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Volume IV Jun e , 1 9 2 7 No . 9
Publ ish ed monthly b y the Ohio U n ivers ity Alumn i Assoc iati on
CLARK E . WILLIAMS ,
’2 1 , Ediaor
TAB LE O F CO NTENTS‘
The Campus B eautiful —A Fam il iar Walk
Graduat ing Class Hears F in e Addresses
Speakers Int er est Lunche on Gath er ing
From The Editor ’ s Desk
Alumni - Sen i or C onvo cation Held IndoorsPi cn i c
,Play
, an d Serenad e Wel l Attended
Beery G ives Address at Unve il ing
Industr ial an d Sc ientifi c Leaders Rec e ive Degree s
Pres i dent an d Dean Honored
Financ ial Report
Wi lson to Head Assoc iat ion
F in al Report on Chapter Meetings
Necro l ogy Report
De Al um n i s
Marr iages
B irths
D eaths
Entered as se c ond - c lass matter , Octob er 3 , 1 92- 8 , at the post - offi c e at Athens ,
Ohio , under the act of March 3 ,
Subscr ipt ion pri c e, per year .
THE CAMPUS B EAUTIFUL
A Fam i li ar Wa lk a n d a Fam i l iar Hal l
T H E O H I O A L U M N U S 3
G radu at ing C lass H ears Two Fine Addresses
B y M ethodi st B i shop
Seniors Pass from College Ha l ls
The Commencement marking the c l o se of
the one hundred twenty - th ird year of Oh io
Un iversity passed into h istory at n oon,Tues
day , Jun e 7 , and at the same time there pass
ed from the hal l s o f th e o ld est un iversity
west of the All egheny range into th e vari ous
fi el ds o f c ompetit i on an d endeavor, 3 5 5 stud
ents , 2 1 0 of whom carri ed with th em d ip lomas
as eviden c e of the successful c ompl et ion of
four years of academic work .
The remain der were graduates
in th e two - year c ourses .
Honorary degrees were con
ferred upon Charl e s E dwardSkinn er
,Wilkin sburg
, Pa . , i n
tern ati on al ly- known engin eer of
th e West inghouse Ele ctr i c Co . ,
and upon Dan ie l Wi l lard,Bal
timore , Md . , pres i dent of th e
Balt imore and Ohio rai lroad .
T h e graduati on exerc ise s
were he ld in th e Men ’s Gym
n as ium in order that al l who
cared to , might attend .
The exerc i se s were simpl e
but d ign if i e d an d effect ive .
The Chap la i n'
of th e Day,Rev .
H . J . Hol combe , distr ict sup-er
i n ten den t of th e Methodi st
church , gave the invocation fo l
l owing the pro c ess ional which c on c l uded th e
march of th e graduates and faculty from El l i s
Hall to the Gymnasium . The entran ce march
was p l ayed by th e un iversity orch estra .
The degrees were c onferred and the d ip lom
as award ed by Pre sident Bryan ass i sted by theacademic d eans an d the heads of departments .
A pl ea for th e safeguard ing of th e free
(10 m of spe ech on the grounds that speech i s
on e o f the means of an in d ividual ’ s se l f - ex
pressi on , that it i s th e result o f c ertain causes
and therefore may be a symptom of so cial
r estl essn ess , and that it i s a mean s of arousing
a c orre ct opin ion when properly exerc i sed,
was made by Bishop Franc i s‘
J . McC on n el l ,
Pitts burgh , of the Method ist Ep isc opal Church
in h is commencement address on “The Vo ic es
of th e Times . "
Bi shop McCon n e l l warned th e graduates as
persons who were inte l l igent and who woul d
B i s l mp M'cc onne l l
n eed to d eal with th e expre ssi on s of groups
an d of ind ivid ual s that speech must not b e
consi dere d alon e as a mean s of c ommun icat ion
of thought , and that s imp ly to p o int o ut fal
lac i e s in an utteran c e was not d isp osing. of
the utteran c e at al l . Speech must b e d ealt
with var i o usly as a mean s of re l i e f o f temper ,a thinking pro c ess , an d a means of se l f- re
al i zati on .
The b lack - gowned sen i ors
were hearti ly app lauded as th ey
passed acro ss the p latform to
r ece ive the ir d ip l omas from th e
hands of th e pres id ent of th e
un ivers ity .
The power of the king has
shifted to those who have f inan
c ial power , to tho se who have
power to sway the mind,and to
th e c o l l e ctive p ower of th e p eo
p l e them se lves an d if th e p ower
of these are to be kept b en evo
l ent , it must b e govern ed an d
balanc ed by a sen se of respo n
s i b i l ity an d tru stsh ip .
Thi s was the thought B ish
op McCon n e l l expresse d i n h is
ba ccalaureate address ,“The
Rainbow Over th e Throne , to
the graduating c lass o f Oh io
Un ivers ity in th e Men ’s gymnasium Sunday
morning, June 5 .
The address was prec eded by a word of wel
c ome and an invo cation by Dr . Bryan . M i ss
Ali c e Ho lmen , soprano , sang Come Ye Blessed ,by John Prind l e Sc ott .
B ishop McCo n n el l used as a basi s for hi s
address , a sy mbo l ic expre ss i on from the bo ok
of Reve lat ions:“And h e that sat,was to
l o ok upon l ike a j asper stone and a sard ius ;and there was a rainb ow r oun d about th e
throne , l ike an emerald to l o ok upon , as
quoted from the th ird verse of th e fourth
chapter . Bishop McCon n el l explain ed that
th e verse was wr i tten with an understanding
of th e c onception that there i s a rul er back of
th at power , but that in back of th e power isthe promise that th e p ower i s to b e use d for
th e greatest amount of go od .
Sunday even ing,at s even - th irty , th e Ohio
4 T H E O H I O A L U M N U S
Un iversity Orch estra,with Professor DeF orest
In gerham as c onductor , gave a symphony c on
c ert i n the gymnasium . Both of th e day ’ s ser
vi c es were large ly attended .
The fo l l owing program was pr esente d bythe un iversity music ians:
I .
Symphony in G Min or Mozart
All egro MoltoAndante
Al l egretto
Al l egro Assai
S pring
Danc e of the H oursI I I .
Myself When Young (In a Pers ian Garden ) "
Lehmann
Donal d Dowd , Basso
IV .
All egro Con Bri o B e ethoven
(first movement , Fifth Symphony )V .
"ylophon e So l o (se l e cte d ) Miss Jo Peters
V I .
March,from Tannhauser Wagn er
Speakers Interes t GatheringAt A lum ni Luncheon
Su p e r Fu n d A n n o u n c ed
The fi nal and c l o s ing words of th e 1 92 7
c ommen cement program were sp oken by Pres id ent E . B . Bryan at th e annual alumn i lun ch
eon i n Lindl ey Hal l,June7 .
Old graduates,and graduates who had j ust
r ece ived their d ipl omas,mingl ed in fe l l owsh ip
an d ren ewed th e “ c ontin uity an d th e so l idar
ity" of th e Ohio Un ivers ity sp ir i t as th e pre s i
d ent put it .
Words of appre c iat ion of Dr . C . W . Super ,pres id ent o f Ohio Un iversity from 1 8 7 9 to
1 90 7 , throughout th e c ommencement program
found practi cal expressi on in an announc e
ment by the toastmaster of the l un ch eon,Dr .
Anna Pear l MacVay ,
’9 2
,that a Super Fund ,
th e income of wh ich is to provid e scho larsh ip
pri z es , wil l b e created , an d with th e unanimous
c onsent of th e al umn i , Dr . MacVay appo inte d
a c ommitte e to take charge of rais ing th e
fund . Carr Van Anda,managing ed itor of
th e New York Times,who has already pledged
$2 00 t o th e fun d , was appo inte d cha irman .
Mrs . Clyd e Brown,New York ; Clyd e B e ery ,
Akron ; Judge D . H . Thomas , Mari etta ; an d
Dr . H . R . Wilson , Athens ; and Dr. MacVay ,
herse l f , were appo inte d to serve with Mr . Van
Anda . An amount of for the fund
was suggested .
The sign ifi can c e of th e pass ing of Oh io Un i
vers ity from th e smal l un ivers ity c lass to the
l arge un ivers ity c las s was re ferre d to by Dr .
Bryan .
I real i z e that an in stitut i on do es not have
to b e half as large as Oh io University to b eth e b est un iversity in th e worl d whi l e some ofour smal l er in stitut ions are much too large ,
"
sa id Dr . Bryan . We do not have to have
more students in order to b e 1 0 0 perc ent go od .
There are a hundred th ings that Ohio Un i
vers ity n eeds more than it n eeds an in crease
in enro llment . But the Un iversity is growing
rap id ly an d wil l c ontin ue to grow. The uni
versity i s d o ing a good th ing and the more
students it s erve s the more go o d i t wil l do for
the state and for human ity .
"
The presi dent c on c luded by te l l ing th e
al umn i that “ I am not insist ing on growth
alth ou gh I b e l i eve it to b e in evitab l e . I am not
at al l fr ightened about that . Rather I rej o ic e .
Ohio Un iversity wil l n ever grow too large
as long as we have an ad equate number of
we ll train ed and qual ified offerers (in struct
ors ) , go od lab oratoroy and l ibrary faci l iti e s
and a healthy number of offer ings . But to
th e graduates of th is in st itut ion assemb l ed
h ere today l et me say that,so l ong as it may
be my wil l,i t shal l b e my aim to c on serve th e
fin e th ings of th e past ; th e un iversity shal l
n ot gr ow large at the expen se of finen ess .
Another speaker on the l un ch e on program
was Dr . Charl e s E . Skinn er ,’9 7 - ex , upon
whom the un ivers ity c on ferred an hon orary
degree .
“ I must express appre c iati on for the
hon or c on ferred upon me h ere today ," he said .
“The greatest th ings in my l ife have c ome
from go od ol d Athen s ." Dr . Skinn er t o l d of
hi s work with the W‘
e stinghouse c ompany and
of h i s interest in th e progress o f th e un i
vers ity s in c e h i s student days .
Prof . Frank B . Gu l l um ,
’0 7 , spoke in b e
half of the alumni,devel op ing a theme of
intere st to h is hearers and drawing his i l l us
tration s from the fi eld s of sc i en c e .
Mr. Donald Mason ,
’2 7 , spoke in behalf o f
th e sen i or c lass . Mis s He l en McC lafl i n ,
’2 6 ,
made the musi cal c ontr ibutions for th e al umn i
,s ing ing two songs acc ompani e d by M iss
Iren e Witham ,
’2 6 .
Dr . Dan i e l Wil l ard , upon whom an honor
ary degre e was c onferred,and Bishop F . J .
Mcc onnel l , who was th e c ommencement speak
er,were n ot abl e to b e present at the lunch eon
and to appear on the program as had been ex
pected.
T H E O H I O A L U M N U S 5
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An Increas ed Mem b er ship Fe e
Upon th e re c ommendati on of th e Al umn i Secretary and by a unan imous vote of those
present , the annual du es of th e Oh io Un ivers ity Alumn i Assoc iat i on were in creased from
to per year at th e Jun e busin ess meeting of the asso c iati on he l d in Ewing Hal l at 1 1o ’ c l o ck on the morn ing of Jun e 6 .
S in c e the in crease in the membersh ip fe e w il l affect al l readers o f The Oh io Alumnus a
word of exp l anati on is offere d in these c o lumns and at th is time .
For years th e c entra l offi c e of th e asso c iati on has b een making an effort to render most
of th e servi c e s whi ch may wel l b e expected o f such an offi c e but always ser iously hand icapped
by a lack of funds . Working , l ast year , up on a budget of on ly a l ittl e more than two
thousand do l lars th e alumni offi c e publ ish ed n in e issues (in c l uding th i s on e ) of The Ohio
Alumnus , re c e ived and answere d over e ightee n hundred l etters , planned , exe cuted and financ ed
th e spec ia l programs for Founders ’ Day , Homecoming Day , and Commencement ; financed,
partial ly , th e exp enses of speakers for meet i ngs of the al umn i chapters , paid th e expenses
in c i dent to the organ ization of n ew chapte rs,publ i shed a n ew University Song Bo ok
,and
rendered innumerabl e oth er servic es imposs ib l e o f c lass ifi cation,most of wh ich
,however
,
invo lved a cal l upon the asso c iation treasu rer .
The treasurer ’s r eport,to b e found el sewhere , shows a balanc e of remain ing at th e
end of th e fiscal year , June 1 , 1 9 2 7 . Such an item in the statement would be a cause for
satisfa ct ion if th e appended l ist of unpa id b i l l s were not , of ne ce ssity , to b e c on sidered .
What is a very mod est balan c e on th e first d ay o f Jun e wi l l b e c ome a rath er terri fying defi c it
before th e last day , alth ough some re l i e f is g iven to the situat i on by the r eal i zat ion of th e
it em l iste d as “anti c ipated in come .
" As thi s copy i s written th e apparently certain defi c it ,as of Jun e 3 0 ,
wil l be
In some organ izations th e matter of a f o ur hundred dol lar d efi c it i s , we suppose , i n con se
qu en tial b u t for the Oh io Un iversity Alumni Asso c iati on to enter upon the work of a n ew
year with a financ ial hand ic ap of su ch proporti on as seems c ertain to b e the case,i s
,in V i ew
of the re lati vel y smal l amount of annual revenue , a d i sc o uraging prospe ct .
To “ fund " our debt and to all ow for a n ec essary , but al l too sl ight , expan si on in th e work
of th e. alumn i department an in creas e in th e membership fee was unavo idab l e,h en c e th e
acti on of the rec ent meeting.
Lest anyon e fe e l that th e ind ivid ual c o st of maintain ing h is organ i zat i on is more than
that in oth er al umn i bod ie s it may b e remarked that there are n o other a sso c iati on s in th e
state,in conn ecti on with schoo l s of the same s iz e and rank as Oh io Un ivers ity , in wh ich th e
membersh ip fe e (in c lu ding the subscr ipt i on t o th e a lumn i magaz in e ) is as l ow as it has been
in the Ohio Un ivers ity asso c iati on for th e past five years . Stat isti c s in support o f th is state
ment wil l b e mail ed to the members of th e as so c iati on n ext September , at which time the pay
ment of yearly dues wi l l b e asked .
The un ivers ity admin istrat ion has b een m ore than generous in giving financ ia l support to
th e al umn i ofii ce in return for th e many dir ect and in direct servi c es ren dered to th e i n stitu
t i on . The salar i e s of th e two members of th e staff, the maj or c osts o f mechan ica l an d offi c e
equipment,and
,to a large extent
,the travel ing exp enses o f a l umn i speakers
,are be ing cared
for by the un ivers ity . During each of the last two years someth ing over $ 500 has b een pro
v i ded for mechan ical e quipment out of th e f unds of the un iversity in order that th e offi c emight be b etter prepare d to do effe ct ive an d effi c ient work .
The un ivers ity i s do ing al l that can reas onab ly be expected of it,and more . The burd en
of support ing th e offi c e to the extent that it may fun cti on effect ivel y and creditably must b e
borne by the alumni . That ’ s on ly fair,isn ’ t i t ? The h 0 pe is expresse d , th erefore , that when
the time for th e renewing membersh ip s arr ive s al l wil l j o in ch eerful ly an d enthusiast i cal ly in
provid ing the funds for mainta in ing th e work of Ohio ’s graduate organ i zati on .
6 T H E O H I O A L U M N U S
A l um n i—Sen ior Con vocation
H eld Indoors This Year
A n n u a l Du e s Are Ra i s ed
An invocati on,th e alumn i charge to th e
graduating c lass,th e sen ior ’ s re sponse and
farewe l l addre ss,acc eptan c e of gifts
,presen
tation o f sch olarsh ip awards , music , raising of
c las s flags , and the annual busin ess s essi on
c ompose d th e program of the Alumni - Sen ior
Convo cati on h eld in Ewing Hal l,Jun e 6 , at 1 0
o ’ c l o ck . The se ssi on was n ot h eld o ut - of—doors
th is year b ecause of the unusual ly co o l weath
er .
After th e invo cation by Dr . Charl e s W .
Super and a p iano so lo by Miss Kathryn Merr i
man ,
’2 7 ,
Dr . Anna Pearl MacVay ,
’92 ,d ean
of Wadl e ig-h High Schoo l , New York C ity ,
de l ivere d the “ charge" to the graduating c lass
wh ich was responded to by M iss Margueri te
W ick,
’2 7 . Claren c e H . Hudson gave th e fare
wel l address for th e sen i ors .
Miss MacVay app eal ed to th e graduate s t o
interest themse lve s in th e h igh er and finer
things of l ife,quoting fre el y from the c lass ic s
of l iterature .
Scho larsh ip awards were ann ounc ed by the
fo l l owing gr oups or in d ivid ual s . The Daffyd
J . Evans award for scho larsh ip in Latin:firstpri ze
,Mary Brokaw
,Cadiz
,Ohi o
,s ec ond
pr i ze,Octa Kincade , Athens ; Woman
’ s Music
C lub award for exc e l l enc e in Music , Ann
Haworth,Gal l ip o l is
,Ohio ; Chi Omega award
for exc e l l en c e in E con omic s,Eve lyn Coulter ,
Toronto , Ohio ; Alpha Delta P i award for
Sophomore scholarship , I sabe l ] Turn er , Steu
benvi l l e,Ohio ; Sigma Alpha Iota award for
exce l l en c e in Mus ic , O l ive Harmon , Sandusky ,Ohio . Th e Clarenc e H . Horn award for scho l
arship in Commerc e and the De lta S igma Pi
award for th e same th ing were both mad e to
Edgar Gi lmore , Pom erroy , Oh io .
Prof . T . N . Hoover ,’
0 5 , acc epted th e gi ft of
th e sen ior c lass which was in the nature of a
ch eck for $3 00 to be added to the gifts of
prec eding c lasses to th e Chimes Fund . The
amount n ow on depo sit in th is fund,drawing
interest at 6 p erc ent , i s
The bron ze plaque , award ed annual ly to the
c lass h aving the largest attendanc e at th e pre
v iou s commenc ement,was presente d to the
Class of 1 9 2 3 and was accepted by M iss Iren e
Devl in , perman ent secretary of the c l ass .
The busin es s meeting of the Ohio Univer
s ity Alumn i Assoc iat ion which fo l l owed the
ab ove program was pres id ed over by Dr .
MacVay. The reports of various c ommitte es,
th e e l ect ion o f offi cers , and a favorab le act ion
on a moti on to in crease th e amount of the
annual dues to per year,were th e ch i ef
items of busin ess that were taken up .
Annua l Picnic, P lay, an d
Serenade Well Attended
The three c onc lud ing events of Alumn i
Day ," Jun e 6 , were th e Commencement Pi cn ic
,
Play , and Serenad e .
Those in charge of th e provisi ons for th e
p i cn ic rep ort that j ust exact ly 1 0 50 l un ch
boxes were served to the l in e of sen i ors,al um
n i , fac ulty members , an d guests wh ich extend
ed from a po in t under th e Elms we l l o ut into
Co l l ege stre et . Each box c ontain ed two sand
wiches , a p ickl e , an o l ive , a pi e c e of cake , a
pap er napkin , a spoon , and a smal l er b ox con
tain ing an in d ividual br i ck of ic e cream . In
add it i on , plates were served with a gen erous“he lping of h ot bake d beans . Lemonad e
or coffe e— or both— c ompl eted the menu . The
p icn i c was , as usual , on e of th e most enj oyed
feature s of the day ’s program .
The p lay ,“Lightn in ’ a three - act c omedy
in whi ch Frank Bac on came to stardom,was
staged at th e Maj est ic Th eatre . Every one of
the 1 0 0 0 seat-s was o cc upi ed and the demand
for admi ss i on n ot entirely sati sfi ed . The suc
c ess of th e p lay was e qual to that achieved by
any June play of th e past an d it is wel l known
that the standard of past producti ons is ex
ceedi n gly h igh .
The part o f Lightnin ’ Bil l Jones,princ ipal
character in th e p lay , was taken by Tom Slater
a freshman in th e un ivers ity . The ski l l ful
acting an d th e satisfactory interpretat ion of
the ro l e enhanc ed by a wond erful l y p leas ing
vo ic e made S later easi ly th e star o f the even
ing . The play was c oached by De an Irma E .
Vo ig and Prof . W . H . Cooper of the de
partm en t o f Publ i c Speaking .
The campus i l l uminati on and serenade was
he ld in front of East Wing,th e s inging taking
plac e from the palm and pennant de c orate d
bal c ony .
The groups partic ipating in th e serenad e
th i s year were Pi B eta Ph i , Phi Mu , (girl s )and Phi Kappa Tau and Beta Theta Pi (men ) .
The music al offer ings of an instrumental trio
were added to the numbers o f the fratern it i e s
and soror i t i e s to make a most d el ightful pro
gram and on e which was enj oyed by a throng
estimated to c ontain between twelve and th ir
te en hundred persons .
T H E O H I O A L U M N U S 7
B eery G ives Address At U nvei l ing of Tab let In
M em o ry P. Go rdy
Cutler Ha ll Chosen As Suitab le Location
A bron ze tab let to th e memory of John Pan
coast Gordy,Ph . D .
,LL. D . , pro fessor of h i s
tory and education at Oh io U n iers ity from
1 88 6 to 1 89 6 , was ere cte d in Cutl er Hal l , Jun e
6,by h is former students .
The inscripti on on the tab let as suggested
and written by Dr . Anna Pear l McVay ,
’92 ,
reads:“Kean and original in mind , hon est an d i n
d ependent i n thought . app eal ing and forc eful
as a teach er,h e insp ire d h is students with zeal
for the truth . In grateful remembranc e th ey
pl ac ed th is tabl et .
Mr . Clyde F . Beery ,’93 , B . Ped . ,
attorn ey ,Akron
,Ohio
,who was intro duce d by Dr . S . K .
Mard is ,’
93 , B . Ped . ,chairman of the Gordy
M emorial Fund,del iver
e d th e memorial address
fo l l owing the unve il ing
of th e tab let which was
acc ompl ish ed by litt l e
Mi ss Martha Ann Ho isi n gton ,
daughter of Mr .
and Mrs . O . L . Ho ising
ton (Myrtl e Mardi s ,’1 3 ,
Sch . Mus . )Both Dr . Mard is and
Mr . B e ery prai sed Dr .
Gordy ’s infl uen c e for
goo d among his students , whi le Mr . Beery i l l us
trated th e keenness of Dr . Gordy ’s mind by
quoting from several o f h is famous books .
Dr . C . W . Super , former president o f Ohio
Un iversity , was also prai se d for h is in fluen c e
wh i ch,with that of Dr . Gordy , d id much in
making the un iversity an in st itut ion of high
rank among the inst ituti ons .
The ful l t ext of Mr . B eery’
s address fo l
l ows:“ It i s a most agreeab l e privi l ege to present
th is tabl et , on behal f of its don ors,to th e
Un ivers ity .
Noth ing could be more fitt ing than to erect,
at thi s plac e , th i s enduring express ion of the
veneration in which Doctor'
John Pancoast
Gordy is he ld by those who here sat at h i s
fe et . It was within th e wal ls of th is histor ic
in st itut ion , in fact with in the bui ld ing where
we are met , that h is gr eat work was b egun ,here he fir st be came known to fame , here h e
reached the c l imax of h i s care er .
The G ordy Memor ial Tab l e t
lowed .
But ne ither bronz e n or marbl e can speak
the tr ibute j ustly due h i s name . And it i s n ot
within the power of any one to do ade quate
homage to th e man , for , in h is case , th e most
extravagant prais e c o ul d n ot be exaggeration.
H e was a master teach er— a man of out
stand ing tal ent , a giant in inte l le ct,a most
unusual p ersona l ity . Although modest ly d is
c la iming gr eat l earn ing outsid e h i s own chosen
fi e ld , every department of human knowl edge
se emed to be an open book to him,and he
free ly drew upon al l t o e luc i date the subj ects
wh ich from time to t ime were under d iscus
s i on . He took to l l o f h istory,b i ography ,
math ematic s , th e s c i ences , phi lo sophy , from
So crate s to h is own day— of every branch of
l earn ing . And with what
ski l l h e taught on ly thos e
who sat in h is c lass - ro om
kn ow .
He was un i que in meth
od , using every means
and art ifi c e known to
th e ski l l ed teach er , at
t imes presenting t h e
subj e ct by interrogating
tho se b efore h im,some
t imes by having a stu
dent read a paper whi ch
he had previously b een asked to prepare and
by d isc ussi on of the paper , at oth er times by
l e cture,often by a comb ination of two or more
o f these methods . And it never was possib l e to
know in advanc e what metho d was to be fo l
But whatever the method , interest
n ever for a moment lagged . For Doctor Gor
dy ,assuming that the proper study of man "
kin d is man,understo o d human nature
espec ial l y student human nature— as few men
do . If on e was n ot at l east a fa ir student , he
c ou l d not long remain in th e c lass . And the
b est that was in the mind of every student
was cal l ed forth .
Doctor Gordy was a gen ius . He se emed a
Socrates return ed . His le cture s were of u n
usual forc e and e l o qu en c e . Favored in deed
were those who came under th e influenc e of
th i s great teach er . To them his words have
been a last ing insp iration . The l if e of each
who heard hi s vo ic e has been enri che d th ere
by .
8 T H E O H I O A L U M N U S
And it must n ot be over- l o oked that Do ctor
Gordy made a large c ontribution to th e l itera
ture of th e spe c ial subj e cts in h is d epartment ,his “Gordy ’s New Psycho logy h is “Pol iti ca l
H istory o f th e Un ite d States",and h is “A
Broader E l ementary Educati on b eing per
haps th e be st known of h i s works . And every
thing he wrote was a mode l of persp i cu ity ,el eganc e of styl e , and l ogi cal arrangement .
Th is , taken from A Broader Elementary
Educat ion is a fa ir spe c imen of hi s sur
passingly exc e l l en t di ct-ion“This , then , is on e of th e ends whi ch e duca
t ion shal l s et before itse lf ; th e deve l opment of
th e p ower to th ink— not simp ly as a mean s to
o ther ends , but b ecause th e exerc ise o f
thought is intr in s ica l ly good , a th ing to b e
de sired for itse lf al on e .
And th is quotati on from the same work not
on ly i s a go od example of h i s styl e , but sums
up much of h is ph i l o sophy o f educat ion“These fo ur , then , knowl e dge , d isc ipl in e , a
true e st imate of th e value of things , an effec
t ive wi l l,are th e c on stituents of rat ional l iv
ing . He who apprehend s the great ends of
l ife , know the fact s in those d epartments of
knowledge in wh ich he i s ob l ige d to act in
order to attain those ends , and the pr in c ip l e s
that underl i e them ; who has th e ab i l ity toapp ly those prin c ip l es to the various cases
that present themse lves in the c ourse of h is
dai ly l ife ; whose emoti onal nature i s so
train ed that h is l ove for th ings is in propor
t ion to th eir prop er worth , and who se wil l
impel s h im to c ontro l h is act ions acc ord ingly— he al on e i s the educated man
,for he al on e
is capab l e of l iving rat ional ly .
"
These quotation s give some faint noti on of
his wonderful ly effe ctive style . Although my
own l ife work has been in a d ifferent fi el d than
educati on , hi s wr it ings for me‘
have l ost n on e
of the ir charm , and th i s d oubtl ess i s true of
others of h is students h ere present .
Nor should it be forgotten that the fame of
Dr . Gordy brought great prest ige to Ohio Un i
versity . He was a magnet drawing to the
Un iversity many of its students . And th is at
a t ime when the Un ivers ity was j ust b eginn ing
to ari se out of th e sl ough of despond in wh ichIit l ong had b een struggling— when it was
almost without students and was sad ly lacking
fund s . Too m uch cred it can not be given to
h im and to that grand o ld man , Doctor Super ,supported , of c ourse by oth er ab l e members
of th e faculty , for starting the un iversity on
its upward road . The students h e ld Doctor
Gordy in h igh favor from th e beginn ing , an d
of the e l ect ive c ourses offere d those in h i s d e
partm en t l arge ly were cho sen .
Many years ago , I stood in Tr in ity church
yard at th e tomb of th e immortal Al exander
Hamilton , o f whom Doctor Gordy always
spoke with we l l - n igh worsh ip-ful r everen c e,
and read th is in script ion on the modest st on e:Alexander Hamilton
‘The corporation of Trin ity Church
erected th is monument in Testimony of
th eir r esp e ct for The Patri ot of in cor
ru pti b l e integrity:The So ld ier of ap
proved Valor:th e Statesman of Con sum
mate Wisd om — and then fo l low these
propheti c word s:“Whose Tal ents andV irtues wi l l b e admired by grateful po s
ter ity Long after th is Marb l e shal l have
moul dered into dust . "
And as I read th ese word s on the marbl e
shaft whi ch even then,l e ss than a c entury
after its ere ct ion , was check ed and roughen ed
with d is integration , having already com
m en ced to moul d er into dust , I was impressed
with th e ch i sel ed prophecy and with the fact
that th e p ol it i cal phi l o sophy o f th i s i l l ustrio us
statesman which has so l arge ly shaped the
c o urse of Amer ican h i story is. more enduring
than monument of marb l e or of gran ite— that
th e great th ings of the min d have more p erma
n en ce,than obj ects formed by hands .
And so of Dr . Gordy it may be sa id that
h i s contr ibuti on to educati on wil l l ong survive
th i s tab l e t o f bronz e,yea
,that it w il l l ive
gen erations after h is very name has b een for
gotten . For the enthusiasm for l earn ing and
the l ove for truth whi ch h e awaken ed in
c o untl e ss men and women wil l b e tran smitted
in some d egre e from teach er to pup i l through
out th e c enturie s .
It i s but weak tr ibute whi ch I am paying to
the memory of th i s r emarkabl e man . Much
more c ould wel l b e sa id , an d a vo l ume co ul d
n ot exhaust the subj ect . But most of it is
wel l kn own to al l of you , much of it far better
than to me . However,mere words cannot
express the d ebt we owe to h im . Much of what
we,his former students , are h e mad e us . And
when h e passed beyond the shadows , educa
t ion l o st on e of its ab l est champions .
May thi s tabl et b e a last ing inspiration to
those who hereafter wil l l ead th e way in edu
cati on at Ohio Un ivers ity .
"
The contr ibutors to th e Gordy Memor ial
Fund are:George DeCam p , George P. Ginn ,
“
J . A . Shh/tt Miss Mabel K . B rwvn , F . W .
Bifsh , Roscd’
eJ . Mauck , Miss Mary E . Kahl e’r/
,
George W .
7Ro se , Miss Anna P . Mi
a/(N ay,
Mrf
and Mrs . c1y<i € Brown , T . R . B iddléfA . W .
(Continue d on page 1 0 )
T H E O H I O A L U'
M N U S 9
Indu strial and Sc ientifi c Leaders Receive
I) egree even th
Dr. Skinner a Form er Student In University
Upon the authority of the board o f truste e s
and in th e name of Ohio Univers ity hon or
ary d egree s were c on ferred by Presi d ent
Bryan upon Dan ie l Wil lard , presid ent of th e
Baltimore and Oh io rai lroad and Charl es Ed
ward Skinner , e l ectr ical engin eer with th e
Westinghouse E l ectr i c Co ., at the graduation
exerc i se s,Jun e 7 .
The re c ip i ent s o f th e degre es ar e men of
eminent rank in the ir resp e ct ive fi eld s of
endeavor . The degree of
Doctor of Laws was con
ferred upon Mr . Will ard
and the d egree of Do ctor
of Sci en c e upon Mr .
McVay who atten ded 0 .
U . in 1 8 8 6—7 .
In presenting Mr . Wil
lard to th e pres ident of
t h e University,Dean
Chubb said:“The m an
whom I now present,
so on after l eaving the
Massachusetts Agr icu l
tural Co l l ege b ecame
id entified wi th th e rai l
road in dustry ; by 1 9 0 1
he was general manager
of th e Eri e Rai lroad ;in 1 9 1 0 he became pre s
ident of th e B . 0 .
Rai lroad ; in 1 9 07 h e was chairman of th e War
Industr i e s B oard ; in 1 92 5 h e became honorary
advisor to th e Army Industr ial Co l l ege . He
is a truste e of John s Hopkins Un iversity ; has
h igh honorary degre es from the Univers ity of
Maryl and,Dartmouth , and the Un iversity of
West Virgin ia .
“Born in V ermont of sto ck that t o ok ro ot
in American so il in 1 6 3 4 ,r is ing from track
laborer on a smal l V ermont rai lroad to the
pres id en cy of a gr eat rai lro ad system,he has
c ompreh ended the American sp iri t that de
mands j ust ic e for al l c lasse s an d con diti ons of
men , th ose who work with th e ir brain s as
wel l as th ose who labor with the ir hands .
Working with the un ion s h e rec on c i l e d th e
str iking shopmen in 1 92 2 . He is este emed
and bel ove d by hi s day laborers as wel l as by
h i s assoc iates . He i l l ustrates th e rare c omb i
The Academ i c P roce s s i on
nation of a ‘thron e with a rainbow over it ’ ;o f p ower tempered with a sense of respon s ib i l ity.
“He has be en described ‘as an indefat igab le
worker ’ ,‘with a mind that works l ike a d ia
mond cutting thru metal ’ ;‘a far - sighted ex
ecu tive enj oying un iversa l este em ’
. We
know that during h is pres i dency the o ld est
ra i lroad in th e Un ited State s has b e come on e
of the most effi c i ent ; th erefore as th e repre
sen tative of the o lde st
university of th e North
west terr itory , I have
the hon or to present to
you , Presid ent Bryan ,
for the degre e of Doctor
of Laws— Dani el Wi l
lard .
Mr . Skinn er was pres
en ted to Dr . Bryan by
Dean McCracken , of th e
Co l l ege of Education ,
w i t h t h e fo l l owing
words“Charl e s Edward Skin
ner was b orn in Perry
County,Ohio , and as a
young man fo und h is
way to th e campus of
Ohio Un iversity and lat
er Oh io State University
taking the d egre e in Mechan ica l Engin eering in
1 8 9 0 from the latter in stitut ion .
In August 1 89 0 Mr . Skinner took em
ployment with th e Westinghouse E le ctri c and
Manufactur ing Company . He o ccupie d po si
t i on s of in creas ing respon sib il ity wi th th i s
c ompany unti l in 1 9 2 0 h e was mad e Manager
of the Research Department . In 1 922 he was
made Assistant Dire ctor of Eng in eer ing ,which pos it i on h e n ow ho lds .
“Mr . Skinn er has been a member of th e
Executive Committe e of the Nat ional Re
s earch Counc i l,Cha irman of the American
Engin eer ing Standards Committe e , a member
of th e Amer ican Engineer ing Co un c i l ; he was
Chairman of th e Ameri can Del egation to th e
Internati onal E le ctro—techn ica l Commissi on
which met in Brussels in 1 92 0 an d Gen eva in
1 92 2,an d for which h e served as del egate to
1 0 T H E O H I O
London in 1 924 and to The Hague in 1 92 5 .
He was a d e l ega te to th e Worl d ’s Power Con
feren c e in London in 1 9 2 4 . He was a Sp ec ial
repre sentative of th e American Inst itute of
E l ectr i cal Engin e ers at a conferen c e on e l ec
tr ical standards b etween Canada , Great
Britain,and the Un ited State s at London in
1 9 1 5 . He is a member of th e Committe e
from seven nati ons in th e organ ization of an
International Standards Asso c iat i on c ompri s
ing more than twenty nati on s , i s a de l egate
to the meeting of th i s Committe e in Italy ,September 1 92 7 . H e is al so a member ofB eta Theta Pi and S igma Psi , as wel l as a
member of n umerous hon orary and profes
s ion al so c i eti e s .“Presid ent Bryan
,it i s with great p l easure
that I present for th e h onorary degre e of
Do ctor of Sc ien ce,Charl e s Edward Skinn er ,
an emin ent sc i ent ist , an unt ir ing master of re
s earch,an international ist , one of Ohi o
’ s mo stemin en t son s ."
P re s iden t a n d D ean Honored B y S choo l sBoth Dr . E . B . Br
'
yan,pres ident o f Ohio
Un ivers ity,and Dr . E . W . Chubb
,dean of th e
Co l l ege of Liberal Arts,were hon ored th is
month by being asked to give c ommenc ement
addresses at c o l l eges where th ey had at one
t ime hel d pre s i den c i e s .
On June 1 2 Pres id ent Bryan gave th e bac
cal au reate addre ss and , on th e fo l l owing day ,th e commenc ement address at Frankl in Co l
l ege,Frankl in , Ind .
Dean Chubb del ivered the c ommencement
address at Albright Co l l ege , Myerstown , Pa . ,
on Jun e 1 1 . In r ec ogn iti on of admin i strative
ab i l i ty Albright Co l l ege c onferre d the h onor
ary degre e of Doctor of Laws upon Dean
Chubb . But five men have ever b een given
honorary d egrees by th i s in st ituti on .
B eery G ives Address(Continued from page 8 )
Méou l l och , J . M . Hal l , Samuel L .
’
Mlcu n e ,
D . W . McGl en n en,Mrs . H . B . Fran c i s , C . F?
Beery,Frank H . Sfi per , Georg
/e W. Reed ,
Charl ed/ R . Sp id er , Miss Fann ie. B'
an , Mrs .
Gladys McVay Skinner , Mrs . Franc e s Norton
Price Mr . and Mrs . L . G . w ste l l , L . E .
Armstrong , E . H . B ean , w. L. Skaggs , Charl e s
M . C opel and , E . C . Woo dworth , Mr . and Mrs
EKD. Sayre , S . K
VMg‘rd i s
,Mr . and Mrs . C . C
Hen sonk/tM iss B lan ch e Howe , W . F .
,Cop
’e lan d
H . B i dd le , Mrs . l,a Logan B uxton ,
.
C . H
Fouts , Mrs . w. H . cKee ,Alb ert Leo h ard ,
and C . B . Humphrey .
A L U M N U S
F inancia l ReportFo r Ye ar En d i n g Ju n e 1 , 1 9 2 7
The report of th e treasurer,Mr . W . H . Fen
ze l , of the Ohio Un ivers ity Alumni Assoc ia
t i on for the year end ing June 1, 1 92 7 , i s given
be l ow.
Income
Total Inc om e
Total Expend iture s
Balan c e , Jun e 1 , 1 9 2 7
Unp a id B i l l s
As o f June 1,1 9 2 7 .
Notes Payab l eScho l l Printing Co
Northern Engraving Co .
Cash Balan c e,Jun e 1
,1 92 6
Balan c e of rec e ipts from Com
m en cem en t Play
Men ’s Un ion Share— 1 9 2 6 Home
coming Program Exp en se
Athl eti c Asso c iat ion Share H omecoming Program Expen se
Refund on express charges for
Oh io Alumnus
Alumni DuesSal e of c 0 p ies o f The Ohio Alum
nus
Sal e of Commencement Pictures
of 1 9 2 6‘Notes Payabl e
E x p end i tu re sLabor
Pr inting— The Oh io Alumnus
Express on Th e Ohio Alumnus
Engravings
Photopri n ts
Offi c e Suppl i e s
Postage
Stat ion ery
P . 0 . Box Rent
Tel ephone Rent
Te lephon e Tol l s an d Tel egrams
Addressograph Suppl i e s
Multigraph Suppli e s
Found ers ’ Day Expense
H omecoming ExpenseChapter Organ ization Expense
Notes Payab l e
M isc e l lan eous Expense
T H E q m fi'
pU M N U s 1 1
Messenger Printery Co
Cu l lum s Studio
Logan Book N’ews Co .
Athens Home Tel ephon e Co .
Western Un ion . 3 0
Amer ican Express Co
Net Commencement Expend itures
an d overh ead for month of Jun e
Total Unpaid B il l s
Rea l a n d Ant i c ip ated Income fo r ‘ JuneCash Balanc e
,Jun e 1 , 1 92 7
Pro c eeds of Commen cement Play " .
Total In come
Antic ipated defi c it as of June 3 0 ,1 92 7
Resp ectful ly submitted ,
W . H . FENZEL ,
Chairman .
Wi lson to H ead A lum ni B ody
Dr . Hiram Roy Wilson ,’96 , A . B . ,
professor
of Engl ish,Col l ege of Educati on
,Ohio Un iver
s ity,was e l e cte d pr esid ent o f th e Alumn i
Assoc iati on for th e c oming year at th e busi
n ess meeting of the asso c iati on on Jun e 6 .
Dr . Wilson has b een an active worker in the
asso c iati on and a l oyal supporter o f it . The
hon or which was c onferre d upon him resu lte d
from th e unan imous act i on of the al umn i
present wh ich , wi th out doubt , wil l b e h earti ly
approved by al l other members of th e alumn i
organ i zati on .
For vic e -
pr esi dent th e name of Dr . Alfred
E . Livingston ,’1 0
,B . S . ,
was proposed . T'h e
present offi c ers,Clark E . Wil l iams ,
’2 1
,A . B .
,
se cretary,and Wil l iam H . F en zel
,
’1 8 , A . B . ,
treasurer,were
,with Dr . Living ston , end orse d
and el ected for 1 92 7 - 2 8 .
Dr . Livingston i s pro fessor of Pharmac ol ogy
in the Medical Schoo l o f th e Un ivers ity of
Penn sylvan ia . His home i s at Wayn e , Pa .
Mr . Fen zel i s asso c iate profe ssor of Busi
n ess Admin istrati on in th e Ohio University
Sch oo l of Commerc e .
Grover Wins Another CupThe fourth annual Ohio University alumn i
go lf to urnament wh ich was he ld,Jun e 6
,over
the Athen s Country Club course was won by
Brandon T . Grover ,’1 9
, B . S . in Ed . , head
coach of bask etbal l at the Un ivers ity . Grover
le d th e fi e ld of twenty - two go lfers with a l ow
net score of 7 1 . Th is is th e secon d champion
ship for th is p l ayer sin c e the tournament was
first in c luded in the program of c ommence
ment activiti e s four years ago . Dr . D . H
Bidd le,
’1 5 , A . B . ,
and Wil l iam H . Herbert,
’2 5 , A . B . in Com . , have b e en th e oth er winners .
Four G o l f B ug s
In the p icture above Butch i s shown with
two of h is c o l l eagues in th e ath let i c depart
ment and a fe l l ow alumnus . From l eft to
r ight . Coach Don Peden,Earl Krieger
,
’2 0 ,
A . B . ,Coach Grover
,and Athl et i c Dire ct or
Bird .
Fina l Report O n Annua lChapter M eetings
Ye ar A Su c c e s s fu l O n e
The b est year in th e h i story of the Alumn i
Asso c iat ion,as far as the attendanc e and suc
c ess o f the annual chapter meetings i s c on
c erned , was brought to a cl o se on May 1 3 with
th e gather ing about the banquet tabl e of th e
Thomas Ewing chapter at Lancaster,Ohio .
Previous unreported meetings had been hel d
at Yo ungstown,Ohi o
,Apri l 3 0
,and at Steu
b envi l l e , Ohio , May 1 3 .
The Mahon ing Va l ley grads convened atWi ckl iffe Man or , an ol d homestead a few mil esout of Youngstown
,where th ey enj oyed a
fin e d inn er an d an informal program of ad
dresses by Prof . A . A . Atkinson ,
’
9 1,A . B . ,
o f th e Oh io Un ivers ity faculty ; Prof . John J .
Richeson ,’
1 0 , B . Ped .,sup er intendent of the
Youngstown schoo l s,an d Mr . John W . Stew
art,
’1 6 , A . B . ,
pr in c ipal o f M emorial H igh
Sch oo l , Camp-bel l,Ohi o , and presid ent o f th e
chapter . After th e dinner , c onversation ,br idge and “
50 0 were ind ulged in to th e ap
parent erl j oym en t of al l .
The n ewly e l ecte d offi c ers for 1 92 7 - 2 8 are
Pre s ident,Mr . A . D . Kemp
,2 0 , B . S . in Ed . ,
sup erintendent,B rookfi e l d Townsh ip S choo ls ,
Masury,Ohio ; secretary—treasurer , Miss Sara
12 JTPI E] C) II I () s a I t b l Il S
P itten gler , 2 2 , El . Ed . , Youngstown , Ohi o ; an d
m ember of Executive Committe e (thre e
years ) , Miss Gen evi eve Marin er , 1 4 , El Ed . ,
Youngstown , Ohio .
The n inth annual reun ion and ban quet o f
th e Ea s tern O h i o chapter was he ld at th e
Method ist Protestant Church,Steubenvil l e
,
Saturday even ing , May 7 . S ixty memb ers
an d guests were present
After th e d inn er D ean Irma E . Vo igt , dean
of women at Ohio Un ivers ity,was. presente d
by Miss B ess O ’Del l ,
’
24,A . B . , chapter pres i
dent and toastmistress,as th e guest speaker .
In add it i on to Dean Voigt ’ s addre ss musi cal
se l e ct i on s an d readings were other feature s
o f th e program .
The n ew offi c ers are:Presid ent , Mrs . Wi ll iam Mun sl ow (
‘Nel l e Alderman,
’0 9 , Musi c ) ;
vi c e -
pre s id ent , Miss He l en M . Erwin ,’2 3 , El .
Ed . ; Secretary , Mis s Mi ldred Bern i er ,’1 7,
El . Ed . ; and treasurer , Mr . Fred N . Cunning
ham,
’08 - ex . , al l of Steubenvi l l e with th e ex
cepti on of M iss Erwin whose h ome is at M ingo
Junct ion , Oh io .
The sixth annual dinn er of the Thoma sEw ing chapter was h eld at Me l lman ’s Inn ,
Lancaster,Friday
,May 1 3 .
Miss Elma Corwin ,’1 5
,El . Ed . , pre si dent ,
presid ed at the busin ess meeting which pre
c eded th e d inner . The fo l l owing offi c ers were
e l e cte d for th e en suing year:Presid ent , Mr s .
Geo . M . H i ckl e , Ex ; vic e—pre si d ent , Roy
Schultz , 2 4- Ex ; s e cretary , Miss Ruth Harr is ,Ex
,and treasurer , Mr . W . A . S cho l l ,
’0 9 - Ex .
The chairmen of the c ommitte es serving dur
ing the year were:Nominating ,Mr . L. E .
Bue ll ,’2 3 ,A . B . ; program ,
Mrs . Dan ie l Rusk
(Kathl e en Floyd , Sch . Draw .
’1 6 ) de c orating ,
Miss Edna Fish er ,’1 7
,El . Ed. ; and d inn er ,
Mrs . J . D . Bookwalt er .
Dinner musi c was p layed by two Lancast er
young ladi e s wh il e the s inging of un iversity
songs was l e d by Miss Ina Secoy ,
’1 4 , Sch .
Mus . Miss Florenc e McC l eery,
’1 6
,El . Ed . ,
c ontr ibuted two vocal so l o s,and Mrs . G . J .
Gearhart two readings , to th e even ing’ s enter
tai n m e n t .
Dr . H . R . Wilson ,’
9 6 , A . B . ,gave the prin
c ipal addre ss . He was intro du ced by Mr
Walter Graf ,’1 7 , C . E . , who acted as toast
master .
1 9 2 7
Kath erine McKee was graduated , Jun e 1 3 ,from S immons Co l l ege , Boston , Mass , with
the degree of Bache lor of Library Sc ien ce .
Sh e rece ive d the d egre e of Bache lor of Arts
from Ohio Un ivers ity , in absenti a" , on
Jun e 7 .
Necro logy Report
Fo r Year End i ng June 1 , 1 9 2 7
As chairman of your Committe e on Necro
l ogy , I wish to submit th e fo l l owing report .During the year j ust c l o sed death has many
t imes entered the ranks. o f th e Alumn i Assoc iati on taking from our midst men and wom
en wh ose m emory we ch er ish as c lassmates
and fr ien ds . Of the deaths which have o ccured , th ese are on rec ord in th e central offi c e
Au s t , Edw in F rank,
’2 6 , B . S . in Ed . ,
D ie din February , 1 92 7 , Sandusky , Ohio .
D in smore , Gwendo lyn Le l i a , ’1 9 , El . Ed ,
Died Apri l 2 5 , 1 92 7 , Cleve land , Ohio .
F e i o ck , Ed C . ,
’1 2 - ex , Died Nov. 2 1
,1 92 6 ,
Woodsfi eld,Oh io .
G l add ing , M r s . R . D . (O SC ie Dru sc i l la Chr ism an ) ,
’1 4
,A . B .
,
’
1 6 , B . S . in Ed . ,Died March
2 4,1 92 7 , Wilson , N . C .
G ro thau s , M r s . Char le s (NeVa Luc i l l e Cun
n i n gham ) ,’2 5 , A . B .
,Died Nov. 2 2
, 1 9 26 ,
Bel l e Center,Ohi o
H atfi e ld , John L . ,
’62
,A . B .
,
’6 5 , A . M ,
D ied August 1 9 , 1 9 2 6 , Tustin , Orange Co . ,
Ca lif .
Hemry , F rankl i n L . ,
"7 6 , Di ed Aug. 1 4
,1 92 6 ,
San Lius Nab isc o,Cal if .
H i ls e , M r s . Mar i e L . Vanders l i ce, ’1 2
,Ph .
B . , kil l e d in automob i l e ac c i dent Aug. 1 4
1 9 2 6,C in cinnati
,Ohi o .
H ogan , T imo thy S . ,
79 5 , B . Ph . ,
’0 9 , A . M .
(Pro Honore ) ,’1 5 , LL . D . (Pro Honore ) ,
Truste e , Ohio Univers ity 1 9 1 8 - 1 92 6 . D ied
Dec . 8 ,1 92 6 , Co lumbus , Oh io .
Hou s ton , V i rg in i a M i l ler , ’9 9 , A . B . Date
of d eath n ot known . Tompkinsvi l l e,N . Y .
Hun ter , John Ale x ander , ’64 ,
Died Apri l
2 6,1 9 1 6 . Information j ust re c eived th is year .
5 2 3 9 Balt imore Ave . , Ph il ad e lph ia , Pa .
Jone s , D r . Edmund A .,
’0 3 , Ph . D . (Pro
H onore ) , Di ed Dec . 2 3 , 1 9 2 6 , Westervi l l e , 0 .
Law rence , G race , ’2 1
,A . B . ,
’2 3
,Art Super
visor,Died Aug . 6 , 1 9 2 6 , Athens , Oh io .
Luken s , Jo s eph L . ,
’6 6
,A. B .
,Di ed May 3 ,
1 92 7 , Leban on ,Ohio .
Magu i re , D r . John W 74 ,B . S . , Died May
1 8 , 1 92 7 ,Huntington
,W . Va .
M i l ler , Cha s . C . ,
’0 3 ,
Ph . D . (Pro H on ore ) ,Died May 3 1 , 1 92 7 , Co lumbus , Ohi o .
Nay lor , C lyde G eorge , ’0 6
,Acct . - 2 yr . ,
D ied
several years ago . Information j ust r ece ived
th i s year .
Powe l l , R ev . Dr . W . A .
’94
,D . D . (Pro
H onore ) , Die d S ept . 1 1 , 1 92 6 , Olmsted Fal ls ,
Ohi o .
Ru s s e l l , John Edgar , ’1 1
,B . S . ,
Died NO V
(Continued on page 1 6 )
T H E O H I O A L U tM N U S 1 3
IC DI KS "0: 0
DE ALUMNIS
1 8 6 6
A few weeks before Commencement time
Rev . J . S . Smith , A . B .,ret ir ed M . E . minister ,
of Nati onal C ity,Cal if
,wrot e that he had
l ong hop ed that h e c ould return for another
Commencement at “Old 0 . U .
" but that it
n ow lo oked as
though the t ime
would n e v e r
c o m e . Rev .
Smith i s 8 2 yrs .
o ld an d the on ly
l ivi n gm em b er of
h is c l ass . Only
five graduates
of th e un ivers ityare now l iving
w .h o s e sh e ep
skins were re
ce ived b eforeh i s . The aecompanying photograph is a re
c ent on e .
1 8 6 7
Two gentle
men , in e x cep
tio n ly vigorous
health , d espit e
advanc ed age,
were apparently
w e l l p l eased
with the Com
m en cem en t pro
gram of a few
w e e k s a g o .
Judge A . T . Holcom b ,A. B . , o f Portsmouth , O . ,
and John P.
Dana , A. B . of Athens,are the men referre d to
.
They c omprise the l iving membersh ip of th eir
c l ass which is cred ite d with a 1 00 % attend
ance . Mr . Dana and Judge Holc omb are both
eighty - on e years of age and were the o ld est
return ing alumn i . Mr . H o l comb,though long
sin c e ret ired from th e bench,sti l l pract ic e s
occas ionally before the c ourts of h i s homec ity .
Rev . J . S . Sm i th
1 8 7 2
George R . Walker,B . S . ,
Athen s,and Ver
n on C . Sti ers , B . S . , Alexandria , Ohio , wer e
as happy as two boys in th eir r eun ion,June
6 , on the anniver sary o f th e ir graduation .Mr
.
Stiers though e ighty years of age,came from
his home in th e central part of th e state u n
acc ompan ied . The Class of ’
72 , l ike the Class
o f ’6 7 was represented by its ful l surviving
membersh ip .
1 8 7 7
Neith er o f the graduates of th e 1 9 2 7 Fif ty
Year" c lass were ab l e to r eturn to the campus
for th e June Commenc ement . Dr . John H .
Charter was unable to c ome from Ind ianapo l isb ecause of i l l health whi l e H . E . Dickason
wrote from Le esburg , Florida , that the int-
er
ven in g 1 500 mil es and a posit i on in on e of
th e c ity offi c e s m ade it imposs ib l e for h im to
be present .
1 8 8 8
Four of the members of th e Class of 1 888
were present in Athens for an informal re
un i on at Commenc ement time . Jo in ing the
l o c al members,Mrs . E . D . Sayre and Judge
L . G . Worstel l , were Mrs . R . E . Porterfi e ld
(Anna Barton ) , of Spokane , Wash .
,and Judge
George W . Ree d , of Uhrichsvi l l e , Ohio .
1 8 9 6
Mrs . Clyde Brown (Carri e S chwefe l , A .
of New York C ity,a former res ident of
Athens and a graduate of Oh io Un ivers ity ,ren ewed ac quaintan c es
‘
at Commencement
tim e on the oc cas ion of her first vi sit to
Athen s in twenty - s even years . Mr . Brown ,
’9 5 , A . B .
,a former member o f the O hio U n i
versity faculty , i s th e Gen eral S o l i c ito r for
th e New York Central Lin es .
1 8 8 9
Mrs . C . E . Skinn er (Gladys McVay ,A .
Herbert R . M cVay ,
’
9 0,Anna Pearl McVay ,
’92 , and Berth a W . McVay ,
’9 3 , held a family
as wel l as an alumn i reun ion in Athen s on
Jun e 7 at which time the honorary degree of
Doctor of Sc i en c e was con ferred by Ohi o Un i
versity upon Mr . Charl e s E . Skinn er ,’8 7—Ex ,
of Wilk in sburg,Pa .
1 9 0 0
Mrs . John V . Wood (Bess Harris ,‘Nelsonvi l l e
,Ohio , had a dual interest in the
Commen cement thi s year s in c e a daughter ,Floren ce
,rece ive d th e A . B . degre e with th e
Class of 1 9 2 7 .
1 9 1 0
C . O . Wil l iamson , B . S .,
’1 2
,M . S . , professor
of Appl i e d Mathemati c s , Wooster Co l l ege , .ac
c ompani e d by Mrs . Will iamson (Edna B el l ,’
1 2,Oratory ) , sl ipped away from professi on al
duti e s l ong enough to spend a c ouple of days
on the campus of their Alma Mater at th e
1 4 T H E O H I O A L U M N U S
t ime of th e Jun e Commenc ement . They re
turn ed to parti c ipate in th e c l o s ing exerc ise s
o f the Presbyterian schoo l whi ch were h e ld
th e fo l lowi ng week .
1 9 1 1
H . G . Griner,B . S . , c ounty engin eer , Circ l e
vi l l e,Ohio
,and L . M . Shupe , A . B .
, high schoo l
prin c ipal,Ashvil l e
,Ohio , were June Com
m en cem en t vis itors .
Deima V . Elson,Ph . B . ,
’1 2
,B . S . in Ed . ,
daughter o f Dr . H . W . El son , wide ly - known
author o f text books in H istory an d former
faculty member of Oh io Un iversity , was a
Commenc ement visitor and a house guest in
Athen s of her c lassmate , Mrs . Evan J . Jon es
(Frie da Fi nsterwald , P'
h . Miss E lson is
an instructor in H istory in a D etro it , Mich . ,
high sch oo l , using her father’s works . Dr .
Elson,after l eaving Ohio Un iversity , was
pres id ent of The i l Col l e ge,Greenvil l e
,Pa . His
home is now in P lai n fi e l d,N . J .
1 9 1 2
The Normal Ch est of the Adult an d the
Chi l d,in c l ud ing app l ie d anatomy
,appl i ed
physi o l ogy , x - ray,and physi cal find ings i s
th e t it l e an d sub - titl e of the latest b o ok from
the pen of Dr . J . A . Myers, B . S .
,
’
1 3 ,M . S . ,
asso c iate pro fessor of Prevent ive Med ic in e ,Med ical S choo l
,Un ivers ity of M inn esota , an d
Medical D ire ctor,Lym an hu rst Sch oo l fo r
Tubercul osi s Chil dren,Minn eap ol i s . Dr . M y
er ’s bo ok has been pub l i sh ed by th e Wil l iams
an d Wilkin s Co .,Baltimore
,Md .
Mrs . J . F . Stevens (Helen Fal l oon ,Voic e ) ,
a member of th e faculty of Ohio ’ s Sc hoo l o f
Musi c,has acc ompan ied her husband on an
extensive motor tr ip through the west . Po ints
in I owa , Montana , and Cali forn ia wi l l b e o f
parti cular interest to them .
1 9 1 3
The Commen cement Register carr ie s the
nam es of Mrs . Paul M . Gil l i l an (Mary Evans ,A . B .
,
’1 6
,B . S . in Schenectady
,N . Y . ,
Mrs . Ross Buchanan (May Chase , E1.
Mingo Junction,Ohio
,and Mrs . O . D . Dail ey
(Jan e Dowd , B . S . in Albany,Ohio
,as
th e re c orded representatives of th eir c lass .
1 9 1 4
After a thre e weeks ’ vis it with al umn i
fri ends in Boston , Cambridge , and Hanover ,Mass , Anne Picker ing , A . B . ,
wil l take up resi
d en ce in New York C ity to c ompl ete th e work
for her Master ’ s degree in Co l umb ia Un iver
s ity. Miss Pi ckering i s an in structor and crit i c
teach er in Engl ish in Ath ens H igh S choo l .
1 9 1 5
The Alumn i Se cretary has re c e ived a re
quest for th e address o f Constantin e J .
Cou yum j opou l es , 2 yr—E . E . Constantin e was
last heard of in B en i Suef,Egypt . The S ecre
tary offers a reward n ot on ly for th e address
of Mr . C ouyum dj opou l es b u t al so for a proper
pronunc iation of h i s n ame .
1 9 1 6
John G . Albright , A . B .,of the Physi c s de
partm en t of Sweetbriar Co l l ege,Sweetbriar
,
Va . , wil l return to Case Schoo l of Appl ie d
Sc ien ce n ext fa l l as assistant professor of
Physi c s .
1 9 1 7
Ll oyd D . Auten , who rec e ived a d ip loma in
E l ectr ic al Engin e ering in the above year , com
p l eted th e work for hi s degre e and was
awarded th e B . S . in E . E . at the 1 92 7 Com
m en cem en t .
1 9 1 8
LaV i n ia Warner , B . S . in Ed ., h ead of the
d epartment of Spec ial E ducat ion , Ohio U n i
vers ity,has returned to her dutie s after a
year ’s l eave of absenc e . She has be en pursuing
stud i es l eading to a Do ctor ’ s d egre e at th e
Univers ity of Ind iana,Bloomington , Ind .
1 9 1 9
James A . Mal one , A . B .,is a pract ic ing
physi c i an in Athen s . Dr . Mal on e graduat ed
from the Med ic al S choo l of the Un iversity of
Cin c innati after c ompl eting his work at O hio
U .
1 9 2 0
Norma W . Vernon , A . B .,was the re c ip i en t
of a Master of Art s d egree from Ohio State
Un ivers ity on Jun e 1 4 . B e fore engaging in
graduate study she was a teacher in the Troy ,Ohio
,h igh scho o l .
Dr . Everett K . Rowl e s , A . B . ,i s a practi c
ing phys ic ian in Minn eapol i s , Minn . His twin
brother , Emmet Rowl es , A . B . , of th e b i o l ogy
department of Oh io Un ivers ity wil l sp end the
summer of 1 92 7 in M inneapol i s in graduate
work l ead ing to a Doct or ’s degree from the
Un ivers ity of M inn esota .
Decatur,I l l .
,pap ers d escribed th e play ,
Hel l - Bent Fer Heaven coached by Rupel J .
Jon es,A . B .
,and re cently staged , to be
“th e
b est p lay ever produc ed on th e Mil l ik in Un i
evr s ity stage"
. Mr . Jones is professor of
Engl ish and Dramatic s .
1 9 2 1
Earl B . South , B . S . in Ed . , re c e ived th e
Ph . D . d egr e e from Ohi o State Un iversity on
Jun e 1 3 . He has been appoint ed to a pro
fes sorship in th e State Co ll ege of Education ,
Albany,N . Y . It i s report ed that the posit ion
carri e s with it much respon sib i l ity an d a fine
salaryRalph M . Howel l , A . B . ,
has be en re - hired
as prin c ipal o f th e h igh school and in structor
in French,Chemi stry
,and Algebra at M iddl e
p ort,Ohio .
T H E O H I O
1 9 2 2
H.J
.Finsterwald , B . S . in Ed . , ass istant
princ ipa l of the Ironton,Ohio , high schoo l and
former assistant superintendent of th e Athen s
c ounty school s has ac c epted th e supervi sing
prin c ipal sh ip o f th e B exley , Ohi o , j un i or h igh
schoo l .
Claren c e E . Cl iff ord , A . B . , who thi s year
re c e ived his Master ’s degre e from Co lumbiaUn ivers ity
,sai l ed
,May 2 6 , from New York
on the S . S . B elgen lan d for Europ e . He wil l
b e a member of a party c onducted in Europe
by Sherwood Eddy for th e purpose of study
ing econ omic cond iti on s .
1 9 2 3
Ferry A . Cady , A . B . , who has c l osed a suc
cessfu l year as athl et i c c oach at Crooksvi l l e ,Oh io
,has b een el ected pr in c ipa l of the h igh
schoo l at Corn ing , Ohio
1 9 2 4
A change in th e p lans o f Ern est E . Ray ,A . B . in Com . ,
brings h im into th i s c o lumn
again . In stead of acc epting the assi stantsh ip
at the Un iversity of I ll in o i s , Mr . Ray has de
c ided to accept a pos iti on with th e Delaware
and Hudson R . R . Co . as travel ing spe c ia l
ac c ountant with head quarters in New York .
Mr . Ray has been a member of th e faculty of
the Ohio Un ivers ity Schoo l of Commerc e for
the past thre e years .
After a l eave of absen c e to return to th e
state s,L . D .
“Bud lMcG i n l ey , Jr .,A . B . i n
Com . ,sa il ed June 1 1 ,
for Co n tan ia , S ic i l y , to
take up hi s work again in the U . S . c on su lar
servi c e .
Haro ld ‘Neilson , A . B . in Com . , is empl oyed
by the S . S . Kresg e Co . , in th e ir Spr ingfie ld ,
Ohio , store .
Ohio Un iversity ’ s de l egation in th e Harvard
Schoo l of B usin ess Admin istration wil l b e d e
crease d , temporari ly at l east , by the gradua
ti on th i s month of Gord on Herro ld,A . B .
,
Richard V . Daggett ,’
2 4,A . B . in Com .
,and
Robert H . Horn ,
’2 5 , A . B . in Com . All thre e
wil l ac c ept busin ess po s iti on s fo l l owing their
graduat ion , Jun e 2 3 . Herro l d wi l l b e asso
c iated with the Hocking G l ass Co . ,Lan caster
,
Oh io ; Daggett wil l return to th e empl oyment
of th e F . R . Lazarus Co . ,C o lumbus
,Ohi o
,
whi l e Horn wi l l b e c onnected with th e trust
department of the Boston Safe Deposit and
Trust Co .,Boston
,Mass .
1 9 2 5
H erbert Lawless , Ex , i s lo cated in New
York C ity where he is on e of th e assi stant
sal es managers of the B u tteri ck Pattern Co .
Adal in e Park , A . B ., was th i s spring e l e cted
pres ident of the Graduate Women ’s Engl ish
Club of Co lumb ia Un ivers ity . Miss Park wi l l
c ontin ue her work in Engl i sh at Co lumb i a
A L U M N U S 1 5
unti l sh e re ce ives h er Doctor ’ s d egre e .
1 9 2 6
Richard C l ark , A . B . in Com .
,who com
p leted h is first year in th e Harvard Busin ess
Schoo l th is month has entered upon h is duti es
with th e H ood Rubber Co . , Watertown ,Mass .
He wil l re sume his stud ie s in the fa l l .
Clarenc e S . Bo len , A . B . , whose severe i l l
n ess lasted over a perio d of several months
fo l l owing h is graduation last year,i s n ow on
the staff o f th e Springfi e ld (Ohio ) Daily
News . He was edit-or o f Th e Gre en and Whit e
in 1 92 5 - 2 6 .
1 9 2 7
Ray C . Donne l l s,A . B . in Com .
,has left hi s
h ome in Chi l l i co th e,O .
,for Schenectady
,N .
Y . , where he has entered the servic e of th e
Gen eral E l ectric Co . Gerard C . Powell , A . B .
in Com .,wil l b e another ’
2 7 man to asso c iate
h imsel f with th i s large e l ectr i cal c on cern at
its h eadquarters .
Marj or i e R . Neff, B . S . in Ed . ,has acc epted
a posit i on as Psycho logyst with th e Juven i l e
Court at Youngstown , Ohio . Sh e wi l l take up
her dutie s n ext fal l .
George Tab it , Jr .,A . B . in Com . ,
has already
assumed the management of a broom factory
in h is h ome town,Gal l ipo l i s
,O .
The appo intment of Peter C . Gaskil l , A . B . ,
as an ass istant in th e department of Psy
cho l ogy of Wash ington Un ivers ity , St . Louis ,Mo . ,
has rec ently b een announc ed by offi c i als
o f the mid—western schoo l .
B row n - S ch i eren— O f interest to o lder
talumn i and res id ents o f Athen s wil l be the
ann ounc ement o f th e marriage , May 2 5 ,1 9 2 7 ,
of Mi ss He len Brown , of New York City , to
Mr . George A . Sch ieren , Jr .,of Great Neck ,
L . I .
Miss Brown is the daughter of Mr . Clyde
Brown,
’9 5 , Ph . B . , and M rs . Brown (Carr i e
Schwefel ,’96 , A . of New York . The gro om
is the grandson of th e late Charle s A . Sch ie
ren who was th e last mayor o f Brooklyn b e
fore that c ity became a part of Greater New
York .
Lee th - Cady— M iss Anita Leeth,Crooksvil l e ,
O h io,and Mr . P erry A . Cady ,
’2 3 ,
A . B . ,
Athen s , were unite d in marriage at th e brid e’ s
home , May 7 ,1 9 2 7 . Mr . Cady has b e en an
instructor and coach in th e h igh schoo l at
Cro oksvi l l e for the past year . For the coming
year h e has acc epted th e princ ipal sh ip of th e
C orn ing , Ohio , high schoo l Mr . Cady is a
member of Delta Tau Delta .
1 6 T H E O H I O A L U M N U S
Woodrow - Sa n g s tad— Mrs . Gladys Van Va
l ey Woodrow,
’1 2 , Sch . Mus . , and Mr . J . E .
San gstad ,both of Wash ington , D . C .
, were
marri ed May 3 1,1 9 2 7 , in Al l S o uls Un itar ian
Church,Wash ington . For the past two years
Mrs . San gstad has b een on the faculty of th e
Nati onal Park Seminary as in structor in
Pian o . M r. San gstad i s c onnecte d with th e
Merchant Fle et Corporation and pri or to hi s
pre sent affi l i at ion was on th e faculty of th e
Un iversity of W iscon sin .
B irths
Z enner— Mr . D . R . Z enner ,’1 3 '- Ex
,and
Mrs . Z enner (Paulin e Shepherd ,’1 7 ,
A .
o f Athens,have ann ounc ed th e b irth of a son ,
May 1 1,1 92 7 , at the Matern ity Hosp-ita l in
Cl eve lan d , Ohio .
Ny e— From London , Engl and , th ere came a
ca b l egram announ c ing the b irth o f a son and
he ir to Dr . Rob ert E .
“Nye,
’09 , and Mrs .
Nye . Wil l iam Harvey Nye is th e young fe l l ow
referred to an d the date of h is arrival i s
Jun e 1 0 . Dr . Nye i s an o steopath in Britain ’ s
cap ito l c ity .
S t ine— Another statist ic ian:Oscar Ceb ryn ,
came,Jun e 1 1
,1 9 2 7 , to the h ome of Dr . 0 . C .
St in e,
’0 8 , Ph . B . ,
and Mrs . Stin e , of West
Fal l s Church,Va . Dr . Stin e i s an e c on omist
and statist i c ian in th e U . S . department o f
Agriculture , Wash ington ,D . C .
B as om— Marj or i e Jan e i s th e name givento th e daughter born , April 1 4 ,
1 92 7 , to Dr .
Jo seph N . Basom ,
’2 2 - Ex
,and Mrs . Basom
(El i zab eth Hope ,’2 2 - ex , ) of Athens . Dr .
Basom is engaged in th e practi c e o f denti stry
be ing a graduate of th e d ental scho o l of Oh io
State Un iversity .
Da s sel— A daughter,Ruth Mari e
,was born ,
Mar . 2 3 ,1 92 7 ,
to Capt . Virgi l H . Dasse l,
’2 4 ,
A . B . in Com . ,and Mrs . Dasse l (Ruth Hummel ,
’2 6 - Ex ) at th e ir home in Th e C itadel , Charl e s
ton , S . C . Capt . Dasse l l i s h ead of the depart
ment of B usin ess Adm i n i s etrati on of th e M il i
tary Col l ege of South Caro l ina .
Necrology Report(Continued from page 1 2 )
ember 1 9 1 8 , with fi u in Train ing Camp in Cal iforn ia . Informati on j ust re c e ived th is year .
Cu l l inan, Ph i l ip M . , Trustee of Ohi o Uni
versity,1 9 1 2 - 1 9 2 6 , Died De c . 22 ,
1 92 6 , New
Lex n gto n ,Ohio .
Dav ids on , C . C . , Truste e of Ohio Un ivers ity ,
1 8 9 1 - 1 9 2 6 ,’8 6
, A . M . (Pro Honore ) , DiedDec . 7 , 1 9 2 6 . All ian ce
,Ohio .
Har tman , M iss Li nda , Matron of WardenCottage , Ohio Univers ity , Died Mar 3 , 1 9 2 7 ,
Athen s,Ohi o .
I move that th is r eport be acc epted and th e
fo l l owing r eso lut ion adopted
Reso lved z— That th e offi c ers an d members
of the Ohio Un ivers ity Alumni Asso c iation,
having heard th i s report , do , in th is al l to o
formal way , ackn owl edge and express a great
apprec iati on of the l ives of those who have
gon e on , and a de ep sympathy to the fri ends
and l oved ones who remain . And that,fur
th er , th is r ep ort and reso l uti on be spread upon
the minutes and pub l i sh ed in a subsequen t
issue o f th e alumn i magazin e .
Very resp ectful ly submitted,
A . A . Atk inson , Cha irman .
Deaths
Luken s— Joseph F . Lukens,
’6 6 , A . B . ,
d ied,May 3 , 1 92 7 , at h is hom e in Leban on ,
Ohio , at the advan c ed age of 8 7 years . He
attended the Nat ional Normal C ol l ege at
Leban on for a whi l e , l ater tran sferr ing to
Oh io Un ivers ity from whi ch he r ec e ived h is
degree s ixty—on e years ago .
Mr . Luken s was super intendent of th e Leb
anon pub l i c scho o l s f'
rom 1 8 7 6 unti l 1 8 94 ,
retiring in th e latter year . He was at one
t ime pres ident o f th e Ohi o State Teachers
Asso c iat ion . He was a veteran of th e C ivi l
War . But on e member of hi s c lass survives
h im— Rev . Jul ius S . Smith , Nati onal C ity ,Cal if .
Magu i re— Dr . John W . Maguire ,’74 ,B . S . ,
retired physic ian of Huntington ,W . Va. , di ed
May 1 8 , 1 9 2 7 , at h is home fol l owing an i l ln ess
o f six months . Dr . Maguire was seventy - four
years of age and although retir ed from the
practi c e of h i s professi on he was prominent
in so c ial activ it ie s in Huntington .
Dr . Maguire was born at Ripl ey , Oh io , and
was a graduate of Ohio Univers ity and of the
Be l lvu e Med ical Co l l ege,New York C ity . For
more than th irty years h e sp ec ial i z ed in th e
treatment of th e eye,ear and n ose at Hutch
inson , Kansas . He had b een a res ident and ,for th e greater part of th e time , a practi
ti on er , in H untington for th e past eight years .
Interment was made at Rip l ey , W . Va .
Dr . Maguire was a loyal and faithful a lum
nus and on e of th e mo st enthus iast ic members
of th e Huntington chapter of th e Alumni
Assoc iat ion . There are n o surviving members
of th e Class of 1 8 74 .
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