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THE MARIETTA COLLEGE CLUB OF CINCINNATI holds its annual reunion in January, and has been active and lib- eral in promoting the interests of the College. Its officers for the current year are :- President, Wm. B. Thomas, Esq .; Vice President, L. W. Gilliland, Esq .; Secretary, Frank W. Follett, Esq .; Treasurer, Chas. E. Rehm, Esq .; Historian, Rev. John Rusk.
EXPENSES
The tuition averages fifteen dollars a term. Room rent is from ten to fifteen dollars a year for each occupant. The rooms are not furnished except with stoves or grates. For use of the library and for warming and care of public rooms, the cost is from six to eight dollars a year. At present prices of coal, the cost of fuel is about five dollars a year where two students occupy a room.
The price of table board at boarding houses varies from two dollars and a quarter to three dollars a week. Board in clubs may be obtained at a dollar and seventy-five cents. Furnished rooms, in private families, with board, may be had for from three to five dollars a week.
The College term bills are payable in advance, at the
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beginning of each term. When a student retains his standing no deduction is made for absence.
PECUNIARY AID
Experience has shown that young men of good charac- ter and ability, determined to get an education, are very seldom compelled to leave college for lack of means.
Students in preparation for the Christian ministry, whose circumstances require it, receive aid sufficient to pay their tuition and room rent from funds given to the Col- lege for that purpose.
The American Education Society and the Presbyterian Board of Education make appropriations to college stu- dents of this class.
The College desires to encourage capable and deserving young men in their efforts to secure a thorough education, and the means of doing this, by loan or gift, has been furnished to a limited extent. The trustees would be glad to be furnished with the means of aiding a larger number of such students.
All bequests to the College or Academy should be made payable to the TRUSTEES OF MARIETTA COLLEGE.
SCHOLARSHIPS
The following Scholarships have been endowed by be- nevolent persons on a foundation of $1,000 each. They are for the most part in the gift of the College, and en- title the occupants to tuition without charge:
KEYS SCHOLARSHIPS, five in number, by bequest of
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Mrs. Mary Keys, of Columbus, for students preparing for the ministry.
MORGAN SCHOLARSHIPS, four in number, by bequest of Samuel C. Morgan, Esq., and Mrs. Francis A. Mor- gan, of Norwich, Conn.
HAMILTON SCHOLARSHIPS, two in number, by Robert Hamilton, Esq., and Mrs. R. B. Hamilton, of Hanging Rock.
WILCOX SCHOLARSHIP, by Loyal Wilcox, Esq., of Hartford, Conn.
SMITH SCHOLARSHIP, by Winthrop B. Smith, Esq., of Philadelphia.
HINKLE SCHOLARSHIP, by Anthony H. Hinkle, Esq., of Cincinnati.
WICKES SCHOLARSHIP, by Wm. W. Wickes, Esq., of Brooklyn, New York.
A SCHOLARSHIP by two gentlemen of Portsmouth.
BREED SCHOLARSHIP, by W. J. Breed, Esq., of Cin- cinnati.
HOPKINS SCHOLARSHIP, by L. C. Hopkins, Esq., of Cincinnati.
SCHAFFER SCHOLARSHIP, by Wm. Schaffer, Esq., of Cincinnati.
WHITE SCHOLARSHIP, by R. M. White, Esq., of Cin- cinnati.
FIELD SCHOLARSHIP, by John Field, Esq., of Arling- ton, Mass.
LOCKWOOD SCHOLARSHIP, by Le Grand Lockwood, Esq., of New York City.
CALHOUN SCHOLARSHIP, by John C. Calhoun, Esq., of New York City.
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LORD SCHOLARSHIP, by Dr. and Mrs. A. D. Lord, of Batavia, N. Y.
SCHOLARSHIP of Class of 1871, by the Class of that year.
SCHOLARSHIP of Class of 1843, by members of the Class.
BROWN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP, by the friends of Mrs. Susan M. Brown, of Zanesville.
BOSWORTH SCHOLARSHIP, by Marcus Bosworth, Esq., of Middleport.
MILLS SCHOLARSHIP, by Mrs. Col. John Mills, of Ma- rietta.
ORRIS SCHOLARSHIP, by a gentleman of New York City.
ELDRIDGE SCHOLARSHIP, by the children of the late Rev. Joseph Eldridge, D. D., of Norfolk, Conn.
ELLENOR COOK SCHOLARSHIP, by bequest of Mrs. Cook, of Newport.
ALDERMAN SCHOLARSHIP, by E. R. Alderman, Esq., of Marietta.
WELLS SCHOLARSHIP, by M. P. Wells, Esq., of Ma- rietta.
ANDREWS SCHOLARSHIP, by the Alpha Digamma Fra- ternity of Marietta College.
SCHOLARSHIP in memory of Charles B. Gates.
CUTLER SCHOLARSHIP, by Major Ephraim Cutler Dawes, of Cincinnati.
ROSSETER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP.
PUTNAM SCHOLARSHIPS
In the will of the late Hon. William Rufus Putnam, a bequest was made to the College for the purpose of pro-
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viding free tuition to meritorious students of narrow means. As the nominal tuition fee is far below the actual cost, the bequest provides that for each hundred dollars of net annual income, free tuition is to be given to one stu- dent. Other things being equal, preference will be given to the sons of clergymen. The bequest is at present available only in part.
Assistance in any of the forms mentioned above will not be continued in the case of students who incur serious College censure, or who fail to maintain a reputable scholarship.
PRIZES
FOR GENERAL SCHOLARSHIP :- The Kingsbury prize, founded by J. Munro Brown, Esq., of New York City, and named in honor of Rev. Addison Kingsbury, D. D., of Marietta, amounting to sixty dollars a year, is given to the two students of the Senior class who have maintained the highest general standing during the previous College year. One-third is paid at the beginning of each term.
The Hyde Prize, founded by the Hon. Wm. Hyde, of Ware, Mass., amounting to the same sum, is given in like manner to the two most meritorious members of the Jun- ior class.
A like sum may be expected to be given to the two members of the Sophomore class whose merit during the previous year has been the highest.
THE SENIOR ENGLISH LITERATURE PRIZE :- The class of 1876 have founded a prize of sixty dollars a year, to be given to those two members of the Senior class who shall before graduation manifest by an examination the
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widest and most thorough reading of English Literature.
JUNIOR RHETORICAL" PRIZES :- The sum of forty dollars is divided between three members of the Junior class for excellence in the Rhetorical Department; one- third of the class being chosen, according to the standing in the department during the year, to compete for prizes by presenting essays on subjects assigned.
PRIZES FOR DECLAMATION :- Small prizes are given to two members of each of the Sophomore and Fresh- man classes for excellence in Declamation. The four members of each of these classes whose grade in this de- partment during the year has been the highest, compete for these prizes at a public exhibition near the close of the College year.
THE FRESHMAN ENTRANCE PRIZE :- A prize of fifty dollars a year has been founded by the Marietta College Club of Cincinnati, to be given to those two students who shall pass the best examination for entrance to the Freshman class. This prize is made payable in January.
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LIST OF STUDENTS
SENIORS
Candidates for the Degree of B. A.
WILLIAM BARNES ADDY Marietta
Rev. Dr. Addy's.
WILLIAM GREENWOOD BEACH
Marietta
Prof. Beach's.
WILLIAM HENRY FANKHAUSER
Round Bottom 21 N. H.
CLARENCE MERRILL HUMES
Marietta Mr. W. A. Humes's.
Marietta
Rev. Dr. Kingsbury's.
ADDISON KINGSBURY
BENJAMIN WOODS LABAREE
Oroomiah, Persia
Rev. Dr. Labaree's.
ROBERT MCEWEN LABAREE
Oroomiah, Persia
Rev. Dr. Labaree's.
FERNANDO GRANT MOORE
CHARLES WILLIAM NEWTON
CHARLES LINDON PRICE
SAMUEL HILDRETH PUTNAM
Harmar Mr. S. H. Putnam's.
WILLIAM REESE
Venedocia
22 N. H.
Candidates for the Degree of B. Ph.
HAROLD MILLS DYAR
Rainbow Rev. Dr. Kingsbury's.
DONALD PURPLE HART
Marietta
Dr. Sam. Hart's.
FREDERICK KENT LOOMIS
Marietta Hon. W. B. Loomis's.
GEORGE WILLIAM SUMMERS
Charleston, W. Va.
Dr. Sam. Hart's.
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Zanesville 12 S. H.
Marietta Mr. C. H. Newton's.
Hall's Valley 3 S. H.
MARIETTA COLLEGE
JUNIORS
Candidates for the Degree of B. A.
THOMAS HENRY CISLER Marietta Mr. Thomas Cisler's.
HOWARD WILLIAM DICKINSON
Marietta Rev. C. E. Dickinson's.
JOHN SHAPE DONAGHHO
Parkersburg, W. Va.
Gen. A. J. Warner's.
JAMES SHIRLEY EATON
Marietta
President Eaton's.
GEORGE WATKIN JAMES
Pittsburg, Pa. 32 N. H.
RICHARD OWEN
Pittsburg, Pa. 26 N. H.
LEONARD CLARK SHAW Marietta Mr. R. K. Shaw's.
DAVID LEWIS THOMAS
Wilkesbarre, Pa. 28 N. H.
CHARLES CAREY WADDLE Chillicothe Mrs. M. B. Buell's.
ARTHUR JUDSON WARNER Marietta Gen. A. J. Warner's.
ROGER MORGAN WILLIAMS
Blossburg, Pa. 28 N. H.
Candidates for the Degree of B. Ph.
EBEN FRANK GATES
Marietta Mr. Eben Gates's.
FRANK CRAIG JORDAN
Beverly Mr. W. Jordan's.
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LIST OF STUDENTS
SOPHOMORES
Candidates for the Degree of B. A.
HUNTER SHERMAN ARMSTRONG Woodsfield
24 N. H.
JASPER CONVERSE BARNES Meigsville
22 N. H.
THOMAS AYRES CHURCH
Memphis, Tenn.
Mrs. H. Rosseter's.
Marietta Mr. C. M. Cole's.
Murphy
23 N. H.
Marysville 10 S. H.
Marietta Rev. G R. Gear's.
Parkersburg, W. Va.
Mrs. E. O. L. Jett's.
Marietta Mr. Gustav Kaiser's.
Harmar Mr. H. G. Lucas's.
Brick Church, N. J.
Rev. Dr. Kingsbury's.
Cincinnati MES. A. S. D. Ewing's.
Cincinnati Mrs. A. S. D. Ewing's.
Columbus Rev. Dr. Kingsbury's.
Marietta Mr. J. A. Plumer's. Macedon, N. Y.
Mr. S. J. Hathaway's.
JAMES MARCUS COLE
GEORGE PHILIP DESIILER
OLIVER MORTON ELLIOTT
GEORGE MILLS GEAR
JOHN FRIEND HUTCHINSON
JOHN KAISER
WILLIAM LUCAS
CHARLES HOMER KINGSBURY
ELMORE MARSTEN MONFORT WILSON FORSYTH MONFORT FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MOORE GEORGE MCALLISTER PLUMER THERON MONROE RIPLEY
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PAUL SCOTT
Ashland, Ky. Mrs. E. O. L. Jett's.
ROBERT ANDERSON SHAW
Marietta Mr. R. K. Shaw's.
CHARLES AUGUSTUS WARD
Marietta Mrs. G. P. Dye's.
Candidates for the Degree of B. Ph.
CHARLES BALENTINE BAILEY Cincinnati Mr. W. P. Morrison's.
ARTHUR ADDISON CLARKE
Chillicothe Central House.
ARTHUR FULTON COLE
Marietta Mr. W. H. Cole's.
FRANK EARLE CRAWFORD
Bay City, Mich.
Mr. H. E. Chapin's.
WILLIAM EDWARD EELLS Marietta Mr. George Eells's.
WILLIAM LORT MCCOWAN
Moss Run
24 N. H.
HOMER MORRIS
Glendower 9 S. H.
CHARLES HENRY SMITH
Marietta Dr. C. H. Smith's.
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FRESHMEN
Candidates for the Degree of B. A.
ARTHUR GRANVILLE BEACH
Marietta Prof. Beach's.
HARRY SPENCER BLACK
Mansfield
Mr. H. E. Chapin's.
JOHN BOSS
Waverly, W. Va. 15 S. H.
GEORGE PATTEN DICKERSON
Parkersburg, W. Va.
Miss Dickerson's.
FRIEND TAYLOR DYE
Lockhart's Run, W. Va. 6 S. H.
EVAN EVANS
Cincinnati 5 S. H.
SPENCER EVAN EVANS
Glendower 14 S. H.
Marietta Mr. W. Fischer's.
Marietta
134 Fourth St.
Middleport Mr. E. C. Nixon's.
DAVID HUGHES JONES
Denver, Col.
11 S. H.
EDWIN JONES LEWIS
Salineville
5 S. H.
OREN JAMES MITCHELL
JAMES HOWARD PATTERSON
WILLIAM SIMEON PLUMER
ARTHUR REYNOLDS
JOHN CUTLER SHEDD
Oroomiah, Persia
Mrs. S. C. Dawes's.
WALTER COWEN SHORT
Marietta
Mr. John Short's.
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Locke Prof. Mitchell's.
Glen Roy Mrs. E. O. L. Jett's.
Marietta Mr. J. A. Plumer's.
Clarington Mrs. M. A. Rood's.
FREDERIC FISCHER
HENRY CLARK FRYE
WILLIAM THOMAS HORDEN
MARIETTA COLLEGE
JOHN HARRY SNODGRASS Marietta Mr. W. A. Snodgrass's.
WILLIAM THOMAS WILCOX
Marietta Mrs. L. Brokenshire's.
Candidates for the Degree of B. Ph.
JASPER AHLBORN
Moss Run
Mr. H. C. Frye's.
AUSTIN HENRY BROWN
Marietta Mr. W. H. Brown's.
MYRON JOHN BROWNING
Marietta Mr. J. H. F. Browning's.
JOSEPH LAWRENCE BUELL
Marietta Mrs. M. B. Buell's.
LEWIS HENRY CISLER
Marietta Mr. C. H. Cisler's.
GEORGE DANA
Belpre
Mr. T. D. Dale's.
JAMES STOW DEVOL
Marietta Mrs. A. S. D. Ewing's.
JAMES HUGH FINCH
Marietta Mrs. F. B. Finch's.
WALTER CLIFTON HARRISON Harmar
Mr. G. W. Harrison's.
WILLIAM DAVID McELHINNY
Middleport Central House.
THOMAS MATTHIAS SHEETS
Marietta Mr. S. M. Sheets's.
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APPOINTMENTS IN 1887
CLASS OF 1887
LEONARD TWINEM
Round Bottom
Valedictory
THOMAS EMERY MCKINNEY
Hebron, W. Va. Salutatory
WILLIAM AMBROSE SHEDD
Oroomia, Persia Philosophical
JOHN HENRY ROEMER
Clarington First Classical
EDWARD BELL HASKELL
Harmar Second Classical
CLASS OF 1888-PRIZE ESSAYS
WILLIAM BARNES ADDY
ROBERT MCEWEN LABAREE
WALTER GREENWOOD BEACH
FERNANDO GRANT MOORE
HAROLD MILLS DYAR
GEORGE WILLIAM SUMMERS
BENJAMIN WOODS LABAREE
CLASS OF 1889-PRIZE DECLAMATION
HOWARD WILLIAM DICKINSON
RICHARD OWEN
JAMES SHIRLEY EATON ROGER MORGAN WILLIAMS
CLASS OF 1890-PRIZE DECLAMATION
FRANK EARLE CRAWFORD HOMER MORRIS
OLIVER MORTON ELLIOTT
WILLIAM DANIEL STOUGHTON
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MARIETTA COLLEGE AWARDS IN 1887
PRIZES FOR GENERAL SCHOLARSHIP
CLASS OF 1888
ROBERT MCEWEN LABAREE, Oroomiah, Persia, First. HAROLD MILLS DYAR, Rainbow, Second.
CLASS OF 1889
ARTHUR JUDSON WARNER, Marietta, First. FRANK CRAIG JORDAN, Beverly, Second.
CLASS OF 1890
GEORGE PHILIP DESHLER, Murphy, First. JOHN KAISER, Marietta, Second.
SENIOR ENGLISH LITERATURE PRIZES EDWARD BELL HASKELL, Harmar, First.
WILLIAM AMBROSE SHEDD, Oroomiah, Persia, Second.
JUNIOR RHETORICAL PRIZES
FERNANDO GRANT MOORE, Zanesville, First. ROBERT MCEWEN LABAREE, Oroomiah, Persia, Second. WALTER GREENWOOD BEACH, Marietta, Third.
PRIZES FOR DECLAMATIONS CLASS OF 1889
JAMES SHIRLEY EATON, Marietta, First.
ROGER MORGAN WILLIAMS, Blossburg, Pa., Second.
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CLASS OF 1890
FRANK EARLE CRAWFORD, Bay City, Mich., First. OLIVER MORTON ELLIOTT, Marysville, Second.
FRESHMAN ENTRANCE PRIZES
CLASS of 1891
JOHN CUTLER SHEDD, Oroomiah, Persia, First. ARTHUR GRANVILLE BEACH, Marietta, Second.
DEGREES CONFERRED IN 1887
BACHELOR OF ARTS
FRED ELMER CORNER
Marietta
EDWARD BELL HASKELL
Harmar
THOMAS EMERY MCKINNEY
Hebron, W. Va.
JOHN HENRY ROEMER
Clarington
CHARLES PHILLIP SHAW
Marietta
Oroomiah, Persia Round Bottom
BACHELOR OF PHILOSOPHY
PEARL SMITH BRYAN
Middleport
ALBERT EARNEST COULTER
Marietta
JOHN LANGSTON HARRISON
Harmar
RUSSELL LOWELL JANNEY
Muskingum
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WILLIAM AMBROSE SHEDD
LEONARD TWINEM
MARIETTA COLLEGE
MASTER OF ARTS
REV. ALBERT SAMUEL PARSONS
Class of 1878
REV. SAMUEL FROOME SHARPLESS
Class of 1875
WARD ANDREWS HOLDEN, M. D. Class of 1884
REV. GEORGE JAMES JONES
Class of 1884
HONORARY DEGREES
MASTER OF ARTS
GEN. JOHN WALLACE FULLER Toledo
DOCTOR OF DIVINITY
REV. BENJAMIN LABAREE
Oroomiah, Persia
REV. SAMUEL BINGHAM SHIPMAN Cleveland
REV. WILLIAM JAMES LEE
St. Louis, Mo.
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
JUNE 26-29, 1887
BACCALAUREATE ADDRESS PRESIDENT EATON
ADDRESS BEFORE THE Y. M. C. A. REV. J. W. SIMPSON, Cincinnati
PRIZE DECLAMATION
EXHIBITION OF LITERARY SOCIETIES
ORATION BEFORE THE ALUMNI Alexander Hamilton ROBERT S. FULTON, EsQ., Cincinnati
POEM BEFORE THE ALUMNI Dum Vivimus Vivamus REV. W. J. LEE, D. D., St. Louis, Mo.
ORATION BEFORE THE PHI BETA KAPPA SOCIETY
The Genesis of Literature PROFESSOR J. H. CHAMBERLIN
EXERCISES OF THE GRADUATING CLASS
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INSTRUCTORS
MARTIN R. ANDREWS, M. A. Principal and Instructor in German and Latin
THOMAS E. MCKINNEY, B. A. Tutor in Mathematics and Physics
WALTER G. BEACH Instructor in Greek
Instructor in English
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PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT
GENERAL STATEMENT
This department, known as the Marietta Academy, is under the supervision of the Faculty.
While the first object of this Academy is to prepare students for College, it presents many advantages to those who are desirous of a shorter course. There are instruct- ors enough to attend to the special needs of each student. Pupils of district schools who have done well in English studies, can, if they wish, devote their entire time to those classical studies in which they have had no previous in- struction. They can thus prepare for College in much less time than is prescribed for the entire preparatory course. Among the most successful students have been a few who have pursued their studies in this way.
The Faculty of the College are ever ready to give as- sistance and instruction.
The libraries, containing more than forty thousand vol- umes, the museum, and the laboratory are all available for instruction in the Academy.
Students in the Academy can procure unfurnished rooms in the Dormitory at about ten dollars a year.
The tuition ( at the rate of thirty dollars a year) is far below the actual cost.
It is better to begin with a term, but pupils will be re-
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ceived at any time. Special assistance will be given to those who desire to teach a part of each year, and no pains will be spared to help those who are willing to help themselves.
As far as possible the plan pursued in the best schools of Germany has been adopted; the recitation hours are really made the most important hours of study. Thus the pupil is trained not only in the subject, but also in the manner and methods of study. This plan is much more expensive than the old, for it demands a larger teaching force, but it has been adopted from the conviction that it will be better for the student.
COURSE OF STUDY
FIRST YEAR
Allen and Greenough's Latin Grammar; Beginner's Latin Book (Collar and Daniell), Allen and Greenough's Cæsar begun.
White's Complete Arithmetic.
Harvey's English Grammar.
American History.
History of England.
Physical Geography.
SECOND YEAR
Allen and Greenough's Cæsar, four books; Cicero, seven orations.
Newcomb's Algebra, through Quadratic Equations.
Creighton's History of Rome.
Goodwin's Greek Grammar; Phillpott's Selections from Xenophon.
Norton's Elements of Physics.
Worman's First German Book. Eclectic German Reader.
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THIRD YEAR
Allen and Greenough's Aeneid, six books; review of Latin Gram- mar in connection with Tetlow's Latin Lessons.
Xenophon's Anabasis, three books; Greek Prose Composition ; Iliad, one book, or Selections from Hellenica.
Pyffe's History of Greece.
Newcomb's Elements of Geometry, first three books.
Whitney's German Grammar, Eclectic German Readers, Mary Stuart, William Tell, Exercise in Reading at Sight.
Exercise in Reading, Spelling, Composition, and Declamation throughout the course.
Those wishing to prepare for the Philosophical Course in College will pursue the same duties as for the Classical Course, with the exception of the Greek, in place of which will be substituted in the second and third years those branches mentioned below the others in the forego- ing scheme.
A class in Elementary Book-keeping is open to such as are prepared for it.
The Academy Literary Society meets on Saturday at 8 A. M.
The Academy Prayer Meeting is held on Friday, at 7 P. M., in the hall of the Young Men's Christian Associa- tion.
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LIST OF STUDENTS
"A" CLASS
ARTHUR ROCKWELL ADDY
ARTHUR DEVOL BARKER
ALBERT NOBLE BATE HENRY GREENE BLISH
EMMETT LEE COLEMAN
JOHN MARTIN COCHRAN
Harmar
CLIFFORD EGBERT CORWIN
FRIEND CONNER
Marietta
CLARENCE EUGENE DRAKE
LEE STOW DEVOL
Marietta
Elmira, N. Y.
Marietta
Granville
Concord, Ky.
Harmar
Marietta
Marietta
Williamstown, W. Va.
News Ferry, Va.
Wheeling, W. Va.
Waterford
NORMAN MCLEOD NYE
Marietta
CLIFFORD TAYLOR OKEY
Marietta
Marietta
Bate
Windsor, N. Y.
Muses Bottom
Cutchogue, N. Y.
Zanesville
JOHN TATHAM DUNN
HARRY BARNES GEAR
JOSHUA OSEA GRIFFITHS
CLAUDE BERNARD GRIMES
RALEIGH RUSSELL HUGGINS JOHN BROWN MCCLURE SAMUEL EDWARD MCMILLEN
EDWARD EVERETT McTAGGART
GEORGE WASHINGTON MEDLEY ROY BENTON NAYLOR CHARLES HENRY NIXON
Caldwell
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JOSEPH WALTER PATTON
BENJAMIN BARNES PUTNAM
HENRY LAWRENCE SCHOOLCRAFT JAMES McELHINNEY SQUIER
ALFRED GALLATIN STURGISS WILLIAM THOMAS WILCOX
FRED NORRIS WILLIS
Harmar
Harmar
Sardis
Marietta
Marietta
Walnut Hills
Long Island, Kansas
OTHER CLASSES
RUSH ALEXANDER
Letart Falls
CHARLES ETHAN ALLEN
CHARLES EDGAR ATHEY
Stanleyville
RUFUS WALTER ATHEY
Stanleyville
EDWARD CLEMENTS BARSTOW
Washington, D. C.
EDWIN STANTON BLAKE
Lower Salem
JOHN ELLSWORTH BLAKE
Marietta
CHARLES ELLSWORTH BRODE
Bedford, Pa.
ALLEN BRUCE
Marietta
WILLIAM CHARLES CLARK
Marietta
JOHN PLUMER COLE
Marietta
WILLIAM HENRY COLEMAN
Muses Bottom
Muses Bottom
THOMAS BENTON COLEMAN JAMES KINNAIRD DYE JOHN QUINCY EATON ISAAC PHILLIPS EDDY WILLIAM AUGUSTUS FERGUSON
Marietta
Marietta
Newell's Run
Marietta
FRANK WALTER FISCHER
Marietta
EDWARD CORNELIUS FRAZYER
Marietta
GEORGE ELMO GATES
Marietta
ALBERT HENRY GUY
Chicago, Ill.
JAMES OTHO HARDY
Bonn
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Harmar
PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT
HARRY MUNSON HART
HARRY UTTER HART THOMAS HENSHAW
RALPH WALDO JANNEY
LEWIS ALLEN JOHNSON
RUFUS KINNAIRD JONES
JOSEPH THOMPSON JONES
HENRY DANIEL KLOSTERMEIER HUGH KORTRECHT JOHN MORGAN LEWIS
FREDERIC WILLIAM LOHSSE
CAMPBELL DYE MARTIN JAMES HARRY MCCLURE
ASA DAVIS MCCOY
FRANK MARSHALL MCDOWELL
CHARLES WARREN MCKAY
WILLIAM LUCAS MCLAREN
CLARENCE COULTER MIDDLESWARTS
FRED WILLIAM MILLER WILLIAM SHERMAN MILLER MALCOLM MCLEOD NYE
WILLIAM POLK ALVANI GLASS PRENTICE
HENRY LEONARD RECKARD
HARRI PERRY ROBERTS WILLIAM HENRY ROESER GEO. BENJ. HARRIS SANDFORD EDWARD BOSWORTH SCOTT HARRY EDWARD SHIERS DALPHA ELLIOTT SMITH JOHN HENRY SMITHI WALTER ALLEE SNIFFEN
Harmar
Marietta Sharon, Pa. Marietta
Harmar Williamstown, W. Va.
Marietta
Harmar Memphis, Tenn.
Scranton, Pa.
Marietta
Pennboro, W. Va.
Marietta
Harmar
Allegheny, Pa.
Great Bend
Marietta
Bate
Marietta
Cincinnati
Marietta
Muses Bottom
Beverly
Marietta
Holland Patent, N. Y.
Marietta
Apple Grove
Ashland, Ky.
Marietta
Whipple
Harmar
Marietta
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DAVID FRANKLIN SPICER
Richwood
JAMES ALEXANDER SPICER
Richwood
DAVID STRACHAN
Marietta
ELMER ELLSWORTH SWORDS
Constitution
Spring Hill, W. Va.
MATTHEW THOMAS LOUIS LEANDER TRAUTMAN
Harmar
JAMES RUSSELL TROTTER
Aurora, W. Va.
CHRISTIAN ALBERT WERNECKE
Harrietsville
JAMES HERBERT WEST
Marietta
WALTER WILLIAM WYANT
Eagle, W. Va.
EDWARD MARTIN YOST
Deutcher's
SUMMARY
Seniors
16
Juniors
13
Sophomores
27
Freshmen
31- 87 95
Academy
182
Twice Enrolled
1
Number of States Represented
12
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ORATION BEFORE THE PHI BETA KAPPA SOCIETY
DELIVERED JUNE 28, 1887 BY PROFESSOR J. H. CHAMBERLIN
THE GENESIS OF LITERATURE
However inadequate the treatment, our theme cannot fail to enlist the earnest attention of all members of the Society under whose auspices we are gathered, and I trust it will not be wholly void of interest to all others who have tasted the delicious fruit of poesy and the more sub- stantial nourishment which prose literature furnishes.
Language and literature, like civilization, are growths or developments. As the historian has established this fact in regard to civilization, so the phililogian has per- formed the same valuable service for language. Although the oldest specimens of literature which have escaped ob- livion are masterpieces of their kind, no reflective mind can entertain the belief that literature burst suddenly forth upon the world in all its beauty and perfection, like Pallas Athene full-armored from the head of great Jove. The Iliad was not the first literary production among the Greeks, nor the Vedic hymns the first among the ancient Indians. These have come down to us in accordance with
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the law of the survival of the fittest. The literary ef- forts that preceded them, are, unfortunately, with a few exceptions, lost to us, but they served their time and did their part in preparing for the golden age to fol- low. As specimens of literature those that remain are valueless; as memorials of man's earliest artistic efforts they are priceless.
What then is the source of literature? What the means and agencies involved in its production ? What the meth- ods and processes employed by man in his long and toil- some struggle to realize that "happy, heavenly vision men call Art?" How was man, formed from the dust of the earth, transformed into a poet, the made into a maker, the created into a creator?
Unquestionably poetry was the earliest of literary forms. Later, when the thought expressed was of great- er interest than the language in which it was embodied, prose was employed. The subject to which I invite your attention this evening thus resolves itself into the Genesis of Poetry. A historical treatment of such a topic is for- bidden by its very nature. At the same time we are not left entirely to theory and hypothesis. Some of the prin- ciples of language growth are clearly established. Cer- tain mental qualities are recognized as characteristic of man in his uncivilized condition. The songs of our American Indians and other barbarous peoples bear witness to the earliest strivings of the human mind to express itself in rythmical language. With such aids as these, and infer- ences legitimately drawn from them, we may, so to speak, construct the history of verbal expression from its rude beginnings until the literary period was reached.
Although he was the crowning work of creation, prim-
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itive man had more in common with the beasts that peopled the forests through which he roamed in his search for nuts and berries, or that disputed with him the possession of a cave, his only shelter from the driving storm, than with civilized man; with a Newton or a Shakespeare. In many respects he was their inferior. He had not the strength of the lion the speed of the deer, nor the melo- dious song of the bird. His voice gave utterance only to hoarse gutturals, sharp cries and wild shouts; his means of defense a stone or a club.
Why then was he entitled to the high honor of the su- preme in creation ? Because in him, if not in the scientists primitive egg, was contained the promise and potency of lordship over nature, of unlimited spiritual growth and development, of civilization with all its causes and results. Such is the being we are to examine for traces of a lit- erary impulse or bias. Careful study will show that he possessed the germs of the powers and faculties necessary for the production of literature, the richest fruitage of his spiritual nature.
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