M. P. Gaddis, Jr., of the Methodist Episco- pal Church was elected the principal. Gaddis con- tinued to serve in this capacity until June 26 1857. v The immediate direction of the school under the new auspices was left to John G. Mitchell, who opened the school the first week of July with only six pupils. The enrollment increased rapidly, however, and before long, the services of the wife of the principal, Mrs. Fannie A. Mitchell, were required to assist with the work of instruction. By the beginning of the Spring term 1864, it was necessary to secure still another teacher. Miss Esther Maltby, of Oberlin, a teacher in the schools of the American Missionary Society at Portsmouth, Virginia, was secured as lady principal and teacher. By the following year the enrollment increased and the curriculum was broadened to include instruction in Greek, Latin, and lower mathematics for the more advanced pupils. John G. Mitchell ln the meantime, President Payne busied himself mostly with financial matters pertaining to the school. He visited all seven of the Annual Con- ferences of the church, and secured the pledges of each to raise two thousand dollars for Wilber-
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