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for seventeen years, until 1873, when he re- signed to engage in pastoral work. The next President, and the last before the union of the two institutions, was William Richardson, M. A., who had been favorably known in public school work, and who, in 1877, resigned to re- enter that field.
The degrees conferred by the institution were Mistress of Liberal Arts for those who took the classical course, and Mistress of Eng- lish Literature for those who took the scien- tific course. The classical course embraced studies largely the same, at first, as those in the University, except Greek. This language, too, was finally included as optional, and upon the few who took the entire course the degree of Bachelor of Arts was conferred.
The graduates of the College numbered, in 1877, when the union with the University took place, over 400. They have long had an alumnæ organization, and the local graduates have, for many years, maintained a literary association with monthly re-unions.
One of the original articles of association, adopted in 1853, provided that it at any time the union of the two institutions could legally be effected, it should be brought about. It was not until a quarter of a century had passed that the friends of this movement felt strong enough to bring to fruition the hope that had been entertained by some, at least, of those who had participated in the establishment of the College.
In 1877, the Board of the University adopted a resolution, that, if the trustees of the Female College should discontinue the academic work of that school, and transfer the property, free from debt, to the trustees of the University, they would accept the property, and open the University to the ladies, and would establish a special course of study of high order for ladies, with appropriate degrees for the completion of the course. The propo- sition was accepted. A debt of about $9.000. which had been incurred for additions to the campus, was paid by the Ohio Central Con- ference from the amount raised for the Uni- versity by its agents; and thus the University came into the unincumbered possession of a
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property worth at least $100,000, had an ad- dition of nearly 200 students per annum to its enrollment, and gained an increase of thirty per cent. in its income. There were other gains. The union of the schools removed a distracting question from the councils of the University and the Church, put this large and influential school abreast of the sentiment and progress of the age, and concentrated upon it- seff the interest and the benefactions which had been diverted to another institution. or altogether lost between the conflicting claims of the two rival schools. The advantages from the union of the schools and from co-education of the sexes are so manifest and so great, that. in summing up the result, minor inconveniences can be patiently adjusted or quietly ignored. There has also been a reflex beneficial influ- ence on the development of the Ladies' De- partment. The expensive tuition fees were at once cancelled, as all the ladies were admitted to the University on scholarships. The at- tendance of ladies rapidly grew to three times what it was the year before the union was consummated. In 1876 the number of ladies was 172; for the five years prior to 1894. it ranged from 444 to 537; the enrollment for the fall term in 1907 was 502. This number is far beyond what the founders of the Female College expected in their most sanguine hopes. In 1890 the building was enlarged to twice its former size, at a cost of over $50,000. The old Monnett Hall of the Female College, with its two wings and central block, is now, in fact, but one of the wings of the new Monnett Hall of Ohio Wesleyan University. The building as it now stands is 200 feet long, 100 feet wide, and four stories in height. This large building has ample accommodations for 250 ladies, giving each a separate room or suite of rooms. The upper floors are acces- sible by several wide stairways, or by an ele- vator. The building contains an assembly hall or chapel, conservatory of music, reception rooms, parlors, library and reading-room well supplied with books and periodicals. three halls for the ladies' literary societies, and a large. light dining-room.
The veranda of Monnett Hall was built at an expense of $5,000, which was paid by that generous friend of the University. Mr. D. S. Gray, of Columbus, Ohio. A loggia, or art annex, is being constructed. This will add fifteen feet to the width of the building for a distance of thirty-five feet, and in the space thus acquired, numerous works of art will be placed. The cost of this improvement will be about $2.500. which is being defrayed prin- cipally by Mrs. Anna Clason. There are now about 3,000 volumes in Monnett library. At the beginning of the fall term of 1907, there were 502 young ladies enrolled at Monnett Hall: of this number 260 reside at the Hall, besides officers, teachers and help. For the first six years, until 1883. Dr. W. F. Whitlock was Dean of Monnett Hall; since that date Dr. C. B. Austin has filled the office.
RESULTS ACCOMPLISHED.
A brief glance at the results actually ac -. complished by the University will be of inter- est. Unfortunately, the statistics have not been collated to date and we shall therefore have to content ourselves with a quotation from "Fifty Years of History," which brings the figures down to 1894.
"Two thousand one hundred and eighty- six students have been graduated. About seven times that number have drunk at the . same fountain for a longer or shorter period. in the earlier history of the institution the . relative number of those not graduated was much larger than in recent years.
"Three hundred and seventy-seven gradu- . ates have been ministers of the Gospel, and six thousand five hundred years of service already stand to their credit. * *
* Af- ter the war many of the graduates began to seek professional training in the leading uni- versities of this country and of Europe, and have secured the degrees of M. A. and Ph. D. from them. More than one hundred have . taken a full post-graduate course in law and received the degree of LL. B., and are in the van of advocates and jurists in many of the
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States of the Union. The same is true of the medical profession. Some sixty of the gradu- ates have become college presidents, about three times this number college professors. and a still larger number have been instructors in academies and the public schools. Dr. Nel- son estimates six thousand years of service in the work of teaching. * He also says that one hundred and forty-six homes have been built up in which both husband and wife are alumni of this institution ; that sixty of the University's grandchildren have been gradu- ated; and that great-grandchildren have al- ready been enrolled.
"The statistics make clear what has long been the pride of trustees, faculty and friends -a prevailing missionary spirit. Sixty-four graduates and fifteen undergraduates have gone to the ends of the earth in the holy and heroic crusade of missionary work. They are in every mission field of the Church, save Africa. Such men as Drs. Nathan, Sites and H. H. Lowry in China; T. J. Scott and Wil- liam A. Mansell, in India: J. F. Thomson and Charles W. Drees, in South America, will indicate the cast and the efficiency of the workers sent forth."
The enrollment of students in the Univer- sity for the first year was one hundred and ten and gradually increased until in 1850 it numbered two hundred and fifty-seven. The next year showed 506 names. This sudden in- crease was due to the system of cheap scholar- ships put into successful operation that year by the Board of Trustees. Since 1851 the attendance has always been large. Only once, in 1863, the dark year of the war, has the aggregate fallen as low as 300: and up to the union of the two schools it usually exceeded 400. After that event. the enrollment sprang at once to more than 600 and in two years went up to nearly a 1,000. The University has ma- triculated upwards of 26,000 students. The enrollment in the departments at Delaware, but not including in this statement the Medical College at Cleveland, is as follows for the past fourteen years: 1894, 785: 1895, 848; 1896, 763: 1897. 736: 1898, 775; 1899. 772; 1900, 757: 1901, 802: 1902, 800; 1903, 886: 1904,
905: 1905. 914: 1906, 921 ; 1907, 1.003. The most cordial relations have always existed between the University and the citi- zens. No invidious class words are known here such as, in the University towns of the Old World, mark the antagonisms between the university and the people-"Gown and town;" "College and Philistines." Living as most of the students do, in the families of the citizens, intermingling in the same circles, attending the same churches, members of the same po- litical or other organizations, many of the stu- dents coming from the families of the town and many of the students from other places finally intermarrying with the families here, there has been no possibility, as there has been no occasion, for antipathy between them.
SUMMARY OF DEPARTMENTS WITH ROS- TER OF OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRA- TION AND OF INSTRUCTION.
The College of Liberal Arts, established in 1844.
The Academic Department, established in 1841.
The School of Music, established in 1877.
The School of Fine Arts, established in 1877. The School of Oratory, established in 1894. The School of Business, established in 1895.
The College of Medicine ( Cleveland College of Physicians and Surgeons), founded in 1863, incorpor- ated with the University in 1896.
OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION.
Herbert Welch, D. D. LL. D., president.
Professor William Francis Whitlock, D. D., LL. D., vice-president ; Dean of Men.
Professor Cyrus Brooks Austin, D. D., Dean of Women; Dean of Summer Session.
Professor Mary Wheeler Newberry, M. A., Asso- ciate Dean of Women.
Professor John Henry Grove, M. A., Principal of the Academic Department. Professor William Emory Smyser, M. A., Registrar. Assistant Professor Russell Benjamin Miller, B. D., Ph. D., Librarian.
Professor Lewis Gardner Westgate, Ph. D., Curator of Cabinets ; Secretary of the Faculty.
Professor William Garfield Hornell, Ph. D., Superin- tendent of Buildings and Grounds.
Katharina Christiana Schock, B. L., Assistant Li- brarian.
Helen Isabel Albright, B. L., Cataloguer.
Emma Lavinia Kirk, B. L., Assistant Cataloguer.
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Louise Christine Schrote, Reference Librarian.
James Harvard Denney, Reading Room Attendant. Ethel Stout, B. L., Secretary to the President.
Sarah Irene Disney, B. A., Secretary to the Regis- trar.
Marie Antoinette Disney, B. L., Secretary to the Registrar.
FINANCIAL OFFICERS.
Sue Clippinger, Auditor ; 274 North Sandusky Street.
James Crawford Roberts, M. A., B. D., Financial Secretary, 175 North Liberty Street.
Darius Lyman Edwards, M. A., Field Agent, 16 West Fountain Avenue.
Lemuel Dyer Lilly, M. A., Land and Loan Agent, New Hayden Building, Columbus, Ohio.
Rev. Aaron Jackson Lyon, D. D., Financial Agent, North Ohio Conference.
Rev. Isaac Fenton King, D. D., Financial Agent, Ohio Conference, Columbus, Ohio.
OFFICERS OF INSTRUCTION.
College of Liberal Arts and Academic Department.
William Francis Whitlock, D. D., LL. D., Brown Professor of the Latin Language and Literature.
Rev. Hiram Mills Perkins, M. A., LL. D., Emeritus Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy.
John Henry Grove, M. A., Professor of Latin.
Rev. Richard Parsons, MI. A., Wright Professor of the Greek Language and Literature.
Cyrus Brooks Austin, M. A., D. D., Parrott Pro- fessor of Mathematics and Astronomy.
Rev. William Walter Davies. M. A., B. D., Ph. D., Professor of German and Hebrew.
Robert Irving Fulton, M. A., Professor of Elocution and Oratory.
*Richard Taylor Stevenson, B. D., Ph. D., James S. Britton Professor of American History
William Garfield Hormell, Ph. D., Professor of Physics.
Clara Albertine Nelson, M. A., Professor of French.
Trumbull Gillette Duvall, B. D., Ph. D., Professor of Philosophy, and Amrine Professor of Christian Evi- dences.
Edward Loranus Rice, Ph. D., Professor of Zoology.
Rollin Hough Walker, M. A., S. T. B., Ph. D., Eliza Meharry Jeffers Professor of the English Bible.
Lewis Gardner Westgate, Ph. D., Professor of Ge- ology.
William Emory Smyser, M. A., Dr. Benjamin F. Cessna Professor of the English Language and Lit- erature.
*Absent on leave.
Mary Wheeler Newberry, M. A., Professor of English.
George Oswin Higley, Ph. D., Professor of Chem- istry.
Benjamin Lincoln McElroy, B. D., Ph. D., Morris Sharp Professor of Theology.
William Henry Menges, First Lieutenant, Coast Artillery Corps, U. S. Army, Professor of Military Tactics.
George Gorham Groat, M. Pd., Ph. D., Associate Professor of Economics on the Homer E. White Foundation.
Gordon Nelson Armstrong, M. A., Associate Pro- fessor of Mathematics.
*Grace Stanley, M. A., Assistant Professor of Latin. Emma Louise Konantz, M. A., Assistant Professor of Mathematics.
Russell Benjamin Miller, B. D., Ph. D., Assistant Professor of Greek, and Acting Chrisman Professor of Biblical Literature.
Wesley Branch Rickey, B. L., Director of Athletics.
John . Wesley Page, B. A., Director of Gymnasium.
William Henry Siebert, M. A., Professor of Euro- pean History, Ohio State University, Lecturer in History.
Edmund Daniel Lyon, M. A., Principal of Wood- ward High School. Cincinnati, Ohio, Lecturer in Pedagogy ( Summer Session, 1907).
Mary Elizabeth Davies, Instructor in German.
Evelyn May Albright, M. A., Instructor in English.
Nathaniel Waring Barnes, M. A., Instructor in English (Summer Session, 1907).
Sarah Cory Cantwell, B. A., Instructor in Greek. Charles Wellington Edwards, John W. Richard- son Instructor in Engineering.
Theodora Louise Blakeslee, B. L., Instructor in French.
Allen Anders Seipt. Ph. D., Instructor in German.
William Rader Westhafer, B. A., Instructor in Mathematics ( Summer Session, 1907).
Robert Pelton Sibley, MI. A., Instructor in English.
Russell Hissey Erwine, B. L., Instructor in History.
George Norton Thurston, B. S., Instructor in Physics.
George Richard Kingham, B. A., Instructor in Philosophy.
Harriet Pyne Grove, B. L., Instructor in Latin.
Homer Calvin Bayliss, Instructor in Engineering. Daniel Abraham Ferree. Instructor in Mathematics. Edith Salmans, Instructor in Spanish.
Jason McVay Austin, Major of Cadet Battalion. Murray Thurston Titus, Leader of Cadet Band.
SCHOOL OF MUSIC.
Charles M. Jacobus, Director, Instructor in Piano and Theory.
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*Isabel Thomas, Instructor in Piano and History of Music.
Clara Faville Williams, B. A., Instructor in Voice. Edith Emma Bratton, Instructor in Violin.
Emma Adele Crane, Instructor in Harmony, Coun- terpoint, and Piano.
Edward Young Mason. Instructor in Organ and Piano.
Jessie Wilma Pontius, Instructor in Piano and History of Music.
John Adam Bendinger, Instructor in Voice and Vocal Sight-Reading.
Harry Nelson Wiley, Instructor in Piano.
SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS.
Sallie Thompson Humphreys, Director, Instructor in Decorative Design, Oil and China Painting.
Mary Bertha Purdum, Instructor in Antique Draw- ing and Water Color Painting.
SCHOOL OF ORATORY.
Robert Irving Fulton, M. A., Dean, Professor of Elocution and Oratory.
Lucy Dean Jenkins, M. A., Instructor in Elocu- tion, Oratory, and Physical Culture.
Pearl Myers Leas, B. L., Instructor in Elocution and Oratory.
Thomas Clarkson Trueblood, M. A., (Professor of Oratory, University of Michigan.) Lecturer and In- terpretative Reader, Ann Arbor, Mich.
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS.
Lycurgus Leonidas Hudson, M. A., Principal, In- structor in Accounting. Banking, and Business Prac- tice.
Estella May Hutchisson, B. A., Instructor in Short- hand, Typewriting and Correspondence.
Harry Wickliffe Crist, B. A., Instructor in Com- mercial Law.
Harry Pudens Greenwall, Assistant in Business and Ornamental Penmanship.
Frank Decatur Steger, Assistant in Commercial Arithmetic.
George Clansing, Assistant in Advertising.
COLLEGE OF MEDICINE.
( Cleveland College of Physicians and Surgeons) Cleveland, Ohio.
Roland Edward Skeel, M. D., Dean, Professor of Obstetrics.
Clyde Ellsworth Cotton, M. D .. Emeritus Profes- sor of Anatomy, Black Mountain, N. C.
Charles Franklin Dutton, M. D., Emeritus Pro- fessor of Medicine and Clinical Medicine.
Henry Warren Rogers, M. D., Emeritus Profes- sor of Medical Diagnosis and Clinical Medicine.
Marcus Rosenwasser, M. D., Professor of Dis- eases of Women.
Albert Rufus Baker, M. D., Professor of Ophthal- mology.
Daniel Buttrick Smith, M. A., M. D., Professor of Ophthalmology.
Charles Barnsdall Parker, M. A., M. D., M. R. C. S., Professor of Clinical Surgery.
Samuel Walter Kelley, M. D., Professor of Dis- eases of Children.
Joseph Franklin Hobson, M. D., Treasurer, Pro- fessor of Principles of Surgery.
Henry Ebenezer Handerson, M. A., M. D., Pro- fessor of Hygiene and Sanitary Science.
John George Spenzer, Ph. D., M. D., F. C. S., Pro- fessor of General and Medical Chemistry and Phar- macology.
John Bernard McGee, M. D., Secretary, Professor of Therapeutics.
Robert Pollock, M. D., Professor of Materia Medica.
Thomas Charles Martin. Ph. D., M. D., Professor of Proctology.
Edson Burton Bauder, M. A., LL. B., Professor of Medical Ethics.
Robert Gilcrest Schnee, M. D., Professor of Bac- teriology and Pathology.
Charles John Aldrich, M. D .. Professor of Neur- ology.
Morris Daniel Stepp, M. D., Professor of Opera- tive Surgery.
Arthur Julius Skeel, M. D., Professor of Anatomy and Lecturer on Obstetrics.
Milton Jay Lichty, Ph. B., M. D., Registrar, Pro- fessor of Medicine.
John Nicholas Lenker, M. D., Professor of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology.
Martin Friedrich, M. D., Professor of Medicine. Benjamin Franklin Hambleton, B. S., M. D., Pro- fessor of Physiology.
Alfred Clum, LL. M., Professor of Medical Juris- prudence.
Nathan Weidenthal, B. A., M. D., Associate Pro- fessor of Diseases of Children.
Charles Given Foote, M. D., Associate Professor of Genito-Urinary Diseases and Lecturer on Surgery.
Frederick Yingling Allen, M. D., Associate Pro- fessor of Histology.
George Seeley Smith. M. A., M. D., Associate Pro- fessor of Medicine.
Augustus Farlin House, M. D., Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery.
*Absent on leave.
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LECTURERS AND ASSISTANTS.
Edward Lauder, M. D., C. M., Lecturer on Ophthal- mology.
Lillian Gertrude Towslee, M. D., Lecturer on Dis- eases of Women.
Norman Cary Yarian, B. L., M. D., Lecturer on Medicine.
Adolph Steiner, M. D., Lecturer on Rhinology, Otology and Laryngolgy.
Adams Bailey Howard, M. D., Clinical Lecturer on Mental Diseases.
Harry Bertolette Kurtz, M. D., Lecturer on Der- matology and Venereal Diseases.
Henry O. Feiss, B. A., M. D., Lecturer on Ortho- pedic Surgery.
Joseph Charles Placak. M. D., Lecturer on Path- ology.
Ralph Kinsey Updegraff, M. D., Lecturer on Physi- cal Diagnosis.
Julius Goldfinger, M. D., Lecturer on Obstetrics.
Harry J. Stoll, M. D., Lecturer on Surgery.
Edward Patrick Monaghan, M. D., Lecturer on Osteology.
Frederick William Linn, M. D., Instructor in Physiology.
Henry Charles Crumrine, M. D., Instructor in Com- parative Anatomy and Embryology.
Frank Roth, M. D., Instructor in Medicine.
Homer John Hartzell, M. A., M. D., Instructor in Diseases of Children and Assistant in Chemistry.
Willis Theodore Parsons, M. D., Instructor in Dis- eases of Women.
Clyde Ellsworth Ford, M. D., Instructor in Sur- gery.
Edwin Alan Hannum, M. D., Instructor in Electro- Therapeutics.
Asa Fleming Voak, M. D., Instructor in Materia Medica.
Israel Biskind, M. D., Assistant in Diseases of Women.
Alexander William Lueke, M. D., Assistant Demi- onstrator of Anatomy.
Sherman Eldon Carlton, M. D., Assistant in Dis- eases of Children.
Herbert Leslie Plannette, M. D., Assistant in His- tology.
Warner Hoskins Tuckerman, M. D., Assistant in Ear, Nose and Troat.
Walter Ball Laffer, M. D., Assistant in Mental and Nervous Diseases.
Pearl Aaron Hahn, M. D .. Assistant in Dermat- ology.
Cora Sechrist, M. D .. Assistant in Ophthalmology. Julius Moses Rogoff, Assistant Demonstrator in Physiology.
EXTRAMURAL TEACHERS.
John Vincent Gallagher, M. D., Lecturer on Sur- gery at St. Alexis Hospital.
Thomas Joseph Calkins, A. M., M. D., Lecturer on Medicine at St. Alexis Hospital.
Milton Jay Parke, B. S., M. D., Lecturer on Medi- cine at St. John's Hospital.
Augustus Farlin House, M. D., Lecturer on Sur- gery at St. Clair Hospital.
J. Arthur Jones, M. D., Lecturer on Medicine at St. Clair Hospital.
Frank A. Stovering, M. D., Instructor in Surgery at St. John's Hospital.
Walter Gustav Stern, B. S., M. D., Instructor in Orthopedic Surgery at Mt. Sinai Hospital.
Grace Dean Outland, Assistant Secretary.
THE OHIO WESLEYAN TRANSCRIPT.
The official publication of the students of the University is the Ohio Wesleyan Tran- script, a sixteen-page paper that is issued weekly during the academic year by a board of editors appointed after a competition. Its publication is vested in a permanent organiza- tion, consisting of the junior and senior mem- bers of the editorial staff in any single year and three representatives of the Faculty. This board administers the business affairs of the paper, passes on the work submitted by the candidates for vacancies on the editorial staff. and makes appointments to the staff. The edi- torial conduct of the paper is entirely in the hands of an editor-in-chief and his associates, who are responsible for its policy, and for the various departments, local, athletic, exchange, literary, and Monnett, which comprise the paper.
The Transcript was established in 1866 by Joseph B. Battelle, of the class of 1868, under the name of The Western Collegian; in 1873 the name was changed to The College Tran- script. In 1874 the ladies of the senior class at Monnett were admitted to a representation on the editorial corps. In 1902, when the present method of competitive appointment was adopted, the name was changed to The Ohio Wesleyan Transcript. In 1888 Wilbur F. Copeland, of the class of 1889. started The Practical Student, a weekly that for ten
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years was a contemporary and a vigorous rival of the Transcript.
We give below brief sketches of the five distinguished men who have filled the office of President of the University.
I. The Rev. Edward Thomson, M. D., D. D., LL. D. He was born in 1810, at Portsea, England ; but by growth and education he was an American. His home from early youth was at Wooster, Ohio. He received a good classical training, and afterward graduated in medicine at Philadelphia. In 1832 he entered the ministry, in the Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and at once be- came noted for his ability as a preacher and a writer. In 1838 he was chosen principal of the Norwalk Seminary, the first Methodist school in the State of Ohio. His success here established his reputation as an educator, and pointed him out as the fittest man for the presidency of the University, to which po- sition he was elected first in 1842, and again in 1844. In the spring of the last named year, he was elected editor of the Ladies' Repository in Cincinnati, but resigned this office after two years' service, to assume the active duties of his position at Delaware. For fourteen years he filled and graced this office. No college president in the Church has shown larger administrative abilities, or won a more enviable place in the affections and admiration of College and Church alike. In 1860 he was called by the General Conference to edit the Christian Advocate, in New York ; and again, in 1864, to the higher office of bishop in the Church. He died suddenly in Wheeling, W. Va., March 22, 1870.
President Thomson taught but little dur- ing his connection with the University. He usually had the senior class in one study, but he found his happiest field of instruction and influence in the Sunday lectures before the University. It was here that he made his won- derful power felt, and left the lasting impress of his thoughts and spirit on his rapt listeners. His lectures, whether written or extemporized, were models of sacred eloquence, worthy of any audience for their depth, beauty and fervor. Bishop Thomson's publications are numerous,
and his literary remains yet in manuscript are very extensive.
2. The Rev. Frederick Merrick, M. A. He was born January 29, 1810, a native of Massachusetts, and was educated at the Wes- leyan University, Conn. In 1836 he became principal of Amenia Seminary, New York, and in 1838, professor of Natural Science in Ohio University, Athens, and member of the Ohio Conference. For one year. 1842-43. he was pastor of the Methodist Church in Mari- etta. In 1843 the Conference appointed him financial agent of Ohio Wesleyan University, to which institution he thereafter devoted his life for fifty-one years.
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