Catalogue of the officers and students in Marietta College, v. 2, Part 3

Author: Marietta College. cn
Publication date: 1853
Publisher: Marietta, Ohio : The Intelligence Office
Number of Pages: 186


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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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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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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


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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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