ISSUED BI-MONTHLY 0ti3 i,lbrary VOL. XII MAY I, I9I3 No. 3 Ohio Wesleyan University BULLETIN ALUMNI NEWS NUMBER Entered Fdl>ruary 24, 1 902, at Delaware, Ohi^^as tecond'class matt^, under Act of Congrets, July 1 6. 1 894. VOL. XII MAY 1, 1913 No. 3 Ohio Wesleyan University BULLETIN ALUMNI NEWS NUMBER ISSUED BI-MONTHLY Entered February 24, 1902, at Delaware. Ohio, as second-class matter, under Act of Congress, July 16, 1894. CONTENTS Dedication Foreword Semi-centennial Class Founders’ Day.. Alumni Gifts Gunsaulus Collection The Alumni Among Methodist Leaders. Ohio Wesleyan in the Missionary Field. Class Publications Alumni Organization... Alumni News Notes Advance Announcements Page. .... 3 .... 4 / 1 1 12 15 19 21 22 23 38 In honor of their semi-centennial reunion this number of the Ohio Wesleyan University Bulletin is cordially dedicated to the class of 1863. FORWORD: The purpose of this News Bulletin is to give to all the alumni some items of interest concerning the University, with a report of the activities of their friends and classmates. A few special features, chiefly of an historical nature, are included in the belief that they will be of interest to all. The aim in the per- sonal notes has been to report marriages, deaths, new appoint- ments, promotions and honors and such other items as give new information. These personal notes should naturally prove of the greatest interest, yet they are the most difficult feature to provide owing to lack of co-operation. The response to the editor’s request in the November BULLETIN for personal news items was exceedingly discouraging. This of course was not due to intentional indifference. You of the alumni are just too busy, perhaps too modest, or too far away to remember that any news from you, wherever you may be, or whatever you may be doing, is always welcomed by your Alma Mater and especially by your college friends. If your name does not appear in these notes, remember that the editor had no way of getting news, save through you or some of your friends. If your name should appear and the information should not prove entirely correct, remember that the item is probably a product of the scissors and some press report. Finally, if another call for personal items is made, remember that just as you are glad to hear what your classmates are doing, so they are perhaps even eager to learn of your activities. Take a quiet moment to revive old memories and, while the mood is upon you, send a message for Alma Mater and for friends of other days. 4 THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL CLASS In recent years special effort has been made to secure as far as possible the presence of the members of the semi-centennial classes for reunions and for the Commencement exercises. Sev- eral members of ’62 graced the Commencement season with their presence last year. It is hoped that a still larger representation from the class of ’63 may be able to meet at the University during the coming Commencement season. At the time of graduation therej were nineteen men in the Ohio Wesleyan class of ’63 and seventeen women in the class of the Ohio Wesleyan Female College. Of these* so far as is known at the University, nine men and fourteen women are still living. The faculty extends to one and all of these a special invitation and a hearty welcome to the University for their semi-centennial reunion June next. 6 THE MEN OF ’ 63 . FOUNDERS’ DAY By the action of the Board of Trustees December 28, 1911, November 1 3th, the anniversary of the formal opening of the College, was officially designated as Founders’ Day. In accord- ance with this provision the SIXTY-EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY of the founding of the University was celebrated November 1 3th, in connection with the regular chapel service. The program in- cluded an original song, “Oh, Delaware!’’ sung by the author, Mrs. T. G. Duvall, and an historical address by our senior professor, Richard Parsons. He spoke in part as follows: “The Methodism which was born and cradled in one of the most ancient universities of the world (Oxford) did not by changing continents wholly forget her high origin and great mission. In 1 790 she founded Cokesbury College in Mary- land, and in 1822 she planted on the Ohio River in Kentucky, Augusta College, the first Methodist college in the world author- ized to confer college degrees. Augusta College became justly popular, but owing to an offer by the Kentucky Legislature of Transylvania University to the Methodist Church, a part, and a large part, of her students went to Lexington and finally the charter of the institution was revoked by the legislature in 1847. The decline of Augusta College left the Ohio Conference free to consider other educational enterprises. By a series of unexpected events, a site for a new institution was found here in Delaware. In 1824 Judge Henry Baldwin, of Pittsburg, do- nated to the village of Delaware five acres of ground, embracing the site of the White Sulphur Spring. In 1833 two enter- prising citizens. Judge Thomas Powell and Columbus W. Kent, erected on this site a fine hotel which soon became known as the Mansion House. The enterprise was not a success in a bus- iness way, and in 1841 Judge Powell, who had become the sole proprietor, determined to abandon the project. At the suggestion of Rev. Adam Poe, then the Methodist pastor in Delaware, the citizens of the village offered to donate this property with an additional five acres to the North Ohio and the Ohio Conferences on condition that a college should be established upon it within five years. In due time the offer was accepted by the conferences. A charter was granted by the legislature March 7, 1 842. For one year Capt. Cobb, U. S. A. 7 8 IN THE conducted a school by permission of the trustees, and for two years, ’42-44, Prof. Solomon Howard carried on a private school. At a meeting of the trustees, on August 25, 1844, it was determined to begin college work on November 1 3. No- vember the thirteenth arrived, and the one building and the single professor were supplemented by two young men, viz: William G. Williams and Enoch G. Dial. This faculty of three received that day twenty-nine students, not as many, so Howard informed his youthful assistants, as he used to have before his invaluable reinforcements arrived. The students were received in the basement of the old Man- sion House, in the room on the north which had formerly been the dining room of the hotel. During the first year or two of college use the various buildings on the grounds erected by families were removed and walks were constructed. After New Year’s, the second professor, Sherman M. Johnson, arrived from Augusta, Ky., and work in the Classics was begun. By the close of the year rather more than one hundred students had been enrolled. The following year, 1845, Prof. Howard was superseded by L. D. McCabe as professor of Mathematics, and Frederick Merrick was added as professor of Natural Sciences. Dr. Merrick, Dr. McCabe and Dr. Williams taught side by side and lived side by side for more than fifty years. “They were lovely and pleasant in their lives and in their death they were not divided.’* The president, Dr. Edward Thomson, took charge in 1 846, at the first commencement, when the first graduate, Wm. D. Godman, was recognized. Dr. Thomson was absent-minded as well as heavenly-minded. After he had delivered a great sermon in Detroit, his wife and another lady came up with others. He shook his wife warmly by the hand, remarking kindly that he thought he had met her somewhere, but could not recall her name. The citizens all loved him greatly, and the students adored him. He was elected Bishop in 1 864. In his admin- istration, Thomson Chapel and Sturges Library were erected. In the administration of President Merrick Science Hall was built. In that of President Bash ford Gray Chaoel and Slocum Library were erected, and in that of President Welch, Edwards Gymnasium and Sanborn Hall of Music. In the earlier days the University was open to men only. In 9 1852 an institution for young women was organized as the Ohio Wesleyan Female College. After a separate existence of twenty- five years this institution was united with the University and its previous graduates recognized as alumae. After sixty years of existence the University has today about a thousand graduates engaged in the work of education; about seven hundred are in the ministry of the Methodist and other churches at home and abroad; some six hundred are practicing medicine; over five hundred are engaged in the legal profession; while many others are engaged in industrial and commercial enterprises. Not a few have earned places of distinction in letters and in public life.” In connection with the celebration, a collection of early relics associated with the Mansion House (Elliott Hall) was exhibited in the chapel corridor. This included a seventy-two year old German silver hard cider barrel, a stage coach poster of sixty-five years ago, and some of the old Elliott Hall mansion china, now worth over $25 each. The hard cider barrel was in miniature, and was exhibited by every good Whig either in his store or his parlor during the campaign of W. H. Harrison in 1 840. The china plates were used in the old Mansion House, now Elliott Hall, during the days of Judge Powell’s residence in the house. The stage coach poster was perhaps the most interesting of all the exhibit. Some of its statements were peculiarly quaint and startling. “Daily Coach between Cincinnati and Wheeling — through in 45 hours! . . . Telegraph line will run daily between Columbus and Sandusky City via Delaware, Marion and Bucyrus. By this route passengers will have an oppor- tunity of visiting the White Sulphur Springs at Delaware . The beauty of the surrounding country and the high medical characteristics of the water make this a pleasant and fashionable retreat during the watering season.” This and many similar startling things are recorded on the old poster. The poster was found in the effects of Otho Hinton who at one time ran the Donavin Hotel. A list of the subscriptions made by the citizens of Delaware to the amount of about $10,000, to purchase the original campus and Mansion House as a site for the University, was also included in the exhibit. 10 ALUMNI GIFTS The loyalty of its graduates is one of the most valuable assets of any college. It is natural and fitting that love for Alma Mater should express itself in substantial contributions to the vs^orking equipment of the college. It is a pleasure to note recent expres- sions of this kind on the part of the alumni of Ohio Wesleyan. The most notable example in recent years are the gifts of Mrs. M. B. Clason (Annie M. Sanborn, O. W. F. C. *59). Her gifts include $53,325 for the beautiful Sanborn Hall of Music. By bequest in her will, the equipment of this hall has been completed since her death by the addition of a fine pipe organ at an expense of $6,775. In addition to the above, her bequest provided for the Clason Foundation of $4,500 for the literature of good citizenship. As was to be expected, the loyal alumni contributed an impor- tant part toward the completion of the Forward Movement Fund. The gifts of the several classes amount in all to $80,- 944.20, or about one-fourth of the $325,000 raised by the trustees to meet the offers of the General Board and Mr. Car- negie. A tentative list of the subscriptions of the several classes was published in the Commencement BULLETIN. This list has been carefully checked and revised by the Treasurer, and the corrected list is given herewith: CLASS SUBSCRIPTIONS TO FORWARD MOVEMENT FUND 1858 $ 615.00 1885 $1,866.00 1859 No subscriptions 1 886 460.40 1860... 55.00 1887 1,532.00 1861.... 2,080.00 1888 2,532.50 1 862... 100.00 1889 2,176.00 1863- -O. w. U. 235.00 1 890 1,480.00 W. F. C. 691.00 1891 1,002.00 1 864... 205.00 1892 1,886.00 1865... 347.50 1893 2,096.00 1 866... 1,240.00 1 894 2,334.00 1867... 425.00 1895 1,603.30 1 868... 1,340.00 1896 1,330.00 1869... 95.00 1897 2,076.50 1870... 1,949.00 1 898 1,253.50 1871.... 1,325.00 1899 1,572.00 11 1872 7,800.00 1900 1,179.00 1873 1,570.00 1901 1,259.00 1874 1,130.00 1902 1,464.00 1875 375.00 1903 6,052.00 1876 1,655.00 1904 867.00 1877 1,140.00 1905 1,219.00 1878 1,286.00 1906 1,169.00 1879 2,105.00 1907 901.50 1 880 2,300.00 1908 1,689.50 1881 827.50 1909 1,180.50 1 882 1,555.00 1910 1,274.00 1883 1,601.00 1911 722.00 1 884 2,720.50 Total $80,944.20 GUNSAULUS COLLECTION A recent gift of unique and special value is the collection of autograph letters and portraits of prominent Americans, estab- lished by Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus ’75, President of Armour Institute, Chicago, 111. The first installment of this collection was sent to Professor R. T. Stevenson of the Chair of Ameri- can History, June, 1912, and consisted of thirty-one valuable autograph letters and portraits. Recently seventeen more letters and several portraits have been added, making a total collection of forty-eight letters and twenty portraits. These will constitute an important aid to the study of history and biography, and are a peculiarly fitting addition to the library of the University. Twelve of the more important letters, accompanied by portraits, are being framed and will be hung in the Library. Others will be mounted and exhibited in glass cases. The following items of the collection are of special interest: A portrait of Andrew Jackson and a vellum document signed by him; a letter of W. H. Seward, addressed to G. W. Childs; an interesting group of letters representing three generations of the Adams family, John Adams, John Q. Adams and Charles Francis Adams; a letter of Ohio’s famous orator, Tom Corwin; one written in 1812 by James Monroe and addressed to General George Mason of Georgetown; a letter and portrait of Abraham Lincoln; a note by Daniel Webster, and in immediate relation to it one from Robert Hayne. Dr. Gunsaulus writes that he went over the Hayne territory, gathering most interesting remin- 12 Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus, Class of 75. iscences of the orator who lives today because of his connection with Webster. While going through South Carolina he was fortunate enough to get others, including a rarely interesting one written by John C. Calhoun to his great antagonist, Daniel Web- ster. From another part of the country is added one written to Webster by Washington Irving, another to Webster from Flenry A. Wise who hung John Brown. In the collection are letters of living interest from General O. O. Howard, Light- Horse Harry Lee, Governor George Clinton, Robert Morris, 13 the Revolutionary patriot treasurer, and a highly important and lengthy letter from James Madison to George Washington upon the vast interests of the West. The latter is a document of the highest value. Among the names in the collection are that of Gerrit Smith, the anti-slavery orator, Robert E. Lee and others of prime interest and significance. It is a matter of pride and congratulation to know that our alumni are thinking of us after this fashion, and are making the University a beneficiary from their rich collections, built up after their own rare tastes, and through years of well-directed effort 14 THE ALUMNI AMONG METHODIST LEADERS In founding the University the fathers were prompted in part by the belief that such an institution, in addition to the training of an efficient Christian citizenship, would in a special way pro- vide a strong leadership for the educational, pastoral and mis- sionary work of the Church. That they were not mistaken in this conviction is abundantly attested by the action of the church in calling so many of her sons and daughters to the most im- portant positions of trust and leadership. Of course it is possible to mention only conspicuous examples. Bishop Naphtali Luccock, LL.D., Class of 74. 15 Bishop Wilbur P. Thirkield, LL.D., Class of 76. A notable illustration is the fact that three times in succession her sister institution, DePauw University, has chosen one of Ohio Wesleyan’s graduates as its president. I he latest in this notable succession is the Rev. George R. Grose, D.D., of the class of ’94, who becomes the successor of his classmate. Bishop McCon- nell. More conspicuous still is the honor conferred upon the Univer- sity by the action of the General Conference in calling so many of her sons to the bishopric, the highest office in the gift of the Church. The unusual action of the last General Conference, in 16 electing three graduates of the University to this office at one time, emphasizes a rather curious fact. The earliest graduate of Ohio Wesleyan to be made a Bishop was Charles C. McCabe, whose first degree, an honorary one, was given him in 1 864. Then came Bishop Elijah E. Hoss, of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, who, though he did not complete his course here, was a member of the class of 1869. Bishop Naphtali Luccock, recently chosen, graduated in 1874; Bishop William F. McDow- ell belonged to the class of 1879; Bishop William F. Anderson to 1884; Bishop Edwin H. Hughes to 1889, and Bishop Francis J. McConnell recently elected, to 1 894. Thus each class at five-year intervals for a period of thirty years was represented by a Bishop. Lest it should appear, however, that there was no hope of such distinction for the men graduating in other classes than those ending in four and nine, a break in the tradition was made by the election of Bishop W. P. Thirkfield, of ’76. Hence- forth the episcopacy may be regarded as an open field for all. We have been happy in supplying so many men of recognized worth for this high office in the Church. At present, of the twenty-three effective General Superintendents, six are graduates of our own University. The alumni will be glad to see the likenesses of our three latest Bishops. 18 OHIO WESLEYAN ON THE MISSION FIELD. Over a hundred living alumni on the mission field. Such is the record of Ohio Wesleyan according to the Alumni Directory of 1911. Approximately a tithe of the present enrollment kept on the frontiers of civilization and standing for the culture which finds so fair an expression in the Alma Mater at Delaware. This is real university extension; genuine fulfillment of the function for which a Christian college is founded. This record of Ohio Wesleyan has been surpassed by no other Methodist college, and only one college in the country lays claim to have been more largely represented in the mission field. Re-enforced by an efficient department of Missions, it may be expected that even a higher record will be made and maintained in the future. The first missionary of the Ohio Wesleyan was Nathan Sites of the class of ’59. He accepted the call in a day when volun- teering was less ordinary than today when Edinburgh confer- ences and Laymen’s movements are the subject of leading editor- ials in the daily press. When young Sites went to China, the trip to the almost unknown Orient was no holiday excursion. The life of the missionary meant a complete severance of all home ties, with few visitors from the homeland and a six months wait to receive replies to letters, even when they were promptly answered. From 1861 to 1895 Nathan Sites labored in South China, devoting practically his whole time to evangelistic work. Others might be called to other forms of service but he was pre-eminently the bearer of the evangel. Like Paul it was his ambition to preach the Gospel where it had never been known. And like Paul his ambition found fulfillment. It is not given to many to be pioneers, but Nathan Sites won the title and glorified it through more than thirty years of journeying up the rivers and over the mountains of the Fukien Province. He planted churches, discovered leaders, started schools, planned advances into new territory, in addition to the constant care of the little bodies of Christians who had but recently come out of pagan darkness. He was a missionary through and through and gave himself without reserve to his people, the Cliinese. It is no wonder they loved him and looked on him as a veritable father. There is little need to speak of his death, for he lives in the 19 NATHAN SITES, Class of ’59, Ohio Wesleyan’s First Foreign Missionary. Fukien Province, China, 1861-1895. work which he initiated and the lives of the men and women he inspired. The sons and daughters of Ohio Wesleyan are glad he is one of their own. They will do well to follow his example of unselfish devotion to humanity and to Jesus Christ, humanity’s only Hope. 20 CLASS PUBLICATIONS. In connection with their quinquennial reunions, a number of the classes have undertaken with admirable success the publication of Class Souvenirs. The first enterprise of this kind was a very creditable Class Book published by the class of ’79 at the time of their twentieth anniversary. In 1910 the enterprising class of ’70, the publishers of the famous Chain, the forerunner of the Bijou, celebrated their fortieth anniversary by publishing an attractive volume, “The Chain of Forty Links,’’ edited by George A. Jackson of New York City. The volume displays individual graduation pictures, a present-day group, views of the college, and interesting sketches of the forty members of the class. Emulating this excellent precedent, under the lead and editorship of Rev. Dr. W. D. Cherington, the class of ’71 celebrated their fortieth anniversary with a successful reunion and the publication of a beautiful “Souvenir of Forty Years.’’ The special feature of this volume is the presentation, side by side, of then and now pictures of all the living members of the class. Class books have been published also by 1897, 1900, 1901, 1903 and 1907. It is understood that several other publications of this kind are now under way. Copies of the class publications are being preserved in the Library. With the growing interest in quinquennial reunions and class activities, the need of more permanent organization has been felt. Some of the classes have adopted the plan of electing their officers for quinquennial periods. The success of class enterprises depends much upon the enthusiasm and energy of the officers. 21 ALUMNI ORGANIZATIONS. The Ohio Wesleyan University has shared in the general awakening of interest and activity among the alumni of all the colleges. The splendid part of the alumni in the Forword Movement campaign is a substantial evidence of this new life and interest. It is not surprising that this new interest should have led to a demand for improvements in organization. The creation of the Alumni Council and the increased activity of the local Associa- tions are expressions of this demand. The organization of the Council raised the question of its function and its relation to the general Association. 7 he committee appointed last Commence' ment to consider this problem will probably report a plan for the co-ordination of the two bodies. With a view to a more effective organization, the advisability of appointing an Alumni Secretary, who shall give his whole time to the interests of the alumni, and the publication of a regular Alumni Magazine, has been suggested. To carry out these ideas a considerable endowment would probably be required. If these features commend themselves to the judgment of the alumni at large, no doubt the means will be forthcoming. In another direction there has been some agitation for im- provement in the methods of the Association. Some have sug- gested the desirability of extending to the absent alumni the privilege of participating, in some manner, in the nominations for alumni trustees and visitors. Three proposals of this nature were submitted to the Association at its last annual meeting and are in the hands of the special committee on constitutional revision. Others have urgently expressed the desire for a strictly secret form of ballot for those who vote by mail. Such a method is now permissible for those who vote in person, but not for others Since nearly all the ballots are now cast by mail some feel that the entire election should be conducted in this manner and com- pleted at some fixed date prior to Commencement, thus eliminat- ing the necessity for canvassing of ballots on Alumni Day and giving the Association freer opportunity for discussion and import- ant business. To provide for the last two suggestions some legal changes in the charter would be necessary. In all these matters the will of the majority of the alumni will doubtless be made known and observed in due time. 22 ALUMNI NEWS NOTES. General. President Herbert Welch, LL.D., who with his family, has been enjoying a Sabbatical year in Europe, will arrive in Dela- ware May 9th. In the absence of President Welch, Vice President R. T. Stev- enson, D.D., has been in charge as acting president. Professor Stevenson is receiving much well-deserved commen- dation for the able manner in which he has met the added duties and responsibilities. The last series of Merrick Lectures, delivered by Bishop F. J. McConnell, LL.D., has just come from the press under the title, “The Increase of Faith.” The Joint Commission of the Cincinnati and Central Ohio Conferences includes six Ohio Wesleyan graduates, Drs. E. D. Whitlock, ’66; Frank G. Mitchell, ’67; G. W. Dubois, ’72; Merrick E. Ketcham, ’79; A. B. Austin, ’85; A. E. Smith, ’87. A correction. While regretting the error in the necrology of the Commencement number of the University Bulletin in reporting the death of George B. Merriman of the class of ’63, it is a pleasure to state that Mr. Merriman is yet very much alive at his home in Washington, D. C. The erroneous item in the Bulletin was copied from a press report, Antonio Andrew Arrighi, an Ohio Wesleyan student in the 60’s, now a pastor in New York City, is the author of a popular story, “Antonio, the Galley Slave.” Professor C. A. Herrick, former student of Ohio Wesleyan and assistant professor in English, has been compelled by illness to take a leave of absence for the remainder of the year and is now convalescing in Brookline, Mass. Three of the alumni. Bishop William F. Anderson, 84; Pro- fessor R. T. Stevenson, ’73, and Rev. E. O. Crist, ’98, of the Central Ohio Conference, are directors of the newly incorporated General Deaconess Board of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs. Abagail Merrick Semans, widow of the late Professor William O. Semans, mother of Dr. William M. Semans, ’83; 23 Dr. E. M. Semans, '86; Dr. Harry Semans, ’90, and Mrs. Mary Semans Starkweather, ’90, died at her home in Delaware, Ohio, Monday morning, January 13th, 1913, as the result of an accident. Mrs. Semans, who was seventy- four years old at the time of her death, had been for years a leader in the religious and philanthropic work of Delaware, and will be affectionately remembered by many, especially the earlier alumni. George E. Lawrence, a student in Ohio Wesleyan in the early 60’s, passed away at his home in Marion, Ohio, in February. Samuel H. Bartram, one of the first students of the Ohio Wesleyan University, died at his home in Marion, Tuesday, January 7th, 1913, at the age of 84. Judge E. B. Dillon of Columbus, Ohio, was nominated for Governor of Ohio by the last Republican State Convention but declined the nomination. Judge Dillon was a former Ohio Wes- leyan student and received the honorary degree of M.A. in 1907. The death of Willis McAllister, a former student, took place at his home in Columbus, Friday, November 15, 1912. The death of Dr. Thomas C. Tipton occurred at his home in Williamsport, Ohio, September 28th, 1912, at the age of 85. Dr. Tipton was one of the earliest students of Ohio Wesleyan, having entered the University in 1 844. Gideon F\ Castle, a student of Ohio Wesleyan in ’57, attorney- at-law, died at his home in Columbus, Ohio, March 16th, 1913. Judge James H. Anderson, an early student, passed away at Columbus, Ohio, June 27th, 1912, at the age of 79. Judge An- derson was a delegate to the first Ohio Republican Convention, former consul at Hamburg, and a personal friend of Lincoln. Report has just been received of the death of Miss Isabel Johnson, a graduate of the School of Music, at Ashland, Ohio, March 13, 1913. Rev. Samuel A. Lattimore, a graduate of De Pauw Univer- sity, who reecived the honorary degree of Ph.D. from Ohio Wesleyan in *73, died recently at his home in Rochester, N. Y. Ohio Wesleyan has been known and esteemed for its emphasis upon spiritual values, and especially for the depth and power of its special religious services. The alumni will be gratified to 24 learn that the meetings of this year were of more than usual power and breadth of influence. Hundreds of decisions were made and announced, and all were influenced for good. - The work of Dr. C. L. Meade of Baltimore, the special leader for the series, was approved of God in the abundant fruitage. A genuine leader, with a warm heart, a clear head, and a strong and effective message, his service to the University and its students is beyond measure. Mrs. Bonham, mother of Scott Bonham, ’82, of Cincinnati, one of the alumni trustees of the University, passed away at her home in Cincinnati, Tuesday, March 4th, 1913. The generous recognition that has been accorded to the grad- uates in the selection of trustees for the University by the several appointing bodies, is doubtless fitting as well as gratifying to the alumni. Of the possible thirty-one elective trustees, under present conditions, twenty-one were chosen by the several conferences, five by the alumni and five by the trustees. Of the thirty-one, nine are ministers and twenty-two are laymen, while nineteen are alumni and twelve are non-graduates. Mr. A. M. Zorn, a recent student of the University, more recently engaged in insurance work in Chicago, was struck by an express train in that city and instantly killed last November. The alumni will all be gratified to learn of the splendid rescue work of the students in connection with the extraordinary flood disaster that visited the city of Delaware, Tuesday morning, March 25th. It would make the hearts of all loyal alumni beat with pride to hear the citizens express their voluntary acknowl- edgments and unstinted praise of the courageous and effective work of the students on the night of the calamity and during the succeeding days. Fortunately, no student life was lost though there were some narrow escapes in connection with some of the more perilous rescues. The regretted calamity has quickened the already commendable mutual appreciation and good feeling be- tween town and gown. Miss Edith Crates of Findlay, Ohio, and Thomas McConica of Luseland, Canada, former Ohio Wesleyan students were mar- ried in the First M. E. Church Findlay, in June. Their home is 25 in Luseland where Mr. McConica is engaged in newspaper work. Byron Beecher Grimes of Delaware and Miss Boneita Cham- bers both former students, were married at East Orwell, Ohio, the groom’s father. Rev. J. F. Grimes officiating. Mr. Hugh D. Wehrly a former Wesleyan student well known in athletic circles was married to Miss Estella Hyland of Cin- cinnati, October 17, 1912. Fred R. Eckley of Toledo and Mary May of Columbus, Ohio, both former popular Ohio Wesleyan students were married at Columbus, Ohio, October 8th. They reside in Toledo where Mr. Eckley is connected with the Bell Telephone Company. 26 1859. Dr. Isaac Crook, ripe in years but full of youth, resides in Spokane, Washington. In October he journeyed to Ohio to preside at the centennial celebration of the Ohio Conference, held at Columbus during the last session of the Conference. 1860. Dr. T. J. Scott and Mrs. Scott celebrated their golden wed- ding anniversary at their home, Cookman Avenue, Ocean Grove, N. J., June 26, 1912. Dr. Scott gave many years of dis- tinguished service as a missionary in India, being for thirty years president of Bareilly Theological Seminary. Mrs. Scott is the pioneer woman educator of Indian women. The woman’s de- partment at Bareilly is a monument to her memory. For the past eight years Dr. and Mrs. Scott have made their home at Ocean Grove. 1862. Mrs. Edward L. Buchwalter, formerly Clementine C. Berry (O. W. F. C.), prominent club woman of Ohio, died at her home in Springfield, November 16, 1912. 1864. Rev. E. T. Wells, D.D., retired member of the Cincinnati Conference, passed away at his home in Toledo, October 22, 1912. 1867. The death of Mr. Spencer Booth of Columbus was reported in Delaware in February. Mr. Booth received the degree of M.A. from the University in 1 870. 1868. His many friends will regret to learn that John Williams White, LL.D., Emeritus Professor of Greek in Harvard, is suffering from cancer of the tongue and that a critical operation has been necessary. 1872. Report has been recently received of the death of Rev. W. U. Spencer, member of the Central Ohio Conference, at Bowling Green, Ohio, November 15, 1912. S7 1874. Mrs. Alice Bentley, nee Alice R. Clare, died recently at her home in East Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio. 1879. Dr. F. B. Dyer, for many years superintendent of schools in Cincinnati, has been signally honored by his election to the superintendency of the public schools of the city of Boston. John Williams Jones died at his home in Marion, Ohio, Fri- day, February 14, 1913, as the result of a stroke of paralysis. 1881. Rev. J. H. Altsman, D.D., retired minister of the Pittsburg Conference, passed away at his home in Eagle Rock, Virginia, August 4th, 1912. 1882. Hon. S. M. Taylor, formerly Secretary of the State of Ohio, is now United States Consul at Nottingham, England. 1883. William McK. Vance, M.A., superintendent of public schools, Delaware, Ohio, recently prepared a pamphlet on School Reve- nues which has been published by the Ohio State Teachers’ As- sociation. 1884. Professor D. A. Hayes, LL.D., of Garrett Biblical Institute, has just published an interesting booklet on the Synoptic Problem. Word comes from India that Rev. William A. Mansell, D.D., principal of Bareilly Theological Seminary, Bareilly, India, died March 4th, 1913. Dr. Mansell was born at Moradabad, India, March 30, 1864, of missionary parents. Rev. and Mrs. Henry Mansell. Coming to America in boyhood he entered the Ohio Wesleyan University at the age of sixteen, and was graduated with the class of *84. From Ohio Wesleyan he went to Boston University Schol of Theology and was graduated ’89. Both institutions later conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Divin- 38 ity. In 1890 he was transferred from the Ohio to the North India Conference where he labored until his death. Dr. H. B. Swartz, missionary to Japan, delivered an address before the Young Men’s Christian Association, October 18. 1885. Rev. A. B. Austin, D.D., pastor of the Methodist Church of Madisonville, Cincinnati Conference, has just published an able volume of sermons by the request of his conference. 1889. Major Clyde S. Ford, M. D., Columbia, ’94, a surgeon in the U. S. Army, is figured in a January Collier’s Weekly as a hero of the Balkan war. According to Collier’s Weekly while he was traveling in Europe, the Major came upon the cholera scourged camps of San Stefano. With characteristic American abandon he went to the relief of the sufferers and rendered heroic service to the stricken camp. Rev. G. S. Madden of the Southern Calofirnia Conference recently spent a month with his parents in Ohio, stopping off at Delaware to visit his sister, Mrs. R. B. Miller, and to greet former friends. Rev. S. E. Idleman, D.D., is the president of Gammon Theological Seminary, Atlanta, Georgia. 1890. Rev. C. E. Schenk, D.D., is the new District Superintendent of the Cincinnati District of the Cincinnati Conference. Mrs. E. D. Follwell, formerly Miss Mary Harris, and her husband. Dr. E. D. Follwell, medical missionary in Korea, are spending their furlough in Delaware, Ohio. Dr. Follwell will return to his station at Pyang Yang at the end of the year and Mrs. Follwell will remain in Delaware with their children for the completion of their education. Grant M. Plumb is the new representative of Delaware County in the Ohio Legislature. Rev. Wilbur N. Mason, D.D., is happy in his new field as president of Baker University, Baldwin, Kansas. 29 1892. Miss Ella Louise Smith is the organizer of the department of Traveling Libraries, Ohio State Library. William Rosenzweig Arnold, Ph.D., is professor of Hebrew Language and Literature at Harvard University and Hitchcock Professor of Hebrew Language and Literature, Andover Theo- logical Seminary. 1893. Franklin L. McVey, LL.D., is making an excellent record as the new president of the University of North Dakota. Walter A. Draper, who has recently been elected president of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce for a third term, has the distinction of being the only man who has ever been chosen to that office in Cincinnati for more than one term. 1894. Baroness Von Uchtritz, formerly Miss Viola Lytle, graduate of the Ohio Wesleyan School of Music, daughter of J. R. Lytle, class of *68, died at the home of her parents in Delaware, Ohio, August 27th, 1912. Bishop F. J. McConnell and Mrs. McConnell, nee Eva H. Thomas, who were shut up in Mexico City during the recent conflict between the federal and revolutionary forces, have some thrilling experiences to recount, but escaped without harm. Rev. Dr. George R. Grose, Ohio Wesleyan *94, was installed as the eleventh president of DePauw University at Greencastle, Ind., Wednesday, April 23rd. He succeeds Dr. Francis J. Mc- Connell, of the same class at the Ohio Wesleyan, who was elected a Bishop by the last General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The ceremonies were presided over by Hon. Charles W. Fairbanks, Ohio Wesleyan *72. Dr. Arthur H. Harrop, professor of Latin in Denver Uni- versity, gave a number of lectures before the Pennsylvania Teach- ers’ Association in October. On his return trip he stopped off for a brief visit in Delaware. While in the city he delivered an address before a joint meeting of the Students’ Christian Associations. 30 1895. Frederick S. Nave, LL.B., son of Rev. O. J. Nave, ’70, former Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court and president of the Arizona State Bar Association, died at his home in Tucsan, Arizona, September 27, 1912. W. F. Hoyt, M.A., ’05, after several years as professor of Science in Kansas Wesleyan, now occupies the chair of Science in the State Normal School, Peru, Nebraska, Miss. Ruby Neville, M.A., ’97, is professor of Literature in Woman’s College, Jacksonville, Illinois. Bert H. Greiner, M.S., ’02, is professor of Mathematics in Culver Military Academy, Culver, Indiana. Miss Margaret R. Parsons is instructor in Latin and Greek in the Shaw High School, Cleveland, Ohio. Col. E. T. Miller of the Quartermaster’s Department of the O. N. G. has received much commendation for his excellent work in supervising the distribution of supplies to the flood sufferers during the recent Ohio floods. 1897. Word has just been received in Delaware that Henry Le Daum, M.A., ’04, professor of Modern Languaejes, University of North Dakota, died at Grand Forks, North Dakota, in the month of March, after a brief illness with pneumonia. Philo M. Buck, M.A., professor of Rhetoric in the University of Nebraska, has published a work on “Social Forces in Modern Literature that has received favorable comment. 1899. Rev. B. F. Reading, M.A., ’10, was appointed District Superintendent, Delaware District, Central Ohio Conference, at the last session of that conference. L. O. Hartman, Ph.D., was recently appointed National Superintendent of Sunday School Institute Work in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. Fred W. McConnel is adjunct professor of English Bible at Randolph-Macon Woman’s College, Macon, Ga. 1900. Walter W. Marquardt, B.A. is superintendent of the Philip- 31 pine School of Arts and Trades, Manila, P. I. In addition, Mr. Marquardt is contributing editor of the Philippine Craftsman and editor of the Assembly Herald published during the teachers* camps. James E. Baldridge, for several years the efficient secretary of the Young Men’s Christian Association of the University, has resigned to take up some more permanent occupation. John W. Shenk has received the unique honor of nomination by the three leading parties of Los Angeles, California, as their candidate for mayor of that city, thus assuring his election by a large majority. Mr. Shenk who is a graduate of the Michigan Law Schol *03 is at present city solicitor of Los Angeles and his nomination., a spontaneous tribute to the efficiency of his administration, is a signal honor. 1901. Miss Helen A. Powers was married to Mr. Charles Bender of Sandusky, Ohio, February 22. 1902. Oren J. Barnes, principal of the Newark, Ohio, High School, is vice president of the Central Ohio Teachers’ Association. Professor W. W. Sweet, who received his Doctorate in His- tory from the University of Pennsylvania in June, has published his thesis under the title “The Methodist Episcopal Church and the Civil War.” 1903. James H. Smith was married to Miss Ethel Miller at San Diego, California, on November 25, 1912. 1905. Miss Sarah Cantwell, M.A., ’07, for several years an in- structor in Greek in Ohio Wesleyan, is now teaching in a girls’ school, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Miss Mary McFarland Cantwell, M.A., ’10, was married on January 8th, 1913, to Rev. Alexander McKay Dick, of Dundee, Scotland, missionary in South America. The ceremony was per- formed at Monte Video, Uruguay. 32 Miss Leona Powell is instructor in Economics at Vassar. William F. Bigelow, who has been a member of the editorial staff of the Cosmopolitan since his graduation, has for several months been acting editor of the Hearst Magazine formerly known as the World Today. 1906. Ellis F. Gallant and Blanche F. Walker were married at Delaware, Ohio, October 22, 1912, Rev. T. H. Housel officiating. The marriage of Samuel Ray Dunham to Miss June Justus ’10 was celebrated at the home of the bride, Lima, Ohio, April 22, Rev. E. S. Dunham, father of the groom, officiating. 1907. The marriage of Otto M. Schlabach to Eleanor Hugus, ’08, was celebrated at the bride’s home. Wheeling, W. Va., Decem- ber 31, 1912, Professor W. W. Davies officiating. Mr. Schla- bach is an attorney-at-law. La Crosse, Wis. Elba Kingman is the instructor in History in the High School, Lisbon, Ohio. Richard C. Nottingham died at Santa Barbara, California, in 1912, after prolonged illness with tuberculosis. Miss Mabel R. Carter, M.A., ’08, is teaching Bible and Philosophy, Woman’s College, Jacksonville, Illinois. Miss Elizabeth Rexroth, who has recently been appointed a teacher in the school at Budaon, North India, sailed on October 22nd, 1913. Arthur Sapp is practicing law at Huntington, Ind. Miss Katherine Moore is instructor in English and Elocution at Hope College, Holland, Michigan. Miss Margaret McKay Goode was married on January 22, 1913, to Mr. Harry Cox of Delaware, Ohio. Announcement has been received of the marriage in September of Nellie Alice Dye to William Messinger, a senior in the Chi- cago Mdical College. 1908. Rev. A. G. Schatzman is pastor of a Methodist Church, 33 Linden, N. J. Mr. Schatzman recently completed a course in Drew Seminary. Irwin R. Beiler, for two years Jacob Sleeper fellow of Boston University in Germany, is teaching Bible at Allegheny College for the current year. Murray T. Titus has just been transferred by the recent con- ference from Reid Christian College to Bijnor, U. P., India. Mrs. Oliver Newell Craig, nee Roxy Eleanore Yates, died at her home in Barberton, Ohio, on June 21, 1912. First Lieutenant Jason McVey Austin, son of Professor and Mrs. C. B. Austin, was united in marriage to Miss Alice Ruth Doyen, daughter of Col. C. A. Doyen, at the home of the bride, in Bremerton, Wash., on Wednesday afternoon, April 1 6. Mrs. Stephen McNeill, formerly Miss Mildren Crawford, died at her home in Delaware, Sunday, August 25th, 1912, after a prolonged illness with tuberculosis. Roe R. Mitchell, who recently completed a course in Boston University School of Theology, has been appointed to Sharon Springs, Troy Conference. The marriage of Miss Eva Barber and Victor Rohrer, ’07, was celebrated on December 25, 1912. Fred E. Huntsberger and J. J. Kirk ’1 1 have purchased the University Book Store on Sandusky Street and will conduct a general book business. Miss Ethel Benedict was married to Professor Harry Jacques, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, August 29th, 1912. Professor Jacques is the head of the Department of Biology in Iowa Wesleyan University. 1909. Miss Alice E. Hollister was married to Clayton Elmer Gabel, a missionary in India, at Bangalore, December 31st, 1912. The marriage of Miss Helen Lenita Reddish to William E. Betts of Dayton, Ohio, occurred in October, 1912. 1910. A. P. Martin is studying law in Columbia University Law School, New York City. 34 Paul Evans is a post-graduate student at Yale Univeisity. Gorden S. Batelle is membership secretary of the Y. M. C. A., Dayton, Ohio. Mark E. Hutchinson was recently elected professor of Latin in Nebraska Wesleyan University. Virgil Turner is a student in Drew Theological Seminary, Madison, N. J. Eagle Freshwater, son of Judge B. F. Freshwater, ’77, is now the editor of the Democratic Standard, Olympia, Oregon. Miss Sarah Corwin Stevenson is teaching History in Woman’s College, Jacksonville, Illinois. The marriage of Robert A. Parrett of Washington C. H., and Miss Anna Moore, ’12, took place on August 1st, 1912. 1911. John H. Hollister is teaching Biology in Reid Christian Col- lege, Lucknow, India. Harry Morehouse was married to Miss Ruth Harps of Green- field, Ohio, Tuesday evening April 8th. Their residence will be in Greenfield, where Mr. Morehouse is engaged in the manufactur- ing business. David J. Miller is taking a law course in Western Reserve Law School. Miss Blanche B. Andrews was recently married to Earl J. Converse. R. W. Sockman is now head of the Y. M. C. A. department of Columbia University. E. R. Parks is a student in the Reserve Medical School, Cleveland, Ohio. 1912. J. L. Reed is a student in the Law School of Columbia Uni- versity, New York City. Miss Josephine Anderson is instructor in Latin in the High School at Cairo, Michigan. Stewart Scrimshaw is taking post-graduate work in Erconomics at the University of Wisconsin. O. G. Jones is pursuing post-graduate work in Economics at the University of Wisconsin. 35 W. I. Lacy is a missionary, connected with the Methodist Pub- lishing House, Shanghai, China. John Irish is engaged in missionary work in Hing-wha, China. F. L. Dorsey sailed recently for Otowara, Japan, where he is to be an instructor in English. W. L. Severance is instructor in Syracuse High School, Syra- cuse, N. Y. G. L. Garster is principal of the High School at Mendon, Ohio. Mark Ladd is instructor in Science in the High School at Marquette, Mich. Clarence Turner is teaching Biology and Botany in the Louisville, Ky., High School. Miss Mabel Curbs is instructor in Mathematics, New Balti- more, Ohio, High School. Harold Hoover is now connected with a Canton newspaper. The marriage of W. I. Dumm and Miss Caroline Walker of Macomb, 111., was an event of recent date. Miss Eva Miller, *12, and Rev. C. C. Ford, ’10, were united in marriage September 19, 1912, at the bride’s home inJPleasant- ville, Ohio, Professor R. B. Miller officiating. Mr. Ford is pastor of a Methodist Church in South Bend, Ind. Cloyce Ulrey was married to Miss Florence Mitchell of C^n- terburg, Ohio, on October 5th, 1912. Miss Rachel F. Shobe died at her home in Petersburg, W. Va., September 16th, 1912. Miss Willie Lutz is teaching German and English in the High School at Rushville, Ohio. Miss Mary Sycks recently accepted a good position in the Chillicothe High School. COMMENCEMENT. The Commencement season will be observed this year with the usual exercises, Saturday, June 7th to Wednesday, June 1 1 th. The program of events offered will be unusually varied and ex- cellent. Programs in detail will be distributed to all the alumni through the mails. 37 ADVANCE ANNOUNCEMENTS. 1 he Art Department will present its Annual Exhibit in Lyon Hall, Saturday, 10:00 a. m. — 5:00 p. m. and Monday 10:30 a. m. — 5 :00 p. m. The School of Music announces two recitals by graduates and advanced students to be given in Sanborn Hall, Saturday and Monday, 4:00 p. m. Admission by ticket only. A Joint Concert will be given in Gray Chapel Saturday eve- ning by the undergraduate musical organizations of the University. The Baccalaureate Sermon will be delivered by President Herbert Welch, D.D., LL.D., Sunday, June 8th. The Annual Address before the Students’ Christian Associa- tions will be delivered by the Rev. Luther Freeman, D.D., pas- tor of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, Columbus, Ohio, Sunday evening. The Final Chapel and Recognition Service with award of tro- phies and prizes and announcements of college honors will be held Monday morning, June 9th. In recognition of their semi-centen- nial reunion the members of the class of ’63 are invited to occupy places of honor on the platform at this service. A new and unique feature of the Commencement season will be the presentation of a Greek drama by the students of the de- partment of Greek. The play, the Iphigenia in Tauris, will be presented in Gray Chapel, Monday evening, June 9th. This will be the first presentation of the kind in the history of the Ohio Wesleyan. The costumes will be rich and historically correct. The stage chorus of fifteen under the instruction of Pro- fessor Edith Moodie of the department of Physical Education, will be supported by a chorus of forty voices under the direction of Professor Charles M. Jacobus, Director of the School of Mu- sic. The .music to be used was specially prepared for this drama by Professor Clarke of Philadelphia. An excellent English translation of the play has been prepared for the occasion. The Alumni Convocation will be a new feature of special in- terest to the alumni. This will be held in the Chapel Annex Tuesday, Alumni Day, 9:00 to 10:15 a. m. 1 he following 38 program for the discussion of college questions has been arranged: 1 heme : The College Through Alumni Eyes. (a) Curriculums Old and New. Paper, William McClain, A.B. ’93, M.A. ’95, superintendent of schools, Washington C. H., Ohio. (2) Extra Curriculum Values. Paper. Rev. Alpheus B. Austin, A.B. ’85, D.D. ’ll, pastor Methodist Episcopal Church, Madisonville, Ohio. (c) Alma Mater and Her Daughters. Paper. Sallie Har- his-Sears, A.B. ’83, Bucyrus, Ohio. These papers, brief and suggestive in character, will be fol- lowed by a general discussion. The Annual Business Meeting of the Association will be held in the same place at 10:! 5, immediately following the Convoca- tion. The report of the special committee on the revision of the constitution of the Association will be considered. The Alumni Luncheon will be held as usual at I 2 :00 m, on Tuesday, Alumni Day. Athenaeum, Castalian and Clionian Literary Society halls will be open to visiting Alumnae, Monday, June 9, 6:15 to 7:30 p. m. The Quinquennial Reunions of the classes of ’58, ’63, ’68, ’73, ’78. ’83, ’88, ’93, ’98, ’03, '08, will be held 6:00 p. m. Tuesda 3 ^ Alumni Day. As usual the President’s Reception and the Promenade Con- cert will be held on the Campus Tuesday evenmg. The Commencement Oration will be delivered Wednesday 9:00 a. rn. by the Rev. Samuel Parkes Cadman, D.D., Pastor Central Congreagtional Church, Brooklyn, N. Y. The Athletic Association announces three games of baseball as follows : Saturday, 3:00 p m. O. W. L. vs. Wooster. Monday, 3:30 p m. O. W. U. vs. Ohio State. Tuesday, 4:00 p. m. O. W. U. vs. Alumni. ^he Edttard T. Miller Company Printers and Publishers Columbus, Ohio