&rf>*t^ GMjto HMrgatt ittibmmg Mnbtt$mbmt? Ctfc W\ti} Miwtmtwm l?latoan> 1312 VOL. XI JANUARY I, 1912 No. 1 OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY BULLETIN ISSUED BI-MONTHLY Entered February 24, 1902, at Delaware, Ohio, as second-class matter, under Act of Congress July 16, 1894 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2013 http://archive.org/details/ohiowesleyanuniv19unse THE PURPOSE OF THIS BULLETIN JJTHIS BULLETIN is planned for students in the High Schools who are looking forward, more ^^ or less seriously, to a college or technical school course. The college catalogue gives a large array of facts, but it limits itself to one side of college life. The spirit of a college, however, is not shown in its catalogue. That can be fully known only by one who shares its membership and takes part in its life from day to day. And yet it is hoped that this presentation of a number of the aspects of life at Ohio Wesleyan may suggest the spirit that prevails there. DIVISIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY J?THE University comprises three divisions: the College, the Conservatory, including the School ^/ of Music and the School of Fine Arts, and the Academy, including the School of Business* The central feature of the University is the College, which sets the standard and determines the spirit and tone. * By vote of the Board of Trustees, the School of Business will be discontinued after June, 1912. UNIVERSITY HALL AND GRAY CHAPEL In University Hall are recitation rooms, administrative offices, the rooms of the men's literary societies and of the Young Men's Christian Association, and a spacious auditorium — Gray Chapel ENROLLMENT (November 1, 1911) M € Women Total College Conservatory Academy Post-Graduates 5 8 13 Seniors 83 64 147 Juniors 104 94 198 Sophomores 135 101 236 Freshmen 136 131 267 Specials 20 483 10 408 30 891 Music 11 156 167 Art 17 17 184 Preparatory 62 15 11 Business 13 13 26 103 Total enrollment in all departments 1178 THE COLLEGE WALK Looking toward the Gymnasium and showing Library porch and front of Sturges Hall ENTRANCE. y^HE following table indicates the subjects prescribed for admission and the number of units (a Lfi unit being a course pursued for at least thirty-six weeks, with not less than four recitations each week) required in each subject. English, 3; Latin, Greek, German, French, 6; History, 1; Mathematics, 3; Electives, 2. (The six units of languagt may be divided between two of the languages named, in the ratio of 3 and 3, or 4 and 2; and one of the languages presented for admission must be continued one year in college.) For full freshman rank, the candidate must offer at the opening of the college year fifteen units in the studies accepted for admission to college, among which the following units must be included: English, 3; Foreign Languages, 4; Mathematics, 2; History, 1. Conditional freshman rank is granted to candidates who offer at the opening of the college year thirteen units of the studies accepted for admission, provided that they present the ten units in pre- scribed subjects indicated above. Students granted conditional freshman rank must enter at once the classes of the Academy in the subjects in which they are deficient; and no such student will be enrolled in any college study except Greek, unless he has first enrolled for work which will remove his deficiency in the requirement for full freshman classification. SOUTH ENTRANCE OF GRAY CHAPEL The carving on the arch the gift of the class of 1903 ON THE CAMPUS THE COURSES TJTWO courses are offered, the Classical and the Scientific, leading to the degrees of B. A. and 111 B. S. In the Classical Course either Latin or Greek must be taken; in the Scientific Course a larger amount of mathematics and science is required. Both courses give the same oppor- tunity, through elective studies, for work in any special department. The College Catalogue gives complete information regarding courses and degrees. THE COLLEGE OR THE PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL? ^TjijANY students, particularly those intending to be engineers, when they complete their high Ifltl school course, feel that they must choose between college and the professional school. The three or four years' professional course, on top of the four years' college course, looks like too large an undertaking. It is coming to be seen, however, that for the highest professional success there is needed not alone the technical training of the professional school (engineering, law, or medicine), but the broad training of the college as well. Both the college and the technical school have an essential part in preparing for the professions; the college develops the man, the technical school makes the engineer. Separate publications, mentioned later, consider this question, and also show how the time of the combined college and professional course can be shortened by the proper choice of studies in college. SOME ASPECTS OF COLLEGE LIFE ^j^DUCATION comes through action. If we believe that a college student cannot enter in a TT hearty and whole-souled manner into any department of college life without receiving a distinct educational uplift, we must alter in some cases our conception of college values. The work of the class-room, with its outside preparation, is of the highest value; but other college interests should be not merely tolerated but encouraged. Many graduates look back to college days and see that on the athletic field, or in the literary society, or in the daily contact with their fellows, they received a training of the utmost importance for their future work. The college is a world of its own, with its varied interests. This fact gives it its value and its danger; its danger, because there is always the chance that a student may distribute his time unprofitably among the possible lines of college activity, and so miss the main end of his course; its value, because of this variety there is no student who cannot devote himself with profit to some department of college activity, and so gain that power and confidence which come from successful accomplishment. The college expects each member to be a thorough student and then to find his place in some one or more of the dif- ferent college activities. Whether he distinguishes himself as an athlete, a debater, or a worker in the Y. M. C. A., there is behind the multiplicity of occupation a unity of devotion to the college as a whole and to all the activities which make up its united life. You may call it college spirit or what you will, but it is that which gives college life its charm, its enthusiasm, its hold on grad- uates and undergraduates, and a large part of its value. 11 ^C^^Ss ^V^llf^ ^n&"s£5^ ^X IJL/^ rB ^^ / jf^\ ' I' v aH»/ v^v y^jLf£:: I mqS^h t^^^KS^ w gfflsm <-j M H~ fcpHjlllk^T s|y sVJI ' •» ''5'1 . -V ';'^ t .-~Vi<, : ;. „ i ffH| Ik ] Gray Chapel Library Sturges Hall Eliott Hal SOME COLLEGE BUILDINGS FROM THE FRONT CAMPUS MILITARY DRILL fTjtJILITARY DRILL was introduced at Delaware in 1882, and since 1890 an officer of the JJjff United States Army has been regularly delegated to take charge of the work, with the rank of Professor of Military Tactics. In the present age the discipline of an army differs very little from the discipline of a great industrial organization, and every attribute of the trained soldier is appreciated and rewarded as promptly in the business world as in the army. The influence of military discipline in establishing and maintaining a high standard of morality is beyond dispute. In addition to the benefit which the general government derives from the military instruction given at this University, it is believed that the attitude enforced, the habits of obedience and punctuality inculcated, the improvement in bearing and appearance of those instructed, and also the practice in directing and commanding others, which all may get in course of time as officers and non-commissioned officers, is of immense benefit to the students individually. The instruction given in Infantry Drill Regulations, Small Arms Firing Regulations, Field Service Regulations, Manual of Guard duty, etc., is interesting to the student, and is valuable as a matter of general information. Ammunition is furnished by the government for target practice, which is a part of the regular work. The various parades, reviews and other ceremonies, are events in which the cadets take great pride; while the annual Military Reception is one of the most important social events o^ the college year. 13 Overfor a Touch-down A Crisis in the Game ON THE FOOT -BALL FIELD 2 J ■ > m m w<~m :•-*> 1 GYMNASIUM AND ENTRANCE GATE The gate given by the Class of 1908 PHYSICAL TRAINING ^tJHYSICAL TRAINING is recognized as an essential part of the college course. The world jh| has little use for bloodless, flabby men. The all-round college man of to-day is deep-chested, wi lithe-limbed, alert, a wholesome chap with body and mind trained to high standards of effi- ciency. And so closely is play related to health and self-mastery that college sport needs no apology or defense. The daily hour on the athletic field or in the gymnasium is not an added burden, but a means by which a student is kept in condition for his work, and by which, too, he may win honorable distinction through his skill and ability. THE GYMNASIUM /|p|N February 22, 1906, the Edwards Gymnasium, after Gray Chapel the largest and most t|hf imposing building on the campus, was opened. In the basement are the swimming pool, 50 feet long and 22 feet wide, with a water depth of four feet at one end and seven feet at the other; rooms for the use of the athletic teams of the University; and several large courts that can be used for handball, bowling alleys and drill rooms for the military companies. The second floor contains the administrative offices of the director of the gymnasium, a locker room having a capacity of 700 lockers, and bath and toweling rooms. On the third floor is the main gymnasium, 1 50 feet long by 83 feet wide, and a suspended running track, fifteen laps to the mile, makes the equipment complete. CLASS IN THE GYMNASIUM GYMNASIUM RUNNING TRACK Mr. Frederick W. Dixon, who as Associate Professor of Physical Education and Director of the Men's Gymnasium, is in charge of the work, has had a wide and thorough training and a professional experience of ten years in association, school and college work, and in connection with summer camps in Canada. Physical examinations are given to all students and, in case of need, the work is especially adapted to the student. Class-work in the gymnasium is required of all stu- dents (except Seniors) who do not take military drill, or who are not specially excused, but large numbers of the students besides the members of the regular classes take advantage of the gymnasium. The floor of the gymnasium and the baths are open to all students. In addition to the regular class work, special classes are organized in boxing, fencing, wrestling, swimming, and apparatus work. 16 THE JOHN EDWARDS GYMNASIUM 17 ATHLETICS /Wp|NE who formed his opinion of college life from the public press might be pardoned for \tj/ thinking that the main work of the American college was to train athletes. Those who know college life on the inside know that athletics make a part, often too large a part, of college activity, but a part which is vital and essential. College sports originated without help from the college Faculty, and have often been distrusted by them. But as they have grown, and as their evils and advantages have both become more apparent, they have been brought under Faculty con- trol. In Ohio, through a committee, the Ohio Athletic Conference, composed of Faculty represen- tatives of the leading colleges, control of intercollegiate athletics is maintained with regard to rules of play, eligibility of players, and arrangement of games. Local as well as intercollegiate athletics are under Faculty supervision at Ohio Wesleyan; which means that the college authorities favor college sport when properly controlled. And why? In part because it means health, vigor, manliness. And further, because of its intellectual and moral value, especially in those sports in which compe- tition is between teams rather than between individuals. Foot-ball, base-ball and basket-ball require the use of brains quite as much as of physical strength; not perhaps just the same tract of brain as is needed in getting a lesson, but the kind which is quite as often called into use in later life. And the moral value which comes from subordinating individual success to that of the team and the college, and from playing a square, open and honest game is of the highest. The college authorities, then, stand behind the athletic interests. Mr. L. W. St. John, as Associate Professor of Physical Education and Director of Athletics, has had charge of the is college teams, except the track team, and has established a tradition of clean, enthusiastic and skillful sport. The gymnasium not only makes possible regular gymnasium work, but also so greatly aids all branches of athletics that we often wonder how we ever got along before we had it. Then there are the three athletic fields. The main field lies adjacent to the gymnasium, and has a length of 680 feet and a maximum breadth of 390 feet. There is ample room for two foot- ball fields (space which is used in the spring for two base-ball fields), for a 100-yard straight- away and a quarter-mile running track, and for tennis courts. Bleachers and a large grand-stand have been erected, the total cost of all improvements approximating $12,000. The other two fields, four minutes northeast from the gymnasium, are available for minor games of foot-ball, base-ball, association foot-ball and lacrosse. During the spring the gymnasium classes adjourn to the athletic fields and sports almost wholly replace floor-drill. This unusually good equipment makes it possible for every student in college to engage in the game of his choice. And how thoroughly are these facilities used? In each sport there are, in addition to the varsity squad, four class teams, an academy team, fraternity and club teams, all playing regular schedules of games, so that during the college year probably three-fifths of the men are in one or another sport. This is as it should be. Inter-collegiate sport seems to be a perma- nent part of college life and the college teams should have the support of the college. But if all the money and energy represented in the athletic plant of the college were devoted only to training college teams, composed of the men least in need of such a training, it would be largely a waste. Rather the aim should be to provide ample opportunities for gymnasium work and open-air games and recreation for every student in the college — man or woman. 19 WALK TOWARD GRAY CHAPEL Library entrance on right THE SULPHUR SPRING GYMNASIUM AND ATHLETICS FOR WOMEN ytJ[|TSS EDITH S. MOODIE, Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Director of the 2J|fl Woman's Gymnasium, is in charge of the gymnasium and athletic work of the young women. Miss Moodie has had thorough preparation for her work and several years successful experi- ence in Y. W. C. A. and school gymnasium work. A physical examination is given each student on entrance, and at intervals later, and special exercises prescribed to meet the individual needs. The first year's work is largely normal in character, and is planned to give ability and skill in handling class work in physical training. The work in the gymnasium is supplemented by lectures on per- sonal hygiene, and the treatment of minor defects. During the second year the class work consists of advanced gymnastics and team games suitable for large classes. Indoor and outdoor courts for basketball and courts for tennis are provided, and inter-class tournaments in both sports are held. STUDENT GOVERNMENT ^^HE college recognizes the fact that there are many matters which may well be left either wholly i|L or in part to the students themselves. To handle such matters the Student Senate was organ- ized in 1906. It is composed of the leaders of the chief undergraduate organizations, and acts as the agent of the student body, conferring with the Faculty and making recommendations to that body, considering matters referred to it by the President of the University, and making recom- mendations to the student body. 21 THE LAST COMERS TO CHAPEL DELAWARE RUN NEAR MONNETT HALL The Student Senate has already added a number of valuable features to the college, the most important of which is perhaps the Honor System. The Honor System was adopted in 1911. Under this plan the instructor makes no attempt to deal with dishonest work on the part of the students. If he is giving an examination he is free, after setting the questions, to leave the room, and usually he does so. If, in written work, he detects dishonesty on the part of any student, he does not deal with the case himself, but, after satis- 22 fying himself that dishonest work has been done, he turns the evidence over to the undergraduate Honor Court. This body then tries the case, and if the evidence is convincing, passes a sentence subject to Faculty approval. Before completing his matriculation each new student signs the following pledge: " In view of the introduction of the Honor System in the Ohio Wesleyan University, I pledge myself to support the system to the utmost of my ability, and not only myself to act in accordance with what I conscientiously believe to be its spirit, but also to encourage others to do the same, and strongly to discountenance any violation of it." It is believed that the adoption of the Honor System marks a step forward and upward. RELIGIOUS LIFE Tj^DUCATION increases power. Education without character means increased power for TlZ selfish ends, it means disregard of the rights of others, and antagonism to that higher spirit which is becoming increasingly dominant in American private and public life. Ohio Wes- leyan has always stood for an education which shall develop the student's mental power, and at the same time give him a keen sense of responsibility in the use of that power. In short, the college stands emphatically for Christian character and Christian education. In this she does not stand alone among Ohio, or among American, colleges. The debt which American education owes to the Christian church cannot be measured. Previous to the comparatively late development of state uni- versities in the states west of the Alleghenies, and even to this day, the vast majority of American 23 FORMING THE MONNETT MAY-DAY PROCESSION colleges have been those which owed their origin to Christian impulse. Yale, Harvard, Brown, Princeton, and scores of prominent institutions could be named. As a result, American college life to-day bears a moral impress which is in distinct contrast to the tone of those universities in Germany which originated under secular control. And this does not mean narrowness or intolerance. Chief among religious organizations are the Young Men's and Young Women's Christian Asso- ciations. Over seventy per cent of the men of the college are in the Y. M. C. A. The Association holds its weekly Friday night meeting, conducts mission and Bible study classes, and contributes each 24 year about a thousand dollars towards the support of a missionary in the Philippines. During the Christmas and Spring vacations " teams " are sent out to assist churches in evangelistic work. Last year there were thirty-one men on the teams at Christmas and forty-two in the spring. The asso- ciation also does a great deal towards securing employment for students who are working their way through college. The Young Women's Christian Association follows in general the lines of the local work of the men's association, having Sunday and noontime prayer-meetings and Bible-study classes. In addition to the Christian Associations, there are several other student organizations, the pur- pose of which is dominantly religious. The Student Volunteer Band comprises those who have pledged themselves for work in the foreign field if they are needed. The Social Service League includes those who are interested in the application of the Christian principle to the social life of to-day. The Oxford Club includes prospective ministers; the Cosmopolitan Club the foreign born students and those whose homes are in foreign countries. THE ORATORICAL AND DEBATING LEAGUES " In oratory and debate we get there every time." — O. W. U. Song. ^JTHAT puts it pretty strongly, but with more truth than fiction. From 1898 to 1905 Ohio Ml Wesleyan University was a member of the Central Oratorical League, embracing the State Universities of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, West Virginia (after 1901), and Cornell University. From 1 905 to 1 908 Ohio Wesleyan was in a league with Cornell, Virginia, Columbia and Chicago. In the eleven years covered by these two leagues Ohio Wesleyan won five firsts, two seconds and three thirds. In the first contest of the present League, formed in 1910 by Allegheny, Wooster, Pittsburg and Ohio Wesleyan, and now including Colgate, our orator won. 25 COLLEGE LUNCHEON IN GYMNASIUM, FEBRUARY 22nd The Twenty-second is the big holiday within the year, when the undergraduates get together for the noon luncheon and the evening program of athletics and stunts. Quite as striking has been the success of the debate teams. The Ohio Intercollegiate Debat- ing League was organized in 1897 by representatives from Western Reserve, Oberlin, Ohio State and Ohio Wesleyan. In 1905 Ohio State withdrew and the present Triangular League was formed. Of the twenty-one debates thus far held in the League, Ohio Wesleyan has won fourteen. In addition to the regular League debates extra teams have been sent out each year since 1904; and each of the last two years the college has had four intercollegiate debating teams in the field. Of the whole number of intercollegiate debates thus far held, Ohio Wesleyan has won twenty-one out of thirty-one. THE LITERARY SOCIETIES ^ttROBABLY the most valuable part of any man's college course is the work which he does for J Li tne P ure l° ve °f it, undriven by the lash of any professor or college requirement. There Ti comes a thrill into such a pursuit that makes it highly educative, and a man remembers it with joy after he is grey-headed. The Faculty especially encourages voluntary organizations for literary work, knowing that such college societies have been the hot-beds of some of the most remark- able groups of men in modern history. One needs only to point to the clubs in Oxford out of which came Wesley and Whitfield in the eighteenth century, and Tennyson, Hallam, Archbishop Trench and F. D. Maurice in the nineteenth, to show how iron may sharpen iron in an organization of undergraduates. Every true Faculty is always on the lookout for the coming of similar groups of men within its walls. The University has twelve literary societies which furnish ample opportunity for the expression of the literary life of the students. The societies among the men are the Zetagathean, Chresto- 27 mathean, Athenian, Amphictionian, Cala-Philo and Meleceum societies. Among the women are the Clionian, Athenaeum, Castalian, Alethian and Philomathean. These societies are not exclusive and no student with earnest literary ambition fails in time to be elected to membership. The expenses are small. Some of these societies have great histories. On the old records the members will show you the names of senators, bishops, college presidents, governors, and editors well known in American public life; with a host of others, who, though less noted, are no less worthy. UNDERGRADUATE PUBLICATIONS nHREE regular publications are issued by the students. Le Bijou, the illustrated college annual, is published by the Junior Class and summarizes the college life of the year. The Monnett is a literary monthly which is under the management of the young women. The Transcript is a weekly report of current college doings. 01 SI THE TWENTY-SECOND II O an increasing degree the Twenty-Second of February is becoming the great day on the Ohio Yj Wesleyan calendar. It is the day of the undergraduate. The Freshman looks forward to it with curiosity, the upper classman with eagerness; both look back to it with pleasure and with an increased love for the college. The Alumni are back, drawn by memories of college days, by the fraternity reunion, by the Phi Beta Kappa semi-annual celebration which comes at this time. In 28 the evening comes an athletic exhibition, comprising a drill by the crack squad of the battalion, a fine exhibition of gymnasium work, and basket-ball games. And at noon the big feature of the cel- ebration — the dinner. Twelve hundred people sit down together at the tables, the students together in classes. Hardly an undergraduate is absent, the Faculty is there and many of the alumni. It is peculiarly a home gathering, but we are glad to have with us a good many High School students who are fortunate enough to have both friends among the undergraduates and hopes of entering Ohio Wesleyan. College cares are laid aside. All are sons and daughters of Old Wesleyan. Speeches by undergraduates and alumni, class stunts, glee club and college songs follow each other. The key-note of all is loyalty to Ohio Wesleyan. Year by year the Twenty-Second becomes dearer as marking a day of college friendship and of demonstration of college spirit. 3 EXPENSES |i HE following figures give the chief expenses for men for the college year: II Board, $2.75 to $3.50 per week $105.00 to $122.50 Room, $1.00 to $1.50 per week 38.00 to 57.00 College bills, $34.00 per semester 68.00 The expenses for the young women at Monnett Hall run between $4.50 and $5.00 per week for room, heat, light and board. Besides these expenses there is the cost of laundry, books, and miscellaneous matters; of travel and the summer vacation. The college bills will come to somewhat more than the amount given if the student elects laboratory courses, or other courses for which special fees are charged. 29 Detailed statements from a considerable number of the undergraduates show that the average total expense for the college year is $340. One quarter of the number made their expenses $250 or under, while another quarter placed it at $400 or more. Students by boarding themselves, and by rigid economy, can reduce the expenses to $200 for the year, but one can hardly get along on less than the average mentioned above and share as he would like to in college life; though of course it is vastly better to go through college cramped financially than to be without the college training. ON WORKING ONE'S WAY THROUGH COLLEGE NO man with health, ordinary will power, average talents, and the necessary intensity of desire, need be without a college education; the possibility of his working his way through college depends upon his willingness to fulfil the conditions. No student suffers in the estimation of his fellows from the fact that he is working his way. The opportunities open to him are many and varied. During the summer vacation he may work on a farm, canvass, or find other business employ- ment. During the college year he may wait on table, do janitorial and other work about the college, or find various special employments in town. The aggregate of student earnings shows that between two and three times as much money is earned during the summer vacation as during the college year ; and a few able students make the year's expenses in that time. Students who are paying their entire way by unskilled labor will in many cases find it impossible to earn their way and at the same time carry full college work; they may be obliged to lengthen the course beyond the customary four years. Sometimes they find it necessary to drop out of college for a year in order to get enough money to complete the course. It is always wise to enter college with a considerable part of the first 30 ■BSfSyfcvJk', ' § : ys / -» : : . : 'S'Si ^ s h. ' " • «•"•'''* l'',4:K MONNETT HALL The Center of Social Life for the Women of the University year's expenses in hand. In all cases the Y. M. C. A. through its employment bureau stands ready to help the student to find work, and no determined student with health and average ability need give up the college course. The question of expenses is taken up in a leaflet entitled, Student Aid at Ohio Wesleyan. UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS ^^"HE following publications are issued by the college: l|L The College Catalogue. Illustrated Bulletin of Undergraduate Life (this publication). Expenses and Student Aid at Ohio Wesleyan. Also short statements are in course of preparation, intended for those looking forward to certain special lines of work. These are: The College and Engineering. The College and Teaching. The College and Law. The College and Medicine. The College and the Ministry. The College and Journalism. The College and Business (including Banking, Manufacturing, etc.). Points for the Man Undecided about his Life Work. Copies of any of these publications may be obtained, so far as issued, from THE REG- ISTRAR. 32 THE CKAMPLIN PRE* COLUMBUS, O.